| A |
| PAGE |
| Abbreviations | 725-731 |
| Abu-Simbel | 342, 349 |
| Abydos | 349 |
| Accent, Marks of | 713 |
| Of Words | 713 |
| Accounts, Laws Concerning | 875 |
| Achæan League | 382 |
| Acropolis, of Athens | 378 |
| Adjutant Bird | 216 |
| Africa, Countries of | 443 |
| Lakes of | 80 |
| Mountains of | 76 |
| Age of Pericles | 377 |
| Agra, Description of City | 687 |
| Taj Mahal | 687 |
| Air, Currents of | 92 |
| Alamo, The | 617, 618 |
| Alaric, in Athens | 384 |
| Albanians | 278 |
| Albatross | 218 |
| Alder | 160 |
| Alewife | 225 |
| Alexander the Great: | |
| Conquest of Egypt | 347 |
| Empire of | 380 |
| His Death and Successors | 381 |
| Invades Northern India | 381 |
| Invades Persia | 380 |
| Second Invasion of Persia | 381 |
| Settles in Babylon | 381 |
| Syrian and Egyptian Campaigns | 380 |
| Alexander II., Russia | 546-547 |
| Alexandria | 349 |
| Schools of | 347 |
| Alfalfa | 124 |
| Allegory | 733 |
| Alligators | 221 |
| Alliteration | 734 |
| Allusions, Literary | 782 et seq. |
| Almond | 136 |
| Alpaca | 245-246 |
| Alphabet, Formed by Phœnicians | 368 |
| Alps, Outlying Spurs | 445 |
| Alsace-Lorraine | 504 |
| Altdorf | 570 |
| Alum | 103 |
| Aluminum | 103 |
| Amber | 108 |
| American Literature: | |
| Colonial Period | 775 |
| First National Period | 776-777 |
| Second National Period | 777-778 |
| Summary of | 778 |
| American Revolution: | |
| Campaigns and Battles | 636 |
| Commanders of Armies | 636 |
| Forces Engaged | 636 |
| Amœba | 244 |
| Amphibole | 104 |
| Anemones, Sea | 243 |
| Anglo-Saxon Kings of England | 472 |
| Animalcules | 244 |
| Animal Kingdom: | |
| Classification by Groups | 191 |
| Scientific Classification of | 189, 190, 191 |
| Why and How Animals are Classified | 189 |
| Animal Life: | |
| In Cold Zones | 122 |
| In Temperate Zones | 121 |
| Animals: | |
| Amphibious | 223 |
| Animalcules | 244 |
| Ant-bear | 204 |
| Ant-eater | 204 |
| Antelope | 199 |
| Ants | 238-239 |
| Armadillo | 204 |
| Bees | 238-240 |
| Birds | 208 |
| Bison | 200 |
| Buffalo | 200 |
| Butterflies and Moths | 236 |
| Chamois | 200 |
| Ciliates | 244 |
| Coral-polyps | 243 |
| Deer | 200 |
| Domesticated | 245 |
| Elephant | 203 |
| Fishes | 225 |
| Flagellates | 244 |
| Fleas | 240 |
| Flies | 240 |
| Flying | 205 |
| Frog | 223-224 |
| Gayal | 201 |
| Gazelle | 201 |
| Giraffe | 201 |
| Gnats | 240 |
| Gnawing, or Rodents | 198 |
| Gnu | 201 |
| Hippopotamus | 203 |
| Hoofed | 199 |
| Ibex | 202 |
| Jelly-fish | 243 |
| Joint-limbed | 230 |
| Kangaroo | 204 |
| Koala | 204 |
| Leeches | 242-243 |
| Lemmings | 199 |
| Mammals | 191 |
| Map Showing Distribution of Animal Life | 188 |
| Markhor | 202 |
| Marmot | 199 |
| Mice | 199 |
| Molluscs | 229 |
| Monkey Tribe | 191 |
| Mosquitoes | 240 |
| Musk-Ox | 202 |
| Newts | 224 |
| Okapi | 202 |
| Opossum | 205 |
| Original Home of | 122 |
| Pachyderms | 203 |
| Pangolin | 204 |
| Porcupine | 199 |
| Pouched | 204 |
| Prairie Dog | 199 |
| Rabbit | 199 |
| Rats | 199 |
| Ray Animalcules | 244 |
| Reptiles | 220 |
| Results of Domestication | 246 |
| Rhinoceros | 203 |
| Salamander | 224 |
| Sambur | 202 |
| Sea Anemones | 243 |
| Sea Cucumbers | 242 |
| Sea Lilies | 242 |
| Sea Lion | 246 |
| Sea-Urchins | 241-242 |
| Seals | 205 |
| Simplest Forms of | 244 |
| Sloth | 204 |
| Sponges, Group of | 243 |
| Squirrel | 199 |
| Starfishes | 241 |
| Tahr | 202 |
| Tapir | 204 |
| That Interest Me at the Zoo | 193 |
| Toad | 224 |
| Toothless | 204 |
| Tropical | 121 |
| Vicuna | 202 |
| Walrus | 205 |
| Wasps | 238-240 |
| Whales | 207 |
| Where First Domesticated | 245 |
| Wild Goats | 202 |
| Wild Pig | 204 |
| Worms | 242 |
| Zebra | 203 |
| Animals, Domesticated: | |
| Alpaca | 246 |
| Ass | 246 |
| Camel | 246 |
| Canary | 257 |
| Carp | 256 |
| Cat | 247-248 |
| Cattle | 248 |
| Chickens | 257 |
| Dog | 251-252 |
| Domesticated Insects | 261 |
| Duck | 258 |
| Elephant | 252 |
| Gayal | 252 |
| Goat | 252 |
| Goldfish | 256 |
| Guinea-pig | 252 |
| Horse | 252-253 |
| Llama | 254 |
| Pig | 255 |
| Rabbits | 254 |
| Reindeer | 254 |
| Sheep | 254 |
| Swine | 255-256 |
| Yak | 245 |
| Zebu | 256 |
| Animals, Flying | 205 |
| Fox | 206 |
| Frog | 206 |
| Animals of Prey: | |
| Badger | 194 |
| Brown Bear | 194 |
| Caracal | 194 |
| Coyote | 198 |
| Fox | 194 |
| Hedgehog | 195 |
| Hyena | 195 |
| Ichneumon | 195 |
| Jackal | 195 |
| Jaguar | 195 |
| Leopard | 195 |
| Lion | 195 |
| Lynx | 196 |
| Martin | 196 |
| Mink | 196 |
| Mole | 196 |
| Mongoose | 197 |
| Ocelot | 197 |
| Otter | 197 |
| Polar Bear | 194 |
| Puma, or Cougar | 197 |
| Raccoon | 197 |
| Sable | 197 |
| Shrew | 197 |
| Tiger | 197 |
| Wolf | 197 |
| Annotto | 166 |
| Antarctic Ocean | 85 |
| Ant-bear | 204 |
| Anteater | 204 |
| Antelope | 199 |
| Antimony | 108 |
| Antiochus the Great | 382 |
| Antithesis | 734 |
| Antony, Mark | 398 |
| Apennines, The | 511 |
| Apostrophe | 733 |
| Apothecaries’ Liquid Measure | 860 |
| Apothecaries’ Weight | 863 |
| Appian Way | 389 |
| Apple | 136 |
| Apricot | 136 |
| Arabian Nights, Pictures of Arabian Life | 407 |
| Arabians | 278 |
| Architecture: | |
| Assyrian | 357 |
| Babylonian | 357 |
| Egyptian | 349 |
| Persian | 371 |
| Arctic Ocean | 84 |
| Argentina: | |
| Buenos Aires | 673 |
| Cities | 673 |
| Climate | 673 |
| Government | 673 |
| History | 673 |
| People | 673 |
| Physical Features | 672 |
| Production and Industry | 673 |
| Rivers | 672 |
| Argonaut | 229 |
| Argument | 739 |
| Arithmetic | 850 et seq. |
| Decimal Fractions | 854 |
| Denominate Numbers | 856 |
| Fractions, Common | 851 |
| Arlington Cemetery, National Military | 626 |
| Armadillo | 204 |
| Armenians | 278 |
| Arminius, Defeats Legions of Varus | 240 |
| Army and Navy of Germany | 497 |
| Arnold, Benedict | 637 |
| Arsenic | 108 |
| Artaxerxes | 370 |
| Artichoke | 129 |
| Asbestos | 113 |
| Ash | 160 |
| Asia: | |
| China | 677 |
| Countries of[990] | 443 |
| Famous Mountains of | 75-76 |
| India | 684 |
| Japan | 687 |
| Lakes of | 77 |
| Asparagus | 128 |
| Aspen, or Trembling Poplar | 160 |
| Asphaltum | 108 |
| Ass | 246 |
| Assiout, Dam and Barrage at | 345 |
| Assuan | 350 |
| Irrigation Dam at | 345 |
| Assyria | 353 |
| Cities | 355 |
| Civilization of | 357 |
| Dynasties of | 355-356 |
| Empire of | 355 |
| Extent of Empire | 356 |
| Fall of Empire | 356 |
| History of | 355 |
| Inscriptions | 355 |
| Nineveh | 355 |
| Period of Greatest Splendor | 356 |
| Reign of Sargon | 356 |
| Religion | 357 |
| Assyrian Empire (Map) | 298 |
| Assyrians | 278-297 |
| Asterisk | 733 |
| Asterism | 733 |
| Astronomy | 12 et seq. |
| Scientific Terms Used in | 37 |
| Athens | 555 |
| Acropolis | 378 |
| Alaric in | 384 |
| Downfall of | 379 |
| Early History | 375 |
| Under Cimon | 377 |
| Under Pericles | 377 |
| Under a Pure Democracy | 376 |
| Atlanta, Description of | 591 |
| Atlantic Ocean | 84 |
| Atmosphere: | |
| Composition of | 89 |
| Forms of Vapor | 94 |
| Height of | 89 |
| How Weighed and Measured | 89 |
| Winds and Currents | 92 |
| Atmospheric Vapor | 94 |
| Atoms, Radioactive | 848 |
| Augustus Cæsar | 399 |
| Augustus, Death of | 401 |
| Aurora-Borealis | 101-102 |
| Austria: | |
| Historical Outlines | 419 et seq. |
| Salzburg | 532 |
| Salzkammergut | 533 |
| Austro-Hungary | 527 |
| Austria-Hungary: | |
| Austria and the French Revolution | 535 |
| Austro-Prussian War | 536 |
| Budapest | 529 |
| Cities and Towns | 529 |
| Climate and Landscape | 528 |
| Congress of Vienna, Period of Metternich | 535 |
| Conquest of Hungary | 536 |
| Division of Empire | 534 |
| Ferdinand II. and Thirty Years’ War | 534 |
| Francis Joseph, Emperor | 535-536 |
| Hapsburg Power through Marriage | 534 |
| Hapsburg-Lorraine Line of Rulers | 535 |
| History of | 534 |
| Historical Outlines | 435 et seq. |
| Industries and National Resources | 528 |
| Lakes of | 528 |
| Leopold I. and the War of the Spanish Succession | 535 |
| Location and Extent | 527 |
| Loss of Italian Possessions | 536 |
| Peoples and Races | 528 |
| Period of Reforms | 536 |
| Prague | 531 |
| Racial Difficulties Bearing upon the European War | 536-537 |
| Religion and Education | 528 |
| Revolution of 1848 | 535 |
| Rivers and Lakes | 527-528 |
| Sovereigns of | 537 |
| Struggle between Austria and Prussia | 536 |
| Surface Features | 527 |
| Under Charles V. of Germany | 534 |
| Union of Austria and Hungary | 536 |
| Vienna | 529 |
| War of the Austrian Succession | 535 |
| Austro-Prussian War | 697 |
| Austro-Swiss War | 695 |
| Avoirdupois Weight | 860 |
| Ayr | 464 |
| B |
| Babel, Tower of | 354 |
| Baboon | 192 |
| Babylon, City of | 354 |
| Taken by Alexander the Great | 381 |
| Under Belshazzar | 357 |
| Babylonia | 353 |
| Architecture | 357 |
| Art of | 357 |
| Civilization of | 353, 357 |
| Conquered by Assyria | 354 |
| Famous Cities of | 353 |
| Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| History of | 354 |
| Land of | 353 |
| Later Empire | 356 |
| Period of Hammurabi | 354 |
| Reign of Nebuchadnezzar | 356 |
| Religion | 357 |
| Babylonian Captivity of the Jews | 360 |
| Babylonians | 278, 297 |
| Baden, Cities of | 504 |
| Badger | 194 |
| Bagdad, Capital of Eastern Saracens | 407 |
| Railroad | 577 |
| Balkans, The, Historical Outlines | 437 et seq. |
| Balkan War | 698 |
| Baltic Sea | 86 |
| Baltimore: | |
| Buildings, Divisions, Institutions, Parks, Streets, etc. | 591 |
| Description of | 591 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 591 |
| Bamboo | 166 |
| Banana | 142 |
| Banana Plant | 143 |
| Banting | 246 |
| Barbarian Invasions of Roman Empire | 694 |
| Barbizon | 486 |
| Barium | 108 |
| Barley | 124 |
| Barnacle | 231 |
| Basques | 280 |
| Bass | 225-226 |
| Bats | 205 |
| Battles: | |
| American Civil War | 634, 644 |
| American Revolution | 636 |
| Mexican War | 641 |
| War of 1812 | 638 |
| Great, Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| Great American and Foreign | 700-710 |
| Contesting Nations or Parties | 700-710 |
| Name, Location and Date | 700-710 |
| Results | 700-710 |
| Bauxite | 103 |
| Bavaria, Cities of | 503 |
| Beans | 128 |
| Bear, Brown | 194 |
| Beaver | 198 |
| Beech | 160 |
| Bees: | |
| Bumble | 240 |
| Honey | 238-240, 261 |
| How the Honey-comb is Made | 262 |
| Organization of Hive | 261 |
| Structure of | 262 |
| What Swarming Means | 262 |
| Where the Honey Comes from | 262 |
| Wonderful Mouth and Legs of | 262 |
| Workers and Drones | 261, 262 |
| Beetles: | |
| Bombardier | 232 |
| Cantharis | 232 |
| Colorado | 234 |
| Stag | 234 |
| Water | 234 |
| Begonia | 148 |
| Belgium | 548 |
| Cities | 549 |
| Climate and Landscape | 548 |
| Government | 549 |
| History of | 550 |
| People | 548 |
| Products and Industries | 549 |
| Religion and Education | 549 |
| Rivers | 548 |
| Surface | 548 |
| Belisarius, Conquests of | 404 |
| Belshazzar, Reign of | 357 |
| Benares | 686 |
| Berbers | 280 |
| Berkeley, California | 620 |
| Berlin | 499 |
| Bourse or Exchange | 501 |
| Business Quarter | 499 |
| Cathedral | 502 |
| Culture and Education | 501 |
| Dramatic Theater | 500 |
| German Cathedral | 500 |
| Industries of | 501 |
| Opera Platz | 500 |
| Panorama of | 498 |
| Parliament Buildings | 505 |
| Royal Library | 500 |
| Royal Museum | 500 |
| St. Hedwig’s Church | 501 |
| Suburbs of | 501 |
| Tempelhofn Feld | 500 |
| Unter den Linden | 499 |
| Berne | 571 |
| Cathedral | 571 |
| Clock Tower | 572 |
| Betel-nut | 166 |
| Bethlehem | 364 |
| Market Place in | 365 |
| Big Trees, California | 585 |
| Bingen | 452 |
| Biography, Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| Styles of Composition | 738 |
| Birch | 160 |
| Birds: | |
| Adjutant | 216 |
| Albatross | 218 |
| Bittern | 216 |
| Blackbird | 212 |
| Bobolink | 213 |
| Bobwhite | 219 |
| Canary | 213 |
| Cassowary | 219 |
| Catbird | 213 |
| Chickadee | 213 |
| Chicken | 219 |
| Climbing | 211 |
| Condor | 209 |
| Crane | 217 |
| Crossbills | 213 |
| Cuckoo | 211-212 |
| Eagle | 209 |
| Egrets | 208 |
| Emu | 219 |
| Falcon | 209 |
| Finch | 213 |
| Flamingo | 218 |
| Game | 219 |
| Grebes | 218 |
| Grouse | 219-220 |
| Grosbeaks | 214 |
| Guinea | 220 |
| Gulls | 218 |
| Hawks | 209 |
| Heron | 217 |
| Ibis | 217 |
| Jays | 214 |
| Lark | 214 |
| Mockingbird | 214 |
| Nightingale | 214 |
| Of Paradise | 212 |
| Of Prey | 209 |
| Orioles | 215 |
| Osprey | 210 |
| Ostrich | 210, 219 |
| Owls | 210 |
| Parrots | 212 |
| Partridges | 220 |
| Peacock | 211, 220 |
| Pelican | 219 |
| Penguin | 219 |
| Pheasants | 220 |
| Plovers | 217 |
| Ptarmigan | 220 |
| Quail | 220 |
| Rhea | 219 |
| Robin | 215 |
| Running | 219 |
| Singing | 212 |
| Sparrows | 215 |
| Stork | 217-218 |
| Swallows | 215 |
| Swans | 219 |
| Swimming | 218 |
| Thrasher | 216 |
| Thrush | 216 |
| Toucan | 212 |
| Turkey | 220 |
| Vultures | 211 |
| Wading | 216 |
| Warblers | 216 |
| Woodcock | 218 |
| Woodpecker | 212 |
| Wrens | 216 |
| Bismarck, Otto von | 508 |
| Bison | 200 |
| Bittern | 621 |
| Blackbird | 212 |
| Black Hellebore | 168 |
| Black Mica | 104 |
| Bluefish | 226 |
| Blue-grass | 124 |
| Blue Grotto | 87 |
| Bobolink | 213 |
| Bobwhite | 219 |
| Boer War | 470, 698 |
| Bohemia, Historical Outlines | 415 et seq. |
| Bombay | 686 |
| Books, Famous | 782 et seq. |
| Borax | 115 |
| Bosphorus, Panorama of | 573 |
| Boston | 592 |
| Boston Common | 593 |
| Bunker Hill Monument | 593 |
| Chief Industries of | 595 |
| Custom House | 592 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist | 592 |
| Notable Buildings and Parks | 594-595 |
