Kahn
Kahn, Kin, Gustave, French Poet, Novel Ist And Literary Critic: B. Metz, 1859. During His School Days He Began Contributing Poems, Short Stories, Sketches And Reviews To The Newspapers And Journals, And This He Continued Actively From 1880 On. He Took A Trip To Africa Of Which He Made Good ...
Kalahari
Kalahari (ki-la-hii're) Desert, A Region Of South Africa, Extending From The Orange River To Lake Ngami, And From Ion. 26° E. Nearly To The West Coast; Situated In The Cape Province, Rhodesia, And German Southwest Africa. It Occupies An Elevation Of 3,000 To 4,000 Feet, And Is Called A Desert ...
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, Wo-a-mg-zoo, Mich., City, Railway Centre And County-seat Of Kalamazoo County; On The Kalamazoo River And On The Michigan Central, The Lake Shore And Michigan Southern, The Kalamazoo And South Haven, The Grand Rapids And Indiana And The Chicago, Kalamazoo And Saginaw Railways; 143 Miles West Of Detroit, 60 Miles ...
Kalevala
Kalevala. The Romantic Movement, Which In Germany Began By The Collection Of Folk-songs And Fairy-tales, Frequently Led In The Outlying Countries To Literary Creations Of National Epics On The Basis Of Actual Epic Songs. Thus Arose In Finland The' Syste Matically Arranged By Dr. A. Lonnrot In 1835, And In ...
Kalidasa
Kalidasa, Kii-ii-cla'sa, The Greatest Poet And Dramatist Of India And One Of The Great World Poets. Native Tradition Assigns Him To The 1st Century A.c., But Western Scholars Place Him As Late As The 6th Century A.d. He Was One Of The Nine Or Poets, At The Court Of King ...
Kamchatka
Kamchatka, Katn-chat'ka, Or Kamt Chatka, Siberia, A Large Peninsula Of The Russian Empire, Situated Between The 50th And 60th Parallels' Of Latitude, 850 Miles Long From North To South, And Of Irregular Breadth, The Maximum Being About 250 Miles. It Has An Area Of 104,260 Square Miles. The Coasts Are ...
Kane
Kane, Elisha Kent, American Arctic Voyager: B. Philadelphia, 20 Feb. 1820; D. Havana,. Cuba, 16 Feb. 1857. He Was Graduated As M.d. In The University Of Pennsylvania In 1842, And Shortly Afterward Became Surgeon To The American Embassy To China. After Ex Tended Travels In India, Egypt, And The Con ...
Kaneko
Kaneko, Lca'na-ko (viscount) Kentaro, Japanese Statesman: B. Fuknoka, 1853.he Came Of An Old Samurai Family, And Received Foreign Education In The United States, Being Graduated From The Harvard Law School In 1878. He Began His Career As A Professor In The School That Was The Forerunner Of The Tokio Imperial ...
Kangaroo
Kangaroo, An Australian Marsupial Of The Family Macropodida. The Word Is Derived From A Native Name Of The Giant Kangaroo. The Macropodidce Are Readily Distinguished From Other Marsupials By Their Shape. The Head Is Small, With Large Mule-like Ears; The Neck Slender, The Trunk Narrow Before And Very Massive Behind; ...
Kankakee
Kankakee; Kart-ica-ice, Ill., City, County Seat Of Kankakee County; On The Kankakee River, And On The Illinois Central And The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago And Saint Louis And Other Railroads, About 133 Miles Northeast Of Springfield And 56 Miles South Of Chicago. It Was Settled In 1850 And Incorporated As A ...
Kansas
Kansas, The 21st State Admitted Into The Union, Has Been An Important Pivot In Ameri Can History For More Than Half A Century. The Activities And Achievements Incident To Its For Mation And Development Caused George Ban Croft, The Historian, To Designate Kansas As Athe Miracle Of The Age.* Exclusive ...
