Albrecht Wen Zel Eusebius
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wen Zel Eusebius, Count Von (val' Len-stine), The Great General Of The Im Perialists, In The Thirty Years' War; Born In 1583, Of An Ancient And Wealthy Family Of Bohemia. In His Youth He Re Paired To Italy, Where He Studied Phi Losophy, Astronomy, And The Sciences Then ...
Alfred Victor Vigny
Vigny, Alfred Victor, Comte De, A French Author; Born During His Parents' Imprisonment In The Prison At Loches (indre-et-loire), March 27, 1797; Entered The Army At The Restora Tion; And Served 14 Years. Garrison Life Wearied A Soul Athirst For Glory, But His Pride Found A Solitary Consolation In Verse. ...
American Universities
Universities, American. There Is No Accepted Definition Of The Term "uni Versity" In America. Our Earliest Colo Nial Institutions Were Founded As Schools Or Colleges. The Constitution Of Massa Chusetts Of 1780 Uses This Language: "harvard College, In Which University Many Persons" Have Been Educated. This Identification Of The Terms ...
Andrew Dickson White
White, Andrew Dickson, An American Diplomatist; Born In Homer, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1832. He Was Graduated At Yale In 1853; Traveled In Europe; Studied At Sorbonne And College De France, 1853-1854; Attaché To Legation Of The United States, St. Petersburg, 1854 1855; Studied In The University Of Ber Lin, ...
Anthony Wayne
Wayne, Anthony, An American Military Officer; Born In East Town, Chester Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1745; Became A Land Surveyor; Was An Intimate Friend Of Franklin, And Early Took An Active Interest In Public Affairs. Having Mar Ried And Settled To Farming (1767), He Was Elected To The Pennsylvania Conven ...
Arthur Welles Ley Wellington
Wellington, Arthur Welles Ley, Duke Of, A British General And Statesman; Born In Dublin, Ireland, April 30, 1769; The Third Son Of The 1st Earl Of Mornington; Was Educated At Eton, At Brighton, And Finally At The Mil Itary College Of Angers. In 1787 He Re Ceived A Commission As ...
Arthur Young
Young, Arthur, An English Politi Cal Economist; Born In Suffolk, England, Sept. 11, 1741. He Became A Farmer, And Made A Series Of Agricultural Tours In England, Ireland, And France, Pub Lishing Accounts Of Them, Which Were Very Favorably Received, And In 1793 He Was Appointed Secretary To The Newly ...
Brigham Young
Young, Brigham, An American Mormon; Born In Whitingham, Vt., June 1, 1801. His Father Was A Farmer, And He Himself Learned The Trade Of Painter And Glazier. Early In Life He Joined The Baptists, But When About The Age Of 30 Was Converted To Mormonism, And Openly Joined The Sect ...
Charles Augustus Young
Young, Charles Augustus, An American Astronomer; Born In Hanover, N. H., Dec. 15, 1834; Was Graduated At Dartmouth College (1853), Professor Of Mathematics, Physics, And Astronomy In Western Reserve College (1857-1866); Captain Of A Company Of The 85th Ohio Volunteers (1862) ; Professor Of Astron Omy And Physics In Dartmouth ...
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Walcott, Charles Doolittle, An American Scientist, Born In New York Mills, N. Y., In 1850. He Was Educated In The Public Schools Of Utica, N. Y., And Received Honorary Degrees From A Num Ber Of American And Foreign Universi Ties. He Early In Life Began To Devote Himself To Geological ...
Charles Zueblin
Zueblin, Charles, An American Educator And Publicist; Born In Pendle Ton, Ind., In 1866. He Was Educated At The University Of Pennsylvania, North Western University, Yale, And The University Of Leipzig. In 1891 He Founded The Northwestern University Settlement. In 1892 He Became The First Secretary Of The Chicago Society ...
Daniel Webster
Webster, Daniel, An American Statesman And Orator; Born In Salisbury, N. H., Jan. 18, 1782. He Was A Child Of The Wilderness, And But For Our System Of School Education, Which, Even Then, Pushed The Means Of Instruction Into Re Mote Solitudes, He Would Never Have Been Enabled To Bring ...
Daniel Wyttenbach
Wyttenbach, Daniel (vit'ten Bah), A Dutch Scholar; Born In Bern, Aug. 7, 1746; Studied At Marburg, Got Tingen, And Leyden; Became Professor Of Greek At The Remonstrant Gym Nasium At Amsterdam In 1771, Of Phi Losophy At The Athenxum In 1779, And Succeeded In 1799 To Ruhnken's Chair Of Rhetoric ...