| Notable Churches | 595 |
| Parks and Squares | 595 |
| Public Library | 593 |
| Roman Catholic Cathedral | 592 |
| Simmons College for Women | 594 |
| State House | 593 |
| Tremont Street | 593 |
| Trinity Church | 592 |
| Boston College[991] | 594 |
| Boston University | 594 |
| Botany, Classification of Plants | 182-186 |
| Vegetable Kingdom | 119-186 |
| Bourbon, House of | 494 |
| Bourbon Line | 490 |
| Bourbons, Restoration of | 494 |
| Brace | 733 |
| Brackets | 732 |
| Bramaputra | 685 |
| Brazil: | |
| Cities | 675 |
| Climate | 674 |
| Government | 675 |
| History | 675 |
| People | 674 |
| Production and Industry | 674 |
| Rivers | 674 |
| Surface | 674 |
| Bread-fruit | 138 |
| Bridal Veil Falls | 83 |
| Bristle-worms | 242 |
| British Empire: | |
| Constitution | 652 |
| Executive Departments of | 654 |
| Government | 652-662 |
| Judicial Departments | 660 |
| Meaning of | 454 |
| Parliament of | 656 |
| Sovereigns of | 652 |
| British Isles, Mountains of | 75 |
| British North America | 579 |
| Broadway, New York | 609 |
| Viewed at Night | 609 |
| Brome-grass | 124 |
| Brussels | 550 |
| Column of the Congress | 551 |
| Palace of Justice | 549 |
| Town Hall | 550 |
| Brussels Sprouts | 130 |
| Bucharest | 562 |
| Buckwheat | 125 |
| Budapest | 529, 532-533 |
| Buenos Aires | 673 |
| Buffalo | 200 |
| Building Stones | 108 |
| Bulgaria | 551 |
| Cities | 552 |
| Government | 551 |
| History | 552 |
| People | 551 |
| Productions | 551 |
| Sofia | 351, 552 |
| Bulgarians | 280 |
| Bullhead | 226 |
| Bunker Hill, Battle of | 636 |
| Burr Artichoke | 129 |
| Butterfly | 235 |
| Butternut | 138 |
| Buttonwood | 160 |
| Byzantine Empire | 404 |
| Conquered by Turks | 404 |
| Conquests of Belisarius | 404 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| Overrun by Greeks and Persians | 404 |
| Reign of Justinian | 404 |
| C |
| Cabbage | 130 |
| Cacao | 138 |
| Fruit or Pods | 136 |
| Cactus | 173, 174, 175 |
| Cæsar: | |
| And Cleopatra | 397 |
| Antony’s Oration | 298 |
| Assassination of | 397 |
| Conspiracy against | 397 |
| Dictator of Rome | 396 |
| Rivalry with Pompey | 396 |
| Struggle with Pompey | 396 |
| Triumphal Return to Rome | 397 |
| Cairo | 350 |
| Calcutta | 686 |
| Calendar | 866 |
| Perpetual | 867 |
| California Darlingtonia | 171 |
| Caliphate, in Spain | 407 |
| Caliphs | 406 |
| Of Bagdad | 407 |
| Calomel | 114 |
| Cambridge | 595 |
| Andover Theological Seminary | 595 |
| Educational Institutions | 595 |
| Harvard University | 595 |
| Historical and Literary Interests | 595 |
| Industrial Establishments of | 595 |
| University of | 466 |
| Washington Elm | 595 |
| Cambyses | 369 |
| Camel | 246 |
| Campaigns: | |
| American Civil War | 643-644 |
| American Revolution | 636 |
| War of 1812 | 638 |
| Camphor Tree | 158 |
| Canaan, Land of | 359 |
| Cana, of Galilee | 364 |
| Canada: | |
| Area and Population | 666 |
| Cities | 668 |
| Climate | 666 |
| Colleges and Universities | 667 |
| Government | 668 |
| History | 669 |
| Lakes and Rivers | 666 |
| Parliament Buildings | 668 |
| People | 667 |
| Physical Features | 666 |
| Products and Industries | 666 |
| Religion and Education | 667 |
| Canary | 213, 257 |
| Capacity, Measures of | 860 |
| Capet, House of | 493 |
| Capetians | 488 |
| Capital Letters: | |
| Rules for | 724-725 |
| Use of | 724 |
| Capitals: | |
| Of Countries of the World | 443 |
| Of States | 588-590 |
| Capri, Blue Grotto of | 87 |
| Caracal | 194 |
| Carlovingians | 488-493 |
| Carnation | 148 |
| Carp | 226-256 |
| Carpeting | 858 |
| Carrots | 130 |
| Carthage: | |
| Character of State and People | 390 |
| Defeat of Hannibal at Zama | 391 |
| Destroyed by the Romans | 391 |
| Founded by Phœnicians | 367 |
| Hamilcar in Spain | 390 |
| Punic Wars | 389 |
| Struggles with Rome | 389 |
| Carthaginians | 280 |
| Caspian Sea | 77 |
| Cassava | 143 |
| Cassowary | 219 |
| Castle, Windsor | 464-466 |
| Castles, of the Rhine | 447 |
| Cat | 247-248 |
| Characteristics and Habits | 248 |
| Intelligence of | 248 |
| Superstitions Regarding | 248 |
| Varieties of | 247 |
| Catbird | 213 |
| Catiline, Conspiracy against Rome | 395 |
| Cattelya | 148 |
| Cattle: | |
| As a Form of Industry | 250 |
| Economic Value of the Cow | 251 |
| Experiment in Values of | 250 |
| General Types of | 248 |
| Representative Breeds | 248 |
| Caucasus | 446 |
| Cauliflower | 130 |
| Caxton, Influence on English Literature | 764 |
| Cedar | 160 |
| Celery | 130 |
| Celts or Kelts | 280 |
| Central Park, New York | 611 |
| Century Plant | 174 |
| Cephalotus | 171 |
| Cereals | 123 |
| Chaldeans | 281 |
| Chameleons | 222 |
| Chamois | 200 |
| Champlain, Lake of | 76 |
| Charlemagne: | |
| Contributions to Civilization | 409 |
| Crowned Emperor at Rome | 408-409 |
| Emperor of Germany | 505 |
| Germanic Empire of | 407 |
| Relation to the Church of Rome | 408-409 |
| Subdues Saxons and Bavarians | 408 |
| Charles the Great (Charlemagne) | 407 |
| Charles V., Emperor of Germany | 490-507 |
| Charles VII., King of France | 489 |
| Charles Martel, Defeats Saracens at Tours | 406 |
| Charts: | |
| Comparative Classification of Races and Peoples | 293 |
| Development of Man | 273 |
| Diagram of Solar System | 12 |
| Greek and Roman Mythology | 846-847 |
| Historical Maps of World | 298, 300, 302, 306, 308 |
| Charybdis | 87 |
| Chaucer, Place in English Literature | 763 |
| Chayote | 129 |
| Cheops, King | 346 |
| Cherry | 138 |
| Chestnut | 160 |
| Chicago | 596 |
| Building Architecture of | 596 |
| Business Thoroughfares | 596 |
| Center of Railroad Industry | 598 |
| Chief Manufactures of | 598 |
| Educational Institutions | 598 |
| Famous Union Stockyards | 598 |
| Lake Shore Drive, and Boulevards | 596 |
| Loop District, or Principal Business Section of the City | 596 |
| Nationality of Inhabitants | 596 |
| Parks and Special Attractions | 597 |
| Public Library | 596 |
| Tunnel System | 598 |
| University of Chicago | 597 |
| Chickadee | 213 |
| Chickens | 219, 257 |
| Leading Breeds of Poultry | 257 |
| Children: | |
| Education and Care of | 961 |
| Health of | 961 |
| School Life of | 961 |
| Chile: | |
| Cities | 676 |
| Climate | 676 |
| Government | 676 |
| History | 677 |
| Physical Features | 676 |
| Production and Industry | 676 |
| Chimpanzee | 192 |
| China: | |
| Area and Population | 677 |
| Bridges | 678 |
| Canals | 679 |
| Cities | 682 |
| Climate | 680 |
| Government | 682 |
| Great Chinese Wall | 679 |
| Historical Outlines | 41 et seq. |
| History | 683 |
| Pagodas | 680 |
| Peking | 682 |
| People, Religion and Education | 681 |
| Production and Industry | 680 |
| Rock-hewn Temples at Lungmen | 681 |
| Seas, Rivers and Canals | 678 |
| Surface | 677 |
| Chinchilla | 198 |
| Chinese | 281 |
| Chinese Wall | 679 |
| Chinese-Japanese War | 698 |
| Christ, Birth of | 400 |
| Christian Era, Beginning of | 400 |
| Christians | 559 |
| Christianity under Constantine | 403 |
| Chrome | 109 |
| Church: | |
| Historical Events | 411 et seq. |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| Ciliates | 244 |
| Cimon, Adorns Athens | 377 |
| Cinchona | 166 |
| Cincinnati | 598-599 |
| As a Center of Music and Art | 599 |
| Chief Places of Public Interest | 599 |
| Educational Institutions | 599 |
| Notable Buildings of | 599 |
| Parks and Museums | 599 |
| Principal Streets, Shopping and Residential | 599 |
| Rivers and Famous Bridges of | 598-599 |
| University of Cincinnati | 599 |
| Cinnamon | 138 |
| Circular Measures | 864 |
| Cities: | |
| (See under various countries and states, and individually.) | |
| Civilization: | |
| Assyrian | 357 |
| Babylonian | 357 |
| Contributions of Charlemagne | 409 |
| Egyptian | 343-348 |
| Great Periods in | 312 et seq. |
| Oriental | 299 |
| Saracenic | 407 |
| Where It Began | 299 |
| Civil War, American: | |
| Campaigns and Battles | 642-644 |
| Causes and Results | 643 |
| Commanders | 643 |
| Killed and Wounded | 643, 644 |
| Civil War in England | 696 |
| Civil Wars of Roman Empire | 694 |
| Classic Tales and Stories | 820-847 |
| Classic Words and Phrases[992] | 755 |
| Clay | 103 |
| Cleopatra and Cæsar | 397 |
| Ruler of Egypt | 347 |
| Suicide of | 398 |
| Cleveland | 599-600 |
| Bridges and Viaducts | 599 |
| Chief Buildings of | 599-600 |
| Chief Business Streets | 599 |
| Chief Industries | 600 |
| Euclid Avenue | 599 |
| Parks and Public Squares | 599 |
| Public Library of | 599 |
| Water Front | 599 |
| Climate | 89 |
| Affected by Winds and Ocean Currents | 99 |
| Atmospheric Vapor | 94 |
| Desert Regions | 99 |
| Dew | 94 |
| Distribution of Temperature | 90 |
| Effect of Earth’s Motions | 90 |
| Effect of Rainfall | 99 |
| Effect of Unequal Days and Nights | 92 |
| Equinox | 90 |
| Figures Illustrating | 91 |
| Glaciers | 97 |
| Heat of Sun | 90 |
| How Affected by Land and Water | 97 |
| Icebergs | 97 |
| Influence of Elevations | 99 |
| Mists and Fogs | 94 |
| Nature’s Wonders of | 101 |
| Seasons | 91 |
| Snow | 94 |
| Supreme Influence of the Sun | 97 |
| Climax | 734 |
| Clouds | 94-95 |
| Colors of | 102 |
| Forms of | 93-94 |
| Clove | 138 |
| Clover | 125 |
| Coal | 109 |
| Cobalt | 109 |
| Coblence (Koblenz) | 450 |
| Cocoa Beans, Drying and Roasting of | 137 |
| Cocoa-nut | 138 |
| Cod | 226 |
| Coffee, Production and Treatment of the Berry | 139-140 |
| Coffee Tree | 138 |
| Colleges and Universities, see individual names. | |
| Cologne | 448 |
| Colon | 731 |
| Colonial History of the United States: | |
| Colonial and Indian Wars | 628-633 |
| English Explorers | 629 |
| Foreign Rulers and Events | 628-633 |
| French Explorers | 628 |
| Oppression under British Rule | 635 |
| Portuguese Explorers | 628 |
| Progress and Population | 631, 633 |
| Spanish Explorers | 628 |
| Colonies of Countries of the World | 690 |
| Colonies: | |
| Area and Population | 690 |
| Governing Country | 690 |
| In Africa | 690 |
| In Asia | 690 |
| In Europe | 691 |
| In North America | 691 |
| In Oceania | 692 |
| In South America | 691 |
| Of France | 493 |
| Of Germany | 504 |
| Tables of | 690 |
| Colorado River: | |
| Description | 582 |
| Grand Cañon | 582 |
| Colugo | 205 |
| Comma | 731 |
| Commerce, Phœnician | 368 |
| Commercial Law | 870 |
| Como, Lake | 76 |
| Comparative Government | 652-662 |
| Condor | 209 |
| Congress, American Continental | 635 |
| Consonants | 713 |
| Tables of Sounds | 713 |
| Consulate of France | 494 |
| Constantine the Great | 403 |
| Favors Christianity | 403 |
| Makes Byzantium His Capital | 403 |
| Constantinople | 574 |
| Dolma-Bagtche Palace | 576 |
| Egyptian Obelisk | 576 |
| Mosque of St. Sophia | 574 |
| Palaces and Mosques | 575 |
| Panorama of | 575 |
| Situation and Description of | 574 |
| Yildiz Palace | 577 |
| Constellations | 24 |
| (See also Stars.) | |
| Mythology of | 36 |
| Visible Each Month | 30 |
| Continents | 51-52 |
| Area and Population | 442 |
| Average Height of | 52 |
| Contractions | 725-731 |
| Copenhagen | 554 |
| Frederick’s Church | 554 |
| Copper | 104-109 |
| Coral Islands | 58 |
| Coral-polyps | 243 |
| Cork Oak | 162 |
| Corn | 125 |
| Costliest Ears in the World | 125 |
| Coronas | 101, 102 |
| Correct English | 712 |
| Corundum | 103, 104 |
| Cotton | 166 |
| Cougar | 197 |
| Countries: | |
| (See also individual names.) | |
| (See Book of Nations, 297 et seq.) | |
| Area | 443 |
| Capitals of | 443 |
| Colonies of | 690 |
| Comparative History of Nations | 312 et seq. |
| Forms of Government | 442 |
| Independent Countries of the World | 443 |
| Population | 443 |
| Salary of Ruler or Head | 443 |
| Statistics of | 443 |
| Wealth of | 443 |
| Coyote | 198 |
| Crabs | 230, 231 |
| Cranberry | 143 |
| Crane | 217 |
| Crayfish | 231 |
| Crickets | 237 |
| Crimean War | 469, 597 |
| Crocodiles | 221 |
| Crossbills | 213 |
| Crusades, Wars of | 695 |
| Cryolite | 103 |
| Cryptogams | 158 |
| Cubic Measure, Applications of | 859, 860 |
| Cuckoo | 211-212 |
| Cucumber | 130 |
| Currant | 143 |
| Currents: | |
| Air | 92 |
| Gulf Stream | 88 |
| Ocean | 88 |
| Polar | 88 |
| Cuttlefish | 229 |
| Cyaxares, the Mede | 369 |
| Cypress | 162 |
| Cyrus the Great, Founds Persian Empire | 369 |
| Czars, of Russia | 548 |
| D |
| Dacian War | 694 |
| Dagger | 733 |
| Dahlia | 148 |
| Damascus | 364 |
| Danish America | 579 |
| Danish Kings of England | 472, 473 |
| Danish War | 697 |
| Danish West Indies | 579 |
| Danube, The | 453 |
| Chief Towns of | 454 |
| Description of | 453 |
| Historic Importance | 454 |
| Dardanelles, Allied Campaign against | 577 |
| Darius the Great | 370 |
| Darius III., Last of the Persian Emperors | 371 |
| Dark Ages | 403 |
| Darnell | 168 |
| Dash | 732 |
| Date, Date-Palm | 138 |
| David | 359 |
| Day, Where It Begins | 867 |
| Day and Night, How Caused | 91 |
| Law of Variation | 92 |
| Days, Names of | 868 |
| Days and Nights, Table of Unequal | 92 |
| Dead Sea | 77, 362, 363 |
| Deadly Nightshade | 168 |
| Decimal Fractions | 854 |
| Deer | 200 |
| Degrees | 725-731 |
| Delhi, Description of | 686 |
| Deltas | 71 |
| Democracy, Established in Rome | 388 |
| Demosthenes, Inveighs against Philip of Macedon | 380 |
| Denmark | 553 |
| Cities | 554 |
| Climate | 553 |
| Copenhagen | 554 |
| Government | 554 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| History | 554 |
| People | 553 |
| Production and Industry | 553 |
| Surface | 553 |
| Denominate numbers | 856 |
| Reduction of | 856-857 |
| Denver | 600 |
| Chief Sources of Wealth | 601 |
| Climate | 601 |
