CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE. 



Sennacherib, 77. 



Sensation, 337; sensations and organs of sense, 



339- 



Sentence, in English Grammar, 577, 588, 589. 

 Sepoys, mutiny of the, 174. 

 September, festival calendar for, 459. 

 Septuagesima Sunday, 449. 

 Septuagint, the, 391. 

 Sepulchral remains of early races, 733 ; grave 



chambers, 734. 



Serbs, the, in Anthropology, 6. 

 Serfdom, serfs, 36, 55. 

 Seriform stock of mankind, 4. 

 Servants and masters, duties of, 558. 

 Servants, treatment of, 786. 

 Servians, the, in Anthropology, 6. 

 Settlement, law of, in Poor-laws, 504. 

 Severus, Septimius, 1 10. 

 Sexagesima Sunday, 450. 

 Seychelles (group of islands), 290. 

 Seymour, Jane, 139. 



Shamanism, the religion of Ungrian tribes, 4. 

 Shanghae, 288. 

 Shannon, frigate, 169. 

 Sharon, the plain of, 279. 

 Sharp, Archbishop, murder of, 152. 

 Shaving, 798. 

 Sheffield, 234. 

 Sheiks, 35. 

 Sheik-ul-Islam, 216. 

 Shelley, poet, 170. 

 Shells, in artillery, 202. 

 Shells, how to preserve, 797. 

 Shepherd-kings or Hyksos, invasion of, 71. 

 Sheriffmuir, battle of, 158. 

 Sheriffs, 47, 63. 

 Sherlock, divine, 158. 

 Shiites, the, 276, 421. 

 Shipping, British, 190. 

 Ships, 205 ; ship-money, 144. 

 Shire, 131. 

 Shirwa, Lake, 296. 

 Shoa, district of Abyssinia, 295. 

 Shrove Tuesday, 451. 

 Siam, 286. 



Siamese, in Anthropology, 4. 

 Siamese language, 29. 

 Siberia, 276. 

 Sicilian colonies, 90. 

 Sicilian vespers, the, 121. 

 Sicily, 214. 

 Sierra Leone, 292. 

 Sight, sense of, 340. 

 Signs and symbols, in Algebra, 605. 

 Sikhs, the, 284. 

 Silks, how to clean, 790. 

 Silly, changes in meaning of the word, 21. 

 Silver-plate, electro-plate, choice of, 786 ; how to 



clean, 789. 



Similarity, law of, 343. 

 Simnel, Lambert, 138. 

 Simoon, 214. 



Simplicity, an attribute of style, 737. 

 Sinue, 2>o, 284. 

 Sintuism, religion of Japan, 68. 

 Sirocco, 214. 

 Siva, 424, 426. 

 Sjaeland, island, 221. 

 Skating as a recreation, 665. 

 Sketching from nature, 648. 

 Skin, in Anthropology, 7. 



820 



Skip, the, in curling, 667. 



Skull, in Anthropology, 9. 



Slavery, 36. 



Slavery, abolition of, 172. 



Slaves (Middle Age History), 113. 



Slavic or Slavonic languages, 26. 



Slavonic nations, in Anthropology, 6. 



Sleipnir, 434. 



Slesvig-Holstein, 218, 221. 



Sligo, 272. 



Sluys, battle of, 125. 



Smell, sense of, 339. 



Smerdis, Magian impostor, 80. 



Smith, Adam, 164. 



Smith, Alexander, poet, 176. 



Smith, Sidney, essayist, 176. 



Smoky chimneys, 793. 



Smollett, novelist, 161. 



Sneezing, 443. 



Socage-holders, 55. 



SOCIAL ECONOMICS OF THE INDUSTRIAL 

 ORDERS, 513-528. 



Social Science Congress, 176. 



SOCIAL STATISTICS, 529-544. 



Society Islands, 304. 



Sociology, logic of the science, 368. 



Socotro (group of islands), 290. 



Socrates, 95. 



Sokoto, 290. 



Sol, 85. 



Solemn League and Covenant, 146. 



Sol-fa system, in Music, 697, 720. 



Solid geometry, 626. 



Solon, 92. 



Soma, or moon-plant, 423. 



Somaliland, 295. 



Sophists, the, 95. 



Sophocles, 95. 



Sorcerers, 442. 



Soult, Marshal, 1 68. 



Sound, relation of, to music, 689-693 ; sound 

 waves, 689 ; TyndalTs nomenclature for com- 

 pound sounds, 691. 



South Australia, 301. 



South Carolina, United States, 316. 



South Sea scheme, 158. 



Southey, poet, 170. 



Soutras, the, 429. 



Sovereign, hereditary, of England, 42, 178. 



Spain and Portugal, description of, 211, 212. 



Spain (Middle Age History), 118, 125. 



Spanishtown, in Jamaica, 332. 



Sparta, 89, 91. 



Speaker of the House of Commons, 180. 



Species, in Anthropology, 2. 



Spectral illusions, 448. 



Speculation, game of, 687. 



Speech, 17 ; speech or language, 577. 



Speke (African traveller), 176; his discoveries, 

 296. 



Spencer, philosopher, 176. 



Spermaceti ointment, 800. 



Sphere, mensuration of, 637. 



Spinning-jenny, spinning-frame, 164. 



Spohr, Ludwig, composer, 717. 



Sporades, the, group of islands, 82. 



Sporadic or Allophylian languages, 29. 



Spruce-beer, how to make, 796. 



Square, in Geometry, 610. 



Square root, in Arithmetic, 605. 



Sramanas or Bikshus (mendicants), 431. 



