miral, services during English civil war, viii, 236. Monks, Primitive, their lofty self- sacrifices and efforts for holy meditation, v, 141; St. Basil's monastic vows-Poverty, Obedi- ence, and Chastity, 143-147; the monastery of Benedict at Monte Casino, near Naples, 147; celibacy a law of monachism, 146; degeneration of in morals and discipline, 153; gave the only education their age afforded, 154; their singing and devo- tional exercises, 156; specula- tions of in the 12th cent., 157; those of Cîteaux, Morimond, Pontigny, and Clairvaux, 162; mendicant friars of the 13th cent., 163; monachism pe- culiarly a medieval institution, 166.
Monmouth, Battle of (June 28, .1778), ii, 140; town of, xi, 140, 329. Monotheism of the Jews the old- est authentic religion, i, 29; of the Egyptians, 31, 32. Monroe, Fort, Va., xii, 284. Monroe, James.
(1758-1831.) President, negotiates with Na- poleon for French cession of Louisiana, xi, 298; administra- tion of (1817-25), xii, 46, 47; elected President (1816), 103. Monroe Doctrine, that the U. S.
should hold aloof from interfer- ence with affairs of Old World, and not suffer Powers of Old World to interfere with those of the New World, xii, 47. Montagu, Charles, 1st Earl of Hali- fax. (1661-1715.) English statesman, vii, 194, 196. Montaigne, Michel de.-(1533-92.) French essayist, i, 163. Montalembert, Comte de.-(1810- 70.) French publicist and his. torian, x, 213.
Montauban, Fortress, viii, 120. Montcalm, Mme. de.-ix, 224. Montcontour, Battle of, viii, 120. Montenegro, Russian emissaries in, X, 154.
"Monterey," The, xiv, 235. Montespan, Marquise de.-(1641- 1707.) Louis XIV's mistress, vii, 150-153; disgraced, 153; dismissed from court, 154; her brilliant era at Versailles, 157, 158, 165, 166, 174; viii, 267, 275, 311. Montesquieu, Baron Charles de.-
(1689-1755.) French writer. His "Spirit of the Laws," vil, 267; praises Mme. de Pompa dour's intelligence and Voltaire her beauty, viii, 312; his Esprit des Lois, 324; xi, 198. Montfort, Countess of, vii, 70. Montgomery, Ala., Congress at
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Mordecai.-An instrument of Prov.
idence, ii, 88; ix, 183. Mordecai, in George Eliot's novel of "Daniel Deronda," vii, 383. More, Hannah.-(1745-1833.) Eng- lish religious writer. Intimacy with Dr. Johnson, vii, 250, 255, 265, 278; "Education of Woman," 299; moralist and teacher, 301; perfect woman, 302; strong-minded, 303; birth and early years, 304; on inti- mate terms with eminent men, 305; writings, 306; friendship with Garrick and Johnson, 308; disenchanted of society, 311; opens school at Cheddar, 313; educational labors, 315; tracts for the people, 316; other writ- ings, and their aims, 316-325; views on society, 325; "Cœlebs in Search of a Wife," 326; resi- dence at Barley Wood, 328; death, 329; evangelical belief, 329; devotion to education and elevation of her sex, 330; Co- education, and spheres for women, 332-341.
Morea, Greece (ancient Pelopon- nesus), in revolt against Turks (1820), ix, 289, 290, 297, 300, 311, 313, 314, 320.
American general, xi, 149. Morgan, De, M.-French archæolo- gist, discoveries in Elamite lands, xiv, 380.
Morgan, J. Pierpont. (1837- 1913.) American financier, XV, 223.
Moriah, Mount, site of Solomon's temple, ii, 210; altar desecrated and dedicated to Jupiter, 380. Morley, Mrs. (Queen Anne). See Marlborough, Duchess of. Mornay, Philippe de. (1549- 1623.) French diplomat and Huguenot leader, x, 211, 220. Morocco, xiv, 326, 341. Morpeth, Lord.-English politician, introduces his tithe bill, x, 50. Morphology, Spencer's "Arguments from," xiv, 129.
Morris, Dinah, 8 character in George Eliot's novel of "Adam Bede," vii, 351, 366. Morris, Gouverneur. (1752- 1816.) American statesman, xi, 276, 289.
Morris, Robert. (1734-1806.) American financier and states. man, xi, 199, 205, 280. Morristown, N. J., xi, 130, 177. "Morte d'Arthur," Tennyson's, xiii, 454.
Mosaic Code, ii, 107, 112, 113, 123, 125, 126; Mosaic dispen- sation, 222.
Mosaic law, Ritualism of, i, 79; Mosaic ritual, priest's sacrifices, ii, 44.
Moscow, Patriarch of, x, 151. Moscow, Peter the Great sup.
presses rebellion in, viii, 347; Russian capital transferred to
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St. Petersburg, 355; Empress Catherine crowned at, 362. Moscow, Russia, viii, 270, 333,
347, 362; ix, 129,
152, 186, 189, 219.
Moses. (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, 356.
Mosul, in the Tigris Valley, xiv,
351, 362, 364, 365, 367. Motley, John Lothrop. (1814-
1.877.)- American historian of the Dutch Republic, viii, 354, 364; ix, 356; friendship with Bismarck, x, 270; works on Netherlands and the Dutch Re- public, xi, 29.
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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, i, 33, 34.
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.
French Emperor (1852-70), at Mme. Récamier's receptions, vii, 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, as 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,
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. (1769- 1821.) French Emperor (1804- 14), viii, 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;
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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, xl, 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, i, 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
lonia (605-562 B. C.), favorite god of, i, 47; towering vanity of, ii, 159; Solomon likened to, 219; traditions and remains of, xiv, 354.
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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