| Educational Institutions | 601 |
| Main Business Streets | 600 |
| Notable Buildings of | 600 |
| Principal Features of | 600 |
| Surrounding Mountains | 600 |
| Description, Forms of Written | 739 |
| Desert of Gobi | 99 |
| Deserts and Desert Regions | 99 |
| Deserts, of Egypt | 344 |
| Des Moines | 600 |
| Des Moines College | 600 |
| Drake University | 600 |
| Manufacturing and Commercial Importance | 600 |
| Detroit | 601 |
| Center of Commercial and Industrial Activity | 601 |
| Parks | 601 |
| Principal Business Streets | 601 |
| Prominent Buildings | 601 |
| Public Library | 601 |
| Dew | 94 |
| Diagrams: | |
| Earth’s Strata | 40 |
| Famous Mountains | 72, 73 |
| Famous Rivers | 72, 73 |
| Showing Average Height of the Continents | 52 |
| Diamond | 109-110 |
| Diamonds, Celebrated, of the World | 111, 112 |
| Dictionaries: | |
| Classic Words and Phrases | 755 |
| French Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Gems or Precious Stones | 109, 110, 111, 112 |
| German Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Historical Race Groups | 278-292 |
| Italian Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Literary Allusions | 782 et seq. |
| Minerals | 103 |
| Modern Foreign Languages | 742 |
| Of Mythology | 820-847 |
| Scientific Terms Concerning Animals | 263-264 |
| Scientific Terms Used in Astronomy | 37 |
| Scientific Terms Used in Botany, | 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182 |
| Scientific Terms Used in the Earth Sciences | 117, 118 |
| Spanish Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Didactic Poetry | 740 |
| Dog | 251-252 |
| Different Breeds of | 251 |
| Dogwood | 162 |
| Dolphin | 207 |
| Domesticated Animals | 258-262 |
| Dorian Invasion | 373 |
| Dorians | 374 |
| Dormouse | 198 |
| Douc | 192 |
| Draco, Laws of | 375 |
| Dragon, Flying | 222 |
| Drama: | |
| Dramatic Poetry | 740 |
| How to Write | 738 |
| Dresden | 503 |
| The Zwinger | 503 |
| Dry Measure | 860 |
| Duck | 248 |
| Chief Breeds | 258 |
| E |
| Eads Bridge | 622 |
| Eagle | 209 |
| Ear | 933 |
| Middle | 935 |
| Physiology and Structure | 933 |
| Plate of Internal | 934 |
| Earth: | |
| Animal and Plant Life in Strata of | 40 |
| Area and Population by Continents | 442 |
| Characteristic Rocks | 48, 49 |
| Cross-section Showing Interior | 41 |
| Distribution of Plants and Animals | 121 |
| Effect of Motions on Climate | 90 |
| Electricity of | 101 |
| Geological Growth of | 48, 49 |
| Heat of | 41 |
| Hemispheres and Continents[993] | 443 |
| Land Forms | 51, 52 |
| Languages of | 442 |
| Life Ages of | 48, 49 |
| Life upon | 121 |
| Minerals of | 48, 49, 103 |
| Races and Populations | 442 |
| Revolutions of | 91 |
| Rotation of | 91 |
| Structure and Surface | 41 |
| Tropical Life | 121 |
| Vegetable Kingdom | 119 et seq. |
| Earthquakes | 65 |
| Causes and Motions of | 65 |
| Notably Destructive Ones of History | 66, 67 |
| Earth Sciences, Glossary of Scientific Terms | 117, 118 |
| Earthworms | 242 |
| Earwigs | 237 |
| Eastern or Byzantine Empire | 404 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| Ebony | 162 |
| Ecbatana | 371 |
| Eclipses | 34, 35 |
| Edinburgh | 462 |
| Editorials | 739 |
| Education, of Children | 961 |
| Eel | 226 |
| Egg-plant | 130 |
| Egrets, American | 208 |
| Egypt: | |
| Ancient Population | 344 |
| Architecture | 349 |
| Assuan Dam | 345 |
| Cheops or Khufu | 346 |
| Cities | 349 |
| Civilization of | 348 |
| Cleopatra | 347 |
| Climate | 344 |
| Conquered by Alexander | 347 |
| Conquered by Persia | 347 |
| Deserts of | 344 |
| Doctrine of Future Life | 349 |
| Embalming | 349 |
| Exodus of Israelites | 359 |
| Extent of | 343 |
| Fall of | 398 |
| Government of | 348 |
| Greek Rulers of | 347 |
| Heliopolis | 351 |
| Hieroglyphics | 346 |
| Historical Out | 312 et seq. |
| History of, Sculptured in Eternal Rocks | 342 |
| How We Know Its History | 346 |
| Irrigation | 345 |
| Israelites in | 359 |
| Kings | 348 |
| Lakes of | 344 |
| Land of | 343 |
| Nile | 343 |
| Nile Valley | 343, 344 |
| Oases of | 344 |
| Oldest Civilization in | 343 |
| Painting | 349 |
| Pawn of Turkey, France and England | 348 |
| Priests | 348 |
| Psametik | 347 |
| Ptolemies | 347 |
| Pyramids | 342, 350, 351 |
| Pyramid Builders | 346 |
| Rameses | 347 |
| Religion | 348 |
| Roman Province | 347 |
| Rosetta Stone | 346 |
| Sculpture | 349 |
| Shepherd-kings | 342 |
| Social Castes | 348 |
| Soldiers and Warriors | 348 |
| Sphinx | 342, 351 |
| Suez Canal | 352 |
| Temple at Abu-Simbel | 342 |
| Thebes | 347, 352 |
| Under Mohammedans | 348 |
| Egyptians | 281, 297 |
| Ehrenbreitstein | 450 |
| Eiffel Tower | 483 |
| Elder | 144 |
| Electricity, in Nature | 101 |
| Elephant | 203, 252 |
| Elizabeth, Elizabethan Period in English Literature | 770, 771, 764-765 |
| Elizabethan Period | 468 |
| Ellipsis | 733 |
| Elm | 162 |
| Embalming, Egyptian | 349 |
| Emerald | 110 |
| Emery | 103 |
| Emperors of Rome | 401 |
| Emphasis, or Inversion | 734 |
| Empire of Charlemagne: | |
| Division of | 409 |
| Extent of | 407 |
| First Union of Germans under One Head | 408 |
| Northern Italy United to It | 408 |
| Plan of | 407 |
| Empire, of France | 494 |
| Empire, Second, of France | 494 |
| Emu | 219 |
| England: | |
| (See also British Empire, British Isles and Great Britain.) | |
| Government | 652-662 |
| Money and Coins | 869 |
| Table of Sovereigns | 472 et seq. |
| English, How to Speak Correct | 712 |
| Spoken | 712 |
| English Civil War | 696 |
| English, Correct | 713 |
| Abbreviations, Contractions and Degrees | 725-731 |
| Accent of Words | 713 |
| Capital Letters | 724 |
| Choice and Use of Words | 717 |
| Common Errors in Pronunciation | 715 |
| Expression | 716 |
| Figures of Speech | 733 |
| Forms of Written English | 734 |
| Fundamental Rules | 712 |
| Grammatical Connections | 716 |
| Inflection of Voice | 716 |
| Organ of Speech | 712 |
| Punctuation | 731-733 |
| Rhetoric | 733 |
| Right and Wrong Use of Words | 718-724 |
| Rules of Pronunciation | 714 |
| Rules Relating to Style | 717 |
| Vowels | 712 |
| Written English | 716 |
| English History | 466 |
| Anglo-Saxon Period | 466 |
| Creation of England and Scotland | 466 |
| Norman Conquest | 466 |
| Periods of | 466 et seq. |
| Roman Period | 466 |
| English Lake District | 457 |
| English Literature: | |
| Anglo-Saxon Period | 762, 763, 769 |
| Beginning of English Comedy and Tragedy | 765 |
| Chaucer | 763 |
| Elizabethan and Puritan Periods | 770, 764-765 |
| Elizabethan Prose Writers | 765-766 |
| English Period to the Time of Elizabeth | 770 |
| Influence of Caxton | 764 |
| Norman-French Period | 763, 769-770 |
| Pre-Elizabethan Period | 770 |
| Puritan Period | 766 |
| Restoration to the Rise of the Novel | 766-771 |
| Rise of the Novel and Period of Romanticism | 767-772 |
| Romanticism and the Early Nineteenth Century | 768 |
| Shakespeare | 765 |
| Summary of Writers | 769 |
| Tennyson and Other Poets | 769 |
| Victorian Period to the Present | 768-775 |
| English Money | 869 |
| English, Written | 716 |
| Argument | 739 |
| Biography | 738 |
| Description | 739 |
| Editorials | 739 |
| Essay | 739 |
| Exposition | 739 |
| Fiction and Drama | 738 |
| Forms of | 734 |
| Forms of Poetry | 734, 739 |
| Letter Writing | 734 |
| Narration | 738 |
| News and the “Story” | 738 |
| Poetics | 739 |
| Prose | 734 |
| Epic Poetry | 739 |
| Epigram | 734 |
| Equatorial Currents | 88 |
| Equinox, Autumnal | 90 |
| Vernal | 90 |
| Escurial | 566 |
| Essay, The | 739 |
| Estuaries | 71 |
| Eton College | 466 |
| Etruscans | 282 |
| Eucalyptus | 162 |
| Euphemism | 734 |
| Euphrates | 353 |
| Region around | 299 |
| Europe: | |
| Alpine Region | 445 |
| Continent of | 444 |
| Countries of | 443 |
| Danube | 453 |
| Famous Mountains of | 74, 75 |
| Great Powers of | 454 |
| Grouping of Nations | 454 |
| Gulfs and Inlets | 444 |
| Highlands of France | 445 |
| Lake Region of | 454 |
| Lakes of | 77 |
| Lowlands of | 445 |
| Mediterranean and Its Arms | 444 |
| Mountains and Highlands | 445 |
| Mountains of Italy and Balkans | 446 |
| Nations of | 454 et seq. |
| Outline and Extent | 444 |
| Peninsulas of | 444 |
| Pyrenees and Spanish Peninsula | 446 |
| Rhine | 447 |
| Rivers and Lakes | 447 |
| Surface Characteristics | 444 |
| Surface of Islands | 446 |
| European War of 1914-1917 | 698-699 |
| Events, Great Historical | 312 et seq. |
| Exclamation Point | 731 |
| Exemption Laws | 875 |
| Exodus of Israelites | 359 |
| Explorers: | |
| English Explorers of United States | 629 |
| French Explorers of United States | 628 |
| Portuguese Explorers of United States | 628 |
| Spanish Explorers of United States | 628 |
| World’s Greatest | 310-311 |
| Exposition, Forms of English | 739 |
| Expression | 716 |
| Inflection of Voice | 716 |
| Eye: | |
| How Color is Determined | 937 |
| How We See | 937 |
| Retina | 938 |
| Rods and Cones | 938 |
| Sense of Sight | 938 |
| Structure and Marvels | 936 |
| F |
| Fables | 820-847 |
| Fairmount Park | 615 |
| Falcons | 209 |
| Famous Books | 782 et seq. |
| Famous Mountains | 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 |
| Name and Location of | 74, 75, 76 |
| Of Africa | 76 |
| Of Asia | 75, 76 |
| Of British Isles | 75 |
| Of Europe | 74 |
| Of North America | 74 |
| Of Oceania | 75, 76 |
| Of Pacific Islands | 75, 76 |
| Of South America | 76 |
| Famous Waterfalls of the World | 80 |
| Height of | 80 |
| Location of | 80 |
| Famous Writers | 782 et seq. |
| Feldspar | 103 |
| Fiction, How to Write | 738 |
| Fifth Avenue, New York | 611 et seq. |
| Figs | 141 |
| Figures of Speech | 733 |
| Finch | 213 |
| Fir | 162 |
| Firefly | 232 |
| Fishes, Classification and Description of | 225-229 |
| (See also under separate Names) | |
| Flagellates | 244 |
| Flamingo | 218 |
| Flax | 167 |
| Fleas | 240 |
| Flies | 240 |
| Flowering Shrubs, Description of | 155, 156 |
| Flowerless Plants | 158 |
| Flowers: | |
| Best Annual | 150, 151 |
| Best Perennials | 151, 152, 153, 154 |
| Classifications of | 147, 148 |
| Cultivation of | 150, 151 |
| Description of Annuals | 150, 151 |
| Description of Best Perennials | 151, 152, 153, 154 |
| Guide for Selection | 150, 151 |
| Wild | 157 |
| Flying Animals | 205 |
| Bats | 205 |
| Colugo | 205 |
| Fish | 226 |
| Fox | 206 |
| Frog | 206 |
| Phalanger | 205 |
| Squirrel | 205 |
| Fog | 94 |
| Folklore | 820-847 |
| Fontainebleau | 486 |
| Fool’s Parsley[994] | 168 |
| Forage Plants | 123 |
| Forest Trees | 160 |
| Fossils | 46 |
| Fox | 194 |
| Flying | 206 |
| Fractions, Common | 851 |
| Decimal | 854 |
| France: | |
| Amiens Cathedral | 487 |
| Barbizon | 486 |
| Beginning of | 409 |
| Bourbon Line | 490 |
| Capetians | 488 |
| Carlovingians | 488, 493 |
| Charles VII. and Joan of Arc | 489 |
| Chief Magistrate and His Powers | 653 |
| Cities and Towns | 478 |
| Climate and Soil | 477 |
| Colonies and Dependencies | 493 |
| Consulate | 491, 494 |
| Divisions of | 476 |
| Empire of | 494 |
| Empire, Second | 491-492, 494 |
| Executive, Departments of | 655 |
| Government of | 653-662 |
| Fontainebleau | 486 |
| Franco-Prussian War | 492 |
| Highlands of | 445 |
| History of | 487 |
| House of Bourbon | 494 |
| House of Capet | 493 |
| House of Orleans | 491, 494 |
| House of Valois | 494 |
| House of Valois and the Hundred Years’ War | 489 |
| Industrial Centers | 486 |
| Industries and Trade | 477 |
| Judicial Department | 661 |
| Legislative Department of | 657 |
| Location and Extent | 476 |
| Louis IX. | 488 |
| Louis XIV. | 490 |
| Merovingians | 487, 493 |
| Money and Coins | 869, 870 |
| Napoleon and the Directory | 491 |
| Naval and Military Centers | 486 |
| Paris | 478 |
| People | 478 |
| Petit Trianon, Versailles | 486 |
| Products of Soil | 477 |
| Religion and Education | 478 |
| Republic, First | 494 |
| Republic, Second | 494 |
| Republic, Third | 492, 494 |
| Restoration | 491 |
| Restoration of the Bourbons | 494 |
| Revolution | 490-491 |
| Revolution of 1848 | 491 |
| Roman Rule of | 487 |
| St. Denis | 483 |
| Sovereigns and Presidents | 493 |
| Surface and Mountains | 477 |
| Teutonic Invaders | 487 |
| Under the Romans | 487 |
| Versailles | 483 |
| Wars of Francis I., and Charles V. of Germany | 490 |
| Francis I., King of France | 490 |
| Franco-Prussian War | 492, 698 |
| Frederik the Great | 508 |
| French, Influence on English Literature | 763, 769-770 |
| Revolution | 696 |
| Words and Phrases | 742 |
| (See also France.) | |
| Freshwater Lakes: | |
| Area of | 79, 80 |
| Elevation of | 79, 80 |
| Location | 79, 80 |
| Frog, Flying | 206 |
| G |
| Galago | 192 |
| Gallic War | 694 |
| Ganges | 685 |
| Garden of the Gods | 584 |
| Garnet | 110 |
| Gauls: | |
| Invasion of Italy | 693 |
| Of Northern Italian Peninsula | 386 |
| Gayal | 201, 252 |
| Gazelle | 201 |
| Gecko | 222 |
| Gems | 109 |
| Geography: | |
| Distribution of Races | 275, 276 |
| Historical | 299 et seq. |
| Literary | 782 et seq. |
| What It Is | 299 |
| Geography and Discovery | 299 et seq. |
| Geology, View of the Growth of the Earth | 48-49 |
| Geranium | 148 |
| German Empire | 495 |
| Division of | 495 |
| Executive Departments of | 655 |
| Government and Constitution of | 653-662 |
| Judicial Department of | 661 |
| Kaiser and His Powers under the Constitution | 653 |
| Legislative Department of | 657 |
| German Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Germans: | |
| First Defeat of Romans | 400 |
| (See also Germany, German Empire, Holy Roman Empire.) | |
| Empire of Charlemagne | 407 |
| Germany: | |
