Each of these 14 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.
an educational institution in New Concord, O.; founded in 1837 under the auspices of the United Presbyterian Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 16; students, 475; volumes in the library, 9,000; endowment, $290,000; grounds and buildings valued at $300,000; income, $80,000. President, J. K. Montgomery.
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the chief river of eastern Ohio. It is formed by the junction of the Walhondin and Tuscarawas rivers and flows in a S. E. direction for 112 miles, through an important agricultural region. It empties into the Ohio river at Marietta. The and on the Père Marquette, the Grand river is navigable for about 100 miles from its mouth.
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a city of Oklahoma, the county-seat of Muskogee co., about 130 miles E. of Oklahoma City. It is situated on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas; the St. Louis and San Francisco, the Midland Valley, and the Missouri, Oklahoma, and Gulf railroads. It has important public buildings, including a handsome post office, a high school, a library, and several clubs. There is also an excellent system of public parks. It contains the St. Joseph College, the Spaulding Female Institute, and the Oklahoma Woman's College. Its industries include hardware, factories, railroad shops, steel works, oilwell supply works, and cotton goods factories. It is surrounded by important agricultural and stock-raising region. Oil and natural gas are found in abundance. It has the commission form of government, adopted in 1910. Pop. (1910) 25,278; (1920) 30,277.
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lake and islet region of Ontario, Canada, on Muskoka river. Area covering over 4,000 square miles includes nearly 1,000 lakes interspersed with hundreds of islets, surrounded by forest scenery. Summer visitors crowd to the resort for bathing, boating, and fishing.
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ALFRED DE (mü-sā'), a French poet; born in Paris, France, De Dec. 11, 1810. After completing his education at the College of Henry IV., where his fellow-pupil and intimate friend was the Duke of Orleans, son of Louis Philippe, he essayed the most diverse studies. The law, medicine, finance, painting, were in (CH₂CICH)₂S. turn engaged in, in turn abandoned. In 1830, he put forth a small volume of poetry, entitled "Stories of Spain and Italy," which was received with great favor. A celebrity at 23, the young poet made a journey to Italy with George Sand, under the name of confidential secretary. During his last years, he gave himself up to play, and even grosser pleasures. His last volume of verse was published in 1850, and showed a premature decay of the author's powers. He was nevertheless elected a member of the French Academy, in 1852. His best works are his poems, "View from an Armchair"; "The Cup and the Lips"; "Of What do Young Girls Dream?" "Namouna"; "Rolla"; and his two ex- ," and quisite dra dramatic pieces, "A Caprice," "A Door Should be Open or Shut." He died in Paris, May 2, 1857.
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mu-sa', Louis Charles Alfred de (1810-1857), a celebrated French poet. His father was a man of letters, and the son grew up with a strong taste for literature. He tried various professions, but decided at last to devote himself to a literary life. His first volume of poems, Tales of Spain and Italy, was published in 1830. Musset was the author of many poems, some of them ranking among the finest in the French language. He also wrote novels and several dramatic works. Irregular and dissolute living destroyed his health. He became morbid and melancholy. The autobiographic novel, Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle, contains the analysis of a diseased mind.
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BENITO, leader of the Italian Fascisti and Premier of Italy, was born at Predappio in the province of Forli, 1884. He received a normal school training and afterwards studied at the University of Bologna. For a short time he was a teacher of French, but meanwhile he became deeply interested in socialism and the study of the social sciences. He traveled in Germany, France, and Switz- N 1922-23.) a
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MODEST PETRO- VITCH, Russian composer; born in Karev, v, Pskov, in 1839, he entered the St. Petersburg Military Academy, but resigned his commission to devote himself to musical composition. He wrote an incomplete opera, "Salammbo," and brought out a number of songs which made him well known. His masterpiece, however, was his "Boris Godunov" which appeared in 1874, and which, considerably revised, has become a standard Russian opera. An opera almost equal in fame was "Khovanstchina," which appeared have 1880. He left behind three uncomoperas, a fantasie, suite for the and choral works. He died in 1881.
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a Moslem or Moham-
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the juice of the grape, which by fermentation is converted into wine
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a genus of carnivorous mammals, section Arctoidæ, forming a large group, widely diffused in the N. temperate regions. They have broad flattened skulls, low vermiform bodies, short legs, and feet fitted either for running, digging or swimming. The family may be naturally lly divided into three sub-families: Mustelinæ, Lutrinæ, and Mélinæ.
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a small instrument used to modify the sound of the violin or violoncello. It is made of hard wood, ivory, or brass, and is attached to the bridge by means of a slit, its three legs standing between, but clear of, the strings.
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Mikado (or Emperor) of Japan; born Nov. 3, 1852. He ascended the throne in 1867, and married Princess Haruko in 1869. His children are Prince Yoshihito, born in 1879, and proclaimed Crown Prince in 1889, and three princesses. His reign was marked by great reforms; and the feudal system, which had impeded the general progress of the country, was abolished. He died in 1912. See JAPAN.
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or MATHURA (ma'thö-rä), a town of India, in the Northwest Provinces, on the right bank of the Jumna, 30 miles above Agra. For centuries it has been a center of the Buddhist faith; the surrounding country swarms with associations of Krishna and shells usually from 15 to 25 per cent of Balarama. There are numerous temples and mosques; the river is lined with magnificent flights of stairs, leading down to the bathing places in the sacred river; large numbers of pilgrims resort to the city on the occasion of its religious festivals; and troops of monkeys and turtles are supported by the charity of the gentle-hearted people. The city was sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1017; its temples were destroyed by a native sultan in 1500, and by Aurungzebe in 1669; and it was plundered by the Afghans in 1756. In 1803 it passed into the hands of the British. Pop. about 60,000. The district has an area of 1,453 square miles.
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