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Origins, Some Important : Violin, . . 330 



Wall Paper 330 



Watches, 330 



Water Mills, 330 



Weathercocks, 330 



Weights, Measures, 330 



Windows, 330 



Wine, 330 



Woolen Cloth, 331 



Orlando Furioso, 131 



Ossian, 131 



Ostend Manifesto, 131 



Ostracism, 131 



Ostrogoths, . . 293 



Ottoman, 293 



Outlines of History, 207 



Prehistoric Ages, . 207 



From the Deluge to Cyrus, .... 207 



From Cyrus to Alexander, .... 208 



From Alexander to Augustus, . . . 209 



From Augustus to Charlemagne, . . 210 



From Charlemagne to Napoleon, . . 212 



From Napoleon to the Present Time, . 216 



Oxford University, 501 



Oysters, 405, 430 



Paganism, 293 



Pagodas, - . 525 



Painting, 338 



Paints, How to Mix, 583 



Palace of the Caesars, ' 545 



Westminster, 562 



Palatines, . . 293 



Palimpsest, 131 



Palladium, . . 131 



Pall Mall, 131 



Pan, 522 



Pandects, 293 



Panics, Great Financial, 582 



Pantheon of Rome, . . . . 131, 293, 526 



Paper, Dimensions of Sizes, . . . . 638 



Hangings, 339 



History of, 339 



Names of Sizes, 638 



Table, 639 



Papers ; Common Sizes of Flat, . . . 586 



Papier-Mache", 339 



Paradise Lost, 131 



Paradise Regained, . 131 



Paragraph, The, 123 



Parchment, 340 



Parchments, Origin of, 330 



Parenthesis, 123 



Parents, Obligations of, 117 



Rights of, . . 117 



Paris, 293 



Commune, . 602 



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Paris of America, The, 131 



Park, Yellowstone, 636 



Parliamentary Law, Condensed, . . . 113 



Parsees, 544 



Parthenon, 131, 569 



Partington, Mrs., . . ' 131 



Partnerships, 62 



Partridges, 406 



Pasquinade, 131 



Passport Regulations, 35 



Patent, Assignment of a, 67 



Patent Office, 511 



Patent Office Procedure, 32 



Applications, 33 



Caveats, 34 



Fees, 34 



Reissues, 33 



Patents Issued since 1852, 635 



Patriots' Day, 198 



Paul's, St., 293 



Paving with Stones, Origin of, ... 330 



Pawnbroker's Sign, Origin of, .... 600 



Pay, Army, 611 



Peabody Education Fund, The, . . . 570 



Pearl, 598 



Fisheries, 340 



Pecuniary Value of Metals, .... 584 



Peeler, 131 



Peninsular War, 131 



Pennsylvania, ... 293 



Divorce Laws of, 75 



Eight Hour Laws of, 45 



Exemption Laws of, 73 



Property Rights of Married Women, . 78 



University of, 559 



Pension Bureau, 511 



Laws, 45 



Rates of, 45 



Statistics, 649 



Pensions, 638 



People's William, 131 



Percussion Caps, Composition of , . . . 340 



Pere-la-Chaise, 131 



Perfumery, 340 



Peri, . ." 542 



Period, The, 122 



Perpetual Motion, 615 



Persecution, 293 



Persian Carpets, . . 



Persian Empire, 293 



Persian Literature, 150 



Personal Property, Assessed Valuation of, 596 



Peruvian Balsam, 403 



Peter- Pence, 542 



Peter the Hermit, 527 



Petrified Bodies, 840 



Pharsalia, Battle of, . ....... 293 



Philadelphia, City Hall, . . . 



Masonic Temple, 513 