| (See also German Empire.) | |
| Accession of William II. | 509 |
| Army and Navy | 497 |
| Baden, Cities of | 504 |
| Beginning of | 409 |
| Berlin | 499 |
| Bismarck’s Domination | 508 |
| Charlemagne, King | 505 |
| Charles V. | 507 |
| Chief Cities | 498 |
| Cities of Bavaria | 503 |
| Climate of | 496 |
| Colonies of | 504 |
| Commercial and Colonial Expansion | 509 |
| Confederation | 508 |
| Contest between Prussia and Austria | 508 |
| Defense of | 497 |
| Divisions of the Empire | 495 |
| Dresden | 503 |
| Educative and General Culture | 497 |
| Elsass-Lothringen | 504 |
| Feudal System | 505 |
| Frederick the Great and the Seven Years’ War | 508 |
| Government | 653-662 |
| Hapsburg Line | 507 |
| Henry I. | 506 |
| Historical Outlines | 410 |
| History of | 505 |
| Hohenstaufen Line | 506 |
| House of Luxembourg | 507 |
| Independence of Austria and Union of Germany | 508-509 |
| Internal Communications | 496 |
| Interregnum | 507 |
| Leipzig | 503 |
| Money and Coins | 870 |
| Otto the Great | 506 |
| People and Language | 497 |
| Potsdam | 501 |
| Productions and Industries | 496 |
| Prussian Cities | 502 |
| Reformation | 507 |
| Religion of | 497 |
| Restoration of German Empire | 509 |
| Rise of Prussia to Power | 508 |
| Rivers of | 495-496 |
| Romans, First Contact with | 505 |
| Smaller States, Cities of | 504 |
| Struggle with the Papacy | 506 |
| Surface Characteristics | 495 |
| Thirty Years’ War | 507 |
| Under the House of Franconia | 506 |
| Württemberg | 503 |
| Gethsemane | 364 |
| Geysers | 67 |
| Of Iceland, and New Zealand | 67 |
| Of Yellowstone Region | 67 |
| Giant’s Causeway | 456 |
| Giraffe | 201 |
| Gizeh | 350 |
| Glaciers | 97 |
| Famous Regions of | 97 |
| Gladiatorial War | 694 |
| Glow-worms | 234 |
| Gloxinia | 148 |
| Gnats | 240 |
| Gnawing Animals | 198 |
| Beaver | 198 |
| Chinchilla | 198 |
| Dormouse | 198 |
| Hare | 198 |
| Gnu | 201 |
| Goat | 252 |
| Wild | 202 |
| Goddesses | 820-847 |
| Gods | 820-847 |
| Gold | 112, 104 |
| Golden Gate Park | 620 |
| Goldfish | 226, 236 |
| Goose | 258 |
| Chief Breeds | 258 |
| Gooseberry | 144 |
| Gorilla | 192 |
| Government | 549 |
| Of Argentina | 673 |
| Of Brazil | 675 |
| Of British Empire | 652-662 |
| Of Canada | 668 |
| Of Carthage | 390 |
| Of China | 682 |
| Egyptian | 348 |
| Forms Adopted by Various Nations | 442 |
| France | 653-662 |
| Germany | 653-662 |
| Greece | 555 |
| India | 686 |
| Japan | 688 |
| Mexico | 670 |
| Norway | 559 |
| Portugal | 561 |
| Roman | 389 |
| Roman Provincial | 391 |
| Rome under the Empire | 399 |
| Roumania | 562 |
| Servia | 563 |
| Spain | 565 |
| Sweden | 567 |
| Switzerland | 571 |
| Turkey | 574 |
| United States | 652-662 |
| United States, British Empire, Germany and France Compared | 652-662 |
| Gracchi, The | 394 |
| Grammar, Errors of | 716-717 |
| Grammatical Connections | 716 |
| Grampus | 207 |
| Grand Cañon | 582 |
| Grant’s Tomb, New York City | 612, 613 |
| Grape | 144 |
| Grape-fruit | 141 |
| Graphite | 104, 113 |
| Grasses | 123 |
| Ornamental Lawn | 156 |
| Grasshopper | 237 |
| Great Battles, Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| Great Britain: | |
| Ayr | 464 |
| British Lakes | 457 |
| Cambridge | 466 |
| Chief Cities | 458 |
| Climate | 458 |
| Commercial and Industrial Centers, England and Wales | 461-462 |
| Edinburgh | 462 |
| Educational, Historical and Literary Centers | 462 |
| English History | 466 |
| English Lake District | 457 |
| Geographical Features | 455 |
| Government | 652-662 |
| Historical Outlines | 410 |
| Ireland, Commercial and Industrial | 462 |
| Irish Rivers and Lakes | 457 |
| Islands and Divisions | 455 |
| London | 458-459 |
| Melrose, and Memorials of Sir Walter Scott | 464 |
| Mountains and Lowlands | 455 |
| Mountains of | 75 |
| Oxford | 463 |
| People of | 458 |
| Religions of | 458 |
| Rivers | 456 |
| Scotch Lakes | 457 |
| Scotland, Commercial and Industrial | 462 |
| Sovereigns of | 472 et seq. |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 463 |
| Surface of | 455 |
| Thames | 456 |
| What It Comprises | 454 |
| Windsor | 464-466 |
| Windsor Castle | 464-466 |
| Great Events of History | 312 et seq. |
| Great Lakes | 583 |
| Great Men, Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| Great Rivers: | |
| Area of Drainage | 71 |
| Deltas and Estuaries | 71 |
| Diagram of | 72, 73 |
| Length of | 71 |
| Where They Empty | 71 |
| Great Salt Lake | 77, 583 |
| Grebes | 218 |
| Greece | 372, 555 |
| (See also Greeks.) | |
| Accusation and Death of Socrates | 379 |
| Achæan League | 382 |
| Age of Pericles | 377 |
| Alexander’s Invasion of Persia | 380 |
| Ancient Divisions of | 372 |
| Athens[995] | 375, 555 |
| Battle of Marathon | 376 |
| Battle of Salamis | 377 |
| Battle of Thermopylæ | 377 |
| Cities | 355 |
| Dorian Invasion | 373 |
| Downfall of Athens | 379 |
| Early Greek Colonization | 372 |
| Famous Islands of | 372 |
| Famous Laws of Lycurgus | 374 |
| Gallic Invasion of | 382 |
| Government | 555 |
| Greatest Period of Orators | 380 |
| Greek Colonies | 374 |
| Greek Kingdoms in Asia | 381 |
| Greek Thought in Asia | 381 |
| Hellenes | 372 |
| Historical Outlines | 433 et seq. |
| History of | 373 |
| History of Modern | 555 |
| Land of | 372 |
| Laws and Reforms of Solon | 375 |
| Laws of Draco | 375 |
| Legendary History of | 373 |
| Macedonian Period | 380 |
| Minoan Age, The | 373 |
| Mycenean Age | 373 |
| Mythology | 820-847 |
| Mythology, Chart | 846, 847 |
| Olympiads | 375 |
| Peloponnesian War | 377 |
| People | 555 |
| Period of Migration | 374 |
| Period of Persian Wars | 376 |
| Pre-historic Period | 373 |
| Production and Industry | 555 |
| Pyrrhus | 382 |
| Retreat of 10,000 Greeks | 379 |
| Rivers | 555 |
| Roman Province | 383 |
| Sacred Wars | 380 |
| Sparta | 374 |
| Surface | 555 |
| Under Byzantine Empire | 383 |
| Under Foreign Rule until 1832 | 383 |
| Under Turkish Rule | 383 |
| Usurpations of Pisistratus | 375 |
| Greek Words and Phrases | 755 |
| Greeks | 282, 299, 372 |
| (See Also Greece.) | |
| Alexander’s Successors | 381 |
| Conquest of Egypt | 347 |
| Empire of Alexander the Great | 380 |
| Great Period of Oratory | 380 |
| Greek Culture Carried to Rome | 393 |
| Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| History of | 373 |
| History of Macedonia | 382 |
| Ionians and Dorians | 374 |
| Macedonian Period | 380 |
| Philip of Macedon | 379 |
| Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks | 370 |
| Rise of Macedonia | 379 |
| War with Persians | 370 |
| Grosbeaks | 214 |
| Grouse | 219-220 |
| Guava | 167 |
| Guinea | 220, 259 |
| Guinea-pig | 252 |
| Gulf of Mexico | 85 |
| Gulf Stream | 88 |
| Gulls | 218 |
| Gum | 162 |
| Gypsies | 282 |
| Gypsum | 104 |
| H |
| Haddock | 226 |
| Hague, The | 557 |
| National Monument of Holland | 557 |
| Palace in the Wood | 557 |
| Halibut | 227 |
| Halos | 101, 102 |
| Hamilcar | 390 |
| Hammurabi, Great Period of | 354 |
| Hannibal, Causes of His Defeat | 390 |
| Defeated by Scipio | 391 |
| Final Fate of | 391 |
| Hero of the Second Punic War | 390 |
| Hapsburg, Line of | 507 |
| Hare | 198 |
| Haroun-al-Raschid, Famous Caliph of Bagdad | 407 |
| Harvard University | 594-595 |
| Hartford | 601-602 |
| Architecture of | 601-602 |
| Capital | 601-602 |
| Industry of | 602 |
| Manufactories and Other Industries | 602 |
| Parks and Public Bridges | 602 |
| Trinity College | 602 |
| Hawks | 209 |
| Health | 961 |
| Heat of Sun, How Distributed | 90 |
| Heavens, Book of | 13 et seq. |
| Hebron | 364 |
| Hebrews | 282, 297, 358 |
| David | 359 |
| Division of Monarchy | 360 |
| History of | 359 |
| Maccabees | 360 |
| Monarchy of | 359 |
| Period of the Judges | 359 |
| Saul | 359 |
| Solomon | 359 |
| Hedgehog | 195 |
| Hedge Plants, Description of | 155, 156 |
| Hegira | 405 |
| Height of Mountains | 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 |
| Heliopolis | 351 |
| Hellebore | 168 |
| Hellenes | 372 |
| Hell Gate | 87 |
| Hematite | 104 |
| Hemispheres and Continents | 443 |
| Hemlock | 162 |
| Hemp | 167 |
| Henbane | 168 |
| Henry I., Emperor of Germany | 506 |
| Heptarchic Wars | 694 |
| Herb Paris | 169 |
| Heron | 217 |
| Herring | 226 |
| Hickory | 162 |
| Hieroglyphics | 346 |
| Hindus, or Hindoos | 283, 297 |
| Hippopotamus | 203 |
| Historical Geography | 296-309 |
| Maps | 296, 298, 300, 302, 304, 306, 308 |
| Known World, B.C. 3800 to B.C. 450 | 296, 297, 298, 299 |
| About B.C. 450 | 301 |
| About B.C. 325 | 301 |
| About 300 A.D. | 301 |
| About 500 A.D. | 302-303 |
| About 800 A.D. | 302-303 |
| About 1000 A.D. | 302-303 |
| About 1300 A.D. | 302-303 |
| About 1500 A.D. | 304-305 |
| About 1600 A.D. | 304-305 |
| About 1700 A.D. | 306-307 |
| About 1800 A.D. | 306-307 |
| About 1915 A.D. | 308-309 |
| Historical Outlines: | |
| (See also under names of individual countries.) | |
| Austria | 419 et seq. |
| Austria-Hungary | 435 et seq. |
| Babylonia | 312 et seq. |
| Balkans | 437 et seq. |
| Belgium | 429 et seq. |
| Bohemia | 415 et seq. |
| China | 411 et seq. |
| Denmark | 411 et seq. |
| Eastern or Byzantine Empire | 411 et seq. |
| Egypt | 312 et seq. |
| Germany | 410 et seq. |
| Great Battles | 312 et seq. |
| Great Britain | 410 et seq. |
| Great Men | 312 et seq. |
| Great Periods in Civilization | 312 et seq. |
| Great Wars | 312 et seq. |
| Greece, Modern | 433 et seq. |
| Greeks | 312 et seq. |
| Holland | 418 et seq. |
| Holy Roman Empire | 414 et seq. |
| Hungary | 415 et seq. |
| India | 411 et seq. |
| Italy | 410 et seq. |
| Japan | 411 et seq. |
| Norway | 411 et seq. |
| Ottoman Empire | 419 et seq. |
| Persia | 419 et seq. |
| Poland | 415 et seq. |
| Portugal | 414 et seq. |
| Prussia | 427 et seq. |
| Russia | 415 et seq. |
| Saracens | 411 et seq. |
| Scandinavia | 411 et seq. |
| Slavs | 411 et seq. |
| Spain | 410 et seq. |
| Sweden | 411 et seq. |
| Switzerland | 415 et seq. |
| United States | 422 et seq. |
| History: | |
| Comparative Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| Great Events | 312 et seq. |
| Of Argentina | 673 |
| Of Austria-Hungary | 534 |
| Of Babylonia | 354 |
| Of Belgium | 550, 552 |
| Of Brazil | 675 |
| Of Canada | 669 |
| Of Chile | 677 |
| Of Denmark | 554 |
| Of Egypt | 346 |
| Of England | 466 |
| Of France | 487 |
| Of Germany | 505 |
| Of Greece | 373 |
| Of Greece, Modern | 555 |
| Of Holland | 557 |
| Of India | 687 |
| Of Italy | 524 |
| Of Japan | 689 |
| Of Mexico | 671 |
| Of Norway | 559 |
| Of Palestine | 359 |
| Of Phœnicia | 367 |
| Of Poland | 560 |
| Of Portugal | 561 |
| Of Roumania | 563 |
| Of Russia | 545-546 |
| Of Servia | 564 |
| Of Spain | 566 |
| Of Sweden | 568 |
| Of Switzerland | 572 |
| Of Turkey | 576 |
| Of United States | 634 et seq. |
| Outlines of Nations | 312 et seq. |
| What It Is | 299 |
| History of England: | |
| Boer War | 470 |
| Crimean War | 469 |
| Elizabethan Period | 498 |
| Final Absorption of India | 469 |
| House of Hanover | 469 |
| House of Lancaster | 467 |
| House of Saxe-Coburg | 470 |
| House of Stuart | 468 |
| Indian Mutiny | 469 |
| Magna Charta | 467 |
| Period of Commonwealth | 468 |
| Plantagenets | 467 |
| Restoration | 468 |
| Sovereigns of | 472 et seq. |
| Tudors | 467 |
| Victorian Period | 469 |
| Hohenstaufen Line | 506 |
| Holland | 556 |
| Cities | 557 |
| Climate | 556 |
| Historical Outlines | 418 et seq. |
| History | 557 |
| People | 556 |
| Production and Industry | 556 |
| Rivers and Canals | 556 |
| Surface | 556 |
| The Hague | 557 |
| Holy Land | 358 |
| Bethlehem | 364 |
| Geography | 361 |
| Jerusalem | 363, 364 |
| Nazareth | 365 |
| Hoofed Animals | 199 |
| Hops | 167 |
| Horse | 252-253 |
| Breeds of | 253 |
| Characteristics of Draft Horses | 253 |
| Chief Breeds of Draft Horses | 253 |
| Noble Character of | 253 |
| Original Home of | 252 |
| Saddle and Driving | 254 |
| Horse-chestnut | 162 |
| House of: | |
| Hanover | 469, 475 |
| Lancaster | 467, 474 |
| Orleans | 491 |
| Romanoff | 548 |
| Saxe-Coburg | 470 |
| Stuart | 468, 475 |
| Tudor | 474, 475 |
| Valois | 489 |
| York | 474 |
| Howling Monkey | 192 |
| Huckleberry | 145 |
| Hudson River, Description of | 582 |
| Human Body | 925 et seq. |
| Ear | 933 |
| Eye | 936 |
| How We Are Able to Taste, Smell and Feel | 939 |
| Hundred Years’ War | 695 |
| Hungary: | |
| Budapest | 532-533 |
| Historical Outlines | 415 et seq. |
| Hurricane | 93 |
| Hussite War | 695 |
| Hyena | 195 |
| Hyperbole | 733 |
| Hyphen | 732 |
| Hyrcanus, John, Revolt of | 361 |
| I |
| Ibex | 202 |
| Ibis | 217 |
| Icebergs | 97 |
| Ichneumon | 195 |
| Iguana | 222 |
| Iguazu, Cataracts of | 82 |
| Independence Hall | 614 |
| Index, Sign of | 733 |
| India: | |
| Absorbed by Great Britain | 469 |
| Agra[996] | 687 |
| Area and Surface | 684 |
| Benares | 686 |
| Bombay | 686 |
| Calcutta | 686 |
| Cities | 686 |
| Climate | 685 |
| Delhi | 686 |
| Government | 686 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| History | 687 |
| Languages | 685 |
| Peoples | 685 |
| Production and Industry | 685 |
| Religions | 686 |
| Rivers | 684 |
| Simla | 686 |
| Indianapolis | 602 |
| Architecture of | 602 |
| Education and Industry | 602 |
| Noteworthy Parks | 602 |
| Indian Ocean | 84, 85 |
| Indians | 283 |
| Indus | 684 |
| Insects: | |
| Beetles | 232 |
| Straight-winged | 236 |
| Interest, Legal Rates of | 870 |
| Interrogation Point | 731 |
| Ionians | 374 |
| Iran, or Ancient Persia | 299 |
| Ireland: | |
| Coast of | 456 |
| Giant’s Causeway | 456 |
