St. Petersburg, 355; Empress Catherine crowned at, 362. Moscow, Russia, viii, 270, 333, 347, 362; ix, 129, 156; X,
152, 186, 189, 219.
(1571-1451 B. C.). Ab- horrence of belief in transmigra tion of souls, i, 41; adept in the sacred lore of Egypt, ii, 71; warrior and prophet, 76; He- brew jurisprudence of, 97; august character of antiquity, 97; meditative sage and sacred historian, 98; profound legisla- tor, 98; birth and lineage, 99; exposure on the Nile and rescue, 99; great master of historical composition, 99; Josephus on his exploits, 100; avenges wrongs of his brethren, 100; tends Jethro's flocks, 101; writes book of Genesis, 102; sublime narrator, 103; before the burning bush, 104; extorts consent of Pharaoh to let chil- dren of Israel depart out of Egypt, 105; the forty years in Wilderness, 105; Mosaic legis- lation, 107; the moral code, 107-109; enlightened lawgiver, 110; the ceremonial law, 113; his codes tend to isolate the Israelites, 118; divine legation of, 123-125; character and in- fluence, 129, 130; "passes from mortal sight," 131; vi, 213. Moslem religion, Curse of, xiv,
Motor, Tesla's multiphase alter- nating-current, xiv, 431.
Mount Vernon, home of Washing-
ton, xi, 111, 154, 165, 167, 260. "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story," by George Eliot, vii, 360. Mtesa, King, of Uganda. Chris- tianity among his once savage people, xiv, 341. Müller, Prof. Frederick Max-- (1823-1900.) German-English philologist and Sanskrit scholar, i, 69, 73; xiii, 407, 409. Multiplicity of gods, i, 35. "Munera Pulveris," Ruskin's, xiv, 105.
Munich, Bavaria, xiv, 33. Murat, Joachim.
(1771-1815.) French marshal, viii, 157. Murder under Roman law, wilful, iii, 69. Murillo.
Spanish painter, vi, 199; vii, 114. Music, Jefferson's passion for, xi, 314; Music, modern, xiv, 25. Music, Modern, xiv, 25. See Wagner, Richard.
"Music of the Future," Wagner's essay on, xiv, 30. Mussulmans, in Græco-Turkish War (1820-28), ix, 291, 302- 305, 309.
Mysticism, German, vii, 319., Mythology, Greek, i, 46; classic, 107.
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bel swears falsely against him, 268; both encompass his death, 269, 270; punishment for, 271- 273.
Nadab and Abihu, Burning of, if, 130.
Nævius, Cnæus.-(Died 204 B.C.). Roman epic and dramatic poet, 1, 331.
Nagasaki, Japan, xiv, 290. Names of deities, Egyptian, 1, 33, 84.
Nanking, Treaty of (1842), xiv, 268, 270, 271.
Nantes, Edict of (1598), granted
by Henry IV of France, vi, 243, 325; vii, 166, 167, 169, 269; viii, 137; revoked by Louis XIV in 1685, 138, 278, 279; ix, 85. Napier, Sir W. F. P.
(1785- 1860.) British general and military historian, xiii, 246, 262. Naples, King of.-(1851.) Tyran- nical and cruel government of, X, 332.
Naples, Revolution in (1820), ix, 173, 279; x, 331. Napoleon, Louis. (1808-73.)
211, 217; elected President, then (Dec., 1852) Emperor, 213; student of first Napoleon, 216; military vanity of French, ap- peal to, 218; alliance with Eng- land in war with Russia, 223; Crimean campaign, 224; beau- tifies Paris, 226; cunning and duplicity, 231; Sardinian cam- paign, 233; interferes in Mex- ico, 235; withdraws his troops from, 236; battle of Worth, Em- peror at Metz, 242; all lost at Sedan, surrender, 243; fall, disappears from history,
(1769- 1821.) French Emperor (1804- 14), viil, 204; removal of his remains from St. Helena to France, 353; ix, 26, 35, 95; theme: "The French Empire," 105; victories prodigious and unexampled, 105; a military prodigy, 106; marvellous indus- try, 107; critical powers in arts, letters, and science, 107; magnanimous, though his will was law, 108; arbitrary and impatient of contradiction, 108; ambition, egotism, and selfish- ness, 109; a despot who arose on ruins of old monarchy, 110; at siege of Toulon, 113; de- fence of National Convention, with a "whiff of grape-shot," 113; vindicates law and order, 114; command of army in Italy, 115; marries Josephine, 115; defeats Sardinians and destroys Austrian armies about to invade France, 115; at bridge of Lodi, new master in art of war, 116; invasion of Egypt, 117; First Consul, 119; develops resources of distracted France, 122; at Amiens, Oct., 1801, 124;
French Emperor (1852-70), at Mme. Récamier's receptions, vil, 249; x, 100, 167, 170, 177, 178, 181, 195, 196; theme: "The Second Empire," 201; his three chief military undertakings: the Crimean War, war with Austria (Lombardy campaign), and Franco-Prussian War, 202; birth, family, and education in Switzerland, 204; appears (1848) on stage of history, 205; mistakes of the French, 88 Thiers put it, when (1) they took him (Louis Napoleon) for a fool, and (2) when they took him for a man of genius, 207; the coup d'état (1851), 209, Roman numerals refer to Volumes. Bee Prefatory Note at beginning of Index.
