TRANSCRIBER'S NOTEVariations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.For the convenience of the reader, aTable of Contentshas been added by the transcriber.Pages 492 and 522 are blank in the original.The letters "B. C." appear both spaced and unspaced in the original. They have been standardized to include a space.Where the abbreviation "St." was missing a period, the period has been added.The chapter header "JANUARY." has been added by the transcriber.The following corrections have been made to the text:Page 12: 17.[period missing in original]Publius Ovidus NasoPage 14: 1689. Col.Henry Sloughterappointed governor[original has "govenor"]Page 14: He was an indefatigable[original has "indefatigible"] studentPage 14: conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton[original has "Bonnel, Thornton"], ChesterfieldPage 15: 23 mortars, the fort, ammunition[original has "amunition"] and storesPage 15: relinquished her right to the sovereignty[original has "sovreignty"] of the revolted coloniesPage 20: and a settlement[original has "ettlement"] commenced by 28 colonistsPage 21: who circumnavigated the globe with Cook,[original has "globe, with Cook"] died in his 70th yearPage 23: artillery and munitions, preparatory[original has "prepartory"] to a general retreatPage 23: measuring 40 by 42 inches,[comma missing in original] the largest ever madePage 23: author of a great number of["of" missing in original] theological worksPage 24: At Iraish it was observed at -44½°[negative sign missing in original] of FahrenheitPage 24: health becoming impaired,[comma missing in original] by the advice of his physiciansPage 24: survivors of the colony,[comma missing in original] twelve in number, were takenPage 24: 1795. In consequence of a great thaw,[comma missing in original] the communicationPage 25: female born in the old colony of Massachusetts[original has "Massachusets"]Page 26: More than[original has "that"] 100 Swedish and DanishPage 30: defeated near Guadalaxara by the Spaniards under Calleja[original has "Caleja"]Page 33: 1764.Mr. Wilkeswas expelled from["from" missing in original] the British house of commonsPage 36: 1552. The duke ofSomersetbeheaded on pretence of[original has "ot"] inciting othersPage 36: Yet much of it is to be[original has "the"] attributedPage 38: put a[original has "puta"] stop to their depredationsPage 39: He was appointed adjutant and inspector[original has "inspecter"]-generalPage 40: 1845.Abigail[original has "Albigail"]Leonarddied at Raynham, Mass.Page 42: 40,000 pairs of stocking breeches[original has "braeches"]Page 46: conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton[original has "Bonnell, Thornton"], ChesterfieldPage 47: came to this country while a boy,[comma missing in original] was a soldier under WolfePage 49: widow of Percy Bysshe[original has "Byssche"] ShelleyPage 54: new committees, viz.[period missing in original], one on religionPage 55: 1805. The East Indiaman, earl of Abergavenny,[original has "Avergavenny"] wreckedPage 56: 1813. The Spanish cortes[original has "cortez"] abolished the inquisition.Page 57: 1696. A plot to assassinate[original has "assasinate"]William IIIPage 59: 1637.Ferdinand[original has "Ferdinard"] II of GermanyPage 59: fighting, occupied[original has "occuppied"] the same positionPage 60: 1555.John Hooper[original has "Hoopfr"] bishop of GloucesterPage 61: a worthy of the revolution[original has "relvolution"], died, aged nearly 98Page 63: 1771.Jean de Beaurain[original has "Beuarain"] diedPage 64: one of the signers of the declaration of independence[original has "indedence"]Page 64: 1814. Battle of Montmirail[original has "Montmirial"] between the FrenchPage 64: friend of Don Miguel, of infamous memory.[original has comma]Page 64: died at North Woodbury, Pa., aged 110½[original has "110 1-2"] yearsPage 65: The governor[original has "govenor"] returned the summons unopened.Page 66: French frigate Psyche,[comma missing in original] 36 guns, and the prize shipPage 68: arrived at St. Paul[original has "Pauls"], MinnesotaPage 68: 1632.Dudley Carleton, an[original has "on"] English statesmanPage 69: died at Edinburgh[original has "Edingburgh"], aged 55. She drew the attention of the town for a number of seasons, particularly[original has "particulary"] when she played JulietPage 69: 1810[original has "1710"]. Birthday ofLouis XV, of FrancePage 69: 1815. British sloop of war Barbados, captured the United States letter of marque brigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men.["captured the United States letter of marque brigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men." moved from top of page 70 to here]Page 69: 1817. Cold day throughout the United States[original has "tates"];Page 70: in which the former were victorious in both instances.[period missing in original]Page 71: 1852. Homeopathic[original has "Homoepathic"] college at Cleveland, OhioPage 71: 1853.William Gibbs McNeil[original has Mc Neil] diedPage 72: the Spanish chief Francisco Espoz[original has "Espon"] y MinaPage 73: 1519.Cortez[original has "Cortes"] sailed from cape St. AntonioPage 73: he gave such an account[original has "acccount"] of it in EnglandPage 75: He was early engaged in political[original has "polical"] lifePage 77: 1802.John[original has "Joan"]Moore, a distinguished Scottish physician and popular author, died. He wrote on the society and manners of different countries in Europe, which his acute[original has "accute"] discernmentPage 77: Gen. Henderson was elected the first governor[original has "govenor"].Page 78: 1854. The most violent snow storm that had occurred[original has "occcured"] since 1831Page 79: was in a measure indemnified[original has "idemnified"] by the articlesPage 81: 1851.Joanna Baillie[original has "Baille"], the Scottish poetressPage 82: 4 large quarto vols. of "Notes and various readings of Shakspeare."[quotation mark missing in original]Page 87: 1648.Christian IV[original has "Christiern IV"] of Denmark, died.Page 90: mine in the isle of Anglesey was discovered.[period missing in original]Page 90: His publications, theological[original has "theologial"], medical and political, gained great approbation.Page 91: for the salaries of its officers from July to Dec. 1792,[original has period] $2,694·88Page 91: 1799. Corfu, one of the Ionian islands,[comma missing in original] takenPage 91: endeavors to improve every branch of[original has "af"] agriculturePage 92: He enjoyed, at the time of his death,[comma missing in original] the vigorous use of his intellect.Page 93: "Allons chercher l'ennemi; si je recule, tuez moi; si j'avance, suivez moi; si je meurs, vengez moi."[quotation mark missing in original]Page 93: earl of Bellamont, governor[original has "govenor"] of the province of New YorkPage 94: member of congress, and governor[original has "govenor"] of PennsylvaniaPage 94: English, Spanish and Portuguese[original has "Portugese"] allied armyPage 96: 1775. An inhabitant of the town of Billerica[original has "Billercia"], Mass.Page 96: 1828.Richard Stockton[original has "Stocton"], a son of the signerPage 97: 1649. The duke of Hamilton, earl of Holland,[comma missing in original] and Lord CapelPage 97: 1819.Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely[original has "d'angely"]Page 98: 1789. The city of London brilliantly[original has "brillantly"] illuminatedPage 99: 1856. PresidentRivas, of Nicaragua[original has "Nicarauga"], declared warPage 99: used the Italian language in philosophical subjects.[original has comma]Page 100: Marshal Beresford, took possession[original has "possesion"] of BordeauxPage 103: 44B. C.Caius Julius Cæsar, the Roman general, assassinated[original has "assissinated"] in the senatePage 104: distinguished preacher and theological[original has "theologial"] writer of Toulouse.Page 104: and deprived of his functions of government[original has "goverment"]Page 104: 1839. Battle of Tuspan; the Mexican[original has "Mexiican"] government troopsPage 104: He translated Froissart'sChronicleinto English.[period missing in original]Page 107: wages for artists be from 5d.[period missing in original] per dayPage 108: He distinguished himself in the Afghanistan[original has "Affghanistan"] warPage 113: 1621. The colonists at Plymouth received a visit from Massasoit[original has "Masassoit"]Page 121: he was licensed to preach in["in" missing in original] 1791 by the presbyteryPage 121: MARCH 28[original has "29"].Page 122: 1791[original has "7191"].Honore Gabriel RiquettiPage 122: His mathematical[original has "mathemathical"] essays at an early agePage 122: MARCH 29[original has "28"].Page 124: could shield him from the malice[original has "malace"] of his enemiesPage 125: 1781. Mutiny disclosed on board U. S. frigate Alliance[original has "Aliance"]Page 125: but the division under Scherer having been[original has "being"] beaten againPage 125: 1810.Luigi Lanzi, a modern Italian archæologist[original has "archeologist"]Page 126: in London, that efficient[original has "effcient"] measures had been pursuedPage 132: 1813. Action near Urbanna, on the Chesapeake[original has "Chespeake"]Page 133: He embraced the doctrines of Arminius[original has "Arminus"] in relation to predestinationPage 133: 1706.John Bayles, an English buttonmaker[original has "butttonmaker"], diedPage 141: appointed lord high chancellor[original has "chancelor"] of England and baron of VerulamPage 141: other countries, led to his recall[original has "recal"] by the kingPage 143: 1756.Joseph Vaissette, a French ecclesiastic[original has "eccleciastic"], died.Page 143: 1856. The Americans under Lieut.[period missing in original] Green attacked 200 Costa RicansPage 144: 1555.Thos. Wyattbeheaded; acquitting[original has "acquiting"] with his last breathPage 144: the reformation of the calendar[original has "calander"], and the adoptionPage 146: 1709. First number of theTatler[original has "Tattler"] appeared.Page 153: the ridge of the house was discernible.[period missing in original]Page 155: 1676. Sudbury, Mass.,[comma missing in original] attackedPage 156: He fell a sacrifice[original has "sacrafice"] to the furyPage 158: 1839.Aaron Ogden,[original has a period] an American statesmanPage 160: He was one of the first and brightest[original has "brighest"] ornamentsPage 160: and the Texans[original has "Texians"], 783, under Gen. HoustonPage 161: division of the Austrian army two days in succession[original has "succesion"]Page 165: and began[original has "begun"] a paraphrase and commentaryPage 166: In his reign a great plague occurred[original has "occured"].Page 166: constituted her the fittest[original has "fitest"] sovereign of the twoPage 167: trial ofMeunierfor an attempt to assassinate[original has "assinate"] the kingPage 167: could give a succinct[original has "succint"] account of that sanguinary actionPage 168: Bostonians delivered up a large quantity[original has "quanity"] of gunsPage 168: in one of these paroxysms[original has "paroxyms"] Charles shot himselfPage 168: 1830. City of Guatemala[original has "Guatamala"] nearly destroyed by an earthquake.Page 169: beginning a military enterprise[original has "entreprise"] against NicaraguaPage 169: at the confluence of the Alleghany[original has "Allegany"] and MonongahelaPage 172: 1519. A skirmish at Edinburgh[original has "Edinburg"]Page 175: the laws of nature, died at Göttingen[original has a macron over the "o"]Page 175: Hundreds[original has "Hundred"] of persons were driven from their dwellingsPage 177: 1840.Thomas Manning, an[original has "a"] eminent English linguistPage 179: avowed Judaism, and was excommunicated[original has "excomunicated"] from the church of Mary le Bone.