Diego Rodriguez De Silva
Velasquez, Diego Rodriguez De Silva Y, A Spanish Painter; Born Of A Portuguese Family In Seville, June 5, 1599. From The Studio Of Francisco Herrera, An Artist Of Note, He Passed To That Of Pacheco, Whose Daughter, Juana, He Married In 1620. His Early Art, Humble In Aim And Somewhat ...
Eleutherios V Eni Z
V Eni Z El 0 S, Eleutherios, A Greek Statesman, Born In 1864 On The Isle Of Crete. He Was Educated In The Schools Of Athens And At Athens Univer Sity, Where He Graduated From The Law Department In 1886. Returning To Crete He Soon Established A Reputation As A ...
Fran Cisco Ximenes De
Ximenes De Cisneros, Fran Cisco, A Spanish Cardinal And States Man; Born Of A Noble Though Poor Fam Ily, In Tordelaguna, Castile, In 1430. He Studied At The University Of Salamanca, Where He Took The Degree Of Bachelor Both Of Civil And Canon Law. In 1455 He Went To Rome ...
Frances Elizabeth Willard
Willard, Frances Elizabeth, An American Temperance Reformer; Born In Churchville, Near Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1839. Her Early Education Was Received At Oberlin College, And Her Parents Removing To Illinois She Was Graduated At The Northwestern Female College At Evanston, Ill., In 1859. After Some Years Spent In Teaching ...
Garnet Joseph Wolseley
Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, Lord, An English Military Officer; Born Near Dublin, Ireland, June 4, 1833; En Tered The Army As Ensign In 1852; Took Part In The Second Burmese War (1852 1853), Where He Was Severely Wounded; Served With Distinction In The Crimea, And Was Wounded At The Siege Of ...
Geoffroi De Villehardouin
Villehardouin, Geoffroi De, A French Chronicler; Born In The Family Château Near Bar-sur-aube, About 1160. In 1180 He Succeeded His Father Guil Laume As Marshal Of Champagne Under Thibaut, Brother Of Henri Ii. Of France, And In 1201 He Was One Of The Ambassa Dors Despatched To Venice To Make ...
George Washington
Washington, George, An Amer Ican Statesman, Military Officer, And 1st President Of The United States; Born Of English Stock In Westmoreland Co., Va., Feb. 22, 1732. His Father Died Early, But His Mother, Mary Ball, Gave Him An Admirable Training, Which Was Continued Later By His Elder Half-brother, Augus Tine. ...
George Whitefield
Whitefield, George, An Eng Lish Clergyman; Born In Gloucester, Eng Land, Dec. 16, 1714. At The Age Of 18 He Entered As Servitor At Pembroke College, Oxford, Where He Became Acquainted With The Wesleys, And Joined The Small Society Which Procured Them The Name Of Meth Odists. He Was Ordained ...
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi, Giuseppe, An Italian Com Poser; Born In Roncole Near Busseto, Italy, Oct. 9, 1813. At 10 Years He Was Organist Of The Small Church In His Na Tive Village; At 16 He Was Provided With Funds To Prosecute His Studies At The Conservatoriurn At Milan; But At The En ...
Gouverneur Kem Ble Warren
Warren, Gouverneur Kem Ble, An American Military Officer; Born In Cold Spring, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1830; Was Graduated At The United States Military Academy In 1850, And Was Brevetted 2d Lieutenant Of Topographical Engineers; Was Engaged In River Surveys, And In Ex Ploring And Making Maps For Railroad Routes ...
Henri De La Tour
Turenne, Henri De La Tour D' Auvergne, Vicomte De, A French Military Officer, Second Son Of Henri, Due De Bouillon, And Of Elizabeth, Daughter Of William I., Prince Of Orange; Born In Sedan, Sept. 11, 1611. He Was Brought Up In The Reformed Faith. At The Age Of 13 He ...
Henri Vieuxtemps
Vieuxtemps, Henri, A Belgian Composer; Born In Verviers, Belgium, Feb. 20, 1820; Began To Give Concerts In His 13th Year, And After Completing His Studies At Vienna And Paris Spent Most Of His Time In Traveling From Place To Place As A Performer Till In 1870 He Became A Teacher ...
