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P E A P R I

PRATENSIS, Jodocus (Josquin Depres),

Flemish musical composer, VII. 101;

xvn. 83; xvin. 180. PRATER, park, Vienna, xxiv. 221. PRATINCOLA, genus of birds, xix. 659;

xxiv. 537.

PRATINCOLE, bird, xix. 659. PRATO, town, Italy, xix. 660; pictures

in, XXI. 447.

PRATT, Charles, Earl Camden, iv. 735. PRAWN, crustacean, vi. 645, 657; xxi.

847; fisheries, IX. 265. PRAXAGORAS of Cos, anatomist, i. Soi. PRAXITELES, Greek sculptor, xix. 660;

ii. 360; xviii. 853. PRAYER, xiv. 695; in relation to vows,

xxiv. 300; Stoic theory of, xxil. 569. BOOK, of English Church, vin.

338, 340; xiv. 710; revision of, vi.

328.

BOOKS, Jewish, xv. 292.

PRAYER-THONGS, or Phylacteries, xix.

i.

PRAYING MANTIS, insect, xv. 503. PREACHING, Homiletic, xn. 125. FRIARS, or Mendicant Friars, Con vents of, i. 21.

PREANGER, residency, Java, xin. 606. PREBENDARY, ecclesiastical officer, v.

228.

PRECEDENCE, of rank or place, xix. 660. PRECEPTORY, in architecture, n. 471. PRECESSION, in tides, xxm. 361. OF THE EQUINOXES, n. 750, 762,

794-

PRECIEUSES, Paris literary coterie, XX. 264.

RIDICULES, Molicre s play, xvi.

627.

PRECIOUS METALS, xvi. 724; falsifica tion of, I. 176; their relation to value, xxiv. 51. See also Gold and Silver.

PRECISION BALANCE, in. 263.

PREDESTINATION, in theology, xix. 668; St Paul s doctrine of, xvm. 427; Suarez on, xxn. 616.

PREDICTIONS, Astrological, n. 742.

PRE-EMPTION, in law, xxi. 209.

PREFECT, or Proefect, Roman officer, xix. 652.

PREGNANCY, in medical jurisprudence, xv. 779; concealment of, Xin. 4; sub jective impressions during, xvi. 765.

PREHISTORIC MAN, n. 341.

PREHNITE, mineral, xvi. 424.

PRELLER, Friedrich, German painter, xix. 671.

, Ludwig, German writer, on class ical mythology, xix. 671.

PRELUDE, The, Wordsworth s poem, xxiv. 668.

PREMIER, or Prime Minister, British, xvi. 472 ; list of British premiers, vin. 368.

PREMISSES, in logic, xiv. 788.

PREMIUM, Fire insurance, xm. 162, 165; life assurance, xm. 172, 179.

PREMONSTRATENSIAN CANONS, i. 20;

xvi. 709. PREMYSL, founder of Bohemian dynasty,

in. 860.

PRENADILLA, fish, xxn. 68. PRENZLAU, town, Prussia, xix. 672. PREPOSITIONS, in grammar, XL 41. PRERADOVIC, Peter, Servian poet, XXI.

691. PRE-RAPHAELITISM, in poetry and art,

xx. 857; xxi. 442. PRERAU, town, Moravia, xix. 672. PREROGATIVE, in law, xix. 672. PRESBURG, or Pressburg (q.v.), town,

Hungary, xix. 709. PRESBYOPIA, defect of the eye, xvn.

785; spectacles for, XXII. 373. PRESBYTER, church officer, xix. 674,

724; vni. 484. , Anonymus, early Servian writer,

xxi. 689. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, Service in,

xiv. 711.

PRESBYTERIANISM, xix. 676; its estab lishment in Scotland, XXL 503, 508,

518; Milton s relations to, xvi. 330. PRESBYTERIAN ORGANIZATION, in

apostolic times, v. 700. PRESBYTERY, in architecture, n. 471. PRESCOT, town, England, xix. 702. PRESCOTT, William Hickling, American

historian, xix. 702; I. 723. PRESCRIPTION, in law, xix. 704; xiv.

