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WILLS, William John, Australian ex-
plorer, III. 106.
WILLUGHBY, Francis, English natural-
ist, XXIV. 589; on birds, XVIII. 4; on
ichthyology, XII. 631.
WILMINGTON, town, Delaware, U.S.A.,
XXIV. 589.

XII. 832.

WINCHESTER OBSERVATORY, at Yale | WINNEBAGOES, American-Indian tribe,
College, Connecticut, U.S.A., XVII.
715.
WINCKELMANN, Johann Joachim, Ger-
man archæologist, XXIV. 597; II. 344;
X. 535; on plastic beauty, I. 219; his
system of mnemonics, XVI. 533.

town, North Carolina, U.S.A., WIND, WINDS, XVI. 143, 154, 180; re-

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lation of, to climate, VI. 6; force of,
XVI. 124; geological action of, X. 265;
Buys-Ballot's law of the winds, III. 29;
measurer of force of, II. 24; in navi-
gation, XVII. 275; Kant on theories of,
XIII. 847.

WIND-CARRIAGE, Invention of, by
Stevinus, XXII. 545.

WIND DOGS, in meteorology, XI. 399.
WINDERMERE, Lake, England, XIV.
252; XXIV. 513.

WINNECKE, Friedrich August Theodor,
astronomer, XVIII. 248; his comet, VI.
192.
WINNEMUCCA, Lake, Nevada, U.S.A.,
XVII. 367.

WINNIPEG, town, Manitoba, Canada,
XXIV. 613; XV. 491; XX. 315.
WINNOWING MACHINES, I. 326.
WINONA, town, Minnesota, U.S.A.,
XXIV. 613.
WINSLOW, Edward, Mayflower pilgrim,
XXIV. 613.

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WINTERBERG, plateau, Westphalia,
Germany, XXIV. 516.
WINDHAM, Sir William, Bolingbroke's WINTER-BERRY, tree, II. 320.
letter to, IV. 6.

William, English politician, XXIV.

598.
WINDHOVER, bird, XIV. 53.
WINDING MACHINERY, in mines, XVI.
456.

Horace Hayman, English Orien- WINDLASS, IV. 621; differential, XV.

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—, John, of Ainsworth, his improve-
ments in cotton manufacture, VI. 489.
-, Richard, English painter, xXXIV.
593; XXI. 441, 444.

William, Scottish Seceder, XXIII.

728.
WILSON'S PEAK, Rocky Mountains,

U.S.A., XXIII. 796.

WILSON'S PROMONTORY, Victoria, Aus-

tralia, XXIV. 215.

WILTON, town, England, XXIV. 595.

CARPETS, V. 130.

WILTS, county, England, XXIV. 593.
WIMBLE, mining implement, XVI. 443.
WIMBLEDON, town, Surrey, XXIV. 595.

COMMON, near London, XIV. 824;
rifle meetings on, XXIV. 295.
WIMBORNE MINSTER, town, England,
XXIV. 595; VII 372.
WINCEBY, England, Battle of (1643),

VI. 599.

WINCHCOMBE, John (Jack of Newbury),
English weaver, XVII. 375.
WINCHELSEA, town, England, XXII.

724.

WINCHESTER, town, England, xxiv.

596; architecture of cathedral, II. 426,
428; crypt of cathedral, vI. 668; Saxon
standards of measure kept at, XXIV.
483.

WINTERTHUR, town, Switzerland,
XXIV. 614; its relations with Zurich,
XXIV. 831.

WINTHER, Christian, Danish writer,
VII. 92.

WINTHROP, John (1587-1649), Puritan,
governor of Massachusetts, U.S.A.,
XXIV. 614; IV. 72.

John (1606-1676), Puritan, gover-
nor of Connecticut, U.S.A., XXIV.
614.

763; Spanish, XXI. 591.
WINDMILL, XXIV. 599; XV. 773.
WINDOWS, in building, IV. 493, 496;
glass for, X. 660; stained, manu-
facture of, X. 668; tracery on, IV.
475; ventilation by, XXIV. 160.
WINDPIPE, or Trachea, XX. 475; of WINTON, or Wyntoun, Andrew, Scot-

mammals, xv. 365.

