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PREFACE
INDEX

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BOOK I.
GOVERNMENT AND LAW.

Government of the United States - Porto Rico-Cuba-Philippines

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Guam Declaration of Independence — Mechlenberg Declaration - Constitution
of the United States Government of the States and Territories - Copyright
Law-Patent Office Procedure - Naturalization Laws-Passport Regulations --
Civil Service-U. S. Customs Duties - War Revenue Taxes-British Customs
"Tariff Labor Legislation Pension Laws - Jurisdiction of Justices of the
Peace The Law of Finding-U.S. Customs Regulations as to Baggage-Laws
of Suffrage- State and Territorial Statistics - Federal Bankruptcy Act-Law
of Trade-Marks Interstate Commerce Law Business Law and Forms
Interest Laws and Statutes of Limitation-Law of Inns and Innkeepers Law
of the Road - Landlord and Tenant - Exemption Laws - Marriage and Divorce
Laws - Rights of Married Women Government of the British Empire.
Canada Argentine Republic Austria-Hungary Belgium - Brazil Chile
China France German Empire - Greece Italy Japan - Mexico -
Netherlands Russia - Spain - Turkey Statistics of the Countries of the
World Heads of the Governments of the World - Divisions of Africa - Trial
by Jury Draco's Laws - Laws of Subscription Chinese Emigration Laws.
Postal Laws-Indebtedness of Nations-Parliamentary Law-Prohibitory Laws

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BOOK II.

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

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Literature-Languages-English Language-Capital Letters-Punctuation - Proof
Reading- Familiar Allusions Foreign Words and Phrases Great Men's
Works Authors of Famous Poems - Celebrated Characters in Literature -
Literary Pseudonyms - First Newspapers-Nibelungen Lied-Forty Immortals
of the French Academy - The World's Best Books Abbreviations in General
Use Christian Names - Alphabets Early Literature - Chinese Literature-
Greek Literature - - Hebrew Literature - Roman Literature-Sanscrit Literature
Arabic Literature- Persian Literature Italian Literature- Spanish Liter-
ature Portuguese Literature French Literature German Literature
Scandinavian Literature Russian Literature Polish Literature English
Literature American Literature Hungarian Literature Volapük Lan-
guages of the World - History of Writing-French Academy-Troubadours-
The Iliad The Eneid Gesta Romanorum Norse Sagas Miracle Plays

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Romance of the Rose-Classic and Romantic Literature Goethe's Faust
Dante- Latin Language Surnames - Poet Laureate Renaissance -
of the Theater-Misuse of Words

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BOOK III.

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

Chronological Eras - Divisions of Time-Old English Holidays - Legal Holidays —
Standard Time- Perpetual Calendar-Anniversaries-First Day of the Year-
General Church Councils-Origin of Months and Days of the Week — Diction-
ary of Mythology and Folklore - Outlines of Universal History - Calendar of
American Battles Dictionary of Biography - Admission of States into the
Union Organization of the Territories-Derivations of Names of States and
Territories Rulers of France from the Revolution Kings and Queens of
England-Presidents of the U. S. - Vice-Presidents of the U. S.-Justices of
the U. S. Supreme Court Cabinet Officers Speakers of the U. S. House of

Representatives Famous Naval Battles. Decisive Battles of History - Indian
Mutiny - Abyssinian War-American Civil War - Russo-Turkish War -- Zulu
War Franco-German War
- Dictionary of History
Spanish-American War

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BOOK IV.

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SCIENCE, INVENTION, DISCOVERY.

The Earth's Surface.

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Electric Light - Geysers - Volcanoes - Elec-
tricity Phonograph - Climate Zoology Ethnology-Air -- Chemistry —

Printing - Ocean Cables - Circulation of Blood-Astronomy Anatomy
Acoustics Algebra - Assaying- Compass-Solar System-Specific Gravity
-Earthquakes Electroplating - Evolution - Etching-Railroads -- Glacial
Period-Gunpowder-Iron-Lace-Making- Matches Artillery - Microscope
· Mesmerism Magnet Embalming Engraving Ether Fire-Ento-
mology - Geology - Geometry- Geography-Glass-Typewriters-Interesting

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Origins-Water-Gravitation-Medicine-Physics-Shipbuilding-Spectacles
-Stenography-Sugar - Telescope-Weaving-Wire-Nebular Hypothesis-
PaperNails - Aurora Borealis — Common Names of Chemical Substances-
Copernican System - Thermometry - Hypnotism - Photogravure - Metric
System - Ptolemaic System - Mirage — Coin - Day and Night Meteors
Comets - Agricultural Machinery-Spinning Wheel-Stars-Velocity - - Tel-
egraph -Steam Engines — Steel Stereotyping Weights and Measures
Zodiac - Violin-Type-Setting Machines -- Vaccination-Light--Envelopes
Photography Pianoforte.

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BOOK V.

HYGIENE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, DIETETICS.

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Pure Air Food Diet of Brain-Workers Classification of Food Analysis of
Food - Digestibility of Food - Nutritiousness of Food - Chemical Composition
of the Human Body - Cleanliness Exercise -- Human Pulse — Respiration →→
Baths Corpulency - Medicinal Food - Spring Fever -- Breakfast — Dinner-
Supper and Tea Small Points on Table Etiquette Wines and Liquors
Effects of Excessive Eating - Insufficient Nutrition Diet of Infancy-Diet of
Childhood and Youth Diet of Middle Life - Diet of Advanced Life-- Gym-
nastics and Physical Development - Medicines, with Doses - Disinfectants -
Sleeplessness-Drugs-Choice of Articles of Food -- Seasonable Food
keeper's Time - Table Terms used in French Cookery French-English
Dishes (translated) — Housekeeper's Measures and Weights Beds and Bed-
ding-Stimulants and Narcotics-Coffee-Tea-Chocolate-Cheese - Carpets
Care of the Eyes- Care of the Teeth-- Care of the Hair-Spectacles --Anti-
dotes for Poisons-Cosmetics - Earthenware -- Cancer-House Furnishing --
House Decoration Value of Woods - Medical Dictionary.