[period missing in original]Page 181: He commenced in 1795 that unparalleled[original has extraneous quotation mark] careerPage 181: 1631.Robert Bruce Cotton, an eminent[original has "eminant"] English antiquary, died.Page 184: principally known by hisDescription[original has "Descripton"]of the great WorldPage 185: 1768.Bonnell[original has "Bonnel"]ThorntondiedPage 189: having ascended from Dublin in a balloon[original has "baloon"]Page 197: published 1617. (See Dec. 1.[period missing in original])Page 198: French under the duke d'Enghien[original has "d'Enghein"] gained a signal victoryPage 200: 1789.John Hawkins, an English writer,[original has period] diedPage 202: wickedly and cowardly assaulted[original has "assaultted"] Charles SummerPage 204: originally a cobbler[original has "cobler"], became a mountebankPage 205: and a church and 22 houses[original has "hosses"] at BristolPage 205: He is celebrated as the editor of Shakspeare[original has "Shakpeare"]Page 205: 1843. One hundredth[original has "hundreth"] anniversary of the Am. Philosophical SocietyPage 209: 1854. A riot occurred[original has "occured"] at the park in New YorkPage 210: 1593.John Penry, an English controversial[original has "controvercial"] writerPage 212: He distinguished himself as a soldier, statesman and scholar.[original has comma]Page 213: a distinguished[original has "dintinguished"] French officer, and defenderPage 214: taking the Indians by surprise, exterminated[original has "extirminated"] their villagesPage 216: by Rutger Jacobsen,[original has "Rutger, Jacobsen"] one of the magistratesPage 219: announced: "[quotation mark missing in original]The Chronicles of England, &c.Page 220: on the sixth day ofLous(Hecatombæon[original has "Hecatombœon"])Page 220: engaged in a conspiracy to assassinate[original has "assasinate"] Lorenzo de MediciPage 220: 1597.William Hunis, one of["of" missing in original] the contributors to the metrical theologyPage 221: 1693. Dr.Pitcairn[original has "Pitcarine"], published at Leyden his dissertationPage 221: 1629. Charters granted[original has "graned"] to patroonsPage 222: burn 3 British ships in the new mole, Gibraltar[original has "Gibralter"] bayPage 223: the British the quarries of[original has "in of"] the RedanPage 227: with all the ex-citizens[original has "excitizens"] of FlorencePage 232: consuls elected, according to the Capitoline marbles.[period missing in original]Page 237: that relates to the separation from Massachusetts[original has "Massachussetts"]Page 238: in consequence of discontents arising[original has "arrising"] among thosePage 238: his learning as a theological writer and controversialist[original has "controversalist"]Page 239: 1835.William Cobbett[original has "Cobbet"], an English poetical and miscellaneous writerPage 241: historian of New Hampshire,[original has period] died, aged 58Page 242: presented to the Boston athenæum[original has "atheneum"] by the citizensPage 244: 1770.Philip Carteret Webbdied;[semicolon missing in original] a distinguishedPage 244: British loss 1200 killed,[comma missing in original] wounded or drownedPage 245: were defeated, with the loss[original has "lose"] of 80Page 251: 1829. Erzeroum[original has "Erzroum"], in TurkeyPage 254: 1666.Alexander de Brome, an[original has "on"] English poet, diedPage 257: 1850.Sergeant[original has "Sergeat"]S. Prentiss, a distinguished American lawyerPage 262: astonishment at London by his performances[original has "preformances"] on the organPage 263: capitol fired during the night by an incendiary[original has "incendary"] and consumedPage 262: the Americans occupied their works.[period missing in original]Page 263: 1811. The seven provinces of Venezuela made declaration of independence[original has "indedendence"].Page 266: 1816.Richard Brinsley[original has "Brindsley"]Sheridan, an English dramatistPage 271: oldest member of the society of the Cincinnati[original has "Cincinnatti"]Page 273: Isaac Hull, left Annapolis[original has "Anapolis"] in Chesapeake bayPage 279: consummation of the schism[original has "scism"] between the two churchesPage 279: 1439. Commencement of a direful pestilence and famine, which scourged[original has "scourced"] EnglandPage 280: 1856.[period missing in original] A formidable insurrectionPage 281: 1656[original has "1556"]. Battle of ValenciennesPage 281: 1812. United States frigate[original has "frgiate"]ConstitutionfellPage 281: pilgrims entered the city to see them.[period missing in original]Page 282: defeated the French near Tirlemont[original has "Tirelemont"]Page 283: 1610. The foundation of the famed and valuable Bodleian[original has "Bodlein"] libraryPage 283: Mexican agitator,Paredes, defeated by Bustamente[original has "Bustamante"]Page 287: earl of Northumberland's son, Henry Hotspur[original has "Holspur"], slainPage 287: He succeeded in driving the English from his[original has "has"] kingdomPage 287: in presence of an immense crowd[original has "crowed"] of spectatorsPage 287:The Bishop's Bible, made in the reign[original has "thereign"] of ElizabethPage 288: [original has extraneous dash]and it was owing to the night and Clausel's skillPage 288: 1836.Armand Carrel, a French republican,[original has period] killed in a duelPage 288: under a son of the ex-king[original has "exking"] of CabulPage 292: 1852.William Scroop, an[original has "at"] eminent English naturalistPage 293: 1766.Wallis, the navigator,[comma missing in original] sailed on his great voyage.Page 296: all of whom possessed colossal[original has "collosal"] fortunes of their ownPage 297: (Penny Cyclopedia[original has "Cycolpedia"] says August 16th)Page 299: favorite at the court of Henry[original has "Heny"] IV.Page 300: See Oct. 4[original has "5"], 1434.Page 301: 1854.Kenneth Murchison[original has "Muschison"] formerly governor of Penang and SingaporePage 303: began theAnnals of Philosophy[original has "Philosopy"], in LondonPage 305:The[original has "the"]Wandering Jew, are known in all Europe and AmericaPage 310: thePenny Cyclopedia[original has "Clyclopedia"] on the science of astronomyPage 311: works on archæology[original has "archæolology"], antiquities and philologyPage 314: 1675.Peter Bales,[original has two commas] an early and eminent English writing masterPage 314: 1749.Thomas Topham, an Englishman[original has "Englisman"] of remarkable strengthPage 314: palace was carried by storm, the apartments[original has "appartments"], the passagesPage 314: guards, who heroically defended the king, were inhumanly[original has "inhumanily"] butcheredPage 315: loss of 5,000 killed, 3,000 prisoners[original has "prisioners"], 2 cannonPage 315: 1851.[period missing in original]M. Daguerre, the inventor of the daguerreotypePage 315: the latter lost 21 ships, captured and sunk.[period missing in original]Page 317: in office under several successive[original has "succesive"] sovereignsPage 317: in Rhode Island, whither[original has "whether"] he had been drivenPage 320: besides immense quantities[original has "quanities"] of valuable real estatePage 320: delivered 28 hostages at the foot of Snowdon[original has "Snowden"]Page 321: Joubert was mortally[original has "wasmortall y"] wounded.Page 322: He publishedStirpes Novæ[original has "Novœ"]Page 323: Hessian generals, Baum and Breyman[original has "Breymen"]Page 324: AUGUST[original has extraneous period] 17.Page 332: from which office he was removed to make room for Wolsey[original has "Woolsey"]Page 337: on the Lycus, between the Macedonians[original has "Macedodians"] under AlexanderPage 337: 1813.Theodore Korner, a German poet, killed in battle[original has "battlle"].Page 340: Hungarian ecclesiastic, ennobled for his literacy[original has "literary"]Page 342: a brother, who should propagate[original has "propogate"] opinions in oppositionPage 343: 1772.[period missing in original]William Borlase, an English writer on natural historyPage 349: present from eleven colonies. (Sept. 4[original has extraneous comma]?)Page 352: 1772. An unprecedented[original has "unprecedent"] rain and consequent flood happenedPage 352: 1811.Peter Simon[original has "Simom"] PallasPage 357: 1827.Ugo Foscolo, a distinguished[original has "distingushed"] Italian writerPage 359: 1849.Mariano Paredes, ex-president[original has "expresident"] of Mexico, diedPage 359: in treasure, was totally[original has "totaly"] lost in a galePage 361: 407.John Chrysostom[original reads "Crysostom"], one of the most illustrious fathersPage 367: 880.Abbategniadecided the obliquity[original has "oblignity"] of the eclipticPage 371: loss of the[original has "the the"] Greeks was inconsiderablePage 371: 19B. C.[period missing in original]Publius Maro VirgiliusPage 373: who arrayed himself[original has "himfelf"] against the Aristotelian philosophyPage 376: 1799. Zurich, in Switzerland,[comma missing in original] taken by the FrenchPage 378: the strongest in Europe, taken by the Austrians[original has "Austrains"]Page 379: A _rout_[original has "gout"] preserved Europe.Page 379:New Englander, died in New Haven, Ct.,[period missing in original] aged 48Page 380: ship Annie Jane, from Liverpool, was driven on the Barra[original has "Barva"] islandPage 383: criminals hitherto employed by a barbarous[original has "barbarious"] customPage 384: 1842. The war in Afghanistan[original has "Affghanistan"] closed by the capture of GhuzneePage 384: 322B. C.Aristotle[original has "Aristoteles"], the celebrated Greek philosopher, diedPage 385: 1793. The last two male[original has "males"] natives of Pitcairn's islandPage 387: He was a weak[original has "w ak"] princePage 391: defeated by the Jews at the pass of Bethhoron[original has "Bethhoran"]Page 393: from Sault[original has "Saut"] St. Marie to ClevelandPage 396: Arout[original has "gout"] preserved Europe.Page 397: He was historiographer to the[original has "tot he"] kingPage 399: taken by admiral Hawke off the[original has "the the"] isle of AixPage 400: children, with their horses, cattle and swine,[comma missing in original] commenced a journeyPage 405: emigrant legion under Rohan were[original has "wore"] cut to piecesPage 407: wars of the Romans began in which Cæsar[original has "Cesar"] and PompeyPage 412: having finished their deliberations[original has "delibrations"], adjournedPage 414: 1687.James Atkins, a learned Scottish bishop, died.[original has period]Page 416: when was instituted theYeomen[original has "Yoemen"]of the GuardPage 418: captured the hereditary prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz[original has "Mecklenbenburg-Strelitz"]Page 419: Kings, Orange, Queens, Suffolk[original has "Suffold"], Richmond, Ulster, and Westchester, N. Y.Page 421: fell back to his original[original has "orginal"] level in consequencePage 423: (Other and more reliable accounts say 1,500 Indians instead of 3,000.)[parenthesis missing in original]Page 424: coagulated blood was afterwards[original has "after wards" split across a line break] found on the groundPage 427: 1808. A Mr.Dowler, of Towcester[original has "Towcetser"], EnglandPage 428: Steering[original has "Stearing"] northward again they were clear of the dangerPage 428: officer in the revolutionary war, died at Scipio, N.