Jamaica Bay
an inlet of the At- nected of it lo lantic Ocean S. of Long Island, N. Y. duct than of St. P sableness
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Each of these 12 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.
Jambudvipa
in is strongly Sanskrit poetry and Buddhist writings, of it look certain. a name given to India, though strictly of St. Paul 45, in it is applicable to the whole earth, of ii: 21, 25 e, the 2d probably which India was regarded as the princi- -Version certain. pal part. se, ranked 45, in A. a. mens/
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JAMES II
son of the former, ruled Scotland from 1449 to 1460. Amid warring factions, he allied himself with the Douglas as a choice of evils, but, feeling himself overridden, he induced the Earl of Douglas to come to Stirling Castle and stabbed him to death with his own hand. He was a warlike king, even to his death. He was killed in his twenty-ninth year, by the bursting of a newfangled cannon at the siege of Roxburgh.
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JAMES III
the son of the former, ruled from 1460 to 1488. He was defeated in battle by rebellious nobles and like his grandfather, James I, was murdered by them.
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James Island
one of the islands in the harbor of Charleston, S. C., at the 16, 1862) mouth of the Ashley river. The battle of Secessionville (June 16, 1862) and several other engagements of the Civil War were fought here. education
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James Millikin University
an institution for higher education at Ill, found Lincoln, Ill., and Decatur, Ill., founded in 1865. It was formed by a combina- 78 merabers tion of Lincoln College and Decatur Coltudents. Th lege. In 1919 there were 73 members of the faculty and 1,538 students. The library contains about 10,000 volumes. The annual income is about $600,000. President, E. A. R. Taylor. Irish autho
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James River
a river in Virginia; was the formed by the union of the Jackson and the KPOSITION Cowpasture rivers, passes through the ., in 1907 Blue Ridge, and pursues a devious course redth anni as far as Scottsville. At Richmond it falls 100 feet in six miles, thereby affordne first pe merica. T ing a grand water power. Above this Va., in rouped abo point the James river and Kanawha dredth canal extends, following the course of the on, a squa f the orig the river, and embracing extensive America eloped int reaches of slack water navigation, to grouped tion, a Buchanan, 196 miles. The tide comes represented up to the Rocketts, just below Richmond. of the co represen cure in th This is the head of navigation for steamveloped building w boats and schooners of 130 tons. Shiprepresented Hall, that ping of the first class comes up to City to State Hou Point, 40 miles below, at the mouth of ture in ail about 2 the Appomattox. Below City Point the building of the pri river is a broad, deep, tidal estuary, 66 Hall, Numerous miles long. The James river flows into State Chesapeake Bay through Hampton Roads. all about were awAL The entire length from Covington, Va., a million of the to Old Point Comfort is some 450 miles. the expo Numerous poor, & de were
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James's Bay
the S. arm of Hudson to be rais a million Bay, about 250 miles long from N. to S., the and 175 miles wide. It is greatly beset poor, a called On with islands, and its navigation is danto be raised. Sweden gerous. It is very
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James, Henry
Henry (1843-), an American novelist and critic, a leader in what is known as the realistic school of fiction. He is the son of Henry James, the theologian and philosopher. The younger man received the greater part of his education in Europe, although he studied law at Harvard. Since 1869 he has lived for the most part in England and Italy. Partly on this account, and partly because he is given to showing up the faults of his countrymen, he has been accused of lack of patriotism. He is sometimes called our "international novelist." His characters are often Americans in Europe. He began his work as a writer with contributions to the American magazines. Daisy Miller, published in 1878, brought him into prominent notice. Other novels are Watch and Ward, The Bostonians, The Americans, The Portrait of a Lady, The Tragic Muse, What Maisie Knew, and The Europeans. He has written many short stories which have been collected and published in book form. James is a keen analyst of character and motive. His work is finished and complete to the minutest detail. Although he has produced more than fifty books, he is never careless; his style gives no hint of haste. James' French Poets and Novelists and a Life of Hawthorne show that he is possessed of skill as a critic. James' thrusts are keen. He is a writer for the few.
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Jameson, Mrs. Anna Brownell Murphy
ja'me-son, Mrs. Anna Brownell Murphy (1794-1860), a British author and art critic. She was born at Dublin, the eldest daughter of an Irish miniature painter. While a young woman she filled the position of governess in several families, and in 1825 married Robert Jameson, from whom she soon separated. Her first publication was Diary of an Ennuyee which appeared in 1826. Loves of the Poets, Memoirs of Female Sovereigns, and Characteristics of Shakespeare's Women soon followed. These books were favorably received, but Mrs. Jameson is known best for her art criticisms. Among her writings in this line may be mentioned Handbook to the Public Picture Galleries of Art, published in 1842; Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters, and Sacred and Legendary Art. These works have done much toward the refinement of public taste, since they are of such style as to attract the ordinary reader and are at the same time true expositions of the works of the old masters.
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Jamuna
the name of several rivers Northern India, the chief being the ame of several rivers section of the Brahmaputra, and the chief being the which connects it directly with the e Brahmaputrs, and it directly with the
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Jan Mayen Land
a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean, named after the Dutch navigator by whom it was discovered in 1611. It lies between Iceland and Spitzbergen, and is 35 miles long. 35 Its highest point is the extinct volcano of tinct vo Beerenberg, 8,350 feet, the sides of which sides of are covered with immense glaciers and. frozen waterfalls. In 1882-1883 it was 32-1883 made the station of the Austrian polar Austrian expedition. Important seal and whale eal and fishings are carried on E. and N. of Jan Mayen every summer.
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