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crowned, 125, at Austerlitz, 126; at Jena and Eylau, 126; char- acter changes after Peace of Tilsit, 128; divorces Josephine, 128; Borodino and Moscow, 129; fall, 130, 131; return to Cæsarism, with imperialism, per- sonal government, and absolute rule, 132; references, 141, 142, 146, 147, 151, 153, 156, 162, 172, 200, 219, 247, 279, 285, 336; x, 26, 67, 95, 100, 155, 156, 161, 189, 202, 223, 232, 255. "Napoleonic Ideas" (1858), x, 204. "Napoleon the Little" (Napoleon
III), x, 217, 225.
Napoli di Malvasia, taken in war of Greek Revolution, ix, 293. Napoli di Romania (Nauplia), at era of Greek Revolution (1820- 28), ix, 294, 299, 301. Narbonadius.
Last King of Babylon (556-538 B. C.). Cyrus advances his kingdom, and by diverting the Euphrates' from its bed captures Babylon, iv, 53; the city's fall due also to dis- senion and treachery within its gates, 54.
Naseby, Battle of (1645), viii,
Nashville, Tenn., General Andrew Jackson's residence at "The Hermitage," xii, 46. Nassau, Prussia, x, 253.
Nathan the prophet, accuses David of adultery, ii, 183.
National Assembly, French (1789-
91), ix, 33, 39, 41, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52, 53, 57.
National Bank, United States, xi, 205.
National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Lincoln's dedicatory address at, xii, 310.
National Convention, French, ix, 57, 113, 115.
National Diet, German, x, 268, 272. National Gallery, London, vi, 202. National Guards, French, ix, 57, 330, 331, 367; x, 210. National Republican Party, Amer- ican, xii, 119.
National Wealth, Sources of, stim- ulated by American discovery, vi, 120-128.
Nation, Carrie, temperance advo- cate, xvi, 164.
Nations, Sources of decay in, vi, *.. 129.
Nature, Human, Rousseau's trust in, xiii, 47, 53.
Nature, Rousseau's love of, xiii, 24, 31, 37, 54, 56. Nature, Worship of the powers of, by the Egyptians, 1, 32; naming of these powers, 32; verging towards Pantheism, 73, 74; wor- ship of the forces of, ii, 28. Naval Bureau of Ordnance, Wash- ington, xiv, 227.
Naval victories in American Civil War, xii, 298.
Navarino, Battle of (1827), ix, 293, 314, 315, 316; x, 165, 166. Navarino, Siege of, by the Turks (1824), ix, 311. Neander, Johann
A. W.-(1789- 1850.) German church historian, xi, 66. Nebraska, Organization of Terri- tory, xii, 258.
Nebuchadnezzar.-King of Baby-
lonia (605-562 B. C.), favorite god of, i, 47; towering vanity : of, ii, 159; Solomon likened to, 219; traditions and remains of, xiv, 854.
Necho II.-King of Egypt (610- 595 B. C.?), defeats Josiah, King of Judah, at Megiddo, 338, 340, 350; defeated by Nebuchadnez-
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zar at Carchemish (605 B. C.), 350, 351. Necker, Jacques. — (1732-1804.) French statesman and financier, ix, 28, 31, 35, 42, 43, 50. Necker, Mlle. See Staël, Mme. de. Negro Apprenticeship system, X, 323. Negro
Emancipation, Franklin's address in favor of, xi, 101; Negro Question, xii, 214. Negro Slavery, Wilberforce's efforts to improve condition of, x, 72. Nelson, Horatio, Lord. (1758- 1805), at battle of the Nile
(1798), ix, 118, 126.
