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INTRODUCTION. 



II. 

 GEOGRAPHY IN GENERAL. 



OCEANS, SEAS, <tc. 

 MOUNTAINS. 



DIVISIONS OF THE GLOBE. 

 (Africa. 



America. 



Asia. 



Australasia, or Oceania. 



Europe.) 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 

 GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS. 

 GEOGRAPHERS. 



The grand outlines of Geography are here traced 

 for the reader, by which he will be enabled to ob- 

 tain a general knowledge of the science before en- 

 tering upon the extensive details which immediately 

 follow. With reference to these two Divisions, we 

 make one remark, that they are intended to take in 

 generals only, and that, consequently.no disappoint- 

 ment should be felt if many things familiar to the 

 reader be omitted here, and take a more definite 

 place in Division III. 



III. 



GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY IN RELA- 

 TION TO PARTICULAR COUNTRIES. 



The plan adopted in the arrangement of the 

 complicated details which enter into this Division, 

 the most important one in the Section on History 

 and Geography, will, we believe, present singular 

 advantages to the reader. The object has been to 

 give in immediate connection with the different 

 countries, their Geography, Topography, History 

 and Biography ; so that every thing bearing directly 

 or indirectly on the Geography of a kingdom or 

 province, and the History of its inhabitants, might 

 be readily consulted. Throughout this Division 

 there will be perceived consistency of plan, but not 

 uniformity ; the latter, it was neither possible nor 

 desirable to observe. It was not possible to give 

 so full an analysis of many countries as we were 

 enabled to do of our own ; and it would not have 

 been desirable to encumber the Index with an equal 

 severity of arrangement in all cases, since the value 

 of extensive details is proportionate to the impor- 

 tance of a kingdom or state in itself, or in its rela- 

 tions to other nations of the globe. We only add 

 with reference to this leading Section of the Index, 

 that it brings into one view and into natural con- 

 nection, a large amount of knowledge on the 'most 

 important subjects that can engage the attention of 

 social man , and should any hypercritical examiner 

 discover omissions, and we do not hesitate to tell 

 him he may find omissions, for we have modesty 

 enough to admit tha'j an Encyclopedia in Seven 

 Octavo Volumes, cannot state everything belonging 

 to everything, we would, in return, beg him to store 

 his mind with the amount of truth here presented 

 to him, and if he do this we venture to state our 



opinion, which we may do without any hesitation, 

 that ho will become a very sufficient Geographer 

 and Historian. 



SECTION II. 



LAW, POLITY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. 

 ARMY AND NAVY. 



I. 



L A W. 



FEUDAL SISTEM. 

 COURTS OF LAW. 

 LAW OFFICERS, <tc. 

 LEGAL INSTRUMENTS. 

 LAW TERMS. 

 CRIMES AND OFFENCES. 

 PUNISHMENTS. 

 EMINENT LAWYERS AND WRITERS ON LAW. 



The First Division in this Section, the heads of 

 which we have given above, includes as copious an 

 analysis of Law as would be obtained from the 

 most talented and methodical work exclusively de- 

 voted to the subject. The modes of ancient and 

 modern judicature, the constitution of courts of 

 law, and the varieties of crime and punishment, are 

 exhibited in the most lucid manner; and much in- 

 teresting matter connected with the general subject 

 will be found incorporated with the biographies of 

 Lawyers and Writers on Law. 



II. 



POLITY. 



III. 

 POLITICAL ECONOMY. 



These two Divisions do not assume a very impor- 

 tant bearing in the present section; but for this 

 there is an obvious and satisfactory reason. All 

 matters regarding Polity and Political Economy 

 will be found in connection with the History of the 

 different kingdoms and states, in the first section ; 

 and it was considered perfectly unnecessary, and 

 tending only to superfluous display, to gather exten- 

 sive details under these Divisions. 



IV. 

 ARMY AND NAVY. 



This Division embraces under a number of subor- 

 dinate heads a complete treatise on Military and 

 Naval art, together with copious biographies of the 

 most talented and distinguished warriors and navi- 

 gators of all countries, as well as of the most emi- 

 nent Writers on Military and Naval tactics. 



