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PERTURBATIONS, in solar system, xi. 72.

PERTZ, Georg Heinrich, German archaeo logist, xviii. 669.

PERU, country, South America, xviii. 669; I. 713; its revolt from Spain, I. 709; liberation of, by Bolivar, iv. 9; forests, ix. 406; guano, xi. 233; Indian tribes, xil. 828; libraries, XIV. 536, 551; newspapers, xvn. 437; observatory at Lima, XVII. 716; rail ways, XX. 252.

, Ancient, I. 696; xviii. 677; agri culture in, I. 293; monuments, II. 451 ; mythology, xvn. 150; pottery, xix. 633; races, I. 691.

, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xviii.

679.

, island, Gilbert group, Polynesia, xix. 426. -, Balsam of, ill. 293.

PERUGIA, town, Italy, xviii. 680; vm.

635; church of S. Domenico, xix.

123; pictures, xxi. 446; university,

xxm. 837.

, Lake of, Italy, xin. 440.

PERUGINO, Pietro, Italian painter,

xvin. 680; ix. 773; xxi. 436;

Raphael s connexion with, XX. 274. PERUKE, wig, xxiv. 560. PERUSIA, Etruscan town, Italy, vm.

635.

PERUVIAN BARK, v. 781; xx. 184. PERUZZI, Baldassare, Italian architect

and painter, xvin. 682; XX. 836;

xxii. 44. PERVIGILIUM VENERIS, Latin poem,

xvin. 683.

PESARO, town, Italy, xvin. 683. PESCARA, river, Italy, xm. 439. PESCHIERA, town, Italy, xx. 145. PESCIUM (Ipek), ancient town, Albania,

XIII. 211.

PESHAWAR, or Peshawur, division, dis trict, and town, India, xviii. 684.

PESHITTA, or Peshito, Syriac version of the Bible, xxn. 824; ill. 647.

PESHWA, Mahratta title, India, xv. 291.

PESIKOTHO, Midrash, xvi. 286.

PESIKTO RABBATHI, Midrash, xvi. 287.

PESINUS, or Pessinus, ancient town, Asia Minor, xvin. 691.

PESSIMISM, in philosophy, XVIII. 684; Schopenhauer s, xxi. 455.

PESSINUS, ancient town, Asia Minor, xviii. 691; x. 19.

PESTALOZZI, Johann Heinrich, Swiss educationist, vil. 677; Xiv. 79; xxn. 798.

PESTH, town, Hungary, xvni. 691; libraries, Xiv. 547; picture gallery, xxi. 446. See also Budapest.

PESTILENCE, or Plague, xix. 159.

PESTO, town, Italy, xvni. 132.

PET, Arthur, Arctic explorer, xix. 316.

PETALISM, Syracusan institution, XXII.

814.

PETALITE, mineral, xiv. 697; xvi. 416. PETALS, of plants, iv. 132. PETAU, Denys, French theologian, xvni.

PETAURISTA, genus of marsupial mam mals, xvin. 728.

PETAURUS, genus of marsupial mam mals, xvni. 729.

PETAVIUS, Dionysius (Petau), French theologian, xvin. 693.

PETCHARY, bird, xiv. 81.

PETCHENEGS, race of people, xiv. 60; xxi. 1 6, 88; xxm. 660.

PETCHERSK, monastery, at Kieff, Russia, xiv. 70.

PETCHORA, river, Russia, xvm. 549; xxi. 73.

PETEN, Lake of, Guatemala, XL 239.

PETER, St, the Apostle, xvin. 693; xix. 487; his relations with St Paul, xvni. 418.

, Apocalypse of, II. 179. , Epistles of, xvni. 697.

I., the Great, czar of Russia, xvni. 698; xxi. 97; his contests with Charles XII. of Sweden, v. 421; defeat and capture of, by the Turks, xxm. 646; statue of, at St Petersburg, xxi. 191; Voltaire s History of, xxiv. 292.

- II., of Russia, XVIII. 699; xxi. 98.

- III., of Russia, xvin. 699; v. 233; xxi. 99.

, prince of Savoy, xxi. 339.

, king of Sicily, xxn. 28.

of Blois, mediaeval theologian and

moralist, xvin. 698.

of Bruis, founder of Petrobrusians, XL 674; xxiv. 323.

of Callinicus, Syriac writer, xxn. 836.

of Castlenau, Inquisitor, I. 454.

of Covara (Nicholas V., antipope), xin. 712.

the Hermit, Crusade preacher, xvin. 698; VI. 623.

of Morone, founder of the Celes-

tines, v. 291. of Poitiers, scholastic philosopher,

xxi. 425.

DES ROCHES, bishop of Winchester,

xi. 658.

- LEOPOLD, grand-duke of Tuscany,

xm. 485. MARTYR, Italian Reformer, xxiv.

1 66.

- PARLEY (S. G. Goodrich), American writer, x. 774.

- PINDAR (John "Walcot), English painter and satirist, xxiv. 628.

SCHLEMIHL, by Chamisso, v. 384.

PETERBOROUGH, town, England, xvin. 699.

, town, Ontario, Canada, xvn. 775. AND MONMOUTH, Earl of, XVIII.

700.

PETERHEAD, town, Scotland, xvm. 701. PETERHOF, town, Russia, xvni. 702;

xxi. 190, 194. PETERLOO RIOT (1819), Manchester,

England, xv. 464. PETERMANN, A., German geographer,

xvm. 669.

PETERS, Christian A. F., on stellar paral lax, xvin. 252.

, Hugh, adherent of Cromwell,

xvm. 702. PETERSBURG, town, Virginia, U.S.A.,

xvni. 702. PETERSEN, Hallgrim, Icelandic poet,

XIL 623. , Niels Matthias, Danish historian,

vn. 93. PETER S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK,

Lockhart s work, xiv. 763. PETERS S COMET, vi. 193. PETERSTHAL, spa, Germany, xvi.

434- PETERWARDEIN, town, Hungary, xvin.

702.

PETHION, Syriac writer, XXII. 845. PETIOLE, or Leaf-Stalk, of plants, iv.

112. PETION, Alexandre, president of Hayti,

XL 545. DE VILLENEUVE, Jerome, French

Revolutionist, xvin. 703. PETIS DE LA CROIX, Frangois, French

Orientalist, xvi 1 1. 703. PETIT, John, his justification of murder

of duke of Orleans, x. 550. AND DULONG, on radiation, xx.

216. PETITCODIAC, river, New Brunswick,

xvii. 373. PETITION, in law, xvm. 703.

, to parliament, in England, xvin.

3i3- - OF RIGHT, v. 405; vm. 345;

xvm. 705. PETIT JOURNAL, Le, Paris newspaper,

xvii. 427. PETIT NORD, peninsula, Newfoundland,

xvii. 382. PETITOT, Jean, French artist, vm.

184. PETIT-THOUARS, Admiral du,his seizure

of Tahiti, xxm. 24. PETIT TREASON, xxm. 527. PETOFI, Alexander, Hungarian poet,

XIL 378. PETRA, ancient town, North Arabia,

xvin. 705. PETRACCO, Italian jurist, father of

Petrarch, xvin. 706. PETR^EA, desert, Arabia, n. 239. PETRARCH, or Petrarca, Francesco,

Italian poet, xvm. 706; xin. 503;

his relation to the Renaissance, xx.

385 ; his sonnets, xxn. 262 ; his

friendship for Boccaccio, III. 845; his

Latinity, xiv. 341.