[period missing in original] Y.Page 429: 1806.Bonapartelevied[original has "livied"] a contribution on the Prussian dominionPage 430: 1843.John Trumbull[original has "Trumbell"], a celebrated American painterPage 438: 1604.[period missing in original] Trial of sirWalter Raleighfor treason.Page 438: 177-.[period missing in original]Bruce, the traveler, in passing the Taranta mountainPage 444: soldiers lost in the American war, at 30l.[period missing in original] per manPage 446: 946.Edred,[original has period] the successor of Edmund I of England, died of quinsy.Page 446: 1794. Fort St. Fernando de Figueras[original has "Figueres"] capitulated to the FrenchPage 449: eminent Scottish author, died at Abbotsford[original has "Abbottsford"]Page 449: author of many valuable works on Biblical[original has "Bibical"] literaturePage 451: skill in painting, sculpture, architecture and mechanics.[period missing in original]Page 453: will ever rank high among illustrious[original has "illustrous"] womenPage 454: He discovered some of[original has "or"] the propertiesPage 454: 1718.Charles XII, king of Sweden,[original has period] killed by a musketPage 460: boundless ambition, whose ministry[original has "ministery"] forms an eraPage 461:Life of Wisnerhas passed through several editions[original has "additions"]Page 465: the church by his enmity[original has "enemity"] against the TurksPage 468: new emperor, made his triumphal[original has "triumphial"] entryPage 468: 1282.Michael VIII(Palæologus[original has "Palœologus"]), emperor of RomePage 468: Cyrus, the younger[original has "younder"] another of his sonsPage 468: becoming a heretic, narrowly escaped being[original has "been"] burntPage 469: laden with utensils for fishing, and planters and cattle for the[original has "the the"] colonyPage 476: 1733.Emanuel[original has "Emnauel"]MattidiedPage 478: See Jan. 19, 1795[original has "Jan. 15, 1849"].Page 479: meetings in Edinburgh, occurred[original has "occured"] on account of signingPage 487: Rousseau who wished[original has "wised"] to palm upon himPage 488: English writer on political economy, died.[original has a comma]Page 488: 1837. The[original has "Tho"] imperial palace at St. Petersburg burntPage 489: he was brought before the inquisition[original has "inquision"] as a manPage 490: Gesner's[original has "Gessner's"] poem of theDeath of AbelPage 490: compelled to surrender themselves prisoners of war.[original has comma]Page 490: any contemporary theologian in America[original has "American"]Page 491: about 250 United States troops and militia[original has "milit a"]Page 494: Arnold, Samuel[original has "8amuel"], 408.Page 494: Balboa, N. de[original has extraneous period], 32, 375.Page 495: Blanchard, æronaut[original has "aeronaut"], 21.Page 496: The last name in the entry "Bonnel, 14." has been changed to "Bonnell". That entry has been combined with the entry "Bonnell, 46."Page 497: Entries "Campbell, John, 482." and "Campbell, John, 486." are one entry in original.Page 498: Cortez, 28, 61, 73, 117, 160, 199, 207, 259[original has "229"], 266, 323, 398, 427[original has "487"], 439.Page 498: Croix, F. P. de la[original has extraneous period], 423.Page 498: The entry "Crysostom, John, 361." has been deleted, and the page number "361" has been added to the entry "Chrysostom, John".Page 499: Entry "Duckworth, admiral, 136." has been removed as a duplicate.Page 501: Frederick, prince of["of" missing in original] Wales, 110, 116.Page 501: Gavazzi at Quebec, 221[comma and page number missing in original].Page 501: Gloucester, earl[original has "duke"], 49.Page 501: Godwin, Mary W., 357[original has "557"].Page 502: Grufydd, L. ap[original has extraneous period], 466.Page 502: Extraneous entry "Hardinge, N., 141." deleted.Page 502: The two entries "Henry VIII, 18, 20, 40, 43, 60, 93, 202." and "Henry VIII, 390, 396." have been combined into one entry.Page 503: Entry "Hogeveen, Henry, 420." removed because there is another entry with the correct spelling.Page 505: Levins, doctor[original has "docter"], 274.Page 505: Lowndes, William[original has "Wiiliam"], 413.Page 505: Entry "Lyndhurst, governor, 63." deleted because the word "Lyndhurst" is not in the original text.Page 505: Maginn, William[original has "Willlam"], 369.Page 506: Montgomerie, Gov., 27.[original also references page 286].Page 507: Morgan, Wm., 356.[original also references page 358]Page 507: The entry "Owen, John, 334, 400." has been split into two entries because each page references a different person.Page 510: Sadler, æronaut[original has "aeronaut"], 348.Page 512: The entry "Thompson, Benj., 258, 374." has been split into two entries because each page references a different person.Page 512: Entry "Vandervelde, Wm., 137." deleted as a duplicate.Page 515: The entries "Antioch, 229." and "Antioch, 216, 329, 406." have been combined into one entry.Page 518: Entry "Liscard, 32, 346." changed to two entries: "Liscard, 32." and "Liscarrol, 346."Page 518: Entry "Marseilles, 362." deleted because there is no mention of Marseilles on page 362.Page 518: The entries "Miami, 329." and "Miami, 382, 423." have been combined into one entry.Page 519: Entries "Petropaulowski, 155, 341, 343." and "Petropaulowitz, 201." corrected to "Petropaulowski, 155, 201, 341, 343."Page 519: Roleia, 325.[original has "Roleia, 325, 380, 378."]Page 519: Rome, 181, 252, 258, 259, 340, 406, 466[original has "466, 466"], 474.Page 520: Toledo defended[original has "defeened"], 412.Page 521: Entry "Williamstadt, 288, 362." has been split into two entries: "Williamstad, 362." and "Williamstadt, 288."Page 523: Ærostats[original has "Acrostats"], French, 373.Page 523, under "Albany": Indian alliance, 232[original has "583"]Page 523: Auburn[original has "Aubnrn"] prison opened, 345.Page 524, under "Bank failure": of[original has "af"] England begun, 304Page 525: Charles I delivered[original has "deiivered"] up by Scots, 45Page 525: Chenango county[original has "connty"] erected, 104.Page 525: Cecilia[original has "Ci cilia"] of Miss Burney, 19.Page 527, under "English": parliament, Sunday[original has "sunday"] session, 311Page 528: Free trade and sailor's[original has "sailors"] rights, 258.Page 529: Houghton pictures sold, 379[original has "37.9"].Page 529: Hurricane[original has "Huricane"] East Indies, 10.Page 530: Lobos island difficulty, 404, 436.[original has "436-"]Page 530, under "Longevity": Rush, C., 176[original has "116"]Page 531: Massachusetts adopted constitution[original has "constitutution"], 55, 57Page 531, under "Meteoric phenomena": at Naumburg[original has "Nauneburg"], 121[original has "126"]Page 532: Notre dame bells baptized[original has "baptised"], 436Page 532: Owego burnt, 378[original has "328"].Page 532: Oxford, commerce prohibited[original has "prohibitod"], 28Page 532, under "Paris, civil war": scarcity of provisions[original has "previsions"], 91Page 533: Phillipines discovered[original has "discovere4"], 101.Page 533: Pope allowed to exercise pontificate[original has "photicate"], 40Page 534: Reading, abbots'[original has "abbott's"] coiners, 437Page 536: Theatrical encouragement[original has "encouragment"] of troops, 477Page 536: Van Dieman's[original has "Diemens"] land discovered, 234[original has "434"].Page 537: Wahabites, 233; last emir, 441. Entry has been split to reflect the spelling in the text of "Wahabbites" on page 233, and "Wahhabis" on page 441.Page 537: Wall of entrenchment[original has "intrenchment"], Cæsar's, 148.Punctuation has been standardized in the Indexes. Also, as far as possible, in the Indexes, the spelling of names has been changed to match the spelling used in the body of the text.
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Page 12: 17.[period missing in original]Publius Ovidus NasoPage 14: 1689. Col.Henry Sloughterappointed governor[original has "govenor"]Page 14: He was an indefatigable[original has "indefatigible"] studentPage 14: conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton[original has "Bonnel, Thornton"], ChesterfieldPage 15: 23 mortars, the fort, ammunition[original has "amunition"] and storesPage 15: relinquished her right to the sovereignty[original has "sovreignty"] of the revolted coloniesPage 20: and a settlement[original has "ettlement"] commenced by 28 colonistsPage 21: who circumnavigated the globe with Cook,[original has "globe, with Cook"] died in his 70th yearPage 23: artillery and munitions, preparatory[original has "prepartory"] to a general retreatPage 23: measuring 40 by 42 inches,[comma missing in original] the largest ever madePage 23: author of a great number of["of" missing in original] theological worksPage 24: At Iraish it was observed at -44½°[negative sign missing in original] of FahrenheitPage 24: health becoming impaired,[comma missing in original] by the advice of his physiciansPage 24: survivors of the colony,[comma missing in original] twelve in number, were takenPage 24: 1795. In consequence of a great thaw,[comma missing in original] the communicationPage 25: female born in the old colony of Massachusetts[original has "Massachusets"]Page 26: More than[original has "that"] 100 Swedish and DanishPage 30: defeated near Guadalaxara by the Spaniards under Calleja[original has "Caleja"]Page 33: 1764.Mr. Wilkeswas expelled from["from" missing in original] the British house of commonsPage 36: 1552. The duke ofSomersetbeheaded on pretence of[original has "ot"] inciting othersPage 36: Yet much of it is to be[original has "the"] attributedPage 38: put a[original has "puta"] stop to their depredationsPage 39: He was appointed adjutant and inspector[original has "inspecter"]-generalPage 40: 1845.Abigail[original has "Albigail"]Leonarddied at Raynham, Mass.Page 42: 40,000 pairs of stocking breeches[original has "braeches"]Page 46: conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton[original has "Bonnell, Thornton"], ChesterfieldPage 47: came to this country while a boy,[comma missing in original] was a soldier under WolfePage 49: widow of Percy Bysshe[original has "Byssche"] ShelleyPage 54: new committees, viz.[period missing in original], one on religionPage 55: 1805. The East Indiaman, earl of Abergavenny,[original has "Avergavenny"] wreckedPage 56: 1813. The Spanish cortes[original has "cortez"] abolished the inquisition.Page 57: 1696. A plot to assassinate[original has "assasinate"]William IIIPage 59: 1637.Ferdinand[original has "Ferdinard"] II of GermanyPage 59: fighting, occupied[original has "occuppied"] the same positionPage 60: 1555.John Hooper[original has "Hoopfr"] bishop of GloucesterPage 61: a worthy of the revolution[original has "relvolution"], died, aged nearly 98Page 63: 1771.Jean de Beaurain[original has "Beuarain"] diedPage 64: one of the signers of the declaration of independence[original has "indedence"]Page 64: 1814. Battle of Montmirail[original has "Montmirial"] between the FrenchPage 64: friend of Don Miguel, of infamous memory.[original has comma]Page 64: died at North Woodbury, Pa., aged 110½[original has "110 1-2"] yearsPage 65: The governor[original has "govenor"] returned the summons unopened.Page 66: French frigate Psyche,[comma missing in original] 36 guns, and the prize shipPage 68: arrived at St. Paul[original has "Pauls"], MinnesotaPage 68: 1632.Dudley Carleton, an[original has "on"] English statesmanPage 69: died at Edinburgh[original has "Edingburgh"], aged 55. She drew the attention of the town for a number of seasons, particularly[original has "particulary"] when she played JulietPage 69: 1810[original has "1710"]. Birthday ofLouis XV, of FrancePage 69: 1815. British sloop of war Barbados, captured the United States letter of marque brigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men.