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/ESCHINES, Greek orator, I. 208; vu.

70.

/ESCHNID/E, family of insects, VU. 385. /EscHYLUS, Greek tragedian, i. 208;

VII. 405; XI. 140; his place in poetry, xix. 268.

/ESCHYNITE, mineral, xvi. 427. /ESCULAPIUS, god of healing, I. 209; vi.

444; xv. 799.

AESCULAPIUS S SNAKE, xxn. 194. /ESCULUS, genus of trees, XII. 205. /ESERNIA (Isernia), ancient town, Italy,

xin. 386; xxi. 249. /EsiR, gods of the Northmen, I. 209;

vii. 650. /Esis, or ^Esium (Jesi), ancient town,

Italy, xili. 644. /Esop, Greek fabulist, I. 211; in. 181,

vill. 837; Syriac translation of his

fables, xxn. 850.

, Greek historian, I. 212.

/EsOPUS, Clodius, Roman actor, I.

212; vn. 412. /ESTHACYTES, sense-cells, in sponges.

xxn. 420.

/ESTHESIOMETER, for measuring sensi tiveness of touch, xxin. 480.

/ESTHETIC FEELINGS, XX. 70.

/ESTHETICS, I. 212; xvin. 795 ; in rela-

to the fine arts, IX. 194; the name

due to Baumgarten, ill. 447 ; Herbart

on, XI. 720; Hutcheson on, xn. 411;

Kant on, xin. 852. ESTIVATION, of animals, XL 787; of

plants, IV. 13. AETAS, aborigines of the Philippines,

xvin. 752.

AETH, town, Belgium, n. 827. /ETHALEIA (Lemnos), island, /Egean

Sea, xiv. 436. ^ETHELBERHT (Ethelbert), king of

Kent, vni. 278, 567. /ETHELFRITH (Ethelfrith), king of

Northumberland, vm. 271, 278; xvn.

569. /ETHELINGS, Saxon princes, vni. 289;

xvin. 302. /ETHELNOTH (Agelnoth), archbishop of

Canterbury, I. 279. /ETHELRED, Saxon king of England,

vni. 286, 567. /ETHELSTAN, Saxon king of England,

ii. 830; vni. 285. /ETHELWULF, Saxon king of England,

VIII. 568.

AETHER, in interstellar space, vni. 568.

, of pharmacy, vni. 568.

/ETHIOPIA (Ethiopia, q.v.), country,

Africa, vni. 611. /ETHIOPICA, Greek romance by Helio-

dorus, XL 632; XX. 635. /ETHRA, of Greek legend, xxin. 294. /ETIOLOGY, in biology, in. 688; its

relation to pathology, xvin. 361 ; of

parasitism, xvin. 262; of sponges,

xxn. 426. AETION, Greek painter, I. 224.

AETIUS, founder of Arian sect, I. 224.

, Greek physician, I. 225; XV. 804.

, Roman general, I. 224; xx. 781;

xxiv. 37. /ETNA (Etna), volcano, Sicily, vni.

627.

AETOBATIS, genus of fishes, xx. 300. /ETOLIA, province, Greece, I. 225 ; coins

of, xvii. 642.

/ETOLIAN LEAGUE, i. 225; XL 107. /ETOLIANS, people of Messenia, Greece,

xvi. 53.

AETOMORPHjE, group of birds, ill. 713. /Ex, genus of birds, xxin. 105. AFANASIEF, Aleksandr Nikolaevich,

Russian writer, I. 225. AFARS, people of Central Africa, xxn.

255. AFER, Domitius, Roman orator, I. 225;

xx. 187.

AFFECTIONS, The, in Butler s philo sophy, iv. 586; Stoic doctrine of, xxn.

567. See also Ethics. AFFIDAVIT, in law, i. 226. AFFILIATION, in law, in. 426; xv.

779- AFFINITY, or relationship, I. 226;

systems of, IX. 22. , Chemical, I. 226, 153; v. 463, 464,

473-

AFFIRMATION, in place of oath, i. 226; xvn. 701.

AFFONSO (Alphonso) I., king of Por tugal, I. 618; xix. 540.

- II., of Portugal, i. 618; xix. 541. III., of Portugal, i. 618; xix. 542.

