LAUGHTON OSBORN
\lˈaftən ˈɒsbɔːn], \lˈaftən ˈɒsbɔːn], \l_ˈa_f_t_ə_n ˈɒ_s_b_ɔː_n]\
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An American artist and litterateur; born in New York city in 1809; died there, Dec. 12, 1878. He graduated at Columbia College in 1827. His works include: "Sixty Years of Life" (1831); "Vision of Rubeta" (1838); "Arthur Carryl" (1841); "Travels by Sea and Land" (1868).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.