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Henry W. Ruoff

The intelligent use of an index requires careful thought and practice upon the part of the reader or consulter. Many books are over-indexed, and trifling allusions, or even words, made to swell the index. It is obvious, therefore, that a book of moderate compass should use only sufficient space to reveal the important general subjects treated. Besides the general index, the following self-indexing dictionaries and departments should be consulted:

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Scientific Terms Used in Astronomy 37
Dictionary of Important Mineral Products 103
Scientific Terms Used in the Earth Sciences 117
Dictionary of Historical Race Groups 278
Tables of States and Territories 588
Table of State and Territorial Government 650
Colonial Divisions of the World 690
Great American and Foreign Battles 700
Right and Wrong Use of Words 718
Abbreviations, Contractions and Degrees 725
Words and Phrases from Modern Foreign Languages 742-754
Words and Phrases from Classic Languages 755
Pronouncing Dictionary of Literary Allusions 782
Pronouncing Dictionary of Mythology 821
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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 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 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 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 (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 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, 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 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 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 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 Phoenicia 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
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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 /a>
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 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 364
History 359
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 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 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 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 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 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
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