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AGATHARCHIDES, Greek grammarian,

i. 278.

AGATHARCHUS, Greek painter, i. 278. AGATHIAS, Greek historian and poet, I.

278; ii. 103; iv. 612. AGATHI ISLAND, Laccadives, xiv. 183. AGATHO, Greek tragedian, I. 278. AGATHOCLES, tyrant of Syracuse, I. 278;

xxn. 20, 8 1 6. AGATHYRSIANS, people of Transylvania,

xxi. 575.

AGAVE, American aloe, I. 597; xn. 262. SlSALENSlS, sisal-hemp plant,

xxiv. 758. AGAW, or Agow, Abyssinian language,

I. 64; xxi. 655. AGDE, town, France, I. 278. AGDISTIS, mother of the gods, XVI II.

691. AGE, I. 278; its influence on suicide,

xxn. 631 ; proportion of, in popula tion, xix. 515; longevity, xiv. 857. AGEING, in calico-printing, IV. 687. AGELADAS, Greek sculptor, I. 279; n.

350; xviii. 734. AGELNOTH, archbishop of Canterbury,

I. 279.

AGEMA, Macedonian cavalry, xv. 140. AGEN, town, France, I. 279. AGENARDUS (Eginhard), biographer of

Charlemagne, vn. 697. AGENCY, in law, i. 280. AGENDA, liturgical service book, Xiv.

710. AGENT, in diplomacy, commerce, and

law, I. 280; in partnership, xvin.

330.

DE CHANGE, in France, I. 281. AGE OF REASON, Paine s, xvin. 136. ACER PUBLICUS, Roman public lands,

i. 289; xx. 673.

AGESANDER, Rhodian sculptor, xiv. 293. AGESILAUS,king of Sparta, I. 281 ; xvm.

577- AGEUSIA, disease (loss of taste), xxm.

So. AGGLUTINATIVE LANGUAGES, XL 39;

xvi. 749; xvin. 774. AGGREGATE COMBINATIONS, in me chanics, xv. 762. AGGREGATION, States of, in physics, i.

282. AGGTELEK, cave, Hungary, i. 420; xn.

362. AGHA, Turkish title, i. 273.

- MUHAMMAD, shah of Persia,

xvm. 645. AGHLABITES, African Moslem dynasty,

xvi. 579. AGHRIM, Ireland, Battle of (1691), I.

282. AGILULF, king of the Lombards, xiv.

815. AGINCOURT, or Azincourt, Battle of

(1415), i. 282; vni. 320; ix. 549. AGIO, in commerce, I. 283. AGIS, kings of Sparta, I. 283.

AGISTMENT, Tithe of, i. 283.

AGISYAMBA, African country, in Pto lemy s geography, xx. 95.

AGLAOPHAMUS, Lobeck s work, xvn. 124.

AGLY, river, France, xx. 128.

AGMONDESHAM (Amersham), town, England, I. 735.

AGNANO, lake, Italy, i. 283.

AGNATES, in Roman law, I. 283; xx. 688.

AGNESI, Maria Gaetana, Italian mathe matician, i. 283.

, Maria Teresa, Italian musician, I.

284.

AGNI, Hindu god of fire, xn. 780; xxi. 276.

AGNOET/E, heretical sect, I. 284.

AGNOIOLOGY, theory of ignorance, IX. 1 10.

AGNOLO, Baccio d , Florentine sculptor, I. 284.

DA SIENA, Italian architect, I. 285; xxn. 39, 44.

AGNONE, town, Italy, i. 284; tablet

found at, XIII. 446. AGNOSTICISM, Kantian, xvin. 794;

xxm. 246; in modern theology, xxm.

249.

AGNUS DEI, i. 284. AGOBARD, archbishop of Lyons, I. 284. .AGOLANTI, Sandro di Giovanni, glass

paintings of, x. 670. AGONA, Carnival sports of the, Rome, v.

122.

AGONALIA, Roman festivals, I. 284. AGONIC LINES, in magnetism, I. 284. AGONOSTOMA, genus of fishes, xvn. 18. AGONOTHETA, superintendent of Greek

games, I. 284. AGORA, Greek market place, I. 285 ; of

Athens, in. 2, 8 ; Olympian, XVII.

769.

AGORACRITUS, Greek sculptor, n. 356. AGORANOMOl, Greek magistrates, I. 285. AGORATUS, Lysias s speech against, xv.

119.

AGORDO, town, Italy, i. 285. AGOSTA, town, Sicily, I. 285. AGOSTINI, Leonardo, Italian antiquary,

i. 285. AGOSTINO, Paolo, Italian musician, I.

285.

DA SlENA, Italian architect, I. 285. - VENEZIANO, Italian engraver, xv.

AGOUTI, genus of rodent mammals, 1. 285.

AGRA, division and district, North- Western Provinces, India, I. 285; xvn. 572 ; town, I. 286.

AGRAM, town, Austria, i. 287; vi. 592 ; university of, xxm. 852.

AGRAPHIA, disease, n. 171.

AGRARIAN LAWS, Roman, i. 287; xiv. 261; xx. 737, 757, 759, 765, 767.

AGREDA, town, Spain, i. 289.

AGREEMENT, in law, vi. 322.

AGRET, town, Asiatic Russia, xxn. 821.

AGRICOLA, Christoph Ludwig, German painter, I. 290.

, Cna3us Julius, Roman general, I.

289 ; in Britain, IV. 353 ; his invasion of Caledonia, IV. 663 ; XXI. 47 1 ; life of, by Tacitus, XXIII. 20.

, Georg, German mineralogist, I. 290.

, Johannes, German Reformer, I.

290; II. 129.

, Johann Friedrich, German musi cian, I. 290.

, Rudolphus, German scholar, I.

290.

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT, of 1875 (English), Xiv. 275 ; of 1883, XX. 306.

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, i. 305 ; list of, xxn. 227.

AGRICULTURE, i. 291 ; effects of foreign competition on, VI. 414 ; Arthur Young s contributions to knowledge of, xxiv. 755; small farms, I. 412; XIV. 268.

AGRICULTURISTS, Education of, i. 408.

AGRI-DAGH, mountains, Transcaucasia, xxm. 514.

AGRIGENTUM (Girgenti), ancient town, Sicily, I. 417; XVill. 729; XXII. 15, 16.

AGRIONIA, Greek festival, I. 417; vn. 249.

AGRlONlDjE, family of insects, vn. 385.

AGRIPPA, sceptical philosopher, xxi. 380.

, Henry Cornelius, German philo sopher, I. 418.

, Herod, king of Judaea, I. 417; Xlli.

426.

, Herod, II., king of Chalcis, I. 41$; Xlli. 426. -, Marcus Vipsanius, Roman general,

I. 418. AGRIPPINA, wife of Germanicus, I. 419.

, mother of Nero, I. 419; xvi I. 347. AGROTERAS THUSIA, Greek festival, i.

420. AGTELEK, village and cave, Hungary, I.

420; xn. 362. AGUA, Volcano do, Central America, I.

420. AGUADO, Alexander Maria, Jewish

banker, I. 420.

AGUARICO, river, Ecuador, vn. 646. AGUAS CALIENTES, town, Mexico, i. 420;

xvi. 214; state, xvi. 214. AGUE, disease, ix. 126; xv. 316; xvin.

394- AGUESSEAU, Henry Frangois d , French

chancellor and author, vi. 761; ix.

670. ACUILAR, Grace, English authoress, I.

420. DE LA FRONTERA, town, Spain,

i. 420. AGUILLON, Frangois d (Aguilonius),

mathematician, I. 420; on binocular

vision, XXII. 537.