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GENESIS, Little, Jewish apocalyptic book, II. 176.

OF MAN, ii. no.

GENESIUS, Byzantine historian, IV. 613.

GENESTET, Pieter Augustus de, Dutch writer, XII. 98.

GENET, or Genette, carnivorous mammal, x. 146; xv. 436.

GENEVA, canton, Switzerland, x. 146 ; XXII. 778, 794-

, town, Switzerland, x. 147; xxii.

778; observatory, xvn. 713; univer sity, xxm. 851 ; Calvin s settlement at, IV. 717 ; his church organization at, XIX. 678; Voltaire s residence at, xxiv. 290.

, town, New York, U.S.A., x. 152.

, Lake of, Switzerland, x. 151; xiv.

217; xxii. 776.

BIBLE, vm. 387.

CONVENTION, of 1864 and 1868, x.

152; i. 666; xin. 195; of 1872, ii.

GENEVIEVE, St, patroness of Paris, x.

152; church of, xvm. 276.

DE BRABANT, romance, xx. 659.

GENF (Geneva, q.v.), town, Switzerland,

x. 147. GENOA, Annibale della (Pope Leo. XII.),

xiv. 452. , Bernardin, on surgical anatomy, I.

815. , Girolamo, Italian painter and

architect, X. 152.

GENIUS, in Greek mythology, xv. 478. OF CHRISTIANITY, by Chateau briand, v. 437. GENLIS, Comtesse de, French authoress,

x. 153. GENNADIUS, Byzantine patriarch and

scholar, X. 153. GENNARGENTU, mountain, Sardinia,

xxi. 307.

GENNARO, San (St Januarius), xin. 568. GENNESARET, Lake of, Palestine, x. 29. GENOA, town, Italy, x. 154; Doria s

deliverance of, vn. 366 ; its struggles

with Pisa, XIX. 119; contests with

Venice, xin. 479; xxiv. 144; coins

of, xvii. 657; doge of, vil. 332;

libraries, Xiv. 548 ; Voragine s chronicl e

of, xxiv. 297. GENOVA, Luchetto da, Italian painter,

x. 158. GENOVEFA, St (St Genevieve), patroness

of Paris, x. 152. GENOVESI, Antonio, Italian philosopher

and economist, x. 158; xix. 362. GENSERIC, or Gaiseric, king of the

Vandals, x. 159; xx. 781; xxiv. 58;

his defeat of Leo III., xiv. 452;

opposed by Majorianus, xv. 311. GENTIAN, plant, x. 159. GENTILESCHI, Artemisia and Orazio de,

Italian painters, x. 160. GENTILI, Alberico, Italian jurist, x. 160. GENTILLY, town, France, x. 161.

GENTIOPICRIN, bitter principle of gen tian, x. 1 60.

GENTIUM, Jus, in Roman law, xx. 695. GENTIUS, Illyrian king, xil. 710. GENTLEMAN, use of the title, xvn. 524;

xix. 664; in chivalry, xiv. 117, 119. GENTLEMAN S MAGAZINE, xin. 721;

xvm. 537 ; originated by Edward

Cave, v. 271 ; under Nichols, xvn. 486. GENTLE SHEPHERD, Allan Ramsay s

poem, vil. 437; xvm. 347; xx. 266. GENTRY, social class, xvn. 524, 529. GENTZ, Friedrich von, German writer

and statesman, x. 1 6 1 ; on the balance

of power in Europe, ill. 268. GENUATES, Ligurian tribe/ xiv. 640. GENUCIAN LAW, Roman, xx. 68 1. GENUS, in classification, xxii. 372 ;

xxiv. 78.

GEOCICHLA, genus of birds, xxm. 322. GEOCRONITE, mineral, xvi. 395. GEODEPHAGA, group of beetles, vi.

129. GEODESIC LINES, in geometry, xxii.

671. GEODESY, x. 163; vn. 597; xv. 522,659;

xxii. 696, 701; Legendre s papers and

theorem, xiv. 414. GEODETIC SURVEYS, xv. 522. GEOFFREY, count of Anjou, the first

Plantagenet, xix. 175. MALATERRA, early chronicler, xvii.

