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VlElLLOT, Louis Pierre, on birds, xvm.

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ViEN, Joseph Marie, French painter, xxiv. 219.

ViEN-CHANG, town, Siam, xxi. 853.

VIENNA, capital of Austria-Hungary, xxiv. 219; siege of, by the Turks (1529), xxin. 643; siege of, by the Turks (1683), in. 126; xiv. 466; xix. 296; xxiil. 645; taken by Bonaparte (1805), in. 132; peace of (1809), ill. 134; IX. 616; congress of (1814-15), in. 135, 270; VI. 270; IX. 618; xin. 485; xiv. 855; xvii. 223; xix. 298; revolution at (1848), in. 136; academy of surgery, I. 77; libraries, XIV. 527, 547; newspapers, xvn. 429; imperial observatory, XVII. 713; telescope in observatory, xxiil. 149; picture gal leries, xxi. 445; porcelain, xix. 640; Canova s sculpture in, xxi. 570; uni versity, xxiil. 840, 851; waterworks, II. 228.

VIENNE, department and town, France,

XXIV. 222.

, river, France, xiv. 806.

, Haute-, department, France, XXIV.

223. , John de, leader of the French in

Scotland (1381), xxi. 490. VlEQUEZ, island, Porto Kico, West Indies,

xix. 532. VIERGE AUX ROCHERS, Leonardo s

painting, Xiv. 460.

VlERWALDSTATTERSEE, 01 Lake of

Lucerne (q.v. Switzerland, xv. 41.

VIERZON, town, France, xxiv. 223.

YIETA, Francois, French mathematician, xxiv. 224; his application of algebra to geometry, I. 514; on squaring the circle, xxil. 434; his contributions to trigonometry, XXlll. 562.

VlEUSSENS, Raymond, French anatomist, I. 812, 813.

VIEUZAC, Barere de, French Revolu tionist, in. 373.

VIGEVANO, town, Italy, xxiv. 224.

VIGIL, Ecclesiastical, xxiv. 224.

VIGILANTIUS, early writer on super stitious practices, xxiv. 224; his warning against monachism, xvi. 703.

VIGILIUS, pope, xxiv. 225; xix. 493; his relations with Pope Pelagius I., xvin. 473.

VIGIL OF VENUS, Latin poem, xvin. 683.

VIGNA, Pietro de la, or Pier delle Vigne, Italian minister to Frederick II., xxiv. 225; inventor of the sonnet, xxii. 262; xin. 500.

VIGNACOURT, Alof de, grand-master of Knights Hospitallers, xxi. 175.

VIGNE, Pier delle. See Vigna.

VIGNEMALE, mountain, France, XX. 127.

VIGNETTE, in architecture, n. 475.

VIGNOBLES, district, Neuchatel, Switzer land, XVII. 361.

VlGNOLA, Giacomo Barozzio da, Italian

architect, in. 380; xx. 836. VIGNY, Alfred de, French poet and

adventurer, xxiv. 225. VlGO, town, Spain, xxiv. 226; xix. 455. VIGORS, Nicholas Aylward, on birds,

xvin. 15.

VIGTEN ISLANDS, Norway, xvn. 576. VIJIL, Francisco de Paula, Peruvian

orator and statesman, xvin. 676. VIK, district, Norway, xvn. 584. VIKINGS, Northern sea-rovers, their early

expeditions, xvn. 584; their knowledge

of geography, x. 178; their possession

of Orkney and Shetland, xvn. 848;

invasion of Scotland by, xxi. 477. VIKRAMADITYA, king of Ujjain, India,

xii. 789. VIKRAMORVASI, Kalidasa s Sanskrit

drama, xm. 829; xxi. 285. Vi LAICA REMOVENDA, obsolete English

writ, xxiv. 695.

VILAYET, Turkish administrative divi sion, XXIIL 654. VILCAMAYU, river, Peru, XVIII. 673;

valley, XVIII. 675.

