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QuiNET, Edgar, French writer, xx. 183; ix. 681.

QUINIDINE, vegetable alkaloid, xx. 185.

QUININE, drag, xx. 184; v. 780; pro duction of, in India, XII. 751.

QUINONES DE BENAVENTE, Luis, Spanish dramatist, xxn. 359.

QUINQUEREME, ancient Greek ship, xxi. 806.

QUINSY, disease, xxm. 320.

QUINTAIN, Boat, sport, xxi. 30.

QUINTAN A, Manuel Jose, Spanish poet, xx. 186; xxii. 361.

QUINTEROON, Negro and white half- breed, xvn. 320.

QUINTILIAN (M. Fabius Quintilianus), Latin rhetorician, xx. 187 ; his rhetoric, xx. 514; his language and style, xiv. 337; his place in Roman literature, XX. 726.

QUINTILIANI, or Quinetiales, ancient Roman college of Luperci, XV. 66.

QUINTUS ICILIUS, Karl G. G. von, his magnetic experiments, xv. 254.

QUINTUS SMYRN.<EUS, Greek epic poet, xx. 188.

QUINZE JOIES DU MARIAGE, French satire, ix. 649.

QuiNZE-VlNGTS, blind asylum, Paris, xvm. 283.

QUIRAING, rock, Skye, Scotland, xxii. 127.

QUIRES, in palaeography, xvm. 144; in paper trade, xvm. 224.

QUIRINALIA, Roman festival, xv. 570.

QUIRINAL PALACE, at Rome, xx. 835.

QuiRlNIUS, his census enrolment in Judaea, xm. 660.

QUIRINUS, Sabine deity, xv. 570.

, name of Romulus, founder of

Rome, XX. 840.

QUIRITES, in Roman law, XX. 669.

QuiROS, Fernandez de, Spanish ex plorer of Tahiti, xxm. 24. ISLAND, atoll, Polynesia, xix. 420.

QUIROTOA, lake, Ecuador, vn. 646; mountain, VI I. 645.

QUITO, town, Ecuador, South America, xx. 188.

QUOIN, in architecture, II. 471.

QUOITS, modern game, xx. 189; class ical, vii. 258.

QUORRA, or Niger, river, Africa, xvn. 496; I. 253.

Quo WARRANTO, in English law, xx. 189; xxiv. 372.

"D the eighteenth letter of the alphabet,

  • ^> xx. 190.

RA, Egyptian divinity, vii. 716. RAAB, town, Hungary, xx. 190. RAAMAH, of Scripture, xxiv. 738. RAAMSES, town, Egypt, xx. 265. RAB, Jewish title, xx. 190. RABA, Jewish teacher, xx. 191.

RABAD, Jewish scholars, xx. 191.

RABAN, Jewish teacher, xx. 191.

RABANUS MAURUS MAGNENTIUS, arch bishop of Mainz, XII. 326.

RAB ASSHI (or ASHE), Talmudic writer, xx. 190; xxm. 37.

RABAT, town, Morocco, xx. 192; xvi. 831-

RABATO, town, Gozo, Mediterranean Sea, xv. 339.

RABBA, town, on Niger, Africa, xx. 192; xvii. 498; xxn. 279.

RABBAH, Jewish scholar, xx. 192.

, town, Syria, I. 743.

RABBAN, Jewish title, xx. 190.

RABBATH, of Ammon, town, Syria, I.

743-

RABBENU, Jewish title, xx. 190.

RABBI, Jewish title, xx. 190.

RABBINICAL DICTIONARIES, vii. 189.

RABBINICAL LAW, the Mishnah, xvi. 502.

RABBINS, Jewish, their historical im portance, xin. 428.

RABBIT, rodent mammal, xx. 192; xv. 42 1 ; skins of, IX. 838.

HAWKING, ix. 10.

SHOOTING, xxi. 834.

RABBLE, for iron puddling, xm. 322.

RABBONI, Jewish title, xx. 190.

RABBULA, Syriac writer, xxn. 829.