547-

OF MONMOUTH, English chronicler,

x. 172; vm. 407; xx. 643; his chro nicle of Arthur, ii. 651; his writings,

v- 3i5-

GEOFFROY, Julien Louis, French journa list, xvn. 426.

SAINT-HILAIRE, Etienne, French

naturalist, x. 173; xvi. 839. SAINT-HILAIRE, Isidore, French zoologist, x. 174.

GEOGALE, genus of insectivorous mam mals, xv. 404.

GEOGNOSY, x. 220.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, of ani mals, in. 684; VIL 267; of plants, vil 286.

GEOGRAPHY, x. 175; ancient, xv. 516; of Mela, xv. 832; of Ptolemy, xx. 91; of Strabo, XXII. 581; relation of geodesy to, X. 163; relation of numis matics to, XVII. 629; D Anville s con tributions to, vi. 82 1 ; Marco Polo s, xix. 408; Pytheas s, xx. 143; Rennell s, XX. 399; Ritter s, XX. 570; Varenius s, XXIV. 69; Edrisi s work on, vn. 670; geographical societies, xxii. 228.

GEOID, deformed surface, in surveying, XXII. 708.

GEOK-TEPE, town, Transcaspian Region, Russia, xxm. 512.

GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION, of animals, vn. 281.

GEOLOGY, x. 212 (index, 375); relation of archaeology to, ii. 333; of mining,

xvi. 440; of ocean formations, xvm. 127; of petroleum, xvm. 714; Buck- land s researches in, IV. 420; De la Beche s contributions to, vn. 39 ; Deluc s, vn. 53; Lyell s, xv. 101 ; Macculloch s, xv. 134; Mantell s, xv. 503; Hugh Miller s, XVI. 319; Murchi- son s, xvn. 50; Phillips s, xvm. 758; Saussure s, xxi. 324; William Smith s, xxii. 178; Werner s, xxiv. 502; geo logical societies, xxii. 225.

GEOMETRIC SERIES, xxi. 678.

GEOMETRY, x. 376; pure, x. 376; analy tical, x. 408 ; application of the cal culus to, xin. 5; of curves, vi. 716; dimensions in, vil. 240; drawings and models for, xv. 628 ; application of functions in, IX. 818; its place in mathematics, xv. 629 ; as applied to measurement, xv. 659 ; theory of parallels in, xvm. 254; as known to Ptolemy, xx. 88; use of, in surveying, xxii. 696; of Apollonius of Perga, n. 1 88; Euclid s, vm. 655; Pythagorean, XX. 139; Boetius on, ill. 857; Gerbert s contributions to, xxii. 76; Leonardo of Pisa s, xix. 125; Pappus of Alex andria s, xvm. 230; Pliicker s, xix. 228 ; Poncelot s, Xix. 452 ; Henry J. S. Smith s, xxii. 173; Steiner s, xxii. 531; Thaks s, XXill. 218; Theodo- sius s, XXill. 260. , Descriptive, XIX. 800.

- , Elements of, by Legendre, XIV. 414.

, family of rodent mammals,

xv. 419. GEONOMA, genus of palms, xvm. 189,

190.

GEORAMA GLOBES, x. 683. GEORDIE LAMP, for mines, vi. 72. GEORGE, St, patron saint of England,

X. 429.

- (of Podiebrad), king of Bohemia, xix. 253.

- I., king of Great Britain and Ire land, x. 420; vm. 354.

- II., x. 421; vm. 355,

III., x. 423; vm. 356; his dislike of Fox, IX. 497; his favour for Lord North, xvii. 554; parliament under, xvm. 308; his support of Pitt, xix. 140.

IV., x. 427; vm. 365.

- V., king of Hanover, XI. 448.

-, prince of Denmark, husband of

Queen Anne, II. 62.

of Amboise, archbishop of Rouen, ix. 554.

, bishop of the Arab tribes, Syriac writer, XXII. 841.

of Beelthan, Syriac writer, xxii. 842.

of Cappadocia, Arian archbishop of Alexandria, x. 429.

of Kaphra, Syriac writer, XXII.