VILKOMIR, town, Russia, XXIV. 226. VlLLACREZES, congregation of reformed

Franciscans, IX. 699. VILLA DE CONTAS, town, Brazil, xxiv.

227. VILLA DE HORTA, town, Azores, in.

172. VILLA DO Rio PARDO, town, Brazil,

xxiv. 227. VlLLAFRANCA, Italy, Conference and

peace of (1859), in. 139; ix. 624; xin.

490; xvii. 228. VILLAGE, in United States, XXIIL 827.

, The, Crabbe s poem, VI. 539. COMMUNITIES, xiv. 365; in Russia,

xxi. 70, 83.

TENURE, of land, xiv. 260.

VILLA HAYES, town, Paraguay, xvin.

244. VILLAINAGE, in England, vi. 355; vin.

325; xxn. 137. VlLLANl, Filippo, Italian biographer,

xxiv. 228. , Giovanni, Italian chronicler, XXIV.

227; xin. 505; xx. 385. , Matteo, Italian historian, xxiv.

VILLA NOVA DA GAIA, suburb of

Oporto, Portugal, xvn. 795. VILLANUEVA, town, Mexico, xxiv. 761.

DEL GRAO, town, Spain, xxiv.

34- VILLA PILAR, town, Paraguay, xvin.

244. VILLA REAL, town, Portugal, xxin.

525. VILLA RICA, town, Paraguay, xvin.

244. VILLARS, Claude Louis Hector, Due de,

French general, xxiv. 228; IX. 581. VILLARSITE, mineral, xvi. 415.

VlLLEFRANCHE DE ROUERGUE, town, France, xxiv. 228.

VlLLEFRANCHE-SUR-SAdNE, town,

France, xxiv. 229.

VILLEHARDOUIN, Geoffroy de, French chronicler, xxiv. 229; ix. 645. , Godfrey, prince of Achaia, xxiv.

229; capture of Nauplia by (1211),

XVII. 249. VILLEINAGE, in England, vi. 355; vin.

325; xxn. 137. VILLEIN-SOCAGE, system of land tenure,

England, xix. 734. VILLEMAIN, Abel Franois, French

literary historian, xxiv. 231; ix. 680. VILLEMARQUE, Theodore Hersart,

Vicomte de la, on Breton literature,

V. 324.

VILLENA, town, Spain, xxiv. 231. , Enrique de, Spanish poet, XXII.

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VlLLENAGE, or Villeinage (q.v.), VI. 355. VILLENEUVE, Pierre C. J. B. S. de,

French admiral at Trafalgar, xvi I.

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ViLLENEUVE-SUR-LoT, town, France, xxiv. 231.

VlLLlERS, George, first duke of Buck ingham, IV. 417; Bacon s connexion with, in. 206.

, George, second duke of Bucking ham, iv. 419. -, George William Frederick, fourth

earl of Clarendon, v. 807. -, John de, master of Knights Hos

pitallers, xxi. 174.

VILLON, Francis, French poet, xxiv. 232; ix. 647.

VlLMANSTRAND, town, Finland, xxiv. 209.

VlLMORIN, Henry de, French agricul turist, xxiv. 532.

VlLNA, government, Russia, xxiv. 233. , town, Russia, xxiv. 234; obser vatory at, xvii. 714.

VILUI, river, Siberia, xxn. 5; xxiv. 726.

VIMIERO, Portugal, Battle of (1808), xxiv. 495.

VlNAGO, genus of birds, xix. 85.

VlNCENNES, town, France, xxiv. 234. , town, Indiana, U.S.A., xxiv. 234.

VINCENT, St, Spanish deacon and martyr, xxiv. 234.

of Beauvais, mediaeval encyclo pedist, xxiv. 235; vin. 192; xxi. 427.

of Lerins, St, ecclesiastical writer, xxiv. 236; vi. 562.

, Alexandre Joseph Hidulphe, on

porisms, Xix. 520.

, George, English painter, xx I v.

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, Thomas, Penn s discussion with, xvin. 493.

, William, on the early circum