WINDRUSH, river, England, XVIII. 93;

XXIII. 220.

WINDSOR, town, England, xxiv. 600;
libraries, XIV. 545; tapestry manufac-
ture, XXIII. 213.

town, Ontario, Canada, VII. 133.
town, Nova Scotia, XVII. 603.
CASTLE, England, XXIV. 601; organ
of St George's Chapel at, XVII. 835, 837.
FOREST, Pope's poem, XIX. 484.
WINDWARD ISLANDS, West Indies,
XXIV. 510; III. 749.
WINE, XXIV. 601; adulterations of, I.
173; fermentation of, IX. 92, 97;
Canary, IV. 797; Catawba, v. 219;
production in Europe, VIII. 691; pro-
duction in Italy, XIII. 451; of Madeira,
XV. 178; the industry in Spain, XXII.
299; of Würtemberg, XXIV. 700;
sacramental, XXI. 134; XXIII. 159.

TONNERS, English trading com-
pany, I. 173.
WINFRID (St Boniface), apostle of Ger-
many, IV. 33; X. 478; as papal legate,
XIX. 494.

WINGS, of birds, III. 720; IX. 308; of
Chiroptera, XV. 405; of insects, XIII.
144; IX. 310.

WINILIS, Scandinavian tribe, XIV. 813.

, town, Virginia, U.S.A., XXIV. WINKELRIED, Arnold von, Legend of,

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727.

Theodore, American writer, I.

tish writer, XXIV. 712; his Cronykil,
III. 364; XXI. 540.

WINYAW BAY, South Carolina, U.S.A.,
XXII. 287.

WINZET, Ninian, Scottish controver-
sialist, XXI. 542.
WIRE, XXIV. 614; elasticity of, VII.
800, 803, 817; fences of, 1. 310; table
of strength of, XVI. 65; telegraphic,
XXIII. 114; telephonic, XXIII. 132.
WIRE-DRAWING, Brass, IV. 217.

of steam, XXII. 487.
WIRE FENCES, I. 310.
WIRE NAILS, XVII. 166.
WIRE-NETTING, XVII. 360.
WIRE-ROPE, XX. 846.
WIRE-WORM, insect larva, VI. 132; as
wheat pest, XXIV. 536.
WIRZBERG (Würzburg), town, Bavaria,
XXIV. 704; XIV. 547.
WISBECH, or Wisbeach, town, England,
XXIV. 615.
WISBY, town, Gotland, Sweden, XXIV.
616.

SEA LAWS, XXI. 585.
WISCONSIN, State, U.S.A., XXIV. 616.
WISDOM, or Hokmah, in Hebrew litera-
ture, XI. 599; XIII. 420, 702; XIX.
872.

or póns, in ancient ethics, VIII.
574; in Socratic philosophy, XXII.
237; XIX. 195.

OF GOD, Ray's work, XX. 301.

WISDOM OF Jesus, Son of SirACH, in | WITTIKIND, or Wittekind, Saxon leader,
Apocrypha, II. 181.

V. 403; XXI. 351.

bryologist, XXIV. 631; VIII. 165; XVI.
839; on evolution, VIII. 745, 750.

WISDOM OF SOLOMON, in Apocrypha, WITTOW, district, Rügen, Prussia, XXI. WOLFF, Christian, German philosopher,

II. 181.

WISE, John, American aeronaut, I. 193.
WISEMAN, Richard, English surgeon,
XXII. 676.

WISERINE, mineral, XVI. 403.
WISHART, George, Scottish martyr, III.
466; XXI. 499.

WISHAW, town, Scotland, XXIV. 619.
WISLICA, Statute of, Poland, XIX. 288.
WISMAR, town, Germany, XXIV. 619.
WISNIOWIECKI, Michael, king of
Poland, XIX. 295.

WIT, in phrenology, XVIII. 845.

Johan de, on life annuities, II. 78.
WITAN, or Witenagemot, early English
council, XVIII. 302.
WITCHCRAFT, XXIV. 619; II. 204; VII.
63; XV. 199; lycanthropous, XV. 89;
in the Scottish Highlands, X. 9; tor-
ture applied in trials for, XXIII. 465;
Bodin's belief in, III. 848.
WITCHES' CALDRON, in Shakespeare's
Macbeth, XV. 202.

56.

WITWICKI, Polish poet, XIX. 304.
WIVELISCOMBE, town, England, XXII.
258.

WIVES, Laws relating to, XII. 400; XV.
565; XXIV. 637.

XXIV. 631; X. 532; Kant's relations
to, XIII. 849; on rationalism, XX. 289.
Elizabeth, Dutch novelist, III. 511.
WOLF-FISH, XII. 690; XXI. 614.
WOLF OF BADENOCH (Sir Alexander
Stuart), Scottish noble, XXII. 610.

