Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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ADOLPH FRANCIS ALPHONSE, a Swiss-American archæologist, born in Berne, Aug. 6, 1840; settled early in the United States, where he carried out important work under the direction of the Archæological Institute of America. His studies have been chiefly among the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona, Central America and Mexico. He was the author of "Art of War and Mode of Warfare" (1877); "Social Organization and Government of Ancient Mexicans" (1878); "Tenure of Lands and Inheritances of Ancient Mexicans" (1878); "An Archæological Tour Into Mexico" (1885); ; a novel of Pueblo Indian life, "The Delight Makers"; "The Gilded Man"; etc. He died at Madrid in 1914.

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