GENERAL INDEX. 



A 



ABBOT, GORHAM BUMMER. XIV. Birth, 1 ; 

 education, 1 ; career, 1 ; death, 1. 



ABBOT, J. H. XIII. Birth, 1; death, 1; 

 career as a scientist, philologist, and teacher, 1. 



ABD-EL-KADER, SIDI-EL-KADJI IJLED MAHAD- 

 DIN. XIII. Birth, 1 ; death, 1 ; education, 1 ; 

 chosen King, 1 ; conflicts with the French, 2 ; 

 exile, 2 ; travels, 2. 



ABDUL AZIZ KHAN. I. Becomes Sultan of 

 Turkey, 2. VII. 727. (See Turkey.) 



ABDUL BIEDJID. I. Birth of, 1 ; education, 

 1 ; disposition, 1 ; hostility of the masses, 1 ; 

 rebellion of Mehemet Ali, 1 ; foreign inter- 

 ference, 1; reforms in Turkey, 1; causes of 

 his death, 2 ; his successor, 2. 



ABELL, EDMUND. VII. Kemoved from office 

 of Judge in New Orleans, 456. 



ABELL, Mrs. ELIZABETH. XI. Obituary of, 598. 



ABYSSINIA. VI. Area, 1; population, 1; 

 how ruled, 1 ; treaty with Great Britain, 1 ; 

 correspondence of the Emperor, 1 ; his wrath, 

 2 ; incarceration of British consul and others, 

 2 ; efforts of the British to effect a release, 2 ; 

 letter from one of the prisoners, 2 ; history of 

 the Emperor Theodore, 3 ; his faith, 3 ; con- 

 cessions to foreigners, 3; his wars, 4; great 

 battle at Axoum, 4 ; details, 4. 



VII. Area and population, 1 ; army, 1 ; 

 forts, 1 ; form of government, 2 ; British cap- 

 tives, 2 ; English artisans sent to Abyssinia, 

 2 ; efforts to obtain release of prisoners, 3 ; 

 cruelty of King Theodore, 4; disaffection of 

 the people, 5 ; British ultimatum to King Theo- 

 dore, 5 ; preparations for war, 6 ; proclamation 

 of Sir Robert Napier, 6 ; exploration in Abys- 

 sinia, 6 ; scientific character of the expedition, 

 1 



7; progress of the English army, 7; friendly 

 aid of Egyptian Government, 8 ; death of the 

 Abuna, 8 ; recent works on Abyssinia, 8. 



VIII. Area, 1 ; population, 1 ; character of 

 the country, 1; towns, 1; difficulty between 

 England and King Theodore, 2 ; details, 2 ; 

 correspondence, 3; map of the country, 3; 

 reason given by the King, 4 ; pretexts, 4 ; land- 

 ing of troops, 4 ; their march, 5 ; movements 

 of Theodore, 5 ; approach to Magdala, 5 ; at- 

 tack on the fort, 5 ; official reports of its cap- 

 ture, and the death of Theodore, 5, 6 ; result, 

 7 ; further proceedings, 7 ; effect of Theodore's 

 death, 8 ; Abyssinian politics, 8. 



IX. Area, 1 ; population, 1 ; towns, 1 ; com- 

 petitors for the throne, 1 ; distinguished Eu- 

 ropean residents, 2 ; English expedition, 2 ; 

 works on, 3 ; Jewish inhabitants, 3. 



XII. Difficulties with Egypt, 279. 



XIII. Area, 2; government, 2 ; Prince Kas- 

 sa, 2; contest with Gobazye, 2; Kassa made 

 Emperor, 3; rebellions, 3; Menelek, King of 

 Shoa, 3 ; relations between, and Egypt, 3. 



XV. Area, 1 ; population, 1 ; successor of 

 Theodore, 1; progress of the Egyptians, 1; 

 belief of the people, 1 ; Swedish missionaries, 

 1 ; German Colonization Company, 2. 



ACHARD, LOUIS A. E. XV. Biographical 

 sketch of, 2. 



ACHEEN. XIII. Area, 4 ; character of the 

 country, 4; population, 4; government, 4; 

 difficulties with Holland, 4 ; proceedings of the 

 government, 5. 



ADALBERT, Prince HEINRICH WILHELM. XIII. 

 Birth, 5 ; travels, 5 ; writings, 5 ; marriage, 6 ; 

 death, 6 ; career as a Prussian admiral, 6. 