AND DAUGHTERS, Mrs Gaskell's WOLFRAM, Dutch logarithmist, XIV.
novel, X. 105.

776.

607.

WLADISLAWOW, town, Russian Poland, WOLFRAMITE, mineral, XVI. 403; XXIII.
XXII. 728.
WLADYSLAW I., king of Poland, XIX.
287.

II., of Poland, XIX. 288.
III., of Poland, XIX. 289.
IV., of Poland, XIX. 294.
WLOCLAWEK, town, Russian Poland,
XXIV. 625.

WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH, German
poet, XXIV. 632; X. 524; his poem on
Troy, XX. 639; on Parzival, XX. 645.
WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, Scilly
Islands, XIV. 616.

Wolfsbergite, mineral, XVI. 394.
WOLF SPIDERS, arachnids, XXIII. 60.

WLODAWA, town, Russian Poland, XXII. WOLFSTAN, Norse navigator, XIX. 316.
WOLF TRANSFORMATIONS
thropy), XV. 89.

37.

(Lycan-

WOAD, dye, VII. 576.
WOBURN, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., WOLKONSKOITE, mineral, XVI. 425.
XXIV. 625.

ABBEY, England, III. 483.

WITCH OF ATLAS, The, by Shelley, XXI. WOELFL, Joseph, Austrian pianist and
793.
WITCH OF EDMONTON, Ford and Dek- WOEPCKE, François, on numerals, XVII.

ker's play, IX. 396.
WITCH SABBATHS, in legend, XIII. 674.
WITENAGEMOT, early English council,
VIII. 276; XVIII. 302, 459, 461.
WITHAM, river, England, XIV. 654.

England, Monastery of, I. 21.
WITHAMITE, mineral, XVI. 409.
WITHER, George, English poet, XXIV.
623; as hymn-writer, XII. 591; as
pastoral poet, XVIII. 347.

composer, XXIV. 626.

627.

WOGAN, cave, Pembroke, Wales, XVIII.
483.

WÖHLER, Friedrich, German chemist,
XXIV. 626; on the strength of metals,
XXII. 601.
WÖHLERITE, mineral, XVI. 426.
WOHLGEMUTH, Michael, German
painter, XXIV. 627; VII. 555; XVII.
663; XXI. 565.

WITHERINGS, Thomas, English postal WOLBOROUGH, town, England, XVII.
reformer, XIX. 563.

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WITHINGTON, town, England, XXIV. WOLCOT, John (Peter Pindar), English
623.
painter and satirist, XXIV. 628.
WITIZA, reforming Benedictine monk, WOLDS, The, hills, England, XIV. 653.

XVI. 707.

WITNESS, in law, XXIV. 623; VIII. 743;
XIX. 777.

WITSIUS, Hermann, Dutch theologian,
XXIV. 625.

WITT, Cornelius de, Dutch burgomaster,

VII. 145.

John de, Dutch statesman, VII.
145; XII. 80.
WITTEKIND, or Wittikind, Saxon leader,

V. 403; XXI. 351.
WITTEN, town, Prussia, XXIV. 625.
WITTENBERG, town, Prussia, XXIV.
625; university of, XXIII. 843, 848.
CONCORDIA, of German Protes-
tants, XV. 83.

THESES, Luther's, XV. 72.
WITTICH, Christoph, Cartesian philo-
sopher, VII. 126.

of Breslau, his calculation by
prosthaphæresis, XVII. 183.
WITTICHENITE, mineral, XVI. 395.

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WOLLASTON, island, Tierra del Fuego,
XXIII. 384.

William, English philosophical
writer, XXIV. 632; his ethical teach-
ing, VIII. 601.

- William Hyde, English man of
science, XXIV. 633; on light, XIV. 593;
his process of working platinum, XIX.

190.
WOLLASTONITE, mineral, XVI. 415.
WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET, combination
of lenses, XVI. 259.
WOLLIN, island, Prussia, XXIV. 633;
XIX. 442; town, XXIV. 633.
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (Mrs God-
win), X. 716.

-, Mary, wife of Shelley, XXI. 789;
X. 717.

WOLMAR, Melchior, his connexion with
Beza, III. 625.