| Rivers and Lakes | 457 |
| Iron | 113 |
| Irony | 734 |
| Irrigation: | |
| Assiout Dam | 345 |
| Dam at Assiout | 345 |
| Of the Nile | 344 |
| Rise of | 344 |
| Islands: | |
| Coral | 58, 59 |
| Famous Italian | 511 |
| Map Showing Comparative Size | 62 |
| Noted, of Eastern Hemisphere | 62 |
| Noted, of Western Hemisphere | 62 |
| Of North America | 578 |
| Volcanic | 58 |
| Islands of the World | 58 |
| Israelites | 282 |
| (See also Hebrews, Jews.) | |
| Captivity of | 360 |
| Enter Land of Canaan | 359 |
| Exodus under Moses | 359 |
| In Egypt | 359 |
| Italian Peninsula: | |
| Important Early Divisions | 385 |
| Mountains and Rivers | 385 |
| Italian Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Italy | 511 |
| (See also Italian.) | |
| Agriculture and Stock-raising | 513 |
| Apennines | 511 |
| Chief Cities | 513 |
| Climatic and Landscape Features | 512 |
| Conquests of Lombards | 404 |
| Conquest of Papal States | 525 |
| Difficulties of Consolidation | 525-527 |
| Education | 513 |
| Florence | 519 |
| Genoa | 520 |
| Historical Outlines | 410 |
| History of | 524 |
| Influence of Napoleon | 525 |
| Islands and Their Surface | 511 |
| Kingdom of | 511 |
| Lake Como | 512 |
| Lake Garda | 512 |
| Lake of Lugano | 512 |
| Lake of Maggiore | 512 |
| Lakes of | 512 |
| Lombards | 524 |
| Manufactories of | 513 |
| Mediæval | 525 |
| Milan | 520 |
| Minerals of | 513 |
| Mountains and General Configuration | 511 |
| Naples | 520-521 |
| Palermo | 522 |
| People and Language | 513 |
| Pompeii, Ruins of | 521 |
| Port of the Holy Roman Empire | 524 |
| Present Kingdom Established | 525 |
| Products and Industries | 513 |
| Religion | 513 |
| Rise of Papal Power | 524 |
| Rivers and Coast Waters | 511 |
| Riviera | 512-513 |
| Rome | 513 |
| Seaports of | 524 |
| Sorrento | 522 |
| Struggle for Independent Nationality | 525 |
| Turin | 522 |
| Venice | 523 |
| J |
| Jackal | 195 |
| Jade | 110 |
| Jaffa | 367 |
| Jaguar | 195 |
| Japan | 687 |
| Area and Population | 687 |
| Cities | 689 |
| Climate | 688 |
| Government | 688 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| History | 689 |
| Lakes and Rivers | 688 |
| People | 688 |
| Production and Industry | 688 |
| Surface | 688 |
| Tokio | 689 |
| Yokohama | 689 |
| Japanese | 285 |
| Jasper | 110 |
| Jays | 214 |
| Jericho | 365 |
| Jerusalem | 358, 363 |
| Captured by Pompey | 361 |
| Destroyed by Titus | 361 |
| Historic Features | 364 |
| Streets and Quarters of | 364 |
| Wall of | 364 |
| Way of the Cross | 364 |
| Jewish War | 694 |
| Jews | 282 |
| Joan of Arc | 489 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 591 |
| Johnson Grass | 126 |
| Jordan, River of | 77, 362 |
| Juanacatlan, Falls of | 82 |
| Judas Tree | 162 |
| Judgments | 875 |
| Jugurthine War | 693 |
| Jungfrau | 56 |
| Juniper Tree | 164 |
| Justinian, Notable Reign and Service of | 404 |
| Wars of | 694 |
| Jute | 167 |
| K |
| Kale | 130 |
| Kaolin | 103 |
| Kangaroo | 204 |
| Katydid | 237 |
| Khufu, King of Egypt | 346 |
| Kieff, Russia | 545 |
| Kingdoms of Nature, Vegetable Kingdom | 119 et seq. |
| Koala | 204 |
| Koblenz (Coblence) | 450 |
| Koran, The | 405 |
| L |
| Ladybug | 234 |
| Lake: | |
| Champlain | 76, 584 |
| Como | 76, 512 |
| Erie | 583 |
| Garda | 512 |
| George | 76 |
| Huron | 583 |
| Lucerne | 76 |
| Lugano | 76, 77, 512 |
| Maggiore | 76, 512 |
| Merom | 362 |
| Michigan | 583 |
| Ontario | 583 |
| Superior | 583 |
| Lakes: | |
| Distribution of | 77 |
| Famous Italian | 512 |
| Famous Salt | 77 |
| Fresh-water, of the World | 76, 79, 80 |
| In Plains | 77 |
| Mountain | 76 |
| Of Africa | 80 |
| Of Asia | 77 |
| Of Egypt | 344 |
| Of Europe | 77 |
| Of Japan | 688 |
| Of North America | 77 |
| Of United States | 583 |
| Relative Size | 78, 79 |
| Salt | 76, 78 |
| Salt, Area of | 75 |
| Salt, Location of | 78 |
| Land Measure | 858 |
| Language and Literature | 712 et seq. |
| Languages: | |
| (See also under Countries.) | |
| Ancient | 755 |
| French Words and Phrases | 742 |
| German Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Greek Words and Phrases | 755 |
| Italian Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Latin Words and Phrases | 755 |
| Modern Foreign | 742 |
| Number Spoken | 442 |
| Of India | 685 |
| Principal of World | 442 |
| Spanish Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Lapis-lazuli | 110 |
| Larch | 164 |
| Lark | 214 |
| Latin Words and Phrases | 755 |
| Latins or Romans | 287 |
| Lawn Grasses | 156, 157 |
| Laws: | |
| Commercial | 875 |
| Concerning Notes and Accounts | 875 |
| Exemption | 875 |
| Interest | 875 |
| Legal Interest | 875 |
| Statutes of Limitation | 875 |
| Usury | 875 |
| Lead | 104, 113 |
| Leaders | 733 |
| Leap Year | 865 |
| Leeches | 242-243 |
| Leipzig | 503 |
| Leland Stanford, Jr., University | 620 |
| Lemmings | 199 |
| Lemon | 141 |
| Length, Measures of | 857 |
| Lentils | 130 |
| Leopard | 195 |
| Letter Writing | 734 |
| Acceptance | 736 |
| Ceremonial Letters and Notes | 736 |
| Divisions of a Letter | 734 |
| Invitations | 736 |
| Official and Titled Salutations | 737 |
| Official or Business Letters | 735 |
| Personal and Social Letters | 735 |
| Style of Letters | 735 |
| Writing Materials | 736 |
| Lettuce | 130 |
| Lick Observatory | 620 |
| Licorice | 167 |
| Lighting | 101 |
| Lily | 148 |
| Limes | 141 |
| Lime Tree | 164 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 642 |
| Assassination of | 644 |
| Linden or Lime | 164 |
| Lion | 195 |
| Liquid Measures | 860 |
| Lisbon | 561 |
| Literary Allusions | 782 et seq. |
| Literature | 761 |
| American Literature | 775 |
| Books as Liberal Educators | 762 |
| Brain of Humanity | 761-762 |
| Characters in | 782 et seq. |
| English | 762 |
| Famous Book | 782 et seq. |
| Famous Poems and Dramas | 782 et seq. |
| How It Has Created New Worlds and People | 761 |
| How It Helps Us Interpret Life | 761 |
| Literary Allusions | 782 et seq. |
| Literary Geography | 782 et seq. |
| Pen Names of Famous Writers | 782 et seq. |
| Plots and Scenes | 782 et seq. |
| References to | 782 et seq. |
| Rise of Roman | 393 |
| Soubriquets and Nicknames | 782 et seq. |
| Vast Range of | 761 |
| Why We Study Literature | 761 |
| Lithium | 113 |
| Lizards | 221 |
| Llama | 254 |
| Lobster | 231 |
| Locust Tree | 164 |
| Locusts | 237 |
| Lombards in Italy | 404 |
| London | 458, 459 |
| Art Galleries and Museums | 461 |
| Famous Churches | 460 |
| Famous Streets and Bridges | 459 |
| General Features | 458, 459 |
| Monuments and Public Buildings | 460 |
| Parks and Squares | 460 |
| Places of Amusement | 461 |
| Population of | 461 |
| Westminster Abbey | 460 |
| Long Measure | 856 |
| Longitude and Time | 864 |
| Lorelei (Lurlie) | 451 |
| Los Angeles | 602-603 |
| Buildings of Note | 603 |
| Climate | 603 |
| Industries of | 603 |
| Parks and Public Places of Importance | 603 |
| People of | 603 |
| Public Library | 603 |
| Streets and Business Thoroughfares | 602, 603 |
| University of Southern California | 603 |
| Louis IX., King of France[997] | 488 |
| Louis XIV., King of France | 490 |
| Louisville | 603 |
| Chief Buildings of Note | 603 |
| Educational and Industrial | 603 |
| Public Parks | 603 |
| Lucerne, Lake | 76 |
| Lugano, Lake | 76 |
| Lung-Fishes | 228-229 |
| Luxemburg, House of | 507 |
| Lycurgus, Laws of | 374 |
| Lydia | 369 |
| Lyric Poetry | 740 |
| M |
| Maccabees | 360 |
| Macedon: | |
| Later History of | 382 |
| Rise of | 379 |
| Under Philip | 379 |
| Macedonian Wars | 693 |
| Mackerel | 226 |
| Madrid | 565 |
| Royal Palace | 565 |
| Maelstrom | 87 |
| Maggiore, Lake | 76 |
| Magi, The | 371 |
| Magna Charta | 467 |
| Magnesium | 113 |
| Magnetite | 104 |
| Mahogany | 164 |
| Mainz | 452 |
| Malays | 287 |
| Mammals | 191 |
| Mammoth Cave | 584 |
| Man: | |
| Ape-man of Java | 269 |
| Cro-magnon Man | 269 |
| Development through the Ages | 273 |
| First Migrations of | 268 |
| In the Stone Age | 270 |
| Neanderthal Man | 269 |
| Piltdown Man | 269 |
| Prehistoric | 267-275 |
| Primeval Home of | 268 |
| Man and the Human Family | 267 |
| Mango | 141 |
| Manhattan Island | 607 |
| Maple | 164 |
| Maps: | |
| Distribution of Animal Life | 188 |
| Distribution of Plant Life | 120 |
| Panama Canal and Connections | 649 |
| Marathon, Battle of | 376 |
| Marius and Sulla, Civil War between | 394 |
| Markhor | 202 |
| Marmoset | 192 |
| Marmot | 199 |
| Marten | 196 |
| Marsh Crow’s Foot | 169 |
| Marsian or Social War | 693 |
| Martynias | 170, 171 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 594-595 |
| Mate or Paraguay Tea | 141 |
| Matterhorn | 56 |
| Mayence (Mainz) | 452 |
| Meadow Saffron | 169 |
| Measures—See Weights and Measures. | |
| Mecca | 405 |
| Medes | 297, 368 |
| Cyaxares | 369 |
| Origin and Character | 369 |
| Media: | |
| Founded by Cyaxares | 369 |
| Medical Signs and Abbreviations | 864 |
| Medina | 405 |
| Mediterranean and Its Arms | 444 |
| Mediterranean Regions (Map) | 298 |
| Mediterranean Sea | 85 |
| Medo-Persian Empire | 368 |
| Meerschaum | 113 |
| Melon | 130 |
| Melrose | 464 |
| Memphis, Egypt | 352 |
| Mercury | 113 |
| Merovingians | 487, 493 |
| Mesquite | 164 |
| Messenian Wars | 692 |
| Metaphor | 733 |
| Metonymy | 734 |
| Metre, In Poetry | 740 |
| Metropolitan Museum | 612 |
| Mexican War | 640, 641 |
| Causes and Results of | 641 |
| Commanders | 641 |
| Principal Battles | 641 |
| Troops Engaged | 641 |
| Mexico | 669 |
| Cities | 671 |
| Climate and Landscape | 669 |
| Government | 670 |
| Gulf of | 85 |
| History | 671 |
| Mexico City | 671 |
| People | 670 |
| Production and Industry | 670 |
| Rivers and Lakes | 669 |
| Surface | 669 |
| Mexico City | 671 |
| Cathedral | 671 |
| Description of | 671 |
| Mica | 106, 114 |
| Mice | 199 |
| Middle Ages | 403 |
| Nature of Period | 404 |
| Milky Way | 32 |
| Millet | 126 |
| Milwaukee | 603, 604 |
| Business District | 604 |
| Chief Buildings | 604 |
| Industries and Manufacturing | 604 |
| Public Places of Interest | 604 |
| Streets of | 604 |
| Minerals: | |
| Crystallization of | 103 |
| Dictionary of | 103 |
| Rare Metals | 115 |
| Scale of Hardness | 103 |
| Table for Identification of | 104, 105, 106, 107 |
| Useful, of the Earth | 102 |
| Mink | 196 |
| Minneapolis | 604 |
| Chief Products | 605 |
| Chief Streets—Business and Residential | 604 |
| Notable Institutions of | 604 |
| University of Minnesota | 604 |
| Minoan Age, The | 373 |
| Mirage | 102 |
| Mistletoe | 174 |
| Mists | 94 |
| Mithridates, Designs against Rome | 394 |
| Mithridatic Wars | 693 |
| Mockingbird | 214 |
| Modern Languages | 742 |
| Mohammed | 405 |
| Mohammedanism: | |
| Characteristics of | 405 |
| Rise of | 405 |
| Mohammedans, Conquest of Egypt | 348 |
| Mole | 196 |
| Molluscs | 229 |
| Money: | |
| English or Sterling | 869 |
| French | 869, 870 |
| Of Germany | 870 |
| Of United States | 869 |
| Mongolians | 288 |
| Mongoose | 197 |
| Monkey Tribe | 191-194 |
| Monk’s-hood | 169 |
| Monte Rosa | 56 |
| Months, Names of | 868 |
| Moon: | |
| Effect upon the Tides | 86 |
| Phases of | 19 |
| Surface of | 29 |
| Moonstone | 110 |
| Moors | 288 |
| Mormon Temple and Tabernacle | 617 |
| Moscow | 544-545 |
| Burned in 1812 | 294 |
| Noted Buildings and Monuments | 545 |
| Moses, In Egypt | 359 |
| Moslems | 405 |
| Mosquito | 240 |
| Moths | 236 |
| Mount Ararat | 57 |
| Mount Assiniboine | 57 |
| Mount Blanc | 56 |
| Mount Elburz | 56 |
| Mount Everest | 56 |
| Mount Nebo | 361 |
| Mount of Olives | 364 |
| Mount Popocatepetl | 57 |
| Mount Ranier | 57 |
| Mount Robson | 57 |
| Mount St. Elias | 57 |
| Mount Salcantay | 57 |
| Mount Sinai | 56, 361, 362 |
| Mount Tabor | 361 |
| Mount Vernon, Home of George Washington | 627 |
| Mount Zion | 364 |
| Mountain Lion | 197 |
| Mountains: | |
| Alpine Region | 445 |
| Celebrated Peaks | 56, 57 |
| Famous | 72, 73 |
| Height of | 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 |
| Name and Location of | 74, 75, 76 |
| Of British Isles | 75 |
| Of Europe | 445 |
| Of France | 445, 447 |
| Of Great Britain | 445 |
| Of Italy | 446, 511 |
| Scandinavian | 446 |
| The Caucasus | 446 |
| Mountains and Plains: | |
| Of United States | 580 |
| The Urals | 446 |
| Mouse Tower | 452 |
| Mulberry | 141 |
| Mushroom | 130 |
| Musk-ox | 202 |
| Mycenean Age | 373 |
| Mythology: | |
| Assyrian Gods | 357 |
| Babylonian Gods | 357 |
| Charts of | 846, 847 |
| Dictionary of | 820-847 |
| Egyptian Gods | 348 |
| Greek and Roman | 820-847 |
| Legendary History of Greece | 373 |
| Of Constellations | 36 |
| Oriental | 820-847 |
| Phœnician Gods | 368 |
| Scandinavian | 820-847 |
| N |
| Names of Days | 868 |
| Of Months | 868 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | 491 |
| Napoleon at the Burning of Moscow | 294 |
| Napoleonic Wars | 697 |
| Narration | 738 |
| Narwhal | 207 |
| Nashville | 605 |
| Educational Center | 605 |
| Manufactures | 605 |
| Prominent Buildings | 605 |
| Vanderbilt University | 605 |
| Nasturtium | 149 |
| National Military Cemetery (Arlington) | 626 |
| Nations of the World | 442 et seq. |
| (See also Countries.) | |
| Nations: | |
| Ancient Extinct | 297, 299 |
| Comparative History | 312 et seq. |
| Extinct Nations of the Past | 295 et seq. |
| Forms of Government | 442 |
| (See also under Individual Countries.) | |
| Great Historic Periods of | 312 et seq. |
| Living Nations of Today | 295 et seq. |
| Wealth of | 443 |
| Natural Bridge of Virginia | 586 |
| Nazareth | 365 |
| Nebuchadnezzar, Famous Reign of | 356 |
