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BEAUFORT, Pierre Roger de (Pope Gre gory XL), xi. 178.

FAMILY, earls and dukes of Somer set, vin. 327. BEAUHARNAIS, Eugene de, stepson of

Napoleon I., ill. 467. , Eugenie Hortense de, Louis

Napoleon s mother, XII. 209; xvn.

226. , Josephine de, wife of Napoleon I.,

xin. 751; xvn. 196; divorce of, xvn.

215. BEAUHARNAISIUS, genus of birds,

xxni. 477. BEAUJEU, Anne of, regent of France,

v. 411; ix. 553. BEAULIEU, Augustin, French admiral,

I. 566. , Jacques, French surgeon, xxn.

676. BEAUMANOIR, Philippe de, French

jurist, ill. 467. BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre Augustin Caron,

French dramatist, III. 467; VII. 426;

ix. 666. BEAUMARIS, town, Wales, in. 468.

SHARK, xix. 518.

BEAUMOND CROSS, Newark, England,

xvn. 370. BEAUMONT, Francis, English dramatist,

in. 469; vn. 432. BEAUMONTITE, mineral, xvi. 422. BEAUNE, town, France, in. 474; Hos pice de, xxiv. 606. BEAUSOBRE, Isaac de, French Protestant

writer, in. 475. BEAUTIFUL, Theory of the, I. 212; xvni.

795; Burke s work on, iv. 540; Jouf-

froy on, xin. 754. BEAUTY, its nature, IX. 194; Hutcheson

on, xil. 411; Plato on, xix. 201.

AND THE BEAST, folk-tale, xv. 91.

BEAUVAIS, town, France, in. 475; xvn.

749- , Vincent of, encyclopaedist, vin.

192; xxiv. 235. BEAUXITE, or Bauxite, mineral, xin.

295; xvi. 388. BEAVER, rodent mammal, in. 475; xv.

418; skins of, ix. 838.

, perfume, xvni. 526.

BEAVER-WOOD, tree, XL 360. BEBAJIAS, Gipsy tribe, India, in. 248. BEBBA, British princess, xvn. 569. BEBE (Nicholas Ferry), French dwarf,

vn. 567.

BEBEERINE (Bibirine), vegetable alka loid, in. 633.

EEC, Monastery of, Normandy, II. 91. BECCAFICO, bird, xvni. 53. BECCAFUMI, Domenico, Italian painter,

in. 476; xxn. 44. BECCARI, Agostino, Italian pastoral

dramatist, vn. 418; xvni. 345. BECCARI A, Marquis, Italian jurist and

economist, in. 477; xix. 362. , Giovanni Battista, Italian astrono- *

mer, in. 477; his experiments in elec tricity, VIII. 7. BECCLES, town, England, 111.477; xxn.

622. BECERRA, Gaspar, Spanish painter and

sculptor, in. 477. BECHE-DE-MER, or Trepang, edible

echinoderm, ill. 477. See also vn.

640. BECKER, Johann Joachim, German

chemist, ill. 477; v. 460. BECHSTEIN, Johann M., on birds, xvni.

9, 17-

BECHTERMUNZE, Henry and Nicholas, German printers, xxill. 685.

BECHUANA LANDS, Africa, Languages of, xxiv. 828.

BECHWANA, or Bechuanas, Negro tribes, ill. 478; xvn. 319; their totemism, xxni. 468; of Transvaal, xxni. 518.

BECK, David, Dutch painter, in. 479.

BECKER, Wilhelm Adolf, German arch aeologist, in. 479.

BECKET, Thomas, or Thomas A, arch bishop of Canterbury, I. 31; v. 29; Vin. 304, 372; his contests with Henry II., XI. 657; his bones burnt, VI. 606.

BECKETT S LOCK, xiv. 749.

BECKFORD, William, English writer, in.

479-

BECKLEY S SELF-REGISTERING ANE MOMETER, ii. 25.

