634

Jews, 280 B. C. There were many disputes as to its correctness, but it was the basis of all subsequent translations.

SHEBUOTH. FEAST OF WEEKS.

A celebration of the completion of the seven weeks of harvest, according to Deut. xvi, 9. At the present time the main object of the feast is to thank God for the giving of the commandments.

SUKKOTH. FEAST OF TABERNACLES.

It lasts seven days, commencing on the fourteenth day of the seventh month, Tishri, the first day only being a holy day. This is also a harvest feast, and is in obedience to the command in Levit. xxiii, 40: "And ye shall take unto yourselves on the first day the fruit of the tree, hadar, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of the myrtle tree, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the Eternal seven days."

ligations. They contained the thread of blue spoken of by Moses, a symbol to direct the eye and heart to God.

TALMUD. This book contains the complete civil and canonical law of the Jewish people, embracing both the Mishna and the Gemara, the former being the earliest text. It is a book of doctrine, as the name implies, and this doctrine is elucidated and commented upon in a series of dialogues, in many cases of a fanciful character. The Mishna (doctrine) and the Gemara (teaching) contain, however, many curious and interesting statements regarding legal, medical, physical, ethical and astronomical subjects. They reveal much of the customs, practices, and decisions of the Jewish nation in the ages of antiquity. The word Talmud is from the Hebrew word lamed, and signifies, to learn.

TEFILLA. A prayer known as Sh'mona esreth, on account of the eighteen benedictions that it originally contained.

TORAH. LAW. The five books of Moses, known as the Pentateuch.

ALDRICH, JAMES,

America..

ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY,

America.....

America....

Scotland...

Arabia..... ALLEN, ELIZABETH AKERS,

America....

....B. C. 389- 314

.B. C. 525- 456

B. C. 235 or 4- 183

1721-1770 1802-1876

1799- L.

ALDRIDGE, IRA,

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (Earl of Sterling),

ALFIERI,

Italy.
ALFONSO V., King of Aragon,
Spain..

ALI (Ali Ben Abu Taleb),

ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM,

Ireland.

ALLISON, RICHARD.

ANDERSON. HANS CHRISTIAN, Island of Fünen.....

ANGELO, MICHAEL,

Italy..

1807- L.

ANTONIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS,
Italy.
APOLLODORUS,

1767-1848

1805-1848

1672-1719

1810-1867

1590-1640

1749-1803

1385-1458

Flourished 655-661

........

ARCHIAS, AULUS LICINIUS,

1810-1856

Greece..... Flourished B. C. ARBITER, PETRONIUS,

1836- L.

Flourished 50- 66

Syria....... . Circa B. C. 120

..... Circa 1598-1679 BODENSTEDT, FRIEDERICH MARTIN VON,

1819- L.

BOHN, HENRY G.,

England

BOISTE, PIERRE CLAUDE VICTOIRE, France..

BOKER, GEORGE HENRY, America..

Norway

BRADLEY, MARY E., America... BRADSTREET, ANNE,

England.. BRADY, NICHOLAS,

Ireland...

BOLINGBROKE, LORD (Henry St. John),
England..
BONAR, HORATIUS,
Scotland..

1678-1751

1808-1869

BONIFACE, JOSEPH XAVIER (J. X. B. Saintine', France..

1798-1865

BONSTETTEN, CHARLES VICTOR DE,

1745-1832

Switzerland.. BOOTH, BARTON, England.. BOSWELL, JAMES,

1681-1733

Scotland...

1740-1822

BOTTA, ANNA C. LYNCH,
America.
BOVEE, C. NESTELL,
America....

BOWLES, WILLIAM LISLE,
England..
BOYESEN, HJALMAR HJORTH,

BROWN, TOM,

England.

BROWNE, SIR THOMAS,

England BROWNE, WILLIAM,

England...

1803-1845

...Circa 475-525

BRAINARD, JOHN G. C.,

America...

BREBEUF, GUILLAUMEDE,

France..

BRONTÉ, CHARLOTTE,
Ireland..

BROOKE, LORD (Fulke Greville),

England...

BROOKS, MARIA GOWEN,

America..

1752-1783

1766-1823 1755-1795

England.. BRUCE, MICHAEL, Scotland....

BROWNING, ELizabeth Barrett,

England... BROWNING, ROBERT,

1795- L.

1765-1824

1823- L.

. Circa 1820- L.

1820- L.

1762-1850

1848 L.

1835- L.

1613-1672

1659-1726

1796-1828

1618-1661

1816-1855

1544-1628

1795-1845

1663-1704

1605-1682

1590-1645

1809-1861

1812- L

1746-1767

18

1832- L.

B. C. 234- 149

Italy. · ··· · . . . Circa B. C. 77-45

CENTLIVRE, SUSANNAH,

England

1680-1723

CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE,

Spain.

1547-1616

CHANDLER, ELIZABETH MARGARET,

America.

1807-1834

CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY,
America.

1780-1842

CHATEAUBRIAND.

CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT, Earl of,

England

CHATTERTON, THOMAS,

England..
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY,
England

CHESTERFIELD, (Philip Domer Stanhope)
Earl of, England...

Spain.

CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS,

CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS,

CHILD, LYDIA MARIA,
America

CHILO,

Greece.... Flourished B. C. CHOATE, RUFUS, America..

CHORLEY, HENRY FOTHERGILL, England....

CHURCHILL, CHARLES,

England. CIBBER, COLLEY,

England.

CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS,
Italy.
CLARE, JOHN

England..
CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE,
England..
CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN,
England

CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN,

America

CLARKE, JAMES GOWDREY,

America. CLARKE, M'DONALD, America.

CLARKE, SIMEON TUCKER, America..

1708-1778

1752-1770

1328-1400

1694-1773

1802-1880

- 556

1799-1850

1808-1872

1731-1764

1671-1757

.B. C. 106- 43

1793-1864

1608-1674

1787-1877

637

CODRINGTON, CHRISTOPHER,

COECILLIUS.

COKE, SIR EDWARD,
England.

Greece....Flourished B. C.

1810 L.

1830

.. 1798-1842

1836- L.

.Circa 365- 410

1839- L.

- 560

...1613 Circa 1658

CLAUDIANUS, CLAUDIUS,

Egypt.. CLEMMER, MARY ANN, America..

CLEOBULUS,

CLEVELAND, JOHN,

England.

CLODIA.

CLOUGH, AUTHUR HUGH,

England.....

1819-1861

Island of Barbadoes....... 1668-1710

1551 or 2-1633