Bala Murghab, x, 4, 5, 8.
Balard, A. J., sketch, i, 61.
Balch, Thomas, obit., ii, 575.
Baldasseroni, G., sketch, i, 61.
Baldissera, Gen., xiii, 3.
Bald-knobbers, xii, 516; xiii, 565;
xiv, 567.

Baldwin, Charles C., ohit., xx, 562.
Baldwin, C. H., sketch, xiii, 622.
Baldwin, Henry P., obit., xvii, 532
Baldwin, Jesse G., obit., xii, 570.
Baldwin, John A béel, obit., xi, 664.
Baldwin, Judge C., obit., 1, 612.
Baldwin, Prof., obit., xii, 622.
Baldwin, Samuel, obít., xii, 570.
Balestier, Wolcott, obit., xvi, 604.
Balkan provinces, the, ix, 64; re-
ligious movement in, 279; x, 107
et seq.: 726, 727; Sláv sentiment
in, 719.

Ball, I. W., obit., v, 588.
Ball, John, sketch, xiv, 655.
Ball, R. S., ix, 45.
Ball, Thomas, xi, 347.
Ballance, John, obit., xviii, 576.
Ballantine, J., obit., ii, 593.
Ballantine, William, obit., xii, 622.
Ballantyne, Robert M., obit., xix,

609.

Ballay, Dr., explorations by, ii,
233, 334; iv, 401.
Ballet, the, xiii, 581; xiv, 579.
Ballooning, modern, xvi, 71.
Balloons, navigable, ix, 72; recon-
noissance in a, x, 25; voyage in,
by Burnaby, 115.
Ballot, law to prescribe form for,
iv, 17, 18; antiquity of the, xii,
244; boxes, xii, 245; box forgery,
xiv, 674; reform, xiv, 536; de
fense of, in Missouri, xx, 499.
Ballou, G. C., obit., i, 612.
Ballou, Maturin M., obit., xx, 562.
Balmaceda, J. M., obit., xvi, 663.
Balmain, invention by, v, 93.
Balsam copaiba, illustration, i, 77.
Baltes, Peter Joseph, obit., xi, 66.
Baltic provinces, 1, 71; Russifica-
tion in, x, 719; xiii, 727; xiv,
753.

Baltimore, xi, 160; illustration, i,
505; anniversary, v, 494; water,
xix, 774.

Bamangwato, description, iv, 403.
Bamboo, xi, 74.

Bamian, statues at, xi, 35.
Bananas, culture of, viii, 538; in
Louisiana, xviii, 468.
Bancroft, George, sketch and por-
trait, xv, 57.
Banded Bandicot, the, illustration,
i, 54.

Bandeiro, Dr. R., x, 298.

Bandel, J. E. von, sketch, i, 61.
Bandelier's investigations, ix, 16.
Bandon, Earl of, obit., ii, 593.
Bangor, Me., xvii, 104.
Bangs, G. F., obit., ii, 575.
Bangs, Francis N., x, 645.
Banian tree, the, illustration, i, 401.
Bank associations, national, xi, 264.
Bankhead, Henry Cary, obit., xix,
562.

Bank in Toronto, illustration, xii,
131.

Bankruptcy bill, English, viii, 410.
Banks, decision on national, i, 506;
laws for, in Massachusetts, i, 508;
vi, 536; of Tennessee, decision
on, ii, 711; failure of the City, of
Glasgow, iv, 175; savings, in

Rhode Island, iv, 769; fees of re-
ceivers in Connecticut, v, 195;
sale and taxation of shares of na-
tional, vi, 52; United States, vi,
126; vii, 392; taxation of, in
Delaware, vi, 205; in Argentine
Republic, vii, 25, 26; of States,
vii, 392; of Canada, viii, 84; in
Colombia, viii, 139; statistics of
1883, viii, 332; circulation in
United States, ix, 216; condition
of national, ix, 780: taxation, x,
621; co-operative, xi, 528; na-
tional, xiii, 785; xv, 840; xvi,
851; xvii, 758; new laws in Aus-
tralía, xviii, 55; State banks in
Illinois, 398; scandals in Italy,
413. And see Financial Review.
Banks, Gen. Nathaniel P., x, 426;

obit. and portrait, xix, 563.
Banvard, John, obit., xvi, 604.
Banville, T. F., obit., xvi, 664.
Baptist Church, Free, xix, 293.
Baptists, statistics, associations,

sects of, etc., in every volume.
Bara, Soudan, battle at, x, 318.
Baragnon, L. N., obit., xvii, 585.
Baraguay d'Hilliers, sketch, iii, 53.
Baralong territory, ix, 115.
Barbadoes, riots in, i, 366; xii, 800;
xiii, 839; xiv, 403; xvi, 864;
xvií, 792; xx, 761.
Barbedienne, F., obit., xvii, 585.
Barbed-wire fence, vi, 266.
Barbey d'Aurevilly, J. A., sketch,
xiv, 655.