Henry Wilson
Wilson, Henry (born Jeremiah Jones Colsairri), An American States Man; Born In Farmington, N. H., Feb. 16, 1812; Was Mainly Self-educated And Learned The Trade Of Shoemaking. On Attaining His Majority He Had His Name Changed By The Legislature To That By Which He Was Best Known. He Became An ...
Izaak Walton
Walton, Izaak, An English Author, Known As The Father Of Angling; Born In Stafford, England, Aug. 9, 1593. About 1623 He Was Carrying On Business On His Own Account As A Senipster Or Man Mil Liner In London, And Having By 1643 Acquired A Competency, He Retired To The Quiet ...
James Watt
Watt, James, A British Inventor; Born In Greenock, Scotland, Jan. 19, 1736. His Father Was A Merchant And Magis Trate Of Greenock, And James Received A Good Education In Its Public Schools. Having Determined To Adopt The Trade Of Mathematical Instrument Maker, He Went To London (1754) To Learn The ...
James Wolfe
Wolfe, James, An English Military Officer; Born In Westerham Vicarage, Kent, Jan. 2, 1727; Was Educated At Westerham And Greenwich. From The First He Was Bent Upon Following His Father's Profession Of Arms; And, Balked By Illness At 13 Of A Share Of The Un Fortunate Cathagena Expedition, In 1742 ...
John Ellis Wool
Wool, John Ellis, An American Military Officer; Born In Newburgh, N. Y. Feb. 20, 1784. On The Breaking Out Of The War Of 1812, He Obtained A Captain's Com Mission, And Distinguished Himself At The Storming Of Queenstown Heights, Where He Was Severely Wounded, And For Which He Was Promoted ...
John Greenleaf Whittier
Whittier, John Greenleaf, An American Poet, Born In East Haver Hill, Mass., In 1807. His Childhood Was Spent On The Farm, With Few Comforts And An Amount Of Physical Work That Impaired His Health. He Had No Schooling Beyond A Period Of Little More Than A Year In The Academy ...
John Tyler
Tyler, John, An American States Man, 10th President Of The United States; Born In Charles City Co., Va., March 29, 1790. His Father Was An Officer In The Army During The Revolution, And A Judge Of The Federal Court Of Admiralty. Tyler Was Graduated At William And Mary College, In ...
John Wesley
Wesley, John, An English Clergy Man; Founder Of Methodism; Born In Epworth, England, June 17, 1703, Son Of The Rector Of Epworth; Educated At The Charter House, And At Christ Church, Oxford. He Took His Degree Of B. A. In 1724, Was Ordained Deacon In 1725, Be Came A Fellow ...
John Wilkes
Wilkes, John, An English Political Agitator; Born In London, England, Oct. 17, 1727; Was Educated For Some Time At Leyden; Was Elected To Parliament As Member For Aylesbury (1757), And At Tained Considerable Notoriety By The Pub Lication Of A Paper Entitled The "north Briton," In No. 45 Of Which ...
John Ziska Of Trocnow
Ziska Of Trocnow, John, A Hussite Leader; Born Of Noble Parents, In Trocnow, Bohemia, About 1360. He Spent His Youth As A Page At The Court Of King Wenceslaus; In 1410 Joined The Troops That Marched From Bohemia And Hungary To Help The Teutonic Knights Against The Poles And Lithuanians; ...
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler, Joseph, An American Military Officer; Born In Augusta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1836; Was Graduated At The United States Military Leadenly In 1859; Served In The Cavalry Till The Outbreak Of The Civil War, When He Entered The Con Federate Army, In Which He Was Commis -, Sioned Major-general And ...
Leonard Wood
Wood, Leonard, An American Sol Dier. He Was Born In Winchester, N. H., In 1860, And After Attending Pierce Academy, Middlesboro, Mass., Graduated From The Harvard Medical School, In 1884. In 1886 He Became Assistant Sur Geon In The United States Army, And At The Same Time Acted As A ...
Lope Felix De Vega
Vega Carpio, Lope Felix De, A Spanish Dramatist; Born In Madrid, Nov. 25, 1562. The Story Of Lope's Life, As Commonly Told, Is Full Of Confusion. That He Lost His Parents Early, Was A Student And Graduate Of Alcala; A Soldier In The Portuguese Campaign Of 1580, And In The ...
