Jeanie Deans
. See Heart Of Midlothian Jean Paul. See Richter ; Jean Paul
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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.
Jeannette
a borough in Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland co. It is on the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is an important industrial community having manufactures of window glass, tableware, rubber goods, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,077; (1920) 10,627. JEAN PAUL. See RICHTER.
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Jebb
RICHARD CLAVERHOUSE, a Scotch classical scholar; born in Dundee, Aug. 27, 1841. He was educated at St. Columba's College, Dublin, the Charterhouse, London, and Cambridge University, and was graduated as senior classic at Trinity College in 1862. In 1869 he became public orator of that university, and in 1875 he was called to fill the Greek chair in Glasgow University, which he resigned in 1889, on being appointed Greek Professor at Cambridge. His best known works are "The Attic Orators"; "Modern Greece"; a "Life of Richard Bentley"; "Homer: an Introduction to the Iliad and Odyssey"; and an edition of Sophocles. He died in 1905.
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Jebis
or JEBISU, the Neptune of Japanese mythology, specially revered by fishermen.
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Jebusites
one of the chief tribes of the land of Canaan; they dwelt in the mountains to the W. of the Dead Sea, and to the N. of the Hittites. Their capital was Jebus, afterward called Salem; and, according to some, was the site, at a later period, of the city of Jerusalem.
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Jeconiah
King of Judah, began his reign at the age of 18, about 599 b. c. He sat on the throne, however, only a short time, being carried prisoner to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, when the latter took Jerusalem. He remained in captivity till the year 560 B. c., and was then placed by Evil-Merodach among the princes of his court. Zedekiah, his brother, succeeded him.
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Jedda
the port of Mecca, Arabia. On June 15, 1858, the fanatic Mohammedans massacred 26 of the Christian inhabitants, among them the English and French consuls and part of their families; but many fled to the shipping. On the delay of justice, Commodore Pullen, with the "Cyclops," bombarded the town. On Aug. 6, 11 of the assassins were executed; the ringleaders afterward. the assas JEDDO. See TOKYO.
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Jefferies
JOHN RICHARD, gen- TOKYO. erally known as RICHARD JEFFERIES, an English writer on rural subjects; born OHN RIC in Wiltshire, Nov. 6, 1848. He started RICHARD life as a journalist on the staff of the "North Wilts Herald" about 1866, and 6, 1848. won his first real success with "The st on the Gamekeeper at Home"; describing rural wald" abou life and the observations of a nature loval success Other books written in the same er. vein, or on similar subjects, are "Wild ations of Life in a Southern County" (1879); writtan "The Amateur Poacher" (1880); "Round subjects about a Great Estate" (1881); "Nature rn Cour near London" (1883); "Life of the Chor" Fields" (1884); "Red Deer" (1884); and "The Open Air" (1885). The book entitled "The Story of My Heart" (1883) is a strange autobiography of inner life. Jefferies possessed a wonderful insight into the habits and ways of animals and birds and creeping things, and a great love for nature. He died in Goring in Sussex, Aug. 14, 1887.
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Jefferies, Richard
jef'riz, Richard (1848-1887), an English essayist. He was a native of Wiltshire. He wrote several volumes of outdoor essays in which the reader may trace the delightful influence of Isaak Walton. He is to the British reader what John Burroughs is to the American. His writings are full of the keenest observations and make the reader feel as though he wanted to get away from town into unfrequented byways, field, and forest. The nature of his writing is indicated by the titles he chose: The Gamekeeper at Home, Wild Life in a Southern Country, Round About a Great Estate, The Life of the Fields, The Open Air, The Amateur Poacher, Wood Magic, Red Deer, and Field and Hedgerow. Several of his least successful volumes are novels.
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Jefferson City
a city, capital of the State of Missouri, and county-seat of Cole co.; on the Missouri river, the Chicago and Alton, the Missouri , Kansas and Pacific and the Missouri Pacific railroads; 125 miles W. of St. Louis. It is the farming and manufacturing trade center for Cole and adjacent counties; has manufactories of flour , shoes, farming implements, and wagons , and iron foundries. It has the State Capitol, St. Mary's Hospital, Lincoln Institute, and other public buildings. It has gas and electric light plants, a National bank, daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 11,850, (1920) 14,490. JEFFERSONIA (-sō'-) (named in honor of President Jefferson), a genus of plants, order Berberidaceæ. The species J. diphylla, the twin-leaf, or rheumatismroot, is found in woods from Western New York to Wisconsin and S. The leaves, which are only two and bipartite, rise immediately from a horizontal root-stock borne on long petals, and enfolding a handsome white flower, not unlike that of the blood-root, and appearing in April and May. This plant has in the West the reputation of being a stimulant, diaphoretic , and antispasmodic. a city and
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Jeffersonville
county-seat of Clark co., Ind.; on the Ohio river, and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the Pittsburgh , Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis , and several other railroads; 50 miles E. of Evansville; and opposite Louisville , Ky., with which it is connected by railroad bridges. It contains the Southern State Penitentiary , High School, Public Library; is the seat of an extensive government depot of supplies; and has waterworks , gas and electric lights, street railways , large car works, National banks , daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Pop . (1910) 10, - 412, (1920) 10,098. a British
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Jeffrey
FRANCIS, critic and essayist; born in Edinburgh in 1773. After graduating at the universities of Glasgow, and Oxford , Jeffrey, in 1794, was admitted to the Scottish bar. In 1802 he became editor of the Edinburgh "Review." In 1813 he married a grand-niece of John Wilkes, crossing to the United States to bring her home . From 1816 till he ceased to practice Jeffrey was the acknowledged leader of the Scottish bar. He died in 1850. JEFFERIES,
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