given by him to art, with new
ideas, 211; character and man-
ners, 211; sonnets, 213; stern
integrity and allegiance to duty,
214; benevolence, death, 214;
vii, 25, 158, 227, 250, 278, 382;
viii, 185, 239; his decoration
of the Sistine Chapel, xi, 199.
Michael, Saint, the archangel, vii,
73, 98.

Michaud, Joseph F.-(1767-1839.)

French writer on the Crusades,
ix, 221.

Michelet, Jules. (1798-1874.)
French historian, vi, 208; ix,
221.

Michigan applies (1836) for ad-

mission into the Union, xii, 222.
Michmash, Battle of, ii, 161.
Middle Ages, Spiritual despotism
of, 1, 40; yeomanry sports of,
127; cathedrals of, 299; ideas
of, ii, 32; wisdom of, 115; of
feudal Europe, 148; Germany
and Italy in, 137; anarchy of,
150; vi, 219, 221, 223, 224,
239, 243, 248; vii, 29, 32, 37,
43, 69, 70, 88, 113, 115, 117,
120-123, 128, 131, 133, 142; xi,
204.

Middlebrook, N. J., xi, 141.
"Middlemarch," George Eliot's
novel, vii, 379-381, 385.
Midian, Land of, ii, 101, 129.
Midland Counties of England,
George Eliot's description of, vil,
364.

"Midsummer Night's Dream,"
Shakspeare's, xiii, 302, 312.
Midwifery, Lord Lister's work in,
xiv, 465.

Mignet, François A. M. (1796-
1884.) French historian, vii,

249.

"Mignon," Goethe's creation of,
xiii, 426, 427.

Mikado of Japan, The, restored to
his ancient power, xiv, 291,
292; Li Hung Chang at the

court of, 293.

Milan, See of, Importance of, in
Ambrose's day, 252; cathedral

of, vi, 202, 207.
Milbanke, Miss, Byron's marriage
with (1815), and separation
from (1816), xiii, 158.
Military aggrandizement, Frederic
the Great's national policy of,
viii, 399.

Military ambition, and lust of con-
quest, Egyptian, 1, 37.
Military Art in the Nations of An-
tiquity (Weapons, Engines, Dis-
cipline), iii, 237.

Mill, John Stuart.

(1806-73.)

English official, sent to observe
Russian situation, XV, 151;
question of Chinese labour in the
South African mines, 307; High
Commissioner of South Africa,
310; opposes self-government in
South Africa, 310.

Milnes, R. Monckton, Lord Hough-
ton. (1809-85.) English patron
of letters, x, 95; xiii, 452.
Miltiades.-Athenian general (died
about 489 B. C.), uses the.
phalanx formation in his de-
feat of the Persians at Mara-
thon, iii, 248.
Milton, John. (1608-74.) English
poet and foreign secretary under
the Commonwealth,
242;

vii, 25, 381; viii, 355; Treatise
on Christian Doctrine, xiii, 317;
best known by his poetry, 319;
Johnson's clumsy ridicule, 320;

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triumphs over great difficulties,
327; elegant classical scholar,
327; Latin poems, 328; "L'AI-
legro" and "Il Penseroso," 331;
"Comus" and "Samson Agon-
istes," 332; "Paradise Lost"
and "Paradise Regained," 337;
compared with Dante, 338; Mil-
ton's supernatural beings, 342;
his poetry mysterious and pic-
turesque, 346; his spirits and
fiends, 347; loftiness of spirit,
350; his conception of love,
352; sonnets, 353; public con-
duct, 354, 356; stood by the
cause of public liberty, 366; his
conduct during the administra
tion of the Protector, 368;
neither Puritan nor Royalist,
382; battle for freedom of hu-
man mind, 384; joins Inde-
pendents, 385; prose writings,
387; zeal for the public good,
390.

Minerva (Athena). Goddess of
wisdom, i, 136; feast of, 137.
Minerva, Greek temple to, at
Tegea, iii, 99.

Mings, ruling dynasty of China
(1868-1644), ancient capital of
the, xiv, 275.

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Minos. Ancient King of Crete,
fabled to have been made, with
Rhadamanthus, a judge of the
dead in the nether world, i, 269.
Mint, English, x, 329.
Mirabeau, Count Gabriel Honoré.—

(1749-91.) French orator and
author, vi, 220; viii, 189; visits
Frederic the Great, 396; theme:
"The French Revolution," ix,
25; as pamphleteer he attacks
· the

government and exposes
sores of body politic, 29; fasci-
nation, and excesses of his pri-
vate life, 29, 30; family and
intellectuality, 80; at Berlin,

re-

30; tendency of his writings to
destroy ancien régime, 31;
nounces his rank and enters
States-General at Versailles
(May, 1789), 82; Carlyle on,
33, 34; in National Assembly,
39; ascendency, 40; declaration
of rights of man, 44, 47; his
two-sided character, man of

pleasure and a statesman, 45;
ostentatious living, 48; spolia-
tion of the Church from which
Mirabeau shrank, 51; death,
worn out by labors and passions,
53;
characteristics, 54, 55;
first epoch closed of the Revo-
lution, 55; unscrupulous de-
struction and violence follows,
56, 223; I, 95; eulogizes
Franklin, xi, 101..
Mirrors, Hall of, Versailles, x, 301.
Mississippi Company, John Law's
French financial (1717-20), viii,
297-300.