BECKMANN, Johann, German writer, in. 479; i. 644.

BECKWITH, Agnes, English swimmer, xxn. 771.

, Colonel, Waldensian philanthropist,

xxiv. 325.

BECUIBA TALLOW, vegetable fat, xvn.

744-

BED, in furniture, IX. 849. BEDA (Bede, q.v.), early English his torian, in. 480.

BEDARRIEUX, town, France, in. 479. BED-CHAMBER, Ladies of the royal,

xxi. 37. BEDDOES, Thomas, English physician,

in. 479. , Thomas Lovell, English dramatist,

in. 480. BEDE, early English historian, ill. 480;

vin. 280; xin. 593; xvn. 569, 570;

his account of Caedmon, IV. 630; on

monachism, XVI. 707; his place in

English literature, Vin. 405. BEDELL, William, bishop of Kilmore,

in. 482.

BED-FEATHERS, ix. 59. BEDFORD, town, England, in. 482. , Pennsylvania, U.S.A., mineral

water of, xvi. 436. , Duke of, English regent in France,

vin. 321; ix. 549.

- HOURS, illuminated MS., XII. 708. LEVEL, district, England, in.

482; draining of, I. 404; iv. 727. BEDFORDSHIRE, county, England, in.

483; population and representation, xxni. 727.

BEDJA, town, Tunis, xxni. 620.

BEDLAMS, for detention of lunatics, xin. no.

BEDLIS, town, Armenia, in. 617.

BEDLOE S ISLAND, New York, U.S.A., xvn. 459.

BEDMAR, Marquis of, Spanish ambas sador to Venice, xxiv. 147.

BEDNOR, town, India, HI. 483.

BEDOUINS, nomad Arabs, n. 246; I. 564; xxi. 651; in Syria, xxn. 823.

BEDR, Battle of, near Medina (623), XVI.

555-

BEDSTEAD, in furniture, IX. 849. BEE, insect, in. 484, 493; xn. 576;

xin. 148; honey of, xn. 136, 138;

wax, xxiv. 459.

, Humble, XH. 342.

BEECH, tree, in. 503; culture of, 11.

317; in U.S.A., xxin. 808; strength

of the wood, xxn. 603. BEECHER, Lyman, American temper ance reformer, XXIII. 158. BEECHEY, Frederick William, Arctic

explorer, III. 503; X. 193; Xix. 319. , Sir William, English painter, in.

503-

BEECH-NUT OIL, xvn. 744. B EEC KM AN, Isaac, his friendship with

Descartes, VII. 116.

BEEF-MEASLE, xxni. 52; xxiv. 206. BEE-HIVES, in. 499. BEEK, David, Dutch painter, in. 479. BEE-KEEPING, HI. 501; xii. 138. BEELTHAN, George of, Syriac writer,

xxn. 842. BEELZEBUB, in. 503; vn. 136; xvni.

756.

BEE-MARTIN, bird, xiv. 81. BEE-PASTURAGE, in. 498. BEER, beverage, IV. 264; xv. 338;

adulteration of, I. 172; Burton, IV.

5 72; consumption of, in Munich, XVII.

26; tax on, in England, xv. 339. , Dob, Jewish sectarian leader, xin.

681.

-, Herz, father of Meyerbeer, xvi.

BEERBERG, Grosser, mountain, Ger many, xxni. 332.

BEERBHOOM (Birbhum), district and town, India, III. 697.

BEERSHEBA, town, Palestine, HI. 504; xvni. 172.

BEESTON, town, England, xvn. 598.

BEESWAX, in. 486; xxiv. 459; bleach ing of, in. 825.

BEET, vegetable, in. 504; xn. 279; cul ture of, I. 381; rum from, XXI. 58; sugar from, I. 381; XXII. 625, 626.

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, musician, ill. 504; as symphonist, XVII. 97.

BEETLE, insect, HI. 507; vi. 126; xin. 148; mimicry in, xvi. 343.

MITE, xvi. 528.