WOLOFS, or Woloff Group, race of
Negroes, West Africa, I. 263; XVII.
319; XXI. 662.
WOLSELEY, Sir Garnet, his expedition
to Ashantee, II. 682.
WOLSEY, Thomas, English cardinal,
XXIV. 634; VIII. 334; XX. 329; his
leniency towards Lutherans, VIII. 374;
his patronage of Thomas Cromwell,
VI. 605; his influence with Henry
VIII., XI. 663; his relations with
Thomas More, XVI. 817.
WOLVERENE, carnivorous mammal, X.
696; XV. 440; skins of, IX. 839.
WOLVERHAMPTON, town, England,
XXIV. 636.

WOMANHOOD, Period of, Xv. 778.
WOMBAT, marsupial mammal, XXIV.
637; III. III; XV. 383.

WOLFF, Albert, German sculptor, XXI. WOMBWELL, town, England, XXIV.
566.

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XXIV. 573; rights of, under Salic law,
XXI. 214; Comte's views on the con-
dition of, VI. 238.

WONDER, in phrenology, XVIII. 845.
WONGA-WONGA, Australian pigeon,
XIX. 85.

WOOD, XXIV. 643; formation of, IV. 100;
XII. 18; growth of, IX. 397; as building
material, IV. 448; as fuel, IX. 808; for
gas making, X. 100; dry rot in, VII.
493; sawing of, XXI. 345; strength of,
VII. 816; XXII. 603.

Sir Andrew, Scottish sea-captain,
XXI. 496.

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WOODVILLE, Elizabeth, wife of Edward | WORKMEN,
IV. of England, vII. 685.

-, William, early vaccinator, XXIV. 24.
WOODWORK, IV. 476.
WOODWORTH, Samuel, American poet,
I. 722.

W00-Hoo, town, China, XXIV. 699.
Woo How, empress of China, v. 646.
WOOL, XXIV. 653; growing of, I. 398;
growing, in Australia, III. 114; fibre
of, IX. 133; bleaching of, III. 822;
dyeing of, VII. 571; weaving of, in
ancient times, XXIII. 207.
WOOLF, Mr, improver of steam-engine,
XXII. 477, 494.

WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES, XXIV. 653;
of England, VIII. 231.
WOOLLETT, William, English engraver,
XXIV. 663.

Mrs Henry (Ellen Price), English
novelist, XXIV. 644.
WOOLSORTER'S DISEASE, XXIV. 663.
WOODBRIDGE, town, England, XXII. WOOLSTON, Thomas, English deist,
622.

XXIV. 663; VII. 35.

WOODBURY, Levi, American politician WOOLWICH, town, England, XXIV. 664;
and judge, XXIII. 790.

TYPE, in photography, XVIII. 833.
WOOD-CARVING, XXIV. 644; V. 168;
the industry in Switzerland, xxii.
779.

WOOD CELLS, of plants, XII. 18.
WOODCHAT, bird, XXI. 846.

dockyard, VII. 311, 318; Royal
Arsenal, II. 633; Royal Artillery
Institution, II. 586; Royal Military
Academy, II. 585.

CLAY BEDS, in geology, X. 361.
WOON, or Wun, district, India, XXIV.
699.

their legal

relations

to employers, XIV. 170; unions of,
XXIII. 499.

WORKS AND DAYS, Hesiod's poem, XI.
777.

WORKSOP, town, England, XXIV.
677.

WORLD, ancient theories of its origin,
VI. 446; myths regarding, XVII. 143,
156; estimates of population of, XIX.
513.

Creation of the, Era of the, v. 713.
AS WILL AND IDEA, The, Schopen-
hauer's work, XXI. 450.

WORM, WORMS, class of animals, XXIV.
677 (where see references); embryology
of, XX. 419; reproduction, XX. 409;
organs of touch, XXIII. 478; diseases
caused by, XVIII. 270; XXIV. 205.
WORMS, town, Germany, XXIV. 684;
concordat of (1122), X. 489; XIX. 500;
diet of (1521), V. 414; X. 498; XX.
328; Luther before the diet, XV. 75.
WORMWOOD, herb, XII. 289.
WORNUM, Robert, pianoforte maker,
XIX. 75.

WORONICZ, John Paul, Polish bishop
and writer, XIX. 303.
WORONZOFF, Catherina Romanofna,
Princess Dashkoff, VI. 830; V. 233.

WOODCOCK, bird, XXIV. 650; shooting, WOONSOCKET, town, Rhode Island, WORSBROUGH, town, England, XXIV.