Manila Bay Philippine Islands
Manila Bay; Philippine Islands; Porto Rico; Santiago; Spanish-ameri .jan War; And The Various Names Of Persons And Places That Became Promi Nent In The War. In The Presidential Campaign Of 1900 There Were Eight Tickets 'n The Field: Re Publican, William Mckinley And Theo Dore Roosevelt; Democratic, William J. Bryan ...
Marcus Terentius Varro
Varro, Marcus Terentius, A Roman Author; Born Probably Of Eques Trian Rank In The Sabine Town Of Reate, In 116 B. C. He Studied Under L. /dais Stilo, And At Athens Under Antiochus Of Ascalon, Whose Philosophy Cicero Makes Him Expound As An Interlocutor In The "posterior Academics." He Saw ...
Marcus Whitman
Whitman, Marcus, An American Pioneer; Born In Rushville, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1802. In 1836 He Emigrated With A Number Of Others To Work As A Mission Ary Among The Indians Of The Upper Columbia. Accompanied By His Young Wife He Crossed The Plains By Wagon, Being The First Person ...
Martin Van Buren
Van Buren, Martin, An Ameri Can Statesman; 8th President Of The United States; Born In Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782. He Became Office Boy To The Village Lawyer, Studied Hard, And Was Called To The Bar In 1803. Long Before This, However, He Had Developed A Precocious Interest In ...
Names Abbot Mc Neill
Whistler, Names Abbot Mc Neill, An American Painter; Born In Lowell, Mass., In 1834; Studied For A Time At The United States Military Academy; Next Went To Paris, Worked For Two Years In The Studio Of Gleyre, And Afterward Settled In London. In 1884 He Became A Member Of The ...
Nicholas Udall
Udall, Nicholas, An English Author; Born In Hampshire, England, In 1505 Or 1506; Was Educated At Oxford; Chose The Profession Of A Schoolmaster; And In 1534 Passed M. A. And Obtained The Post Of Headmaster Of Eton, Which He Held Till 1541, When He Was Dismissed. He Afterward Resigned The ...
Paul Paolo Veronese
Veronese, Paul (paolo), The Name By Which Paolo Caliari (or Ca Gliari), An Italian Artist Of The Venetian School, Is Usually Known, From His Hav Ing Been Born At Verona, Probably In 1528. A Sculptor': Son, He Studied Paint Ing Under An Uncle, Antonio Badile, And, After Some Work In ...
Richard Neville Warwick
Warwick, Richard Neville, Earl Of, "the King-maker," Born About 1428; The Eldest Son Of The Earl Of Salisbury, And By His Marriage With The Heiress Of The Beauchamps Himself Became Earl Of Warwick (1449). In The Yorkist Victory Of St. Albans (1455), The Opening Action Of The Wars Of The ...
Robert James Walker
Walker, Robert James, An American Financier; Born In Northum Berland, Pa., July 23, 1801; Was Gradu Ated At The University Of Pennsylvania In 1819; Practiced Law In Pittsburgh, Pa., In 1822-1826, And In The Latter Year Re Moved To Mississippi. There He Entered Politics And Was Elected To The United ...
Roger Williams
Williams, Roger, The Founder Of The State Of Rhode Island, And Nobly Distinguished As The First Asserter In Modern Christendom Of The Sanctity And Perfect Freedom Of Conscience; Born In London, England, In 1607; Studied At Oxford, Entered The Church And Natural Ly Joined The Puritan Party. To Es Cape ...
Sacred Vestments
Vestments, Sacred. The Use By The Priesthood Of A Distinctive Costume In Public Worship Formed A Part Not Only Of The Jewish, But Of Almost All The An Cient Religions. Generally Speaking, In The Christian Church The Sacred Vest Ments Represent The Original Costume Of Rome And The East In ...
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer, Samuel, An Ameri Can Lawyer, Born At Lynchburg, Va., In 1858. He Was Educated At The College Of The City Of New York And At Colum Bia University, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1879, Eventually Becoming A Member Of The Firm Of Guggenheimer, Untermyer, And Marshall. He Organized ...
Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony, A Flemish Portrait And Historical Painter; Born In Antwerp, Belgium, March 22, 1599. He Was The Seventh Child Of Frans Van Dyck, A Silk And Woolen Manufac Turer, And His Second Wife, Maria Cuy Pers, A Lady Celebrated For Her Skill In Embroidery. In 1609 He ...
