Cozumel
an island in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Yucatan.
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Each of these 14 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.
Crab Apple
a small, wild, very sour species of apple, from which a fine jelly is made.
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Crabb
GEORGE, an English lawyer and writer; born in Palgrave, Suffolk, Dec. 8, 1778; best known as the author of a "Dictionary of English Synonyms," published in 1816. He died near London, Dec. 4, 1851.
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Craddock
Charles Egbert, the penname of Miss Mary Noailles Murfree, an American novelist. See Murfree ; Mary Noailles
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Cradle
or "rocker," a mechanical contrivance used in placer mining, consisting of a box on rockers and moved by hand, used for washing out the goldbearing soil. B B. Blue Crab.
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Crafts
WILBUR FISK, an American clergyman and publicist, born in Wesleyan University in 1869 and was ordained a Methodist clergyman in 1867. In 1880 he joined the Congregational Church, and in 1883 the Presbyterian, serving in pastorates in several churches in New England, Chicago, Brooklyn, and New York. Always having been active in Sunday School work, he founded, in 1889, the American Sabbath He lectured throughout the Union. United States as field secretary of this organization, and in 1895 founded and ndent of the International was superintendent Reform Bureau. He made many journeys to Europe and to the Orient, lecturing on religious subjects. His writings include "The Ideal Sunday School" (1876), "Successful Men of To-day" (1883), "Practical Christian Sociology" (1895), "Patriotic Studies" (1906), "Prohibition Handbook" (1911), and "Bible Stories and Poems" (1914). He served as a member on many commissions on prohibition and other social subjects, and was a member of many commissions on war-time activities during the World War. A A. Masked Crab.
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Craig
(EDWARD) GORDON, an English theatrical manager. He was born in 1872 and acted for the first time in 1889 in London, at the Lyceum Theater, under the direction of Henry Irving. He was active as an actor for eight years and in 1897 commenced the study of the art of the theater. He made many productions in Great Britain and on the Continent, in which he introduced features which were the results of his study. He founded a school for the art of the theater, Arena Goldoni, Florence, in 1913, and was a member of the Society of Twelve. His works include: "The Art of the Theater," essays in "The Mask," and in "The Marionette," "Portfolio of Etchings," "The Page," "On the Art of the Theater," "Towards a New Theater."
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Craigie
PEARL RICHARDS. See HOBBES, JOHN OLIVER.
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Craik
DINAH MARIA MULOCK, an English author; born in Stoke-upon- Trent in 1826. She early took the burden of supporting an ailing mother and two younger brothers and wrote stories. Her first serious appearance as a novelist was in 1849, with her story, "The Ogilvies," which was followed by "Olive," "The Head of the Family," and "Agatha's Husband." She never surpassed, however, or even equaled her domestic novel, "John Halifax" (1857), which had an extraordinary popularity, and has been translated into French, German, Italian , B CRAB B. King Crab. Greek, and Russian. The scene is laid at Tewkesbury, where a marble medallion has been placed to her memory in the abbey. A pension of £60 a year, awarded to her in 1864, she set aside for authors less fortunate than herself. In 1865 she married George Lillie Craik, a partner in the publishing house of Macmillan & Co. She died Oct. 12, 1887.
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Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
Dinah Maria Mulock (1826-1887), an English novelist and poet, commonly known as Miss Mulock. Her first novel, The Ogilvies, was published in 1849. Her reputation was made, however, and is maintained by John Halifax, Gentleman, published in 1857. The story was circulated widely, and was translated into several languages. It is still popular. It is the touching, yet optimistic story of the simple life of a noble man. In all Mrs. Craik produced about twenty novels. A Brave Lady, A Noble Life, and Olive are among them. They are entertaining stories of wholesome tone. Philip, My King, and Douglas, Tender and True, are two of Mrs. Craik's poems which one desires to know. The latter has been set to music, and at one time had great popularity.
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Craiova
or KRAJOVA, the chief city of the province of Doljiu, Rumania, situated on the river Jiu, 110 miles W. of Bucharest, with a population before the World War of about 45,000. The town is the center of an important grain district on the edge of the Wallachian Plain. It was the first important capture made by the Germans on the Rumanian northern front, after the Teutons had broken through the Carpathian Mountains in November, 1916, and began their invasion of Rumania, the town falling into their hands on Nov. 21, 1916, and giving them control of the Craiova- Orsova railroad line. The final defeat of the Central Empires brought the town once more into the hands of the Rumanians.
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Crake
. See Rail
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Cram
RALPH ADAMS, an American architect. He was born in 1863 at Hampton Falls, N. H., and began working as an architect when he was 26 years old, becoming a member of the firm of Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson. His early work A FLOATING CRANE was varied, but was gradually concentrated on ecclesiastical and educational buildings. Among his important undertakings were the Graduate College and Cleveland Tower, Princeton University; Rice Institute, Tex., and Richmond and Sweet Briar Colleges, Va. These were followed by Williams College and Phillips Exeter Academy; St. Albans Cathedral, Toronto; St. Paul's Cathedral, Detroit; St. Thomas' Church, New York; Calvary Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., and others. He was chosen also as consulting architect for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, and has written on architectural subjects, titles of his works being: "Church Building," "The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain," "Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts," "The Gothic Quest."
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Cramp-Rings, Hallowing
A ceremony which took place in England on Good Friday . It consisted of the repetition of certain psalms and prayers, during which the king rubbed the rings between his hands. It was said that rings thus consecrated on Good Friday by the kings of England, had the power of curing cramp; and the rings, which were given away were much in request even by foreign ambassadors.
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