["captured the United States letter of marque brigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men." moved from top of page 70 to here]Page 69: 1817. Cold day throughout the United States[original has "tates"];Page 70: in which the former were victorious in both instances.[period missing in original]Page 71: 1852. Homeopathic[original has "Homoepathic"] college at Cleveland, OhioPage 71: 1853.William Gibbs McNeil[original has Mc Neil] diedPage 72: the Spanish chief Francisco Espoz[original has "Espon"] y MinaPage 73: 1519.Cortez[original has "Cortes"] sailed from cape St. AntonioPage 73: he gave such an account[original has "acccount"] of it in EnglandPage 75: He was early engaged in political[original has "polical"] lifePage 77: 1802.John[original has "Joan"]Moore, a distinguished Scottish physician and popular author, died. He wrote on the society and manners of different countries in Europe, which his acute[original has "accute"] discernmentPage 77: Gen. Henderson was elected the first governor[original has "govenor"].Page 78: 1854. The most violent snow storm that had occurred[original has "occcured"] since 1831Page 79: was in a measure indemnified[original has "idemnified"] by the articlesPage 81: 1851.Joanna Baillie[original has "Baille"], the Scottish poetressPage 82: 4 large quarto vols. of "Notes and various readings of Shakspeare."[quotation mark missing in original]Page 87: 1648.Christian IV[original has "Christiern IV"] of Denmark, died.Page 90: mine in the isle of Anglesey was discovered.[period missing in original]Page 90: His publications, theological[original has "theologial"], medical and political, gained great approbation.Page 91: for the salaries of its officers from July to Dec. 1792,[original has period] $2,694·88Page 91: 1799. Corfu, one of the Ionian islands,[comma missing in original] takenPage 91: endeavors to improve every branch of[original has "af"] agriculturePage 92: He enjoyed, at the time of his death,[comma missing in original] the vigorous use of his intellect.Page 93: "Allons chercher l'ennemi; si je recule, tuez moi; si j'avance, suivez moi; si je meurs, vengez moi."[quotation mark missing in original]Page 93: earl of Bellamont, governor[original has "govenor"] of the province of New YorkPage 94: member of congress, and governor[original has "govenor"] of PennsylvaniaPage 94: English, Spanish and Portuguese[original has "Portugese"] allied armyPage 96: 1775. An inhabitant of the town of Billerica[original has "Billercia"], Mass.Page 96: 1828.Richard Stockton[original has "Stocton"], a son of the signerPage 97: 1649. The duke of Hamilton, earl of Holland,[comma missing in original] and Lord CapelPage 97: 1819.Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely[original has "d'angely"]Page 98: 1789. The city of London brilliantly[original has "brillantly"] illuminatedPage 99: 1856. PresidentRivas, of Nicaragua[original has "Nicarauga"], declared warPage 99: used the Italian language in philosophical subjects.[original has comma]Page 100: Marshal Beresford, took possession[original has "possesion"] of BordeauxPage 103: 44B. C.Caius Julius Cæsar, the Roman general, assassinated[original has "assissinated"] in the senatePage 104: distinguished preacher and theological[original has "theologial"] writer of Toulouse.Page 104: and deprived of his functions of government[original has "goverment"]Page 104: 1839. Battle of Tuspan; the Mexican[original has "Mexiican"] government troopsPage 104: He translated Froissart'sChronicleinto English.[period missing in original]Page 107: wages for artists be from 5d.[period missing in original] per dayPage 108: He distinguished himself in the Afghanistan[original has "Affghanistan"] warPage 113: 1621. The colonists at Plymouth received a visit from Massasoit[original has "Masassoit"]Page 121: he was licensed to preach in["in" missing in original] 1791 by the presbyteryPage 121: MARCH 28[original has "29"].Page 122: 1791[original has "7191"].Honore Gabriel RiquettiPage 122: His mathematical[original has "mathemathical"] essays at an early agePage 122: MARCH 29[original has "28"].Page 124: could shield him from the malice[original has "malace"] of his enemiesPage 125: 1781. Mutiny disclosed on board U. S. frigate Alliance[original has "Aliance"]Page 125: but the division under Scherer having been[original has "being"] beaten againPage 125: 1810.Luigi Lanzi, a modern Italian archæologist[original has "archeologist"]Page 126: in London, that efficient[original has "effcient"] measures had been pursuedPage 132: 1813. Action near Urbanna, on the Chesapeake[original has "Chespeake"]Page 133: He embraced the doctrines of Arminius[original has "Arminus"] in relation to predestinationPage 133: 1706.John Bayles, an English buttonmaker[original has "butttonmaker"], diedPage 141: appointed lord high chancellor[original has "chancelor"] of England and baron of VerulamPage 141: other countries, led to his recall[original has "recal"] by the kingPage 143: 1756.Joseph Vaissette, a French ecclesiastic[original has "eccleciastic"], died.Page 143: 1856. The Americans under Lieut.[period missing in original] Green attacked 200 Costa RicansPage 144: 1555.Thos. Wyattbeheaded; acquitting[original has "acquiting"] with his last breathPage 144: the reformation of the calendar[original has "calander"], and the adoptionPage 146: 1709. First number of theTatler[original has "Tattler"] appeared.Page 153: the ridge of the house was discernible.[period missing in original]Page 155: 1676. Sudbury, Mass.,[comma missing in original] attackedPage 156: He fell a sacrifice[original has "sacrafice"] to the furyPage 158: 1839.Aaron Ogden,[original has a period] an American statesmanPage 160: He was one of the first and brightest[original has "brighest"] ornamentsPage 160: and the Texans[original has "Texians"], 783, under Gen. HoustonPage 161: division of the Austrian army two days in succession[original has "succesion"]Page 165: and began[original has "begun"] a paraphrase and commentaryPage 166: In his reign a great plague occurred[original has "occured"].Page 166: constituted her the fittest[original has "fitest"] sovereign of the twoPage 167: trial ofMeunierfor an attempt to assassinate[original has "assinate"] the kingPage 167: could give a succinct[original has "succint"] account of that sanguinary actionPage 168: Bostonians delivered up a large quantity[original has "quanity"] of gunsPage 168: in one of these paroxysms[original has "paroxyms"] Charles shot himselfPage 168: 1830. City of Guatemala[original has "Guatamala"] nearly destroyed by an earthquake.Page 169: beginning a military enterprise[original has "entreprise"] against NicaraguaPage 169: at the confluence of the Alleghany[original has "Allegany"] and MonongahelaPage 172: 1519. A skirmish at Edinburgh[original has "Edinburg"]Page 175: the laws of nature, died at Göttingen[original has a macron over the "o"]Page 175: Hundreds[original has "Hundred"] of persons were driven from their dwellingsPage 177: 1840.Thomas Manning, an[original has "a"] eminent English linguistPage 179: avowed Judaism, and was excommunicated[original has "excomunicated"] from the church of Mary le Bone.[period missing in original]Page 181: He commenced in 1795 that unparalleled[original has extraneous quotation mark] careerPage 181: 1631.Robert Bruce Cotton, an eminent[original has "eminant"] English antiquary, died.Page 184: principally known by hisDescription[original has "Descripton"]of the great WorldPage 185: 1768.Bonnell[original has "Bonnel"]ThorntondiedPage 189: having ascended from Dublin in a balloon[original has "baloon"]Page 197: published 1617. (See Dec. 1.[period missing in original])Page 198: French under the duke d'Enghien[original has "d'Enghein"] gained a signal victoryPage 200: 1789.John Hawkins, an English writer,[original has period] diedPage 202: wickedly and cowardly assaulted[original has "assaultted"] Charles SummerPage 204: originally a cobbler[original has "cobler"], became a mountebankPage 205: and a church and 22 houses[original has "hosses"] at BristolPage 205: He is celebrated as the editor of Shakspeare[original has "Shakpeare"]Page 205: 1843. One hundredth[original has "hundreth"] anniversary of the Am. Philosophical SocietyPage 209: 1854. A riot occurred[original has "occured"] at the park in New YorkPage 210: 1593.John Penry, an English controversial[original has "controvercial"] writerPage 212: He distinguished himself as a soldier, statesman and scholar.[original has comma]Page 213: a distinguished[original has "dintinguished"] French officer, and defenderPage 214: taking the Indians by surprise, exterminated[original has "extirminated"] their villagesPage 216: by Rutger Jacobsen,[original has "Rutger, Jacobsen"] one of the magistratesPage 219: announced: "[quotation mark missing in original]The Chronicles of England, &c.Page 220: on the sixth day ofLous(Hecatombæon[original has "Hecatombœon"])Page 220: engaged in a conspiracy to assassinate[original has "assasinate"] Lorenzo de MediciPage 220: 1597.William Hunis, one of["of" missing in original] the contributors to the metrical theologyPage 221: 1693. Dr.Pitcairn[original has "Pitcarine"], published at Leyden his dissertationPage 221: 1629. Charters granted[original has "graned"] to patroonsPage 222: burn 3 British ships in the new mole, Gibraltar[original has "Gibralter"] bayPage 223: the British the quarries of[original has "in of"] the RedanPage 227: with all the ex-citizens[original has "excitizens"] of FlorencePage 232: consuls elected, according to the Capitoline marbles.[period missing in original]Page 237: that relates to the separation from Massachusetts[original has "Massachussetts"]Page 238: in consequence of discontents arising[original has "arrising"] among thosePage 238: his learning as a theological writer and controversialist[original has "controversalist"]Page 239: 1835.William Cobbett[original has "Cobbet"], an English poetical and miscellaneous writerPage 241: historian of New Hampshire,[original has period] died, aged 58Page 242: presented to the Boston athenæum[original has "atheneum"] by the citizensPage 244: 1770.Philip Carteret Webbdied;[semicolon missing in original] a distinguishedPage 244: British loss 1200 killed,[comma missing in original] wounded or drownedPage 245: were defeated, with the loss[original has "lose"] of 80Page 251: 1829. Erzeroum[original has "Erzroum"], in TurkeyPage 254: 1666.Alexander de Brome, an[original has "on"] English poet, diedPage 257: 1850.Sergeant[original has "Sergeat"]S. Prentiss, a distinguished American lawyerPage 262: astonishment at London by his performances[original has "preformances"] on the organPage 263: capitol fired during the night by an incendiary[original has "incendary"] and consumedPage 262: the Americans occupied their works.