These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Cook, Cook Inlet, Cook Islands.
or KUCH-BEHAR, a native state in India, in political relation with the government of Bengal. It forms a level plain of triangular shape, intersected by numerous rivers, and is entirely surrounded by British territory. The greater portion of the soil is fertile and well-cultivated . Area, 1307 square miles; pop. 593,000 . The chief town, Cooch-Behar, contains handsome public buildings and a splendid new palace of the Maharajah. an
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FRANCIS AUGUSTUS, American naval officer , born in 1843. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1863 and served during the Civil War. He rose through the various grades, becoming captain in 1896. During the Spanish-American War he commanded the cruiser "Brooklyn." At the Battle of Santiago Bay, the "Brooklyn," in his command, destroyed the Spanish vessel "Cristobal Colon." Until his retirement in 1903 he served on the Naval Examining and Retiring Board. He died in 1916. He
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JAMES, a British navigator; born in Yorkshire , in 1728, of parents not above the rank of peasantry. was at first apprenticed to a shopkeeper, but became a sailor . In 1755 he entered the royal navy, and four years later as sailing-master of the "Mercury" surveyed the St. Lawrence river and the coast of Newfoundland . Some observations on a solar eclipse , communicated to the Royal Society , brought him into notice, and he was appointed commander of a scientific expedition to the Pacific. During this expedition he successively visited Tahiti, New Zealand , and discovered New South Wales. In 1772 Captain Cook , now raised to the rank of a commander in the navy, commanded a second expedition to the Pacific and Southern oceans. In 1776 he again set out on an expedition to ascertain the possibility of a N. W. passage. On this voyage he explored the W. coast of C 0 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK North America, and discovered the Sandwich Islands, on one of which, Hawaii, he was killed by the natives, Feb. 14, 1779.
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a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the south coast of Alaska, about 200 miles in length and 60 miles at its greatest breadth. It is partially blocked with ice during the winter months, and in summer the rough coast line is subject to frequent sto storms, but navigation is being rendered less dangerous every year. It contains several islands, the largest being Augustine Island, which has a volcanic mountain. The Sushitna and other rivers flow into it, and several active volcanoes are on the coast, among them Mt. Iliamna, 12,066 feet high. The chief harbor is Seldonia, and there are a number of other growing towns overlooking the bay.
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otherwise known as the Hervey Archipelago, lie about midway between the Society and Navigator groups, near 20° S. lat., and 158° W. lon., and are some volcanic, some coralline. The principal members of the cluster are Mangaia, Atiou, and Raratonga. The natives number about 7,000, mainly the brown Polynesian of stock. merly cannibals, they are now all Christians, and dress after the European fashion. The islands were annexed by Great Britain in 1888. COOK, MOUNT, the highest peak of Australasia; is one of the southern Alps near the center of the range, on the W. side of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 12,349 feet high, is covered with perpetual snow (the snow-line being 3,500 feet lower than in Switzerland), is difficult of access, and was scaled for the first time by the Rev. W. S. Green on March 2, 1882.
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discovered by Captain Cook on his first voyage, separates the N. and S. islands of the New Zealand group, and varies from 20 to 80 miles in width.
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An English medium, the first to present the phenomenon of materialisation in its complete form. In the production of the crowning physical manifestation, she was associated at the outset of her mediumistic careerat the beginning of the decade 1870-80-with the medium Herne, but ere long dispensed with his assistance. So that she might not be under the necessity of taking fees for her services, a wealthy Manchester spiritualist, Mr. Charles Blackburn, paid her a sum of money annually. She was thus practically a private medium, and for the most part, her séances were held in her own home. Her principal control was the now famous spirit Katie King. Mr.now Sir William - Crookes, who investigated the phenomena produced in Miss Cook's presence, declared his conviction that Katie and the medium were two separate entities, and was satisfied of the supernormal nature of the former. Not all the sitters, however, were equally convinced. Many persons traced a resemblance in form and feature between medium and control, and it has been suggested that the apparent differences were achieved by a change in the mode of hair-dressing, by tip-toeing, and other mechanical means.
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GRACE MACGOWAN, an American writer, born in Grand Rapids, O., in 1863. She was educated privately. In 1877 she married William Cooke. She was the first president of the Tennessee Woman's Press Club. Her writings include "Mistress Joy" (1902); "Hulda" (1904); "The Power and the Glory" (1910); and "The Joy Bringer" (1912), and several books for children. She was a frequent contributor to magazines.
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JOHN ESTEN, an American novelist; born in Winchester, Va., Nov. 3, 1830. He was an extensive contributor of stories, sketches, and verses to various periodicals, and has written many books, in which are included: "The Virginia Comedians" (1854), "Hilt to Hilt" (1869), "Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee" (1871), "Virginia, a History of the People" (1883), "The Youth of Jefferson," "Surry of Eagle's Nest," "Wearing the Grey," "Pretty Mrs. Gaston," "Virginia Bohemians," etc. He died near Boyce, Va., Sept. 27, 1886.
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MRS. ROSE (TERRY), an American poet and story writer; born in West Hartford, Conn., Feb. 17, 1827. Her complete poems were published in 1888: "The Gentian" and "The Two Villages" are good representatives. Her best short stories treat of New England rural life. The novel "Steadfast" appeared in 1889. Her finest work appeared originally in the "Atlantic Monthly" and other periodicals. She died in Pittsfield, Mass., July 18, 1892.
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