INDEX. 



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Philippi, Battle of, 293 



Philippic, 131 



Philippine Islands, Climate, .... 



Commerce, 



Finances, 17 



Industrial, 17 



Railways, 



Shipping, 18 



Philistine, 131 



Philosopher's Stone, The, 131 



Philosophers, German, . 569 



Phoenicians, 



Phoenix, 131 



Phonograph, 341 



Phosphorescence, 341 



Photography, 342 



Photogravure, 342 



Physics, 342 



Pianoforte, 343 



Picts, .293 



Pictures, 435 



Pied Piper of Hamelin, The, .... 131 



Pigeon English 131 



Pigeons, 406 



Carrier, 639 



Pilgrim Fathers, 647 



Pilgrim's Progress, . 173 



Pillow Cases, 413 



Pillows, 413 



Pins, 343 



Pisa, Leaning Tower of, 516 



Pitch, Burgundy, ,- . 403 



Pitt, William, Dying Saying of, . . . 624 



Pizarro, Dying Saying of, 624 



Plague, 293 



Plate-Glass, Casting, 307 



Playing-Cards, 343 



Plon-Plon, 131 



Plumed Knight, The, 131 



Plymouth Rock, .132 



Poems, Famous, and their Authors, . 125 



Poet Laureate, 173,294 



Poets' Corner, 132 



Poictiers, Battle of, 294 



Poisons, Antidotes for, 427 



Poland, 294 



Polish Literature, . . . . . . . 162 



Political Parties, Historic Minor, . . 616 



Politics of the Presidents, 590 



Pons Asinorum, 132 



Poor Richard, 132 



Pope, Alexander, Dying Saying of, . . 624 



Title of, . 294 



Popes, Nationality of the, 564 



Poppyheads, Decoction of, 399 



Population, Foreign-born, 600 



of Great Britain, 610 



of Ireland, . 610 



Position of the Center of, .... 678 



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Population, Present, of United States, . 597 



Pork 405 



Porkopolis, 132 



Portland Vase, 535 



Porto Rico, Area 16 



Cities, 16 



Climate, '16 



Commerce, 17 



Geographical Formation, .... 16 



Inter-Communication, 16 



Population, 16 



Productions, 16 



Ports, Cuba, 21 



Portugal, 294 



Portuguese Literature, 154 



Positivism, 592 



Posological Table, 392 



Post, 294 



Post Office, Origin of, 343 



Post Offices, 330 



Postage, Rates of, 112 



Postage Stamps : First, 344 



Language of, 620 



Postmasters-General, 281 



Potassio-tartrate of Antimony, Wine of, 405 



Potatoes, 294, 344 



Powders, Strength of Modern, . . . 624 



Powers of Attorney, Forms of, ... 53 



Prater, The, ......... 132 



Prawns and Shrimps, 405 



Prehistoric Ages, ....... 207 



Presidential Cabinet Officers, .... 279 



President's Salary, 590 



Presidents of the United States, . . . 277 



Inaugurated Irregularly, ..... 629 



Politics of the, 590 



Press, Associated, . 637 



Statistics of the, 607 



Prince Edward Island, Exemp. Laws of, 73 



Princeton University, 559 



Printed Felt Carpet, 420 



Printer's Devil, 623 



Printing Crockery, 344 



Printing in America, 345 



Printing Inks, How to Mix, .... 583 



Printing, Technical Terms in, ... 353 



Produce, Minimum Weights of, . . . 596 



Productions, Porto Rico, . - . . . 16 



Prohibitory Laws, . . . . . . . 115 



Proof Reading, Marks in, 124 



Property Rights of Married Women, . 76 



Protestant Duke, The, 132 



Protestants, 294 



Prussia, 294 



Ptolemaic System, The, ..... 345 



Public Houses, 294 



Public Lands of United States, . . . 597 



Public Lands Vacant, . . . . . , 598 



Public Schools 543 



