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The Nuttall Encyclopaedia Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Nuttall Encyclopaedia novel. A total of 464 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.by P. Austin Nuttall.PREFACE "The NUTTALL ENCYCLOPaeDIA&q
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.by P. Austin Nuttall.PREFACE "The NUTTALL ENCYCLOPaeDIA" is the fruit of a project to provide, in a concise and condensed form, and at a cheap rate, an epitome of the kind of information given in the larger Encyclopaedi
- 301 MARK ANTONY. See ANTONIUS, MARCUS.MARK TWAIN. See CLEMENS.MARKHAM, CLEMENTS ROBERT, traveller and author, born near York, son of a clergyman; served in the navy from 1844 to 1851, taking part in the Franklin search expedition; 1852-1854 he spent exploring
- 302 MARTHA, ST., the sister of Mary and Lazarus, the patron saint of good housewives, is represented, in homely costume, with a bunch of keys at her girdle, and a pot in her hand. Festival, July 20.MARTIAL, a Latin poet, born at Bilbilis, in Spain; went to Ro
- 303 Ma.s.sACHUSETTS (2,239), a New England State of the American Union, lies on the Atlantic seaboard between New Hamps.h.i.+re and Vermont on the N.and Rhode Island and Connecticut on the S., with New York on its western border; has a long irregular coast-li
- 304 MAUNDAY-THURSDAY, the Thursday before Good Friday, on which day it was customary for high people to wash the feet of a number of poor people, and on which Royal alms are bestowed by the Royal Almoner to the poor.MAUPa.s.sANT, GUY DE, a clever French roman
- 305 MAZEPPA, IVAN, hetman of the Cossacks, born in Podolia; became page to John Casimir, king of Poland; was taken by a Polish n.o.bleman, who surprised him with his wife, and tied by him to the back of a wild horse, which galloped off with him to the Ukraine
- 306 MEISTER, WILHELM, a great work of Goethe's, fraught with world-wisdom, the hero of which of the name represents a man who is led, in these very days, by a higher hand than he is aware of to his appointed destiny.MEISTERSaNGERS or SINGERS, a guild founded
- 307 MENSCHIKOFF, ALEXANDER DANILOVITCH, Russian soldier and statesman, born in humble life at Moscow; became servant to Lefort, on whose death he succeeded him as favourite of Peter the Great, whom he accompanied to Holland and England; in the Swedish War (17
- 308 MESMER, FRIEDRICH ANTON, a German physician, born near Constance; bred for the Church, but took to medicine; was the founder of animal magnetism, called mesmerism after him, his experiments in connection with which created a great sensation, particularly
- 309 MICHAEL ANGELO BUONAROTTI, painter, sculptor, architect, and poet, born at Caprese, in Tuscany, one of the greatest artists that ever lived; studied art as apprentice for three years under Domenico Ghirlandajo, and at seventeen his talents attracted the n
- 310 MILETUS, the foremost Ionian city of ancient Asia Minor, at the mouth of the Maeander, was the mother of many colonies, and the port from which vessels traded to all the Mediterranean countries and to the Atlantic; its carpets and cloth were far-famed; it
- 311 MINSTRELS, a body of men who during the Middle Ages wandered from place to place, especially from court to court, singing their own compositions to the harp for accompaniment.MINTO, EARL OF, Governor-General of India; was bred to the bar, served in Parlia
- 312 MODRED, SIR, a treacherous knight, the rebellious nephew of King Arthur, whose wife he seduced; was slain in battle, and buried in Avalon.MOFFAT, ROBERT, African missionary, born at Ormiston, Haddingtons.h.i.+re; the scene of his nearly lifelong labours w
- 313 MONCREIFF, SIR HENRY WELLWOOD, Scottish clergyman, born at Blackford; from 1775 to 1827 minister of St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, and leader of the evangelical party of the Scottish Church.MONCREIFF, JAMES W., LORD, second son of preceding, eminent Scottish
- 314 MONTE CARLO (4), a great gambling centre in Monaco, 1 m. NE. of the capital; visited by 400,000 persons annually. The Casino is held by a company, and stands on ground leased from the prince.MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES, a philanthropic Jewish banker, born in Le
- 315 MOORE, SIR JOHN, general, eldest son of above, born at Glasgow; served in Corsica, the West Indies, Ireland, Holland, Egypt, Sicily, and Sweden; his famous and last expedition was to Spain in 1808, when with 10,000 men he was sent to co-operate in expelli
- 316 MOSCHUS, a Greek pastoral poet, author of lyrics which have been translated by Andrew Lang; lived 150 B.C.MOSCOW (799), on the Moskwa River, in the centre of European Russia, 370 m. SE. of St. Petersburg; was before 1713 the capital, and is still a great
