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.
a small group in the Bay of Honduras, 150 miles S. E. of Balize. The cluster was proclaimed a British colony in 1852, but in 1859 they were ceded to the Republic of Honduras. The chief of the six islands are Roatan (30 by 9 miles; 900 feet high), and Guanaja, whence, in 1502, Columbus first sighted the mainland of America.
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a body of water in the northern part of Luzon, Philippine Islands. This lake is connected with Manila Bay by the Pasig river, and from its center rises a high volcanic island. Bay Lake is about 20 miles in extent from N. to S., and about 47 miles from E. to W.
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a large, deep and harbor on the safe N. E. coast of the Northland of New Zealandast on it is Kororarika, the first European settlement in New Zealand. Also a large bay formed by the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the W. coast of Newfoundland.
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an aromatic, spirituous liquid, used by hair dressers and perfumers, prepared in the West Indies by distilling rum in which bay leaves have been steeped . Genuine bay rum is difficult to obtain except through importers.
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. See Massachusetts
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a name originally given by the the Portuguese to the singing and dancing girls of Hindustan. They are of two kinds-those who are employed as priestesses in the temples, and those who go about the country as itinerants. The former class celebrate with song and dance the festivals of the gods; the latter are employed by the grandees of India to amuse them.
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or SAN SALVADOR, a town in the interior of the E. part of the island of Cuba, situated in a fertile and healthy district on the northern slope of the Sierra Maestra. It is connected by a railway with Manzanilla. Pop. about 5,000.
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ba'ard, Chevalier de (1746-1524), a French soldier. He came of good family, and was noted for his handsome bearing, pleasant manners, and skill in the tilt yard. He wore, of course, the complete armor of the day, and won great renown in various feats at arms. At one time he guarded a bridge against 200 Spaniards until the French army could secure a more advantageous position. During the war between Francis I and Charles V, he held a town with 1,000 men against an army of 35,000 for six weeks, and saved France from invasion. He was at one time taken prisoner by the Italians and again by the English; but was set free without ransom, so great was his reputation for valor and humanity. Chivalry and knighthood are surrounded by no little glamor. Bayard is considered an ideal knight, the type of what all knights should have been. He was slain in an expedition sent against Italy. His body was brought home and interred at Grenoble. He is spoken of in the annals of his country as "Le chevalier sans peur et sans peur et sans reproche," a knight without fear and above reproach.
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The grimoire of Pope Honorius gives this name as that of a powerful demon whom it addresses as monarch of the western parts of the Infernal Regions. To him the following invocation is addressed: "O King Bayemon, most mighty, who reigneth towards the western parts, I call upon thee and invoke thy name in the name of the Divinity. I command thee in the name of the Most High to present thyself before this circle, thee and the other spirits who are thy subjects, in the name of Passiel and Rosus, for the purpose of replying to all that which I demand of thee. If thou dost not come I will torment thee with a sword of heavenly fire. I will augment thy pains and burn thee. Obey, O King Bayemon.
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an ancient city of Normandy, in the French department of Calvados, on the Aure, 15 miles N. W. of Caen. Many of the houses are built of wood, and the streets have a forlorn and decayed appearance. The Gothic cathedral-the oldest, it is said, in Normandy -was rebuilt after a fire by William the Conqueror, in 1077; but the present edifice dates mainly from 1106 to the 13th century. The W. front, with its two 12th century steeples, and the three sculptured porches, are notable features. Porcelain and lace are manufactured.
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PIERRE, a French critic and writer, the son of a Calvinist preacher, born at Carlat (Languedoc) in 1647; studied at Toulouse. He went to Paris in 1674, and was appointed Professor of Philosophy at Sedan. Six years after he removed to Rotterdam, where he filled a similar chair. The appearance of a comet, in 1680, induced him to publish, in 1682, his "Pensées Diverses sur la Comète," a work full of learning. It was followed by his "Critique Générale de l'Histoire du Calvinisme de Maimbourg." In 1684 he undertook a periodical work, "Nouvelles de la République des Lettres," containing notices of new books in theology, philosophy, history, and general literature. In 1693 Jurieu, a jealous theologian, succeeded in inducing the magistrates of Rotterdam to remove Bayle from his office. He now devoted all his attention to the composition of his "Dictionnaire Historique et Critique,” which he first published in storehouse of facts, 1696. It is a vast discussions and opinions, and though it was publicly censured by the Rotterdam consistory for its frequent impurities, its pervading scepticism, and tacit atheism, it long remained a favorite book both with literary men and with men of the world. The best editions are that of 1740, in four volumes folio (Amsterdam and Leyden), and that in 16 volumes, published in 1820-1824, at Paris. He died in Rotterdam, in 1706.
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or BAILEN, a town of Spain, province of Jaen, at the foot of the Sierra Morena, 22 miles N. of Jaen. It commands the road leading from Castile into Andalusia, and derives its celebrity from the events which took place in its vicinity leading to the "Capitulation of Baylen," signed July 20, 1808, when General Dupont, and about 20,000 French troops under his command, surrendered to the Spaniards on condition of their being conveyed to France by the Spanish Government; but the latter stipulation was not carried into effect.
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