[Canaletto, Antonio], a Venetian painter, famous for his pictures of Venice and handling of light and shade (1697-1768).
[Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto], nephew and pupil of preceding; distinguished for his perspective and light and shade (1720-1780).
[Canaris, Constantine], a Greek statesman, did much to free and consolidate Greece, more than any other statesman (1790-1877).
[Canary Islands] (288), a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic, off the NW. African coast, belonging to Spain, with rocky coasts, and wild, picturesque scenery; on the lower levels the climate is delightful, and sugar, bananas, and dates grow; farther up there are zones where wheat and cereals are cultivated; the rainfall is low, and water often scarce; sugar, wine, and tobacco are exported; the islands are a health resort of growing favour.
[Cancan], the name of an ungraceful and indecent dance practised in the Paris dancing saloons.
[Candia] (12), the ancient name of Crete, now the name of the capital, in the centre of the N. coast.
[Candide], a philosophic romance by Voltaire, and written in ridicule of the famous maxim of Leibnitz, "All for the best in the best of all possible worlds"; it is a sweeping satire, and "religion, political government, national manners, human weakness, ambition, love, loyalty, all come in for a sneer."
[Candlemas], a festival in commemoration of the purification of the Virgin, held on February 2, celebrated with lighted candles; an old Roman custom in honour of the goddess Februa.
[Candlish, Robert Smith], a Scottish ecclesiastic, born in Edinburgh; distinguished, next to Chalmers, for his services in organising the Free Church of Scotland; was an able debater and an eloquent preacher (1806-1873).
[Candolle]. See [De Candolle].