(1801-90.) On the "Catena" of Thomas Aquinas, vi, 235, 236. New Nation (1865-1915), xii, 419- 446.
New Orleans, La., as a French set- tlement, xi, 303; battle of and rout of British (1815), xii, 42; capture of, in Civil War, 341. Newport, R. I., xi, 126, 140, 141. New Testament, great charter of Christendom, xi, 24.
Newton, John.--(1725-1807.) Eng- lish divine and religious poet, vii, 305, 311, 312. Newton, Sir Isaac. (1642-1727.) English natural philosopher, vi, 437; xi, 68.
New York, evacuation of, ii, 153; early aristocratic society in, 285; Dutch settlers of, xi, 34, 35; occupied by Washington, 122; taken by the British, 123. Ney, Michel.-(1769-1815.) French marshal, viii, 157; xi, 133. Ngami, Lake, Africa, xiv, 315. Nibelung Tetralogy, Wagner's, xiv, 48, 51.
Nicæa, First general council of the Church called by Constantine at (325 A. D.), iv, 160, 161.
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Nice, Council of, vi, 187. Nicholas, Grand Duke (afterwards
Czar of Russia). See Nicholas I. Nicholas, Philip N.-(1773-1849.) American lawyer and politician, xi, 277.
Nicholas I-(1796-1855.) Czar of Russia (1825-55). Theme: "The Crimean War," x, 151; Russians covet Constantinople, 151; con quest of Crim Tartary (Crimea), 154; become masters of the Black Sea, 155; death of Alex- ander I and succession of Grand Duke Nicholas (1825), 157; war with Persia and Turkey, and peace of Adrianople (1829), 157; Russian acquisitions to the era of Crimean War, 158; char- acter of Nicholas, 159; thwarted by foreign Powers and deceived by his own instruments of des- potic rule, 160, 161; stern and unrelenting, futile invasion of Turkey (1828), 163; visits England (1844), and seeks pre- text for war with Turkey, 164; England drawn into the war, with France and Italy as allies, 166, 167; Russian invasion of the Danubian Principalities, 173, 174; war declared by Turkey, 174; destruction of Turkish fleet at Sinope (1853), 175, 176; war declared (Mar., 1854), 176; scene of the struggle the Crimea, and the design the capture of Sebastopol, 182; battle of the Alma, 183; at Balaklava and battle of, 186, 188; battle of Inkerman (Nov. 5, 1854), 188; Sardinia joins Western Alliance, 193; assault on the Redan and the Malakoff, 194; fall of Sebas- topol (Sept. 18, 1855), 194; war ends, and Treaty of Paris signed (Mar. 30, 1856), 195;
destruction of Russian power on Black Sea only partially gained, 196, 219; death, 338.
Nicola, Col. Louis.-x, 151. Nicolay, John G.—(b. 1832.) Edi- tor, with John Hay, of “Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln," it, 279.
Nicole, Pierre.—(1625-95.) Port- Royalist and French scholar, viii, 252. Niebuhr, Barthold G. (1776- 1831.) German historian, vil 299; xiii, 246. Nightingale, Florence.
(1820- 1910.) English war nurse and founder of homes for the train- ing of nurses, vii, 69; x, 192; in Crimean War, 168; character of, 168, 169.
Nihilism, Russian, x, 307. Nile, Valley of the, xiv, 379; Nile river, a creator of history, ziv, 304.
Nim Classes, sacred books of China, i, 147.
Nimeguen, Netherlands, taken by the French in 1672, viii, 269. Nimeguen, Peace of (1678), viti 271, 283. Nimrod.-Early Assyrian or Baby
lonian King, traditions of, xiv, 354; mighty hunter, 365. Nimroud, Mighty mound of, xiv,
354, 361, 365-367, 370-372, 381. Nineveh, under Tiglath-Pilese?
(745-727 B. C.), 11, 292; de- stroys power of Syria, 293; fall of the city (606 B. C.), 350. Nineveh, Winged bulls of, i, 43. Nineveh, capital of Assyria, cap- tured, buried and desolated by Scythians, xiv, 352; Layard, ex. cavator of ruins, 356. Ninus.-King of Assyria and legendary founder of Nineveh, xiv, 352.
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