Bible Encyclopedias

Advocates' Library
a library belonging to the faculty of advocates in edinburgh, founded in 1632; it alone of scotch libraries still holds the privilege of receiving a copy of every book entered at stationers' hall.

Aladdin
a character in the "arabian nights," who became possessed of a wonderful lamp and a wonderful ring, by rubbing which together he could call two evil genii to do his bidding.

Al`leine, Joseph
a puritan writer, author of a book once, and to some extent still, much in favour among religious people, entitled "alarm to the unconverted" (1632-1674).

Am`adis de Gaul
A celebrated romance in prose, written partly in Spanish and partly in French by different romancers of the 15th century; the first four books were regarded

Anderson, Sir Edmund
lord chief-justice of common pleas under elizabeth, sat as judge at the trial of mary, queen of scots. anderson's reports is still a book of authority; d . 1605.

Arabia
The most westerly peninsula of Asia and the largest in the world, being one-third the size of the whole of Europe, consisting of (a ) a central plateau

Argyll, George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of
As Marquis of Lorne took a great interest in the movement which led to the Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843, a Whig in politics, was a member

Arnobius
an african rhetorician who, in the beginning of the 4th century, embraced christianity, and wrote a book in its defence, still extant, and of great value, entitled "disputations against the heathen."

Ascham, Roger
A Yorkshireman, Fellow of Cambridge, a good classical, and particularly Greek, scholar; wrote a book on archery, deemed a classic, entitled "Toxophilus,"

Asgill, John
an eccentric englishman, wrote a book to prove that death was due to want of faith, and to express his belief that he would be translated, and translated he was, to spend 30 years, apparently quite happily, writing pamphlets, and end his days in the debtors' prison.

Astruc, Jean
a french physician and professor of medicine in paris, now noted as having discovered that the book of genesis consists of elohistic and jehovistic portions, and who by this discovery founded the modern school called of the higher criticism (1681-1766).

Athenæus
a greek writer of the 3rd century, wrote a curious miscellany of a book entitled "deipnosophistæ, or the suppers of the learned," extant only in an imperfect state.

At`oll
the name, a polynesian one, given to a coral island consisting of a ring of coral enclosing a lagoon.

Aya`la, Pedro Lopez D'
a spanish soldier, statesman, and diplomatist, born in murcia; wrote a "history of the kings of castile," which was more than a chronicle of wars, being also a review of them; and a book of poems entitled the "rhymes of the court" (1332-1407).

Baker, Sir Samuel White
a man of enterprise and travel, born in london; discovered the albert nyanza; commanded an expedition under the khedive into the soudan; wrote an account of it in a book, "ismailia"; visited cyprus and travelled over india; left a record of his travels in five volumes with different titles (1821-1893).

Baruch
The friend of the prophet Jeremiah, and his scribe, who was cast with him into prison, and accompanied him into Egypt; a book in the Apocrypha, instinct

Bazaine, François Achille
A marshal of France, born at Versailles; distinguished himself in Algiers, the Crimea, and Mexico; did good service, as commander of the army of the

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell
born at clifton, son of thomas beddoes; an enthusiastic student of science; a dramatic poet, author of "bride's tragedy"; got into trouble for his radical opinions; his principal work, "death's jest-book, or the fool's tragedy," highly esteemed by barry cornwall (1803-1849).

Bel and the Dragon, History of
one of the books of the apocrypha, a spurious addition to the book of daniel, relates how daniel persuaded cyrus of the vanity of idol-worship, and is intended to show its absurdity.