Hope
Hope, Sir .1.%xtes I 1808-81). A British Ad Miral, Burn In Edinburgh. Ile Was Educated In The Royal Naval ('ollege, Portsmouth, And When Fourteen Years Old Went As Midshipman On A Frigate Bound For The \vest Indies. In Five Years Lie Was Promoted Lieutenant And By 1830 Had Reached The ...
Hophinsville
Hop'hinsville. A City And The County Seat Of Christian County. Ky., 75 Miles Northwest Of Nashville, Tenn.; On The Louisville And Nash Ville And The Illinois Central Railroads I Map: Kentucky, I) 4). It Is The Sent Of The South Ken Tucky College (christian), Established In 1849, Bethel Female College ...
Horace
Horace (qui:virus Ilooattuus Flaccvs) (11.e. 65-s). A Latin Poet, Born At Venusia, On The Borders Of Lucania And Apulia. Llis Early Years Were Thus Passed Amid A Picturesque En Vironment Of Mountain, Forest, And Stream, Which Made A Deep Impression Upon His Mind, And Strengthened That Love Of Nature Which ...
Horehound As
Hore'hound (as. Ho,rluinr, From Hoir, Hoar '4- Ham. Noarhound), .11arrubizint. .\ Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Rder Labiate. The Spe Cies Are Mostly Per Ennials, Natives Of The South Of Europe And The East. (inc Spe Cies, The Common Or White Hore Hound ( Marra Mum Ru(garc ). Is ...
Horn
Horn. Musical Instrument, Belonging To The Family Of Brass Wind Instruments And Dis Tinguished By A Cupped Mouthpiece. A Flaring Bell, A Nd A Narrow, Conical Tube Which Is Between Nine And Eighteen Feet Long. And Is Twisted Hack On Itself. The Natural Or French Horn (q.v.), Al Though Having ...
Hornbeam
Hornbeam (horn + Beam, As. Beam. Ohg. Loma, Ger. Baum. Tree; Connected Ultimately With Gk. Lieu., Phyein, To Grow, Skt. Thil, To Become), Curpinus. A Genus Of The Natural Order Cupulifera, Which Consists Of Trees With Com Pact, Rough, Hard Wood, Almost Smooth Whitish Gray Bark. Deciduous Leaves, And Momecious ...
Hornbill
Hornbill. The Name Of An African And East Indian Family Of Large Birds, Forming The Family Bucerotithe, And Remarkable For The Enor Mous Size Of The Bill, And For A Large Bony Pro Tuberance (epithema, Or Casque) With Which It Is Usually Surmounted. The Bill Is Curved, Broad At The ...
Hornet As
Hornet (as. Hyoid, Hurnitu, 0i1g. Hornuz, Ho•naz. Ger. Horniss; Connected With Lat. Erabro, °cloud] Slay. Srfisheni. Litt. Szirnone, Hornet, (1chureh Slay. Srisha. Lith. S;:irszri, Wasp; Less Connected With Horn. Either From Its Antenna; Or From Its Buzzing Sound). A Name Ap Plied To Several Large Stinging Insects Belonging To The ...
Horns
Horns. Under This Term Are Eommonly Con Fused Two Very Distinct Structures Forming Out Growths On The Head Of Ungulate Animals, To Which Order They Are Confined. The Word Ought Not, Strictly, To Include The Bony Antlers Of Deer Or The Giraffe, Since These, Although To A Certain Extent Epidermal ...
Horology
Horol'ogy (from Lat. Horologium, (k. 6.,o,\g-,(ov, From Evpon6los, Ltiirologos. Telling The Hour. From 6pa, Hero, !pair N6-yos, Logos, Word, From Neiciv, I, Win, To Say). That Branch Of Ap Plied Scienee That Has For Its Object The Measure Ment Of Time. Although It Is Easy To Look Hack On A ...
Horse
Horse, Fossil. Remains Of Horses, Often Of Extinct Species. Have Been Found In The Cave-beds, River-gravels. Bone-licks, And Loess Deposits Of The Quaternary Period, Or 'age Of Man,' In Almost All Parts Of The World. In The More Ancient De Posits Of The Tertiary Period, Or 'age Of Mam Mals,' ...
