CORDOVA 



1579 



CORINTH 



America, northwest of Buenos Aires. It is 

 now a flourishing commercial center and ex- 

 ports quantities of live stock, wool and hides. 

 There is no better grazing section in all Argen- 

 tina. The surrounding territory depends en- 

 tirely upon irrigation for successful agriculture, 

 and twelve miles from the city is a great dam 

 across the Rio Primero which furnishes an 

 abundant supply of water. Cordoba was 

 founded in 1573, but the vicinity had been 

 thoroughly explored thirty years before. Pop- 

 ulation in 1911, 95,000. 



CORDOVA, or CORDOBA, one of the ancient 

 Moorish cities of Spain, containing many fine 

 examples of Moorish architecture. It is sit- 

 uated on the banks of the Guadalquivir, about 

 eighty-six miles northeast of Seville. The old 

 city streets are narrow, crooked and in many 

 parts dirty, but there is a more modern portion 

 which shows little trace of the Moorish occupa- 

 tion. The cathedral is the most remarkable 

 structure in the city, having originally been a 

 mosque which has been altered from time to 

 time to make it conform to the requirements 

 of a modern cathedral. Like most Spanish 

 cities, Cordova conveys to the visitor an idea 

 of languor or carelessness. The city was once 

 a great commercial center, but its importance 

 has declined. The inhabitants take their siesta, 

 or noonday rest, more seriously than they 

 regard commercial occupation. Population, at 

 the height of its Saracen splendor, estimated at 

 over 1,000,000; in 1910 it was 65,000. 



CORDUROY, kawr' duroi, a strong, thick cot- 

 ton material, very serviceable for garments for 

 outdoor sports or labor. It has a cut pile, like 

 velvet, but is corded or ribbed on the surface. 

 The name comes from the French and means 

 king's cord, because in the seventeenth century 

 the material was used for the outer garments 

 of the king's huntsmen. It is sometimes used 

 for furniture covering and fancy work. 



Corduroy road is an expression used in the 

 United States to signify a rough road made by 

 laying logs side by side to cover swampy or 

 marshy places. 



CORELLI, korel'i, MARIE (1864- ), an 

 English writer of sensational and melodramatic 

 novels, several of which have been dramatized 

 for the stage and for moving pictures. She 

 was born in Italy, but was educated in Eng- 

 land and France. In her childhood, Charles 

 Mackay, the poet, adopted her. Corelli was at 

 first simply a pen name, but is now her legal 

 name. The first work of this weaver of emo- 

 tional tales was The Romance of Two Worlds, 



appearing in 1886. Among her other most 

 widely known novels are Thelma, Barabbas, 

 The Sorrows of Satan, The Master Christian, 

 Temporal Power, God's Good Man, Free Opin- 

 ions, The Treasure of Heaven, Holy Orders, 

 The Devil's Motor, The Life Everlasting and 

 Innocent, Her Fancy and His Fact; the last 

 named appeared in 1914. 



Marie Corelli's present home is in that his- 

 toric town, Stratford-on-Avon, near the old 

 home of Shakespeare. At the outbreak of the 

 War of the Nations in 1914 the pen of this 

 novelist helped to inspire patriotic fervor in the 

 land of her adoption. 



CORIANDER, korian'der, an herb of the 

 parsley family, cultivated for its fruit, which 

 when dried is used as' a spice to flavor curries, 

 sauces and liqueurs, and is often found in little, 

 round, pink-and-white candies. Coriander is 

 also useful in cases of chronic dyspepsia. The 

 plant grows to a height of three feet, has very 

 finely-divided leaves with a disagreeable odor, 

 and small white flowers. The fruit, however, 

 when dry, is pleasantly fragrant and sweet to 

 the taste. Coriander is cultivated less in the 

 United States and Canada than in Europe, 

 caraway being more favored on the west At- 

 lantic shores. 



CORINTH, kor'inth, one of the most notable 

 cities of the ancient world, founded in Greece 

 nearly 3,000 years ago. Its situation at the 



CORINTH 



Locations of the city, surrounding political 

 divisions, gulf, isthmus and famous canal. 



(a) Etolia (d) Attica 



(6) Phocis (e) Achaia 



(c) Boeotia (/) Corinthia 



southern extremity of the Isthmus of Corinth, 

 which joins the Peloponnesus, or lower penin- 

 sula of Greece, to the northern mainland, made 

 it the most important trading center of the 