Barbour, J. M., obit., vi, 678.
Barbour, John S., obit., xvii, 532.
Barbour, Oliver L, sketch, xiv, 617.
Barca, F., obit., viii, 597.
Barcelona, riots in, vii, 752; exhi-
bition, xiii, 748.
Bard, S., obit., iii, 632.

Bardoux, Agénor, sketch, ii, 320.
Bardsley, Sir J. L., obit., i, 628.
Bardsley case, the, xvi, 716.
Barciro, Don Candido, iii, 677.
Barff, Prof., discovery by, vii, 315;
invention by, vii, 533.
Bargash, Ben Said, xiii, 660.
Barger, Father, obit., ii, 575.
Bargue, Charles, xi, 347.
Barham, R. H. D., obit., xi, 709.
Barili, Antonio, sketch, i, 68.
Barillas, Gen., x, 466.

Barilochi Pass, Andes, viii, 385.
Baring, Sir Evelyn, ix, 285, 286,
289, 299; x, 495.
Baring, T. C., obit., xvi, 664.
Baringo, Lake, ix, 347.
Barker, Fordyce, obit., xvi, 604.
Barker, G. W., obit., iii, 632.
Barker, Prof., observations by, iii,

34.

Barksdale H., obit., vi, 678.
Barlow, S. B., obit., i, 612.
Barlow, S. L. M., sketch, xiv, 618.
Barnard, Daniel, obit., xvii, 532.
Barnard, D. P., sketch, xiii, 622.
Barnard, E. E., discoveries by, vi,
39; vii, 38; ix, 52; x, 51; xi, 57;
xii, 45.
Barnard, Frederick A. P., sketch
and portrait, xiv, 73.
Barnard, J. G., sketch, vii, 65.
Barnes, A. S., sketch, xiii, 622.
Barnes, Demas, sketch, xiii, 622.
Barnes, J. K., obit., viii, 586.
Barnett, J., obit., xv, 674.
Barnewall, R. A., obit., xii, 570.
Barney, Hiram, obit., xx, 563.

Barni, J. R., obit., iii, 649.
Barnum, Herry A., obit., xvii, 533.
Barnum, Phineas T., obit., xvi, 605.
Barnum, W. H., sketch, xiv, 618.
Barometers, water-, v, 51.
Baron, V. A., obit., xvii, 585.
Baross de Bellus, Gabriel von, obit.,
xvii, 585.
Barre, Vt., xvii, 106; chartered,
XX, 753.

Barrett, Com., obit., v, 588.
Barrett, J. W., experiments by, x,
690; xii, 674.

Barrett, Lawrence, obit. and por-
trait, xvi, 605.

Barrett, Rev. M., obit., i, 612.
Barrett, W. F., experiments by,
xii, 480.

Barrière, P. de la, ix, 57, 342.
Barrière, Théodore, obit., ii, 593.
Barrios, J. R., iii, 415; attempt on
the life of, ix, 385; union decree
of, x, 464, 465; his death, 466.
Barron, Samuel, sketch, xiii, 622.
Barrot, F., obit., viii, 597.
Barrow, Frances E., obit., xix, 568
Barrow, Sir G., obit., i, 628.
Barrow, Percy H. S., obit., xi, 709.
Barrundia, Martin, i, 89; arrested,
XV, 414.

Barry, E. M., obit., v, 598.
Barry, G. R., obit., i, 612.
Barry, P., obit., xv, 632.
Barry, W. F., sketch, iv, 73.
Barrymore, G. D., obit., xviii, 539.
Barth, Baron, death of, ii., 330.
Barth, J. B. P., obit., ii, 593.
Bartholdi's statue, x, 367, 642; xi,
328, 649.

Bartlett, F. W., invention by, i, 91.
Bartlett, Joseph J., obit., xviii, 539.
Bartlett, J. H., discovery, v, 288.
Bartlett, John R., obit., xi, 664.
Bartlett, Sidney, sketch, xiv, 618.
Bartlett, Washington, obit., xii,
570.

Bartlett, W. F., obit., i, 612.
Bartlett, W. H. C., obit. and por-
trait, xviii, 539.

Bartley, Mrs. Judge, obit., i, 612.
Bartol, James Le, obit., xii, 571.
Barton, Clara, vii, 718.

Barton, William B., obit., xvi, 606.
Bartow, Morey H., obit., xii, 571.
Bartsch, Karl F., sketch, xiii, 660.
Barttelot, Major, xiii, 295 et seq.
Barus, Carl, experiments of, xii,

479.