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XVI. 334.

WOODCOCK-OWL, bird, XVIII. 90.
WOODCOCK'S PILOT, bird, XIV. 83.
WOODCUTS, VIII. 436.

WOOD-ENGRAVING, VIII. 436; v. 99;
early, XXIII. 683; substitutes for,
XXIII. 704.

WOODEN PEAR, Australian tree, XVII.

410.

WOOD FIBRE, in paper-making, XVIII.

225.

WOODHALL SPA, England, XVI. 434.
WOODHOUSELEE, Lord, Scottish judge,

XXIII. 713.

WOODLARK, bird, XIV. 315.
WOODLOUSE, crustacean, VI. 658.
WOODMEN OF ARDEN, English society

of archers, II. 375.

WOOD NAPHTHA, XVII. 174.
WOOD OIL, XVII. 744.
WOOD PAVING, XX. 585.

WOODPECKER, bird, XXIV. 651; sacred
to Mars, XV. 570.
WOOD-PIGEON, bird, VII. 379.
WOOD-RAT, rodent mammal, XVII. 6.
WOODS, in joinery, IV. 486.

WOO WANG, emperor of China, v. 643.
WORCESTER, County, England, XXIV.
665.

town, England, XXIV. 666; college
for the blind at, III. 828; newspapers
of, XVII. 421; porcelain works at, XIX.
642; battle of (1654), VI. 601.

-, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., XXIV.
668; libraries, XIV. 551.

Thomas Percy, earl of, XVIII. 523.
John Tiptoft, carl of, VIII. 330;
deputy of Ireland, XIII. 261.

Edward Somerset, third marquis
of, inventor of a steam-engine, XXII.
473; on the over-balancing wheel,
XVIII. 554.

Florence of, English chronicler,
IX. 337.

COLLEGE, Oxford, XVIII. 98.
WORD, the Logos (q.v.), XIV. 804.
WORDS, study of (philology), XVIII. 765;
combination of, XI. 38.
WORDSWORTH, William, English poet,
XXIV. 668; odes of, XIX. 271; his
place in English literature, VIII. 433,
434.

WOOD'S HALFPENCE, Irish coinage, WORK, in mechanics, XV. 700.
XXII. 766; XIII. 268.

WOOD-SPIRIT, in chemistry, XVI. 195.
WOODSPITE, bird, XXIV. 651.

WORKHOUSES, English, XIX. 468, 476.
WORKING CLASSES, Enfranchisement
of the, XIX. 352; progress of, XXIV. 312.
WOODSTOCK, town, England, XXIV. WORKING MEN'S INTERNATIONAL
653; XVIII. 94.

town, Ontario, Canada, XXIV. 653.
town, New Brunswick, XVII. 375.

ASSOCIATION, XIII. 189.
WORKINGTON, town, England, XXIV.
676.

685.

WORSHIP, Religious, XX. 358; sacrificial,
XXI. 132; in Israel, XVIII. 509.
WORSTED, yarn and cloth, XXIV. 658;
manufactories, in England, VIII.

231.

WORTHIES OF ENGLAND, Fuller's work,
IX. 815.

WORTHING, town, England, xxiv. 685.
WORTHINGTON ENGINE, XXII. 515.
WORUNGUL, town, India, XXIV. 366.
WOTHLY TYPE, in photography, XVIII.
831.

WOTTON, Edward, English naturalist,

XXIV. 803; on birds, XVIII. 3; on
reptiles, XX 433.

- Sir Henry, English writer and
courtier, XXIV. 685; friend of Izaak
Walton, XXIV. 342.

William, English scholar, XXIV.

685.
WOULDHAVE, William, inventor of life-
boat, XIV. 571; XXI. 802.
WOUNDS, Surgical treatment of, XXII.
678, 681, 682; infectiveness of, XVIII.
401; repair of, XVIII. 363; death by,
XV. 781.

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WRAY, or Ray (q.v.), John, English natu- | WURDA, district, India, XXIV. 370.

ralist, XX. 300.

WRECK, in law, XXIV. 686; salvage of,

XXI. 237; statistics of wrecks in 1882,
XVII. 277.

WREKIN, hill, England, XXI. 847; XXIV.
493.

WREN, bird, XXIV. 688; fire-crested,
XIV. 83; golden-crested, XIV. 82.
-, Sir Christopher, English architect,
XXIV. 689; II. 443; XVII. 442; his
London churches, XIV. 838; his plan
for rebuilding London, XIV. 849.
WRENCH, hand tool, XI. 439.
WRESSELL CASTLE, Yorkshire, England,
XXIV. 749.

