Each of these 15 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.
A Greek poet born at Ephesus, 540 years before the Christian era. He cultivated satirical poetry, which was marked by its beauty and vigor. Hispania (Spain). A peninsula in the southwest of Europe, connected with the land only on the northeast, where the Pyrenees form its boundary, and surrounded on all other sides by the sea, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.
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in ordinary language, the river horse, H. amphibius. It inhabits the great rivers and lakes of Africa. Anciently it was found in the lower part of the Nile: now it does not occur there. It is at home in the water, diving beneath it when danger arises, but at intervals raising its head above the surface to breathe. It feeds chiefly on the roots and bark of water trees and plants. It lands during the night to look for pasture, and is destructive to crops. Its tusks furnish the best ivory; its flesh is eaten. In zoölogy, the typical and mitted genus of the family Hippopoonly adtamidæ. The hippopotamus is now found only where the water never freezes, but is of nearly uniform temperature throughout the year.
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in botany, mare's tai tail, a genus of Haloragaceæ, tribe Halorageæ. The perianth is single, superior, forming a very indistinct rim to the germen; stamen one; style one; fruit one-celled, one-seeded. Known species one or two.
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a genus of fossil bivalves, having the under shell of great depth and of a conical form, with a flat lid or operculum, occurring in the lower chalk. They are allied to the living Chama, or gaping cockle.
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a king of Tyre, who sent to congratulate David on his accession to the throne, and aided him in building his palace (II Sam. v: 11; I Chr. xiv: 1). He was the father of Abibaal of secular (1913); "The Political Economy of history. Also a king of Tyre, a grandson of the former (II Chr. ii: 14), and like him a friend of David. He congratulated Solomon at the commencement of his reign, and furnished essential aid in building the Temple.
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a coeducational institution in Hiram, O.; founded in 1850 under the auspices of the Christian Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 22; students, 357; president, M. L. Bates, A.M.
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a town of Japan in the northern part of the island of Hondo. The chief industry is the manufacture of lacquered ware. Pop. about 40,000.
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a city of Japan, the capital of the Province of Aki. It is in the southwestern part of the island of Hondo. It is an important commercial city, and is the center of the trade in lacquered ware, bronze, and other objects of art. Pop. about 145,000.
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MAURICE, BARON DE, an Austrian Jewish philanthropist and financier. He inherited a considerable fortune from his father in 1869 and greatly increased this by marriage. He also made enormous sums from building railways in Rumania and Turkey. His fortune was estimated at $200,000,000. During his life he gave away about $100,000,000, chiefly for the alleviation of conditions among the Jews. A large part of these sums was given to the Jewish Colonization Association for the establishment of colonies in Argentina. na. He also endowed schools in Galicia and he gave $2,500,000 to establish a fund in New York for the education and Americanization of Russian and Rumanian Jews. His wife on her death in 1899 bequeathed $1,200,000 to this fund. Baron de Hirsch died in 1896.
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a city of Silesia, Germany. Prior to the World War it had important manufactures of linen, lace, cotton goods, cement, etc. Pop. about 21,000.
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FRANCIS W., a British author. He was born in 1873, and was educated at Clifton College and Oxford. He became a barrister in 1899 and from 1907 to 1916 was editor of "The Economist." His works include: "Essays in Liberalism"; "Local Government in England" (with J. Redlich, 2 vols. 1903); "The Manchester School"; "Adam Smith" (English Men of Letters, 1904); "Trusts and Cartels" (1905); "The Arbiter in Council" (1906); "The Stock Exchange" (1911); "The Six Panics" War" (1915).
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an old Latin name for Spain. It is used often in poetry.
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a province of Bokhara, from which it is separated by a S. offset of the W. prolongation of the Thian-Shan Mountains. This range forms its N. boundary. The soil is fertile, and yields wheat, flax, cotton, rice, and garden fruits. Copper and rock-salt abound. The inhabitants are chiefly Usbegs and Tajiks. They export corn, salt, flax, and sheep to Bokhara. The main route from India to Bokhara passes through the province. The province was annexed by the Emir of Bokhara in 1869. The capital is the town of Hissar, on the Kafirnihan river. Its people are noted sword makers. Pop. about 10,000.
the capital of a district of that name in the Punjab, on the Western Jumna canal, 102 miles W. of Delhi. Pop. about 20,000. The district of Hissar, lying on the W. verge of the Bikanir desert, has an area of 3,540 square miles, and its fertile soil produces rice, millet, barley, grain, wheat, etc.; but the crops are entirely dependent upon the rainfall. Pop. about 500,000. Area of Hissar division, 8,355 square miles; pop. about 1,400,000.
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AMERICAN, a society of historical students and writers founded in 1884 and which held its first meeting in Saratoga, N. Y. Five years later by an act of Congress it was granted a charter in the District of Columbia. The society holds annual meetings at various cities in the United States. Under its direction two important commissions of scholars have labored, one, the Historical Manuscripts Commission, the other the Public Archives Commission, both of which have rendered valuable public service. The "American Historical Review" is published quarterly by the association.
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the record of the most important bygone events in human history chronologically arranged, with an inquiry into their causes, and the lessons which they afford with regard to human conduct. A history may be of an institution, an invention or art gradually perfected, as, the history of shipbuilding, the history of painting; or of thought, as, the history of philosophy. Branches of history now named separately are archæology and biography. Also a book treating of the history of any country, people, science, or art.
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