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MlNHG, river, Spain, XXII. 295. MINIATURE, branches of painting, xvi.

437; enamelling, vin. 184. MINICOY, island, Laccadives, Indian

Ocean, xiv. 183. MINIMA, in mathematics, xv. 643; xin.

22. MINIMI, or Minims, order of monks, IX.

695; xvi. 711.

MININ, Russian patriot, xxi. 95. MINING, xvi. 440; for coal, vi. 61; for

gold, x. 745.

, Military, IX. 464. MINISTERS, Nonconformist, Legal status

of, xvn. 533. MINISTRY, state administration, xvi.

472.

MINIUM, mineral, xvi. 387. MINK, carnivorous mammal, xvi. 474;

skins of, IX. 838. MINNA VON BARNHELM, Lessing s

drama, xiv. 480. MINNEAPOLIS, town, Minnesota, U.S.A.,

xvi. 474. MINNESANGER, German lyrists, X. 525;

xvn. 83.

MINNESOTA, State, U.S.A., xvi. 475. MINNOW, fish, xvi. 477; xii. 692;

artificial, for angling, II. 33.

ISLANDS, Madagascar, xv. 168.

MlNO, or Minho, river, Spain, XXII.

295. MINO DI GIOVANNI (DaFiesole), Italian

sculptor and architect, xvi. 477; xx.

836. MINOR, or Infant, in law, xin. i.

, The, Foote s comedy, IX. 370.

, bird, XL 26.

MINORCA, one of the Balearic Islands,

Spain, in. 278; failure of Byng in

defence of, iv. 604. MINORITES, order of friars, ix. 698;

xx. 799.

MINORITY, in law, i. 279. MiNOS, legendary king of Crete, XVI.

478; vi. 570; xxm. 294. MINOTAUR, of Greek legend, xiv. 179;

xvi. 478. MINSHULL, Elizabeth, Milton s third

wife, xvi. 336. MINSK, government, Russia, xvi. 478;

XXI. 69; town, xvi. 479. MINSTER, in architecture, II. 467. MINSTREL, singer, xvi. 479; mediaeval,

vii. 413.

, The, Beattie s poem, in. 466. MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH

BORDER, Scott s, xxi. 547; Leyden s

connexion with, xiv. 496. MINT, for coining, xvi. 480; of London,

xiv. 832. , plant, xvi. 491; xii. 289; xvni.

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MINTJAC, or Muntjak, deer, xvn. 31;

xni. 602.

MINT-MARK, of coins, xvn. 630. MINTO, First Earl of, British statesman,

xvi. 492; governor-general of India,

xii. 805. MINTON S ENCAUSTIC PAVEMENT, iv.

283. MINUCIUS FELIX, Marcus, Christian

apologist, xvi. 492. MINUET, dance, xvi. 492. MINUIT, Peter, director, New Nether- land, America, xvn. 454. MINUSCULE WRITING, xvm. 149. MINUSINSK, town, Russia in Asia, xxii.

11; xxiv. 743.

TARTARS, Asiatic race, xxm. 70.

MINX, or Mink, carnivorous mammal,

xvi. 474. MINY/E, ancient Greek race, XL 92; as

voyagers, II. 496; in Lemnos, ^Egean

Sea, xiv. 437.

MINYEH, town, Egypt, vii. 774. MIOCENE ROCKS, x. 362. MlOLANHD^E, family of chelonian

reptiles, XXIII. 457. MIOSIC, Andrew Kacie, Servian writer,

xxi. 690. MIQUELON, island, Newfoundland, xxi.

196; xvn. 382. MIR, village community, Russia, xxi.

7, 83.

MlRA, river, Ecuador, vii. 646. MIRABEAU, Honore Gabriel Riqueti,

Comte de, French statesman, xvi. 492;

IX. 598, 601; Dumont s relations with,

vn. 530. , Victor Riqueti, Marquis de, French

political economist, xvi. 498; XIX.