Bary, E. von, death of, ii, 329.
Base, a new, iv, 134; xi, 140.
Base-ball, x, 77 et seq.
Bashford, C., obit., iii, 632.
Basque provinces, i, 730.
Basques, illustration, i, 730.
Bass, Lyman K., sketch, xiv, 618.
Bassamas, tribe of the, v, 291.
Basset-hound, the, ix, 258.
Bassett, Isaac, obit., xx, 563.
Bassophone, the, x, 617.
Bastian, Adolf, ix, 277.
Bastian, H. Charleton, on the germ
theory, iii, 390; on the muscular
sense, xii, 672.
Bastide, J., obit., iv, 698.
Bastile celebration, v, 285; illustra-
tion, the Bastile, i, 313.
Basutoland, xvii, 75.
Basutos, the, v, 80; law to disarm,
v, 81: vi, 85; revolt of, v, 81; vi,
86; vii, 84; history and separa-
tion from Cape Colony, viií, 9;

ix, 111; x 83; effect of their
conflict with the Cape govern-
ment, 84; spread of drunkenness
among, 84.

Batanga river, x, 393.
Batbie, A. P., obit., xii, 622.
Bates, Eli, xii, 280.

Bates, Clara D., obit., xx, 563.
Bates College, illustration, i, 500.
Bath, England, illustration, i, 359.
Bath, N. Y., xv, 120.

Baths among various nations, v,
354; bath-rooms, v, 362; bath-
lift, xvi, 706.

Bathurst, Earl, obit., iii, 649.
Batoche, engagement at, x, 127.
Baton Rouge, La., xviii, 152.
Batoum, xi, 792.

Battaglini, F., obit., xvii, 585.
Battell, Robbins, obit., xx, 563.
Battenberg, Prince, vii, 73.
Battershall, J. P., obit., xvi, 607.
Battey, Robert, obit., xx, 563.
Battin, Joseph, obit., xviii, 539.
Battle Creek, Mich., xv, 120.
Battle, W. H., sketch, iv, 74.
Battleford, x, 127, 128.
Battye, Col. R., killed, xiii, 436.
Baudet, Paul, obit., ii, 593.
Baudissin, W. H. F. K., obit., iii,

649.

Baudot, invention by, vi, 256.
Baudonin, Prince, obit., xvi, 664.
Baudry, Paul, obit., xi, 709; exhi-
bition of his works, xi, 344.
Bauer, Caroline, obit., ii, 593.
Bauer, Clara, sketch, i, 68.
Bauernfeld, E., obit., xv, 674.
Baumann's route, xviii, 336.
Baumstark, A., obit., i, 628.
Bausch, E., ix, 506, 515, 518.
Bavaria, view of Baireuth, i, 578;
King Ludwig of, xi, 392; Otto,
392; regent, 392.
Baviera, J., Cervera, xi, 374.
Baxendell, discoveries, v, 35, 36.
Baxter, J. H., obit., xv, 632.
Baxter, John, obit., xi, 665.
Baxter, Mary E. K., obit, xx, 563.
Baxter, S., obit., iii, 632.
Baxter, W. E., óbit., xv,
Bayard, Emilé, x, 358, 363; obit.,
xvi, 664.

674.

52.

Bayard, James A., sketch, v,
Bayard, Thomas F., sketch and
portrait, x, 756.
Bayard mutiny, the, x, 173.
Bay City, Mich., xvi, 148.
Bayer, H. J. P. von, sketch, i, 69.
Bayer, Prof., discovery by, vi, 428.
Bayfield, Wis., xviii, 158.
Bayley, J. K., sketch, ii, 66.
Bayue, Herbert A., obit., xi, 709.
Baynes, Thomas S., obit., xii, 623.
Bayonne, illustration, i, 317.
Bazaine, François Achille, sketch
and portrait, xiii, 80.
Bazalgette, Sir J., obit., xvi, 664.
Beach, E. J., obit., ii, 575.
Boach, John S., obit., xii, 571.
Beach, Moses S., obit., xvii, 583.
Beach, Sir Michael Hicks, Bart.,
X, 447; sketch, 449; x, 440; xi,

399.

Beach, William A., obit., ix, 602.
Beach, William M., bit., xii, 571.
See Disraeli.
Beaconsfield.

Beale, Edward F., obit., xviii, 540.
Beale, Joseph, sketch, xiv, 618.
Beamer and Clarke, experiments
by, iv, 132.

Bear, voyage of the, ix, 29.
Beard, Charles, sketch, xiii, 660.
Beard, George M., obit., viii, 586;
ix, 554.

Beard, Henry, sketch, xiv, 618.
Beard, James H., obit., xviii, 540.
Beardsley, Eben E., obit., xvi, 607.
Beardsley, S. B., obit., xv, 632.
Bears, x, 387; xvi, 541.
Beasley, Joseph, invention, x, 575.
Beaton, Ruth, obit., ii, 575.
Beatrice Gulf, iii, 362.
Beatrice, Neb., xvi, 149.
Beatty, Henry O., obit., xvii, 533.
Beatty, Ormond, obit., xv, 633.
Beaubien, J. C., obit., ii, 593.
Beaume, J., obit., x, 657.
Beaumont's air-engine, vi, 513; per-
forator, vii, 281; viii, 31.
Beaunis, experiments by, viii, 635.
Beauregard, A. T., obit., vi, 679.
Beauregard, P. G. T., x, 424; obit.
and portrait, xviii, 540.
Beaver, James A., sketch, vii, 677.
Bebel, ix, 360; xi, 389.
Bed, inusical, x, 613.