Sir Christopher Wren
Wren, Sir Christopher, An English Architect; Born In East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, Oct. 20, 1632; Was Educated At Wadham College, Oxford; Became A Fellow Of All Souls In Was Appointed Professor Of Astronomy At Gresham College In 1657, And Three Years Afterward Was Elected Savilian Professor Of Astronomy At Oxford. ...
Sir David Wilkie
Wilkie, Sir David, A Scotch Painter; Born In Cults, Scotland, Nov. 18, 1785; Received His Early Training At The Trustee's Academy, Edinburgh; En Tered The Schools Of The Royal Academy, London, In 1805; First Exhibited There (1806) "the Village Politicians," Which At Once Established His Reputation; Was Elected An Associate ...
Sir Henry Vane
Vane, Sir Henry, Commonly Called Sir Harry Vane, An English Statesman And Writer; Born In Hadlow, Kent, Eng Land, In 1612; Eldest Son Of Sir Henry Vane, Secretary Of State. He Was Educated At Westminster And Ox Ford, Afterward Completing His Educa Tion At Geneva, Where He Became A Puritan ...
St Ursula
Ursula, St., The Heroine Of A Very Curious Legend Of The Middle Ages, Whose Origin May Be Ascribed To The 12th Cen Tury, And Which Runs As Follows: Deo Natus, King Og Britain, Had A Very Beau Tiful And Pious Daughter Named Ursula. She Was Sought In Marriage By The ...
St Vincent De Paul
Vincent De Paul, St., A French Philanthropist; Born In Ranquines, France, April 24, 1577. After Studying In A Convent Of The Cordeliers, He Went To The University Of Toulouse, And In 1600 Was Ordained Priest. On A Voyage From Marseilles To Narbonne, He Was Cap Tured By Pirates, And Sent ...
St Wilfrid
Wilfrid, St., Bishop Of York; Born In Northumbria In 634. He Was Brought Up In The Monastery Of Lindisfarne, But At 18 Visited Rome, Returning In 658 A Warm Partisan Of The Roman Party In The Controversy With The Native Church On The Shape Of The Tonsure And The Time ...
Thomas Triixtun
Triixtun, Thomas, An American Naval Officer; Born In Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1755; Joined The Navy In 1767. When The Revolutionary War Began He Was In Command Of The "andrew Cald Well," A Merchant Vessel, In Which He Car Ried A Cargo Of Powder To Philadelphia. During The ...
Thomas Wolsey
Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal. An English Prelate; Born In Ipswich, Eng Land, Ir, March, 1471; Was Educated At Magdalen College, Oxford, Where He Took His Degrees As A Scholar Of Distinction. After Quitting The University He Was Ap Pointed To The Parish Of Lymington In Somerset. Then He Became A Private ...
Titrco Italian War
Titrco-italian War. The Ac Quisition Of Territory In North Africa By France Shortly After The Franco-prus Sian War Had Created Deep Resentment In Italy, Which Feared The Loss Of Pres Tige On The Mediterranean. Especially Alarming To Italy Was The Seizure Of Tunis In 1881, By France. This Incident, More ...
Trinidad
Trinidad, One Of The British West India Islands; In The Extreme S. Of The Group, Being Only 7 Miles From The Coast Of Venezuela, The Gulf Of Paria (an Ex Tremely Safe Anchorage) Lying Between. It Is About 50 Miles Long, Varying In Breadth From 30 To 35 Miles; Area, ...
Triple Alliance
Triple Alliance, An Alliance Be Tween The States-general And England, Against France, For The Protection Of The Spanish Netherlands; Was Ratified Jan. 23, 1668. Sweden Joined The League, April 25, And It Then Became Known As The Triple Alliance. Another Called The Second Triple Alliance, Between Eng Land, France And ...
Tripoli
Tripoli, Formerly A Province Of The Ottoman Empire; The Extreme E. Of The Barbary States Of North Africa, Stretch Ing Along The Whole Extent Of Both The Greater And Lesser Syrtes (the Gulfs Of Cabes And Sidra) ; Bounded On The W. By Tunis, On The S. (very Vaguely) By ...
Tropic
Tropic, In Astronomy, One Of The Two Small Circles Of The Celestial Sphere, Sit Uated On Each Side Of The Equator, At A Distance Of 23° 28', And Parallel To It, Which The Sun Just Reaches At Its Greatest Declination N. Or S., And From Which It Turns Again Toward ...