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MIRABILITE, mineral, xvi. 401. MIRACLE OF THE THUNDERING

LEGION, in Roman history, in. 87. MIRACLE-PLAYS, v. 324; vn. 413, 414;

English, vn. 414; vin. 416; in Eng land, time of Shakespeare, xxi. 750;

French, IX. 644; German, x. 526. MIRACLES, of Scripture, n. 191; x. 804,

809; of Elisha, vin. 141; in Acts of

the Apostles, I. 127; Campbell s Dis sertation on, IV. 754; Woolston s view

of, xxiv. 664.

, of Apollonius, II. 188. MIRAFLORES, Spain, Sculptures at, xxi.

567.

MIRAFRA, genus of birds, Xiv. 316. MIRAGE, Atmospheric, xiv. 600. MIR ALISHIR, Persian poet, xvi. 499. MIRAMICHI, river, New Brunswick,

xvn. 373. MIRAMIONES, French religious order,

x. 152. MIRAMON, Miguel, Mexican general,

xvi. 498. MIRANDA, Francesco, South -American

general, XVI. 498. , Francisco de S;i de, Portuguese

pastoral poet, xvm. 346; XIX. 556. MiRANDOLA, Pico de, Christian huma nist and Kabbalistic writer, XIX. 80;

XIII. 813.

MIRATH, or Meerut, district, India, xv.

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MIRCEA, voivode of "Walachia, xxi. 16. MlRGOROD, town, Russia, xix. 410. MIR JAFAR, Indian nawab, xii. 801. MIR KASIM, Indian nawab, xn. 802;

xvni. 409. MIRKHOND, or Mirkhawand, Persian

writer, xvi. 499. MIROIR DE MARIAGE, Deschamps s

satire, vn. 128.

MIROPOLIE, town, Russia, xvi. 499. MIRROR, xvi. 499; ix. 849; Etruscan

bronze, vin. 642; in optics, xiv. 587;

use of, for signalling, XL 632. GALVANOMETER, in telegraphy,

xxm. 124. MIRROR-READING, in optics, xxiv.

436.

MIR TAG i, Urdu poet, XL 848. MlRZA, Persian title, xvni. 628. MIRZAPUR, or Mirzapoor, district and

town, India, xvi. 502. MIRZA TAKI, Persian minister, xvni.

651. MISANTHROPE, Le, Moliere s play, xvi.

629. MISDEMEANOUR, in law, xvi. 502; vi.

588; ix. 68.

MISDROY, town, Prussia, xxiv. 633. MISENO, Capo di, Italy, xvn. 187. MISERERE, of Allegri, i. 581. MlSERlCORDE, or Dagger, VI. 760. MlSHNAH, or Mishna, rabbinical law,

xvi. 502; XL 600; xin. 429; xxm.

35; Maimonides s commentary on, xv.

296. MISHNEH TORAH, of Maimonides, xv.

295.

MISKOLCZ, town, Hungary, xvi. 508. MISNIA, Dialect of, German, I. 152. MISOL, island, off New Guinea, xvn.

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MlSPECKEL, or Mispickel, mineral, XVI. 390; n. 635.

MlSPRlSlON, in law, XVI. 502; of treason, xxm. 528.

MlSR, name for Egypt, VII. 700.

MISRULE, Lord of, v. 704.

MlSSAL, liturgical book, xvi. 508.

MlSSI DOMINICI, imperial commis sioners, ix. 532.

MISSIONARIES, Christian, xvi. 511.

MISSIONARY SOCIETIES, List of, xvi.

515- MlSSlONS, Christian, xvi. 511; Baptist, in. 356; Jesuit systems, xin. 651,654; xx. 536; Moravian, xvi. Sii; Roman Catholic, Xix. 809.

MISSISSIPPI, river, U.S.A., xvi. 518; I. 674; xvn. 402; delta of, xx. 580; drainage of, x. 272 ; geology of valley of, xxm. 801; influence of wind on, XII. 497; La Salle s explorations of, xiv. 318; Spanish claim to, xxm.

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