[period missing in original]Page 263: 1811. The seven provinces of Venezuela made declaration of independence[original has "indedendence"].Page 266: 1816.Richard Brinsley[original has "Brindsley"]Sheridan, an English dramatistPage 271: oldest member of the society of the Cincinnati[original has "Cincinnatti"]Page 273: Isaac Hull, left Annapolis[original has "Anapolis"] in Chesapeake bayPage 279: consummation of the schism[original has "scism"] between the two churchesPage 279: 1439. Commencement of a direful pestilence and famine, which scourged[original has "scourced"] EnglandPage 280: 1856.[period missing in original] A formidable insurrectionPage 281: 1656[original has "1556"]. Battle of ValenciennesPage 281: 1812. United States frigate[original has "frgiate"]ConstitutionfellPage 281: pilgrims entered the city to see them.[period missing in original]Page 282: defeated the French near Tirlemont[original has "Tirelemont"]Page 283: 1610. The foundation of the famed and valuable Bodleian[original has "Bodlein"] libraryPage 283: Mexican agitator,Paredes, defeated by Bustamente[original has "Bustamante"]Page 287: earl of Northumberland's son, Henry Hotspur[original has "Holspur"], slainPage 287: He succeeded in driving the English from his[original has "has"] kingdomPage 287: in presence of an immense crowd[original has "crowed"] of spectatorsPage 287:The Bishop's Bible, made in the reign[original has "thereign"] of ElizabethPage 288: [original has extraneous dash]and it was owing to the night and Clausel's skillPage 288: 1836.Armand Carrel, a French republican,[original has period] killed in a duelPage 288: under a son of the ex-king[original has "exking"] of CabulPage 292: 1852.William Scroop, an[original has "at"] eminent English naturalistPage 293: 1766.Wallis, the navigator,[comma missing in original] sailed on his great voyage.Page 296: all of whom possessed colossal[original has "collosal"] fortunes of their ownPage 297: (Penny Cyclopedia[original has "Cycolpedia"] says August 16th)Page 299: favorite at the court of Henry[original has "Heny"] IV.Page 300: See Oct. 4[original has "5"], 1434.Page 301: 1854.Kenneth Murchison[original has "Muschison"] formerly governor of Penang and SingaporePage 303: began theAnnals of Philosophy[original has "Philosopy"], in LondonPage 305:The[original has "the"]Wandering Jew, are known in all Europe and AmericaPage 310: thePenny Cyclopedia[original has "Clyclopedia"] on the science of astronomyPage 311: works on archæology[original has "archæolology"], antiquities and philologyPage 314: 1675.Peter Bales,[original has two commas] an early and eminent English writing masterPage 314: 1749.Thomas Topham, an Englishman[original has "Englisman"] of remarkable strengthPage 314: palace was carried by storm, the apartments[original has "appartments"], the passagesPage 314: guards, who heroically defended the king, were inhumanly[original has "inhumanily"] butcheredPage 315: loss of 5,000 killed, 3,000 prisoners[original has "prisioners"], 2 cannonPage 315: 1851.[period missing in original]M. Daguerre, the inventor of the daguerreotypePage 315: the latter lost 21 ships, captured and sunk.[period missing in original]Page 317: in office under several successive[original has "succesive"] sovereignsPage 317: in Rhode Island, whither[original has "whether"] he had been drivenPage 320: besides immense quantities[original has "quanities"] of valuable real estatePage 320: delivered 28 hostages at the foot of Snowdon[original has "Snowden"]Page 321: Joubert was mortally[original has "wasmortall y"] wounded.Page 322: He publishedStirpes Novæ[original has "Novœ"]Page 323: Hessian generals, Baum and Breyman[original has "Breymen"]Page 324: AUGUST[original has extraneous period] 17.Page 332: from which office he was removed to make room for Wolsey[original has "Woolsey"]Page 337: on the Lycus, between the Macedonians[original has "Macedodians"] under AlexanderPage 337: 1813.Theodore Korner, a German poet, killed in battle[original has "battlle"].Page 340: Hungarian ecclesiastic, ennobled for his literacy[original has "literary"]Page 342: a brother, who should propagate[original has "propogate"] opinions in oppositionPage 343: 1772.[period missing in original]William Borlase, an English writer on natural historyPage 349: present from eleven colonies. (Sept. 4[original has extraneous comma]?)Page 352: 1772. An unprecedented[original has "unprecedent"] rain and consequent flood happenedPage 352: 1811.Peter Simon[original has "Simom"] PallasPage 357: 1827.Ugo Foscolo, a distinguished[original has "distingushed"] Italian writerPage 359: 1849.Mariano Paredes, ex-president[original has "expresident"] of Mexico, diedPage 359: in treasure, was totally[original has "totaly"] lost in a galePage 361: 407.John Chrysostom[original reads "Crysostom"], one of the most illustrious fathersPage 367: 880.Abbategniadecided the obliquity[original has "oblignity"] of the eclipticPage 371: loss of the[original has "the the"] Greeks was inconsiderablePage 371: 19B. C.[period missing in original]Publius Maro VirgiliusPage 373: who arrayed himself[original has "himfelf"] against the Aristotelian philosophyPage 376: 1799. Zurich, in Switzerland,[comma missing in original] taken by the FrenchPage 378: the strongest in Europe, taken by the Austrians[original has "Austrains"]Page 379: A _rout_[original has "gout"] preserved Europe.Page 379:New Englander, died in New Haven, Ct.,[period missing in original] aged 48Page 380: ship Annie Jane, from Liverpool, was driven on the Barra[original has "Barva"] islandPage 383: criminals hitherto employed by a barbarous[original has "barbarious"] customPage 384: 1842. The war in Afghanistan[original has "Affghanistan"] closed by the capture of GhuzneePage 384: 322B. C.Aristotle[original has "Aristoteles"], the celebrated Greek philosopher, diedPage 385: 1793. The last two male[original has "males"] natives of Pitcairn's islandPage 387: He was a weak[original has "w ak"] princePage 391: defeated by the Jews at the pass of Bethhoron[original has "Bethhoran"]Page 393: from Sault[original has "Saut"] St. Marie to ClevelandPage 396: Arout[original has "gout"] preserved Europe.Page 397: He was historiographer to the[original has "tot he"] kingPage 399: taken by admiral Hawke off the[original has "the the"] isle of AixPage 400: children, with their horses, cattle and swine,[comma missing in original] commenced a journeyPage 405: emigrant legion under Rohan were[original has "wore"] cut to piecesPage 407: wars of the Romans began in which Cæsar[original has "Cesar"] and PompeyPage 412: having finished their deliberations[original has "delibrations"], adjournedPage 414: 1687.James Atkins, a learned Scottish bishop, died.[original has period]Page 416: when was instituted theYeomen[original has "Yoemen"]of the GuardPage 418: captured the hereditary prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz[original has "Mecklenbenburg-Strelitz"]Page 419: Kings, Orange, Queens, Suffolk[original has "Suffold"], Richmond, Ulster, and Westchester, N. Y.Page 421: fell back to his original[original has "orginal"] level in consequencePage 423: (Other and more reliable accounts say 1,500 Indians instead of 3,000.)[parenthesis missing in original]Page 424: coagulated blood was afterwards[original has "after wards" split across a line break] found on the groundPage 427: 1808. A Mr.Dowler, of Towcester[original has "Towcetser"], EnglandPage 428: Steering[original has "Stearing"] northward again they were clear of the dangerPage 428: officer in the revolutionary war, died at Scipio, N.[period missing in original] Y.Page 429: 1806.Bonapartelevied[original has "livied"] a contribution on the Prussian dominionPage 430: 1843.John Trumbull[original has "Trumbell"], a celebrated American painterPage 438: 1604.[period missing in original] Trial of sirWalter Raleighfor treason.Page 438: 177-.[period missing in original]Bruce, the traveler, in passing the Taranta mountainPage 444: soldiers lost in the American war, at 30l.[period missing in original] per manPage 446: 946.Edred,[original has period] the successor of Edmund I of England, died of quinsy.Page 446: 1794. Fort St. Fernando de Figueras[original has "Figueres"] capitulated to the FrenchPage 449: eminent Scottish author, died at Abbotsford[original has "Abbottsford"]Page 449: author of many valuable works on Biblical[original has "Bibical"] literaturePage 451: skill in painting, sculpture, architecture and mechanics.[period missing in original]Page 453: will ever rank high among illustrious[original has "illustrous"] womenPage 454: He discovered some of[original has "or"] the propertiesPage 454: 1718.Charles XII, king of Sweden,[original has period] killed by a musketPage 460: boundless ambition, whose ministry[original has "ministery"] forms an eraPage 461:Life of Wisnerhas passed through several editions[original has "additions"]Page 465: the church by his enmity[original has "enemity"] against the TurksPage 468: new emperor, made his triumphal[original has "triumphial"] entryPage 468: 1282.Michael VIII(Palæologus[original has "Palœologus"]), emperor of RomePage 468: Cyrus, the younger[original has "younder"] another of his sonsPage 468: becoming a heretic, narrowly escaped being[original has "been"] burntPage 469: laden with utensils for fishing, and planters and cattle for the[original has "the the"] colonyPage 476: 1733.Emanuel[original has "Emnauel"]MattidiedPage 478: See Jan. 19, 1795[original has "Jan. 15, 1849"].Page 479: meetings in Edinburgh, occurred[original has "occured"] on account of signingPage 487: Rousseau who wished[original has "wised"] to palm upon himPage 488: English writer on political economy, died.[original has a comma]Page 488: 1837. The[original has "Tho"] imperial palace at St. Petersburg burntPage 489: he was brought before the inquisition[original has "inquision"] as a manPage 490: Gesner's[original has "Gessner's"] poem of theDeath of AbelPage 490: compelled to surrender themselves prisoners of war.[original has comma]Page 490: any contemporary theologian in America[original has "American"]Page 491: about 250 United States troops and militia[original has "milit a"]Page 494: Arnold, Samuel[original has "8amuel"], 408.Page 494: Balboa, N. de[original has extraneous period], 32, 375.Page 495: Blanchard, æronaut[original has "aeronaut"], 21.Page 496: The last name in the entry "Bonnel, 14." has been changed to "Bonnell". That entry has been combined with the entry "Bonnell, 46."Page 497: Entries "Campbell, John, 482." and "Campbell, John, 486." are one entry in original.Page 498: Cortez, 28, 61, 73, 117, 160, 199, 207, 259[original has "229"], 266, 323, 398, 427[original has "487"], 439.Page 498: Croix, F. P. de la[original has extraneous period], 423.Page 498: The entry "Crysostom, John, 361." has been deleted, and the page number "361" has been added to the entry "Chrysostom, John".Page 499: Entry "Duckworth, admiral, 136." has been removed as a duplicate.Page 501: Frederick, prince of["of" missing in original] Wales, 110, 116.Page 501: Gavazzi at Quebec, 221[comma and page number missing in original].Page 501: Gloucester, earl[original has "duke"], 49.Page 501: Godwin, Mary W., 357[original has "557"].Page 502: Grufydd, L. ap[original has extraneous period], 466.Page 502: Extraneous entry "Hardinge, N., 141." deleted.Page 502: The two entries "Henry VIII, 18, 20, 40, 43, 60, 93, 202." and "Henry VIII, 390, 396." have been combined into one entry.Page 503: Entry "Hogeveen, Henry, 420." removed because there is another entry with the correct spelling.Page 505: Levins, doctor[original has "docter"], 274.Page 505: Lowndes, William[original has "Wiiliam"], 413.Page 505: Entry "Lyndhurst, governor, 63." deleted because the word "Lyndhurst" is not in the original text.Page 505: Maginn, William[original has "Willlam"], 369.Page 506: Montgomerie, Gov., 27.