theme: "The Prussian Power,"
iii, 369; his heroism and gifts, 369; birth and unhappy child- hood, 370; ascends throne (ct. 28); glance at his era, 370, 371; character and disposition, 372; wrests Silesia from Aus- tria, 373, 374; war follows and wins it, 376; relations with Vol- taire, 376-378; Seven Years' War, 379; embroils Europe and the chief Powers, 382-388; Eng- land the principal gainer and France the loser in long strug- gle, 389; effect on Austria, 390; aggrandizement of Prussia and fame of Frederic, 390; partition of Poland, 392; virtues and de- fects of Frederic, 395, 396; Prussia a great military Power, 397; the King's influence, 398, 399; military spirit demands large standing armies, in itself an evil, 401; Prussia a barrier to Russia, 403; Carlyle's Life of, xiii, 193, 236, 237; pared with William II, xv, 209; aid to America, 225, 226. Frederick V of Bohemia.-(1596- 1632.) Head (in 1619) of the German Protestant Union, viii, 147, 148.
Frederick VII.-(1808-63.) King of Denmark (1848-63), x, 282, 283.
Frederick of Prussia, Prince (1744- 97), afterwards King (1786-97). Seeks hand of Mme. Récamier in marriage, vii, 239; dismissed by her, 240.
Frederick William III, King of Prussia. (1797-1840.) In his era Prussia lays foundation of a military monarchy, x, 261; death of, 266. Frederick William IV.A religious and patriotic King of Prussia
Free-trade in England, x, 82. Free-Will, St. Augustine on, iv, 312; Calvin on, vi, 359. "Freischütz," der, Weber's, Wag- ner's enjoyment of, xiv, 27. Frémont, Capt. John C.-(1813- 90.) American explorer and gen- eral, aids in securing cession of California from Mexico, xii, 228; in Missouri proclaims emancipa. tion, 290.
French Academy, Founding of, vii, 231.
French alliance, xi, 146.
French and Indian War, xi, 109, 110.
French arrogance and intrigue, xi,
280; aid to America, 281; dic- tation, 289.
French Empire, The, ix, 105. See Napoleon Bonaparte. French-Huguenot blood, xi, 44. French, Lord.-(1852- .) British field-marshal, xv, 135, 305. French Revolution, License of, i, 150; xi, 208, 240, 250; Burke's "Reflections" on, 251; Jefferson hails it, 280; savants of, 281; leaders of, 293; Carlyle's His- tory of, xiii, 192, 193, 218, 224, 237. See Revolution, French. Friars, Dominican and Franciscan, of the Middle Ages, ii, 144; mendicant, v, 396.
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Friedland, Bohemia, Wallenstein,
Duke of, viii, 151. Confucius exalts, 1, Friendship, 171; cultivated, between great men and women, iv, 191-193; kindred and congenial tastes among, 195.
Froissart's "Chronicles" (14th cent.), xiii, 84.
James A.-(1 8 1 8-9 4.) English historian, his "Life of Cæsar," iv, 65; vii, 352, 372; biog- literary artist, xi, 259; raphy of Carlyle, xiii, 191, 194; at Carlyle's grave, 241. Fugitive-Slave Bill, frenzy over, xii, 233.
Fugitive-Slave Law, xii, 258. Fuller, Margaret.-See Ossoli. Fulton, Robert.-(17 65-18 15.) American engineer and inventor, X1, 350.
"Future of England, The," Rus-
birth and im. portant life-work, 185, 186. Galena, Ill., Grant in tanning busi- ness at, xii, 298.
"Galena," U. S. warship, xiv, 218. Galerius.-Roman Emperor and general, iv, 145. Galileo.-(1564-1642.) Italian as- tronomer, physicist, and mathe- matician. Theme: "Astronomi- cal Discoveries," vi, 427; birth, 431, parentage, and education, 432; his mathematical bent, 433; essay on the Hydrostatic Bal- ance, 433; lecturer at Pisa, 433; confutes an axiom of Aristotle on the law of falling bodies, and creates hostility to himself, 434, 435; lectures on mathematics at Padua, 435; invents (1593) the thermometer, as yet an imperfect instrument, 436; teaches doc- trines of Copernicus, 438; mocks the Dominican doctors and rouses spirit of intolerance, 439; his discoveries with the tele- scope, 442; lectures, treatises, and inventions, 443; his astro- nomical discoveries bring him fame but excite hostility, 445; discovers the satellites of Jupi- ter, and is befriended by Cosimo de Medici, 446; maintains the Copernican so-called heresy that the sun, and not the earth, is the centre of the planetary sys- tem, and is summoned to re- nounce the notion before the In- quisition at Rome, 448; pub lishes his work on the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems, and is treated as a heretic, 450; again appears before the Inquisition, is imprisoned, and recants, 453; illness, afflictions, and death at For location of Volumes in Books,
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Bishop of Winchester, vi, 274; opposes the Reformation, 276. Garibaldi, Giuseppe.-(1807-1882.)