Beccari, O., explorations of, i, 330;
iv, 408.

Bechamp, investigations, viii, 636.
Becher, Albrecht, obit., xvii, 533.
Bechterew, experiments, viii, 634.
Bechuanaland, ix, 111, 112, 113; xi,
134; war in, viii, 92; x, 85; the
Rhodes settlement, x, 86; Warren
expedition, x, 87; trial of Niekirk,
X, 87; conflict of authority, x, 88;
xiv, 106; xv, 95; xvi, 103; xvii,
76; annexation of British, xx,
110. See also Cape Colony.
Beck, J. B., obit., xv, 633.
Beck, J. T. von, obit., iii, 650.
Beck, William E., obit., xvii, 533.
Becker, G. F., x, 404; xi, 588.
Becker, H., obit., x, 657.
Becker, K. F., obit., ii, 593.
Beckmann, J. H., obit., iii, 650.
Beckwith, Amos, obit., xix, 564.
Beckwith, C., obit., XV, 633.
Beckwith, J. W., obit., xv, 633.
Beckwith, T., obit., iii, 632.
Beckyx, Father P. J., obit., xi, 790;
xii, 623.

Béclard, Jules, obit., xii, 623..
Becquerel, A. C., sketch, iii, 53,

650.

Becquerel, A. E., observations by,
xii, 110.

Bedell, G. T., obit., xvii, 533.
Bedford, G. S., obit., xviii, 540.
Bedford, H. M., obit., v, 588.
Bedle, Joseph D., obit., xix, 564.
Beds, folding, xiii, 81.

Bee, vision of the honey, xii, 672.
Becbe, Brig.-Gen. C. F., port., xx,
Beech, Major, xiii, 2.

510.

Beecher, Cath. E., sketch, iii, 53.
Beecher, Edward, obit., xx, 563.
Beecher, Honry Ward, sketch and
portrait, xii, 60.

Beecher, W. H., sketch, xiv, 618.
Beegerite, vi, 98.

Beekman, J. W., obit., ii, 575.
Beer, M., observations of, xi, 585.
Beer, tax on, vii, 65.

Beers, Dr. George W., x, 519.
Beers, Henry N., obit., xii, 571.
Beers, William H., obit., xviii, 540.
Beethoven, xi, 479.
Beet-sugar, i, 94; new product, is,
75; in Delaware, iv, 311; in

Maine, iv, 578; in Maryland, iv,
590; xviii, 597.
Beggars, xiii, 134.
Behic, A., obit., xvi, 664.
Behm, E., obit., ix, 614.
Behnke, Emil, obit., xvii, 585.
Behring Sea, British schooners
seized in, xii, 285:

Behring Strait, current, vi, 325.
Belcastel, J. B., obit., xv, 674.
Belcher, Nathan, obit., xvi, 607.
Belcher, Sir E., obit., ii, 593.
Belden, David, sketch, xiii, 622.
Belfast, riots in, xi, 403.
Belgian free churches, iii, 57.
Belgium, statistics, elections, etc.,
in every volume; struggle be-
tween Catholics and Liberals, i,
7; ii, 68; on the question of sec-
ular education, iv, 77: v, 53, 56;
ix, 78; xi, 84; electoral law, i, 71;
changes of cabinet, iii, 56; ix, 79;
church funds, vi, 58; viii, 57;
controversy between moderate
clericals and Ultramontanes, vi,
59; international congresses in,
i, 72; ii, 69; v, 55; x, 91; expo-
sitions, v, 55; x, 91; labor-riots,
xi, 81; xii, 66; cattle duties, xii,
66; free churches of, iii, 57; con-
nection with the Congo State, x,
91; revision of constitution,
xvii, 58.

Belgrade, illustration, i, 756.
Belize, Honduras, view of, xvi, 347.
Belknap, W. W., impeachment of,

i, 42, 203, 686; obit., xv, 633.
Bell, A. Graham, inventions and
experiments by, i, 740; vi, 239,
257, 787; ix, 45, 307, 308; litiga-
tion concerning telephone patent,
xii, 649.

Bell, Charles, ix, 476.
Bell, Charles H., obit., xviii, 541.
Bell, C. N., xi, 23.

