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  • Guacharo, bird.
  • Guaco, plant.
  • Guadalajara, province & town, Spain.
  • Guadalajara, town, Mexico.
  • Guadeloupe, island, West Indies.
  • Guadix, town, Spain.
  • Guaduas, town, Colombia, South America.
  • Guaiacum, tree.
  • Gualdo Tadino, town, Italy.
  • Gualeguay, town, Argentine Republic.
  • Gualeguaychu, town, Argentine Republic.
  • Guamanga (Huamanga, q.v.).
  • Guan, bird.
  • Guanaco, ungulate mammal.
  • Guanajuato, town, Mexico.
  • Guancabelica (Huancavelica, q.v.), town, Peru.
  • Guano.
  • Guarana, plant and fruit.
  • Guarantee, or Guaranty, in English law.
  • Guaratingueta, town, Brazil.
  • Guardi, Francesco, Venetian painter.
  • Guardian, in law (See Infant).
  • Guariento, Italian painter.
  • Guarini, Giovanni Battista, Italian dramatist.
  • Guarino, or Guarinus, of Verona, Italian scholar.
  • Guarino, or Guarinus, of Favora, Italian scholar.
  • Guastalla, town, Italy.
  • Guatemala, republic & town, Central America.
  • Guava, fruit.
  • Guayaquil, town, Ecuador, South America.
  • Guayra, La, town, Venezuela, South America.
  • Gubbio, town, Italy.
  • Guben, town, Prussia.
  • Gudgeon, fish.
  • Guelderland, Gelderland, or Guelders, ancient duchy, Germany.
  • Guelder Rose, shrub.
  • Guelders, or Geldern, town, Rhenish Prussia.
  • Guelfs and Ghibellines, Italian party.
  • Guelph, town, Ontario, Canada.
  • Guercino, Barbieri (See Barbieri), Italian painter.
  • Guéret, town, France.
  • Guericke, Otto von, German scientist.
  • Guérin, Georges Maurice de, French poet.
  • Guérin, Jean Baptiste Paulin, French painter.
  • Guérin, Pierre Narcisse, French painter.
  • Guernsey, Channel Islands, England.
  • Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico, Italian writer and politician.
  • Guerrero, or Tixtla, town, Mexico.
  • Guesclin, Bertrand du (Du Guesclin, q.v.), constable of France.
  • Guevara, Antonio de, Spanish moralist.
  • Guglielmi, Pietro, Italian musician.
  • Guiana, Guyana, or Guayana, territory, South America.
    • British Guiana.
    • Dutch Guiana.
    • French Guiana.
  • Guibert of Nogent, French theologian.
  • Guibert, or Wibert, of Ravenna (Clement III.), antipope.
  • Guicciardini, Francesco, Italian historian and statesman.
  • Guidi, Carlo Alessandro, Italian poet.
  • Guidiccioni, Giovanni, Italian poet.
  • Guido of Arezzo, Italian musician.
  • Guido Reni (Reni, q.v.), Italian painter.
  • Guido of Siena, Italian painter.
  • Guienne, Old French province.
  • Guignes, Joseph de, French Orientalist.
  • Guild, Guilds.
  • Guildford, town, England.
  • Guillemot, bird.
  • Guillotine, Revolutionist & for decapitation.
  • Guimarães, town, Portugal.
  • Guinea, region, West Coast of Africa.
  • Guinea Fowl, bird.
  • Guinea-Pig (Cavy, q.v.), rodent mammal.
  • Guingamp, town, France.
  • Guipuzcoa, province, Spain.
  • Guisborough, or Gisborough, town, England.
  • Guiscard, Robert (Robert Guiscard, q.v.), duke of Apulia, crusader.
  • Guise, town, France.
  • Guise, House of, French noble family.
  • Guitar, musical instrument.
  • Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume, French historian and statesman.
  • Gujarat, or Guzerat (q.v.), district, India.
  • Gujranwala, district & town, India.
  • Gujrat, or Goojrat, district & town, India.
  • Gulf Stream, Atlantic current (See Atlantic).
  • Gull, bird.
  • Gum.
  • Gumbinnen, town, Prussia.
  • Gumbo, or Okra, plant.
  • Gumri, or Alexandropol, town, Russian Armenia.
  • Gum-Trees (Eucalyptus, q.v.).
  • Gun-Cotton.
  • Gundulitsch, or Gundulic, Ivan, Dalmatian poet.
  • Gundwana (Gondwana, q.v.).
  • Gunmaking.
  • Gunnery.
  • Gunny, cloth.
  • Gunpowder.
    • The Ingredients and their Action.
    • Fired Gunpowder.
    • Preparation and Purification of the Ingredients.
    • Manufacture of Gunpowder.
    • Proof of Gunpowder.
  • Gunpowder Plot (1605), England (See Fawkes).
