CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE. 



M'Culloch, political economist, 176. 



Macedonian wars, 106. 



Macgillicuddy Reeks, 269. 



Machine-printing, 761. 



Machinery, in Political Economy, 469. 



Maclise, painter, 654. 



Madagascar, 290. 



Madeira, 290. 



Madras presidency, 285. 



Madrid, capital of Spain, 213. 



Madrigal, the, 710. 



Magdala, 295. 



Magellan, straits of, 322. 



Maggiore, Lake, 213. 



Magic, 441. 



Magna Charta, 37, 56, 134. 



Magna Gratia, 90. 



Magnanimity, in Practical Morality, 553. 



Magyars or Hungarians (Middle Age History), 



1 1 8; in Anthropology, 4. 

 Mahabhdrata, the, 423. 

 Mahendra, Prince, 429. 

 Mahomet, or Mohammed Ibn Abdallah, 115. 

 Maine, United States, 316. 

 Maitland, town in Australia, 299. 

 Majorian, Emperor, 112. 

 Makololo, Betjuan tribe, 296. 

 Malaria of Italy, 214. 

 Malayo-Polynesian languages, 29. 

 Malaysia, 297. 



Malay type, the, in Anthropology, 5. 

 Malcolm Canmore, 133. 

 Malignants, the, 146. 

 Mallee scrub, the, 300. 

 Mallets, in croquet, 670. 

 Malleus maleficarum, 444. 

 Malta fencibles, the, 195. 

 Malthusian theory of population, 497. 

 Malwah, table-land of, 280 ; principalities, 284. 

 Mamalukes, the, 124. 

 Mambari tribe, 296. 

 Man, origin and descent of, 15 ; antiquity of, 



725. 



Manchester, 233. 

 Manes, 439. 

 Manheim, 434. 

 Manifest, in Commerce, 485. 

 Manitoba, 313. 

 Manitoba Territory, 309. 

 Mantshus, the, in Anthropology, 4. 

 Manu, institutes of, 423, 425. 

 Manyuema, country in Africa, 296. 

 Maoris, the, 303 ; their language, 27. 

 Maracaybo, Lake, 324. 

 Marathon, battle of, 92. 

 Marble hearths and chimney-pieces, how to clean, 



788. 



March, festival calendar for, 452. 

 Marco Polo, 275. 

 Mardonius, 93. 

 Maremma of Tuscany, 214. 

 Marengo, 166. 



Margaret, Maid of Norway, 134. 

 Marines, royal, 208. 

 Marius, 108. 



Mark-graf, margrave, or marquis, 55. 

 Mark or township, 131. 

 Marlborough, province of, 303. 

 Maronites, the, 415. 

 Maroon War, the, 332. 

 Marquesas Islands, 304. 



814 



Marriage, 33 ; duties in relation to, 558 ; statistics 



of, 53i. 

 Mars, 84. 



Martial, Roman writer, 112. 

 Martineau, 176. 

 Martinique, island, 335. 

 Mary, Queen of Scots, 140, 141. 

 Maryland, United States, 316. 

 Masena, capital of Bagirmi, 296. 

 Massachusetts, United States, 316. 

 Massena, General, 168. 

 Massinger, Philip, 148. 

 Masters and servants, duties of, 558. 

 Mathematics, logic of the science, 365. 

 Matthew-passion, the, of Bach, 713. 

 Maundy-Thursday, festival of, 453. 

 Maurice, theologian, 176. 

 Mauritius, island of, 290. 

 May, festival calendar for, 455, 456. 

 Maynooth College, 265. 

 Mayor, office of, 47. 



Mealfourvounie (Hill of the Cold Tarn), 251. 

 Mecca, 280. 

 Mechanics, general or rational, logic of the 



science, 365. 



Mechanics' institutions established, 175. 

 Mechlin, town, 221. 



Mecklenburg-Schwerin, grand-duchy of, 219. 

 Mecklenburg-Strelitz, grand-duchy of, 219. 

 Medes and Persians, the, 78. 

 Medicine-worship, 441. 

 Megara, 82 ; Greek territory, 82. 

 Mehemet Ali, 173. 

 Meinam, river, 274. 

 Melbourne, in Australia, 301. 

 Melody, definition of, 698 ; in style, 739. 

 Melrose, 256. 



Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, composer, 718. 

 Mendicant orders of friars, 128. 

 Menelaus, king of Sparta, 88. 

 Mensuration, 632. 

 Mercury, 84. 

 Meroe, 65. 



Merovingian kings, 113. 

 Meshed, 278. 

 Mesopotamia, 276, 279. 

 Messenian wars, the, 91. 

 Messiah, the, oratorio, by Handel, 713. 

 Mestizoes, in Anthropology, 14, 309. 

 Metaphor, in style, 740. 

 Metempsychosis, doctrine of, 424. 

 Methodists, 160, 409; secessions of the, 411. 

 Metonymy, in style, 740. 

 Meuse, river, 220. 

 Mexico, 309. 



Mexico, history of, 319, 320. 

 Meyerbeer, Jacob, composer, 717. 

 Mezzotinto, 774. 

 Michael Angelo, painter, 654. 

 Michaelmas, festival and term of, 459. 

 Michigan, Lake, 307. 

 Michigan, United States, 316. 

 MIDDLE AGES, HISTORY OF THE, 113-128. 

 Middleton, Dr Conyers, 161. 

 Mid-Lent Sunday, 452. 

 Migrations of races, in Anthropology, 14. 

 Mikado of Japan, 68, 288. 

 Mildew, how to remove, 790. 

 MILITARY AND NAVAL ORGANISATION, 193- 



208. 

 Military force, several branches of, 195-197. 



