Page:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, v. 25.djvu/373

P B O P S Y

359

PROTISTA, group of plant-animal forms,

i. 843; xix. 832. PROTODRILUS, genus of worms, xxiv.

684. PROTOGENES, Greek painter, xix. 827.

, genus of Protozoa, Xix. 839. PROTONEMA, germinating organ in

mosses, xvn. 72. PROTOPHYTA, class of plants, in. 693;

xix. 832. PROTOPLASM, fundamental form of

living matter, Xix. 828, 12, 21, 43;

I. 843; ill. 679; VIII. 163; XII. 4, 10;

xvi. 841; xx. 415; xxiv. 816; of

sponges, xxn. 420; in plants, IV. 84. PROTOPTERUS, genus of fishes, xiv.

468. PROTOTHERIA, subclass of Mammalia,

xv. 371, 377. PROTOZOA, lowest grade of the animal

kingdom, Xix. 830; II. 50; embryo logy of, xx. 418; generation of, vin.

169; skeletal conditions of, XXII. 106;

parasitic forms, XVIII. 258; in Lan-

kester s classification, XXIV. 812. PROTRACHEATA, group of Myriapoda,

xvii. 116. PROTRACTOR, surveying instrument,

xxn. 721.

PROUD FLESH, xvm. 363. PROUDHON, Pierre Joseph, French

socialistic writer, XIX. 866; XXII. 216. PROUST, Louis Joseph, French chemist,

v. 464.

PROUSTITE, mineral, xvi. 395. PROUT, Father (Francis Mahony), Irish

song-writer and humanist, xv. 288. , Samuel, English painter, XIX.

867; as lithographic artist, XIV. 701. PROVENCAL LANGUAGE, xix. 867; xiv.

340; relation of, to Catalan, XXI I.

347; to French, IX. 631; dictionaries

of, vii. 185. PROVENCAL LITERATURE, xix. 872;

IX. 646; Italian writers of, XIII. 499;

its influence in Portugal, XIX. 555. PROVENCE, old province of France, xix.

877- PROVERBS, Book of, in Scripture, xix.

879; in. 639. PROVIDENCE, town, Rhode Island,

U.S.A., xix. 883; xx. 524; founding

of, by Roger Williams, xxiv. 587;

libraries, xiv. 551. PROVINCE, Roman, xix. 884. PROVINCETOWN HARBOUR, Massachu setts, U.S.A., xv. 612. PROVINCE WELLESLEY, Straits Settle ments, Asia, xxii. 586. PROVINCIAL LETTERS, Pascal s, xvm.

335-

PROVINS, town, France, xix. 886. PROVISIONS OF OXFORD (1258), xvi.

788.

PROVO, town, Utah, U.S.A., xxiv. 20. PROVOCATION, in relation to homicide,

xvii. 53.

PROVOKED WIFE, Vanbrugh s play, xxiv. 55.

PROXY, in law, xix. 792.

PRUDENTIUS, Aurelius Clemens, Span ish Christian poet, xx. i; as hymn- writer, XII. 582.

PRUD HOMMES, Conseils de, France, xiv. 173; xvm. 286.

PRUD HON, Pierre, French painter, XX. i.

PRUNE, fruit, xix. 230.

PRUNING, of plants, xn. 214, 241.

PRUNUS, genus of trees, xiv. 348; xvm. 442; xix. 230.

PRURITUS, skin disease, xxn. 123.

PRUSA (Broussa), ancient toAvn, Asia Minor, IV. 383.

PRUSSIA, kingdom, Europe, XX. i; dis pute with Austria (1848-50), X. 508; war with Austria (1866), in. 140; IX. 625; Christianization of, X. 491; war with France (1870), ix. 626; as leader of Germany, x. 505; relations with Napoleon ( 1 805), xvn. 209 ; Napoleon s war with (1813), IX. 617; share in partition of Poland, xix. 298; under Stein s ministry, xxii. 530; under William I., xxiv. 582; Teutonic Order of Knights in, XXIII. 201; army, II. 595; chronology of, xx. 13; news papers, XVII. 429; prison system, XIX. 760. , Duchy of, Germany, xx. 5, 19.

