Each of these 12 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
FREDERICK GUSTA- VUS, an English descriptive writer, born in Bedford, March 3, 1842. He served in the Royal Horse Guards, in which he became lieutenant-colonel in 1881. In 1875 he made his famous ride to Khiva -a journey that presented great difficulties. In 1876 he rode through Asiatic Turkey and Persia. Of both these journeys he published narratives. He was slain in the battle of Abu-Klea, Jan. 17, 1885.
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the English name poterium, a genus of plants belonging to the order roseaceæ (roseworts). It is also called salad burnet and lesser burnet. The common or garden salad burnet (poterium sanguisorba) is a herbaceous plant one or two feet high, with pinnate leaves and dull purplish flowers. The leaves taste and smell like cucumber, and are eaten in salad. The muricated burnet, b or salad burnet (A. muricatum), has larger fruit than the former, to which it is closely allied. It is not common. There are other species. The great burnet is sanguisorba officinalis.
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FRANCES HODGSON, an Anglo-American novelist, born in Manchester, England, Nov. 24, 1849. Her in 1865. to Tennessee She early wrote stories. In 1873 Miss family removed Hodgson married Dr. Burnett, and, in 1875, settled in Washington, where she has since resided. After various short stories, she published as a serial in "Scribner's Magazine" "That Lass o' Lowrie's," which became very popular, was promptly issued in book form ( ), and was dramatized. It was followed by a number of novels, among 1877 which are "Haworth's" (1879); "Louisiana" (1881); "Esmeralda," "A Fair Barbarian" (1882); "Through One_Administration" (1883); "Little Lord Fauntleroy," a juvenile story, also dramatized (1887); "The Pretty Sister of José" (1889); "The One I Knew Best of All," an autobiography (1893); "A Lady of Quality" (1895); "His Grace (1897); "I. Tembarom" of Osmonde" de" (1913); "The Lost Prince" (1915); "White People" (1917); etc. In 1898 she obtained a divorce from Dr. Burnett, and in 1900 married Stephen Townsend.
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Frances Hodgson (1849-), an English-American novelist. She was born in Manchester, England. While a young woman, she came to America, where she married Dr. S. M. Burnett. Divorced from him in 1898, she married Stephen Townsend, an English writer. Mrs. Burnett, as she is usually called, spends a part of each year in England, but most of her literary work has been done in the United States . Her first literary success was That Lass o' Lowrie's, which apeared serially in Scribner's Magazine. Her most famous story is Little Lord Fauntleroy , which has been very popular both in book form and as dramatized. Other novels are Louisiana, Haworth's, and A Fair Barbarian. Sara Crewe and Little Saint Elizabeth are stories of child life.
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in botany: (1) The artillery plant, pilea serpyllifolia, an urticaceous species; (2) euonymus atropurpureus, and E. americanus; (3) dictamnus fraxinella, a garden plant, which is said to give off so much essential oil that if a light be brought near it, it will ignite.
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a parliamentary and municipal borough of England, in Lancashire, about 22 miles N. of Manchester. It presents a modern appearance, and is, generally speaking, well built, mostly of stone. The staple manufacture is cotton goods, and there are large cotton mills and several extensive foundries and machine shops, with collieries and other works, in the vicinity. Pop. about 110,000.
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AMBROSE EVERETT, an American military officer, born in Liberty, Ind., May 23, 1824; he gradufrom West Point in 1847. He the army as First Lieutenant, in 1852, in 1861, commanded a brigade at Bull Run, and, in February, 1862, captured Roanoke Island. Having rendered important services at South Mountain and Antietam, he, in November, reluctantly superseded General McClellan. On December 13, he crossed the Rappahannock, and attacked General Lee near Fredericksburg, but was repulsed with a loss of over 10,000 men, and was soon after transferred to the Department of Ohio. In November, 1863, he successfully held Knoxville against a superior force, and, in 1864, he led a corps, under General Grant, through the battles of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Resigning in April, 1865, he was elected Governor of Rhode Island (1866-1868), and United States Senator in 1875 and 1881. He died in Bristol, R. I., Sept. 13, 1881.
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Ambrose E. (1824-1881), an American soldier. He was born at Liberty, Indiana, and was educated at West Point . In the Civil War he was at Bull Run , South Mountain, and Antietam. In the autumn of 1862 he was appointed to supersede General McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac. December 13th he was worsted by General Lee, and lost 10,000 men in the battle of Fredericksburg. Restored to a subordinate position, he fought with Grant at the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. After the war he was elected governor of Rhode Island and served that state in the United States Senate.
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an inlet of British Columbia, forming a fine harbor and having Vancouver, the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, on its southern shore.
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a town of Rhode Island, in Providence co., on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad. Its chief industry is the manufacture of woolen goods. Wallum Lake, near the city, is a favorite summer resort. Pop. (1910) 7,878; (1920) 8,606.
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ELIHU, an American author, called the "Learned Blacksmith," born in New Britain, Conn., Dec. 8, 1811. He was a blacksmith, linguist, lecturer, reformer and a noted advocate of peace. His books include "Sparks from the Anvil" (1848) "Olive live Leaves" (1853); and "Chips from Many Blocks" (1878). See Charles Northend's "Life of Elihu Burritt" (New York, 1879). He died in New Britain, March 7, 1879.
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Elihu (1811-1879), a New England reformer. A native of New Britain, Connecticut. He was the son of a shoemaker and learned the blacksmith's trade. An ambition to read the Scripture in the original tongues in which they were written led to prolonged study on his part, gaining for him the nickname of "The Learned Blacksmith." He removed his blacksmith shop to Worcester to be near a good library. In 1846 he began to travel and lecture. He visited England and founded a society with a view to suppress warfare throughout the world. Mr. Burritt was an earnest advocate of a "High Court of Nations," an idea that has taken form in the Hague Tribunal. He also took hold of cheap postage as a means of increasing intelligence. He became an apostle of temperance as well as an antislavery writer and speaker. One of his books is entitled Sparks from the Anvil.
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