Bell Cox case, the, xv, 12.
Bell, G. L., invention by, i, 522.
Bell, John, obit., xx, 603.
Bell, King, x, 121.
Bell, Sir G., obit., ii, 594.
Bell, T., obit., v. 598.
Belleau, Sir N. F., obit., xix, 609.
Bellegarde, Augustus von, obit., xi,

709; funeral of, xi, 311.
Bellen, F. H. T., sketch, xiii, 623.
Belleville, Ill., xix, 185.
Belli, invention by, iii, 545.
Bellova Railroad, seized, xiii, 116.
Belly, L. A. A., obit., ii, 594.
Belmont, A., obit., xv, 633.
Belmont, battle at, x, 423.
Beloochistan, rebellion in, i, 73;
ii, 69; map, i, 7; British occu
pation of Quetta, ii, 70.
Belot, A., obit., xv, 674.
Belshaw, J., invention, viii, 466.
Beluchistan, xv, 485.
Benao, Princess, ix, 460.
Benares, bridge at, xiii, 299.
Benavides y Navarrete, F. de P.,
obit., xx, 604.

Benedek, L. von, obit., vi, 690.
Benedict, E. C., sketch, v, 56.
Benedict, Mrs. J. T., obit., ii, 575.
Benedict, Sir J., sketch, x, 92.
Benedict, St., anniversary, v, 658.
Benedictine monks, xii, 288.
Bengal, x, 495.
Bengal Tenancy Act, x, 445, 528.
Benham, II. W., obit., ix, 602.
Beni river, exploration of, vi, 332.

Beni Zemour, rebellion, xiii, 574.
Benic, Rear-Admiral, obit., i, 629.
Benjamin, Judah P., obit., ix, 602,
Benjamin, Samuel N., obit., xi, 665.
Benker and Lasne, experiments by,
viii, 115.

Bennet, Orlando, obit., v, 588.
Bennett, C. W., obit., xvi, 607.
Bennett, Dr. Hughes, x, 742.
Bennett, J. G., expedition, vi, 322.
Bennett, Nathaniel, obit., xi, 665.
Bennett school law, the, xiv, 827;
xv, 855, 856.

Bennett, Sir J. R., obit., xvi, 664.
Bennett, William C., obit., xx,

604.

Bennigsen, retirement of, viii, 335.
Bennington centennial, ii, 757;
celebration, xvi, 858; day, xx,
753.

Bennington, Vt., xvii, 106.
Benomar, Count, x, 143.
Benson, E. W., sketch, portrait,
viii, 57.

Benson, S. P., obit., i, 612.
Bent, Theodore, xi, 34; xii, 22.
Bentinck, H. J. W., obit., iii, 650.
Bentley, H. H., obit., xx, 564.
Benton Harbor, Mich., xvi, 149.
Benton, Jacob, obit., xvii, 534.
Benton, J. D., obit., xv, 633.
Benton, J. G., obit., vi, 679.
Benue river, exploration of, v, 290;
ix, 348; x, 393.
Benzoic acid, v, 89.

Benzoyl, discovery of, ix, 809.
Bequests and gifts, xviii, 350; xix,

322.

Berardi, Cardinal, sketch, iii, 57.
Beraud, Jean, x, 358.
Berber, fall of, ix, 297; taken by
Gordon, 301.

Berber tribes, revolt of, xiii, 576.
Berbera, province of, attempt to
take, ix, 296.
Berchere, N., obit., xvi, 664.
Berdan, Hiram, obít., xviii, 541.
Berdellé, J. B., obit., i, 629.
Berden, H., invention, ii, 626.
Beresford, M., obit., i, 629.
Beresford, Lord, in Egypt, and
portrait, vii, 248; x, 314, 315.
Beresford-Hope, obit., xii, 623.
Beressowski, xi, 377.
Berg, C., obít., xvi, 665.
Berg, M., x, 291, 292, 293; trial of,
xi, 285; xii, 222.

Bergaigne, Abel, sketch, xiii, 660.
Bergh, Henry, sketch, xiii, 623.
Berghash, Seyyed, obit., xi, 709.
Berglund, experiments, viii, 113.
Bergmann, Carl, obit., i, 613, 629.
Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitra-
tion, with map, xviii, 79; seal-
ing in, 683; xx, 733; conclusion,
xix, 749.

Bering's island, xi 3,75.
Berlier, invention by, vii, 741.
Berlin, Treaty of, iii, 292; Glad-
stone on, iii, 402; dissatisfaction
in Greece, iii, 409; in Hungary,
iii, 425; in Italy, iii, 458; in ter-
ritory ceded to Montenegro, iii,
586; in Roumania, iii, 739; ter-
ritory gained by Russia, iii, 741;
dissatisfaction in Russia, iii, 744;
in the Turkish provinces, iii,
795, 796; in Bulgaria, ix, 733;
discussion in Austria, iv, 62; in-
distinctness as to Montenegro, iv,
648; measures to enforce, v, 543,

687, 688; as to Greek bounda-
ries, vi, 374; relations of Ger-
many and Russia after, vii, 353;
difficulty in carrying out, viii,
550; refusal of England to recog-
nize, x, 753; conference, ix, 170;
X, 190.

Bermuda, xiii, 839; xv, 407; xvi,
346; xvii, 327; and see West
Indies.