Horse Chestnut
Horse-chestnut (so Called Probably From The Large Size Of The Nuts; Less Plausibly Ex Plained From The Former Use Of Them When Ground As Food For Horses). .esentits. A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Sapindacete In Which The Leaves Are Large Opposite Digitate ; Flowers With Five Spreading ...
Horse Racing
Horse - Racing. The Earliest Recorded Organized Trials Of Speed With Horses Were The Chariot-races At The Greek National Festivals, Of Which The Most Notable Were The Olympic Games Lq.v.), Held Every Fourth Year. Greek Sculpture Frequently Represents The Horse As Used For Rid Ing, Apparently Without A Saddle In ...
Horse As
Horse (as. Hors, Os., Heel. Hross, Ohg. Ros, Ger. Ross; Possibly Connected With Lat. Currcrc, To Run. Less Probably With Skt. Kard. To Spring, Gk. S6p8ae, Kordax, Wanton Dance, Or With As. Hreodon, Oi1g. Rust En, Ger. Riisten. To Adorn). One Of A Genus Of Pachydermatous Quadrupeds Of The Family ...
Horsemanship
Horsemanship. The Art Of Managing Horses. It Is To The Greeks That We Must Look For Our First Knowledge Of The History Of Horseman Ship, For When Primitive Man First Ventured Upon The Back Of A Captured Horse Is, At' The Best, A Matter Of Conjecture. The 'bit' Could Not ...
Horseshoeing
Horseshoeing. An Artificial Protection Of Some Kind For The Horse's Foot Has Been Well Said To Be "one Of The Penalties Whielt Civilization Inexorably Exacts." When It Is Remembered That Every Time That A Horse Is Shod It Implies Damage To The Foot And That The Hest And Most Expert ...
Horticulture
Horticulture (front Lat. Hortur. Garden ± Culture, Cultivation, Front Colere, To Cultivate). The Branch Of General Agriculture That Deals With The Raising Of Fruits, Vegetables, And Ornamental Plants. On The One Hand, Horticulture Merges Into Agriculture In Its Restricted Sense. I.e. The Raising Of Cereal, Forage, Textile, And Root Crops; ...
Hosea
Hosea, Litezr•'71 (heh. Hosr. A, Deliverance). One Of (lie Prophets. Whose Discourses, Forming The Book Of Hosea, Come First In The Group Of Minor Prophets. Of His Life We Know Nothing Except. What May Lie Inferred From References In The Discourses. His Father's Name Is Beeri And His Home Is ...
Hospital
Hospital (from Oe Hospital, Fr. 11600, From Mi.. Hospito/c, Inn, From Lat. Hospitalis, Re Lating To A Guest Or Host, From Hospes. Guest, Host). A Place Used For The Shelter And Treat Ment Of The Sick Or In The Earlier Days, Orphans And Helpless Children Were Brought Up In Institutions ...
Hotchpot Of
Hotchpot (of. Horhcpot, From °dutch Hutspot, Chopped Beef Or Mutton Boiled In A Pot, From Butsrn, Hotsen, To Shake + Pot, As. Loft, From Ir. Pota, Puite, Welsh Pot, Bret. Pod. Pot; Connected With Lat. Potare. Skt. Pa, To Drink. Gk. Iroroc, Potor, Drunk). The Mixing And Blending Together Of ...
Hotel
Hotel (fr, Hotel, Of, Hostnl, From Mt,. Hos Pitale, Large House, Palace, Inn). The Origin Of The Modern Hotel, Especially In The United States, Dates From The Introdu4dion Of The Railroad. Its Advent Transformed The Small Road-house, Which Was Planned For Imbeasional Guests, Into The More Pretentious Hotel. Again, About ...
Hottentots
Hottentots (khoi-khoin, Men Of Men). A Dwarf Race In Namaland, South Africa (census Of 1891, 50,388). Their Domain Is Said To Extend From Orange River To Walfish Bay And Far Into The Damara Upland. A Study Of Their Somatology Shows Them To Have The Follow Ing Characteristics: Cranial Capacity, 1290; ...
Houdon
Houdon, Uii'don', Jean Antoine (1741 1828). One Of The Foremost French Sculptors Of The Eighteenth Century. He Was Horn At Ver Sailles, France, March 20, 1741, The Son Of A Domestic Attached To The House Of De La Motte, A Courtier. His First Impulse Toward Art Came From The Splendid ...
