Education, public schools, xii, 433,
434.

Edward I.-(1239-1307.)

King of
England (1272-1307), xi, 30, 31.
Edward III.—(1312-77.) King of
England (1327-77), vii, 74, 75;
xi, 32.

Edward the Black Prince.—(1330-

76.) Son of Edward III, vii, 74.
Edwards, Jonathan. (1703-58.)

American theologian, vii, 141;
xi, 63, 184; "On the Will," 197.
"Egmont," Goethe's play of, xiii,
423; xiv, 423.

Egypt, Israel in, ii, 57; high
civilization of, 74; Joseph's
governorship of, 75; famine in,
76; schools of, 102; plagues in,
105; Isaiah denounces woe on,
344; nurse and cradle of an-
cient wisdom, iii, 173; geometry
first taught in, early seat of ma-
terial
civilization,, 196; public
works of, 197; domestic utensils
of, 197; wine-presses, 199;
house furnishings, 199; drugs,
199, 208; entertainments, 200;
bronze vases and porcelain
bowls, 201; music, 201; glass-
blowing, 202; linen and paper
manufacture, 203; sandals,

shields, and leather work, 204:
tools, boat-building, 205; agri-
culture, cereals and fruit, 206;
hunting and the chase, 207;
dress ornaments and adornments,
208; health and physicians,
208; art and science in, 240;
enriched by spoils of nations,
242; army, 243; offensive
weapons, 244; chariot corps,
245; an ingenious people, 246;
era of Queen Cleopatra (69-30
B. C.), 313-315; archæological
exploration of, xiv, 357, 376,
382; bestial gods, 378.
Egyptian and other ancient re-
ligions, i, 27; a worship of
powers of Nature, 32; deities
of Egypt, 33, 34; polytheism,
33-40; belief in future state,
36; priests, 37; transmigration
of souls, 39; ritual, 38; animal
worship, 39; first dynasty, 31;
Deity incarnate in animals,
beasts adored and prayed to,
40; a peaceable people, 36; oc-
cupations, 37; practice of cir-
cumcision among, 87; custom of
embalming, 39; early literary
remains, 319.

Egyptian dynasty, Eighteenth, of
Tothmes, xiv, 386.

Elamite lands and mounds of, xiv,
380, 382.

Electricity, Franklin's experiments
with, xi, 67-69,

Electricity and Magnetism, xiv,
393. See Faraday, Michael.
Eleusinian Mysteries, initiation

rites which made all free-born
Athenians good citizens, i, 112.
Eleventh Amendment (U. S.), xii,
325.

Eli, death of, ii, 139; sons of,
their immorality, 138, 141; re-
sists heathen nations, 161.
Elijah.-(9th cent. B. C.) Hebrew

prophet, division of the king-
dom in his time, ii, 239; called
"the Tishbite," 246; apostasy
of Israel in his day, 246; ap-
pearance of, before King Ahab,
246, 247; announces great
drought, 247; his flight, 247,
248; meets the woman of Zare-
phath who gives him her last
meal, 250, 251; miraculously re-
news her meal and oil and re-
stores her son to life, 251; con-
fronts Ahab and accuses him of
idolatry, 253, 254; assembles
the nation on Mount Carmel,
mocks priests of Baal, and gives
them the test to call down fire
to consume sacrifice, 255, 256;
slays Baal prophets at brook
Kishon, 256; promises rain and
end of famine, 257, 258; life
threatened by Jezebel, 259; sec-
ond flight, in weakness and fear,
259, 260; in the solitudes of
Sinai and Horeb, 260; selects
Elisha to succeed him as
prophet, and Jehu to be King,
263; declares God's judgment
on Ahab and Jezebel for the
murder of Naboth, 271; proph-
esies death of King Ahaziah,
274; aids Elisha in extermi-
nating worship of Baal, 281;

mission closes, 282; his trans-
lation, 283.

re-

Eliot, Charles William.-(1834- .)
American educator, xvi, 327;
long career of, 327, 328; home
of, 328, 329; faith in democratic
institutions, 329, 330; believes
we are better governed, 330;
conservatism of, 330, 342, 343;
style of speech, 331; philosophy
derived from others, 332, 333;
boyhood, 333-335; becomes
tutor at Harvard, 335; teaches
in Mass. Inst. of Tech., 335;
elected President of Harvard,
335, 336; religion, 335-337;
radicalism, 338, 339; courage,
339, 340; writings, 340;
tires as President of Harvard,
340; eagerness of for new
points of view, 341; prescrip-
tion for health, 342; disapproves
of race prejudice, 343, 344;
pursuit of happiness, 344, 345,
Eliot, George (Marian Evans-Mrs.
John W. Cross). (1819-80.)
"Woman as Novelist," vii, 345;
group of remarkable literary
women, 349; birth and parent-
age, 349, 350; education and
accomplishments, 351; religious
views, 352; travels on the Con-
tinent, 352; returns to England
and has relations with Geo. H.
Lewes, 353; sad effect of the
latter, 288, 354, 355; her early
translations and contributions to
the "Westminster," 356; first
novels, and their defects, 357-
359; her humor, 359; familiar
with current theological thought,
360, 361; "Adam Bede," 363;
its high merit, 364; characters
and how depicted, 365, 366;
"Mill on the Floss," and its
heroine, 367-369; subordinate

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characters, 369; "Silas Marner,"
370; its pathos, 370; "Romola"
and new field of work, 371; its
characters, 373, 374; ideas of
immortality, 374; "Felix Holt"
and its social and political prob-
lems, 377, 378; "Middlemarch"
and its cheerless plot, 379-381;
"Daniel Deronda," 382; "Theo-
phrastus Such"; failing health,
385; belief in Postivism, 385;
marries John Cross, 385; her
death, 386; place in literature,
386; discourses like a Pagan,
389; intellectual gifts, and les-
sons she taught, 389; abandon-
ment of faith, 390.
Elisha.-Son of Shaphat.