Bermudez, E. E., obit., xvii, 534.
Bermudez, R. M., obit., xix, 609.
Bernaert ministry, the, ix, 80.
Bernard affair, the, viii, 57, 694.
Bernard, Claude, sketch, iii, 57.
Bernhardi, Theodor, obit., xii, 624.
Bernhardt, Sarah, sketch, v, 57.
Bernstein, A., lamp of, viii, 303;
ix, 305.

Beroud, Louis, x, 367.
Berri-berri, disease in Acheen, xi,

608.

Berrien, John M., obit., viii, 586.
Berry, James R., obit., xvi, 607.
Berry, J. H., sketch, vii, 30.
Berry, John M., iii, 567.
Berry, Nathaniel S., obit., xix,

564.

Berry, R. M., expedition, vi, 323.
Bert, Paul, appointment, vií, 324;
attack on the church, 324, 325;
ix, 662; x, 380; obit., xi, 709.
Berthaut, Gen., obit., vi, 691.
Berthelot, P. E., experiments by,
i, 92; iii, 93, 725; x, 151, 154,
343; xii, 101.

Berths, swinging, xvi, 709.
Bertin, L. A., obít., ii, 594.
Bertini, H., obit., i, 629.
Bertrand, E., ix, 506, 515.
Bertrand, Felix, sketch, i, 74.
Beryl, analysis of, x, 156.
Beryllium, atomic weight, vii, 89.
Berzelius, ix, 808.

Besnard, Paul A., x, 363; xii, 275.
Bessarabia, retrocession of, to Rus-
sia, iii, 739, 741, 742; viii, 697.
Bessels, Emil, sketch, xiii, 623.
Bessemer steel process, ii, 403; iii,
128; vii, 530; in United States,
vii, 531; applied to copper, viii,
522.

Beta, Heinrich, obit., i, 629.
Beta Lyra, spectrum of, x, 53.
Bethells, Christopher, ix, 113.
Bethmann-Hollweg, obit., ii, 594.
Bethesda, Pool of, xiii, 31.
Betting, xiii, 87.

Betts, Charles W., obit., xii, 571.
Betts, W., obit., ix, 603.
Beust, Friedrich F., obit., xi, 84.
Bevan, Theodore F., explorations
by, xii, 311.
Bevier troubles, xiii, 566.
Bézique, xiii, 89.

Bezold, W. von, xi, 539.
Bhamo, district of, x, 115.
Bhotan, insurrection, x, 491, 499.
Bianchi, death of, x, 394.
Bible Christians, ii, 510; xi, 502;
xiii, 546; xiv, 566;, xv, 546; xix,

480.

Bible societies, xii, 67; xiii, 92;
xiv, 78.

Bible, the, Japanese translation,
iii, 463; into Oriental languages,
iii, 586; heretical views on in-
spiration of, iii, 698; Brahman
opinion of, iv, 91; case of Rob-
citson Smith, vi, 760, 769; of W.
L. MacFarlane, vi, 769; Colenso

on the Pentateuch, viii, 185;
places of, identified, ix, 27; re-
vision of the English version, x,
92; previous translations, x, 92,
93; list of translators, x, 94.
Bibliophile Jacob, ix, 617.
Bibra, Baron E. von, obit., iii, 650.
Bichloride of mercury and urea, x,
298.

Bichi, Prof., x, 158.

Bicker, Walter, obit., xi, 665.
Bickersteth, R., obit., ix, 614.
Bicknell, G. A., obit., xvi, 607.
Bicycles, ix, 80; xx, 86; illustra-
tions, x, 80-84; improved sad-
dle, xx, 88.

Biddle, W. M., sketch, xiv, 618.
Biddlecomb, Sir G., obit., iii, 650.
Bidwell, Shelford, x, 539.
Bidwell, W. H., obit., vi, 679.
Big Bear, Chief, x, 129.
Bigelow, Allen G., obit., xvi, 607.
Bigelow, E. B., invention, viii,

94.

589.

Bigelow, G. T., sketch, iii, 58.
Bigelow, Hobart B., obit., xvi, 607.
Bigelow, Jacob, sketch, iv, 78.
Bigelow, Henry J., obit., xv, 634.
Biggar, J. G., obit., xv, 674.
Biggs, Judge A., sketch, iii, 58.
Bigler, William, obit., v,
Bignell, F. H., ix, 349.
Bigourdan, M., xii, 45.
Billings, E. C., obit., xviii, 541.
Billings, F., obit., xv, 634.
Billings, Josh, x, 654.
Billot, M., x, 27.

Billroth, Theodor, obit., xix, 609.
Bimbia, ix, 365.