Italian patriot, birth and early history, x, 125; joins revolution- ary party under Mazzini, 125, 126; in exile in South America, 126; returns and joins Manin in resistance to Austrians, 128; at Rome, but again becomes a fugitive when the French sup- port papal power, 129; in Sar- dinia, and hunted from there flies to New York and South America, 130; at Caprera, where Cavour sends for him, 132; in Sicilian revolution, 135; takes Palermo and proceeds to Naples,
138; success at battle of Vol- turno, 139; surrenders his dic tatorship to Victor Emmanuel, 140; prisoner at Aspromonte, 143; at Rome, arrested and sent back to Caprera, 144. Garrick, David.-(1717-79.) Eng- lish actor, vii, 305, 308, 327; Mrs., 308-310, 327; xiii, 282. Garrison, Lindley Miller. (1864- .) Secretary of War, xvi, 30. Garrison, Wm. Lloyd.-(1805-79.) American abolitionist, xi, 77,
221, 225; founds "The Libera- tor" (1831), xii, 215. Garth, Caleb, character in George Eliot's "Middlemarch," vii, 350, 380.
Gates, Horatio.-(1 7 2 8-18 06.) American general, xi, 125, 133,
135-137, 148, 178, 301.
Gaul, Cæsar's conquest of, iv, 79;
his encounters with various Cel- tic tribes and nations of, 81; drives Germans back to their forests, 83. Gautama.
-The family name Buddha, which see. Gavazzi, Father Alessandro. (1809-89.) Anti-papal orator and Italian patriot, x, 137. Gay, John. — (1685-1732.) Eng- lish poet; tomb of in West- minster Abbey, xiii, 282. Genesis, Book of, ii, 57. Genêt, Citizen, Edmond Charles.- (1765-1834.) French diplomat, xi, 163, 280, 289. Genius, Independent efforts of, overshadowed by imperial ré- gime, iv, 130.
Genius and Marriage, xiii, 159. Geneva, vi, 337, 338; Calvinist Spirit at, xi, 28.
Genghis Khan.- (1 1 6 2-12 27.) Founder of Mongol dynasty, xiv, 258.
"Génie du Christianisme," Château- briand's, ix, 90.
Genius and Marriage, the case of
Lord Byron, xiii, 160. Genseric, King of the Vandals.-- (Died 477 A. D.) Despoils Rome, iv, 441.
Geographical Society, English Royal, xiv, 362.
Geometrical knowledge of the An- cients, iii, 173.
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George, Henry. (1839-1897.) American economist, candidate for Mayor of New York, xv, 76. George I. (1845-1913.) King of Greece, elected Monarch, ix, 319; asks Venizelos to form cabinet, xv, 246; yields to war against Turkey, 249; assassina- tion, 251.
George II.-(1869-1922.) King of Greece, xv, 243; appointed High Commissioner of Crete, 243; re- signs Commissionership, 244. George III.-(1738-1820.) King (1760-1820), xi, 74, 76, 131, 146, 226.
George IV.-(1762-1830.) King of Great Britain (1820-30). Theme: "Toryism," ix, 229; England in 1815 under the regency of, 229- 244; ministers of, 246, 248; becomes regent (1811) on the insanity of George III, 250; dis- solute companions, 251; his own follies and revelries, 252; mar- ries Caroline of Brunswick, and seeks a divorce, 252; becomes King, 253; Canning's death, 255; trial of Queen Caroline, 259; Catholic emancipation (1829), 259, 262, 265; repeal of Test Act (1828), 267; death, and character, 268-270; literary lights of his reign, 271, 272; succeeded by William IV, 273. "Georgics," The, of Virgil, i, 337. German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) of 1815, formation of, x, 262, 263.
Germanic barbarians, xi, 27; an- cestors, 23; forests, 23.
375; rationalistic impulse given by Frederic the Great, viii, 398. Germany ("de l'Allemagne"), Mme. de Staël's work on, vii, 276. Germany's "greatest writer"- Goethe, xiii, 393.