Kansas City
Kansas City, Kan., City, Of Wyandotte County, On The Kansas And Mis Souri Rivers, And On The Union Pacific, The Missouri Pacific, The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific, The Chicago Great Western And The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroads. Branches Of Other Railroads Enter The City And The Nearby ...
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo., The Second In The State Of Missouri And The 20th In Population In The United States, Is Located In The North Western Part Of Jackson County In The Angle Formed By The Kansas River At Its Junc Tion With The Missouri. Kansas City, Kan., While In An ...
Kansas Nebraska Bill
Kansas-nebraska Bill, A Bill Passed By Congress In 1854; The Last Of Three Compromises Between The Aggressive Slavery Expansionists Of The South And Their Anti-slav Ery Opponents In The North. It Is Famous Be Cause, By Its Repeal Of The First, The Missouri Compromise (q.v.), It Precipitated The Organ Ization ...
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas State Agricultural College, A Coeducational Institution, Lo Cated At Manhattan, Kan.; Established In 1863 By The Presentation To The State Of Bluemont College. The College Has Excellent Opportu Nities For Experimental Works As It Cultivates 1,270 Acres Of Land; 748 Acres Of Which Is Owned By The College, And ...
Kant
Kant, Immanuel, One Of The Greatest Of Modern Philosophers: B. Konigsberg, Eastern Prussia, 22 April 1724; D. There, 12 Feb. 1804. His Father, Who Spelled His Name Cant, Was A Poor Saddler, And Was Said To Be Of Scottish Origin, Though This Is Denied By Some Authori Ties. Kant Was ...
Karakoram
Karakoram, A Range Of Mountains In Central Asia In The Northwestern End Of The Himalayas. It Is Also Known Under The Name Of Mustagh Mountains. This Range Of Mountains Skirts The Right Bank Of The Indus Through The North Of The Indian Province Of Kashmir, Terminating In The Hindu Kush ...
Karamzin
Karamzin, Ica'rain-zen, Nicholas Mik Hailovitch, Russian Historian: B. 1766; D. 1826. Descended From A Noble Tartar Family, He Re Ceived An Excellent Education Combined With Travel In England, France, Germany And Switzerland. Of A Highly Sentimental Nature, He Appears To Have Looked Back Into The Ro Manticpast Of History And ...
Kaskaskia
Kaskaskia, Lals-lcasit-a, Ill., A Township In Randolph County, On Both Sides Of The Kas Kaskia Or Okaw River, At Its Junction With The Mississippi Opposite Saint Genevieve, Mo. A Part Of It Now Obliterated Wa's The Oldest Town In The West, The First Permanent White Settlement In The Mississippi Valley. ...
Kassites
Kassites, An Ancient Dynastic Family Of Babylonia Who Ruled It From About 1761 To 1185 B.c. They Wereprobably The Same People As The Cossaeans. The First King Of' The Kassites Was Gandash (1761-45 A.c.); But History Sheds Little Real Light On His Origin, Though He Was Probably The Chief Or ...
Katmai
Katmai, Alaska, A Volcano Of The Alaskan Peninsula, Situated Long. 30" W., Lat. 58° N. On Shelikof Strait Almost Opposite Karluk On Kodiak Island. Its Altitude Is 7,500 Feet, And Until Its Outbreak 6 June 1912 It Was Sup Posed To Be Extinct. The Main Crater Is One Of The ...
Katrine
Katrine, Kat'rin, Loch, A Lake In Perth Shire, Scotland. Scott Has Sung Its Beauties In The 'lady Of The Lake> And Others Of His Works And Wordsworth, Too, Has Presented Its At Tractions. The Grandeur Of The Trossachs, Ben A'an And Ben Venue Are Most Vividly Presented In The Opening ...
Kauffman
Kauffman, Kowf'man, Marie Aug& Lique Catherine, Commonly Known As An Gelica Kauffman, Swiss Painter: B. Coire, Switzerland, 20 Oct. 1741; D. Rome, 5 Nov. 1807. She Was The Pupil Of Her Father, John Joseph Kauffman, A Painter Of Little Note. Her First Work Of Importance Was A Portrait Of The ...
