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MENCIUS, Chinese sage, xvi. 3.

MENDANA, Alvaro de, Spanish navi gator, x. 185; discoverer of Solomon Islands, xxn. 253.

ISLANDS (Marquesas), South

Pacific, xv. 564.

MENDEL, David (August Neander), German church, historian, xvn. 304.

MENDELSSOHN, Dorothea, wife of Friedrich Schlegel, xxi. 409.

, Felix, German musical composer,

xvi. 6; as symphonist, xvn. 97.

, Moses, German- Jewish philo sopher, xvi. 9; x. 534; xni. 680; xiv. 479; his controversy with Jacobi, xill. 537.

MENDERE, river, Turkey in Asia, xxin. 578.

MENDES, Gongalo, chancellor of Portu gal, xix. 541.

MENDESIAN GOAT, Egyptian divinity, vn. 717.

MENDIBURU, General, Peruvian historio grapher, xvin. 675.

MENDICANT FRIARS, i. 21; xvi. 710.

MENDICANTS, Buddhist order of, iv.

434- MENDIP HILLS, Somerset, England,

xxii. 257.

MENDIPITE, mineral, xvi. 384. MENDOWG, king of the Lithuanians,

xiv. 702. MENDOZA, town, Argentine republic,

xvi. 9. , Antonio de, Spanish governor,

Mexico, xvi. 219. , Antonio de, Peruvian viceroy,

xviii. 677. , Diego de, Spanish ruler in Siena,

xxii. 42. , Diego Hurtado de, Spanish poet

and historian, XVI. 9; XXII. 357, 359. , liiigo Lopez de, marquis of Santil-

lana, Spanish poet, xxi. 300. , Pedro de, his discoveries in South

America, II. 489. MENDRISIO, town, Switzerland, xxm.

351- MENEC, France, Menhirs at, v. 118;

xxi. 51.

MENEGHINITE, mineral, xvi. 395. MENELAUS, in Greek legend, xvi. 10. , Greek astronomer, xx. 88.

, Jewish high priest, xni. 421. MENES, king of Egypt, vn. 731. MENESTHEI PORTUS, of Ptolemy, Spain,

xx. 99. MENEVILLE, Guerin, on silkworm

disease, XXII. 59. MENEZES, F. Xavier de, Portuguese

historian, XIX. 557. MENGKA, town, Formosa, China, ix.

417. MENGO, Jerome, his Exorcist s Manual,

vn. 62. MENGOTTI, Count Francesco, Italian

economist, xix. 363.

MENGS, Antony Raphael, German

painter, xvi. 10. MENHADEN, fish, xvi. 10; oil from,

xvii. 747. MENHIRS, ancient stone monuments, II.

383; iv. 118; xxi. 51. MENIERE S DISEASE, Use of salicylate

of sodium in treatment of, XXI. 217. MENILEK, son of the queen of Sheba, I.

65.

MENILITE, mineral, xvi. 390. MENIN, town, Belgium, xvi. 11. MENINGITIS, disease, xvi. n. MENIPPEAN SATIRES, of Varro, xxiv.

93-

MENIPPEE, Satire, in French literature, ix. 655.

MENKARA, Egyptian, king, vn. 733; mummy of, XVII. 21; pyramid of, XX. 123.

MENKAURA, or Menkara, king of Egypt, VII. 733; mummy of, XVII. 21; pyra mid of, xx. 123.

MENNONITES, Christian sect, xvi. 11; i. 787.

MENNO SIMONS, founder of the Men- nonites, XVI. n; III. 354.

MENO, dialogue of Plato, xix. 197.

MENOBRANCHUS, genus of Amphibia, i. 756.

MENODONTID^E, fossil ungulate mam mals, xv. 429.

MENOMINEE, river, Wisconsin, "U.S.A., xii. 831; xvi. 340.

MENOMINEES, American-Indian tribe, xii. 831.

MENOPOMA, genus of Amphibia, I.

759- MENORATH HAMMAOR, Midrash, xvi.

288. MENOTTI, Giro, Italian politician, xni.

486. MENPTAH, king of Egypt, vn. 739;

tomb of, at Thebes, xxin. 622. MENSHIKOFF, Alexander Danilovich,

favourite of Peter the Great of Russia,

xvi. 12; xxi. 98. , Alexander Sergeievich, Russian

general, xvi. 13. MENSTRUATION, xx. 408. MENSURATION, xvi. 13. MENTAL ALIENATION, xni. 95; xv.

780.

MENTAL ASSOCIATION, n. 730. MENTAL DISEASES, xni. 95. MENTAL POWERS, of man, n. 109. MENTAL RESERVATION, xiv. 638. MENTAL SCIENCE, xx. 37. MENTAL WORK, Diet for, vn. 204. MENTAPOK, mountains, North Borneo,

xxi. 123. MENTAWEI ISLANDS, Sumatra, xxn.

638, 639. MENTEITH, district, Scotland, xvin.

667. MENTELIN, Johan, early German printer,

xxin. 688.

MENTHA, genus of plants, xvi. 491; xvin. 517.

MENTHOL, drug, xvin. 518.

MENTHON, spa, France, xxi. 332.

MENTON, or Mentone, town, France, xvi. 28.

MENTOR, Persian satrap, xvin. 580.

MENTU, Egyptian divinity, vn. 716.

MENTZ (Mainz, q.v.), town, Hesse-Darm stadt, Germany, xv. 305.

MENURA, genus of birds, xv. 115.

MENVID, Eric, king of Denmark, XI. 450.

MENZEL, Wolfgang, German poet and historian, XVI. 29.

MENZELEH, lake, Egypt, vn. 709.

MENZELINSK, town, Russia, xxin. 717.

MENZIES, Michael, inventor of a thrash ing-machine, i. 302.

MEPHISTOPHELES, xvi. 29.

MEPHITIS, genus of carnivorous mam mals, xxn. 126.

MEPHITISM, Death from, xv. 781.

ME-PlNG, river, Siam, xxi. 850.

MEQUINEZ, town, Morocco, xvi. 29, 830.

MERAGHA, or Maragha (q.v. town, Persia, XV. 525.

MERAN, town, Tyrol, Austria, xvi. 29.

MERAPI, volcano, Sumatra, xxii. 638.

MERAWI, town, Ethiopia, xvi. 40.

MERCANTILE MARINE, Laws affecting seamen of the, xxi. 605 ; its connexion with the navy, xvii. 289, 290.

MERCANTILE SYSTEM, in economics, xix. 354.

MERCATOR, Gerardus, Belgian geo grapher, xvi. 30; xv. 520; his contri butions to cartography, xvii. 253; globes constructed by, X. 68 1.

, Romoldus, his contributions to

cartography, XVII. 253. MERCATOR S PROJECTION, in maps, x.

208.

MERCEDARIO, mountain, Chili, v. 616. MERCEDES, town, Uruguay, xxiv. 15. MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT (1887),

xxin. 498. MERCHANT ADVENTURERS, Company,

xxi. 826. MERCHANTMEN, The, Aristophanes s

phy, n. 509. MERCHANT SEAMEN, Laws affecting,

xxi. 605. MERCHANTS OF THE STEELYARD,

London, xxn. 528. MERCHANT TAYLOR S SCHOOL, London,

xiv. 835. MERCHISTON, Napiers of, Scottish

family, xvn. 177. MERCIA, ancient kingdom, England,

vin. 270, 282.

MERCURE DE FRANCE, Paris news paper, xvn. 424. MERCURIAL AIR-PUMP, xvi. 30; xix.