Gerry, Elbridge. (1744-1814.) American statesman, xi, 253, 334.
Gettysburg Address, Lincoln, xii, 318.
Gettysburg, Battle of (July, 1863), xii, 294, 297, 335-337, 339, 340, 346; Lee's skill in battle of, 337. Ghibellines, imperial party in Italy in Middle Ages, Dante an ad- herent of, vi, 33.
Gibbon, Edward.-(1737-94.) Eng- lish historian on the Roman leading class in latter days of the Empire, iii, 361-364; vii, 266, 267, 289, 305; xiii, 198, 210, 246.
Gibbons v. Ogden, Case of, xii, 350, 352.
Gibeon, heights of, site of the tab- ernacle, ii, 204.
Gibraltar, capture of (1704), viii, 236.
Giddings, Joshua R.-Anti-slavery labors of (1841), xii, 225. Gifford, Wm.-(1757-1826.)
lish critic and reviewer, xiii, 92. Gifts, diversities of, ii, 118. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey.—(1 5 3 9. 83.) Colonizes Virginia, vi, 119, Gilboa, battle of, Saul and Jona. than slain at, ii, 161. Gildas, St., Abbey of, vii, 50. "Gilfil's Love Story," Mr., George Eliot's, vii, 360.
Gilgal, people of, ii, 154. Giotto.
(1 27 6-13 3 7.) Italian painter, vi, 193. Girard, Stephen.-(1 7 5 0-1 8 3 0.) American banker and philan.
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thropist, Webster in the famous will case, xii, 151. Girardon, François.-(1630-1715.)
French sculptor, viii, 252. Girondists, a political party during 1st French Revolution; they sacrifice the royal family, ix, 59. Girgashites, country of the, ii, 34. Gladiatorial sports, Roman, iit,
Gladstone, Wm. Ewart. - (1809-
98.) British statesman and pre- mier, vii, 382; theme: "The Enfranchisement of the People," X, 317; family, youth, and edu- cation, 318, 319; travels and enters Parliament, 319, 320; maiden speech advocating grad- ual emancipation of slaves, 320, 321; on Irish Church tempor- alities, 321; junior lord of the Treasury under Peel, 322; & High Churchman and at this era a Conservative, 322; opposes Brougham on subject of imme- diate abolition, 323; appear- ance and manner as a speaker, 324; marriage, 326; treatise on "The State in its Relation to the Church," 327; Macaulay's re- view of it, 327; vice-president of Board of Trade, 329; re- signs over government grant to Maynooth (R. C.) College, 329; visits Italy and writes on its despotic condition, 331; influ- ence of his letters, 332; aban- dons Toryism and takes office in coalition ministry of Lord Aber deen, 336; becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer and tilts with Disraeli, 336; Palmerston be- comes prime-minister and Glad stone resigns, being opposed to the Crimean War, 337, 338; adopts free-trade, 339; enters new coalition cabinet and re-
sumes his post of chancellor, 340; his "Studies of Homer and the Homeric Age," 341; Lord Rector of Edinburgh University, 342; fame of his financial speeches, 345; mistaken atti- tude on American Civil War, 347; address at Edinburgh on the "Place of Ancient Greece in the Providential Order," 349; leader of the Liberals in the Commons under Earl Russell, 350; premier (1869-75), 354; disestablishment of Irish Church,
Irish Land Bill (1870), 360; abolishes army purchase, 361; Alabama Claims, 363; fall of his ministry and retirement, 366, 367; premier (2nd time, 1880), 372; premier (3rd time, 1886), but falls on the question of Home Rule for Ireland, 374; fourth time premier (1892), 374; retirement, 376; death (1898), 377; xi, 185, 196, 233, 296; xiii, 245, 274.
Glands, ductless, xiv, 474. Glass-blowing, Egyptian art, iii, 202.
Glastonbury, Abbey, a retreat, vi 261.
Glennie, Dr., of Dulwich, xiii, 139. Glynn, Martin H. (1871- .)
American journalist, tells Lloyd George of American feeling on Irish problems, xii, 48, 49. Gneist, Rudolf von. (1816-95.) German historian and jurist, xi, 80. Gnomon (time-pillar), introduction of, and the dial, into Greece, iii, 164. Godolphin, Countess of.-vii, 218, 219.
Godolphin, Sidney, Earl of.
(1635-1712.) English states- man and lord high treasurer, vii,
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