Hound As
Hound (as. Mend, 011g. Hunt. Ger. Hand, Goth. Bonds: Connected With Lat. Coni., Gk. Ki)cov, Lyon, 01r. Lill). S.u, Skt. Aron, (log). Broad Ly, The Term 'hound' Distinguishes Hunting-dogs, Who Follow Their Animal Quarry By Scent, From The Greyhound Group. Who Hunt By Sight; And Also From The Field Dogs ...
Hounslow Heath
Houns'low Heath. A Region West Of The Township Of Hounslow, London, Covering In 1546 An Extent Of 4293 Acres. It Was Formerly Notori Ous As The Resort Of Highwaymen, And It Was Cus Tomary To Leave The Bodies Of Those Who Had Been Executed Hanging On Gibbets Along The Road. ...
Hour
Hour', Hou'ri (ar. Hatera, Woman With Bright Black Eyes. From Hawira, To Have Brilliant Black Eyes). The Beautiful Celestial Maidens, De Scribed In The Koran (sura H. 24; Lv. 55; Et Al.) And Mohammedan Tradition As Dwelling In Para Dise, Whose Companionship Is One Of The Rewards Held Out To ...
House Industry
House Industry. A Form Of Industrial Organization In Which The Workman Labors At Home For A Manufacturer Or Contractor. It Is To He Eontrasted, On The One Hand, With The Artisan Organization Of Industry In Which The Master Craftsman Was His Business Manager And Produced For The Needs Of A ...
Houseboating
Houseboating. The Of The Sum Mer-time, As A Recreath N, On What Really Is A Flat Bottomed Raft Supporting A More Or Less Extensive And Luxurious Suite Of Rooms, Occupying The Centre Of The Raft. At Each End Of Is 311 01511 Deck, And An Open Gallery Along The Sides: ...
Housing Problem
Housing Problem. The Increase Of Crowded Tenement S And Unsanitary Shun Districts Which Resulted From The Rapid Growth Of Cities In The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century Unitised The Philanthropist And The Public To The Realiza Tion That They Must Solve The Problem Of Housing The Working Classes 71 ...
Houston
Houston, Hfi'ston. A City And The County Seat Of Harris County. Tex.. 50 Miles Northwest Of Galveston; On Buffalo Bayou, An Arm Of Gal Veston Ray, At The Head Of Navigation, And On The International And Treat Northern, The Southern Pacific, The Missouri, Kansas And Texas, The Houston And Texas ...
Houston_2
Houston, Sam (17931863). An American Soldier And Political Leader, Who Was Instru Mental In Securing The Independence Of Texas. He Was Born Near Lexington. In Rockbridge County. Va.. March 2. 1793, C F Scotch-irish Parentage. After His Father's Death In 1806, The Family Emigrated To Tennessee. Where He Entered An ...
Howard
Howard. A Noble English Family, Which Far Many Centuries Has Stood At The Head Of The English Peerage, And Has Held The Dukedom Of Norfolk Since The Middle Of The Fifteenth Century. The Earliest Of The House To Gain Distinction Was Sir William Howard, A Learned Chief Justice Of The ...
Howard_2
Howard, Jou An English Philanthropist, Best Known For His Work In Be Half Of Prison Reform. He Inherited A Consid Erable Fortune From His Father, And Spent His Early Life In Travel. Settling At C'ardington, Bed Fordshire, In 1756, He Erected Model Cottages For His Tenants, And Furnished Schools For ...
Howe
Howe, Il En Ry (1816-931. An American His Torian And Publisher. Horn At New Haven. Conn.. Son Of Gen. Ilezekinh Howe, The Publisher. He Entered The Publishing Business In 1839, And In 1810 Began His Historical Research In Ness' York And Ness' Jersey. Together With John W. Barber. Ile Made ...
Howe_2
Howe, Thutit.ey (1801-76). An American Reformer And Philanthropist. Horn In Boston. Ile Graduated At Brown In 1821, And Took The Degree Of M.d. At The Harvard Medical School In 1821. Stirred By The Poems Of Byron, He Offered His Serviees To The Greeks In Their Strug Gle For Independence. In ...
