INDEX. 



Attache's, 47. 



Atterbury, 158. 



Attica, 82. 



Attributes of God, 379. 



Auckland Islands, 304. 



Auckland, Lord, 283. 



Auckland, province of, 303. 



Auguries and auspices, 442. 



August, festival calendar for, 458. 



Augustine, 131. 



Aula, or Curia Regis, 59. 



Austerlitz, 167. 



Australasia, 297-304. 



Australia colonies, area, geology, 297 ; climate, 

 government, &c. 298 ; New South Wales, 298. 



Austria, 126. 



Austria and Prussia, war between, 174. 



Austria and Sardinia, war between, 174. 



Austro-Hungary, description of, 217 ; language, 

 217 ; religion, education, 217 ; industry, com- 

 merce, 217; government, 217; revenue, 218; 

 army and navy, 218. 



Autochthones, in Anthropology, 7. 



Autography, in Lithography, 766. 



Ava, kingdom of, 285. 



Avignon, residence of the popes, 127. 



Axioms, in Geometry, 610. 



Azores, the, 290. 



Aztecs, the, 308. 



Baber, 275. 



Babylonia, 279. 



Babylonian Empire, 78 ; city, 78. 



Babylonians, the, in Anthropology, 6. 



Bacchus, 85. 



Bach, John Sebastian, composer, 712. 



Backgammon, game of, 678. 



Baden, grand duchy of, 219. 



Baffin Bay, 306. 



Bagatelle, game of, 682. 



Bagdad, population, manufactures, 279. 



Bagirmi, 296. 



Bahamas or Lucayos Islands, 335. 



Bahia, or St Salvador, 328. 



Bahr-el-Azrek, or Blue Nile, 295. 



Bails, in cricket, 661. 



Bain, Alexander, author, 176. 



Bajazet I., surnamed Ilderim, 127. 



Baker, Sir Samuel, discoveries by, 296. 



Balaklava, 173. 



Baldur, 434, 435. 



Balearic Islands, the, 211. 



Baliol, 134. 



Balkan Mountains, 215. 



Ballarat, 301. 



Ballot Act, in 1872, 175, 179. 



Bangweolo, Lake, 291, 296. 



Bank of England founded, 156. 



Bankruptcy or insolvency, law of, in Commerce, 



485. 

 BANKS, 490-496 ; origin of, 490 ; business of 



banking, 490 ; Bank of England, 493 5 J oint ' 



stock banks, 495 ; banks in Scotland, 495 ; 



Irish banks, 496; savings-banks, 513; 



banks, 516. 



Banks, Sir Joseph, 164. 

 Bannockburn, battle of, 135. 

 Banquettes, in military works, 203, 

 Baptists, 411. 

 Barbadoes, island, 333. 

 Barbarossa, 121, 124. 



Barbuda and Anguilla, islands, 334. 



Barebones Parliament, 149. 



Barnaul, mining district in Siberia, 276. 



Baroda, 284. 



Harrosa, battle of, 168. 



Barrow, in Archaeology, 734, 



Barrow, Isaac, 152. 



Barry, James, painter, 654. 



Basel, canton in Switzerland, 213. 



Basilica (code of laws), 52. 



Basle, council of, 128. 



Basque or Euscara languages, 30. 



Basques, the, 210, 212. 



Basseterre, capital of St Christopher, 334. 



Bassoon, the, 703. 



Bassorah, 279. 



Bastion, in military works, 203. 



Bathurst, 299. 



Baulk, in billiards, 680. 



Bavaria, kingdom of, 219. 



Beats, in Music, 692. 



Beauty, in style, 740. 



Becket, Thomas a, 133. 



Bed-feathers, how to clean, 790. 



Beethoven, Ludwig von, composer, 715. 



Belfast, population, trade, 271. 



Belgium, description of, 220 ; inhabitants, lan- 

 guage, religion, education, 220 ; industry, mines, 

 221 ; government, revenue, 221 ; army, 221. 



Belief, in psychology, 352. 



Belisarius, 115. 



Belize or Honduras, 332. 



Belleisle, strait, 306, 315. 



Bellerophon, the, 169 ; (Billyruffian), 205. 



Bellini, composer, 716. 



Beloochistan, 276 ; races, 277 ; products, 277. 



Beltane or Bealteine fire, 437; festival of, 438, 

 456. 



Benares, city in India, 284. 



Beneficium, fief or leasehold, 119. 



Benevolence, duty of, 381, 553. 



Benevolences, or gifts to the king, 143. 



Bengal, 280 ; products, population, 284. 



Bentley, the critic, 158. 



Berar, in India, 282. 



Berbera, in Somaliland, 295. 



Berbers, or Amazirgh Atlantidas, 6. 



Berbice, 329. 



Bereans, 408. 



Berghem, Nicholas, painter, 654. 



Berkeley, philosopher, 158. 



Berlin Decrees, 167. 



Bermudas, or Somers' Islands, 335. 



Bern, federal capital of Switzerland, 214. 



B&ique, game of, 687. 



Bewick, Thomas, engraver, 771. 



Beyrout, 279. 



Bhurtpore, 284. 



BIBLE, HISTORY OF THE, 385-400 ; vcrtio? 

 translations, 397 ; the Chnstian Church, 3< 



Billiards, game of, 679 ; rules. of, 680 ; the Amen 

 can game, 68 1 ; game of pool, 68 1. 



Bills of exchange, 488. 



Bills of parcels and of lading, in Commerce, 485. 



Bills or petitions, 58. 



Biology, logic of the science, 367. 



Birmingham, description of, 233. 



Births, statistics of, 530. 



Bishari, the, in Anthropology, 6. 



Bishop, origin of the term and office, 399- 



Black, Joseph, discoverer in physics, 104. 



