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St. Petersburg, 355; Empress
Catherine crowned at, 362.
Moscow, Russia, viii, 270, 333,
347, 362; ix, 129, 156; X,

152, 186, 189, 219.

Moses.-

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(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,

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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.

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(1618-82.)

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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see Prefatory Note at beginning of Index.

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.

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(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.)

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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,

244;

245.

Napoleon Bonaparte.

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(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,
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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,

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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.

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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.

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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.

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(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.

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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.

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Nicole, Pierre.—(1625-95.) Port-
Royalist and French scholar,
viii, 252.
Niebuhr, Barthold G. (1776-
1831.) German historian, vil
299; xiii, 246.
Nightingale, Florence.

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(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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