Kaufmann
Kaufmann, Carl Maria, German Arch Aeologist: B. Frankfort-on-the-main, Germany, 2 March 1872. He Was Educated At Berlin And The University Of Fribourg, Switzerland, And Subsequently Studied Archaeology At Rome. In 1899 He Was Ordained To The Catholic Priest Hood. From 1905 To 1906 As Member Of The Frankfort Expedition He ...
Kaulbach
Kaulbach, Friedrich August, German Portrait And Genre Painter: B. Munich, 1850. Son Of Friedrich Kaulbach (q.v.) And Grand Son Of Wilhelm Von Kaulbach, He Received His First Instruction In Art From His Father And Later Continued His Studies With Raupp And Kreling At Nuremberg, And Later On With Diez In ...
Kaulbach_2
Kaulbach, Wilhelm Von, German Painter : B. Arolsen, 15 Oct. 1895; D. Munich, 7 April 1874. He Learned The Rudiments Of His Art From His Father Who Was A Goldsmith And Engraver On Copper. He Was A Good Draf Ti Man When He Went To Dusseldorf In 1821 And Entered ...
Kavi
Kavi, Ici've, The Ancient Language Of Java In Use Down To About The Year 1400. It Is A Malayo-polynesian Tongue Resembling, In Its In Flections, The Javanese Language, But Has Many Words Borrowed From Sanskrit. This Sanskrit Vocabulary Is Due To Various Influence, All Com Ing From Contact With The ...
Kawamura
Kawamura, Kageaki, Viscount, Japanese Soldier: B. Satsuma, 1850. Entering Military Life Early He Took Part In The Close Of The Chino-japanese War So Success Fully That He Was Made A Baron. He Also Fought Through The Russo-japanese War, In Creasing His Reputation As A Successful Soldier. He Commanded The Right ...
Kazinczy
Kazinczy, Ferencz, Hun Garian Dramatist And Poet: B. Erhemlyen, 27 Oct. 1759; D. Izephalom, 22 Aug. 1831. Edu Cated In Law, He Early Turned To Literature At A Time When No One Had As Yet Dared To Make Of It A Profession. With Decided Literary Ability, He Was Forced To ...
Keane
Keane, John Joseph, American Roman Catholic Prelate: B. Ballyshannon, Ireland, 12 Sept. 1839; D. Dubuque, Iowa, 22 June 191& When Seven Years Old He Came To America With His Parents, Who Settled In Baltimore, Md., Pur Sued His Classical Studies At Saint Charles Col Lege, Baltimore, And Later Took A ...
Kearney
Kearney, Neb., The County-seat Of Buf Falo County, Is Located In The Fertile Platte River Valley, 191 Miles West Of Omaha, On The Union Pacific, Chicago, Burlington And Quincy, Hastings And North Western Railroads, With Interurban Electric Railroad Communication. It Is On The Lincoln Highway Which Follows The Line Of ...
Kearsarge
Kearsarge, The, A Ship Of The United States Navy Which Played A Conspicuous Part In The Only 'sea Fight Of The Civil War, When It Destroyed The Alabama, A Ship Built In England At Birkenhead On The Mersey By The Lairds Under Contract With The Confederate States At A Cost ...
Keats
Keats, John, English Poet: B. London, 29 Or 31 Oct. 1795; D. Rome, 23 Feb. 1821. He Was The Eldest Child Of Thomas Keats, Employee And Son-in-law Of A Livery-stable Keeper Named Jennings, And Was Born At The Stable In Fins Bury Pavement. There Were Four Other Chil Dren, Three ...
Keen
Keen, Ken, William Williams, American Surgeon: B. Philadelphia, 19 Jan. 1837. He Was Graduated At Brown University In 1859, And From Jefferson Medical College In 1862; And During The Civil War Period Was An As Sistant Surgeon In The Federal Armx, He Then Studied In Europe 1864-66; Was At The ...