Trotting Horse
Trotting Horse, A Horse Trained To Trot At High Speed Without Breaking Into A Gallop. Trotting Horses Are Of Two Distinct Races: (1) The Russian, Which Is Arabian On A Flemish Stock, At Taining High Speed, But With Bad Knee Action; (2) The American, Which Is Prob Ably Both Barb ...
Of Nassau William I
William I., Of Nassau, Prince Of Orange, Surnamed The Silent; The First Leader In The Dutch War Of Independ Ence; Born In Dillenburg, Nassau, April 14, 1553, Of Lutheran Parents, But Descended From The Ancient Counts Of That Principality. Being Trained To Political Employments At The Court Of Charles V., ...
Or Ezo Yezo
Yezo, Or Ezo, Less Correctly Yesso. Native Hokkaido, The Most N. Of The Four Great Islands Of Japan ; Still Only Partially Settled; Area, 36,299 Square Miles; Pop. About 700,000. Its Official Name Is Hokkaido, Or "circuit Of The Northern Sea," Received In 1870, When It Was Brought Under A ...
Or Troja Troy
Troy, Or Troja, In Classical Legend And Geography, The Name Of A District In The N. W. Part Of Mysia, In Asia Minor, And Of A City Situated In It. The Latter Was Also Called Ilium, And The Former Troas, Now The Troad. According To The Account Of Homer, The ...
Or Turkey
Turkey, Or The Ottoman Em Pire. Prior To The World War Turkey Was Composed Of Turkey In Europe, Tur Key In Asia, And Certain Islands In The Mediterranean. Considerable Territory Was Lost Following The Conclusion Of The First Balkan War (november, 1913). Turkey In Europe Was In Part Divided Among ...
Or Viatka Vyatka
Vyatka, Or Viatka, A Large Prov Ince In European Russia; Area, 59,329 Square Miles; Pop. About 3,700,000, Com Prising Many Tartar Tribes And Some 50,000 Mohammedans. The Products Are Corn, Rye, Barley, Oats, Flax, And Hemp. Forests Of Fir, Oak, Elm And Birch Are Ex Tensive. Before The World War ...
Or Voudoo Voodoo
Voodoo, Or Voudoo, A Name Given By The Negroes Of The West Indies And The United States To Superstitious Rites And Beliefs Brought With Them From Africa, And To The Sorcerer Who Practiced These Rites For His Benefit And Aggran Dizement. In The Southern States Of The Union There Was ...
Or Wahabee Wahabi
Wahabi, Or Wahabee, In The Plural In Mohammedanism, A Sect Found Ed By Abdul Wahhab, Born Toward The End Of The 17th Century, Near Der'aiyeh, The Capital Of Nejd, In Arabia. During The Saracen Period The Mohammedan Sacred Places Were In Arab Custody. When The Saracen Was Succeeded By The ...
Or West Indies
West Indies, Or The Antilles, An Extensive Archipelago Lying Between North And South America, Stretching From Florida To The Shores Of Venezuela. It Is Divided Into The Bahamas, The Group Stretching From Near The Coast Of Florida In A S. E. Direction; The Greater Antilles, Comprising The Four Largest Islands ...
Or Wulfila Ulfilas
Ulfilas, Or Wulfila, A Gothic Bishop And Translator Of The Bible; Born In One Of The Gothic Settlements To The N. Of The Danube In A. D. 311. He Was Probably Of Pure, Perhaps Noble Gothic Blood, The Story Told By Philostorgius, That His Progenitors Were Among The Prisoners Brought ...
The Unconscious
Unconscious, The, A Theory, Orig Inated By Dr. Sigmund Freud, Forming The Basis Of A System Employed In The Interpretation And Treatment Of Certain Mental Diseases. This Hypothesis Of The Unconscious, Countering To A Large Extent The Former Theory Of The Subconscious, Was Promulgated In 1893, And Is To The ...
The Vatican
Vatican, The, The Most Extensive Palace In The World, And, As The Residence Of The Pope, And The Storehouse Of Valu Able Literary And Art Collections, One Of The Chief Attractions Of Modern Rome. A Building Of The Kind Was Erected On The Mons Vaticanus By Pope Symmachus About The ...
The Virginius Affair
Virginius Affair, The. It Was In The Harbor Of Santiago De Cuba That The Historic "virginius Affair," Occurred In 1873, Which Almost Caused A War Be Tween The United States And Spain. The "virginius," A Ship Registered In The New York Custom House Sept. 26, 1870, As The Property Of ...