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SHEFFIELD, town, England, xxi. 785. , John, duke of Buckinghamshire,

iv. 419. SHEIKH-AL-JEL*AL (Old Man of the

Mountains), chief of the Assassins, n.

723- SHEIKHIS, Mohammedan sect, xxn.

665. SHEIKU L- ISLAM, head of the ulema,

or Moslem clergy, xxn. 661, 664;

xxiii. 654. SHEIL, Richard Lalor, Irish politician,

xxi. 787. SHEKEL, ancient coin and weight, xxi.

788 ; xvii. 650; xxiv. 486. SHEKSNA, river, Russia, xxi. 1 16; xxiv.

279. SHELBURNE, Earlof, English statesman,

vni. 358; xiv. 289; his relations with

Pitt, xix. 138.

SHELD-DRAKE, bird, xxi. 788. SHELDONIAN COMPACT (1664), in

English history, VI. 327. SHELDONIAN THEATRE, Oxford, xvui.

95-

SHELDRAKE, bird, xxi. 788.

SHELL, of birds eggs, in. 774.

, projectile, XL 304; for rifled guns,

I. 744.

SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft, English woman of letters, xxi. 789; x. 717.

, Percy Bysshe, English poet, xxi.

789; as dramatist, VII. 439; his place in English literature, vin. 433; his place as poet, xix. 268.

SHELLIF, river, Algeria, I. 563.

SHELL LAC, resin, xiv. 182.

SHELLS, of brachiopods, iv. 189; of mol luscs, xvi. 635.

SHELOMOH IBN GEBIROL (Avicebron), Jewish philosopher, III. 152; II. 268; vill. 758; xxi. 426.

SHEM, of Scripture, xvii. 511, 523; xxi. 641.

, Israel Baal, or Besht, founder of

modern Jewish sect, xill. 68 1.

SHEMAHA, or Shemakha, town, Trans caucasia, Russia, xxi. 794; xxm. 515.

SHEMARYAH, rabbi, Talmudist, xxm.

39-

SHEMUEL, Talmudic writer, xxm. 35. SHENANDOAH, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., xxi. 794. VALLEY, U.S.A., Campaigns of,

xxm. 777, 779. SHENDAMANGALAM, town, India, xxi.

210.

SHENDY, town, Soudan, Africa, xxi.

794-

SHENE, or Richmond, England, Monas tery of, I. 21.

SHEN-SE, province, China, v. 637.

SHENSHAIS, Parsee sect, India, xvui. 326.

SHENSTONE, William, English poet, xxi. 794; his place in English litera ture, vin. 429.

SHEOL, in eschatology, vin. 536; xx.

114.

SHEPHERD KINGS, of Egypt, vn. 735. SHEPHERD OF HERMAS, early Christian

writing, II. i So, 197; x. 815. SHEPHERD S CALENDAR, Spenser s

poem, xviii. 345; xxn. 393. SHEPHERD S WEEK, Gay s pastoral,

xvin. 347. SHEPPEY, Isle of, Kent, England, xiv.

37- SHEPTON MALLET, town, England, xxi.

795-

SHEPWAY, Cinque Port, England, Parlia ment of, v. 787. SHER ALI KHAN, ruler of Afghanistan,

i. 240, 241. SHERBORNE, town, England, xxi. 795;

abbey church at, VII. 372; manor of,

XX. 263. SHERBRO (Sherboro), island, Sierra

Leone, West Africa, xxn. 44. SHERBROOKE, town, Canada, xx. 167. SHERE, or Remedy, in coining, xvi.

482. SHEREEF (Sherif), Mohammedan officer,

xv. 672. SHERIBON (Cheribon), town, Java, v.

585. SHERIDAN, Caroline Elizabeth (Mrs

Norton), xvn. 574.

, Frances, novelist and dramatist,

xxi. 796.

, Philip Henry, American general,

xxni. 780. -, Richard Brinsley Butler, Irish

dramatist and politician, xxi. 797; vii. 438; his place in English litera ture, vill. 429, 431.

, Thomas (1684-1738), Irish school master and writer, xxi. 795. , Thomas (1721-1788), Irish actor

and elocutionist, xxi. 796. SHERIF, Mohammedan officer, xv. 672. SHERIFF, law officer, xxi. 800; vi. 513. -, Laurence, founder of Rugby School,

England, xxi. 55. SHERIFF-CLERK, Scottish law officer,

xxi. 801. SHERIFF-DEPUTE, Scottish law officer,

xxi. 80 1. SHERIFFDOMS, Scottish, xxi. 483, 488,

535- SHERIFFMUIR, Scotland, Battle of ( 1 7 1 5),

vn. 533; xxi. 526. SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTE, Scottish law

officer, xxi. 80 1. SHERLOCK, Thomas, bishop of London,

xxi. 801.

, William, dean of St Paul s, xxi.

802. SHERMAN, town, Texas, U.S.A., xxi.

802. , Roger, American politician, XXIII.

748.

, William Tecumseh, American

general, xxiii. 779.

SHERRY WINE, xxiv. 607; xni. 629;

adulteration of, I. 173. s HERTOGENBOSCH (Bois-le-Due),

town, Holland, in. 864. SHERWIN, John Keyse, English engraver

and painter, xxi. 802. SHERWOOD FOREST, England, xvn.

599- SHESHBAZZAR, Persian governor of

Jerusalem, XL 371.

SHESHKEEFF, town, Russia, xvin. 515. SHESHONK (Shishak), king of Egypt,

vn. 742. SHETLAND, islands, Scotland, xvn.

45-

CATTLE, i. 389.

SHEVAGUNGA (Sivaganga), town, India, xv. 192.

SHEVCHENKO, Taras, Russian poet, xxi. 1 10.

SHEYKHI, of Kermiyan, Ottoman poet, xxm. 656.

SHIAHS, Moslem sect, XL 509. See Shiites.

SHIAN, shah of Persia, xvin. 636.

SHIBRGHAN (Sapurgan), province, Af ghanistan, i. 243.

SHIELD, Ancient forms of, 11. 554-

, in heraldry, XL 685, 694.

, William, English musical com poser, xxi. 802.

OF SCIPIO, ancient plate, XIX.

181.

SHIELDS, North, town, England, xxni. 675. -, South, town, England, xxi. 802.

SHIFTING PIECES, in mechanics, xv.

755-

SHIGATZE, town, Tibet, xxni. 340.

SHIGHNAN, state, Central Asia, xvin.

104. SHIITES, Moslem sect, xxn. 663; xvi.

564, 568, 592; n. 722; XL 509. SHIKARPUR, district and town, India,

xxi. 803.

SHI KING, Chinese poems, vi. 263. SHIKOKU, island, Japan, xni. 569. SHILKA, river, Siberia, I. 746; XXIII.

510.

SHILOH, town, Palestine, xxi. 803 SHIMIYN, river, Africa, xvn. 505. SHIMOGA, district, India, XXI. 803;

town, xxi. 803; xvn. 123. SHIN, Loch, Scotland, xxn. 726. SHINA LANGUAGE, on upper Indus, x.

598. SHINANOGAWA, river, Japan, xni.

572. SHINASI EFENDI, Ottoman writer,

xxni. 657.

SHIN BONE, Anatomy of the, I. 829. SHING CHOW (Nanking), ancient town,

China, xvn. 172.

SHlNG-KiNG, province, China, v. 641. SHINGLE, in architecture, n. 473.

- MILLS, xxi. 346.