- 317 MuNICH (351), capital of Bavaria, on the Isar, 440 m. by rail SW. of Berlin; is a city of magnificent buildings and rare art treasures; palaces, public buildings, cathedral, churches, &c., are all on an elaborate scale, and adorned with works of art; ther
- 318 NACHTIGAL, GUSTAV, German traveller and explorer; visited (1869-1874), the first European to do so, at the instance of Prussia, by way of Tripoli, the heart of Africa, and returned by way of Cairo, and wrote an account of his journey, "Sahara and Sudan"
- 319 NAPOLEON, VICTOR, son of Prince Napoleon; claimed to be head of the house of Bonaparte in 1891, though his younger brother, Prince Louis, a colonel in the Russian Imperial Guard, is preferred to him by many Bonapartists; _b_. 1862.NAPOLEON D'OR, a French
- 320 NAZARITES, among the Jews people consecrated by a vow to some special religious service, generally for a definite period, but sometimes for life; during its continuance they were bound to abstain not merely from strong drink, but from all fruit of the vin
- 321 NEPTUNE, the remotest planet of the solar system at present known; it is twice as far distant from the sun as URa.n.u.s (q. v.) is, deemed before its discovery the remotest; its diameter is four times greater than that of the earth, and it takes 60,126 da
- 322 of New Caledonia; is nominally a possession of Britain, and inhabited by cannibals of the Melanesian race. Missionary enterprise has had some effect in the southern islands; Espiritu Santo (70 m. by 40) is the largest.NEW HOLLAND. See AUSTRALIA.NEW JERSEY
- 323 NICARAGUA (313, mostly mulattoes and negroes), the largest and richest of five republics occupying Central America, stretches across the isthmus from the Pacific to the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras (N.) and Costa Rica (S.); the Cordilleras traverse the
- 324 NITROGEN, a gaseous element which const.i.tutes one-fourth in volume of the atmosphere, is the basis of nitric acid, and is an essential const.i.tuent of proteids, alkaloids, and alb.u.minoids.NITZSCH, KARL LUDWIG, German theologian, born at Borna; became
- 325 NORTH CAROLINA. See CAROLINA, NORTH.NORTH SEA or GERMAN OCEAN, between the E. coast of Britain and the Continent, spreads out into the Arctic Ocean, is shallow, is crossed by many sandbanks, and is subject to frequent violent storms; the Dogger Bank, betw
- 326 NOVEMBER, the eleventh month of the year, so called by the Romans, in whose calendar it was the ninth.NOVGOROD (21), a noted Russian city, and capital of a government of the same name, is situated on the Volkhof, 110 m. SE. of St. Petersburg; is divided i
- 327 OBEID (35), in the Eastern Soudan, 220 m. SW. of Khartoum, is the capital of Kordofan; was the scene in November 1883 of the annihilation by the forces of the Mahdi, after three days' fighting, of an Egyptian army under Hicks Pasha and other English offi
- 328 ODO, bishop of Bayeux, brother of William the Conqueror, fought by his side at Hastings; after blessing the troops, was made Earl of Kent, and appointed governor of kingdom during William's absence in Normandy; had great influence in State affairs all al
- 329 Ok.u.mA, COUNT, a j.a.panese, rose into office from the part he took in the j.a.panese Revolution of 1868, held in succession but resigned the offices of Minister of Finance and of Foreign Affairs, organised the Progressive Party in 1881, and entered offi
- 330 OMAGH (4), on the Strule, 34 m. S. of Londonderry; is the county town of Tyrone; though a very ancient town it has been rebuilt since 1743, when it was destroyed by fire; it is the head-quarters of the NW.military district.OMAHA (102), chief city of Nebra
- 331 OPTIMISM, the doctrine or belief that in the system of things all that happens, the undesirable no less than the desirable, is for the best.OPUS OPERATUM (i. e. the work wrought), a Latin phrase used to denote the spiritual effect in the performance of a
- 332 (1371-1407); the third with JEAN BAPTISTE GASCON, brother of Louis XIII., who took part in the plots against Richelieu, and was appointed lieutenant-general on the death of his brother (1608-1660); the fourth with PHILIPPE I., brother of Louis XIV. (1640-
- 333 OTAGO (153), the southernmost province in the South Island, New Zealand, somewhat less in size than Scotland, is mountainous and inaccessible in the W., but in the E. consists of good arable plains, where British crops and fruits grow well; the climate is
- 334 OXENSTIERN, AXEL, COUNT, Swedish statesman, favourite minister of Gustavus Adolphus; supported him through the Thirty Years' War, though he disapproved of his engaging in it, and managed the affairs of the State with great ability after his death (1583-1