WURNU, town, Sokoto, Africa, XXII.
248, 279.
WÜRTEMBERG, or Württemberg, king-
dom, Europe, XXIV. 699; army, II.
600; libraries, XIV. 527, 546; prison
system, XIX. 761.

X the twenty-fourth letter of the

alphabet, XXIV. 716.

XALAPA (Jalapa), town, Mexico, XIII.
547.

XAMARAN, quarantine station, on Red
Sea, XX. 155.

XANTHIAN MARBLES, British Museum,
IX. 67.

WURTZ, Charles Adolphe, French
chemist, XXIV. 702.
WURTZITE, mineral, XVI. 392.
WÜRZBURG, town, Bavaria, XXIV. 704; XANTHOCON, mineral, XVI. 396.
library, XIV. 547.
XANTHOLITE, mineral, XVI. 409.

XANTHOCHROIC TYPE, of man, II. 113;
in Asia, II. 696.

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Konrad von, his Buch von Troye, XANTHOPHYLL, colouring matter of
XX. 639.
plants, XIX. 53.

WYANDOTS, American Indians, XII.
827, 831.

XANTHOPHYLLITE, mineral, XVI. 413.
XANTHOSIDERITE, mineral, XVI. 388.

WRESTLING, XXIV. 690; in ancient WYANDOTTE, town, Kansas, U.S.A., XANTHOXYLUM, genus of trees, XVIII.
games, X. 64.

WREXHAM, town, Wales, XXIV. 691.
WRIGHT, Edward, English mathemati-
cian, XIV. 769, 774; XVII. 254; trans-
lator of Napier's Canon Mirificus, XVII.

179.

XXIV. 704.

CAVE, Indiana, U.S.A., XII. 813.
WYAT, Sir Thomas (1503-1542), Eng-
lish poet, XXIV. 704.

Sir Thomas (c. 1520-1554), his
attack on London (1554), XIV. 846.

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Thomas, English antiquary, XXIV.

692.
WRIST, Anatomy of the, I. 827, 839.
WRIT, in law, XXIV. 692; XIX.
218.

-, Parliamentary, XXIV. 697.
WRITING, XVIII. 143; XXIII. 682;
beginnings of, XVIII. 766; in time of
Homer, XII. 112; hieroglyphic, XI.
794; illuminated, XII. 707; litho-
graphic, XIV. 698.

232.

MACHINES, XXIV. 697.
MATERIALS, Ancient, XVIII. 143,

PAPER, Sizes of, XVIII. 226.
WRITING-TELEGRAPH, XXIII. 121.
WRONGS, or Torts, in law, XXIII.
454.

WYCLIFFE, or Wickliffe, John, English
Reformer, XXIV. 708; VIII. 324; his
influence on the Church of England,
VIII. 373; influence on John Huss, XII.
404; his place in English literature,
VIII. 410; his relations to the Lollards,
XIV. 810.

WYCOMBE, town, England, XXIV. 712.
WYE, river, England and Wales, XI.
729; XVI. 753; XX. 217.
WYKEHAM, Chapel of, Lincolnshire,
England, XXII. 367.

William of, bishop of Winchester
and chancellor of England, XXIV.
585.
WYNTOUN, Andrew of, Scottish chroni-
cler, XXIV. 712; III. 364; XXI. 540.

WRONSKI, Hoene de, algebraist, I. WYOMING, Territory, United States,
516.
XXIV. 712; geysers of, X. 558;
Yellowstone National Park, XXIV.
736.

WROTTESLEY'S OBSERVATORY, Black-
heath, England, XVII. 712.

WROXETER, town, England, XXI. WYON, Thomas, English medallist,
648.

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XXIV. 713.

519.

XANTHUS, river, Asia Minor, II. 708;
XV. 93.

-, town, Lycia, Asia Minor, XXIV.
716; XV. 93; tombs at, II. 402.

Lydian historian, XV. 99.
XÁTIVA (Játiva), town, Spain, XIII. 597.
XAUXA, town, Peru, XVIII. 675; river,
XVIII. 673.

XAVIER, Francisco, apostle of the
Indies, XXIV. 716; his relation to
Jesuitism, XIII. 651; missions of, XVI.
513.