| Negroes | 288, 289 |
| Nepenthes | 171 |
| Nerves: | |
| Of Hearing | 934 |
| Of Sight | 938 |
| Of Taste, Smell and Touch | 939 |
| Netherlands—See Holland | 556 |
| Netherlands or Holland, Historical Outlines | 418 et seq. |
| War of Liberation | 696 |
| New England Conservatory of Music | 594 |
| New Haven | 605 |
| Description of | 605 |
| History of | 605, 606 |
| Industries | 605 |
| Location and Surroundings | 605-606 |
| Parks and Squares | 605 |
| Yale University | 605-606 |
| New Orleans: | |
| Chief Buildings | 606 |
| Description of | 606 |
| French Quarter | 606 |
| History | 607 |
| Public Statues | 606 |
| Streets and Parks | 606 |
| Trade and Industries | 606, 607 |
| Newport, R. I.: | |
| Chief Attractions | 607 |
| Description of | 607 |
| History of | 607 |
| New York City: | |
| Bridges | 608 |
| Broadway | 608-611 |
| Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 612 |
| Central Park | 611 |
| City Hall | 610 |
| Colleges and Other Institutions | 608 et seq. |
| Columbia University | 612 |
| Court House | 610 |
| Districts and Streets | 608 |
| Fifth Avenue | 611 et seq. |
| Grant’s Tomb | 612, 613 |
| History of | 612, 613 |
| Location and Environs | 607 |
| Manhattan | 607 |
| Metropolitan Museum | 612 |
| Parks and Squares | 608 |
| Public Architecture | 608, 609, 610, 611, 612 |
| Public Library | 608 et seq. |
| Public Statues and Fountains | 608 et seq. |
| Riverside Drive | 612 |
| St. Patrick’s Cathedral | 611 |
| Systems of Communication | 608 |
| New York Harbor | 607 |
| News, How to Write | 738 |
| Newts | 224 |
| Niagara Falls | 80, 81, 82, 585 |
| In Winter | 81 |
| Nickel | 114 |
| Nightingale | 214 |
| Nile, The | 343 |
| Annual Overflow | 344 |
| Assuan Dam[998] | 345 |
| Cataracts of | 80 |
| Dam at Assiout | 345 |
| Irrigation System of | 344 |
| Valley of | 343, 344 |
| Ninevah | 355 |
| Norman Conquest | 466, 594 |
| Norman Kings of England | 473 |
| Normans, Period of Norman-French Literature | 763, 769, 770 |
| North America: | |
| Canada | 666 |
| Climate | 579 |
| Coast-line | 578 |
| Countries of | 443 |
| Famous Mountains of | 74 |
| Islands of | 578 |
| Lakes of | 77 |
| Mexico | 669 |
| Political Divisions | 579 |
| Position and Extent | 578 |
| Rivers and Lakes | 578 |
| Surface | 578 |
| United States | 579 |
| North Sea | 86 |
| Northern War | 696 |
| Northmen, Invasions of | 694 |
| Norway | 558 |
| Christiania | 559 |
| Cities | 559 |
| Government of | 559 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| History | 559 |
| People | 558 |
| Production and Industry | 558 |
| Rivers | 558 |
| Notes, Commercial | 870 |
| Novel, Rise of, in English Literature | 766 |
| Numa, King of Rome | 386 |
| Number Table | 870 |
| Nutmeg | 141 |
| O |
| Oak | 164 |
| Oats | 126 |
| Oases, of Egypt | 344 |
| Oceania, Famous Mountains | 75-76 |
| Ocean: | |
| Baltic Sea | 86 |
| Color of | 86 |
| Currents of | 88 |
| Depth of | 85 |
| Floor of | 85 |
| Gulf of Mexico | 85 |
| Inland and Border Waters | 85 |
| Mediterranean Sea | 85 |
| Oceans of the World | 84 |
| Red Sea | 85 |
| System of Currents | 88 |
| Temperature | 86 |
| Tides | 86 |
| Waves | 88 |
| Ocelot | 197 |
| Octopus | 229 |
| Odontoglossum | 149 |
| Okapi | 202 |
| Okra | 130 |
| Olive | 141 |
| Olympiads | 375 |
| Onion | 131 |
| Onomatopœia | 734 |
| Onyx | 110 |
| Opal | 110 |
| Opossum | 205 |
| Orange | 141 |
| Orang-outan | 194 |
| Orchard Grass | 126 |
| Organs, of Speech | 712 |
| Oriental Mythology | 820-847 |
| Orioles | 215 |
| Orleans, House of | 494 |
| Osage Orange | 164 |
| Osprey | 210 |
| Ostrich | 210, 219, 259 |
| Ottawa, Description of City | 668 |
| Otter | 197 |
| Otto the Great | 506 |
| Ottoman Empire—See Turkey | 572 |
| Historical Outlines | 419 et seq. |
| Ottomans | 292 |
| Owls | 210 |
| Oxford | 463 |
| Oyster | 229 |
| P |
| Pachyderms | 203 |
| Pacific Islands, Famous Mountains of | 75, 76 |
| Pacific Ocean | 84 |
| Pagodas, of China | 680 |
| Painting, Egyptian | 349 |
| Palestine | 358 |
| Babylonian Captivity | 360 |
| Bethlehem | 364 |
| Cana of Galilee | 364 |
| Captivity of Israel | 360 |
| Conquered by Rome | 361 |
| David | 359 |
| Division of Hebrew Monarchy | 360 |
| Fall of Judah | 360 |
| Geography of | 361 |
| Hebrew Monarchy | 359 |
| Hebron | 364 |
| History | 359 |
| Jaffa | 367 |
| Jericho | 365 |
| Jerusalem | 363, 364 |
| Judah, or Judea, Subject to Persia | 360 |
| Judges | 359 |
| Maccabees | 360 |
| Mountains | 361 |
| Nazareth | 365 |
| Philistines | 359 |
| Return of Hebrews to Jerusalem | 360 |
| Saul | 359 |
| Situation and Importance | 358 |
| Solomon | 359 |
| Towns of | 363 |
| Palm Family | 165 |
| Palms | 142 |
| Palmyra | 366 |
| Palo Alto | 620 |
| Panama Canal, Map of | 649 |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition | 619 |
| Pangolin | 204 |
| Paper Measure | 870 |
| Papering | 858 |
| Paragraph, Sign of | 733 |
| Parallels | 733 |
| Parentheses | 732 |
| Paris | 478 |
| Arch of Triumph | 480 |
| Cathedrals and Churches | 481 |
| Center of Parisian Life | 479 |
| Eiffel Tower | 483 |
| Environs and Fortifications | 479 |
| Grand Opera House | 482 |
| Hotel des Invalides | 482 |
| Industries of | 482 |
| Latin Quarter and Its Institutions | 482 |
| Madeleine, Church of | 479 |
| Palace of Justice | 481 |
| Palaces and Public Buildings | 481 |
| Panorama of | 484-485 |
| Pantheon | 481 |
| Seine and Its Bridges | 478 |
| Squares and Parks | 479 |
| Stairway of Honor, Grand Opera House | 483 |
| Streets and Boulevards | 479 |
| Theaters and Places of Amusement | 482 |
| Trocadero Palace | 480 |
| Parrots | 212, 259 |
| Parsnip | 131 |
| Parthenon | 378 |
| Parthia | 396 |
| Partridges | 220 |
| Patricians and Plebeians | 387 |
| Pea | 131 |
| Peach | 142 |
| Peacock | 211, 220, 259 |
| Pear | 142 |
| Pearl | 110 |
| Pecan | 142 |
| Peking: | |
| Description of | 682 |
| Royal Observatory | 682 |
| Pelican | 219 |
| Peloponnesian War | 377, 692 |
| Penguin | 219 |
| Peoples: | |
| (See also Races and Peoples.) | |
| Of Argentina | 673 |
| Of Brazil | 674 |
| Of Canada | 667 |
| Of Chile | 676 |
| Of China | 681 |
| Of Denmark | 553 |
| Of Holland | 556 |
| Of India | 685 |
| Of Japan | 688 |
| Of Mexico | 670 |
| Of Norway | 558 |
| Of Poland | 559 |
| Of Portugal | 561 |
| Of Roumania | 512 |
| Of Servia | 563 |
| Of Spain | 564 |
| Of Sweden | 567 |
| Of Switzerland | 571 |
| Of Turkey | 574 |
| Of United States | 293 |
| Pepper Plant | 145 |
| Peppers | 131 |
| Perch | 226 |
| Pericles: | |
| Age of | 377 |
| His Great Achievements | 377 |
| Period, The | 731 |
| Perpetual Calendar | 867 |
| Persepolis | 371 |
| Persia | 368 |
| (See also Persians.) | |
| Artaxerxes | 370 |
| Arts and Sciences of | 371 |
| Cambyses | 369 |
| Cities of | 371 |
| Conquest of Egypt | 347 |
| Conquest of Judea | 360 |
| Court Life in | 371 |
| Darius III | 371 |
| Great Reign of Darius | 370 |
| Historical Outlines | 419 et seq. |
| Location and Extent | 368 |
| Magi | 371 |
| Palaces and Tombs of | 371 |
| Persian Life | 371 |
| Religion | 371 |
| Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks | 370 |
| War with the Greeks | 370 |
| Xerxes | 370 |
| Persian Empire: | |
| (See Persia, Persians.) | |
| Founded by Cyrus | 369 |
| Persian Wars | 376, 692 |
| Persians | 289, 297 |
| Origin and Character | 369 |
| Relation to the Medes | 369 |
| Persimmon | 142 |
| Personification | 733 |
| Peter the Great | 546 |
| Petit Trianon | 486 |
| Petra | 365 |
| Rock-hewn Temples | 366 |
| Temples of | 365 |
| Petrograd | 541-542 |
| Famous Buildings and Monuments | 543-544 |
| Petroleum | 114 |
| Petsai | 129 |
| Phalanger, Flying | 205 |
| Pharsalia, Battle | 397 |
| Pheasants | 220 |
| Philadelphia | 613 |
| City Hall | 613 |
| Colleges and Other Institutions | 614 |
| Description of | 613 |
| Fairmount Park | 615 |
| History of | 615 |
| Independence Hall | 614 |
| Public Statues | 613 et seq. |
| Streets and Parks | 613 et seq. |
| University of Pennsylvania | 615 |
| Philip of Macedon | 379 |
| Philippine Weights and Measures | 870 |
| Philistines | 359 |
| Phillipi, Battle of | 398 |
| Phœnicia | 367 |
| (See also Phœnicians.) | |
| Arts of | 368 |
| Civilization of | 368 |
| Government | 367 |
| Great Cities of | 367 |
| History of | 367 |
| Sidon | 367 |
| Tyre | 367 |
| Vast Commerce of | 368 |
| Phœnicians | 297, 367 |
| (See also Phœnicia.) | |
| Found Carthage | 367 |
| Origin of Alphabet | 368 |
| Religion | 368 |
| Physiology | 871 |
| Pig (See also Swine.) | 255 |
| Pig, Wild | 204 |
| Pigeon | 259 |
| Pike, Bony | 228 |
| Pike’s Peak | 56 |
| Pine | 164 |
| Pine-apple | 145 |
| Pisistratus, Usurpations of | 375 |
| Pistacia | 145 |
| Pitcher Plants | 169, 170, 171 |
| Pittsburgh: | |
| Chief Streets and Parks | 615 |
| Description of | 615 |
| History of | 616 |
| Manufactures and Industries | 616 |
| Public Buildings and Institutions | 615 |
| Plane Tree | 165 |
| Planets | 13 et seq. |
| Plant Kingdom: | |
| Chief Divisions of | 122 |
| Commercial Plants | 166 |
| Cruel Plants | 169 |
| Cryptogams or Flowerless Plants | 158 |
| Desirable Vines | 154, 155 |
| Fiber Plants | 166 |
| Flowering Shrubs | 155, 156 |
| Flying Seeds | 173 |
| Fruit-bearing Plants and Shrubs | 142 |
| Fruit Trees | 136 |
| Hedge Plants | 155, 156 |
| How Plants Defend Themselves | 174 |
| How Plants Protect Their Flowers | 173 |
| How Plants Travel | 172 |
| Nature’s Aviators and Seed-sowers | 172 |
| Parasites | 174 |
| Plant that Grows in the Snow | 174 |
| Plants that Entrap and Kill Animals | 170 |
| Poisonous Plants | 168 |
| Some Wonders of | 169 |
| Trees of the Forest | 160 |
| Uses of Liquid Rubber | 174 |
| Wild Flowers | 157 |
| Plant Life: | |
| (See also Plant Kingdom.) | |
| In Cold Zones | 122 |
| In Temperate Zones | 121 |
| In the Tropics | 121 |
| Map Showing Distribution | 120 |
| Plantagenet Kings of England[999] | 473, 474 |
| Plants and Plant Life | 119 et seq. |
| Platinum | 114 |
| Plovers | 217 |
| Plum | 142 |
| Poems and Dramas | 782 et seq. |
| Poetics | 739 |
| Didactic Verse | 740 |
| Dramatic | 740 |
| Epic | 739 |
| Forms of | 734 |
| Lyric | 740 |
| Metre | 740 |
| Poetic Feet | 740 |
| Stanzas | 741 |
| Verse | 740 |
| Poisonous Plants | 168 |
| Poland | 559 |
| Cities | 560 |
| Historical Outlines | 415 et seq. |
| History | 560 |
| People | 559 |
| Surface | 559 |
| Warsaw | 560 |
| Polar Bear | 194 |
| Pollack | 227 |
| Pomegranate | 142 |
| Pompeii | 521 |
| Pompey | 395 |
| Death at Battle of Pharsalia | 397 |
| Military Expeditions of | 395 |
| Rivalry with Cæsar | 396 |
| Struggle with Cæsar | 396 |
| Poplar | 165 |
| Trembling | 160 |
| Porcupine | 199 |
| Porgy | 226 |
| Porpoise | 207 |
| Portugal | 560 |
| Cities | 561 |
| Government | 561 |
| Historical Outlines | 414 et seq. |
| History | 561 |
| Lisbon | 561 |
| People | 561 |
| Production and Industry | 561 |
| Surface and Climate | 560 |
| Potato | 131 |
| Potsdam | 501 |
| Pouched Animals | 204 |
| Powers of Europe | 548 |
| Prague | 531-532 |
| Prairie Dog | 199 |
| Prairie Wolf | 198 |
| Prawn | 231 |
| Precious Stones | 109 |
| Presidents of France | 493 |
| Presidents of the United States: | |
| (See also under United States Government.) | |
| Birth and Parentage | 662 |
| Career after Leaving the Presidency | 664-665 |
| Death and Place of Burial | 665 |
| Education, Profession, Religion and Politics | 663 |
| Election to the Presidency | 664 |
| Marriage and Children | 664 |
| Powers of | 652 |
| Sobriquets of | 664-665 |
| Term of Office | 665 |
| Writings of | 664-665 |
| Pronunciation: | |
| Common Errors in | 715 |
| Rules of | 714 |
| Prose Forms of | 734 |
| Prussia, Historical Outlines | 427 et seq. |
| Psametik | 347 |
| Ptarmigan | 220 |
| Ptolemies, The | 347 |
| Puberty, Problems of | 964 |
| Public Lands, of United States | 587 |
| Punctuation: | |
| Apostrophe | 733 |
| Asterisk | 733 |
| Asterism | 733 |
| Brace | 733 |
| Brackets | 732 |
| Colon | 731 |
| Comma | 731 |
| Dagger | 733 |
| Dash | 732 |
| Ellipsis | 733 |
| Exclamation Point | 731 |
| Hyphen | 732 |
| Index Sign | 733 |
| Interrogation Point | 731 |
| Leaders | 733 |
| Parallels | 733 |
| Parentheses | 732 |
| Period | 731 |
| Section Mark | 733 |
| Semicolon | 731 |
| Sign of Paragraph | 733 |
| Punic War, First | 693 |
| Second | 693 |
| Third | 693 |
| Punic Wars | 389 |
| Puritans: | |
| Influence on English Literature | 766 |
| Period in English Literature | 764-765 |
| Pyramid Builders | 346 |
| Pyramids | 342, 350, 351 |
| Sectional View of | 351 |
| Pyrenees | 446 |
| Pyrites | 106 |
| Pyrrhus, King of Epirus | 382 |
| War with Rome | 388 |
| Q |
| Quail | 220 |
| Quirinal Palace, Rome | 516 |
| R |
| Rabbit | 199, 254 |
| Raccoon | 197 |
| Races and Peoples: | |
| Comparative Classification | 293 |
| Estimated Population of | 293 |
| Geographical Distribution of | 275, 276 |
| How Classified | 274 |
| Man and the Human Family | 267 |
| Physical and Mental Characteristics of | 275 |
| Population of the Earth by | 442 |
| Represented in United States | 293 |
| Types of Womankind | 266 |
| Radcliffe College | 594 |
| Radioactivity | 848 |
| Radish | 131 |
| Radium, Atoms of | 848 |
| Rainbows | 101, 102 |
| Rainfall | 99 |
| Rameses, Epoch of | 347 |
| Ramie | 168 |
| Rape | 126 |
| Raphia | 168 |
| Rapids | 80 |
| Rare Metals | 115 |
| Raspberry | 147 |
| Rat | 199 |
| Rattan | 168 |
| Ray | 228 |
| Red Sea | 85 |
| Redtop | 126 |
| Redwood | 165 |
| Reichenbach, Falls of | 83 |
| Reindeer | 254 |
| Religion: | |
| (See also under Countries of the World) | |