Howe_3
Howe, Sir William (1729-1814). A British Soldier In The American Revolution, Younger Brother Of Richard, Earl Howe (q.v.), Whom He Succeeded As Fifth Viscount Howe In 1799. He Was Educated At Eton, Was Appointed A Cornet In 1746, And Saw Service In Flanders. In 1750 Be Became Captain, And In ...
Howitt
How'itt, Witt.tiot (1792-1879) And Mary (1799-1888). Two English Authors, Who May Well Be Treated Together. William Ilowitt Was Born At Treanor. Derbyshire. Ilis Parents Were Quakers. Though Lie Attended Several Schools, He Educated Himself Mostly By Reading. From His Youth Lie Was Fond Of Outdoor Sports. And He Cele Brated ...
Howitzer
Howitzer ('from Howitz, From Ger. Hau Bitze, Formerly Haubnitze, From Bob. Haufnice, Havfenice, Howitzer, Sling For Casting Stones). A Type Of Artillery. Although A Short Cannon, It Differs From The Mortar (q.v.), In That The Latter Is Used For Vertical Fire, While The Howitzer Dis Charges Its Shells In A ...
Hoyt
Hoyt, Crimurs Hale (1460-19001. An American Dramatist. Born In Concord, N. Il He Studied Law, Was Connected For A Time With The Saint Albans 1vt.1 Rtiser, Became Musical And Dramatic Critic Of The Boston Post, Turned Playwright, And Wrote A -cries Of Farcical Come Dies. Which Netted The Author N ...
Hubert De Burgh
Hu'bert De Burgh ( ?-1243). An Eng Lish Statesman. Lie Held Office Under Richard The Lion-hearted, And About 1202 Was Made, By King John, Castellan Of Falaise And Guardian Of Arthur Of Brittany, The Young Son Of John's Elder Brother, Geoffrey. The Story Of His Refusal To Obey The King's ...
Hubschmann
Hubschmann. Hupsh'inan, Josi.txx Man ( G4s- ). A German Philologist, Horn At Erfurt. Lie Studied Oriental Philosophy At Jena. Ttibingen, 1.eipzig. And Munich; In 187fi Became Professor Of Iranian Languages At Leipzig. And In 1877 Professor Of Comparative Linguistics At Strasshnrg. Ilk Principal Works Are: Zur Casusli Lire (1s75) .1rnienisehe ...
Huckleberry
Huckleberry (probably A Corruption Of Hurticberry, Wharticbcrry, Whortleberry, Probably From As. Wyrtil, Olig. Teurzala, Ger. Irurzci, Root + Berry: Apparently Confused With As. Hcortbcrge, Heorotberge, Hartberry, From Hecrrt, Heorot, Stag, Hart + Beige, Berry). A Term Now Applied Indiscriminately To Various Small, Hardy Shrubs Of The Genus Vaeeinum (order Vae ...
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay. A Spacious Landlocked Gulf In The Northeastern Section Of Canada, Which May He Regarded As An Arm At Once Of The Arctic And The Atlantic. Oceans (map: North America. E." 3). It Communicates With The Atlantic By Means Of Ilud Soli Strait, And With Cue Arctic. By Fox ...
Hudson River
Hudson River. The Principal River Of New York State, And One Of The Most Picturesque And Important Waterways In The Eastern United State. (a\lap: Nev• York, G 3). It Rises In The .kilirondack :mountains In The Northern Part Of The State, Receiving The Waters Of Most Of The Lakes In ...
Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait. See Hudson Bay. Hue, Hoo-fe. Capital Of The Kingdom Of An Nam, Situated On The Left Hank Of The Truong River. About 10 Miles Above Its Entrance Into The Sea, About Latitude 16° •9' N.. And Longitude 107° 3s' E. (map: French Indo-china, E 3). It Is A ...
Hudsons Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company. An English Chartered Company. It Was Incorporated In 1670, By Charles H., Who Granted To A Number Of 'adventurers,' With Prince Rupert At Their Head, The Sole Right To Trade With The Native Tribes On The Shores Of Hudson Bay. The Company Had Power To Establish Laws ...