Missolonghi, Greeks occupy in their
war (1820) with the Turks, ix,
293; repulse Turks with great
slaughter at, 307; Byron st,
308; siege and fall of (1826),
312.

Missouri applies (1818) for ad-
mission into Union, xii, 106,
107; the Compromise, 108.
Missouri Compromise of 1820, xii,
46, 108.
Mitchell, Maria.

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(1818-1889.)
American astronomer, xvi, 144;
discovers comet, 145, 146; pro-
fessor of astronomy at Vassar,
147.

Mitchell, Ormsby M.-(1810-62.)
American astronomer and gen-
eral, xii, 322.
Mitford, Mary Russell.
1855.) English authoress, xiv,
89.

(1786-

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Mithra. In Persian mythology,
the god of light (the Sun), i,
58, 59, 75, 76.
Mivart, St. George.-(1827-1900.)
English naturalist, xiv, 192.
Moab, Plains of, ii, 131; land of,
131; desolation of, predicted by
Isaiah, 309.

Moabite Stone, found in ruins of
Dibon (Dhiban), record on of
early Kings mentioned in Bible,
xiv, 384.

Mobanga river, Africa, xiv, 323.
Mobile, Ala., General Jackson at,
xii, 35-37.

Modjeska, Mme. Helena.

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(1844-
1909.) Polish actress, com.
patriot of Paderewski, xv, 412.
Mogul, The great dominions of,
xiv, 258, 267.
Mohammed, or Mahomet.

(A. D.

570-632.) Founder of Islam or
Mohammedanism. Theme: "Sar-
acenic Conquest," ▼, 23; a re-
former or an imposter? 23; tri-
umphs and zeal of Moham-
medans, 24; birth, family, and
marriage, 27; sympathy and aid
of his

wife, 29; dreams,

ecstasies, and visions, 29, 30,
31; truths and doctrines, 31;
reformer, 32; buffeted and ridi-
culed, his flight (the Hegira) to
Medina, 34, 35; moral force,
35; writes the Koran at Mecca,
36; change of methods, mixes
truth with error and allows
polygamy, 37, 38; inflames the
faithful, 39; new revelations,
39; spirit of expediency, 41;
makes use of the sword, 42;
Saracenic conquests, 43; con-
trols Medina and triumphal en-
trance into Mecca, death, aged
63, 44; his wife Ayésha, 44;
spread of Mohammedanism by
the sword, 46; conquests of

Syria, 46; his religion and doc
trines, 48, 49.
Mohammed Ali.-Pasha of Egypt,
ix, 309.

Mohammedanism, a monotheistio
religion, i, 53; Mohammedans,
ix, 283; x, 169, 175.
Moldavia, viii, 339; Turks enter
Principality and defeat Ypsilanti
(who abetted the Greeks in
1820) at Dragaschan, ix, 293,
320; x, 154, 155, 156, 158, 162.
Molé, Count Louis M. (1781.
1855.) French statesman, viil,
251; ix, 207, 225, 345, 348.
Molière, Jean Baptiste P.-(1622.
73.) French dramatist and
actor; i, 332; vii, 157, 160, 174;
viii, 251, 264, 322, 325.
Moltke, Count ven. (1800-91.)
Prussian field-marshal, ix, 162;
takes part in war with Austria
(1866), x, 287; rewards, 289;
in war with France (1870-71),
241, 242, 256, 287, 289, 295,
299.

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Mommsen, Theodor, German his
torian, xv, 377, 378.

Monarchies, Oriental, absolute, iii,
25.

Monarchy, Glory of the, under Sol
omon, ii, 203.

Monasteries of India, iii, 92.
Monastic institutions in 11th cent,

monks and clergy of the era, v
108; vices and evils of, 110,
111; eclipse of celibacy in, 114;
allied to Papacy, 114. See Ber
nard, Saint.

Monastic life, interest in the ex
tension of, taken by Paula and
St. Jerome, iv, 196; motives
sought in seclusion from
wicked world, leisure for study
and repose, and a state favorable
to Christian perfection, 198.

Monckton-Milnes R. (Lord Hough.
ton).-English patron of letters,
X, 95; xiii, 452.

Mongols, conquest of China, xiv,
258, 259; expulsion from in
1388, 261.

"Monitor," type of warship, xiv,
215; launched, 219; battle be-
tween, and the "Merrimac," 220,
228, 238, 239.
Monk, George.

General and ad-
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 Citeaux, 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," vii,
267; praises Mme. de Pomps-
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
(1861), as provisional Con-
federacy capital, xii, 323, 324.
Montgomery, Comte de. (1530-
74.) Scottish noble in French
service (circa Henry II), viii,
117.
"Monticello," Jefferson's home at,
xi, 260, 285, 290, 313.
Montmorency, Anne, Duc de.-
(1596-1632.) French marshal,
vii, 244, 245, 248; viii, 98, 118,
188.

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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.

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, a 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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