- IV., of Portugal, I. 618; xix. 543.

V., of Portugal I. 618; xix. 544.

VI., of Portugal, I. 618; xix. 548.

AFFRE, Denis Auguste, archbishop of

Paris, I. 226.

AFGHANISTAN, i. 227; n. 685, 694; con quest of, by Alexander, I. 483 ; policy of Ellenborough towards, vni. 146; relations with India, xn. 807, 811; with Persia, xvin. 648; Ghur terri tory in, I. 231; X. 569.

AFGHANS, in India, xn. 792.

AFGHAN TURKESTAN, i. 241.

AFGHAN WAR, of 1839, xn. 807; of 1878, xn. 811.

AFlUM-KARA-HlSSAR, town, Asiatic Turkey, I. 244; xiv. 2.

AFNU, language, Central Africa, xn.

318-

AFRAGOLA, town, Italy, i. 244.

AFRANIUS, Lucius, Latin poet, I. 244.

, Lucius, Roman consul, I. 244.

AFRICA, I. 245 ; ancient geography of, x. 14; xiv. 551; Ptolemy s geography of, xx. 95 ; ancient, conquest of by Vandals, xxiv. 58 ; coalfields, vi. 58 ; diamond mines, vn. 164; XL 204; xxin. 518; explorations of, x. 182, 188, 194; xvn. 498, 504; xxiv. 763; by Barth, in. 401; by Bruce, IV. 393; by Livingstone, xiv. 720; by Mun-

zinger, xvn. 33; by Park, xvin.

297 ; by Speke and Grant, xxn. 390 ;

flora, vn. 289; forests, IX. 407; fresh water fishes, XII. 672 ; gold, X. 744 ;

languages, xvin. 778, 780; xxi. 643,

654; dictionaries of languages, vn.

192; Christian missions, xvi. 517;

Negro race in, xvn. 316; oases, xvn.

695; rainfall, xvi. 153; religions, XX.

362; slave trade in, xxn. 143. AFRICA, Petrarch s Latin poem, xvin.

711.

, South, birds of, XVin. 16.

AFRICAN RACE, in United States, xxin.

821. AFRICANUS, Julius, church historian,

i. 273. AFSOS, Slier Ali, Hindustani writer, XL

849.

AFTER-EFFECT, in magnetism, xv. 258. AFTER-GLOW, in twilight, xxin. 674. AFZELIUS, Adam, Swedish naturalist,

I. 273. , Arwid August, Swedish historian,

I. 273.

AGA, Turkish title, I. 273. AGADAH, of the Jewish Midrash, xvi.

285, 503; xxin. 36. AGADES, town, Central Africa, I. 273;

xvn. 695. AGADIR, town, Algeria, xxin. 422.

, town, Morocco, xvi. 831.

AGALMATOLITE, mineral, xvi. 425. AGAMAS, sacred books of the Jains, xin.

544- AGAMEMNON, in Greek legend, i. 273;

XL 92; xvn. 827.

, drama of /Eschylus, I. 209.

AGAMI, bird, xxin. 594.

AGAMID^E, family of lizards, xiv. 733,

736. AGAMOGENESIS, in biology, in. 686; of

insects, XIII. 146. AGAN, town, Ladrone Islands, xiv.

200.

AGAPE, love feast, i. 274. AGAPETUS I., pope, xix. 493.

II., pope, xx. 788.

, Byzantine writer, I. 274.

AGAPORNIS, genus of birds, XV. 28. AGARDE, Arthur, English antiquary, I.

274. AGAR-ELLIS, G. J. W., Lord Dover, vii.

381. AGARICUS, mushroom, IX. 832 ; xvn.

74-

AGARISTE, Wooing of, at Sicyon, xxn. 32.

AGARPARA, town, India, xxin. 673.

AGASIAS, Greek sculptor, I. 274.

AGASSIZ, Louis John Rudolph, naturalist, I. 274; his classification of animals, xxiv. 810; of fishes, xn. 634; on Echinodermata, n. 52; on naturaliza tion, I. 84; on the origin of man, n. 1 10.

AGATE, stone, i. 277; xvi. 389; xvn.