THE

AMERICAN CYCLOPÆDIA:

A

Popular Dictionary

OF

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

EDITED BY

GEORGE RIPLEY AND CHARLES A. DANA.

WITH SUPPLEMENT.

VOLUME XV.
SHOMER-TROLLOPE.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.

1881.

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Among the Contributors to the Fifteenth Volume of the Revised Edition are the following:

Prof. E. CURTIS, M. D., College of Physicians G. A. HEWLETT, Shreveport, La.

and Surgeons, New York.

SPECTACLES.

Rev. S. S. CUTTING, D. D.

SLATER, SAMUEL.

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JOSEPH C. G. KENNEDY, LL. D., Washington,
D. C

SHUBRICK, WILLIAM CRAWFORD.

SHOSHONES,
SIOUX,
TECUMSEH,

and other articles on American Indians.

Prof. S. KNEELAND, M. D., Mass. Inst. of Prof. J. A. SPENCER, D. D., College of the Technology, Boston.

SILKWORM,

STAG,
SWALLOW,

City of New York.

TEMPLE, FREDERICK.
THOMSON, WILLIAM.

TREGELLES, SAMUEL PRIDEAUX.
TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX.

Prof. S. P. LANGLEY, Allegheny Observatory, E. C. STEDMAN.

Allegheny, Pa.

SUN (in part).

SIGNALS, NAVAL.

STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY.
TAYLOR, BAYARD.

Prof. ALFRED M. MAYER, Stevens Inst. of Tech- Prof. GEORGE THURBER.

nology, Hoboken, N. J.

SORGHUM,
STRAWBERRY.
SUNDEW,
TEA,
TOBACCO,

TORREY, JOHN,

and other botanical articles.

New Haven, Conn.

SYRIAC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

Prof. E. L. YOUMANS.

SPENCER, HERbert.