RABDOLOGIA, Napier s work, xvn. 179.

RABELAIS, Frangois, French humorist, XX. 193; IX. 652; his works on medi cine, xv. 808.

RABENER, Gottlieb Wilhelm, German satirist, XX. 198.

RABIES, disease, xx. 199; xn. 545.

RABINA, Talmudic writer, xxm. 37.

RABUTIN, French family, xxi. 703.

, Le"onor de, French soldier, XX.

, Roger de, Comte de Bussy, French

gallant and writer, xx. 202; his rela tions with Madame de Sevigne, xxi. 704.

RABUTIN-CHANTAL, Marie de, Madame de Sevigne, xxi. 703.

RACAN, Honorat de Bueil, Marquis de, French poet, IX. 656.

RACCOON, carnivorous mammal, XX. 202; xv. 441; skins of, IX. 838.

RACE, in tidal current, XXIII. 353.

RACE-HORSE, xn. 183.

RACEMIC ACID, xxm. 69.

RACES, of mankind, n. in. , Horse, XII. 199; v. 124.

RACHEL, wife of Jacob, xm. 536,

749- , Elizabeth Felix, French actress,

xx. 203; vii. 425. RACHIANECTES, genus of cetacean

mammals, xv. 395. RACINE, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A., xx.

203; population, xxiv. 617. , Jean, French dramatist, xx. 203;

vn. 424; IX. 658; his attack on

Nicole, xvn. 490. RACING, Chariot, in ancient games, v.

791; x. 64.

, Foot, in ancient games, X. 64;

modern, in. 12, 13; xxi. 16. , Horse, xn. 199; at Rome, during

the carnival, v. 124. RACK, in mechanics, xv. 755.

, instrument of torture, XXIII. 465. RACKETS, game, xx. 209. RACK RENT, xx. 402. RADA CHURCH, Sweden, Mural decora tion in, xvii. 48.

RADAGAISUS, Gothic chief, x. 849. RADAMA I.-IL, kings of Madagascar,

xv. 174. RADAUTZ, town, Bukowina, Austria,

xx. 210. RADAY, Gideon, Magyar dramatist, xiv.

21.

RADBERTUS, abbot of Corbie, xx. 210. RADBOD, king of the Frisians, ix.

788; xxiv. 587.

RADCLIFFE, town, England, xx. 210. , Ann Ward, English novelist, xx.

211.

, John, English physician, xv. 812.

LIBRARY, Oxford, xiv. 519.

OBSERVATORY, Oxford, xvn. 710. RADESPONA (Ratisbon), Roman station,

Germany, xx. 292. RADETZKY, Johann J. W. A. F. C.,

Austrian field-marshal, xx. 211. RADEWYN, Florentius, Dutch mystic

and educationist, xiv. 31; xvn. 134. RADHANPUR, state and town, India,

XX. 212.

RADIAN, unit of angular measurement,

xvi. 17.

RADIANCE, Theory of, xix. 2. RADIATA, division of animal kingdom,

XX. 212.

RADIATION, of heat, xx. 212; XL 577;

as affecting temperature, vi. 3; solar,

xvi. 116; xxn. 651; thermometers

for measuring, xxm. 291. RADI BILLAH, caliph, xvi. 587. RADICHEVICH, Branko, Servian writer,

xxi. 691. RADIOLARIA, class of Protozoa, xix.

849; skeletal structures of, XXII. 106. RADIOLARIAN OOZE, of Pacific Ocean,

xvin. 123.

RADIOMETER, Crookes s, xix. 249. RADIOPHONE, Telephonic, xxm. 130,

134-

RADISH, vegetable, xn. 286. RADISH-SEED OIL, xvn. 744. RADISTCHEFF, Alexander, Russian

writer, xxi. 106. RADNOR, county and town, Wales, xx.

217. RADOM, government, Russian Poland,

xx. 217; town, xx. 218. RADOMUISL, town, Russia, xiv. 69.

RADOSLAFF, king of Servia, xxi. 688.