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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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Midsummer Day

the feast day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist, and commonly reckoned to be June 24.

MIGNONETTE (min-yon-et'), Reseda odorata, a well-known and highly fra- MIGRATION grant flower, indigenous in northern and northeastern Africa. There is an Egyptian variety called tree mignonette. MILAN DECREE mosque of Muley Ismail is the burial summer residence of the Sultan, and the place of the royal house. of northern Italy, capital of the prov- ince of Milan, and the former capital of place of the royal house.

MILAN (mi-lan', or milan), a city of northern Italy, capital of the prov-

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