Each of these 17 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.
Chief town of the Peligni in Samnium, strongly fortified, and memorable as the place which the Italians in the Social war destined to be the new capital of Italy in place of Rome, on which account it was * called Italica.
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a Greek island in the Mediterranean, the most northerly of the Ionian Islands, at the mouth of the Adriatic, near the coast of Albania, about 40 miles long, and from 3 to 20 miles wide; square miles, 277. The surface rises at one point to the height of 3,000 feet, the scenery is beautiful, the climate pleasant and healthy, the soil fertile. Oranges, citrons, grapes, honey, wax, oil, and salt are abundant. colony settled in the island A Corinthian col in the 8th century B. C. The Venetians possessed Corfu from 1386 to 1797, the British from 1815 to 1864. Pop. about 100,000. Corfu, the capital, is finely situated on a promontory which terminates in a huge insulated rock crowned by the citadel; the streets are Italian in style; chief edifices, the cathedral, government palace, and Ionian academy. There is a MM good harbor and considerable trade. Pop. about 27,000. The town is a winter resort for invalids. It was occupied by the Allies in the World War after 1915.
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ko-ren', a novel by Madame de Stael, published in 1807. At the time of its appearance, it was called a "picturesque tour couched in the form of a novel," which well describes it. Success was immediate, and greater than the book would seem to merit. In its treatment of art and literature it was long regarded as authoritative. Like Madame de Stael's other novels, it is now little read. See Stael ; Madame De
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Often called simply the Isthmus, lay between the Corinthian and Saronic Gulfs, and connected the Peloponnesus with the mainland, or Hellas proper. In its narrowest part it was forty stadia, or five Roman miles across. Four unsuccessful attempts were made to dig a canal across the Isthmus, namely, by Demetrius Poliorcetes, Julius Caesar , Caligula , and Nero.
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EPISTLES TO THE, two epistles addressed to the Church at Corinth about A. D. 57 or 58, which have been admitted as genuine writings of St. Paul by even the most critical assailants of the New Testament canon.
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Called in Homer Ephyra, a city on the above-mentioned Isthmus. It had two harbors-Cenchreae on the east or Saronic Gulf, and Lechaeum on the west or Cryssaean Gulf. Its favorable position, between two seas, raised Corinth in very early times to great commercial prosperity, and made it the emporium of the trade between Europe and Asia . At Corinth the first triremes were built; and the first sea-fight on record was between the Corinthians and their colonists, the Corcyraeans.
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The surname of C. Martius, from his victory over Corioli. After a number of military exploits, and many services to his country, he was refused the consulship. He was banished, and went to the Volsci, where he met with a gracious reception from Tullus Aufidius, whom he advised to make war against Rome, marching with the Volsci as general. His approach alarmed the Romans, who sent his mother and his wife to meet him to appease his resentment against his countrymen, which with difficulty they succeeded in doing. Shakespeare has made the history of Coriolanus the subject of the tragedy entitled Coriolanus, which concludes with the assassination of the hero by Tullus Aufidius and his attendants.
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a pin of a large size, formerly used for fixing a lady's headdress.
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town, province of Palermo, Sicily, 42 miles S. of Palermo, and nearly 2,000 feet above the sea-level. The town was of chief importance in mediæval times, when the Saracens occupied it, the Lombards entering in the 12th century. The vine is cultivated in the vicinity, and there are interesting churches and castles. Pop. about 15,000.
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GEORGE HENRY, an American inventor; born in Easton, N. Y., June 2, 1817. The construction of stationary steam-engines was revolutionized by his improvements and a single engine made by him moved all the machinery in the Centennial Exposition of 1876. He died in Providence, R. I., Feb. 21, 1888.
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or LANDRAIL, a species of bird of the order Grallæ or waders, and of the family Rallidæ or rails. The crakes differ from the rails proper in having the bill shorter . The common crake of of Great Britain is of a reddish-brown color. It lives in fields and meadows, and feeds on worms and insects. It is a bird of passage, frequenting the northern parts of Europe during summer, and the southern, including the Mediterranean coasts of Africa, in winter.
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a name applied to the ground finely flour of maize or Indian corn; also known in the United States as corn meal.
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a well-known composite weed of cornfields, universally known and admired for the beauty of its wreath-like circle of outer barren florets, and the splendid deep azure of their hue. It was formerly of some little medicinal repute, and its blue flowers were used in domestic dyeing; from early times, too, it has been used for decoration in wreaths and garlands. This use became specially prominent in Germany after 1870, on account of its being the Emperor William's favorite flower.
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or LAMB'S LET- TUCE, a genus of Valerianaceæ, humble annual weeds, of which some are used as spring salads, especially in France and Germany. The commonest species is V. olitoria, which is naturalized in the United States, and often called fetticus or vetticost. There are several native American species.
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a hymenopterous insect, family Tenthredinidæ. The eggs are deposited on the stalks of wheat and rye, to which they are very destructive.
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the common name of Agrostemma (Lychnis) Githago . When its seeds become mixed with those of the grain among which they grow, and are ground with them, the effect is to render the grain unwholesome.
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EDWARD HYDE, lord, English governor of New York, was the son of the Earl of Clarendon, and one of the first officers who deserted the army of King James. King William, in grati- (1629), 9), "Clitandre," "La Veuve," "La Suivante," etc., announced the advent of a dramatist of of a high order. In 1635 he entered the field of tragedy with "Medea"; but it was not till the appearance of his next work, the famous "Cid," that Corneille's claim was recognized to a place among the great tragic poets. After the "Cid" appeared in rapid succession "Horace" (1639); "Cinna" nna" (1639), his works which show masterpiece, according to Voltaire; and "Polyeucte" (1640 ); Corneille's genius at its best. Besides his dramas he wrote some elegies, sonnets, epistles, etc. , as well as three prose essays on dramatic poetry. He died in 1684.
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