  • Güns, town, Hungary.
  • Gunter, Edmund, English mathematician.
  • Günther, Johann Christian, German poet.
  • Guntoor, town, India.
  • Gurdaspur, district, India.
  • Gurgaon, district, India.
  • Gurnall, William, English divine.
  • Gurnard, fish.
  • Gurwall (Garwhal, q.v.).
  • Gustavus I., Vasa, king of Sweden.
  • Gustavus II., Adolphus, of Sweden.
  • Gustavus III., of Sweden.
  • Gustavus IV., of Sweden.
  • Gustavus Adolphus Union, German Protestant society.
  • Güstrow, town, Germany.
  • Gutenberg, John, early printer.
  • Guthrie, Thomas, Scottish divine and philanthropist.
  • Guts-Muths, Johann Christoph Friedrich, German teacher.
  • Gutta Percha.
  • Gutzkow, Karl, German novelist and dramatist.
  • Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August, German missionary to China.
  • Guy, Thomas, founder of Guy’s Hospital, London.
  • Guy of Warwick, old English romance.
  • Guyon, Madame, French mystic.
  • Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baron, French chemist.
  • Guzerat, or Gujarat, district, India.
  • Guzmics, Isidor, Hungarian theologian.
  • Gwalior, state & town, India.
  • Gwilt, Joseph, English architect.
  • Gwyniad, fish.
  • Gyarmat, towns, Hungary.
  • Gyarmatha, town, Hungary.
  • Gyergyo-Szent-Miklos, town, Hungary.
  • Gyges, Lydian king.
  • Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, Baroness, Danish writer.
  • Gymnasium.
  • Gymnastics.
  • Gymnotus, genus of fishes (See Eel and Electricity).
  • Gynæcology, branch of medicine.
  • Gyoma, town, Hungary.
  • Gyöngyös, town, Hungary.
  • Gyöngyösi, István, Hungarian poet.
  • Gypsum, mineral.
  • Gyroscope, or Gyrostat, scientific instrument.
  • Gythium, ancient town, Greece.
  • Gyula, town, Hungary.
  • H, the eighth letter of the alphabet.
  • Haarlem, town, Holland.
  • Habakkuk, Old Testament prophet.
  • Habeas Corpus, in English law.
  • Habington, William, English poet.
  • Hachette, Jean Nicolas Pierre, French mathematician.
  • Hachette, Louis Christophe François, French publisher.
  • Hackberry, tree.
  • Haco, or Hakon, king of Norway.
  • Haco V., king of Norway.
  • Hadad, Syrian god.
  • Haddington, or East Lothian, county, Scotland.
  • Haddock, fish.
  • Hadersleben, town, Prussia.
  • Hades, in Christian escatology (q.v.) and Greek mythology (See Pluto).
  • Hadji Khalfa (Hajji Khalfa, q.v.), Arabic writer.
  • Hadramaut, district, Arabia (q.v.).
  • Hadrian, Roman emperor.
  • Hadrian, Wall of.
  • Hadrumetum, or Adrumetum, ancient town, Tunis.
  • Hæmorrhoids, or Piles, disease.
  • Hafiz, Persian poet.
  • Hagedorn, Friedrich von, German poet.
  • Hagen, town, Prussia.
  • Hagen, Friedrich Heinrich von der, German writer.
  • Hagenau, town, Alsace, Germany.
  • Hagenbach, Karl Rudolf, German church historian.
  • Hagerstown, town, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Hag-Fish, Glutenous Hag, or Borez.
  • Haggai, Old Testament prophet.
  • Hague, The, town, Holland.
  • Hahn, August, German theologian.
  • Hahn, Johann Georg von, Austrian traveller.
  • Hahnemann, Samuel Christian Friedrich, founder of homœopathy.
  • Haidarabad, or Hyderabad (q.v.), district & territory, India.
  • Haidinger, Wilhelm von, Austrian mineralogist.
  • Hail (See Meteorology).
  • Hailes, Sir David Dalrymple, Lord, Scottish judge and historian.
  • Hainan, island, China.
  • Hainau, town, Prussia.
  • Hainault, province, Belgium.
  • Hainburg, or Haimburg, town, Austria.
  • Hainichen, town, Saxony.
  • Hair.
  • Hairbell, or Harebell (q.v.), plant.
  • Hair-Tail, fish.
  • Haiti, or Hayti (q.v.), island, West Indies.
  • Hajdúk, or Hayduke, district, Hungary.
  • Hajipur, or Hajeepoor, town, India.
  • Hajji Khalfa, Arabic writer.
  • Hake, fish.
  • Hakim, Fatimite caliph.
  • Hakluyt, Richard, English geographer.
  • Hakodadi, or Hakodate, town, Japan.
  • Hal, town, Belgium.
  • Hala, or Halla, town, India.