-, Jerome, Jesuit missionary, XX. III.
XEBEKS, or Zeybeks, people, Asia
Minor, V. 102; II. 712.

XENIA, town, Ohio, U.S.A., XXIV. 718.
XENOCRATES of Chalcedon, Greek
philosopher, XXIV. 718; I. 68.

XENODERMIDE, family of snakes, XXII.
193.

XENOLITE, mineral, XVI. 408.

XENOPELTIDÆ, family of snakes, XXII.

192.

XENOPHANES of Colophon, Eleatic
philosopher, XXIV. 719; VIII. 1; XVIII.
315.
XENOPHON, Greek historian, XXIV. 720;
XI. 103, 141; his economic teaching,
XIX. 349; on Socrates, XXII. 232; in
the Persian expedition, XVIII. 576.

of Ephesus, Greek novelist, XX.
635.
XENORHYNCHUS, genus of birds, XIII.

529.

XENOTIME, mineral, XVI. 403.

William, English medallist, XXIV. XENURUS, genus of edentate mammals,

713.
Wyss, Johann Rudolf, Swiss poet, XXII.
799.

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XICAQUES, Indian tribe, Honduras,

XII. 131.

XIMENES, or Jimenes, Francisco, Spanish
cardinal and statesman, XIII. 693, 94;
XX. 324; XXII. 327.

necticut, U.S.A., XVII. 394; XXIII.
857; library, XIV. 534; observatory,
XVII. 715.

YALE LOCK, XIV. 751.
YALKUT, Midrash, XVI. 287.

XIMENEZ, Francesch, Catalan writer, YALTA, town, Crimea, Russia, VI. 587;

XXII. 364.

XIPE-TOTEC, Mexican deity, XVI. 212.
XIPHIAS, genus of fishes, XXII. 804.
XIPHIUM, genus of plants, XIII. 276.
XISUTHRUS, legendary king of Babylon,

VII. 54.

XONOLITE, mineral, XVI. 420.

XYLARIA, genus of Fungi, XVII. 75.
XYLEM, or Wood, in vegetable histology,
XII. 18.

XYLENE, benzol, XXIII. 59.
XYLOGRAPHY, or Block-Printing, XXIII.
682.

XYSTUS (Sixtus I.), pope, XXII. 103.
X. Y. Z. MISSION, to France from
United States, XXIII. 755.

Y the twenty-fifth letter of the
Y,

, alphabet, XXIV. 722.

YAAKOB of Orleans, Jewish writer,

XXIII. 40.

XXIII. 83.

YA-LU-KIANG, river, Corea, VI. 391.
YALUTOROVSK, town, Siberia, XXIII.
430.

YAM, plant, XXIV. 727; XII. 289; in
Polynesia, XIX. 419.

YAMA, Hindu divinity, IV. 208.
YAMA-MAI WORM, silkworm, XXII. 60.

| YAMAN-TAU, mountain, Russia, XXIV.

4.

YAMBO, town, Arabia, XXIV. 727; XX.
316.

YAMBURG, town, Russia, XXI. 190.
YAMDENA, island, Timor Laut group,
Indian Archipelago, XXIII. 398.
YAMPAIS, American Indians, XII. 827.
YAMPOL, town, Russia, XIX. 254.

RAPIDS, Dniester river, Russia,
VII. 306.

YARKAND, or Yarkend, town, Turkestan,
XXIV. 728; XXIII. 638, 639.
YARMOUTH, town, Norfolk, England,
XXIV. 728.

, town, Isle of Wight, England,
XXIV. 562.

YARN, spun fibre, XXIV. 730; cotton,
VI. 488; linen, XIV. 666; woollen,
XXIV. 658.

YAROSLAFF, early Russian prince, XXI.
89.

prince of Suzdal, Russia, XXI. 90.
YAROSLAVL, government, Russia, XXIV.
731; town, XXIV. 732.
YARO-TSANPO, river, Tibet, XXIII. 340.
YARRA, river, Victoria, Australia, XV.
835; XXIV. 216.

FLATS, plains, Victoria, Australia,
XXIV. 216.
YARRELL, William, English naturalist,
XXIV. 732; on British birds, XVIII.
18, 29, 49.

YARROW, river, Scotland, XXI. 638.
YARWHELP, bird, X. 720.
YASA, mountain, Nepal, XVII. 340.

YA MURA, mountain, Sumatra, XXII. YASHIL-KUL, lake, Central Asia, XVIII.
638.

YANA, river, Siberia, XXIV. 726.