[original also references page 286].Page 507: Morgan, Wm., 356.[original also references page 358]Page 507: The entry "Owen, John, 334, 400." has been split into two entries because each page references a different person.Page 510: Sadler, æronaut[original has "aeronaut"], 348.Page 512: The entry "Thompson, Benj., 258, 374." has been split into two entries because each page references a different person.Page 512: Entry "Vandervelde, Wm., 137." deleted as a duplicate.Page 515: The entries "Antioch, 229." and "Antioch, 216, 329, 406." have been combined into one entry.Page 518: Entry "Liscard, 32, 346." changed to two entries: "Liscard, 32." and "Liscarrol, 346."Page 518: Entry "Marseilles, 362." deleted because there is no mention of Marseilles on page 362.Page 518: The entries "Miami, 329." and "Miami, 382, 423." have been combined into one entry.Page 519: Entries "Petropaulowski, 155, 341, 343." and "Petropaulowitz, 201." corrected to "Petropaulowski, 155, 201, 341, 343."Page 519: Roleia, 325.[original has "Roleia, 325, 380, 378."]Page 519: Rome, 181, 252, 258, 259, 340, 406, 466[original has "466, 466"], 474.Page 520: Toledo defended[original has "defeened"], 412.Page 521: Entry "Williamstadt, 288, 362." has been split into two entries: "Williamstad, 362." and "Williamstadt, 288."Page 523: Ærostats[original has "Acrostats"], French, 373.Page 523, under "Albany": Indian alliance, 232[original has "583"]Page 523: Auburn[original has "Aubnrn"] prison opened, 345.Page 524, under "Bank failure": of[original has "af"] England begun, 304Page 525: Charles I delivered[original has "deiivered"] up by Scots, 45Page 525: Chenango county[original has "connty"] erected, 104.Page 525: Cecilia[original has "Ci cilia"] of Miss Burney, 19.Page 527, under "English": parliament, Sunday[original has "sunday"] session, 311Page 528: Free trade and sailor's[original has "sailors"] rights, 258.Page 529: Houghton pictures sold, 379[original has "37.9"].Page 529: Hurricane[original has "Huricane"] East Indies, 10.Page 530: Lobos island difficulty, 404, 436.[original has "436-"]Page 530, under "Longevity": Rush, C., 176[original has "116"]Page 531: Massachusetts adopted constitution[original has "constitutution"], 55, 57Page 531, under "Meteoric phenomena": at Naumburg[original has "Nauneburg"], 121[original has "126"]Page 532: Notre dame bells baptized[original has "baptised"], 436Page 532: Owego burnt, 378[original has "328"].Page 532: Oxford, commerce prohibited[original has "prohibitod"], 28Page 532, under "Paris, civil war": scarcity of provisions[original has "previsions"], 91Page 533: Phillipines discovered[original has "discovere4"], 101.Page 533: Pope allowed to exercise pontificate[original has "photicate"], 40Page 534: Reading, abbots'[original has "abbott's"] coiners, 437Page 536: Theatrical encouragement[original has "encouragment"] of troops, 477Page 536: Van Dieman's[original has "Diemens"] land discovered, 234[original has "434"].Page 537: Wahabites, 233; last emir, 441. Entry has been split to reflect the spelling in the text of "Wahabbites" on page 233, and "Wahhabis" on page 441.Page 537: Wall of entrenchment[original has "intrenchment"], Cæsar's, 148.
Page 12: 17.[period missing in original]Publius Ovidus Naso
Page 14: 1689. Col.Henry Sloughterappointed governor[original has "govenor"]
Page 14: He was an indefatigable[original has "indefatigible"] student
Page 14: conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton[original has "Bonnel, Thornton"], Chesterfield
Page 15: 23 mortars, the fort, ammunition[original has "amunition"] and stores
Page 15: relinquished her right to the sovereignty[original has "sovreignty"] of the revolted colonies
Page 20: and a settlement[original has "ettlement"] commenced by 28 colonists
Page 21: who circumnavigated the globe with Cook,[original has "globe, with Cook"] died in his 70th year
Page 23: artillery and munitions, preparatory[original has "prepartory"] to a general retreat
Page 23: measuring 40 by 42 inches,[comma missing in original] the largest ever made
Page 23: author of a great number of["of" missing in original] theological works
Page 24: At Iraish it was observed at -44½°[negative sign missing in original] of Fahrenheit
Page 24: health becoming impaired,[comma missing in original] by the advice of his physicians
Page 24: survivors of the colony,[comma missing in original] twelve in number, were taken
Page 24: 1795. In consequence of a great thaw,[comma missing in original] the communication
Page 25: female born in the old colony of Massachusetts[original has "Massachusets"]
Page 26: More than[original has "that"] 100 Swedish and Danish
Page 30: defeated near Guadalaxara by the Spaniards under Calleja[original has "Caleja"]
Page 33: 1764.Mr. Wilkeswas expelled from["from" missing in original] the British house of commons
Page 36: 1552. The duke ofSomersetbeheaded on pretence of[original has "ot"] inciting others
Page 36: Yet much of it is to be[original has "the"] attributed
Page 38: put a[original has "puta"] stop to their depredations
Page 39: He was appointed adjutant and inspector[original has "inspecter"]-general
Page 40: 1845.Abigail[original has "Albigail"]Leonarddied at Raynham, Mass.
Page 42: 40,000 pairs of stocking breeches[original has "braeches"]
Page 46: conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton[original has "Bonnell, Thornton"], Chesterfield
Page 47: came to this country while a boy,[comma missing in original] was a soldier under Wolfe
Page 49: widow of Percy Bysshe[original has "Byssche"] Shelley
Page 54: new committees, viz.[period missing in original], one on religion
Page 55: 1805. The East Indiaman, earl of Abergavenny,[original has "Avergavenny"] wrecked
Page 56: 1813. The Spanish cortes[original has "cortez"] abolished the inquisition.
Page 57: 1696. A plot to assassinate[original has "assasinate"]William III
Page 59: 1637.Ferdinand[original has "Ferdinard"] II of Germany
Page 59: fighting, occupied[original has "occuppied"] the same position
Page 60: 1555.John Hooper[original has "Hoopfr"] bishop of Gloucester
Page 61: a worthy of the revolution[original has "relvolution"], died, aged nearly 98
Page 63: 1771.Jean de Beaurain[original has "Beuarain"] died
Page 64: one of the signers of the declaration of independence[original has "indedence"]
Page 64: 1814. Battle of Montmirail[original has "Montmirial"] between the French
Page 64: friend of Don Miguel, of infamous memory.[original has comma]
Page 64: died at North Woodbury, Pa., aged 110½[original has "110 1-2"] years
Page 65: The governor[original has "govenor"] returned the summons unopened.
Page 66: French frigate Psyche,[comma missing in original] 36 guns, and the prize ship
Page 68: arrived at St. Paul[original has "Pauls"], Minnesota
Page 68: 1632.Dudley Carleton, an[original has "on"] English statesman
Page 69: died at Edinburgh[original has "Edingburgh"], aged 55. She drew the attention of the town for a number of seasons, particularly[original has "particulary"] when she played Juliet
Page 69: 1810[original has "1710"]. Birthday ofLouis XV, of France
Page 69: 1815. British sloop of war Barbados, captured the United States letter of marque brigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men.["captured the United States letter of marque brigantine Vidette, 3 guns, 30 men." moved from top of page 70 to here]
Page 69: 1817. Cold day throughout the United States[original has "tates"];
Page 70: in which the former were victorious in both instances.[period missing in original]
Page 71: 1852. Homeopathic[original has "Homoepathic"] college at Cleveland, Ohio
Page 71: 1853.William Gibbs McNeil[original has Mc Neil] died
Page 72: the Spanish chief Francisco Espoz[original has "Espon"] y Mina
Page 73: 1519.Cortez[original has "Cortes"] sailed from cape St. Antonio
Page 73: he gave such an account[original has "acccount"] of it in England
Page 75: He was early engaged in political[original has "polical"] life
Page 77: 1802.John[original has "Joan"]Moore, a distinguished Scottish physician and popular author, died. He wrote on the society and manners of different countries in Europe, which his acute[original has "accute"] discernment
Page 77: Gen. Henderson was elected the first governor[original has "govenor"].
Page 78: 1854. The most violent snow storm that had occurred[original has "occcured"] since 1831
Page 79: was in a measure indemnified[original has "idemnified"] by the articles
Page 81: 1851.Joanna Baillie[original has "Baille"], the Scottish poetress
Page 82: 4 large quarto vols. of "Notes and various readings of Shakspeare."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 87: 1648.Christian IV[original has "Christiern IV"] of Denmark, died.
Page 90: mine in the isle of Anglesey was discovered.[period missing in original]
Page 90: His publications, theological[original has "theologial"], medical and political, gained great approbation.
Page 91: for the salaries of its officers from July to Dec. 1792,[original has period] $2,694·88
Page 91: 1799. Corfu, one of the Ionian islands,[comma missing in original] taken
Page 91: endeavors to improve every branch of[original has "af"] agriculture
Page 92: He enjoyed, at the time of his death,[comma missing in original] the vigorous use of his intellect.
Page 93: "Allons chercher l'ennemi; si je recule, tuez moi; si j'avance, suivez moi; si je meurs, vengez moi."[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 93: earl of Bellamont, governor[original has "govenor"] of the province of New York
Page 94: member of congress, and governor[original has "govenor"] of Pennsylvania
Page 94: English, Spanish and Portuguese[original has "Portugese"] allied army
Page 96: 1775. An inhabitant of the town of Billerica[original has "Billercia"], Mass.
Page 96: 1828.Richard Stockton[original has "Stocton"], a son of the signer
Page 97: 1649. The duke of Hamilton, earl of Holland,[comma missing in original] and Lord Capel
Page 97: 1819.Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely[original has "d'angely"]
Page 98: 1789. The city of London brilliantly[original has "brillantly"] illuminated
Page 99: 1856. PresidentRivas, of Nicaragua[original has "Nicarauga"], declared war
Page 99: used the Italian language in philosophical subjects.[original has comma]
Page 100: Marshal Beresford, took possession[original has "possesion"] of Bordeaux
Page 103: 44B. C.Caius Julius Cæsar, the Roman general, assassinated[original has "assissinated"] in the senate
Page 104: distinguished preacher and theological[original has "theologial"] writer of Toulouse.
Page 104: and deprived of his functions of government[original has "goverment"]
Page 104: 1839. Battle of Tuspan; the Mexican[original has "Mexiican"] government troops
Page 104: He translated Froissart'sChronicleinto English.[period missing in original]
Page 107: wages for artists be from 5d.[period missing in original] per day
Page 108: He distinguished himself in the Afghanistan[original has "Affghanistan"] war
Page 113: 1621. The colonists at Plymouth received a visit from Massasoit[original has "Masassoit"]
Page 121: he was licensed to preach in["in" missing in original] 1791 by the presbytery
Page 121: MARCH 28[original has "29"].