  • Halas, town, Hungary.
  • Halberstadt, town, Prussia.
  • Halbert, or Halbard, weapon.
  • Haldane, James Alexander, Scottish evangelist.
  • Haldane, Robert, Scottish evangelist.
  • Hale, Sir Matthew, English lord chief-justice.
  • Hales, Stephen, English physiologist and inventor.
  • Halévy, Jacques François Fromental, French musician.
  • Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (Sam Slick), Nova-Scotian satirist.
  • Halibut, or Holibut (q.v.), fish.
  • Halicarnassus, ancient town, Asia Minor.
  • Halifax, town, England.
  • Halifax, town, Nova Scotia.
  • Halifax, Earl of (Charles Montagu), English statesman and poet.
  • Halifax, Marquis of (George Savile), English statesman and writer.
  • Hall, town, Austria.
  • Hall, town, Würtemberg.
  • Hall, Basil, English traveller and writer.
  • Hall, Charles Francis, American Arctic explorer.
  • Hall, or Halle, Edward, English lawyer and chronicler.
  • Hall, James, American judge and writer.
  • Hall, Joseph, bishop of Exeter and Norwich.
  • Hall, Marshall, English physician.
  • Hall, Robert, English pulpit orator.
  • Halla, or Hala (q.v.), town, India.
  • Hallam, Henry, English historian.
  • Halle, town, Prussia.
  • Halleck, Fitzgreene, American poet.
  • Halleck, Henry Wager, American general.
  • Haller, Albrecht von, Swiss anatomist and physiologist.
  • Halley, Edmund, English astronomer.
  • Halloweven, or Hallowe’en, vigil of All Saints day.
  • Halluin, town, France.
  • Halmstad, town, Sweden.
  • Halo, luminous ring.
  • Hals, Frans, Dutch painters.
  • Halstead, town, England.
  • Halyburton, Thomas, Scottish divine.
  • Ham, of Scripture.
  • Ham, town, France.
  • Hamadan, town, Persia.
  • Hamah, town, Syria.
  • Hamann, Johann Georg, German philosopher and theologian.
  • Hamasah, or Hamasa, collection of Arabic poems.
  • Hambato, or Ambato (q.v.), town, Ecuador.
  • Hamburg, state, Germany.
  • Hamburg, free city, Germany.
  • Hameln, town, Hanover, Germany.
  • Hami, town, Central Asia.
  • Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian general.
  • Hamilton, town, Scotland.
  • Hamilton, town, Ontario, Canada.
  • Hamilton, town, New York, U.S.A.
  • Hamilton, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
  • Hamilton, town, Victoria.
  • Hamilton, Alexander, American jurist and statesman.
  • Hamilton, Anthony or Antoine, French courtier and writer.
  • Hamilton, Elizabeth, Scottish authoress.
  • Hamilton, James, teacher of languages.
  • Hamilton, Patrick, Scottish Reformer and martyr.
  • Hamilton, Robert, Scottish political economist.
  • Hamilton, Thomas, Scottish novelist and critic.
  • Hamilton, Sir William, Scottish metaphysician.
  • Hamilton, Sir William, antiquary and art collector.
  • Hamilton, William, Scottish poet.
  • Hamilton, Sir William Rowan, mathematician.
  • Hamirpur, district and town, India.
  • Hamlet, or Amleth, prince of Denmark.
  • Hamm, town, Prussia.
  • Hammarsköld, Lorenzo, Swedish author.
  • Hamme, town, Belgium.
  • Hammer.
  • Hammerfest, town, Norway.
  • Hammerhead Shark, fish (see Shark).
  • Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von, Austrian Orientalist.
  • Hammersmith, suburb of London.
  • Hammond, Henry, English Royalist divine.
  • Hamon, Jean Louis, French painter.
  • Hampden, John, English Parliamentarian.
  • Hampden, Renn Dickson, bishop of Hereford.
  • Hampshire, Hants, or Southampton, county, England.
  • Hampstead, suburb of London.
  • Hampton, town, England.
  • Hamster, rodent mammal.
  • Hanau, town, Prussia.
  • Hancock, John, American statesman.
  • Handel, George Frederick, German musical composer.
  • Hand Tools.
  • Hang-Chow-Foo, or Hang-Chow, town, China.
  • Hanka, Wenceslaus, Bohemian philologist.
  • Hankow, town, China.
  • Hanley, town, England.
  • Hannay, James, Scottish critic and novelist.
  • Hannibal, Carthaginian general.
  • Hannibal, town, Missouri, U.S.A.
  • Hanno, king of Carthage.
  • Hanno, Carthaginian general.
  • Hanover, province & town, Germany.
  • Hansard, Luke, English printer.
  • Hanseatic League, or Hansa, Germany.
  • Hansen, Peter Andreas, Danish astronomer.
