Each of these 10 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 coeducational tist Church; reported in 1919: Profesin 1842, under the auspices of the Bapsors and instructors , 12; students, 422; president, T. H. Eagles, A. B., A. M. tional non-sectarian institution in Wash-
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a coeducaat the close of 1920: Professors and inington, D. C.; founded in 1867; reported J. E. Rankin, D. D., LL. D. structors, 50; students, 1,565 ; president, can editor and author; born at Treaty,
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John (1726-1790), an English prison reformer. He was born near London and inherited considerable property from his father. In 1736, the year of the great earthquake at Lisbon, he set out to visit that city. His vessel was taken by a French privateer. Ere his release he underwent hardships in French prisons. In 1773 he was made sheriff, that is to say, a judge of his native county and devoted himself to the reform of prisons. He visited the chief prisons of Great Britain , Ireland, and the continent, and published an account of what he had seen. He died in the southern part of Russia from the effect of a fever caught from a patient. He was not a man of great ability, but he is remembered in England for his services in the cause of humanity.
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CLARK, an American editor; born in Barnwell co., South Caro- University lina, in 1863. He graduated of Georgia in 1883. He became connected with the Atlanta "Constitution" in the following year, and on the death the latof Henry W. Grady, succeeded ter's position as managing editor. He became editor in chief in 1897. From 1886 to 1891 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and acted as speaker in 1890-1891. He was a member and president of the State 1906. From 1892 Senate from 1900 to Nahe was a member of the Democratic tional Committee.
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WILLIAM DEAN, an American author; born in Martin's Ferry, ry, O., March 1, 1837. He learned his father; was the printer's trade with afterward assistant editor on the "Ohio State Journal"; published a life of Abraof poems; ham Lincoln and a volume and was appointed in 1861 United States consul at Venice. On his return in 1865 he joined the staff of the "Nation," became editor of the "Atlantic Monthly," editorial contributor to "Harper's Maga- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS as a writer of novels. Among his works are "Venetian Life," "Italian Journeys," "A Chance Acquaintance," "A Foregone Conclusion, "The Lady of the Aroostook," "Dr. Breen's Practice," "A Modern ook, Instance," "The Rise of Silas Lapham," Wed- "Indian Summer," "Their Silver Friends and ding Journey," "Literary Acquaintances," etc. Among his novels may be mentioned. "New Leaf Mills" (1913); "Years of My Youth" (1915); "The Leatherwood God" (1916), edited; Adventure"; etc. "Library of Universal Arts and Let- The National Institute of ters awarded him a gold medal in 1915 for meritorious work in fiction. He died in 1920.
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William and Mary, two English authors whose names are appropriately mentioned together. William Howitt (1792-1879) was of Quaker parentage. He was born at Heanor, Derbyshire. he early showed a taste for literature, publishing verses at the age of thirteen. In 1823 he married Mary Botham (1799-1888) a lady of intellect and literary acquirements. Together they published several volumes of poems in which Mrs. Howitt's work is the more worthy of note. Mr. Howitt's best prose works are those which treat of English history and scenery. The Book of the Seasons, Rural Life in England, Visits to Remarkable Places, and Homes and Haunts of the British Poets are among them. The couple lived for some years in Germany, where Mr. Howitt wrote Student Life in Germany, and Rural and Domestic Life in Germany. Mrs. Howitt translated the stories of Frederika Bremer, the Swedish novelist, and those of Hans Christian Andersen. She also wrote Tales for Children and many poems. Her stories and children's poems were popular both in England and in the United States . None of these is more widely known, probably, than The Spider and the Fly: "Will you walk into my parlor?" Said a spider to a fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlor That ever you did spy. The way into my parlor Is up a winding stair, And I have many pretty things To show when you are there."
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A well-known English writer on spiritualism who became interested in the movement at an early stage. Besides his numerous contributions to the Spiritual Magazine and other periodicals, he wrote a History of the Supernatural, in two volumes, and translated Ennemoser's History of Magic. He did much to separate spiritualism from the socialistic and humanitarian doctrines with which it was confused in America.
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a cannon, differing from ordinary guns in being lighter in proportion to its shorter and bore, and used for throwing shells or case-shot only, with comparatively small World War (1914charges. In the 1918) the Germans used extensively and mortars, especially heavy howitzers the 11-inch guns made by Krupp and Eberhardt. These were effective in reducing the Belgian forts, which were not equipped with sufficiently heavy armament to retaliate. The French employed later the 11-inch Schneider howitzer but not on such a large scale as the Germans, who were also the first to transport guns on wheels and fire from that position. The United States army uses the 3-inch mountain gun, or howitzer, and a 6-inch forms part of heavy field artillery.
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in zoology, Mycetes, a genus of Cedibæ, and specially Mycetes ursinus. The name "howling" is giv given from the loud and resonant voice. The animals are clumsy in make, heavy in their movement, and hang on trees by their long prehensile tails. They inhabit the warmer parts of the New World. They are the largest monkeys in South and Central America. Called also howlers.
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a town of India, in the presidency of Bengal. It is on the right bank of the Hugli river, opposite Calcutta, of which it forms suburb. a There are manufactures of iron, rope, cottonseed oil, and machinery. It is the seat of the Sibpur Civil Engi eering College. Pop. about 180,000.
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