- 335 PALACKY, FRANCIS, distinguished Bohemian historian and politician, born in Moravia, author of a "History of Bohemia," in 5 vols., his chief work and a notable (1798-1876).PALADIN, the name given to the peers of Charlemagne, such as Roland, and also to k
- 336 PALLADIUS, ST., is called the "chief apostle of the Scottish nation," but his connection with Scotland during his lifetime is doubtful; he was sent to Ireland by Pope Celestine in A.D. 430, whence, after his death, his remains were brought by St. Ternan
- 337 PANDULF, CARDINAL, was the Pope's legate to King John of England, and to whom, on his submission, John paid homage at Dover; _d_. 1226.PANGE LINGUA, a hymn in the Roman Breviary, service of Corpus Christi, part of which is incorporated in every Eucharist
- 338 PARAGUAY RIVER, a South American river 1800 m. long, the chief tributary of the Parana, rises in some lakes near Matto Grosso, Brazil, and flows southward through marshy country till it forms the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia, then traversing Paragu
- 339 PARNELL, THOMAS, English minor poet of the Queen Anne period, born in Dublin, of a Ches.h.i.+re family; studied at Trinity College, took orders, and became archdeacon of Clogher; is best known as the author of "The Hermit," though his odes "The Night-P
- 340 PASTEUR, LOUIS, an eminent French chemist, born at Dole, in dep. of Jura, celebrated for his studies and discoveries in fermentation, and also for his researches in hydrophobia and his suggestion of inoculation as a cure; the Pasteur Inst.i.tute in Paris
- 341 PAUL, the name of five popes: PAUL I., Pope from 757 to 797; PAUL II., pope from 1464 to 1471; PAUL III., Pope from 1534 to 1549, was zealous against the Protestant cause, excommunicated Henry VIII. in 1536, sanctioned the Jesuit order in 1540, convened a
- 342 PEELE, GEORGE, dramatist, of the Elizabethan period, born in London; author of "Arraignment of Paris" and "David and Bathsabe," full of pa.s.sages of poetic beauty; has been charged with having led the life of a debauchee and to have died of a disease
- 343 PENDA, a Mercian king of the 7th century, who headed a reactionary movement of heathenism against the domination of Christianity in England, and for a time seemed to carry all before him, but Christianity, under the preaching of the monks, had gained too
- 344 PEPSIN, an essential const.i.tuent of the gastric juice extracted from the stomach of the calf, sheep, and pig, and used in medicine to supply any defect of it in the stomach of a patient.PEPYS, SAMUEL, author of a famous Diary, a scholarly man and respec
- 345 PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHURCH, by which are meant those at the hands of Imperial Rome, are usually reckoned 10 in number, viz., those under Nero in 64, Domitian 95, Trajan 107, Hadrian 125, Marcus Aurelius 165, Severus 202, Maximinus 235, Decius 249, Valeria
- 346 PETER, THE APOSTLE, originally called Simon, was a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee; one of the first called by Christ to become a disciple; the first to recognise, as the foundation-stone of the Church, the divinity in the humanity of His Master, and the
- 347 PEUTINGER, CONRAD, an Augsburg antiquary, left at his death a 13th-century copy of a 3rd-century map of the Roman military roads, now in the Imperial Library at Vienna, known as the "Tabula Peutingeriana"(1465-1547).PFaFERS, hot springs near a village o
- 348 Pope; kept him at Avignon, and so commenced the seventy years'"captivity"; he forced Clement to decree the suppression of the Templars, and became his willing instrument in executing the decree; he died at Fontainebleau, having proved himself an avaric
- 349 PHLOGISTON, a name given by the old chemists to an imaginary principle of fire, latent in bodies, and which escaped during combustion.PHOCAS, a common soldier who raised himself by the aid of a faction to the throne of the East, and for twenty years defie
- 350 PICTS, a race of people now believed to be of Celtic origin, that from 296 to 844 inhabited the NE. of Caledonia from the Forth to the Pentland Firth, and were divided into northern and southern by the Grampians, while the W. of the country, or Argyll, wa
- 351 was imprisoned.PINKERTON, JOHN, a Scottish antiquary and historian, born in Edinburgh; was an original in his way, went to London, attracted the notice of Horace Walpole and Gibbon; died in Paris, poor and neglected (1758-1826).PINKIE, a Scottish battlefi