  • Hansteen, Christopher, Norwegian astronomer and physicist.
  • Hanusch, Ignaz Johann, Bohemian philosopher.
  • Hanway, Jonas, English traveller and philanthropist.
  • Haparanda, town, Sweden.
  • Hapsburg, or Habsburg, German family and Austrian dynasty.
  • Hapur, or Hapoor, town, India.
  • Haran, or Charrax, district, Mesopotamia.
  • Harar, Herer, Hurrur, Harrar-Gay, or Ararge, town, North-East Africa.
  • Harbours and Docks.
    • Harbours.
    • ...
  • Harburg, town, Hanover, Germany.
  • Hardenberg, Friedrich von (Novalis), German poet and philosopher.
  • Hardenberg, Karl August, Prussian statesman.
  • Harderwijk, town, Holland.
  • Hardicanute, Harthacnut, or Hardiknut, Danish king of England.
  • Harding, James Duffield, English painter.
  • Harding, or Hardyng (q.v.), John.
  • Hardinge, Viscount, English general.
  • Hardoi, district, India.
  • Hardouin, Jean, French scholar.
  • Hardt, Hermann von der, German Orientalist.
  • Hardwar, or Hurdwar, town, India.
  • Hardy, Alexandre, French dramatist.
  • Hardyng, or Harding, John, early English chronicler.
  • Hare, rodent mammal.
  • Hare, Julius Charles, English theological writer.
  • Harebell, or Hairbell, plant.
  • Harem, or Seraglio.
  • Harfleur, town, France.
  • Hargreaves, James, inventor of spinning jenny (See Cotton).
  • Hariana, or Hurreeanah, district, India.
  • Häring, Wilhelm, German novelist.
  • Harington, Sir John, English writer.
  • Hariri, Arabic writer.
  • Harlequin, of the pantomime (q.v.).
  • Harley, Robert, first earl of Oxford (q.v.).
  • Harlingen, or Haalingen, town, Holland.
  • Harmodius, Athenian popular hero.
  • Harmonia, in Greek legend.
  • Harmonica, musical instrument.
  • Harmonic Analysis, in physics.
  • Harmonium, musical instrument.
  • Harmony, Musical (See Acoustics and Music).
  • Haro, town, Spain.
  • Harold I., Fairhair, king of Norway.
  • Harold II., Greyfell, of Norway.
  • Harold III., Hardrada, of Norway.
  • Harold IV., Gilchrist, of Norway.
  • Harold I., king of England.
  • Harold II., of England.
  • Haroun al Raschid, caliph of Baghdad.
  • Harp, musical instrument.
  • Harper’s Ferry, town, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Harpies, or Harpylæ, in Greek mythology.
  • Harpocrates, Greek deity.
  • Harpy, bird.
  • Harrier, dog (q.v.).
  • Harrier, or Hen-Harrier, bird.
  • Harrington, James, English political writer.
  • Harrington, or Harington (q.v.), John, English writer.
  • Harriot, Thomas, English mathematician.
  • Harris, James, English grammarian.
  • Harris, John, English writer.
  • Harris, John, English divine and writer.
  • Harris, Sir William Snow, English electrician.
  • Harrisburg, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Harrison, John, English mechanician.
  • Harrison, William Henry, president of the United States.
  • Harrogate, town, England.
  • Harrow-on-the-Hill, town, England.
  • Harry, Blind, Scottish minstrel.
  • Harte-Beest, antelope.
  • Hartford, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  • Hartig, Georg Ludwig, German writer on forestry.
  • Hartlepool, town, England.
  • Hartley, David, English philosopher.
  • Hartlib, Samuel, educationist and agriculturist.
  • Hartmann, Moritz, German poet and novelist.
  • Hartmann von Aue, German poet.
  • Hartshorn, Spirits of.
  • Harun er Rashid, or Haroun al Raschid (q.v.), caliph of Baghdad.
  • Haruspices, Roman soothsayers.
  • Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Harvest-Bug, arachnid.
  • Harvey, Gabriel, English writer.
  • Harvey, Sir George, Scottish painter.
  • Harvey, William, discoverer of circulation of the blood.
  • Harwich, town, England.
  • Harz Mountains, or Harzgebirge, Germany.
  • Harzburg, or Neustadt-Harzburg, town, Prussia.
  • Hasan and Husein, heroes of a Moslem passion play.
  • Hasbeya, or Hasbeiya, town, Syria.
  • Hasdrubal, Carthaginian generals.
  • Haslingden, town, England.
  • Haspe, town, Prussia.
  • Hassan, district, India.
  • Hassan b. Sabbah, founder of the Assassins (q.v.).
  • Hasse, Johann Adolph, musical composer.
  • Hasselquist, Frederick, Swedish naturalist.
  • Hasselt, town, Belgium.