Hughes
Hughes, Joun (1797-1864). An American Prelate, First Archbishop Of New York; Horn In Annaloghan. County Tyrone, Ireland. Brought Up In The Northern Or Protestant Section Of His Native Land, Where Orange Societies Were Rife. He Rally Because Imbued With The Combative Spirit Which Ever Afterwards Characterized Him. His Parents Were ...
Hughes_2
Hughes, Titomas 11s23-911). .1n English Author And Polit Ician. Second Son Of John Hughes. Of Donington Priory. Newbury. Berkshire. Burn Al 1:11ington, Berks. Ile Was Educated At Rugby Under The Celebrated Dr. Arnold: Graduated B.a. From Oriel College, Oxford. In Lti-15: Was Called To The Liar At Lincoln's Inn In ...
Hugo
Hugo. N'g6', Victor (1802-851. The Greatest French Poet Of His Century. A Distin Guished Dramatist, Novelist, Essayist, And Poli Tician. His First Volume Appeared In 1822. For Nearly Two-thirds Of The Century He Was A Leader In French Literature. For The Greater Part Of That Time Preeminently The Leader. He ...
Huguenots
Huguenots, Hfi'gt'-snots, Fr. Pron. Ttleiny (derivation Possibly Corrupted Through //mots, Iqucnofs. From Ger. Eidgcno•sen. Voided Crates; According To Others. A Diminutive Of Hugo, Hugues, Ilngh). The Mime Borne By The Protestants Of France From About The Year 15(10 Till Their Exthiet Mu As A Political Party In The Seventeenth Century; ...
Hugues
Hugues, Pg, Dominicire .jean Baptiste (1549—). A French Sculptor. Born At Marseilles. He Studied Under Dummt And Bonnassieux At The Ecole Des Beaux-arts, And Made His First Sue Ccss With A Bas-relief Of Homer, In 1875. His Works Have Frequently Appeared In The Salon, Such As "le Bapteme Du Christ" ...
Hull
Hull, Also Known As Kingston-upon -hull. A Seaport. Parliamentary And Municipal Bor Ough. And Civic County In The East Riding 4.f Yorkshire, England. At The Confluence Of The Hull With The Estuary Of The Humber. 20 Miles From The North Sea, And Miles East-southeast Of York By Rail (map: England. ...
Hull_2
Hull, Ls.‘ac (1773-1843). An American Naval (aver. Ile Wit, Born At Derby, Conn., Cabin Boy On A Merchant Vessel At The Age Of Fourteen. Soon Showed Great Aptitude For The Handling Of A Ship, And Before He Was Twenty One Was Placed In Command Of A Merchantman. In 1798 He ...
Humanism
Humanism (from Human, Ok, Fr. Humain, From Lat. Humanus, Relating To Man, From Howo, Olat. Bongo, Man; Connected With As. Yuma, Man, Gk. X0d.fv, Ehthiin, Skt. Ksam, Earth). A Name Applied To The Literary Movement At The Close Of The Middle Ages, Whose Object Was The Revival Of The Pagan ...
Humbert I
Humbert I. Itmnento) (1844-1900). King Of Italy From 1s78 To 1900. He Was The Eldest Son Of Victor Emmanuel Ii. And Adelaide. Archduchess Of Austria. And Was Born At Turin. March 14, 1844. At An Early Age He Obtained An Insight Into Political And Military Life Under The Guidance Of ...
Humboldt
Humboldt. K:ant. Wiliielni. Baron Von (1767-1835). An Eminent German Scholar, Au Thor, And Statesman, Elder Brother Of The Preced Ing, Born At Potsdam, Prussia, June 22, 1767. He Was Educated At. The Universities Of Frankfort On-the-odor And Gidtingen, Where He Was Espe Cially Trained In Jurisprudence. But Also Studied :esthetics, ...
Humboldt
Humboldt, (e'er. Pron. Barra Tun (1769.1s59). .1 Tlerimin Naturalist And Traveler. Ile Was Born In Berlin, 170, Iris Father, Who Died In 1779, A Ellamberlaul To The 1\111g Prii.,ia; Lit, Mother Was Of Burgundian And His Life Was Speilt Ni The Old Castle Of •egel, Near Potsdam. Llee Studied, In ...
Hume
Hume, Davin (1711-76). An English Philosopher And Historian. He Was Born At Edin Burgh On April 26 (o. S.), 1711. His Father Was The Laird Of Ninewells In Berwickshire, But David, Being The Youngest Son, Had To Make His Fortune With No Other Assistance Than An Educa, Tion And The ...
