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 institution in Appleton, Wis.; nin 1811. d them to He and hie his being 19. On his e of Baron of Grately. SCHOOL t the Royal lected asso Liter as knig love the in Londen, DOTTI in 1875. 16, and from of Grace Theological the latter founded in 1847 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 48%; students, 489; president, Samuel Plantz, Ph.D., D. D.
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HENRY WARE, an Amermilitary ican officer; born in Manhattan, O., March 17, 1843; entered the army April 16, 1861; became a sergeant of Company E, 9th Indiana Infantry, April 18, 1861, and rose to be a lieutenantcolonel in 1865. In the same year he entered the regular army as a 2d lieutenant in the 41st Indiana Infantry; transferred to 4th U. S. Cavalry in 1871, promoted to captain 1879. In 1876-1879, took active part in expeditions against hostile Sioux and Utes. General Miles appointed him (1886) to lead a force into Mexico to capture Geronimo and his band. At the beginning of the Spanish- American war Lawton was made a major-general of volunteers, (1898). He commanded the 2nd Division of the 5th Army Corps before Santiago where he earned the title "Hero of El Caney." Transferred to the Philippines after the war he distinguished himself in operations against insurgents. On Dec. 19, 1899, while on the firing lines at San Mateo, he was killed by an insurgent sharpshooter .
a city of Oklahoma, the county seat of Comanche co. It is on the St. Louis and San Francisco and the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific railroads. It is the center of an important farming and cotton raising district. The city contains Fort Sill, an army post, the Fort Sill Indian School, the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve, and a park. Pop. (1910) 7,788; (1920) 8,930.
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The, a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott published in 1805. It is a sixteenth century tale, and the scene is laid on the Scottish border. This poem was Scott's first great literary success and made him immediately famous. In Abbotsford Irving tells how Johnny Bower, sexton of the parish and custodian of the ruin at Melrose, appreciated this poem. The old man hated desperately to hear any other of Scott's writings ranked above it. He said, "Faith, it's just e'en as gude a thing as Mr. Scott has written--an' if he were stannin' here I'd tell him so--an' then he'd lauff." See Scott ; Walter
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in the Anglican Church, is a layman who receives authority to read the lessons or a part of the service. The incumbent can permit any one to read the lessons, but for aubut for authority to read the morning or evening or evening prayer a license from the bishop of the shop of the diocese is required. The absolution, of solution, of course, cannot be read by a lay reader, lay reader, or any part of the communion service. service. Readers have existed as an order in the rder in the church from at least the Greek Church they constitute the the 3d century; in century; in stitute the first, in the second of the minor orders that lead to the priestthe Latin Church the second of hood. The ad to the priest appointment of readers in the Anglican of readers in the Church received the sanction of ed the sanction the bishops in 1866; but they were not to be but they were not ordained. LAZAREFF a fine natural harbor, 40 to 60 feet deep, and 8 square , PORT, a fine natural miles in extent, et deep, and 8 square in Broughton Bay on the E. side of Korea. It Broughton Bay on the is 390 miles from Vladivostok It is 890 miles from to the N. and 480 from Port Hamilton N. and 480 from Port to the S., and is free from ice in winter. and is free from ice
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That practice of the yogi by which he listens to sounds which can be heard within his own body when the ears are closed. These sounds are termed "The Nada," and are of all kinds, from the roar of the ocean to the humming of bees.
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la'ya-mon, a British chronicler of the thirteenth century. Layamon was a priest at Ernleye, on the banks of the Severn. The work for which his name is remembered is Brut. It is an amplified translation of the French Brut d'Angleterre of Wace. Layamon's Brut is of linguistic, rather than literary interest. It is a specimen of early English before it had become gallicized, that is, before the influence of the Norman-French invasion had affected the language to any marked degree. Only about ninety words derived from the French appear in the entire poem of 56,000 lines. Nothing of Layamon's life is known, and the exact date of the Brut is a question. The date given usually is 1205.
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SIR AUSTIN HENRY, English an archæologist; born in Paris, France, March 5, 1817. In 1839 and following years he traveled in the East, and in 1845 began his celebrated excavations on the site of ancient Nineveh, publish ing the results in 1849-1853. In 1852 he entered Parliament in the Liberal interest; became under-secretary for foreign affairs in 1860, commissioner of works in 1869, and ambassador to the Porte in 1877 under Lord Beaconsfield's government, when he accomplished the annexation of Cyprus. He is best known by his books : "Nineveh and its Remains" (1849), and "Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon" (1853). He died in London, England, July 5, 1894.
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A prince of Serbia who lived in the year of the Hegira, 788. He was author of a work entitled Dreams , published in 1686. He himself claimed to have had noc-- turnal visions. 66
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or LAZARETTO AZARETTO, a name given in Italy, and other parts of South- , a name ern er parts of South- Europe, to certain public buildings public buildings for the reception of the poor, and such as are afflicted cour, and such as with contagious disorders. The globe disorders. name is derived from St. Lazarus, who is the patron saint of lepers; and during at of lepers; and the Middle Ages, when leprosy was common Ages, when leprosy in Italy and other parts, the hospitals and other parts, the in which the lepers were ers were con fined received that name, and the lepers conthemselves and the lepers were called lazzari.
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