  • Hassenpflug, Hans Daniel Ludwig Friedrich, German politician.
  • Hastinapur, town, India.
  • Hastings, town, England.
  • Hastings, Warren, governor-general of India.
  • Hastings, First Marquis of, governor-general of India.
  • Hat, Hats.
  • Hatfield, or Bishop’s Hatfield, town, England.
  • Hathras, or Hatras, town, India.
  • Hattingen, town, Prussia.
  • Hatto I., bishop of Mainz
  • Hatvan, town, Hungary.
  • Hatzfeld, town, Hungary.
  • Hauch, Johannes Carsten, Danish poet.
  • Hauff, Wilhelm, German novelist.
  • Haug, Johann Christoph Friedrich, German epigrammatist.
  • Haug, Martin, German Orientalist.
  • Hauge, Hans Nielsen, founder of a Norwegian sect.
  • Haupt, Moritz, Germman musical composer.
  • Hauptmann, Moritz, German musical composer.
  • Hauran, or Bashan (q.v.), district, Syria.
  • Hauser, Kaspar, mysterious German youth.
  • Haüy, René Just, French mineralogist.
  • Havana, Havannah, or Habana, town, Cuba, West Indies.
  • Havelberg, town, Prussia.
  • Havelock, Sir Henry, British general.
  • Havercamp, Sigebert, Dutch scholar and numismatist.
  • Haverfordwest, town, Wales.
  • Haverhill, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Havre, Le, town, France.
  • Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands), North Pacific.
  • Hawarden, town, Wales.
  • Hawes, Stephen, English poet.
  • Hawes, William, English musician.
  • Hawfinch, bird.
  • Hawick, town, Scotland.
  • Hawk, bird.
  • Hawke, Lord, English admiral.
  • Hawkesworth, John, English writer.
  • Hawkins, Sir John, English navigator.
  • Hawkins, Sir John, English writer on music.
  • Hawkwood, Sir John, English adventurer.
  • Hawthorn, plant.
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel, American writer.
  • Haxthausen, Baron von, German political writer.
  • Haydn, Joseph, Austrian musical composer.
  • Haydon, Benjamin Robert, English painter and critic.
  • Hay-Fever, or Summer Catarrh, disease.
  • Hayley, William, English poet and critic.
  • Hayne, Robert Young, American statesman.
  • Hayter, Sir George, English painter.
  • Hayti, island, West Indies.
  • Hayward, Sir John, early English historian.
  • Hazara, or Huzara, district, India.
  • Hazaras, tribe, Afghanistan (q.v.).
  • Hazard, game played with dice.
  • Hazaribagh, district & town, India.
  • Hazebrouck, town, France.
  • Hazel, tree.
  • Hazel-Hen, or Grouse (q.v.), bird.
  • Hazleton, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Hazlitt, William, English critic.
  • Head, Sir Edmund Walker, English art critic.
  • Head, Sir Francis Bond, English traveller and author.
  • Head, Sir George, English writer.
  • Hearne, Samuel, English Arctic explorer.
  • Hearne, Thomas, English antiquary.
  • Heart, Diseases of the.
    • ...
    • Angina Pectoris.
  • Heat.
    • Calorimetry.
    • Thermometry.
    • Thermoscopes Differential and Intrinsic.
    • Transference of Heat.
    • Mathematical Appendix.
  • Heath, plant.
  • Heathcoat, John, inventor of lace-making machines.
  • Heating, Apparatus for.
  • Heaven, in eschatology (q.v.).
  • Hebbel, Friedrich, German poet and dramatist.
  • Hebe, of Greek mythology.
  • Heber, Reginald, bishop of Calcutta.
  • Heberden, William, English physician.
  • Hébert, Jacques René, French Revolutionist.
  • Hebrew Language and Literature.
  • Hebrews, Epistle to the.
  • Hebrides, or Western Isles, islands, Scotland.
  • Hebron, of Scripture.
  • Hecatæus of Miletus, Greek geographer.
  • Hecatæus of Abdera, Greek historian and philosopher.
  • Hecate, Greek goddess.
  • Heckmondwyke, town, England.
  • Hecla, volcano, Iceland (q.v.).
  • Hector, Trojan hero.
  • Hecuba, wife of Priam of Troy.
  • Heda, Willem Claasz, Dutch painter.
  • Hedgehog, insectivorous mammal.
  • Hedge-Sparrow, bird (See Sparrow).
  • Heem, Cornelius, David, and Johannes, Dutch painters.
  • Heemskerk, Johan van, Dutch poet.
  • Heemskerk, Martin Jacobsz, Dutch painter.
  • Heeren, Arnold Hermann Ludwig, German historian.
  • Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, German philosopher.
    • Hegel’s Philosophy.
  • Heiberg, Johan Ludvig, Danish poet.
  • Heide, town, Prussia.
