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Sognefjord – Soracte

Sognefjord

an extensive fjord on the W. coast of Norway, exhibiting magnificent rock and glacier scenery.

Solent

that part of the British Channel separating the N. W. shore of the Isle of Wight from the mainland of Hampshire, and extending between the Needles and West Cowes. It has a width varying from 2 to 5 miles, and affords a safe and well-sheltered roadstead.

Solomon's Song

called also the

Song of Songs

or CANTICLES, one of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

Solution

in ordinary language, the act of separating the parts of any body; mer solstice, and into Cancer the winter ing, explaining, answering, or clearing

Sombrerete

a town of Mexico, State of Zacatecas, 85 miles N. W. of the town of that name, is the center of a rich silver mining district. Pop. about 11,000.

Sombrero Island

a small rocky British island midway between Anguilla and the Virgin group, West Indies. It has a lighthouse. There are large deposits of phosphates of lime.

Somersworth

a city of New Hampshire, in Strafford co. It is on the Salmon Falls river, and on the Boston and Maine railroad. It is important for its manufactories of textiles and dyes. It has a public library and a municipal SOMERVILLE theater. Pop. (1910) 6,704; (1920) 6,688.

Somerville

a borough of New Jersey, the county-seat of Somerset co.

It is on the Raritan river and on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. It is chiefly a residential place but has manufactures of woolen cloth, clothing, stoves, iron pipe, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,060; (1920) 6,718.

Somnambulism

literally, the act or practice of walking in sleep; but, in a wider and more usual sense, that state of sleep or unconsciousness in which the mind retains its power over the limbs, but has no influence over its own thoughts.

Sophia

Empress of Constantinople, niece of Theodora, and wife of Justinian II., with whom she shared in the government of the state. After the death of that prince in 578 she conspired against Tiberius Constantine, who had been raised to the throne by her advice, and, being defeated by him, was compelled to live in privacy.

Soracte

a celebrated mountain of Italy, 27 miles N. of Rome, now called Monte Sant' Oreste; height, 2,420 feet.

SOPHOCLES Æschylus. He received a good education, and at an early age gained the prize in music and gymnastics. He was 15 when