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.
FRANCES POWER, an Irish writer; born in Dublin, Dec. 4, 1822. She has written "Intuitive Morals" (1855); "Religious Duty," " Hours of Work and Play" (1867); "Duties "Dut of Women"; "Th Hopes of the Human Race, Hereafter and Here"; "Scientific Speculations of the Age" ( 1888). Wrote extensively on theological and humanitarian questions and books of travels in Greece , Italy, and Palestine. Died April 5, 1904.
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WILLIAM, an English essayist and political writer ; born in Farnham, March 9, 1762. The son of a farm hand, he had no early advantages , but a great gift for controversy; and he plunged warmly into the social , economic , and political discussions of his day. He visited this country, and wrote here for a time under the name of "Peter Porcupine." He is at his best in his countless pamphlets, and in "The Political Proteus," "Legacy to Laborers," and "Advice to Young Men." He died near Farnham in June, 1835.
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Richard (1804-1865), an English statesman. He received a limited education, but acquired commercial experience in a warehouse in London, and, with the help of friends, founded a successful manufactory of cotton cloth in Manchester. Later, he was able to travel, both on the continent and in the United States . He began writing pamphlets on political conditions, and took an active part in the anticorn law agitation. In 1841 he entered Parliament, where he became known as the "apostle of free trade ." He was not only foremost in the repeal of the corn laws, but may be regarded as the statesman to whom, above all others, England owes her free trade policy. His services in Parliament led to the neglect of his own business. He became involved in difficulties; but friends raised a purse of $350,000 and presented it to him, so great was their appreciation of the value of his services in Parliament. He was offered numerous honors, including membership in the British cabinet and a baronetcy, all of which he persistently refused, preferring to represent the interests of the people throughout, as he understood them. Free trade clubs the world over, bear his name. See John Bright; Corn Laws
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LORD. See OLDCASTLE.
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or PUERTO LA MAR, a seaport formerly belonging to Bolivia, now in the territory of Antofagasta, Chile.
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or COBBLE, a low flat-floored boat with a square stern, used in salmonfishery. COBLENZ (anciently Confluentes, from its situation at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle), a fortified town of Germany, capital of Rhenish Prussia, finely situated on the left bank of the Rhine in the angle between it and the Moselle, and connected by a pontoonbridge over the Rhine with the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein; this, along with its other fortifications is capable of accommodating 100,000 men. The palace of the Elector of Treves was a Prussian royal residence. Its industries before the World War embraced cigars, machinery, champagne-wines, pianos, and it had an important trade in Rhine and Moselle wines. Coblenz was the headquarters of the American Army of Occupation, following the Armistice of November, 1918. Pop. about 60,000. COB NUT, a large variety of hazelnut.
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or Kobold, kobold, a domestic spirit in northern mythology. According to the Edda, Odin formed the dwarfs from dust. They were of two sorts. The gnomes occupy deep caverns. The cobolds are house spirits and, if kindly treated, nestle beside the hearth and are a protection to the home. See Gnome; Edda
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a town, port of entry, and county-seat of Northumberland co., Ontario, Canada; on Lake Ontario, and the Grand Trunk railroad; 69 miles N. E. of Toronto. It is the seat of a Wesleyan university, and has several woolen mills, car factory, foundries, newspapers, banks, an and schools. Pop. about 6,000.
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the name of a family in Germany, dating from the 5th century, noted for intermarriages with royal houses, especially during the 19th century. A sister of Duke Ernest I. became Duchess of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria; ; the duke's brother Leopold became King of the Belgians, and married in succession daughters of George IV. of England and of Louis Philippe; one of his nephews, Ferdinand, married the Queen of Portugal, and was regent of that kingdom, 1853; another, puis August, married a daughter of Louis Philippe; one of his sons, Duke Ernest II., declined the crown of Greece, 1863, and another, Prince Albert, was the hus band of his cousin, Queen Victoria, of England.
a thin fabric of worsted and cotton, or worsted and silk, twilled on one side, for ladies' dresses, intended a. a substitute for merino.
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a peninsula on the N. coast of Australia in the northern territory of South Australia.
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FOSTER DWIGHT, an American agriculturalist and public official, born in Jefferson co., Wis., in 1846. He was educated in the common schools. After serving in the Civil War he became a farmer and stock raiser in Franklin co., Kan. In 1882 he was secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture and from 1894 to 1914 was editor of the Kansas City "Live-Stock Indicator." He was chief of the department of live stock at the St. Louis Exposition and was for many years a regent of the State Agricultural College. He was one of the foremost authorities in agricultural matters in the United States. In 1906 he was appointed United States Senator from Kansas, but declined the appointment. He served as chairman of the Draft Appeal Board of the 1st district of Kansas, in 1917. His works include: "Swine Husbandry"; "The Book of Alfalfa"; "Swine in America," and over 30 volumes on agriculture published by the State of Kansas.
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the web or network spun by spiders to catch their prey.
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COCO ROOT, or EDDOES, (plants of the genus Colocasia, and of the (nearly allied genus Caladium, of the order Araceæ, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries for their (edible starchy root-stocks, of which the food value broadly corresponds to the potato. They are sometimes included under the name Yam, but are totally different from the true yam. The names more strictly belong to Colocasia antiquorum, a stemless plant with ovate leaves, and flowers inclosed in a cylindri- cylindrical erect spathe. This is a native of India, but was early introduced to Egypt and the Mediterranean countries, whence it has now passed even to America. C. esculenta, C. macrorhiza, or tara, and C. Himalensis are also of economic importance in different parts of the world.
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