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History, 210; Moorish History, 211 ; Turkish, 212; Modern Persian 

 History, 213; East Indian, 214; Chinese, 215; Abyssinian, 216; 

 South African, and Oceanic History, 217 : Chap. III. EUROPEAN CHRONO- 

 CRAPHY, 217; History of Italy, 218 ; Of Spain, 221 ; Of France, 222, 

 History of Great Britain, 224 ; Of Germany, 227 ; Of Austria and Prussia 

 229; Of Denmark, 230; History of Sweden and Poland, 231; Of 

 Russia, 232: Chap. IV. AMERICAN CHRONOGRAPHY, 233; History of the 

 British Provinces, 233 ; Of the United States, 234 ; Of Mexico, 237 ; 

 Of the West Indies, and Brazil, 238 ; Of New Grenada, and Peru, 239 ; 

 Of Chili and La Plata, 240; Of Paraguay, 241. 



VII. Department ; BIOGRAPHY, page 242 ; Heraldry, 243 : 

 Chap. I. EUCLASSIC BIOGRAPHY, 248 ; Jewish. 248 ; Egyptian, 249 ; 

 Assyrian, 250 ; Grecian, 250 ; Roman, 252 ; Byzantine, 254 : Chap. II. 

 ORIENTAL BIOGRAPHY, 254 ; Arabian, 255; Turkish, and Persian, 256; 

 East Indian, 256 ; Chinese, 257 : Chap. III. EUROPEAN BIOGRAPHY, 257 ; 

 Italian, 258 ; Spanish, 260 ; Portuguese, 261 ; French, 261 ; British, 

 264 ; Dutch, 267 ; Swiss, 268; German, 269; Danish, and Swedish, 

 271 ; Polish and Russian, 272 : Chap. IV. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 272; 

 United States Biography, 272 ; Mexican, 276 ; Brazilian, 277 ; Co- 

 lombian and Peruvian, 277 ; Chilian and Buenos Ayrean, 278. 



VIII. Department; CALLOG-RAPHY, page 279 ; Poetry, 280; 

 Romance, 281 : Chap. I. EUCLASSIC C ALLOGRAPH Y, 283 ; Grecian 

 Poetry, 283 ; Grecian Oratory, 286 ; Roman Poetry, 286 ; Roman Ora- 

 tory, 288 : Chap. II. ORIENTAL CALLOGRAPHY, 288 ; Arabian Poetry, 

 and Romance, 289; Turkish and Persian, 290 ; Hindoo, 291 ; Chinese, 

 292 : Chap. III. EUROPEAN CALLOGRAPHY, 293 ; Italian Poetry, 294 ; 

 Italian Romance, 295 ; Spanish Callography, 296 ; Portuguese, 297 ; 

 French, 298 ; British, 301 ; Dutch, 305 ; German, 306 ; Danish, 

 and Swedish, 308 ; Polish, and Russian, 309 : Chap. IV. AMERICAN 

 CALLOGRAPHY, 310; United States Poetry, 310; American Romance, 

 312 ; American Eloquence, 312. 



THIRD PROVINCE; PHYSICONOMY, page 313. 



IX. Department; MATHEMATICS, page 314: Chap. I. ARITH- 

 METIC, 316; Ground Rules, 317; Denominate Numbers, 318; Frac- 

 tions, 319; Proportion, 320; Mercantile Rules, 321; Powers and 

 Progressions, 321 : Chap. II. ALGEBRA, 322; Preliminary Rules, 323; 

 Equations, 324; Powers and Roots, 325 ; Theory of Equations, 326 ; 

 Series, and Logarithms, 326 : Chap. III. GEOMETRY, 327; Elements of 

 Geometry, 328 ; Plane Figures, 329 ; Solid Figures, 330 ; Descriptive 

 Geometry, 331: Chap. IV. ANCYLOMETRY, 332; Trigonometry, 334 ; 

 Coordinates, 335; Conic Sections, 335 : Chap. V. RHEOMETRY, 337;- 

 Differential Calculus, 338 ; Integral Calculus, 340. 



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