Selected

vii, 372, "Woman as Sovereign,"
viii, 65; birth, parentage, and
education, 66, 67; difficulty of
her task, in succeeding Mary, to
bring kingdom back to Protes-
tantism, 68-71; strides of Eng-
land in her reign, 72, 73; her
people loyal, religious, and
brave, 74; religious bigots and
unscrupulous Kings, 77; her
wise and patriotic statesmen, 79;
her zealous Protestantism, 83;
toleration, 85; policy, 86;
couragement of commerce, 87;
administration of justice,
hatred of war, 89; arbitrary and
tyrannical, 91; great preroga-
tives, 93; Mary Queen of Scots,
94-97; execution of Essex, 98;
virtues, abilities, and services,

en-

88;

Elkton, Md., xi, 149.
Ellsworth, Oliver.

(1745-1807.)
American jurist and statesman,
xi, 100, 155, 191.
Elohim, The, ii, 102, 104.
Eloquence, Greek, as an art, i, 351;
ever admired and honored
among Greeks and all nations,
iv, 212; Christianity used it to
spread divine truth, 213.
Emancipation, Lincoln's decree of
(Sept. 22, 1862), xii, 292; po-
litical cry for, 215.

"Emancipator," The, Founding of,
by Joshua Leavitt (1833), xil,
215.

Embalming, Egyptian custom of, 1,
39; ii, 85.

Embargo, Jefferson's Act, in force
(1807-09), xi, 310; Embargo or
Non-Importation Act, 305, 308-

Enghien, Louis de Bourbon, Duc d'.
-French royalist, shot by Na-
poleon's orders (1804), ix, 90.
Engine, Caloric, xiv, 204, 215,
243; Ericsson's "Air" engine,
204, 243.

England, greatness of, xv, 28, 29.
England, "The Future of,"
Ruskin's, xiv, 102.

England, The Saxons in, viii, 25.
See Alfred the Great.
English Constitution, Hannis
Taylor on the "Origin and
Growth of," xi, 30.
English Life in the

fourteenth

etrician and astronomer (1276-
196 B. C.). His knowledge of
geometry, iii, 176, 188.
Ericsson, John.-(1803-89.) Swed-
ish-American engineer and in-
ventor. Theme: "Navies of
War and Commerce," xiv, 197;
birth, family, and education,
200-202; enters Swedish army,
202; his caloric and air engines,
204; in England (1827-39),
and his designs for engines,
steam and marine, 205-208; ex-
periments with submerged pro-
pellers, 211-214; arrives in New
York and varied work there, 214-
221; the U. S. screw steam
frigate, the "Princeton," 216,
217; constructs the "Monitor,"
219;
battle with the "Merri-
mac," a turning-point in naval
aspect of Civil War, 220, 221;
the "Destroyer," 225-227; death,
229; the screw-propeller, 231-
234; contributions to art of
naval warfare, 236; the "Moni-
tor'
type of battleship, 242;
personal characteristics, 244-
246; a designing rather than a
constructing engineer, 247, 248;
his benefactions, capacities, etc.,
250, 251.

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Erigena, John Scotus.-Monk and
scholar of 9th cent., v, 202; his
treatise on Predestination, 202;
seeks to harmonize philosophy
with religion, 202; censured by
the Pope and takes refuge in
England, 203; death, 203.
Erskine, Thomas, Lord.

(1750-
1823.) Scottish jurist and ora-
tor, xi, 182.

Erzeroum, Russian capture of, by
General Paskievitch (1829), x,
157.

Esdraelon, Rich plain of, ii, 137.
Esoteric doctrines of Egyptian
priests, ii, 73.

Established Church of England, ix,

236; in America, xi, 280.
Esther, Queen. (480-465 B. C.)
Wife of Xerxes I, vii, 163.
"Esther," Queen (Racine's play),
vii, 173.

Ether as an anesthetic, efficiency
of, xiv, 476.

Ethical code, Moses's elevated, ii,
112.

Ethics, Principles of, H. Spencer's,
xiv, 118, 143, 150-152.
"Ethics of the Dust," Ruskin's,
xiv, 98.

Ethiopians, Moses's conquering of,
ii, 100.

Euclid. Greek geometrician (circa
300 B. C.), his "Elements of
Geometry," iii, 174.
Euclid of Megara. (5th cent.
B. C.) Greek philosopher and
disciple of Socrates, i, 215, 257.
Euphrates, Regions beyond the,
xiv, 364.

Euphrates Valley, xiv, 379, 380.
Euripides. (485-406 B. C.) Ath-
enian tragic poet, i, 250; pet
of the Sophists, 327.

Evans, Marian. See Eliot, George.
Evans, Mrs. Cary, daughter of
Lloyd George, xv, 57.

Everett, Edward.

(1794-1865.)
American diplomat and author,
xii, 154, 173, 302.
Evolutionary Philosophy, xiv, 115.
See Spencer, Herbert.

Ewell, General Richard S.-(1817-
72.) Confederate general in
Civil War, xii, 335-337.
"Exchange," The, schooner, Inter-
national case of, xii, 354, 355.
Executions under the Romans, by
hanging, beheading, etc., iii, 71.
Exploration fund, English Pales
tine, work of, in excavating walls
of Jerusalem, xiv, 384.
Eylau, Battle of (1807), ix, 126.