Page 122: 1791[original has "7191"].Honore Gabriel Riquetti
Page 122: His mathematical[original has "mathemathical"] essays at an early age
Page 122: MARCH 29[original has "28"].
Page 124: could shield him from the malice[original has "malace"] of his enemies
Page 125: 1781. Mutiny disclosed on board U. S. frigate Alliance[original has "Aliance"]
Page 125: but the division under Scherer having been[original has "being"] beaten again
Page 125: 1810.Luigi Lanzi, a modern Italian archæologist[original has "archeologist"]
Page 126: in London, that efficient[original has "effcient"] measures had been pursued
Page 132: 1813. Action near Urbanna, on the Chesapeake[original has "Chespeake"]
Page 133: He embraced the doctrines of Arminius[original has "Arminus"] in relation to predestination
Page 133: 1706.John Bayles, an English buttonmaker[original has "butttonmaker"], died
Page 141: appointed lord high chancellor[original has "chancelor"] of England and baron of Verulam
Page 141: other countries, led to his recall[original has "recal"] by the king
Page 143: 1756.Joseph Vaissette, a French ecclesiastic[original has "eccleciastic"], died.
Page 143: 1856. The Americans under Lieut.[period missing in original] Green attacked 200 Costa Ricans
Page 144: 1555.Thos. Wyattbeheaded; acquitting[original has "acquiting"] with his last breath
Page 144: the reformation of the calendar[original has "calander"], and the adoption
Page 146: 1709. First number of theTatler[original has "Tattler"] appeared.
Page 153: the ridge of the house was discernible.[period missing in original]
Page 155: 1676. Sudbury, Mass.,[comma missing in original] attacked
Page 156: He fell a sacrifice[original has "sacrafice"] to the fury
Page 158: 1839.Aaron Ogden,[original has a period] an American statesman
Page 160: He was one of the first and brightest[original has "brighest"] ornaments
Page 160: and the Texans[original has "Texians"], 783, under Gen. Houston
Page 161: division of the Austrian army two days in succession[original has "succesion"]
Page 165: and began[original has "begun"] a paraphrase and commentary
Page 166: In his reign a great plague occurred[original has "occured"].
Page 166: constituted her the fittest[original has "fitest"] sovereign of the two
Page 167: trial ofMeunierfor an attempt to assassinate[original has "assinate"] the king
Page 167: could give a succinct[original has "succint"] account of that sanguinary action
Page 168: Bostonians delivered up a large quantity[original has "quanity"] of guns
Page 168: in one of these paroxysms[original has "paroxyms"] Charles shot himself
Page 168: 1830. City of Guatemala[original has "Guatamala"] nearly destroyed by an earthquake.
Page 169: beginning a military enterprise[original has "entreprise"] against Nicaragua
Page 169: at the confluence of the Alleghany[original has "Allegany"] and Monongahela
Page 172: 1519. A skirmish at Edinburgh[original has "Edinburg"]
Page 175: the laws of nature, died at Göttingen[original has a macron over the "o"]
Page 175: Hundreds[original has "Hundred"] of persons were driven from their dwellings
Page 177: 1840.Thomas Manning, an[original has "a"] eminent English linguist
Page 179: avowed Judaism, and was excommunicated[original has "excomunicated"] from the church of Mary le Bone.[period missing in original]
Page 181: He commenced in 1795 that unparalleled[original has extraneous quotation mark] career
Page 181: 1631.Robert Bruce Cotton, an eminent[original has "eminant"] English antiquary, died.
Page 184: principally known by hisDescription[original has "Descripton"]of the great World
Page 185: 1768.Bonnell[original has "Bonnel"]Thorntondied
Page 189: having ascended from Dublin in a balloon[original has "baloon"]
Page 197: published 1617. (See Dec. 1.[period missing in original])
Page 198: French under the duke d'Enghien[original has "d'Enghein"] gained a signal victory
Page 200: 1789.John Hawkins, an English writer,[original has period] died
Page 202: wickedly and cowardly assaulted[original has "assaultted"] Charles Summer
Page 204: originally a cobbler[original has "cobler"], became a mountebank
Page 205: and a church and 22 houses[original has "hosses"] at Bristol
Page 205: He is celebrated as the editor of Shakspeare[original has "Shakpeare"]
Page 205: 1843. One hundredth[original has "hundreth"] anniversary of the Am. Philosophical Society
Page 209: 1854. A riot occurred[original has "occured"] at the park in New York
Page 210: 1593.John Penry, an English controversial[original has "controvercial"] writer
Page 212: He distinguished himself as a soldier, statesman and scholar.[original has comma]
Page 213: a distinguished[original has "dintinguished"] French officer, and defender
Page 214: taking the Indians by surprise, exterminated[original has "extirminated"] their villages
Page 216: by Rutger Jacobsen,[original has "Rutger, Jacobsen"] one of the magistrates
Page 219: announced: "[quotation mark missing in original]The Chronicles of England, &c.
Page 220: on the sixth day ofLous(Hecatombæon[original has "Hecatombœon"])
Page 220: engaged in a conspiracy to assassinate[original has "assasinate"] Lorenzo de Medici
Page 220: 1597.William Hunis, one of["of" missing in original] the contributors to the metrical theology
Page 221: 1693. Dr.Pitcairn[original has "Pitcarine"], published at Leyden his dissertation
Page 221: 1629. Charters granted[original has "graned"] to patroons
Page 222: burn 3 British ships in the new mole, Gibraltar[original has "Gibralter"] bay
Page 223: the British the quarries of[original has "in of"] the Redan
Page 227: with all the ex-citizens[original has "excitizens"] of Florence
Page 232: consuls elected, according to the Capitoline marbles.[period missing in original]
Page 237: that relates to the separation from Massachusetts[original has "Massachussetts"]
Page 238: in consequence of discontents arising[original has "arrising"] among those
Page 238: his learning as a theological writer and controversialist[original has "controversalist"]
Page 239: 1835.William Cobbett[original has "Cobbet"], an English poetical and miscellaneous writer
Page 241: historian of New Hampshire,[original has period] died, aged 58
Page 242: presented to the Boston athenæum[original has "atheneum"] by the citizens
Page 244: 1770.Philip Carteret Webbdied;[semicolon missing in original] a distinguished
Page 244: British loss 1200 killed,[comma missing in original] wounded or drowned
Page 245: were defeated, with the loss[original has "lose"] of 80
Page 251: 1829. Erzeroum[original has "Erzroum"], in Turkey
Page 254: 1666.Alexander de Brome, an[original has "on"] English poet, died
Page 257: 1850.Sergeant[original has "Sergeat"]S. Prentiss, a distinguished American lawyer
Page 262: astonishment at London by his performances[original has "preformances"] on the organ
Page 263: capitol fired during the night by an incendiary[original has "incendary"] and consumed
Page 262: the Americans occupied their works.[period missing in original]
Page 263: 1811. The seven provinces of Venezuela made declaration of independence[original has "indedendence"].
Page 266: 1816.Richard Brinsley[original has "Brindsley"]Sheridan, an English dramatist
Page 271: oldest member of the society of the Cincinnati[original has "Cincinnatti"]
Page 273: Isaac Hull, left Annapolis[original has "Anapolis"] in Chesapeake bay
Page 279: consummation of the schism[original has "scism"] between the two churches
Page 279: 1439. Commencement of a direful pestilence and famine, which scourged[original has "scourced"] England
Page 280: 1856.[period missing in original] A formidable insurrection
Page 281: 1656[original has "1556"]. Battle of Valenciennes
Page 281: 1812. United States frigate[original has "frgiate"]Constitutionfell
Page 281: pilgrims entered the city to see them.[period missing in original]
Page 282: defeated the French near Tirlemont[original has "Tirelemont"]
Page 283: 1610. The foundation of the famed and valuable Bodleian[original has "Bodlein"] library
Page 283: Mexican agitator,Paredes, defeated by Bustamente[original has "Bustamante"]
Page 287: earl of Northumberland's son, Henry Hotspur[original has "Holspur"], slain
Page 287: He succeeded in driving the English from his[original has "has"] kingdom
Page 287: in presence of an immense crowd[original has "crowed"] of spectators
Page 287:The Bishop's Bible, made in the reign[original has "thereign"] of Elizabeth
Page 288: [original has extraneous dash]and it was owing to the night and Clausel's skill
Page 288: 1836.Armand Carrel, a French republican,[original has period] killed in a duel
Page 288: under a son of the ex-king[original has "exking"] of Cabul
Page 292: 1852.William Scroop, an[original has "at"] eminent English naturalist
Page 293: 1766.Wallis, the navigator,[comma missing in original] sailed on his great voyage.
Page 296: all of whom possessed colossal[original has "collosal"] fortunes of their own
Page 297: (Penny Cyclopedia[original has "Cycolpedia"] says August 16th)
Page 299: favorite at the court of Henry[original has "Heny"] IV.
Page 300: See Oct. 4[original has "5"], 1434.
Page 301: 1854.Kenneth Murchison[original has "Muschison"] formerly governor of Penang and Singapore
Page 303: began theAnnals of Philosophy[original has "Philosopy"], in London
Page 305:The[original has "the"]Wandering Jew, are known in all Europe and America
Page 310: thePenny Cyclopedia[original has "Clyclopedia"] on the science of astronomy
Page 311: works on archæology[original has "archæolology"], antiquities and philology
Page 314: 1675.Peter Bales,[original has two commas] an early and eminent English writing master
Page 314: 1749.Thomas Topham, an Englishman[original has "Englisman"] of remarkable strength
Page 314: palace was carried by storm, the apartments[original has "appartments"], the passages
Page 314: guards, who heroically defended the king, were inhumanly[original has "inhumanily"] butchered
Page 315: loss of 5,000 killed, 3,000 prisoners[original has "prisioners"], 2 cannon
Page 315: 1851.[period missing in original]M. Daguerre, the inventor of the daguerreotype
Page 315: the latter lost 21 ships, captured and sunk.[period missing in original]
Page 317: in office under several successive[original has "succesive"] sovereigns
Page 317: in Rhode Island, whither[original has "whether"] he had been driven
Page 320: besides immense quantities[original has "quanities"] of valuable real estate
Page 320: delivered 28 hostages at the foot of Snowdon[original has "Snowden"]
Page 321: Joubert was mortally[original has "wasmortall y"] wounded.
Page 322: He publishedStirpes Novæ[original has "Novœ"]
Page 323: Hessian generals, Baum and Breyman[original has "Breymen"]
Page 324: AUGUST[original has extraneous period] 17.
Page 332: from which office he was removed to make room for Wolsey[original has "Woolsey"]
Page 337: on the Lycus, between the Macedonians[original has "Macedodians"] under Alexander
Page 337: 1813.Theodore Korner, a German poet, killed in battle[original has "battlle"].
Page 340: Hungarian ecclesiastic, ennobled for his literacy[original has "literary"]
Page 342: a brother, who should propagate[original has "propogate"] opinions in opposition
Page 343: 1772.[period missing in original]William Borlase, an English writer on natural history
Page 349: present from eleven colonies. (Sept. 4[original has extraneous comma]?)
