[Cremorne] (37), gardens in Chelsea; a popular place of amusement, now closed.
[Creole State], Louisiana, U.S.
[Crescent City], New Orleans, U.S., as originally occupying a convex bend of the Mississippi.
[Crescentini], a celebrated Italian soprano (1769-1846).
[Crescentius], a patrician of Rome who, in the 10th century, sought to destroy the imperial power and restore the republic; on this he was defeated by Otho III., to whom he surrendered on promise of safety, but who hanged and beheaded him; Stephano, his widow, avenged this treachery by accepting Otho as her lover, and then poisoning him.
[Crespi, Giuseppe], an Italian painter; copied the works of Correggio, Caracci, and other masters (1665-1747).
[Creswell, Sir Creswell], judge, born in Newcastle; represented Liverpool in Parliament; was raised to the bench by Peel, and, on the establishment of the Divorce Court, was in 1858 named first judge (1794-1863).
[Creswick, Thomas], an English landscape painter, born in Sheffield; simple, pleasantly-suggestive, and faithfully-painted scenes from nature were the subjects of his art; was employed a good deal in book illustrations (1811-1869).
[Crete] or Candia (295), a mountainous island in the Mediterranean, 160 m. long and from 7 to 30 m. broad; in nominal subjection to Turkey after 1669, it was in perpetual revolt. The rising of 1895 led to the intervention of the great powers of Europe, and the Turkish troops having been withdrawn in 1898 under pressure from Great Britain, Russia, France, and Italy, Prince George of Greece was appointed High Commissioner, ruling on behalf of these powers. Turkey still retains the nominal suzerainty.
[Cretinism], a disease prevalent in valleys as those of the Alps, characterised by mental imbecility, and associated with abnormal and arrested physical development.