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.
LYDIA (HUNTLEY), an American author; born in Norwich, Conn., Sept. 1, 1791. Among her many publications are: "Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands," a record of her visit in Europe Europe made made in 1840 (1842); "Scenes in My Native Land" (1884); "Water Drops: A Plea for Temperance" (1847); "Gleanings," poems (1860); and "The Man of Uz, and Other Poems" (1862). She died in Hartford, Conn., June 10, 1865.
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sig'ur-ni, Lydia Huntley (1791-1865), an American author. She was born at Norwich, Connecticut, and died at Hartford. Prior to her marriage to Charles Sigourney in 1819 she was a teacher in a school for young ladies. In her day, Mrs. Sigourney was a voluminous and popular writer, contributing over two thousand poems and papers to various periodicals. Among the better known titles of her works are Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands, a volume of travel, Letters to Young Ladies, and Pocahontas and other Poems. Though not a strong writer, Mrs. Sigourney's style was pleasing.
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or SIGURDR, in Northern mythology, the hero of the Volsunga Saga, on which the "Nibelungenlied" is based. According to the legend of the Volsungs, Sigurd (the Siegfried of the "Nibelungenlied)" is the posthumous son of Sigmund, son of Volsung, a descendant of Odin. After obtaining the golden treasure by slaying the dragon Fafnir with his good sword, Gram, he eats the monster's heart, and thus acquires the power of understanding the songs of birds. He then rides through a volume of flame surrounding a house in which the fair Brenhyldr (Brunhild) lay asleep. He wakes Brenhyldr, to whom he plights his troth, and then rides to the palace alace of Giuki the Niflung, whose wife gives him a potion potion which causes him to forget Brenhyldr, and he marries Gudrun (Chriemhild), Giuki's daughter. Her brother Gunnar (Gunther) determines to marry Brenhyldr, but is unable to ride through the flames; so his mother by her arts causes Sigurd to go through the flames and bring away Brenhyldr in the form of Bunnar. Sigurd then resumes his shape, and Brenhyldr is handed over to Bunnar. When Brenhyldr hears the true story of her rescue, her love for the hero turns to hatred, and she seeks to slay him. Sigurd is eventually killed by Gunnar's half broth- His death revives Brenhyldr's love, er. and she dies of a broken heart.
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a small is land of the Cyclades, in the Grecian Archipelago, E. of Melos; area, 17 square miles. The surface is lofty, but the soil is fertile. The staple product is wine.
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a native State in the Himalayas, between Nepal and Bhutan, in po litical connection with the government of Bengal; area 2,818 2,818 square miles. It is important as containing the most direct trade routes from India into Tibet, which have hitherto been kept closed by the jealous influence of the Chinese Government. The ruling family is Buddhist in religion and of Tibetan descent. In 1836 the sanitarium of Darjeeling was ceded to the British in consideration of a payment at first of $3,000, now of $6,000, per annum. In recent years much has been done to develop the transit trade with Tibet. The lieutenant-governor of Bengal has had repeated interviews with the rajah and his minister. The capital is at Tumlung from November to May; for the rest of the year it is removed to Chumbi, on the Tibetan side of the range. The products are rice, Indian corn, millet, oranges, tea, and cotton cloth; the minerals are lime and copper. Pop. about 88,000.
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MRS. MARY ANN EVANS.
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a village in the extreme N. of Hampshire, England; 7 miles N. of Basingstoke; is famous for the remains of the ancient Romano-British town of Caer Segeint, called by the Romans Calleva, and by the West Saxons Silceastre. The chief visible remains are astr the amphitheater, 50 yards by 40, and the walls, 2,760 yards in length; excavations have shown the foundations of a basilica, the forum, a temple, baths, etc.; and coins, seals, rings, and much broken pottery have been found. New excavations were begun in June, 1890, by the Society of Antiquaries and by 1910 most of the old town was uncovered.
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in Greek mythology, a satyr and the foster-father of Bacchus. He was fond of music and was a prophet, but was lazy and addicted to drunkenness. He is represented as a jovial old man with a pug nose and a bald head. An antique group now at Munich represents him as crowned with ivy and holding the infant Bacchus in his arms. A painting by Rubens, entitled Silenus and Satyrs, represents Silenus intoxicated, leading a train of satyrs and bacchantes, among whom are a tiger and two goats. Silenus himself is supported by a satyr and a negro. See Satyr
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sil-oo-et', a profile picture in black. The name is derived from Etienne de Silhouette, a French minister of finance of the eighteenth century, noted for economy. In search of amusement, the French court took to parsimony. Coats and gowns were made in the plainest fashion. Snuffboxes made of plain wood and worth a few sous were substituted for the jeweled articles ordinarily carried. In mock parsimony, even portraits were drawn in profile only--to save the expense of oils needed to paint a face. A la silhouette became the phrase in an idle court for the prevailing fashion of mock economy. Silhouette has lingered in connection with profile pictures only. A silhouette may be obtained most readily by allowing a shadow of the face or the object to fall on a wall or sheet of paper. Whittier, it may be remembered, uses the term in Snow-Bound: The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall.
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in chemistry, one of the non-metallic elements, the base of silica, discovered by Berzelius in 1823. It is in the form of its only oxide, silica, the most abundant solid element in nature. It is obtained in a state of purity by igniting the double fluoride of silicon and potassium with sufficient potassium to combine with the whole of the fluorine. The mass is washed first with cold, and then with hot water. Silicon thus obtained is a dull-brown powder, sinking in water, in which it is insoluble. It is a non-conductor of electricity, and is insoluble in all acids but the hydrofluoric. Heated in oxygen or air, it burns with a brilliant flame, being converted into silica, its only oxide. If heated in a closed platinum crucible its properties become changed. It is now insoluble in hydrofluoric acid, it is decreased in bulk, and may be heated strongly in air and oxygen without taking fire. Silicon unites with hydrogen, forming a gas spontaneously inflammable in air or oxygen. Equiv., 28; symbol, Si.
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