- 352 PITT, WILLIAM, English statesman, second son of Lord Chatham, born near Bromley, Kent, grew up a delicate child in a highly-charged political atmosphere, and studied with such diligence under the direction of his father and a tutor that he entered Cambrid
- 353 PLENIST, name given to one who holds the doctrine that all s.p.a.ce is filled with matter.PLESIOSAURUS, an extinct marine animal with a small head and a long neck.PLEURA, the serous membrane that lines the interior of the thorax and invests the lungs.PLEU
- 354 POET'S CORNER, a corner in the SW. transept of Westminster Abbey, so called as containing the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, and other eminent English poets.POGGENDORF, JOHANN CHRISTIAN, a German physicist and chemist, born at Hamburg; professor of Physics a
- 355 POLYNESIA is the collective name of all the islands of the Pacific of coral or volcanic origin. These South Sea islands are scattered, isolated, or more usually in groups over a stretch of ocean 7000 m. from N. to S. and 6000 from E. to W.; with the excep
- 356 PORPHYRY, a Neo-Platonic philosopher of Alexandria, born at Tyre; resorted to Rome and became a disciple of PLOTINUS (q. v.), whose works he edited; he wrote a work against Christianity, known only from the replies (233-305).PORSENA, a king of Etruria, fa
- 357 POST RESTANTE, department of a post-office where letters lie till they are called for.POTEMKIN, Russian officer, born at Smolensk, of Polish descent; a handsome man with a powerful physique, who attracted the attention of Catharine II., became one of her
- 358 PReCIEUSES RIDICULES, a play of Moliere's, published in 1653, directed against the affectations of certain literary coteries of the day.PREDESTINATION, the eternal decree which in particular foreordains certain of the human family to life everlasting and
- 359 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (109), an island province of Canada, in the S.of Gulf of St. Lawrence, occupies a great bay formed by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton, and is somewhat larger than Northumberland.The coast-line is exceedingly broken, the su
- 360 PROSELYTES, converts from heathenism to Judaism, of which there were two cla.s.ses: Proselytes of the Temple, those who accepted the ceremonial law and were admitted into the inner court of The temple; and Proselytes of the Gate, who accepted only the mor
- 361 due SE. of Mexico, is the third city of the republic, and a beautiful town, with Doric cathedral, theological, medical, and other schools, a museum, and two libraries; cotton goods, iron, paper, and gla.s.s are manufactured; it is a commercial city, and c
- 362 PUY, LE (20), a picturesque town, 70 m. SW. of Lyons, a bishop's seat, with a 10th-century cathedral; is the centre of a great lace manufacture.PUY-DU-DoME (564), a department in Central France, in the upper valley of the Allier, on the slopes of the Auv
- 363 QUAIGH, a name formerly given to a wooden drinking-cup in Scotland.QUAIN, JONES, anatomist, born at Mallow, Ireland; was professor of Anatomy and Physiology in London University; was author of "Elements of Anatomy," of which the first edition was publis
- 364 from N. to S. and 800 m. from E. to W., two-thirds of it within the tropics, and occupying an area three times as large as that of France.Mountains stretch away N. parallel to the coast, and much of the centre is tableland; one-half of it is covered with
- 365 QUINTILIAN, MARCUS FABIUS, celebrated Latin rhetorician, born in Spain; went to Rome in the train of Galba, and began to practise at the bar, but achieved his fame more as teacher in rhetoric than a pract.i.tioner at the bar, a function he discharged with
- 366 RAFF, JOACHIM, musical composer of the Wagner School, born at Lachen, in Switzerland; began life as a schoolmaster; was attracted to music; studied at Weimar; lived near Liszt, and became Director of the Conservatorium at Frankfort-on-Main; his works incl
- 367 John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, in 1830, and dean of the diocese in 1840; declined a bishopric twice over; is widely known as the author of "Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character"; was a most genial, lovable man, a great lover of
- 368 Ra.s.sAM, HORMUZD, a.s.syriologist, born at Mosul; a.s.sisted Layard in his explorations at Nineveh, and was subsequently, under support from Britain, engaged in further explorations both there and elsewhere; being sent on a mission to Abyssinia, was put
- 369 REAL, an old Spanish silver coin still in use in Spain, Mexico, and some other of the old Spanish colonies, also is a money of account in Portugal; equals one-fourth of the _peseta_, and varies in value from 2 d. to 5d. with the rise and fall of exchange.