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Early Forms of Currency - Metallic Coins Coins of Great Britain American
Coinage-Banks--U. S. National Banking System-Savings Banks-Statistics
of Money in the United States-Value of Foreign Coins-Monetary Statistics ---
Statistics of Savings Banks-Product of Gold and Silver in the U. S.- World's
Production of Gold and Silver-Wildcat Banks-Clearing House - Freedman's
Bank-Revenue of the U. S. Government-Indebtedness of Nations-Credit
Mobilier - Mississippi Scheme-Trade Unions-Boycotting-Gold Exports—
South Sea Bubble- Wealth of Principal Nations Trusts Strikes - Mining
and Milling Terms- Foreign Trade of the U. S. -South America Trade
Wheat Crop of the World - Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Products of the
World - Railroads - Wages and Cost of Living-Insurance-Public Debt of
the U. S. Telegraph Rates Transatlantic Steamers Submarine Cables
Production of Coal-Wool-Tobacco-Tea and Coffee-Canals ---Occupations
in the United States - Dictionary of Business and Law Terms.

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BOOK VII.

RELIGION, EDUCATION, FINE ARTS.

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European Cathedrals - Translations of the Bible-Catacombs - Inquisition-Apoc-
rypha - Celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church-English Universities—Adam
and Eve-Celebrated Paintings - Buddhism-Garden of Eden-Millennium-
Confucianism Diet of Worms- Benedictines - Architecture-Alexandrian
Library-Juggernaut - Councils of Nice-Islam-Mormons-Mount Ararat-
Obelisks Kissing the Book-Tower of Pisa-French Renaissance - Foreign
Libraries Church of England Christian Association - Education of the
Blind-Gnosticism-Compulsory Education - Illiteracy of Various Nations-
Gardens of Babylon- Oneida Community. - Hades
Oracles
Pagodas
Shakers-Pantheon at Rome - Universities and Colleges of the U. S.- Foreign
Universities Animal Worship - Holy Grail - Pyramids - Septuagint - Taj-
Mahal Roman Baths - Religious Statistics - Sunday School Statistics.
Religious Denominations in the U. S. Scriptural Measures - Theosophy -
Tower of Babel - Shintuism -Sunday- Public Schools-Sanhedrim - Scho-
lastics Parsees - Koran - Sinai-Vulgate-Smithsonian Institution- Jesuits
Qualification for the Practice of Medicine - Practice of Law - Unitarians
Windsor Castle Roman Catholic Church The Reformation - Christianity
Leading American Universities Music Salvation Army Military and
Naval Academies -- Royal Academy -- Sculpture Schools of Art- - Educational
Philanthropies - Musical and Art Terms.

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MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND FIGURES.

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Signers of the Declaration of Independence Center of Population Civil War
Statistics-Diplomatic Service- Rare Coins and their Values-Great Financial
Panics-Giants and Dwarfs-Mason and Dixon's Line - Alloys - World's Fairs
Velocities of Bodies- Mixing Colors-Value of Metals-Modes of Execution
- Great Fires, Floods, and Inundations-Waterfalls Wars of the U. S.
Sizes of Papers and Books Language of Flowers - Weights and Measures
Variations in Time - Library of Congress Alcoholic Liquors Notable
Bridges American Indian-Largest Cities of the World-Expectation of Life
- Defective Classes - Height of Noted Buildings and Monuments-Holidays
Executive Civil List- World's Seven Wonders -- Divorces in Different Countries
--The Brain — Weights of Produce - Population of the United States -- Public
Lands Language of Gems - Indian Folklore - Bell Time on Shipboard
Highest Mountains-Chinese Wall-Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty - Population
of Great Britain Caste among the Hindoos Harbors Bunker Hill Monu-
ment Alien Landholders in the U. S. Government Salary List - Vegetable
Origins Slavery Mardi-Gras Mound-Builders - Blue Stockings - Latin
Union · Facts About the Earth The Sacred Number Molly Maguires
U. S. Recruiting Requirements Army Pay Table Navy Pay Table - Navies
of the World Armed Strength of Europe -- The Stage State Flowers
Modern Explosives-- Longest Rivers in the World-Famous Blue Laws-Aver-
age Rainfall in U. S. Tables of Distances - Historic Minor Political Parties-
Losses in Recent Wars - Exports of Various Countries - About Ships -- Tariff
Rates of Different Countries Postage Stamps White House Weddings-
Fabian Policy - Royal Incomes Famous Diamonds Oceans, Seas, Bays, and
Lakes Single Tax National Nicknames Dying Sayings of Famous People
Woman Suffrage-Mottoes of the States. -Gotham-Ships of the U. S. Navy
· Remarkable Caves Number of Pensioners in the U. S. Great Eastern
Yellowstone Park The Golden Fleece Strasburg Clock Patents Issued
Nihilism-Tammany-Rainbow-Associated Press- Distances Between Euro-
pean Cities-Grocer's Table-Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers-Nautical Vocabulary

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