Each of these 15 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 borough of New Jersey, in Middlesex co. It is on the South river and on the Raritan River railroad. Its chief industries are the manufacture of bricks, clay products, and fire-proofing materials. Pop . (1910) 4,772; (1920) 6,596.
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a city of Minnesota, in Dakota co. It is on the Mississippi river, and on the Chicago Great Western, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and other railroads. It is the center of an important stock-raising region and has extensive meat-packing establishments, car foundries, tanneries,
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a group of islands in the Antarctic Ocean, S. of South America, on the Antarctic circle; originally discovered by a Dutch seaman named Dirk Cherrits in 1599. The islands are uninhabited, and covered with snow the greater part of the year.
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or VIC- TORIA LAND, the eastern portion of the Victoria quadrant of Antarctic land. It is within the 160th and 170th meridian E. from about lat. 70° to beyond lat. 83° S. It is mountainous and covered with snow and contains the volcanoes Terror and Erebus. The Magnetic South Pole is near the northern extremity. Ross visited Victoria land in 1841, and knowledge covering it gradually increased till it was mapped in 1899 by Borchgrevink. Shackleton have Nordenskjöld, Scott, and more recently explored it.
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an inlet of the sea, in the S. of England, about 11 miles in length, running from the Solent into Hampshire in a N. W. direction. It receives the rivers Anton, Itchen, and Hamble. The tidewater being intercepted each way by the Isle of Wight, it has four tides in the 24 hours. The port of Southampton is situated near its head.
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a town in Worcester co., Mass.; on the Quinebaug river, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 20 miles S. W. of Worcester. It comprises the villages of Southbridge, Globe, and Sandersdale, and contains public and parochial schools, a public library, National bank, and several weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of boots and shoes, optical goods, cutlery, cotton and woolen goods, etc. Pop. (1910) 12,592; (1920) 14,245.
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an English wateringplace, at the mouth of the Thames estuary; 42 miles E. of London. It has good level sands, a public hall, and piers, pleasure grounds, etc. It was bombarded by the Germans during the World War. Pop. about 75,000.
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the name given to the Central and loftiest portion of the great dividing range of the S. Island of New Zealand. Many of the peaks are perpetually snow-capped, the highest being Mount Cook (13,200 feet). The glaciers of the southern Alps rival those of the Swiss Alps in magnitude, and on the W. side extend to within a few hundred feet of the sea-level.
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the name applied to that portion of the Baptist denomination in the southern half of the United States. Its communicants number more than half of the total number in the denomination. See BAPTISTS. The Southern Baptists' Convention has charge of the various activities of the body. These include mission boards, young people's societies, and Sunday schools. The convention supports about 1,400 missionaries.
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UNI- VERSITY OF, a coeducational institution in Los Angeles, Cal., founded in 1880 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 314; students, 4,375; president, George F. Bovard, A.M., D.D.
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ROBERT, an English poet; born in Bristol, England, Aug. 12, 1774. Shortly after leaving Oxford he formed the acquaintance of Coleridge, the two friends marrying at the same time two sisters. After a short visit to Portugal, in 1796, he entered as a student of law at Gray's Inn. In 1801 he devoted himself to literature, and soon after took up his residence at Keswick, in Cumberland, where the remainder of his life was passed, he being thenceforth classed as one of the Lake poets. In 1807 he obtained a pension from the government, and on the death of Pye was appointed poet laureate. In 1839, two years after death of his wife, he married Carothe line Bowles. The latter years of his life were clouded by a mental imbecility which attended him to his death. His chief poems are: "Joan of Arc" (1796); "Thalaba" (1801); "Madoc" (1805); "The Curse of Kehama" (1810); "Roderick" (1814); "A Vision of Judgment" (1821); etc. Among his prose works are: "History of Brazil" (1810); "Life of Nelson" (1813); "Life of John Wesley" (1820); "History of the Peninsular War" (1823); "Sir Thomas More" (1829); "The Doctor" (1834-1837). Among his translations was "The Chronicle of the Cid." His "Commonplace Book," a posthumous publication in four volumes 8vo, is a marvelous monument of his reading and research. He died near Keswick, Eng land, March 21, 1843.
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a town of Connecticut, in Hartford co. It is on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad. The principal industries are the manufacture of hardware, tools, screws, etc. The town contains the borough of the same name. Pop. (1910) 5,085; (1920) 8,440.
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a watering-place of Lancashire, England, incorporated in 1867; on the S. shore of the Ribble estuary, 18 miles N. of Liverpool. There are piers, bathing establishments, churches, come19104510; (1920) 6,860. a town hall, Cambridge Hall, the Atkinson Free Public Library and Art Gallery, etc. There are winter gardens with an aquarium; botanic gardens, covering upward of 20 acres, and containing a museum; and the Hesketh Public Park of 30 acres, with a meteorological institute. A small fishing village at the commencement of town of the 19th century, Southport is now a Rhode Island, which includes West King- favorite winter resort for the surrounding manufacturing centers. Pop. about 55,000.
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a metropolitan and parliamentary borough of central London (q. v.). Among its principal buildings are St. Saviour's Church, Guy's Hospital, Bethlehem Hospital for Lunatics, Leather and Borough markets, and the termini of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway and the Southeastern railway. The Surrey Commercial Docks and many manufactories of various kinds are in the borough. Pop. about 300,000.
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a town of Nottinghamshire, England, since 1884 a cathedral city, on the ancient Ermine street, 7 miles W. by S. of Newark. A church was founded here by Paulinus about 630; but the stately cruciform minster, which with its three towers resembles York on a smaller scale, is wholly of post-Conquest date. In the old "Saracen's Head" Charles I. surrendered to the Scotch commissioners (1646); Byron's mother occupied Burgage Manor House (1804-1807); and there are picturesque ruins of the palace of the Archbishops of York. Pop. about 4,000. SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEO- LOGICAL SEMINARY, one of the largest theological schools in the United States is located at Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1907 and is supported by the Southern Baptist Convention. Both men and women are admitted for instruction. There are from 600 to 800 students. President, Dr. L. R. Scarborough.
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