- 370 REDEMPTIONISTS, better known as TRINITARIANS (q. v.), a name bestowed on an order of monks consecrated to the work of redeeming Christian captives from slavery.REDESDALE, in Northumberland, the valley of the river Reed, which rises in the Cheviots and flo
- 371 REGNAULT, HENRI, French painter, born in Paris; son of following; a genius of great power and promise, of which several remarkable works by him are proof; volunteered in the Franco-German War, and fell at Buzenval (1843-1871).REGNAULT, HENRI VICTOR, a not
- 372 REMBRANDT or VAN REJN, a celebrated Dutch historical and portrait painter as well as etcher, born at Leyden, where he began to practise as an etcher; removed in 1630 to Amsterdam, where he spent the rest of his life and acquired a large fortune, but lost
- 373 RESTORATIONISTS, name of a sect in America holding the belief that man will finally recover his original state of purity.RESURRECTIONIST, one who stealthily exhumed bodies from the grave and sold them for anatomical purposes.RETFORD, EAST (11), market-tow
- 374 RHAPSODISTS, a cla.s.s of minstrels who in early times wandered over the Greek cities reciting the poems of Homer, and through whom they became widely known, and came to be translated with such completeness to us.RHEA, in the Greek mythology a G.o.ddess,
- 375 RICHARD II., king of England from 1377 to 1399, son of the Black Prince, born at Bordeaux; succeeded his grandfather, Edward III.; during his minority till 1389 the kingdom was administered by a council; in 1381 the Peasants' Revolt broke out, headed
- 376 RIO GRANDE DO SUL (645), the southmost state in Brazil, lies N. of Uruguay, fronting the Atlantic; capital, Rio Grande (18).RIO NEGRO, 1, One of the larger tributaries of the Amazon, rises as the Guainia in SE. Columbia; crosses Venezuela and Brazil in a
- 377 ROBERT I. See BRUCE.ROBERT II., king of Scotland from 1371 to 1390, son of Walter Stewart and Marjory, only daughter of Robert the Bruce; succeeded David II., and became the founder of the Stuart dynasty; was a peaceable man, but his n.o.bles were turbule
- 378 ROCKING STONES or LOGANS, large stones, numerous in Cornwall, Wales, Yorks.h.i.+re, &c., so finely poised as to rock to and fro under the slightest force.ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, MARQUIS OF, statesman, of no great ability; succeeded to the t.
- 379 ROLAND DE LA PLATIeRE, JEAN MARIE, husband of Madame Roland, was Inspector of Manufactures at Lyons; represented Lyons in the Const.i.tuent a.s.sembly; acted with the Girondists; fled when the Girondist party fled, and on hearing of his wife's fate a
- 380 ROOT AND BRANCH MEN, name of a party in the Commons who in 1641 supported a pet.i.tion for the abolition of Episcopacy in England, and even carried a bill through two readings, to be finally thrown out.ROPEMAKER, THE BEAUTIFUL. See LABe, LOUISE.RORKE'
- 381 ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO, celebrated Italian composer of operatic music, born at Pesaro; his operas were numerous, of a high order, and received with unbounded applause, beginning with "Tancred," followed by "Barber of Seville," "La Ga
- 382 ROWLANDSON, THOMAS, caricaturist, born in London; studied art in Paris; gambled and lived extravagantly; led a roving life in England and Wales; displayed great versatility and strength in his artistic work, _e.g_. in "Imitations of Modern Drawings,&
- 383 RUNEBERG, JOHAN LUDWIG, the national poet of Finland, born at Jacobstad; educated at, and afterwards lectured in, the university of Abo; published his first volume, "Lyric Poems," in 1830; edited a bi-weekly paper; for forty years (till his deat
- 384 RYMER, THOMAS, the learned editor of the "Foedera," an invaluable collection of historical doc.u.ments dealing with England's relations with foreign powers, born at Northallerton; was a Cambridge man and a barrister; turned to literature an
- 385 SADDA, the name given to a Persian epitome of the Zend-Avesta.SADDUCEES, a sect of the Jews of high priestly origin that first came into prominence by their opposition to the Pharisees, being the party in power when Pharisaism arose in protestation agains
