THE NUTTALL
ENCYCLOPÆDIA

BEING

A CONCISE AND COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY
OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

CONSISTING OF

OVER 16,000 TERSE AND ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON NEARLY ALL SUBJECTS
DISCUSSED IN LARGER ENCYCLOPÆDIAS, AND SPECIALLY DEALING
WITH SUCH AS COME UNDER THE CATEGORIES

OF

HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, LITERATURE,
PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION,
SCIENCE, AND ART

EDITED BY THE

REV. JAMES WOOD

EDITOR OF “NUTTALL'S STANDARD DICTIONARY” AND COMPILER OF THE
“DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS”

THE SIXTY-FIRST THOUSAND

1907