, East, province of Prussia, xx. 19.

, Rhenish, province of Prussia, XX. 20.

, West, province of Prussia, XX. 20.

PRUSSIAN BLUE, vn. 577; xix. 87; xx. 24.

PRUSSIAN LANGUAGE (Celtic), Diction aries of, vn. 1 88.

PRUSSIANS, race of people, Europe, xx. 5; in Lithuania, xiv. 702.

PRUSSIATE OF POTASH, xx. 22.

PRUSSIC ACID, xx. 21; v. 554; as a poison, xix. 278.

PRUTH, river, Roumania and Russia, in. 615; xxi. 14, 73.

PRY, Paul, in English comedy, XIV. 695.

PRYBILOV ISLANDS, North Pacific, Birds of, III. 753.

PRYNNE, William, English political writer, xx. 25; xvm. 205; on English public records, xx. 313.

PRYTANEION, at Olympia, Greece, xvii. 769.

PRYTANIS, Greek official, xx. 28.

PRYTZ, Andreas, bishop of Linkoping, Sweden, XXII. 754.

PRZASNYSZ, town, Russian Poland, xix. 227.

PRZEDBORZ, town, Poland, xx. 218.

PRZEMYSL, town, Austria, xx. 28.

PRZEMYSLAW, king of Poland, xix. 287.

PRZIBRAM, town, Bohemia, xix. 720.

PSALMANAZAR, George, literary adven turer, xx. 28.

PSALMS, Book of, xx. 29; in. 638;

English versions, xn. 589; Marot s

translation, XV. 563.

OF SOLOMON, n. 181; xvi. 55. PSALM TONES (or TUNES), xix. 169. PSALTER, of Scripture, xx. 29; ancient

Polish, xix. 299; Aldhelm s, vill. 382;

Schorham s and Rolle s, vill. 383. (or PSALMS) OF SOLOMON, n. 181;

on the Messiah, xvi. 55. PSALTERY, musical instrument, xx. 34;

XL 489. PSAMMETICHUS, or Psametik, king of

Egypt, vn. 743. PSAMMITES, Archimedes s treatise, II.

381. PSAMMOBIA, genus of Mollusca, xvi.

688. PSAMMOPHID/E, family of snakes, xxn.

192. PSELLUS, Michael, Byzantine writer,

XX. 35; XI. 147. , Michael Constantine, Byzantine

writer, xx. 35; vin. 192. PSEUDOBRANCHUS, genus of Amphibia,

xxii. 97. PSEUDOCHIRUS, genus of marsupial

mammals, xvm. 728.

PSEUDO-DlONYSIAN MYSTICISM, XVII. I3I-

PSEUDO-MARTYR, Donne s work, vn.

364-

PSEUDOMORPHS, metamorphosed crys tals, xvi. 371.

PSEUDONYMOUS BOOKS, in. 657.

PSEUDONYMS, Anagrammatic, i. 791.

PSEUDOPHYLLID^E, family of tape worms, xxin. 54.

PSEUDOSCARUS, genus of fishes, xvm.

324- PSEUDOSCOPE, Wheatstone s, xxn.

540. PSEUDOTRIONYCHID^, family of che-

lonian reptiles, xxiii. 457. PSIDIUM, genus of trees, XI. 242. PSILOMELANE, mineral, xv. 479; xvi.

388.

PSILORITI, Mount, Crete, vi. 569. PSITTACI, order of birds, xv. 7, 130. PSITTACINITE, mineral, xvi. 404. PsiTTACOMORPHjE, group of birds, III.

714; XVIII. 322. PSITTACULA, genus of birds, xv. 28;

xvm. 323. PSITTACUS, genus of birds, xvii. 354;

xvm. 323. PSKOFF, government, Russia, XX. 35;

as a republic, xxi. 89; town, xx. 36. PSOCID/E, group of insects, XIII. 152. PSOPHIA, genns of birds, XXIII. 594. PSORIASIS, skin disease, xxn. 123. PSYCHE, in Greek mythology, vi. 709. PSYCHOGRAPHY, spirit-writing, XXII.

405. PSYCHOLOGY, xx. 37 ; xvm. 793; as a

basis of anthropological classification,