LANDRY, Auguste Charles Phillipe Robert, Canadian author, born in Quebec, 15 January, 1846. His father was a surgeon of the province of Quebec, one of the founders of Laval university, in which he was a professor for nearly thirty years. The son graduated at Quebec seminary, studied at St. Anne agricultural college, was assistant professor of chemistry in Laval uniiversity in 1865-'7, and afterward became a farmer. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1873 for the local house, and was first elected to the Quebec legislative assembly for Montmagny in 1875. He was unseated, 29 May, 1876, by judgment of the superior court, and elected for Montmagny to the Dominion parliament in 1878, and again in 1882. In 1885 Mr. Landry, though a Conservative, introduced a motion censuring the government of Sir John A. Macdonald for the execution of Louis Riel. He is a member of the Entomological society of Canada, president of the Quebec Conservative association, and a knight of the Order of Gregory the Great. He is the author, among other works, of "Boissons alcooliques et leurs falsifications" (Sainte Anne de la Pocatiere, 1867); " Oh est la disgrace ? Repense a une condamnation politique" (Quebec, 1876); "Traite populaire d'agriculture theorique et practique " (Montreal, 1878); "L'Halie, ses beautes et ses souvenirs " (Quebec, 1880); "L'eglise et l'etat" (Rome, 1883); "Cette enquete" (Quebec, 1883); "Les six raisons du Dr. Verge contre le cercle Catholique de Quebec" (1884); and various scientific, literary, and political pamphlets.