B. MEIR B. SHEMUEL, Rabbinic YANAON, French settlement, India,

scholar, XXIII. 39.

YABLONOVOI

XXIII. 509.

XXIV. 727.

MOUNTAINS, Siberia, YANBO (Yambo), town, Arabia, XXIV.

YABU, Afghan breed of horses, I. 233.
YACHOW-FU, town, China, XXIV. 722.
YACHT, YACHTING, XXIV. 722; XXI. 594.
YADZVINGS, tribe, Lithuania, XIV. 702.
YAFA (Joppa), town, Palestine, XIII. 746.
YAFFIL, or Yaffle, bird, XXIV. 651.
YAGHANS, tribe, Tierra del Fuego, XXIII.
384.
YAGUAR-COCHA, lake, Ecuador, VII.
646.

YAHYA B. KHALID, prime minister of
Haroun al Raschid, XI. 488.
YAJNAVALKYA, in Sanskrit literature,
XXI. 288.
YAJUR-VEDA, Sanskrit sacred writing,
XXI. 278.

YAK, ungulate mammal, XXIV. 725.
YAKHSU, river, Turkestan, XVIII. 103.
YAKIMA PASS AND RIVER, Washington
Territory, U.S.A., XXIV. 385.
YAKOBA, town, Sokoto, Africa, XXII.
248, 279.

YAKUB, shah of Persia, XVIII. 633.

727; XX. 316.

104.

YASNA, part of Zend-Avesta, XXIV.

775.

YASSIN, state and river, Kashmir, X.
597.

YATAGHAN, hand-weapon, XXII. 800,
802.

YANDOON, town, Burmah, XXIII. 330.
YANEZ, Rodrigo, Spanish chronicler, YATUTOROVSK, town, Russia in Asia,
XXII. 354.

XXII. II.

YANG-CHOW Fu, town, China, XXIV. YATVYAGS, tribe, Lithuania, XIV. 702.
728.
YAVIPAIS, American Indians, XII. 827.
YANG-CHU, Chinese philosopher, XVI. YAVORSKI, Stephen, Russian writer,
XXI. 105.

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YAWRY BAY, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
XXII. 44.
YAWS, disease, XXIV. 732.

YANG KEEN, emperor of China, v. YAYUL, district, Tibet, XXIII. 340.
645.

YANG-TSZE-KEANG, river, China, v.
631; XVIII. 117.
YANG-TUNY, mountain, Russia, XXIV.
4.

YANINA (Janina), town, Albania, Turkey,
XIII. 565; XXIII. 653.
YANKTON, town, Dakota, U.S.A., XXIV.
728; VI. 773.

YAO, or Yaou, Chinese emperor, II. 745;
v. 643.

ALMANSOR, Moorish prince in YAOU-JIN, Chinese tribe, XVI. 224.
Spain, XXII. 317.

BEG (the Atalik Ghazi), amir of
Kashgar, XIV. 7.

YAZD, town, Persia, XXIV. 733; XVIII.
627, 628.

YAZDAGIRD, or Yezdegird, Era of, v.
717; XVIII. 326.
YAZDEGERD I., king of Persia, XVIII.
610.

II., of Persia, XVIII. 611.
III., of Persia, XVIII. 615.
YAZID I., caliph, XVI. 567.

II., caliph, XVI. 575.
III., caliph, XVI. 576.
YAZIDADH, Syriac writer, XXII. 830.

torian, XXIII. 656.

YAZOO, river, Mississippi State, U.S.A.,

YAP, island, Carolines, Pacific Ocean, V. YAZIJI-OGHLU, Ottoman poet and his-
126.
YAPOCK, marsupial mammal, XVII. 796.
BEN LAITH, founder of Saffarid YAQUI, Pico del, mountain, San Domingo,
Moslem dynasty, XVI. 586.

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YAKUTSK, province, Siberia, XXIV. 725; YARENSK, town, Russia, XXIV. 283.
YARIBA, country, West Africa, XXIV.
754.

town, XXIV. 727.

YALE COLLEGE, New Haven, Con-

XVI. 521.

YCA, town, Peru, XII. 611; XVIII. 674.
Y-CHANG, town, China, XII. 628.
YEADON, town, England, XXIV. 733.
YEAR, division of time, IV. 666; v. 712;
solar, II. 770; Sabbatical, XXI. 126.
YEARNING (Rennet), for cheese-making,
VI. 771.

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