- 386 ST. CLOUD (5), a town in the dep. of Seine-et-Oise, France; occupies an elevated site near the Seine, 10 m. W. of Paris; the fine chateau, built by Louis XIV.'s brother, the Duke of Orleans, was for long the favourite residence of the Emperor Napoleo
- 387 ST. OMER (20), a fortified town of France, on the Aa, 26 m. SE. of Calais; has a fine old Gothic cathedral, a ruined Benedictine abbey church, a Catholic college, a.r.s.enal, &c.; manufactures embrace light textiles, tobacco pipes, &c.ST. PAUL (168), capi
- 388 SALAMANDER, an elemental spirit conceived in the Middle Ages as an animal that lived in the fire as its proper element.SALAMIS, a mountainous island of Greece, on the NW. coast of Attica, the strait between which and the mainland was the scene of a naval
- 389 SAM WELLER. See WELLER.SAMARCAND (33), a city of West Turkestan, situated at the western base of the Tian-Shan Mountains, 130 m. SE. of Bokhara. Suffered at the hands of Genghis Khan in the 13th century; was Timur's capital in the 14th century, and h
- 390 (inherited) in never-ceasing literary activity, and in entertaining the many eminent _litterateurs_ of all countries who visited her; her voluminous works reflect the strange s.h.i.+fts of her life; "Indiana,""Lelia," and other novels
- 391 SO FRANCISCO, one of the great rivers of Brazil, for the most part navigable; rises in the SW., near the source of the Parana, and flows N., NE., and SE. till it reaches the S. Atlantic after a course of 1800 m., forming in its lower part the boundary bet
- 392 SATURNALIA, a festival in ancient Rome in honour of Saturn, in which all cla.s.ses, free and bond, and young and old, enjoyed and indulged in all kinds of merriment without restraint.SATYRS, in the Greek mythology semi-animal woodland deities who roamed t
- 393 SCALIGER, JULIUS CaeSAR, surnamed the Elder, cla.s.sical scholar, became page to the Emperor Maximilian, and served him in war and peace for 17 years; at 40 quitted the army, and took to study the learned languages among other subjects; wrote a treatise o
- 394 SCHLOSSNER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH, German historian, born in Oldenburg; was studios of the moral factor in history, and gave especial prominence to it (1776-1861).SCHMALKALDIC LEAGUE, a league of the Protestant States of Germany concluded in 1531 at Schmalk
- 395 SCHWERIN (34), capital of the grand-duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; has a pretty site on Lake of Schwerin (14 m. by 3), 47 m. SE. of Lubeck; has a 14th-century cathedral, Renaissance castle, a.r.s.enal, &c., and manufactures of lacquered ware, machinery, &
- 396 SEALED ORDERS, the orders given the commanding officer of a s.h.i.+p or squadron that are sealed up, which he is not allowed to open till he has proceeded a certain length into the high seas; an arrangement in order to ensure secrecy in a time of war.SEA-
- 397 SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, the first bishop of New Zealand, in which capacity he wrought so zealously, that his diocese, by his extension of Episcopacy, was subdivided into seven; on his return to England he was made bishop of Lichfield (1809-1878).SEMAPh.o
- 398 SW. of Liege; noted for its extensive machine-shops (locomotives, &c.); established in 1817 by John c.o.c.kerill, and now, with forges, coal-mines, &c., giving employment to some 12,000 men.SERAMPUR (36), a town of modern aspect in India, on the Hooghly,
- 399 SeVRES, DEUX- (354), a department of West France; is watered by two rivers, and in the N. thickly wooded; a varied agriculture, cattle and mule breeding, and cloth manufacture are the princ.i.p.al industries. Niort is the capital.SEWARD, ANNA, poetess, bo
- 400 SHASTER, a book containing the inst.i.tutes of the Hindu religion or its legal requirements.SHAWNEES, a tribe of American Indians located originally in the eastern slopes of the Alleghanies, but now removed to Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory.SH