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.
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-
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.
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.
—, 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,
WILSON'S PROMONTORY, Victoria, Aus-
WILTON, town, England, XXIV. 595.
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),
WINCHCOMBE, John (Jack of Newbury), English weaver, XVII. 375. WINCHELSEA, town, England, XXII.
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-
WINDRUSH, river, England, XVIII. 93;
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,
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WITNESS, in law, XXIV. 623; VIII. 743; XIX. 777.
WITSIUS, Hermann, Dutch theologian, XXIV. 625.
WITT, Cornelius de, Dutch burgomaster,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WOOD FIBRE, in paper-making, XVIII.
WOODHALL SPA, England, XVI. 434. WOODHOUSELEE, Lord, Scottish judge,
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.
WORSHIP, Religious, XX. 358; sacrificial, XXI. 132; in Israel, XVIII. 509. WORSTED, yarn and cloth, XXIV. 658; manufactories, in England, VIII.
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.
WRAY, or Ray (q.v.), John, English natu- | WURDA, district, India, XXIV. 370.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
XENOTIME, mineral, XVI. 403.
William, English medallist, XXIV. XENURUS, genus of edentate mammals,
713. Wyss, Johann Rudolf, Swiss poet, XXII. 799.
XICAQUES, Indian tribe, Honduras,
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;
XIPE-TOTEC, Mexican deity, XVI. 212. XIPHIAS, genus of fishes, XXII. 804. XIPHIUM, genus of plants, XIII. 276. XISUTHRUS, legendary king of Babylon,
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,
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.
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.
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.
YASNA, part of Zend-Avesta, XXIV.
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.
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.
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.
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.
YAKUTSK, province, Siberia, XXIV. 725; YARENSK, town, Russia, XXIV. 283. YARIBA, country, West Africa, XXIV. 754.
YALE COLLEGE, New Haven, Con-
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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