Keller
Keller, Gottfried, The Best Writer Of Short Stories (novelle») In German Literature: B. Zurich, Switzerland, 19 July 1819: D. There, 17 July 1890. His Fattier Was A Lathe-worker From Glattfelden (1791-1824) ; His Mother's Maiden Name Was Sdheuchzer (1787-1864). After His Father's Death, Keller's Family Lived In Constant Poverty, And, ...
Keller_2
Keller, Helen Adams, American Blind, Deaf And Dumb Girl Who Has Been Successfully Educated: B. Tuscumbia, Ala., 27 June 1880. When About Two Years Old She Was Deprived Of Sight And Hearing By A Severe Illness. Her Edu Cation Was Not Begun Till She Was Seven, When Miss Anna Mansfield ...
Kellogg
Kellogg, William Pitt, American Law Yer And Politician: B. Orwell, Vt., 8 Dec. 1830. He Was Educated At The Norwich Military Insti Tute And Removed To Illinois, Where He Studied Law. Being Admitted To The Bar In 1852 He Began His Practice At Canton. He Became Ac Tive In The ...
Kellys Ford
Kelly's Ford, Engagements At. This Point On The (-1.; 1. Iv Cr ;ix Miles Above Its Junction With The Rapidan And About Five Miles Below Rappahannock Station Was The Scene Of Several Engagements Hew Een The Fed Erals And Confederates During The Civil War. In August 1862, The Union Cavalry ...
Kemble
Kemble, Frances Anne, English Actress And Author, Daughter Of Charles Kemble (q.v.) : B. London, 27 Nov. 1809; D. Here, 16 Jan. 1893. She Manifested No Special Predilection For The Stage, But Made Her Debut At Covent Garden, Then Ender The Management Of Her Father, In October 1829. On This ...
Kemble_2
Kemble, John Philip, English Trage Dian, Eldest Son Of Roger Kemble (q.v.) : B. Prescott, Lancashire, 1 Feb. 1757; D. Lausanne, Switzerland, 26 Feb. 1823. He Was Educated At The Roman Catholic Seminary Of Sedgley Park, Staffordshire, And The College Of Douai, France, Where He Early Distinguished Himself By His ...
Kempis
Kempis, Thomas A, German Mystic And Devotional Writer: B. Kempen, Near Cologne, 1380; D. Mount Saint Agnes, Near Zwolle, Netherlands, 26 July 1471. His Real Name Was Hamerken Or Hammerlein. He Was Educated At Deventer By The Brethren Of The Common Life, A Religious Order Of Men Who Passed A ...
Kempten
Kempten, Icemplan, A City In Swabia, Bavaria, About 80 Miles Southwest Of Munich By Which It Is Connected By Rail. Old And New Kempten Were United In 1803 To Form One Cor Poration. The Town Contains The Usual Pic Turesque Buildings Of A Bavarian City Of Its Size And Age. ...
Ken081s
Ken081s, Ke-norisis (greek, An •emptying, A Depletion), The Self-renunciation And Self-lim Itation Of The Son Of God Manifested In The In Carnation. Even In Very Early Christian Times There Were At Least Three Distinct Views Held As To The Relation Of The God-christ To The Man Christ. These Views Were ...
Kendall
Kendall, Amos, American Journalist And Statesman: B. Dunstable, Mass., 16 Aug. 1789; D. Washington, D. C., 11 Nov. 1869. He Was Graduated From Dartmouth In 1811, Studied Law At Groton, Mass., In 1811-14, Was Admitted To The Bar At Frankfort, Ky., In 1814, Was Post Master And Editor Of The ...
Kendall_2
Kendall, William Sergeant, American Painter And Sculptor: B. Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y,, 20 Jan. 1869. He Began As A Member Of The Art Students' League Of New York, And Subse Quently Was A Pupil Of Thomas Eakins Of Philadelphia. He Went To France And Attended The Ecole Des Beaux Arts, ...