Bimetallic system, sec Currency,
ii, 235; vi, 60, 287; Latin Union,
viii, 419; x, 275; conference,
xix, 338.
Bimetallism in Germany, xix, 317.
Binary systems, xix, 53.
Bindi, Archbishop, obit., i, 629.
Bindseil, H. E., obit., i, 629.
Bingham, G. A., obit., xx, 564.
Bingham, G. B., obit., xviii, 541.
Bingham, Samuel, obit., i, 613.
Binghamton, xi, 162; asylum, v,
572.

Binnie, William, obit., xi, 710.
Binocular telescopes, xvi, 713.
Binz and Schulz, theory of arsen-
ical poisoning, v, 91.
Biological laboratories, x, 46; work
of Dr. Carpenter, x, 144, 145.
Biondelli, Bernardino, obit., xi,
710.

Birch, De Burgh, xii, 678.
Birch, C. B., xi, 345: obit., xviii,

576.

Bird, Francis Wm., obit., xix, 564.
Bird organs, x, 613.
Bird, W. A., obit., iii, 632.
Bird's Nest, edible, xii, 676.
Birds, songs of, xi, 85; vocal ap-
paratus of, illustrations, xi, 90.
Birdwood, Sir George, xiii, 7.
Birge, Henry W., sketch, xiii, 623.
Birmingham, England, illustration,
i, 362; xiii, 159.
Birmingham, Mr., observations,
iii, 38.
Biscacho, the, ix, 790.
Bishop, Anna, obit., ix, 603.
Bishop of Lincoln, trial of, xiv,
case of, xvi, 10.
Bishop, R. M., obit., xviii, 541.
Bishop, Victor, obit., i, 613.

11;

Bishop, W. I., sketch, xiv, 619.
Bishopric of Grahamstown, vii, 21.
Bishoprics, in England, iii, 403.
Bishops, colonial jurisdiction of, ii,
24; consecration of, ii, 27; lia-
bility of church property for debts
of, vi, 793; viii, 673; right of
nominating, viii, 695.
Bishop's King, x, 592; xi, 546.
Bismarck, North Dakota, xix, 136.
Bismarck, Prince, contest with
Liberals, i, 344; resignation of-
fered by, ii, 350; v, 320; and
Socialists, iii, 380; negotiations
with Papal Nuncio, iii, 382; end
of alliance with Liberals, iv, 436,
740; and the German Parliament,
vi, 338; defeats of, vi, 344; state
socialism of, viii, 393; influence,
viii, 397; reconciliation with Em-
peror Wilhelm, xix, 318; recon-
ciliation of Russia and Austria,
ix, 64; the state council and, ix,
356; not a letter-carrier, ix, 359;
his party, ix, 360; his concessions
to the Pope, ix, 390; the Lasker
affair, see Lasker, E.; his theory
of effective jurisdiction, x, 143;
x, 120 et seq.; xi, 388, 389, 390;
xvii, 316; retirement of, xv, 379;
xvi, 327. See also Germany in
each volume.
Bismarck Archipelago, x, 681.
Bissagos Islands, rebellion in, xvi,

752.

Bissell, W. H. A., obit., xviii, 541.
Bissell, Wilson S., sketch and por-
trait, xviii, 736.

Bit Karziyabku, city of, ix, 18.
Bitter, K. H., sketch, iv, 740.
Bixby, J. M., obit., i, 613.
Bizzardi, Cardinal, obit., ii, 594.
Bizzozero, experiments, viii, 633.
Bjerknes, experiments, vi, 404.
Bjorkmann, invention by, x, 345.
Björnson, B., in politics, vi, 827;
on the King's veto, vii, 772.
Blaauw Krantz bridge, x, 329; il-
lustration, x, 330.

Black, Henry M., obit., xviii, 541.
Black, Jere. S., sketch, viii, 58.
Black Death, iv, 730; xiii, 311.
Black Flags, viii, 767; ix, 187; x,
24, 27, 30 massacre by, x, 81.
Black Forest, musical inventions of
the, x, 612, 613.
Black Friday, x, 435.
Black Hills mines, ii, 245; ix, 240;
xi, 280.
Blackburn, Luke Pryor, iv, 541;
obit., xii, 572.
Blackburne, E. O., obit., xix, 609.
Blackio, John Stuart, obit., XX,

604.

Black-mailing, act against, iii, 619.
Black mountain expedition, xiii,
436; xvi, 377.
Blackwood, J., obit., iv, 698.
Bladder, operations on the, ix, 748.
Blaine, Emmons, obit., xvii, 534.
Blaine, James G., sketches, iv, 78,

and ix, 86; steel portrait, vi,
738; official papers, see Peru,
Chili, etc., and Panama Canal;
oration on Garfield, vii, 127
sketch and portrait, xiv, 801;
xviii, 86; birthplace, 86; rcsi-
dence, 93; memorial, 471.
Blaine, Walker, obit., xv, 634.
Blair, Austin, obit., xix, 564.
Blair, Barnard, obit., v, 589.

Blair educational bill, the, xiii,
234.