650. PRESENT, Psychological presentation of

the, XX. 64. PRESENTATION, in psychology, xx.

41. , to a benefice, XX. 158.

OF B. V. MARY, Festival of, xv. 592.

PRESERN, Francis, Slovenian poet, xxn.

150.

PRESERVED FOOD, xix. 707. PRESERVES, eye protectors, xxn. 372.

, of fruit, xin. 564.

PRESIDENT, United States, Office of,

xxm. 750; veto of, xxm. 749; xxiv.

207; list of presidents, xxm. 787. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, England,

xxii. 458. PRESOVA (Eperies),town, Hungary, vin.

457- PRESQUE ISLE, Lake Erie, North

America, XXI ll. 734. PRESS, Liberty of the, in England (1695),

vili. 352; Milton on the, XVI. 330.

See Press Laws. , Newspaper, xvn. 412.

ASSOCIATION, London, xvn. 413. PRESSBURG, town, Hungary, xix. 709;

libraries, xiv. 547; treaty of (1805),

in. 133; ix. 615; xvn. 210. PRESSE, La, Paris newspaper, xvn.

426. PRESSER, Land, agricultural implement,

I. 319.

PRESSHEFE, German yeast, xxiv. 734. PRESS LAWS, xix. 710; xvn. 416. PRESS MACHINES, Printing, xxm.

704. PRESSURE, Physical theory of action of,

XIX. 2.

GAUGE, xv. 494. PREST, Godfred, English sculptor, xxi.

559- PRESTE-LES-BAINS, spa, France, xx.

128. PRESTER JOHN, of mediaeval writers,

xix. 714; i. 65; xvi. 745. PRESTIDIGITATION, or Sleight of Hand,

xiv. 414; xv. 207. PRESTON, town, England, xix. 718. PRESTONPANS, Scotland, Battle of

(1745), v. 426; vin. 355; xxi. 526. PRESTWICH, town, England, xix. 719. PRETENDER (Charles Edward Stuart),

v. 426; vin. 355; xxi. 520; xxn. 610. (James Stuart), Xiil. 560; xxi. 520;

xxii. 610.

PRETORIA, town, Transvaal, xxm. 518. PRETORIUS, Andries, Boer chief, South

Africa, xxm. 519. PRETYMAN, George, tutor of Pitt, xix.

135- PREVESA, town, Turkey in Europe, xix.

719.

PREVOST, Hippolyte, French steno grapher, XXI. 841.

, Pierre, Swiss scientist, xix. 719;

on radiation of heat, XX. 213, 214. D EXILLES, Antoine Francois,

French novelist, XIX. 719. PREVOST-PARADOL, Lucien Anatole,

French writer, xix. 720. PRIAM, of Greek legend, xxm. 578,

533. PRIAPUS, of Greek mythology, xix.

720; xiv. 250.

PRIBRAM, town, Bohemia, xix. 720. PRICE, in economics, xxiv. 46; law re lating to, xxi. 205; theories of, xix.

356; quotations of, or price lists, XXII.

465.

, J. E., on ancient London, xiv.

841.

, Richard, English philosopher, XIX.

721; his system of morals, vin. 603.

P RICHARD, James Cowles, English ethnologist, XIX. 722; on the natural history of man, n. 107, 109.

PRICKLY PEAR, iv. 626.

PRIDE, fish, xiv. 249. , Thomas, Parliamentary officer, xix. 723.

- AND PREJUDICE, Jane Austen s novel, in. 101.

PRIDEAUX, Humphrey, English theo logian, xix. 723.

PRIDE OF INDIA, tree, xvin. 519.

PRIDE S PURGE, in English history, vni. 347; xix. 723.

PRIESSNITZ, Vincenz, hydropathist, in.