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Evans

AUGUSTA JANE (WIL- SON), an American novelist; born in Columbus, Ga., May 8, 1835. Her writings include: "Inez, a Tale of the Alamo" (1856); "Beulah," the most popular of her novels (1859); "St. Elmo" (1866); "At the Mercy of Tiberius" (1887); "A Speckled Bird" (1902); "Devota" (1907).

She died in 1909.

Evening Star

the name given to any one of the planets that may be seen at certain seasons just above the horizon early in the evening; especially applied to the plane planet Venus on account of its brightness and beauty. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are the other evening stars.

Everest

MOUNT, the highest known mountain in the world, situated in the Himalayas, in Nepal. It is 29,140 feet high, and was named in honor of Sir George Everest, a noted English surveyor and civil engineer.

Evergreen

a plant that retains its verdure through all the seasons, as the fir, the holly, the laurel, the cedar, the cypress, the juniper, the holm-oak, and many others.

Evora

a city of Portugal, capital of the province of Alemtejo, 75 miles E. by S. of Lisbon. It is the center of a considerable steel, cotton, and woolen industry, but is most famous for its archæological museum, one of the best in the country. It contains a church library with 25,000 volumes. Pop. about 18,000.

Ewing

JULIANA HORATIA GATTY, an English story-writer and poet; born in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, in 1841. Her stories for children became very popular and included "Daddy Darwin's Dovecote"; "Dandelion Clocks and Other Tales"; "A Flat-Iron for a Farthing"; "A Great Emergency and Other Tales", and "Jackanapes." She died in Bath, England, May 13, 1885.

Exfoliation

in surgery, the process by which a thin layer or scale of dead bone separates from the sound part.

Exhibition

a benefaction settled for the maintenance of undergraduates in the universities of England, the British colonies, and America. In Scotland such scholarships are called bursaries. 74 EXHIBITIONS, INDUSTRIAL

Exodus

the name given in the Septuagint to the second book of the Pentateuch, because it describes the de- The contents of the book are partly his- Pentateuch, because it describes the de- Israelites from Egypt, and partly legis- Israelites from Egypt, and partly legisthe Sinaitic law. ΕΧΟΡΗΤΗALMIC GOITER

Exophthalmic Goiter

enlargement with turgescence of the thyroid gland, accompanied by protrusion of the eyeballs, breathlessness, palpitation, and anæmia. Also called Basedow's Graves' disease. or

Extension

UNIVERSITY. See UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

Extravaganza

in music, the drama, etc., a species of composition designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity and incoherence; differing from a burlesque in being an original composition and not a mere travesty.