Humerus
Humerus (lat., Shoulder). The Largest And Longest Hone Of The Upper Extremity; The Bond Of The Arm Proper, Extending From The Shoulder To The Elbow. It Is Divided Anatomically Into A Ibaft And Two Extremities. The Extremity Is Rather The Larger, And Has A Semi-globular Head Which Is Partially Received ...
Humidity
Humidity (from Lat. Hrriditas, Moisture, From Humidus, Um Idus, Moist, From Humere, Umere, To Be Moist ; Concerted Ultimately With Gk. Tryp6s, Hygros, Icel. Vdkr, Moist). Atmos Pheric. The Moisture Or Aqueous Vapor In The At Mosphere. This Vapor Is Really An Invisible Gas, And Is The Most Important Component ...
Hummel
Hummel,. Immtvmel. Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837). A Distinguished Austrian Pianist And Composer, Born At Pressburg And Educated Primarily By His Father, Who Was A Music Teacher. When But Eight Years Of Age He Accom Panied His Father To Vienna On The Appointment Of The Latter As Kapellmeister Of Schikaneder's Theatre. Here ...
Humoccela
Humocce'la. See Ultra:lk. Ho F Ront Ho Of Feeling. From Stillieet To Like Feeling, From Invm,s. Bomoios, Mithos, Feeling). Dist Inetive System Of Medicine Elaborated By Samuel Hahnemann (q.v.) Upon The Suggestions Of A Min Bog Of Predecessors. And Published In 17911. Ilk Chief Dicta Enunciated Al. That Time Were ...
Humphrey Humfrey
Humfrey, Humphrey, Or Hum Phrys, Pelham (1647-74). A Famous Eng Lish Musician, And One Of The Founders Of Modern English Music. He Was Horn In London. He Was One Of The Children Of The Chapel Royal. And While Yet. A Boy Composed Considerable Church Music, And In A Book Of ...
Humphreys
Humphreys, Davui (1752-1818). An American Soldier, Diplomat, And Poet, Born :ii Derby, Conn., And Educated At Yale T'ollege. At The Outbreak Of The Revolutionary ‘var He En Tered The Army As Captain, Became Major Of A Brigade Under General Parsons In 1777, Was Made Aide To General Putnam In 1778, ...
Hunan
Hunan, Hm'n:in' (chin., South Of The Lake, I.e. The Tung-ting Lake). An Inland Province Of China, Bounded On The East By The Mountains Of Kiang-si, On The South And Southwest By The Nan-ling Mountains, Which Separate It From The Provinces Of Kwang-tung And Kwang-si, On The West By Kwei-chow And ...
Hundred Days
Hundred Days, Tor: (fr. 1. Cent Intim') . The Term Ot Napoleon's Second Reign As Ereneh Emperor. The Period Extended From Alareh 20, 1s15, The Date Of His Entry Into Paris, To .lime 2801, When Louis Nv111. Once More Assumed Power. At Elba Napoleon Had Been Kept In Formed Of ...
Hundred As
Hundred (as. Hundred, Ger. Hundcrt. From As., Goth. Hand, Ohg. Hunt, Ger. Hund, 01r. Efit. Lith. 8:iiintas, Lett. Stuffs, ()church Slay. Sfito, Lat. Centuni, Gk. Ekar6v, Hckaton, Skt. Rata, Hundred + As. -red: Connected With 0110. Radio, Ger. Rede, Account, Speech, Goth. Ra)ijo, Lat. Ratio, Reckoning, Reri, To Think). An ...
Hung Hsiu Chuan 1 Ia
Hung-siu-ts'euen, Hung-hsiu-chuan ( 1 I. A Ii Akka Schoolmaster Who Originated And Was The Leader Of The Tai-ping Rebellion (1850-64). He Was Born Iu A Small Village, About 30 Miles From The City Of Canton, In 1512; Attended School From 7 To 16: Became Village Schoolmaster, Continued His Own Studies ...