  • Heidegger, John Henry, Swiss theologian.
  • Heidelberg, town, Germany.
  • Heideloff, Karl Alexander von, German architect.
  • Heilbronn, town, Würtemberg, Germany.
  • Heiligenstadt, town, Prussia.
  • Heilsberg, town, Prussia.
  • Heilsbronn, or Kloster-Heilsbronn, town, Bavaria.
  • Heim, François Joseph, French painter.
  • Heine, Heinrich, German poet and journalist.
  • Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, German jurist.
  • Heinecken, Christian Heinrich, precocious German child.
  • Heinse, Johann Jacob Wilhelm, German romancist.
  • Heinsius, or Heins, Daniel, Dutch scholar.
  • Heinsius, Nikolaes, Dutch scholar.
  • Heinsius, Nikolaes, Dutch romancist.
  • Heir-at-Law (See Inheritance).
  • Helder, township, Holland.
  • Helena, or Helen, of Greek legend.
  • Helena, St, mother of Constantine the Great.
  • Helensburgh, town, Scotland.
  • Hêliand, or Heiland, old Saxon poem.
  • Helicon, mountain, Greece.
  • Heligoland, island, North Sea.
  • Heliodorus, Greek romance-writer.
  • Heliogabalus, Roman emperor.
  • Heliography, signalling by mirrors.
  • Heliopolis, ancient towns in Syria (Baalbec, q.v.) & Egypt (q.v.).
  • Heliotrope, plant.
  • Heliotrope, or Bloodstone, mineral.
  • Hell, in eschatology (q.v.).
  • Hellanicus, Greek logographer and historian.
  • Hellebore, plant.
  • Hellenists, Greek-speaking people.
  • Hellespont, strait, Turkey.
  • Hellin, town, Spain.
  • Helmers, Jan Frederik, Dutch poet.
  • Helmet, or Helm, headpiece.
  • Helmond, town, Holland.
  • Helmont, Jean Baptiste van, mystic and alchemist.
  • Helmstädt, or Helmstedt, town, Germany.
  • Héloise, Abelard (q.v.)’s wife.
  • Helots, Spartan bondmen.
  • Helps, Sir Arthur, English writer.
  • Helsingborg, town, Sweden.
  • Helsingfors, town, Finland, Russia.
  • Helst, Bartholomæus van der, Dutch painter.
  • Helston, town, England.
  • Helvetii (See Switzerland).
  • Helvétius, Claude Adrien, French philosopher.
  • Helvidius Priscus, Roman senator.
  • Helvoetsluys, town, Holland.
  • Helyot, Pierre, French monastic historian.
  • Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, English poetess.
  • Hemel-Hempstead, town, England.
  • Hemerobaptists, ancient Jewish sect.
  • Hemingford, or Hemmingford, Walter, English chronicler.
  • Hemiptera, order of insects.
  • Hemling (Memling, q.v.).
  • Hemlock, plant.
  • Hemp.
  • Hems, Homs, or Hums, town, Syria.
  • Hemsterhuis, François, Dutch philosopher.
  • Hemsterhuis, Tiberius, Dutch philologist.
  • Hénault, Charles Jean François, French historian.
  • Henbane, plant.
  • Henderson, Alexander, Scottish ecclesiastic.
  • Henderson, Ebenezer, Scottish missionary and writer.
  • Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm, German theologian.
  • Henke, Heinrich Philipp Konrad, German theologian.
  • Henley, John (Orator Henley), English writer.
  • Henley-on-Thames, town, England.
  • Henna, plant.
  • Hennebont, town, France.
  • Hennequin, Philippe Auguste, French painter.
  • Hennersdorf, or Seifhennersdorf, town, Saxony.
  • Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. of England.
  • Henry I., king of England.
  • Henry II., of England.
  • Henry III., of England.
  • Henry IV., of England.
  • Henry V., of England.
  • Henry VI., of England.
  • Henry VII., of England.
  • Henry VIII., of England.
  • Henry I., German king.
  • Henry II., emperor.
  • Henry III., emperor.
  • Henry IV., emperor.
  • Henry V., emperor.
  • Henry VI., emperor.
  • Henry VII., emperor.
  • Henry I., king of France.
  • Henry II., of France.
  • Henry III., of France.
  • Henry IV., of France (III. of Navarre).
  • Henry I., king of Portugal.
  • Henry I., king of Castile.
  • Henry II., of Castile.
  • Henry III., of Castile.
  • Henry IV., of Castile.
  • Henry I., king of Navarre.
  • Henry II., king of Navarre.
  • Henry III., of Navarre (Henry IV. of France, q.v.).
  • Henry, Prince, the Navigator, of Portugal.
  • Henry, the Lion, duke of Saxony and Bavaria.
  • Henry, the Deacon, monk of Cluny.
  • Henry of Ghent, scholastic writer.
