[Clairvoyance], the power ascribed to certain persons in a mesmeric state of seeing and describing events at a distance or otherwise invisible.
[Clan], a tribe of blood relations descended from a common ancestor, ranged under a chief in direct descent from him, and having a common surname, as in the Highlands of Scotland; at bottom a military organisation for defensive and predatory purposes.
[Clan-na-Gael], a Fenian organisation founded at Philadelphia in 1870, to secure by violence the complete emancipation of Ireland from British control.
[Clapham], a SW. suburb of London, in the county of Surrey, 4 m. from St. Paul's, and inhabited by a well-to-do middle-class community, originally of evangelical principles, and characterised as the Clapham Set.
[Clapperton, Captain Hugh], an African explorer, born at Annan; bred in the navy, joined two expeditions into Central Africa to ascertain the length and course of the Niger, but got no farther than Sokoto, where he was attacked with dysentery and died (1788-1827).
[Clärchen], a female character in Goethe's "Egmont."
[Clare] (124), a county in Munster, Ireland; also an island at the mouth of Clew Bay, county Mayo.
[Clare, John], the peasant poet of Northamptonshire, born near Peterborough; wrote "Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery," which attracted attention, and even admiration, and at length with others brought him a small annuity, which he wasted in speculation; fell into despondency, and died in a lunatic asylum (1793-1864).
[Clare, St.], a virgin and abbess, born at Assisi; the founder of the Order of Poor Clares (1193-1253). Festival, Aug. 12.
[Claremont], a mansion in Surrey, 14 m. SW. of London, built by Lord Clive, where Princess Charlotte lived and died, as also Louis Philippe after his flight from France; is now the property of the Queen, and the residence of the Duchess of Albany.