Erl-King
in German legend, a goblin or mythical being who haunts the Black Forest . The Erl-king is a malignant creature who entices children from their homes by promises or bright visions, and then destroys them. His influence upon all, young and old, is evil. Goethe's ballad, Der Erlkonig, and its translations into English are familiar. The word, erlking, is from the Danish, and means king of the elves. Herder's translation of a Danish ballad introduced the Erl-king into Germany.
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Erlangen (City of Bavaria about fifteen)
a city of Bavaria, about fifteen miles N. N. W. of Nuremberg, on he Regnitz. Important manufacturing plants are located here, principally turning out woolen and cotton goods, goods, glassware, gloves, and beer. The city was Prussian from 1791 until 1810, when it became Bavarian. It is noted as the location of the Friedrich-Alexander University, which, before the World War, had an average student body of 1,350 The volumes in the local library number a quarter of a million. Pop. about 25,000.
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Erlangen (UNIVERSITY OF an institution)
UNIVERSITY OF, an institution for higher education, situated in the town of the same name in Bavaria. Founded in 1743 by Frederick, of Bayreuth, its main building margrave was formerly the palace of the margraves in Erlangen. It has four faculties: philosophy, law, medicine, and Protestant theology. Many institutions of learning are connected with the univerthese being extensive clinisity, among cal and anatomical laboratories. The library contains over 200,000 volumes.
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Ermine
or Ermyn Street, a Roman road leading northward from London, through Lincoln, to York, then to Hadrian's Wall. It left London by what became known as Bishopsgate.
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Ermine
er'min, or Stoat, a slender, short-legged weasel, found in the northern parts of Europe, Siberia, and British America . Its fur is of a reddish brown in summer, changing to pure white in winter, with a black tip to the tail. The pelt of the ermine commands a high price. In England it is used especially to line the official robes of judges; hence the ermine has come to signify the judicial dignity. To soil the ermine, and to keep the ermine unspotted, are expressions referring to the conduct of a judge in office. Even in this country, where the judge dresses like other professional men, we hear such expressions as that a judge ought not to drag the ermine through the mire of politics. As a fur, ermine is spotless white, a quality to which Lowell refers in his First Snow Fall. Every pine, and fir, and hemlock Wore ermine, too dear for an earl. See Weasel
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Ermine
in zoölogy, the ermine weasel, a small mammal. The body in summer is reddish-brown above and white beneath, and in winter is wholly white, except the extremity of the tail, which all the year round is black. It is found in the arctic and temperate parts of Europe, becoming more abundant as one travels N. It occurs also in the corresponding parts of North America, ranging as far S. as the middle of the United States. It frequents stony places and thickets, and active, fierce and blood-thirsty. It is called also the stoat. It is obtained from Russia in Europe, Norway, Siberia, Lapland, and also, though to a less extent than formerly, in North America. The word is used figuratively to designate the office, position, or dignity of a judge (from his state robe being ornamented or bordered with ermine). In heraldry it designates one of the furs, represented by black spots of a particular shape on a white ground.
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Ermland
or ERMELAND, a diocese of East Prussia, in the district of Königsberg, with the episcopal seat at Braunsberg. It was formerly under the administrative control of Poland, but after the partition of that kingdom, in 1772, was assigned to Prussia.
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Erne (LOUGH a lake in Ireland county)
LOUGH, a lake in Ireland, county Fermanagh, consisting of a N. or lower, and a S. or upper lake (with the town of Enniskillen between), connected by a narrow, winding channel, and properly forming only expansions of the river Erne. Its entire length is about 40 miles; average breadth 6 miles. It contains numerous islands, and is well stocked with fish.
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Erne (One of the bare-legged eagles)
one of the "bare-legged" eagles. The genus includes some seven species, represented apparently in all parts of the wor the world except South America. The common erne or white-tailed sea-eagle is widely distributed in northern Europe and Asia. It occurs in Great Britain, but is rare. Another notable species species is is the white-headed or bald eagle, the emblem of the United States. This erne blemmen haerica, both by the coasts and by inland lakes, and also occurs in northern Europe. The general color is brown, but the head and , and neck of the adults are milky-white rounded tail. the same is true of the The size is slightly less than that of the British species. The white-bellied seaeagle, found round the Australian coasts, and from Ceylon to Cochin-China, and the Asiatic erne, are other important species.
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Ernest Augustus
King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland, the fifth son of George III.; born in 1771. He became a field-marshal in the British army, and on the death of William IV. in 1837, ascended the throne of Hanover, in consequence of the succession to the sovereignty of that country being limited to male heirs. He was succeeded by his son George V., the last of the Hanoverian kings. He died in 1851.
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Ernst
OSWALD HERBERT, an American soldier, born near Cincinnati in 1842. He attended Harvard College for two years and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1864. In the same year he was appointed 1st lieutenant of engineers. He rose through the various grades, in 1898 becoming a brigadier-general. With this rank he served in the volunteers during the Spanish-American War. He was promoted to be major-general in 1916. His active service included several campaigns in the Civil War, where he served the as assistant chief engineer with Army of Tennessee. He was instructor in practical military engineering at West Point from 1871 to 1878, and from that year until 1886 he was engineer in charge of Western river improvements. For 3 years following he had charge of the harbor improvements on the Texas coast, where he began the great work of the which resulted in the deepening channel at the entrance to Galveston harbor. He served on various boards from 1880 to 1906. From 1893 to 1898 he was superintendent of the United States Military Academy. He was a Commismember of the Isthmian Canal sion from 1899 to 1901, and again in he 1905 and 1906. From 1903 to 1906 was president of the Mississippi River from active Commission. He retired of service in 1906. He wrote "Manual Practical Military Engineering" and other works on engineering subjects.
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