Each of these 13 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 forest in the vicinity of Château-Thierry, France, notable for a victory won there on July 6, 1918, by American marines and soldiers. The wood was dense and heavily fortified and was defended by strong forces of Germans, but the Americans won a signal victory. See WORLD WAR. village and
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a county-seat of Logan co., O.; on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and on the Toledo and Ohio Central railroads; 57 miles N. E. of Dayton. It occupies the highest elevation in the State and is surrounded by an agricultural region. There are extensive car shops, round house, switch yard, etc., of the "Big Four" railroad and numerous manufacturing plants. The village has two National banks; banks; several daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 8,238; (1920) 9,336.
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polite, or elegant literature: a word of somewhat vague signification. Rhetoric, poetry, fiction, history, and criticism, with the languages in which the standard works in these departments are written, BELLEVİLLE are generally understood to come under the head of belles-lettres.
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A secret society of Liberia, Africa , the cult of which consists in a description of brotherhood with departed spirits. Dapper, an early author, says of this society: "They have also another custom which they call Belli Paaro, of which they say it is a death, a new birth and an incorporation in the community of spirits or soul with whom the common folk associate in the bush, and help to eat the offerings prepared for the spirits." This description is far from clear, but it is obvious enough that those who join the society desire to be regarded as spiritualised, or as having died and having been brought to life again; and that their society is nothing more than a confraternity of all those who have passed through this training in common.
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a city of Washington, the county-seat of Whatcom co. It is about 100 miles N. of Seattle, on the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, 4 and the Bellingham and Northern railroads. It is the site of an important station for the United States Navy . There is a State normal school, high schools, libraries, and hospitals. The city has large lumber interests, and salmon canning is also carried on on a large scale. It is a port of entry for vessels of the Oriental and Pacific coast trade. Pop. (1910) 24,298; (1920) 25,570.
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a town of Switzerland, capital of the canton of Ticino ; charmingly situated on the left bank of the Ticino, about 5 miles from its embouchure in the N. end of Lago Maggiore . It occupies a position of great military importance.
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HILAIRE, author and publicist, born in La Celle St. Cloud, France, July 27, 1870. Although of French birth and parentage, he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and has spent most of his life in England. From 1906 to 1910 he was a Liberal member of the British Parliament from Salford. His knowledge of books, places, and men is almost encyclopedic, and his writings command respect and attention. He has written many books and lectured extensively . During the World War his work as a military critic and commentator placed him in the foremost rank of publicists.
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A sorceress of the district of Labour, in France , who in the reign of Henry IV. was indicted for sorcery at the age of 84 years. In answer to Pierre Delancre who interrogated her, she stated that she commenced to repair to the sabbatic meetings of Satan in the winter of the year 1609, that she was there presented to the Devil who kissed her, a mark of approbation which he bestowed upon the greatest sorcerers only. She related that the Sabbath was a species of bal masqué, to which some came in their ordinary forms, whilst others joined the dance in the guise of dogs cats, donkeys, pigs and other animals.
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the passage on the N. coast of North America, which separates North Somerset from Boothia Felix, and connects Prince Regent Inlet with Franklin Channel . Its E. entrance was discovered in 1853 by Lieut. Joseph René Bellot. After four unsuccessful attempts, it was explored for the first time by M'Clintock on his crowning voyage. It is about 20 miles long, and, at its narrowest part, about 1 mile wide, running pretty nearly on the parallel of 72°, between granite shores which, everywhere high, rise here and there to 1,500 or 1,600 feet. Through this funnel both the winds and the waters have full play; the latter, permanent currents and flood tides alike, coming from the W. A point on the S. shore, 71° 55′ N., 95° W., is the most northerly point of the North American continent.
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a coeducational (non-sectarian) institution in Beloit, Wis.; organized in 1847 by the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 37; students, 300; volumes in the library, 50,000; number of graduates, 1,592; president, M. A. Brannon, Ph. D.
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The method of divination by arrows, dates as far back as the age of the Chaldeans. It existed among the Greeks, and still later among the Arabians. The manner in which the latter practised it is described elsewhere, and they continued its use though forbidden by the Koran. Another method deserves mention. This was to throw a certain number of arrows into the air, and the direction in which the arrow inclined as it fell, pointed out the course to be taken by the inquirer. Divination by arrows is the same in principle as Rhabdomancy (q.v.).
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The, a name given to the Apostle John. In the Gospel of John the apostle speaks of himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved."
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The demon of discoveries and ingenious inventions. He appears always in the shape of a young The Moabites, who called him Baalphegor, adored woman. him on Mount Phegor. He it is who bestows riches. Benedict IX. : At a time when the papacy was much abused -about the tenth and eleventh centuries-the papal crown was more than once offered for sale. Thus the office fell into the hands of a high and ambitious family who held it for a boy of twelve-Benedict IX. As he grew older the boy lost no opportunity of disgracing his position by his depraved mode of life. But, like his predecessors in the papal chair, he excelled in sorcery and various forms of magic. One of the most curious stories concerning him tells how he made the Roman matrons follow him over hill and dale, through forests and across rivers, by the charm of his magic, as though he were a sort of Pied Piper.
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