| Assyrian | 357 |
| Babylonian | 357 |
| Chief Religions of the World | 442 |
| Egyptian Doctrine of Future Life | 349 |
| Egyptian Gods | 348 |
| Historical Events of Church | 411 et seq. |
| Mohammedanism | 405 |
| Of Egypt | 348 |
| Persian | 371 |
| Phœnician | 368 |
| Religions of India | 686 |
| Religious Population of the World | 442 |
| The Koran | 405 |
| Religious Wars in France | 696 |
| Reptiles | 220 |
| Alligators | 221 |
| Chameleons | 222 |
| Crocodiles | 221 |
| Flying Dragon | 222 |
| Gecko | 222 |
| Iguana | 222 |
| Lizards | 221 |
| Snakes | 222 |
| Tortoises | 220 |
| Turtles | 220 |
| Restoration | 491 |
| English Literature under | 766-771 |
| Revolution, American | 635 |
| Revolution of the Earth | 91 |
| Rhea | 219 |
| Rhetoric | 733 |
| Rhine, The | 447 |
| Castles of | 447 |
| Description of | 447 et seq. |
| Falls at Schaffhausen | 81 |
| Panoramic View of | 448 et seq. |
| Rhinoceros | 203 |
| Rice | 126 |
| Richmond, Va. | 616 |
| Capitol | 616 |
| Description of | 616 |
| Historic Buildings | 616 |
| Historic Cemeteries | 616 |
| History of | 616 |
| Public Statues | 616 |
| Rivers and Lakes: | |
| (See also under Countries, Continents, and individual names.) | |
| Deltas of | 71 |
| Estuaries of | 71 |
| Euphrates | 353 |
| Great, of World | 71 |
| Heads of | 72, 73 |
| Jordan | 77 |
| Nile | 343 |
| Of Argentina | 672 |
| Of Brazil | 674 |
| Of China | 678 |
| Of Europe | 447 |
| Of Germany | 495-496 |
| Of Great Britain | 456 |
| Of India | 684 |
| Of Italy | 511 |
| Of Mexico | 669 |
| Of North America | 378 |
| Of United States | 581 |
| Picture Diagram of | 72, 73 |
| Rhine | 447 |
| The Danube | 453 |
| Tigris | 353 |
| Riverside Drive, New York | 612 |
| Riviera | 512-513 |
| Roads: | |
| Appian Way | 389 |
| Great Roman | 389 |
| Robin | 215 |
| Rocks: | |
| How Found | 44, 45 |
| Why They Contain Animal and Plant Fossils | 46 |
| Rodents | 198 |
| Roman: | |
| (See also Romans and Rome.) | |
| Chronology and Facts about Emperors | 401, 402 |
| Civil War | 693, 694 |
| Forum | 400 |
| Government | 389 |
| Law | 387 |
| Mythology | 820-847 |
| Mythology Chart | 846, 847 |
| War with Tarentum | 693 |
| Romans | 287, 299 |
| History of | 386 |
| Romanoff, House of | 348 |
| Romanticism: | |
| Early Nineteenth Century | 768 |
| Period in English Literature | 767, 771, 772 |
| Rome | 513 |
| (See also Roman, Romans.) | |
| Ancient Roman Forum | 400 |
| Appian Way | 518 |
| Aqueducts of | 400 |
| Arch of Constantine | 515 |
| Arch of Septimius Severus | 515 |
| Architecture, Ancient and Modern | 515 |
| As a Literary Center under Augustus | 400 |
| As a Republic | 389 |
| Assassination of Cæsar | 397 |
| Battle of Pharsalia | 397 |
| Battle of Philippi | 398 |
| Cæsar Dictator | 396 |
| Capital City of the Empire | 399 |
| Capitoline Museum | 517 |
| City in the Time of Augustus | 399 |
| Coliseum | 516 |
| Compared with Athens | 400 |
| Conquest of Egypt | 347, 398 |
| Conquest of the East by Cæsar | 397 |
| Conquest of the Greek States | 391 |
| Conquest of Italy | 388 |
| Conquest of Palestine | 361 |
| Conquest of Sardinia, Corsica and Gaul | 390 |
| Conspiracy of Catiline | 395 |
| Construction of the Great Roman Roads | 389 |
| Contributions to the World | 403 |
| Crossing of the Rubicon | 396 |
| Destruction of Carthage | 391 |
| Division of the Roman World | 398 |
| Early Inhabitants of Sicily | 385 |
| Epoch of the Civil Wars | 394 |
| Epoch of the Punic Wars | 389 |
| Establishment of Democracy | 388 |
| Fall of Western Empire | 403 |
| Famous Churches | 517-518 |
| Famous Struggles of the Factions | 395 |
| First Defeat by the Germans | 400 |
| First Great Code of Law | 387 |
| First Triumvirate | 395 |
| Gracchi | 394 |
| Grandeur After Her Foreign Conquests | 391 |
| Great Public Works of | 393 |
| Growth of Political and Social Corruption | 393 |
| History of Romans[1000] | 386 |
| How Governed under the Empire | 399 |
| Influence of Greek Culture | 393 |
| King Numa and Other Legendary Kings | 386 |
| Marius and Sulla | 394 |
| Mediæval | 514 |
| Military Expeditions in Asia | 391 |
| Modern Features and Districts | 514 |
| Mountains and Rivers of Italy | 385 |
| Mythical Period | 386 |
| New Rome Contrasted with the Old | 393 |
| Origin of Provincial Government | 391 |
| Palaces and Art Collections | 516 |
| Palaces of Emperors | 516 |
| Panoramic View from St. Peter’s Cathedral | 510 |
| Pantheon | 517 |
| Period of Constantine | 403 |
| Pompey, Cicero, Crassus, Cæsar and Catiline | 395 |
| Punic Wars | 391 |
| Quirinal Palace | 516 |
| Reduces Greece to a Roman Province | 383 |
| Rise of Native Literature | 393 |
| Rise of Pompey | 395 |
| Rivalry of Cæsar and Pompey | 396 |
| Roads, Famous | 518 |
| Roman Forum | 515 |
| Roman World Succeeded by the Germanic | 403 |
| Seven Hills | 513 |
| Situation of Italian Peninsula | 385 |
| Splendors of a Festal Day | 392 |
| Struggle Between Patricians and Plebeians | 387 |
| Subjugation of Macedon | 391 |
| Summary of Roman Government | 389 |
| Table of Emperors | 401 |
| Temple of Janus | 400 |
| Under Augustus | 399 |
| Vatican | 516 |
| View of Monument to Victor Emmanuel II. | 526 |
| Villa Medici | 516 |
| Villa Umberto Primo | 516 |
| War with Pyrrhus | 388 |
| Rorqual | 207 |
| Rose Culture | 149 |
| Roses | 149 |
| Desirable Varieties of | 149 |
| Rosetta Stone | 346 |
| Roumania | 562 |
| Bucharest | 562 |
| Cities | 562 |
| Government | 562 |
| History | 562 |
| People | 562 |
| Production and Industry | 562 |
| Rivers | 562 |
| Surface | 562 |
| Rubicon, Crossing of, by Cæsar | 396 |
| Ruby | 112 |
| Rumania | 562 |
| (See Roumania.) | |
| Rurik, House of | 547 |
| Russia: | |
| Agriculture and Forests | 540 |
| Alexander II. | 546 |
| Burning of Moscow in 1812 | 294 |
| Cities and Towns | 541 |
| Climate of | 540 |
| Divisions of | 537-539 |
| Duma | 547 |
| Early Traditions | 545 |
| Education | 541 |
| Eighteenth Century | 546 |
| Historical Outlines | 415 et seq. |
| History of | 545-546 |
| House of Romanoff Established | 546 |
| House of Rurik | 547 |
| Ivan III. Expels the Tartars | 546 |
| Kieff, the First Historic Center | 545 |
| Lake District of | 540 |
| Live Stock and Fisheries | 541 |
| Moscow | 544-545 |
| Napoleonic Period | 546 |
| Petrograd | 541-542 |
| Products and Industries | 540 |
| Reactionary Reign of Alexander III. | 547 |
| Religion of | 541 |
| Rise of Nihilism | 547 |
| Rivers of | 540 |
| Russo-Turkish War | 547 |
| Seaboard and Islands | 540 |
| Settlements in and about Moscow | 545 |
| Sovereigns of | 547, 548 |
| Surface Features | 539 |
| Tartar Invasion | 545 |
| Turkish Wars | 546 |
| Under Peter the Great | 546 |
| Vladivostok | 545 |
| Russian Empire | 537 |
| (See also Russia.) | |
| Russo-Japanese War | 698 |
| Russo-Turkish War | 698 |
| Rye | 127 |
| S |
| Sable | 197 |
| Sacred Wars of Greece | 380 |
| Sahara | 99 |
| Saint Denis | 483 |
| Saint Lawrence River, Description of | 582 |
| Saint Louis | 621 |
| Eads Bridge | 622 |
| History | 622 |
| Public Buildings and Monuments | 621 |
| Situation and Description | 621 et seq. |
| Streets and Parks | 621 |
| Trade and Industry | 622 |
| Washington University | 621, 622 |
| Saint Patrick’s Cathedral | 611 |
| Saint Paul, Minn. | 622 |
| Chief Buildings and Institutions | 622, 623 |
| History of | 623 |
| Roman Catholic Cathedral | 622 |
| Situation and Description | 622 |
| Streets, Parks and Public Monuments | 622, 623 |
| Trade and Manufactures | 623 |
| Saint Sophia Mosque | 574 |
| Salamander | 224 |
| Salamis, Battle of | 377 |
| Salaries of Rulers or Heads of Countries | 443 |
| Salmon | 227 |
| Salt | 115, 116 |
| Salt Lake City: | |
| Location and Description | 617 |
| Mormon Tabernacle and Temple | 617 |
| Streets, Public Buildings, and Parks | 617 |
| Temple Block | 617 |
| Trade and Industries | 617 |
| Salzburg | 532 |
| Salzkammergut | 533 |
| Sambur | 202 |
| Samnite Wars | 693 |
| San Antonio | 617 |
| History of | 618 |
| Location and Description | 617 |
| Spanish Missions | 617 |
| The Alamo | 617 |
| Sandalwood | 165 |
| San Francisco | 618 |
| Chief Streets, Buildings and Parks | 618 et seq. |
| Chinese Quarter | 620 |
| Colleges and Other Institutions | 620 |
| Earthquake and Fire in 1906 | 618 |
| Golden Gate Park | 620 |
| History | 620 |
| Location and Description | 618 |
| Nob Hill | 619 |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition | 619 |
| Public Statues and Monuments | 619 |
| Trade and Industries | 620 |
| Santiago | 676 |
| Sapphire | 112 |
| Saracen Empire | 405 |
| (See also Saracens.) | |
| Conquests of | 406 |
| Division of | 406 |
| In Northern Africa | 406 |
| Subjugation of Spain | 406 |
| Saracenias | 171 |
| Saracens | 405 |
| (See also Saracen Empire.) | |
| Caliphate at Bagdad | 407 |
| Capital at Bagdad | 407 |
| Contributions to Art and Learning | 407 |
| Defeated by Charles Martel | 406 |
| Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| Saracen Wars | 694 |
| Sardine | 227 |
| Sardis | 371 |
| Sargon, of Assyria | 356 |
| Sassafras | 165 |
| Saturn, Rings of | 17 |
| Saul | 359 |
| Sawfish | 228 |
| Saxon Kings of England | 473 |
| Scallop | 229 |
| Scandinavia, Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| Scandinavian Mythology | 820-847 |
| Scarabæus | 234 |
| Schaffhausen, Falls at | 81 |
| Schmalkaldic War | 695 |
| Science | 850 |
| Arithmetic | 850 et seq. |
| Basis of | 850 |
| Books of the Earth | 40 et seq. |
| Book of the Heavens | 12-38 |
| Geology of the Earth | 48, 49 |
| Methods of | 850 |
| Scientific Terms Concerning Animals | 263, 264 |
| Science and Invention | 850 |
| Scientific Terms: | |
| Botanical Classification of Plants | 182, 183, 184, 185, 186 |
| Concerning Animals | 263, 264 |
| Used in Botany | 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182 |
| Used in Earth Sciences | 117 |
| Scipio Africanus | 391 |
| Scorpions | 231 |
| Scotch Lakes | 457 |
| Sea: | |
| Aral | 77 |
| Caspian | 77 |
| Dead | 77 |
| Of Galilee | 362, 363 |
| Of Tiberias | 362 |
| Sea Cucumbers | 242 |
| Sea Lilies | 242 |
| Sea Lion | 206 |
| Seal | 205 |
| Seasons: | |
| Causes of | 91 |
| In Different Latitudes | 92 |
| Seattle | 620 |
| History of | 621 |
| Situation and Description | 620 |
| Streets and Buildings | 621 |
| Trade and Industry | 621 |
| University of Washington | 621 |
| Sea Urchins | 242 |
| Sea-water: | |
| Chemistry of | 86 |
| Salt in | 86 |
| Section Mark | 73 |
| Seleucidæ | 381 |
| Semicolon | 731 |
| Sepoy Mutiny | 697 |
| Sequoia | 165 |
| Serbia—(See Servia) | 563 |
| Servia | 563 |
| Cities | 563 |
| Government | 563 |
| History | 564 |
| People | 563 |
| Production and Industry | 563 |
| Surface | 563 |
| Seven Years’ War | 696 |
| Shad | 227 |
| Shaddock | 141 |
| Shakespeare, Place in English Literature | 765 |
| Sharks | 228 |
| Sheep | 254, 255 |
| Shepherd Kings | 346 |
| Shrew | 197 |
| Shrimps | 231 |
| Shrubs and Plants, Fruit-bearing | 142 |
| Sicily, Early Inhabitants of | 385 |
| Sidon | 367 |
| Silk-worm | 262 |
| How It Grows and Feeds | 262 |
| Silver | 115 |
| Simile | 733 |
| Simla | 686 |
| Simoon | 93 |
| In the Sahara | 100 |
| Sirocco | 93 |
| Sisal | 168 |
| Skates | 228 |
| Sky, Colors of | 102 |
| Slavery, Rise of Issue in United States | 640 |
| Slavs | 289, 290 |
| Historical Outlines | 441 et seq. |
| Sloth | 204 |
| Smelt | 227 |
| Snails | 229-230 |
| Snakes | 222 |
| Snow | 94 |
| Height of Snow Line | 97 |
| Where Permanent Snow Exists | 96 |
| Snow-crystals | 94, 96 |
| Socrates, Accusation and Death | 379 |
| Sodium | 115 |
| Sofia | 552 |
| Sorghum | 127 |
| Solar System | 13 et seq. |
| Sole | 227 |
| Solomon | 359, 360 |
| Solon, Reforms and Laws of[1001] | 375 |
| Solstice | 90 |
| South America | 672 |
| Argentina | 672 |
| Brazil | 674 |
| Chile | 676 |
| Countries of | 443 |
| Mountains of | 76 |
| Sovereigns of England, Important Facts about | 472 et seq. |
| Table of | 472 et seq. |
| Sovereigns of France | 493 |
| Spain | 564 |
| Cities | 565 |
| Escurial | 566 |
| Government | 565 |
| Historical Outlines | 410 |
| History | 566 |
| Madrid | 565 |
| People | 564 |
| Production and Industry | 564 |
| Pyrenees and Spanish Peninsula | 446 |
| Surface | 564 |
| Under the Saracens | 406 |
| Spanish Words and Phrases | 742 |
| Sparrows | 215 |
| Sparta | 374 |
| Growth and Importance of | 376 |
| Supremacy of | 379 |
| Training of Citizens | 374 |
| Special Senses | 933 |
| Speech, Organs of | 712 |
| Spelt | 127 |
| Sphinx, The | 342, 351 |
| Spiders | 231 |
| Sponges | 243 |
| Spotted Hemlock | 169 |
| Springs | 69 |
| Spruce | 165 |
| Square Measure | 857, 858 |
| Practical Applications of | 858 |
| Squid | 230 |
| Squirrel | 199 |
| Flying | 205 |
| Standard Time | 865 |
| Stanzas | 741 |
| Starfish | 241-242 |
| Stars: | |
| (See also Constellations.) | |
| Chart of Southern Constellations | 29 |
| Grouping of | 24 |
| Magnitude of | 24 |
| Milky Way | 32 |
| Names of Important | 34 |
| Varied Colors of | 34 |
| State and Territorial Government | 650-651 |
| Governors | 650-651 |
| Legislatures | 650-651 |
| Members’ Terms | 650-651 |
| Persons Excluded from Suffrage | 650-651 |
| Previous Residence Required | 650-651 |
| Requirements as to Citizenship | 650-651 |
| States and Territories of United States | 588-590 |
| States: | |
| Admission of | 588-590 |
| Area and Population | 588-590 |
| Capital and Population | 588-590 |
| Chief Productions | 588-590 |
| Motto and Meaning | 588-590 |
| Origin and Meaning of Name | 588-590 |