  • Henry of Huntingdon, English chronicler.
  • Henry, Joseph, American physicist.
  • Henry, Matthew, English Biblical commentator.
  • Henry, Patrick, American statesman.
  • Henry, Robert, Scottish historian.
  • Henry, William, English chemist.
  • Henryson, Robert, early Scottish poet.
  • Henslowe, Philip, English dramatist.
  • Henzada, district, British Burmah.
  • Hepatica, garden perennial (See Liverwort),
  • Hephæstion, friend of Alexander the Great.
  • Hephæstion, grammarian of Alexandria.
  • Hephæstus, Greek god (the Latin Vulcan).
  • Hera, Greek goddess (the Latin Juno).
  • Heraclea, or Heracleia, ancient towns.
  • Heracleon, Italian gnostic.
  • Heracles, or Hercules (q.v.), of Greek legend.
  • Heraclides Ponticus, Greek miscellaneeous writer.
  • Heraclitus of Ephesus, Greek metaphysician.
  • Heraclius, emperor of the East.
  • Heraldry.
  • Herat, town, Afghanistan.
  • Hérault, department, France.
  • Herbarium, or Hortus Siccus.
  • Herbart, Johann Friedrich, German philosopher.
  • Herbelot, Barthélemy d’, French Orientalist.
  • Herbert, George, English religious poet.
  • Herbert, Henry William, English novelist and writer on sports.
  • Herbert, Sir Thomas, English traveller and writer.
  • Herbert, Lord, of Cherbury, English philosopher.
  • Herculaneum, ancient town, Italy.
  • Hercules, of Greek mythology.
  • Herder, Johann Gottfried von, German writer.
  • Hereford, county & town, England.
  • Herencia, town, Spain.
  • Hereroland, or Damaraland, district, South-West Africa.
  • Heresy.
  • Herford, town, Prussia.
  • Heriot, obligation attaching to copyhold (q.v.) tenure.
  • Heriot, George, founder of Heriot’s Hospital, Edinburgh.
  • Herisau, town, Switzerland.
  • Heristal, or Herstal (q.v.), town, Belgium.
  • Heritable Jurisdictions, in Scots law.
  • Herlen, Fritz, German painter.
  • Hermann, German hero (See Germany).
  • Hermann, German chronicler.
  • Hermann, Friedrich Benedict Wilhelm von, German political economist.
  • Hermann, Johann Gottfried Jakob, German philologist.
  • Hermann, Karl Friedrich, German scholar.
  • Hermannstadt, town, Hungary.
  • Hermas, Pastor or Shepherd of, early Christian work (See Apostolic Fathers).
  • Hermeneutics, Biblical.
  • Hermes, Greek god (the Roman Mercury).
  • Hermes, Georg, German Catholic theologian.
  • Hermes Trismegistus, of Egyptian mythology.
  • Hermesianax, Greek poet.
  • Hermogenes, of Tarsus, Greek rhetorician.
  • Hermon, mountain, Syria.
  • Hermosillo, town, Mexico.
  • Hermsdorf, town, Prussia.
  • Hermupolis (See Syra).
  • Hernia, disease.
  • Hernösand, town, Sweden.
  • Hero and Leander, of Greek legend.
  • Herod, the Great, king of the Jews.
  • Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee.
  • Herod Philip, tetrarch of Galilee.
  • Herodians, Jewish sect.
  • Herodianus, Greek historian.
  • Herodianus, Ælius, Roman grammarian.
  • Herodotus, Greek historian.
  • Hérold, Louis Joseph Ferdinand, French musician.
  • Heron, or Hero, mathematician of Alexandria.
  • Heron, the Younger, Byzantine scientist.
  • Heron, bird.
  • Herophilus, Alexandrian physician (See Anatomy).
  • Herrera, Fernando de, Spanish poet.
  • Herrera, Francisco, the Elder, Spanish painter.
  • Herrera, Francisco, the Younger, Spanish painter.
  • Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, Spanish historian.
  • Herrick, Robert, English poet.
  • Herring, fish.
  • Herrnhut, town, Saxony, seat of the Moravian Brethren.
  • Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, astronomer.
  • Herschel, Sir Frederick William, astronomer.
  • Herschel, Sir John F. W., astronomer.
  • Hersent, Louis, French painter.
  • Hersfeld, town, Prussia.
  • Herstal, or Heristal, town, Belgium.
  • Hertford, county & town, England.
  • Hertz, Henrik, Danish poet.
  • Hertzen, Alexander, Russian writer.
  • Heruli, or Herulians, ancient Germanic tribe.
  • Hervey, James, English religious writer.
  • Hervey, Lord, English politician and writer.
  • Herzegovina, province, Austria-Hungary.
  • Herzogenbusch, or ’s Hertogenbosch (See Bois-le-Duc).