Page 352: 1772. An unprecedented[original has "unprecedent"] rain and consequent flood happened
Page 352: 1811.Peter Simon[original has "Simom"] Pallas
Page 357: 1827.Ugo Foscolo, a distinguished[original has "distingushed"] Italian writer
Page 359: 1849.Mariano Paredes, ex-president[original has "expresident"] of Mexico, died
Page 359: in treasure, was totally[original has "totaly"] lost in a gale
Page 361: 407.John Chrysostom[original reads "Crysostom"], one of the most illustrious fathers
Page 367: 880.Abbategniadecided the obliquity[original has "oblignity"] of the ecliptic
Page 371: loss of the[original has "the the"] Greeks was inconsiderable
Page 371: 19B. C.[period missing in original]Publius Maro Virgilius
Page 373: who arrayed himself[original has "himfelf"] against the Aristotelian philosophy
Page 376: 1799. Zurich, in Switzerland,[comma missing in original] taken by the French
Page 378: the strongest in Europe, taken by the Austrians[original has "Austrains"]
Page 379: A _rout_[original has "gout"] preserved Europe.
Page 379:New Englander, died in New Haven, Ct.,[period missing in original] aged 48
Page 380: ship Annie Jane, from Liverpool, was driven on the Barra[original has "Barva"] island
Page 383: criminals hitherto employed by a barbarous[original has "barbarious"] custom
Page 384: 1842. The war in Afghanistan[original has "Affghanistan"] closed by the capture of Ghuznee
Page 384: 322B. C.Aristotle[original has "Aristoteles"], the celebrated Greek philosopher, died
Page 385: 1793. The last two male[original has "males"] natives of Pitcairn's island
Page 387: He was a weak[original has "w ak"] prince
Page 391: defeated by the Jews at the pass of Bethhoron[original has "Bethhoran"]
Page 393: from Sault[original has "Saut"] St. Marie to Cleveland
Page 397: He was historiographer to the[original has "tot he"] king
Page 399: taken by admiral Hawke off the[original has "the the"] isle of Aix
Page 400: children, with their horses, cattle and swine,[comma missing in original] commenced a journey
Page 405: emigrant legion under Rohan were[original has "wore"] cut to pieces
Page 407: wars of the Romans began in which Cæsar[original has "Cesar"] and Pompey
Page 412: having finished their deliberations[original has "delibrations"], adjourned
Page 414: 1687.James Atkins, a learned Scottish bishop, died.[original has period]
Page 416: when was instituted theYeomen[original has "Yoemen"]of the Guard
Page 418: captured the hereditary prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz[original has "Mecklenbenburg-Strelitz"]
Page 419: Kings, Orange, Queens, Suffolk[original has "Suffold"], Richmond, Ulster, and Westchester, N. Y.
Page 421: fell back to his original[original has "orginal"] level in consequence
Page 423: (Other and more reliable accounts say 1,500 Indians instead of 3,000.)[parenthesis missing in original]
Page 424: coagulated blood was afterwards[original has "after wards" split across a line break] found on the ground
Page 427: 1808. A Mr.Dowler, of Towcester[original has "Towcetser"], England
Page 428: Steering[original has "Stearing"] northward again they were clear of the danger
Page 428: officer in the revolutionary war, died at Scipio, N.[period missing in original] Y.
Page 429: 1806.Bonapartelevied[original has "livied"] a contribution on the Prussian dominion
Page 430: 1843.John Trumbull[original has "Trumbell"], a celebrated American painter
Page 438: 1604.[period missing in original] Trial of sirWalter Raleighfor treason.
Page 438: 177-.[period missing in original]Bruce, the traveler, in passing the Taranta mountain
Page 444: soldiers lost in the American war, at 30l.[period missing in original] per man
Page 446: 946.Edred,[original has period] the successor of Edmund I of England, died of quinsy.
Page 446: 1794. Fort St. Fernando de Figueras[original has "Figueres"] capitulated to the French
Page 449: eminent Scottish author, died at Abbotsford[original has "Abbottsford"]
Page 449: author of many valuable works on Biblical[original has "Bibical"] literature
Page 451: skill in painting, sculpture, architecture and mechanics.[period missing in original]
Page 453: will ever rank high among illustrious[original has "illustrous"] women
Page 454: He discovered some of[original has "or"] the properties
Page 454: 1718.Charles XII, king of Sweden,[original has period] killed by a musket
Page 460: boundless ambition, whose ministry[original has "ministery"] forms an era
Page 461:Life of Wisnerhas passed through several editions[original has "additions"]
Page 465: the church by his enmity[original has "enemity"] against the Turks
Page 468: new emperor, made his triumphal[original has "triumphial"] entry
Page 468: 1282.Michael VIII(Palæologus[original has "Palœologus"]), emperor of Rome
Page 468: Cyrus, the younger[original has "younder"] another of his sons
Page 468: becoming a heretic, narrowly escaped being[original has "been"] burnt
Page 469: laden with utensils for fishing, and planters and cattle for the[original has "the the"] colony
Page 476: 1733.Emanuel[original has "Emnauel"]Mattidied
Page 478: See Jan. 19, 1795[original has "Jan. 15, 1849"].
Page 479: meetings in Edinburgh, occurred[original has "occured"] on account of signing
Page 487: Rousseau who wished[original has "wised"] to palm upon him
Page 488: English writer on political economy, died.[original has a comma]
Page 488: 1837. The[original has "Tho"] imperial palace at St. Petersburg burnt
Page 489: he was brought before the inquisition[original has "inquision"] as a man
Page 490: Gesner's[original has "Gessner's"] poem of theDeath of Abel
Page 490: compelled to surrender themselves prisoners of war.[original has comma]
Page 490: any contemporary theologian in America[original has "American"]
Page 491: about 250 United States troops and militia[original has "milit a"]
Page 494: Arnold, Samuel[original has "8amuel"], 408.
Page 494: Balboa, N. de[original has extraneous period], 32, 375.
Page 495: Blanchard, æronaut[original has "aeronaut"], 21.
Page 496: The last name in the entry "Bonnel, 14." has been changed to "Bonnell". That entry has been combined with the entry "Bonnell, 46."
Page 497: Entries "Campbell, John, 482." and "Campbell, John, 486." are one entry in original.
Page 498: Cortez, 28, 61, 73, 117, 160, 199, 207, 259[original has "229"], 266, 323, 398, 427[original has "487"], 439.
Page 498: Croix, F. P. de la[original has extraneous period], 423.
Page 498: The entry "Crysostom, John, 361." has been deleted, and the page number "361" has been added to the entry "Chrysostom, John".
Page 499: Entry "Duckworth, admiral, 136." has been removed as a duplicate.
Page 501: Frederick, prince of["of" missing in original] Wales, 110, 116.
Page 501: Gavazzi at Quebec, 221[comma and page number missing in original].
Page 501: Gloucester, earl[original has "duke"], 49.
Page 501: Godwin, Mary W., 357[original has "557"].
Page 502: Grufydd, L. ap[original has extraneous period], 466.
Page 502: Extraneous entry "Hardinge, N., 141." deleted.
Page 502: The two entries "Henry VIII, 18, 20, 40, 43, 60, 93, 202." and "Henry VIII, 390, 396." have been combined into one entry.
Page 503: Entry "Hogeveen, Henry, 420." removed because there is another entry with the correct spelling.
Page 505: Levins, doctor[original has "docter"], 274.
Page 505: Lowndes, William[original has "Wiiliam"], 413.
Page 505: Entry "Lyndhurst, governor, 63." deleted because the word "Lyndhurst" is not in the original text.
Page 505: Maginn, William[original has "Willlam"], 369.
Page 506: Montgomerie, Gov., 27.[original also references page 286].
Page 507: Morgan, Wm., 356.[original also references page 358]
Page 507: The entry "Owen, John, 334, 400." has been split into two entries because each page references a different person.
Page 510: Sadler, æronaut[original has "aeronaut"], 348.
Page 512: The entry "Thompson, Benj., 258, 374." has been split into two entries because each page references a different person.
Page 512: Entry "Vandervelde, Wm., 137." deleted as a duplicate.
Page 515: The entries "Antioch, 229." and "Antioch, 216, 329, 406." have been combined into one entry.
Page 518: Entry "Liscard, 32, 346." changed to two entries: "Liscard, 32." and "Liscarrol, 346."
Page 518: Entry "Marseilles, 362." deleted because there is no mention of Marseilles on page 362.
Page 518: The entries "Miami, 329." and "Miami, 382, 423." have been combined into one entry.
Page 519: Entries "Petropaulowski, 155, 341, 343." and "Petropaulowitz, 201." corrected to "Petropaulowski, 155, 201, 341, 343."
Page 519: Roleia, 325.[original has "Roleia, 325, 380, 378."]
Page 519: Rome, 181, 252, 258, 259, 340, 406, 466[original has "466, 466"], 474.
Page 520: Toledo defended[original has "defeened"], 412.
Page 521: Entry "Williamstadt, 288, 362." has been split into two entries: "Williamstad, 362." and "Williamstadt, 288."
Page 523: Ærostats[original has "Acrostats"], French, 373.
Page 523, under "Albany": Indian alliance, 232[original has "583"]
Page 523: Auburn[original has "Aubnrn"] prison opened, 345.
Page 524, under "Bank failure": of[original has "af"] England begun, 304
Page 525: Charles I delivered[original has "deiivered"] up by Scots, 45
Page 525: Chenango county[original has "connty"] erected, 104.
Page 525: Cecilia[original has "Ci cilia"] of Miss Burney, 19.
Page 527, under "English": parliament, Sunday[original has "sunday"] session, 311
Page 528: Free trade and sailor's[original has "sailors"] rights, 258.
Page 529: Houghton pictures sold, 379[original has "37.9"].
Page 529: Hurricane[original has "Huricane"] East Indies, 10.
Page 530: Lobos island difficulty, 404, 436.[original has "436-"]
Page 530, under "Longevity": Rush, C., 176[original has "116"]
Page 531: Massachusetts adopted constitution[original has "constitutution"], 55, 57
Page 531, under "Meteoric phenomena": at Naumburg[original has "Nauneburg"], 121[original has "126"]
Page 532: Notre dame bells baptized[original has "baptised"], 436
Page 532: Owego burnt, 378[original has "328"].
Page 532: Oxford, commerce prohibited[original has "prohibitod"], 28
Page 532, under "Paris, civil war": scarcity of provisions[original has "previsions"], 91
Page 533: Phillipines discovered[original has "discovere4"], 101.
Page 533: Pope allowed to exercise pontificate[original has "photicate"], 40
Page 534: Reading, abbots'[original has "abbott's"] coiners, 437
Page 536: Theatrical encouragement[original has "encouragment"] of troops, 477
Page 536: Van Dieman's[original has "Diemens"] land discovered, 234[original has "434"].
Page 537: Wahabites, 233; last emir, 441. Entry has been split to reflect the spelling in the text of "Wahabbites" on page 233, and "Wahhabis" on page 441.
Page 537: Wall of entrenchment[original has "intrenchment"], Cæsar's, 148.
Punctuation has been standardized in the Indexes. Also, as far as possible, in the Indexes, the spelling of names has been changed to match the spelling used in the body of the text.