Kenesaw Mountain
Kenesaw Mountain Battle Of. On The Night Of 18 June 1864, Gen. J: E. Johnston Fell Back Before General Sherman's Persistent Advance And Took A New Line With Kenesaw Mountain As Its Salient, His Right Wing Thrown Back So As To Cover Marietta, And His Left Cover Ing The Railroad ...
Kenilworth
Kenilworth. Sir Walter Scott's 'kenilworth,' Published 1821, Is A Historical Romance Of The Time Of Elizabeth, Involving The Relations Between The Queen And The Earl Of Leicester. Leicester Is Represented As Having' Contracted A Secret Marriage With Amy Rob Sart And As Being Torn Between The Two Motives Of Love ...
Kennan
Kennan, George, American Traveler, Au Thor And Lecturer: B. Norwalk, Ohio, 16 Feb. 1845. He Received A Secondary Education, Be Came A Telegraph Operator, In 1865 Went To Northeastern Siberia As An Explorer And Tele Graph Engineer, And In 1866-68 Superintended The Construction Of The Middle Division Of The Russo-american ...
Kennedy
Kennedy, John Pitt, An Irish Author, Educator, And Engineer: B. Donogh, Donee' County, Ireland, 1796; D. 1879. He Superin Tended Harbor Construction In Many Parts Of The World And Built Lighthouses, Roads And Quays. He Was Sub-inspector Of Militia In The Ionian Isles (1828-31). After A Long Absence From The ...
Kennicott
Kennicott, English Clergy Man And Scholar: B. Totness In Devonshire, 4 April 1718; D. Oxford, 18 Sept. 1783, When His Father Died He Was Quite Young But Suc Ceeded Him As Master Of A Charity School In His Home Village. Through The Kindness Of Friends He Entered Wadham College, Oxford. ...
Kent
Kent, James, American Jurist: B. Philippi, Putnam County, N. Y., 31 July 1763; D. New York, 12 Dec. 1847. Kent Was Graduated At Yale College In 1781, Studied Law, Was Admitted In 1785 As An Attorney, And In 1787 As A Coun Sellor And Commenced The Practice Of His Pro ...
Kent_2
Kent, A County Of Forming The Southeast Extremity Of Great Britain And 1 I Ac I Joining The Counties Of Essex (from Which It Is Separated By The Thames), Middlesex. Surrey And Sussex. The Strait Of Dover Bounds It On The Southeast. Its Area Is 1,570 Square Miles. Two Principal ...
Kentucky
Kentucky, Oil And Gas Resources Of. Petroleum, Commonly Called *crude Oil ,p Was First Discovered In Kentucky In 1819, In The Val Ley Of The South Fork Of The Cumberland River, Close To The Tennessee Line In What Is Now Mc Creary County, But Was Then Wayne County. The Strike ...
Kentucky
Kentucky (cherokee, °prairie,'" °the Barrens,° And Not Meaning °dark And Bloody Ground° As Popularly Supposed), A South-central State Of The Union, One Of The °border (q.v.) Bounded On The North By The Ohio River; The Second District •settled Beyond The Alle Ghanies And The First To Become A State; Ad ...
Keokuk
Keokuk, Keokuk, Iowa, Is Situated In The Southeast Corner Of The State At The Confluence Of The Mississippi And Des Moines Rivers And At The Foot Of The Des Moines Rapids Of The Mississippi River. In 1873 The Government, At A Cost Of $8,000,000, Built A Seven-mile Canal Around The ...
Kepler
Kepler, Johann, German Astronomer And Mathematician: B. Weil Der Stadt. Wfirtem Berg. 27 Dec. 1571; D. Regensburg (ratisbon), 15 Nov. 1630. A Contemporary Of Galileo And Tycho Brahe, Kepler Was One Of The World's Greatest Astronomers, The Real Founder Of Mod Ern Astronomy; The One Who First Reduced The Theory ...