  • Hesekiel, George Louis, German author.
  • Hesiod, Greek poet.
  • Hesperides, of Greek legend.
  • Hess, family of German painters.
  • Hesse, or Hessia, old country of Germany.
  • Hesse-Cassel, or Kurhessen, state, Germany.
  • Hesse-Darmstadt, grand-duchy, Germany.
  • Hesse-Homburg, province, Germany.
  • Hessian Fly, insect.
  • Hessus, Helius Eobanus, German Humanist.
  • Hestia, Greek goddess (the Roman Vesta).
  • Hesychasts, sect, Greek Church.
  • Hesychius, Alexandrian grammarian.
  • Hettstädt, town, Prussia.
  • Heuglin, Theodor von, German traveller.
  • Heusch, Willem, Dutch painter.
  • Hèvelius or Hövelke, Johann, German astronomer.
  • Hexham, town, England.
  • Heyden, Jan van der, Dutch painter.
  • Heyduke, or Hajduk (q.v.), district, Hungary.
  • Heylin, Peter, English writer.
  • Heyne, Christian Gottlob, German critic and archæologist.
  • Heywood, town, England.
  • Heywood, John, English epigrammist.
  • Heywood, Thomas, English dramatist.
  • Hezekiah, king of Judah.
  • Hibernation, of animals.
  • Hickes, George, non-juring divine.
  • Hickory, tree.
  • Hicks, Elias, founder of a Quaker sect.
  • Hierapolis, ancient towns, Syria & Phrygia, Asia Minor.
  • Hierarchy.
  • Hierax, or Hieracas, Greek ascetic.
  • Hiero, tyrants of Syracuse.
  • Hierocles, Roman proconsul.
  • Hierocles, Neoplatonic writer.
  • Hieroglyphics.
    • Introduction.
    • The Systems of Writing.
    • Characters in Relation to their Use in Writing.
    • Secret Writing.
    • The Use of Hieroglyphics in Grammar.
    • The Supposed Derivation of the Phœnician from the Egyptian Alphabet.
    • Bibliography.
  • Hieronymites, or Sancti Hieronymi Eremitæ, order of monks.
  • Higdon or Higden, Ranulf, English chronicler.
  • Highgate, suburb of London.
  • High Places, of Scripture.
  • Highways, Law of.
  • Hilarion, St, Palestinian ascetic.
  • Hilarius, Hilarus, or Hilary, bishop of Rome.
  • Hilarius, or Hilary, St, bishop of Arles.
  • Hilarius, St, bishop of Poitiers.
  • Hilda, St, abbess of Hartlepool and Whitby, England.
  • Hildburghausen, town, Germany.
  • Hildebert, Hydalbert, Gildebert, or Aldebert, bishop of Tours.
  • Hildebrand (Pope Gregory VII., q.v.).
  • Hildebrandslied, old German poem.
  • Hildebrandt, Eduard, German painter.
  • Hildebrandt, Theodor, German painter.
  • Hildegard, German abbess and mystic.
  • Hilden, town, Prussia.
  • Hildesheim, town, Hanover, Prussia.
  • Hildreth, Richard, American writer.
  • Hill, Aaron, English poet and dramatist.
  • Hill, Matthew Davenport, English criminal law reformer.
  • Hill, Rowland, English preacher.
  • Hill, Sir Rowland, originator of penny postal system.
  • Hill, Viscount, English general.
  • Hillah, town, Asiatic Turkey.
  • Hillard, George Stillman, American writer.
  • Hillel, Jewish rabbi.
  • Hiller, John Adam, German musical composer.
  • Hill Tipperah, state, India.
  • Hilton, William, English painter.
  • Hilversum, town, Holland.
  • Himalaya, mountains, India.
  • Himera, town, Sicily.
  • Himmel, Frederick Henry, German musical composer.
  • Hinckley, town, England.
  • Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims, theologian.
  • Hindley, town, England.
  • Hindol, state, India.
  • Hindu Kush, mountains, Afghanistan.
  • Hindur, or Nalagarh, hill state, India.
  • Hindustan, or India (q.v.).
  • Hindustani Language and Literature.
  • Hinganghat, town, India.
  • Hinojosa del Duque, town, Spain.
  • Hinton, James, English surgeon and writer.
  • Hiogo, or Fiogo, town, Japan.
  • Hipparchus, Greek astronomer.
  • Hippel, Theodor Gottlieb von, German humorist.
  • Hippo, or Hippo Regius, ancient town, Numidia (See Bône).
  • Hippocampus, or Sea-Horse, genus of fishes.
  • Hippocrates, the so-called Father of Medicine.
  • Hippolytus, ecclesiastical writer.
  • Hippolytus, St, martyr.
  • Hipponax of Ephesus, Greek poet.
  • Hippopotamus, ungulate animal.
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