Hung Wu
Hung-wu, Lunnew. The Name Given To The Period Of Years (1368-98 T During Whie'l Chu Yuan-chang.the Founder Of The Chinese Dynasty Of Ming Reigned, And Commonly Trans Ferred By Europeans To The Emperor Himself. He Was A Native Of The Province Of Ng.andiwei, And Was Born In 1328, The Second ...
Hungarian Language
Hungarian Language. Called By Those Who Speak It. Map-yar: One Of The Ural Altaic Group Of Languages. And Both Politically And Literarily The Most Important Representative Of The Group. With The Exception Of The Closely Allied Finnish (including The Various Finnic Dia Lects Spoken In Russia, As Well As The ...
Hungarian Literature
Hungarian Literature. L'ntil Mod Ern Times, Literature In The Vernacular Did Not Flourish To Any Very Great Extent In Hungary. Latin Was The General Medium Of Cultured Expres Sion During The Middle Ages. And Even Recently It Has Sometimes Sought To :implant The Popular Tongue In Offieial And Literary Use. ...
Hungary
Hun'gary, Or, Officially, The Lanns Or 1 M.. 111, Cnown. A Kingdom Of Central Europe. Constituting One Of The Units In The Dual Of Austria-hungary. It Occupies A Compact. Area Of 1.25,0:19 Square Miles, Compris Ing Hungary Proper, With Transylvania And The Erownlands Of Croatia And Slavonia And Eitime, Which ...
Hunold
Hunold, Hoo'nolt. Christian Friedrich (1080-1721). A German Author, Known By His Pseudonym Menantes. Ile Was Born At Wanders Leben, And Was Educated At Jena. But Means To Carry On His Studies Failed Him, And In 1700 He Went To Hamburg, Then The Literary Centre Of (;ermany. Here The Success Of ...
Hunter
Hunter, Doilx (1728-93). A Celebrated English Physiologist And Surgeon, Horn At Long T'alderwood, Glasgow, Scotland, The Youngest Of Ten Children. After A Deficient Primary Educa Tion He Was Apprenticed To A. Cabinet-maker; But In 1748 He Began To Make Up Deficiencies In His Eduention• And Applied Himself To Anatomy Under ...
Hunter_2
Hunter. Sir %vim.' Ant 1vii-sox T 181(1-1900). A British Indian Administrator, Scholar, And Sta Tistician. Born Ill Glasgow. Educated At Iilasgosy, Paris. And Bonn. He Ervil The Indian Civil Sera Ice In Isti.2. V4•11 Years Aft.•r He Mas Trans Ferred From I Trissa And Put On Special Duty To Plan ...
Hunting 1c
Hunting (.1c. Huntung. From Huntian. To Hunt : Connected With I Hinvarr, To Seize, And Probably With I-ng Ham/ I. The Pursuit Of Game, 'specially Us A Recreation Or Sport The True Sportsman Is A Strong Supporter Of Every Law Designed For The Proteetion Of Game (see Vmr. And Rarely ...
Hunting Dog
Hunting Dog. This Interesting Animal (largo's Cactus), Which Inhabits All The More Open Parts Of Africa South Of The Sahara And Abyssinia, Is An Aberrant Species Of Dog, Distin Guished From The Typical Canis By Having Four Toes On Eaeli Foot, And Other Structural Peculiari Ties. It Is About As ...
Hunyady
Hunyady, Ben'yo-di, Janos (-john Hun Niades) (e.1387-1456). The National Hero Of Hun Gary. His Origin Is Shrouded In Obscurity. Lie Saw His First Military Service Under King Sigis Mund. Under Sigismuntre Successor. Albert Ii. (143s-39), He Became Known As A Brilliant Sol Dier, And Was Ban Of A District On ...
Hupa
Hupa, A Tribe Of Athabascan Stock, Originally Occupying A Number Of Small Villages On The Lower Trinity River. California. And Now Gathered Au The Hupa Valley Lla.eervation In The Same Region. Like Some Of The ',tuck, They Were Formerly Of Warlike And Aggressive Char Acter. And Are Said To Have ...
Husband And Wife
Husband And Wife, A Man And Wom An Married To Each Other. Th, Modes Of Con Tracting Marriage, With The Iteemnpanying Cere Monies, And The Impediments To Marriage Will Lie More Properly Described Under The Head Of Ni.valuve.r: (q.v.), And The Mode Of Dissolving The Marriage Has Been Already Described ...