| Original Territory from Which Derived | 588-590 |
| Popular Name of | 650-651 |
| Where, When and by Whom Settled | 588-590 |
| Staubbach, Falls of | 83 |
| Statutes of Limitation | 875 |
| Stockholm | 568 |
| Panorama of | 568 |
| Royal Theater | 569 |
| Stoke Pogis | 466 |
| Stork | 217-218 |
| Storms | 93 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 463-464 |
| View of | 465 |
| Sturgeon | 228 |
| Suez | 352 |
| Suez Canal | 352 |
| Sugar-cane | 127 |
| Sulphur | 115 |
| Summer Solstice | 90 |
| Sun: | |
| Distribution of Heat | 90 |
| How It Sends out Its Rays | 98 |
| Life-giver of the Earth | 98 |
| Supreme Influence of | 97 |
| Sun-spots, Explanation of | 17 |
| Surveyors’ Measure | 857, 858 |
| Susa | 371 |
| Swallows | 215 |
| Swans | 219, 260 |
| Sweden | 567 |
| Cities | 567 |
| Government of | 567 |
| Historical Outlines | 401 et seq. |
| History | 568 |
| People | 567 |
| Production and Industry | 567 |
| Stockholm | 568 |
| Surface | 567 |
| Upsala | 569 |
| Swine | 255, 256 |
| Switzerland | 570 |
| Altdorf | 570 |
| Berne | 571 |
| Cities | 571 |
| Climate and Scenery | 570 |
| Government | 571 |
| Historical Outlines | 415 et seq. |
| History of | 572 |
| People | 571 |
| Production and Industry | 571 |
| Rivers and Lakes | 570 |
| Surface | 570 |
| Sword-fish | 227 |
| Sycamore | 165 |
| Synecdoche | 734 |
| Syria | 381 |
| Antiochus the Great | 382 |
| Damascus | 364 |
| Palmyra | 366 |
| Tadmor | 366 |
| The Seleucidæ | 381 |
| Syrian Monarchy | 381 |
| T |
| Tables: | |
| American Literature | 778-779 |
| Campaigns and Battles of the American Revolution | 636 |
| English Literature | 769-770 |
| Identification of Minerals | 104, 105, 106, 107 |
| Planting for Garden Vegetables | 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 |
| Sounds of Consonants | 713 |
| States and Territories | 588-590 |
| World’s Greatest Explorers | 310-311 |
| Tadmor | 366 |
| Tahr | 202 |
| Taj Mahal | 687 |
| Talc | 106 |
| Tapir | 204 |
| Tariff, Rise of Policy | 639 |
| Tea | 147 |
| Tea Plant, Its Cultivation | 146 |
| Tell, William, Statue of | 570 |
| Temperate Zones: | |
| Animal Life of | 121 |
| Plant Life of | 121 |
| Temperature of Oceans | 86 |
| (See also under Climate and Temperature.) | |
| Temples: | |
| Of Janus | 40 |
| Of Petra | 365, 366 |
| Of Philæ | 345 |
| Tennyson, Place in English Literature | 769 |
| Terrapin | 221 |
| Teutons | 291 |
| Texas Land Measure | 858 |
| Thames, The | 456 |
| Description of | 456, 457 |
| Thebes | 352 |
| Thebes, Greece: | |
| Destruction of | 380 |
| Rise of | 379 |
| Thermopylæ, Battle of | 377 |
| Thirty Years’ War | 696 |
| Thorn Apple | 169 |
| Thrasher | 216 |
| Thrush | 216 |
| Tides | 86 |
| Effect of Moon on | 86 |
| Height of | 87 |
| Tiger | 197 |
| Tigris River | 353 |
| Time: | |
| Calendar | 866, 867 |
| Measures of | 865 |
| On Shipboard | 868 |
| Where the Day Begins | 867 |
| Timothy | 127 |
| Tin | 115 |
| Titles, Official, Clerical, Royal and Noble | 737-738 |
| Toad | 224 |
| Tobacco Plant | 168 |
| Tokio | 689 |
| Tomato | 131 |
| Topaz | 112 |
| Tornadoes | 93 |
| Tortoises | 220 |
| Toucan | 212 |
| Tours, Battle of | 406 |
| Tower of Babel | 354 |
| Model of | 355 |
| Trade Winds | 93 |
| Treaties, Historical Outlines | 411 et seq. |
| Trees of the Forest | 160 |
| Trees: | |
| Bark, Cells, Heart, Sap and Rings | 163 |
| How They Grow | 163 |
| How to Know Them | 161 |
| Trojan War | 692 |
| Tropical Life | 121 |
| Tropics: | |
| Animal Life of | 121 |
| Plant Life in | 121 |
| Trout | 227 |
| Troy Weight | 861 |
| Tudors, The | 467 |
| Tulip | 149 |
| Turkey | 220, 292 |
| (See also Turks, Ottomans.) | |
| Asiatic | 572 |
| Bagdad Railroad | 577 |
| Cities | 574 |
| Climate and Industry | 573 |
| Commerce | 574 |
| Constantinople | 574 |
| Dardanelles Campaign | 577 |
| European | 573 |
| Government of | 574 |
| History | 576 |
| People | 574 |
| Physical Features | 573 |
| Statistics about | 572 |
| Turkeys | 260 |
| Breeds of | 260 |
| Turks, or Ottomans | 292 |
| Conquer Byzantine or Eastern Empire | 404 |
| Historical Outlines | 419 et seq. |
| Turnip | 131 |
| Turquoise | 112 |
| Turtles | 220 |
| Sea | 221 |
| Snapping | 221 |
| Tusk Shells | 230 |
| Typhoons | 93 |
| Tyre | 367 |
| U |
| Udo | 129 |
| United States | 579 |
| Center of Population | 587 |
| Cities | 590 |
| Climate and Irrigation | 587 |
| Coast of | 581 |
| Colorado River | 582 |
| Congress of | 656 |
| Executive Departments of | 654 |
| Government | 652-662 |
| Great Central Plain | 580 |
| Great Lakes | 583 |
| Great Salt Lake | 583 |
| Historical Outlines | 422 et seq. |
| Hudson River | 582 |
| Islands | 581 |
| Judicial Department of | 660 |
| Lakes of | 583 |
| Legal Weights per Bushel | 861, 862, 863 |
| Money and Coins | 868, 869 |
| Mountains and Plains | 580 |
| Natural Wonders of | 584 |
| Outlines of Colonial History | 628-633 |
| Outlines of Period of Settlement | 630, 631, 632, 633 |
| Political Divisions | 587 |
| President, The | 652 |
| Public Lands | 587 |
| Races Represented in | 293 |
| Rivers | 581 |
| St. Lawrence River | 582 |
| Surface | 579 |
| Tables of States and Territories | 558-590 |
| Tables of the Presidents | 662-665 |
| United States History: | |
| Adoption of Constitution | 637 |
| American Independence Declared | 636 |
| Articles of Confederation | 637 |
| Assassination of Lincoln | 644 |
| Assassination of McKinley and Succession of Roosevelt | 647 |
| Campaigns and Battles of the American Revolution | 636 |
| Civil War of 1861-1865 | 642 |
| Continental Congress | 635 |
| Democrats Restored to Power under Leadership of Woodrow Wilson | 647 |
| Early Troubles in Our System of Public Finance | 639 |
| Effect of French and English Struggles upon United States | 637 |
| Election of Hayes Decided by an Electoral Commission | 645 |
| Era of the Whigs | 640 |
| Fall of the Federalists | 639 |
| How Europe First Divided the Colonies[1002] | 635 |
| Lincoln and Rise of Republican Party | 642 |
| Map of Panama Canal and Connections | 649 |
| McKinley and the Spanish-American War | 645 |
| Mexican War and Annexation of Texas | 640, 641 |
| Norse Discoverers | 634 |
| Oppression of the Colonies under British Rule | 635 |
| Panama Canal | 648 |
| Period of Discovery | 634 |
| Period of Discovery and Exploration | 628, 629 |
| Period of Industrial Expansion | 639 |
| Period of Settlement | 630-633 |
| Preliminary Struggle over Slavery | 640, 641 |
| Resumption of Specie Payments by the Government | 645 |
| Revolution | 635 |
| Rise of “Protected Tariff” Policy | 639 |
| Rise of Slavery Issue | 640 |
| Secession of Southern States, and Formation of Confederacy | 642 |
| Settlement at Jamestown | 634 |
| Settlement of Carolinas | 630-632 |
| Settlement of Connecticut | 630-632 |
| Settlement of Delaware | 631-633 |
| Settlement of Georgia | 632 |
| Settlement of Maryland | 630-632 |
| Settlement of Massachusetts | 630-632 |
| Settlement of New Hampshire | 630-632 |
| Settlement of New Jersey | 631-633 |
| Settlement of New York | 631-633 |
| Settlement of Pennsylvania | 633 |
| Settlement of Rhode Island | 630-632 |
| Settlement of Virginia | 630-632 |
| Spanish-American War | 646 |
| Struggle of England and France for America | 635 |
| Taft and the Rise of the Progressives | 647 |
| War of 1812 | 638 |
| Wilson Re-elected and His Policies Approved | 648 |
| Unter den Linden, Berlin | 499 |
| Upas Tree | 165 |
| Upsala | 569 |
| University of | 569 |
| Urals | 446 |
| Usury, Penalty for | 875 |
| Utah, Great Salt Lake | 77 |
| V |
| Valois, House of | 494 |
| Vapor, Atmospheric | 94 |
| Vatican Palace | 516 |
| Vegetable Kingdom | 119 et seq. |
| (See also Plants and Plant Life.) | |
| Botanical Classification of Plants | 182, 183, 184, 185, 186 |
| Chief Divisions of | 122 |
| Cryptogams | 158 |
| Fiber and Commercial Plants | 166 |
| Flowering Shrubs and Plants | 155, 156 |
| Flowers and Other Ornamental Plants | 147 |
| Forest Trees | 160 |
| Fruit-bearing Shrubs and Plants | 142 |
| Fruit Trees | 136 |
| Kitchen Vegetables | 128 |
| Newest Grown Vegetables | 129 |
| Planting Tables | 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 |
| Poisonous Plants | 168 |
| Scientific Terms in Botany | 176 |
| Wonders of Plant Life | 169 |
| Venice | 523-524 |
| Campanile and Palace | 522 |
| Vernal Equinox | 90 |
| Versailles | 483 |
| Venus’ Fly-trap | 169 |
| Victorian Era | 469 |
| Victorian Period | 768-775 |
| Vicuna | 202 |
| Vienna | 529 |
| Industries of | 531 |
| Noted Buildings | 530-531 |
| Vines: | |
| Description of Desirable Annuals | 154, 155 |
| Desirable Annuals | 154, 155 |
| Vladivostok | 545 |
| Voice, Inflection of | 716 |
| Volcanoes | 63 et seq. |
| Location and Height | 65 |
| Most Noted | 65 |
| Vowels | 712 |
| Vultures | 211 |
| W |
| Walnut | 142 |
| Walrus | 205 |
| Wanderoo | 194 |
| War of the Austrian Succession | 696 |
| War of 1812 | 638 |
| War of Greek Independence | 697 |
| War of Italian Liberation | 697 |
| War of the Holy Roman Empire | 695 |
| War of the Spanish Succession | 696 |
| Warblers | 216 |
| Wars, Great, Historical Outlines | 312 et seq. |
| Wars for Control of Italy | 695 |
| Wars of Alexander the Great | 693 |
| Wars of Constantine | 694 |
| Wars of the English Barons | 695 |
| Wars of Justinian | 694 |
| Wars of Louis XIV. | 696 |
| Wars of the Roses | 695 |
| Wars of Universal History | 692-699 |
| Warsaw | 560 |
| Washington, D. C. | 623 |
| Arlington House | 626 |
| Bureau of Engraving and Printing | 624 |
| Capitol | 623 |
| Catholic University of America | 626 |
| Census Bureau | 625 |
| Chief Shopping Streets | 623 |
| Churches and Educational Institutions of | 626 |
| Congressional Library | 623-624 |
| Continental Hall | 625 |
| Corcoran Art Gallery | 624 |
| Department of Agriculture | 624 |
| District or Municipal Building | 625 |
| Ford’s Theater | 625 |
| George Washington University | 626 |
| Georgetown University | 626 |
| Government Printing Office | 625 |
| History of | 623 |
| Interior Department | 625 |
| International Bureau of American Republics | 625 |
| Judiciary Square and Pension Office | 625 |
| Mount Vernon | 627 |
| National Military Cemetery (Arlington) | 626 |
| National Soldiers’ Home | 626 |
| New National Museum | 624 |
| Notable Public Buildings | 624-625 |
| Notable Residence Streets | 623-624 |
| Parks, Squares and Circles | 623-624 |
| Post Office Department | 625 |
| St. John’s Church | 625-626 |
| Smithsonian Institution | 624 |
| State, War and Navy Departments | 625 |
| Treasury Department | 624 |
| Trinity College for Women | 626 |
| Union Railway Station | 623 |
| United States Naval Observatory | 626 |
| Views of Washington’s Home and Tomb, Mt. Vernon | 627 |
| White House | 625 |
| Wasps | 238, 240 |
| Water: | |
| Composition and Forms of | 69 |
| How Distributed over the Earth | 68 et seq. |
| Water Hemlock | 169 |
| Waterfalls, Famous | 80 |
| Bridal Veil | 83 |
| Iguazu | 82 |
| Juanacatlan | 82 |
| Niagara | 82 |
| Reichenbach | 83 |
| Schaffhausen | 81 |
| Staubbach | 83 |
| Yellowstone | 83 |
| Yosemite | 83 |
| Watermelon | 131 |
| Wealth, of Nations | 443 |
| Weather | 89 |
| Weevil | 234 |
| Weights and Measures: | |
| Apothecaries’ Liquid Measure | 860 |
| Apothecaries’ Weight | 863 |
| Avoirdupois Weight | 860 |
| Calendar | 866, 867 |
| Capacity | 860 |
| Circular Measures | 864 |
| Comparison of | 864 |
| Cubic or Solid Measure | 859 |
| Dry Measure | 860 |
| Land Measure | 858 |
| Legal Weights per Bushel | 861, 862, 863 |
| Length | 857 |
| Liquid Measures | 860 |
| Long Measures | 856 |
| Longitude and Time | 864 |
| Of the Philippines | 870 |
| Square Measure | 857, 858 |
| Surface | 857 |
| Surveyor’s Measure | 857, 858 |
| Texas Land Measure | 858 |
| Time Measures | 865 |
| Troy Weight | 861 |
| United States Money | 868, 869 |
| Wellesley College | 594 |
| Westminster Abbey | 460 |
| Whales | 207 |
| Wheat | 128 |
| Whitefish | 228 |
| Wild Flowers | 157 |
| Wild Goat | 202 |
| Willow | 165 |
| Winds | 92 |
| Hurricane | 93 |
| Simoon | 93 |
| Sirocco | 93 |
| Storms | 93 |
| Tornadoes | 93 |
| Trade Winds | 93 |
| Typhoons | 93 |
| Windsor | 464, 466 |
| Winter Solstice | 90 |
| Wire-worms | 234 |
| Wolf | 197 |
| Prairie | 198 |
| Wolf’s-bane | 169 |
| Wonders, of Plant Life | 169 |
| Woodcock | 218 |
| Woodpecker | 212 |
| Words: | |
| Choice and Use of | 717 |
| From Modern Foreign Languages | 742 |
| Right and Wrong Use of | 718, 724 |
| World: | |
| About B. C. 3800, to B. C. 450 | 296-301 |
| About B. C. 450 | 301 |
| About B. C. 325 | 301 |
| About 300 A. D. | 301 |
| About 500 A. D. | 302-303 |
| About 800 A. D. | 302-303 |
| About 1000 A. D. | 302-303 |
| About 1300 A. D. | 302-303 |
| About 1500 A. D. | 304-305 |
| About 1600 A. D. | 304-305 |
| About 1700 A. D. | 306-307 |
| About 1800 A. D. | 306-307 |
| About 1915 A. D. | 308-309 |
| Asia | 677 |
| Colonial Divisions of | 690 |
| Greatest Explorers of | 310-311 |
| Independent, Countries of | 443 |
| North America | 578 |
| Political Divisions of | 443 |
| Principal Languages of | 442 |
| Races and Population | 442 |
| Religious Population | 442 |
| South America | 672 |
| Wrens | 216 |
| X |
| Xerxes the Great | 370 |
| Y |
| Yak | 256 |
| Yale University | 605-606 |
| Yam | 131 |
| Yellowstone Falls | 83 |
| Yellowstone National Park | 586 |
| Yew Tree | 165 |
| Yokahama | 689 |
| Yosemite Falls | 83 |
| Yosemite Valley | 585 |
| Z |
| Zama, Battle of | 391 |
| Zebra | 203 |
| Zebu | 256 |
| Zinc | 115 |
| Zwinger, The, Dresden | 503 |