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.

com-

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.

Froude,

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-

his day, iii, 184;

Humboldt of

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
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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,

136-

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.

of

-

-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.)

Eng-

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,

230.

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,

357;

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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