Keppler
Keppler, Joseph, American Caricaturist: B. Vienna, Austria, 1 Feb. 1838: D. New York, 19 Feb. 1894. He Early Made His Reputation As A Satiric Artist And The Leading Periodicals Of His Native City Were Publishing His Witty Sketches, Almost Before He Had Left The Academy Of Fine Arts. But Art ...
Kerbela
Kerbela, Meshhed Hosein, Mesh'hed 116 Sin', City In Bagdad Vilayet, And Some 50 Miles Southwest Of The City Of Bagdad. It Is Connected By Canal With The. Euphrates. The City Is Persian In The Character Of Its Build Ings And Its Inhabitants And Is Looked Upon As A Very Sacred ...
Kerensky
Kerensky, Alexander Feodorovitch, Russian Revolutionary Statesman: B. Tashkent, Central Asia, 1881. A Lawyer And Journalist By Profession, A Dvoryaneen Or "gentleman* In Social Rank, His Early Life Was A Struggle For Existence And Education. He Took A Degree At The University Of Saint Petersburg And Practised In The Courts As ...
Kerguelen
Kerguelen (lcerg'e-len) Land, Or Desolation Island, An Island In The Indian Ocean, Intersected By Lat. 49° 3' S., Long. 18' E.• Length About 100 Miles; Greatest Breadth About 50 Miles; Area, About 2,500 Square Miles. It Has A Remarkably Barren And Desolate Appearance, Due To The Fact That It Consists ...
Kernstown
Kernstown, Battle Of. Gen. °stone Wall° Jackson Abandoned Winchester, Va., 11 March 1862 And Retreated Up The Shenandoah Valley, Followed By Shields' Union Division Beyond Strasburg. Shields Was Recalled To Winchester On The 20th, And Jackson Followed Him, His Advance Cavalry Under Turner Ashby Engaging Shields On The Afternoon Of ...
Kernstown_2
Kernstown (winchester), Second Battle Of. On 22 July 1864 General Crook, With Four Small Divisions Of Infantry And Cavalry, Joined General Averell's Cavalry Di Vision At Winchester, Va., Crook Assuming Chief Command Of The United Force Of 11,000 Men. On The 23d Crook Advanced Four Miles South To Kernstown And ...
Kertch
Kertch, Larch, A Russian Seaport In The Crimea, At The Farthest Eastern Point. The Town Itself Is Old, Dating To The First Centuries Of The Christian Era; But It Is Built Upon The Site Of A Prehistoric City, The Ancient Mounds Of Which Are Still Standing Close By. Near By ...
Keswick Movement
Keswick Movement, The. In 1874 Canon Harford-battersby Attended A Con Fer Enc At Oxford And There Passed Through A Deep Spiritual Experience. On His Return To His Parish, Saint John's, Keswick, He Was Very Desirous That His People Should Have The Same Experience. So The First Keswick Convention Was Called ...
Keweenawan Series
Keweenawan Series, A Great Series Of Rocks, Believed To Be Of Pre Cambrian Age, Typically Developed On Keweenaw Point, Mich., But Found Over A Large Area In Michigan, Wisconsin And Minnesota. Rocks Of The Same Age Occur Also In Canada, And Pos Sibly In The Adirondack Mountains In New York. ...
Key West
. Key West, Fla., City, Port Of Entry, County-seat Of Monroe County; About 60 Miles Southwest Of Cape Sable And Nearly 100 Miles North By East Of Havana, Cuba. The City Is On Key West Island, One Of A Group Of Coral Islands, Called Florida Keys. It Is The Farthest ...
Keyboard
Keyboard, The Name Given To A Set Of Through Which The Tones Of Certain Mu Sical Instruments Are Produced. The Principal Instruments Which Are At Present Operated In This Way Are The Piano And Organ. It Is In Connection With The Latter That Keys And Key Boards Were First Used. ...
