CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE A, a letter ......................... 1 A, In music ........................ 1 AA, several rivers .................. 1 Aachen. See Aix-la-Chapelle. Aalborg ........................... 1 Aalen ............................. 2 AaliPasha ......................... 2 Aalst. See Aelst. Aalten ............................. 2 Aar ................................ 2 Aarau Aard-Vark Aard-Wolf. Aargau Aarhuus ............. Aaron, high priest Aaron, a physician . . . Aarsens, Frans van.. . Aasen, Ivar Andreas. Aasvar .............. Ab. Ababdeh Abaco, Great Abacus, in architecture Abacus, a cupboard Abacus, a mystic staff Abacus, a calculating machine Abadl. Ill Abaddon. See Apollyon. Abaka Khan Abana Abancourt, Charles Xavier Joseph d' Abano, Pietro d' Abarbanel. See Abravanel. Abarca, Joaquin Abarim Abascal, Jose Fernando Abauzit, Firmin Abbadie, Jacques Abbadie, Antoine Thomson and Ar- naud Michel d' Abbas I., the Great Abbas ben Abd-el-Mottalib. ......... Abbas Mirza Abbas Pasha Abbassides Abbatucci, Jacques Pierre Abbatucci, Charles Abbatucci, Jacques Pierre Charles. . . Abbe Abbeokuta Abbess Abbeville, France Abbeville county Abbo Cermius Abbo Floriacensis Abbot Abbot, Abiel,D.D Abbot, Benjamin, LL. D Abbot, Charles, Lord Colchester , Abbot, George ' Abbot, Gorham Dummer, LL. D Abbot, Samuel Abbotsford Abbots-Langley Abbott, Jacob Abbott, John Stephens Cabot Ablwtt, Gorham. See Abbot. Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan PAGE Abbott, Austin 10 Abbott, Lyman 10 Abbott, Edward 11 Abbott, Charles, Lord Tenterden 11 Abbreviations 11 Abd 12 Abdallah ben Abd-el-Mottalib 12 Abdallah ben Zobair 12 ' Abd-el-Halim 13 j Abd-el-Hamid 13 : Abd-el-Kader 18 j Abd-el-Wahab 14 Abdera 14 I Abderrahman 1 14 Abderrahrnan, sultan of Morocco 14 Abdias 14 Abdication 15 Abdomen 15 Abdul-Aziz 16 Abdul-Medjid 16 Abecedarians 17 A'Becket, Gilbert Abbott 17 Abeel, David, D. D 17 Abegg, Julius Friedrich Heinrich... 17 Abel 17 Abel de Pujol, Alexandre Denis 17 Abel de Pujol, Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre Deverzy 17 Aboard, Pierre 17 Abelites 19 Aben 19 | Abenaquis 19 ! Abencerrages 20 Abendberg 20 Aben Ezra 20 Abensberg 20 Aberbrothwick. See Arbroath. Abercrombie, James 20 Abercrombie, John. M. 1) 20 Abercromby, Sir Balph 20 Aberdare 21 Aberdeen, New 21 Aberdeen, Old 22 Aberdeen, Earls of 22 Aberdeen, Sir George Gordon, 1st Earl of 22 Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of. 22 Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 6th Earl of 22 Aberdeenshire 22 Aberdevine 23 Abernethy, John 28 Aberration of Light 23 Aberration in Optical Instruments.. . 24 Aberystwith 24 Abeyance 24 Abiad, Bahr el. See Nile. Abiathar. 25 Abib 25 Abich, Wilhelm Hermann 25 Abimelech (two) 25 Abinger, James, Lord 25 Abington, Frances 25 Abipones 26 Abjuration, Oath of. 26 Abkhasia 2<> Ablution 26 Abner . . . . 26 PAGS Abo 27 Abo-Bjorneborg 27 Abomey 27 Aborigines, American. See Ameri- can Indians. Abortion 27 Aboukir 80 About, Edmond 80 Abracadabra 80 Abraham 81 Abraham a Sancta Clara 81 Abrantes 81 Abrantes, Andoche Junot, Duke of. . 31 Abrantes, Laure Pennon Junot, Duchess of 81 Abrantes, Napoleon Andoche Junot, Duke of. 82 Abrantes, Adolphe Alfred Michel Ju- not, Duke of 82 Abrantes, Josephine Junot d' 82 Abrantes, Constance Junot d 1 82 Abravanel, Isaac ben Judah 32 Abraxas 82 Abruzzo 83 Abruzzo Citeriore 83 Abruzzo Ulteriore I. and II 83 Absalom 33 Absalon 83 Abscess 83 Absinth 84 Absolon, John 84 Absolute 84 Absolution 85 Absorption 85 Absorption of Gases 87 Absorption of Heat 88 Absorption of Light 88 Absorption Spectrum 88 Abstinence 89 Abstinence, Total. See Total Absti- nence. Abt, Franz 41 Abubekr 41 Abul-Casim. See Albucasis. AbnUbragios. Mar Gregorius 41 Abulfeda. Ismail ibn AH 41 Abu Sambul. See Ipsambul. Abu Shehr. See Bushire. Abu Temam 41 Abydos (two) 41 Abyla 42 Abyssinia 42 Abyssinian Church 48 Acacia 49 Academy 49 Academy, Italian 50 Academy, French 50 Academy, Spanish '52 Academy, Portuguese 52 Academy, German 52 Academy, Switzerland 52 Academy, Belgium 52 Academy, Holland 52 Academy, Scandinavian 52 Academy, Russian 53 Academy, British and Irish 53 Academy, Turkish Empire 58 Academy, Australian 53 Academy, Asia. 53