Keys
Keys, Power Of The. A Doctrine Based On The Saying Of Jesus Recorded In The Gospel Of Matthew Xvi, 19: °and I Will Give Unto Thee The Keys Of Heaven : And Whatsoever Thou Shalt Bind On Earth, Shall Be Bound In Heaven: And Whatsoever Thou Shalt Loose On Earth, ...
Khatmandu
Khatmandu, Kfit'inan-doo', Kat Mandu, Capital Of Nepal (q.v.), Situated At The Junction Of Vishnumati And Bagmati Rivers. It Is The Largest City In Nepal, And Was Orig Inally Known As Manju Paten, Having Been Named After The Buddhist Saint Manjsri, Who Tradition Says Cut The 'barrier Of Mountains With His ...
Khiva
Khiva, Ke'va, Or Chiva, A Vassal State Of Russia, In Central Asia. It Lies Between 43°40' And 40° N. Lat., And 57° And 62° 20' E. Long. It Is Bounded On The North By The Sea Of Aral, On The East By The River Oxus, And South And West By ...
Khmers
Khmers, Lcmerz, The Earliest-known In Habitants Of Cambodia. In The Course Of Time They Have Been Forced To Retreat To The Low, Marshy Lands Of The Country And Neighboring Sections Of Cochin-china And Siam. At This Late Date It Is Very Difficult To Tell Whether They Were Originally A Pure ...
Khotin
Khotin, Ko'tycn, Or Chotin, A Dis Trict And Capital City Of The Same Name In The Government Of Bessarabia, Russia. The City Is Situated On The Dniester Close To The Frontier. It Is Noted Historically As The Scene Of The Severe Defeat Which John Sobieski Administered To The Turks In ...
Khvoshtschinskaya
Khvoshtschinskaya, Id-a, Nadezha Dmitrievna, A Russian Writer: B. Ryazan, 1825; D. 1889. She Began Writing Under The Pseudonym Of V. Krestovski, A Desig Nation Which She Long Continued To Use. She Was One Of The Most Notable Of The Russian Realists Of The Middle Of The 19th Century, And Her ...
Khyber
Khyber, Kther, Or Khaibar Pass, A Mountain Pass On The Frontiers Of India And Afghanistan, Leading From Punjab To Jelalabad And Cabul. The Pass-- A Narrow Defile— Winds Northwest Through A Range Of Hills, Called By The Same Name, For A Distance Of About 33 Miles And Forms The Bed ...
Kia King
Kia-k'ing, Kya'keng, Or Chya"cheng, The 5th Emperor Of The Last Manchu Dynasty Of China; Began To Resign 1796; D. 1820. It Was Probably To Him More Than To Any One Other Ruler Of His Dynasty That The Downfall Of The Chinese Imperial Family Was Due. He Showed Little Ability For ...
Kidd
Kidd, William, American Pirate: B. Prob Ably Greenock, Scotland, About The Middle Of The 17th Century, Executed London, 24 May 1701. He Appears To Have Followed The Sea From His Youth, And About 1695 Was Known As One Of The Boldest And Most Successful Ship Masters That Sailed From New ...
Kidney Bean
Kidney Bean, A Bean Of The Genus Phaseolus, Of Which European Species And Varieties Have Been Cultivated From A Time Im Memorial. (see Bean). The Wild Kidney Bean Of The United States Is A High-climbing Vine (p. Polystachyus), Bearing Small Purple Flow Ers. The So-called "kidney-bean Tree; Is Wis Taria ...
Kido
Kido, Takayoshi, Japanese States Man: B. Hagi, Choshiu, 1832; D. Kioto, 27 May 1877. His Father, A Prominent Physician, Gave His Son The Best Education Obtainable In Japan In His Day, And The Boy, Intelligent, Quick And Ambitious, Made The Best Of His Opportunities. Coming Of A Semi-noble Family He ...