Blair, Francis P., sketch, i, 74.
Blair Montgomery, obit., viii, 587.
Blair, Mrs., obit., ii, 575.
Blair, S. S., obit., xv, 634.
Blake, A. S., obit., xx, 564.
Blake, E.. sketch, viii, 59.
Blake, Eli Whitney, obit., xi, 665.
Blake, James, experiments by, vi,

99; vii, 89; ix, 659; xii, 102.
Blake, Samuel H., obit., xii, 572.
Blake W. P., ix, 475.
Blakeman, Birdseye, obit., xix,

564.

Blakesley, J. W., obit., x, 657.
Blanc, C., obit., vii, 645.
Blanc, Louis, sketch, vii, 67.
Blanchard, E. L., sketch, xiv, 655.
Blanchard, J. W., obit., ii, 575.
Blanchard, Jonathan, obit., xvii,
534.

Blanchard, Wyatt, obit., ii, 575.
Blanchett, J. G., obit., xv, 675.
Blanford, Henry, xii, 490.
Blanford, W. T., ix, 46; xi, 543.
Blankingship, James A., obit.,
xviii, 541.

Blanqui, A., sketch, vi, 65.
Blas and Miest, experiments by,
viii, 524.

Blaschko, Dr., experiments by, x,
689; xii, 672.
Blashfield, E. H., ix, 245.
Blasphemy, trial for, viii, 418.
Blasting powders, x, 343.
Blatchford, Lord, sketch, xiv, 655.
Blatchford, S., vii, 807; obit., xviii,

541.

Blatta, fossil, illustration, ix, 368.
Blavatsky, H. P., obit., xvi, 665.
Brazil, xix,

Bleaching, agent in, viii, 115; im-
proved process for, x, 159.
Bledsoe, Dr. A. T., obit., ii, 575.
Bleibtreu, Georg, obit., xvii, 585.
Bleichroeder, G., obit., xviii, 576.
Blenheim Palace sale of pictures,
xi, 345.

Bleuler and Lehmann, experiments
by, vi, 400.

Blind, education of. See Howe, i,
384.

Blinn, Christian, sketch, xiv, 619.
Bliss, D. Willard, sketch, xiv, 619.
Bliss, Edwin E., obit., xvii, 534.
Bliss, Isaac G., sketch, xiv, 619.
Bliss, P. C., obit., x, 646.
Bliss, Philemon, sketch, xiv, 619.
Blitz, Signor, obit., ii, 575.
Blizzard, illustrated, xiii, 602.
Bloch, M., ix, 657.

Block Island, R. I., xx, 686.
Block, Lieut., survey of Greenland,
xii, 316.

Bluefields difficulty, xix, 546.
Blue Licks, anniversary, vii, 453.
Blue Mountain peak, xii, 314.
Blue Nile, the revolt on, viii, 299.
Bluethner, J., improvements of the
piano by, i, 517.
Blum, Robert, ix, 245.
Blumenburg, Maj. L., obit., i, 613.
Blunt, Asa P., sketch, xiv, 619.
Blunt, Charles E., obit., xvii, 534.
Blunt, G. W., obit., iii, 632.
Blunt, J. H., obit., ix., 614.
Blunt, Wilfred, xii, 342.
Blunt's study of Islam, vi, 440.
Bluntschli, J. G., sketch, vi. 65.
Boardman, G. S., obit., ii, 576.
Boardman, H. A., obit., v, 589.
Boas, F., x, 398.

Boats, house, xiii, 416 et seq.; col-
lapsable, 93; submarine, 798;
folding, xvi, 703.
Bobbett, Albert, sketch, xiii, 623.
Bob White, the, x, 389.
Boca Tigris, illustration, i, 110.
Bochfontaine, experiments by, viii,

Bocholtz, Countess, death, v, 659.
Bocklish, Dr., xii, 679.
Bocock, Thomas S., obit., xvi, 608.
Bodenstedt, F. M., von, obit., xvii,

Bodichon, B. L. S., obit., xvi, 665.
Bodisco, W., obit., iii, 632.
Bodley, R. L., sketch, xiii, 624.
Bodwell, Joseph R., obit., xii, 572.
Boehm, Sir E., obit., xv,
675.
Boeresco, B., obit., viii, 597.
Boers, war with the, vi, 87, 88; viii,
89, 92; ix, 112, 113; x, 86; dis-
puted grant to, x, 136.
Boer trek, the, xvi, 107.
Bogart, W. H., sketch, xiii, 624.
Boggs, C. S., sketch, xii, 624.
Boggs, Frank M., prize to, x, 367.
Bogoslov Peak, view of, xviii, 83.
Bogotá, xi, 192; illustration, i,

Bogran, Luis, obit., xx, 604.
Bogy, L. V., sketch, ii, 71.
Boh-cho, chief, xii, 81.
Bohemia, conflict of nationalities
in, v, 45; language war in, ix,
67; peasants of, illustration, i,
58; xiv, 61; disorders, xviii, 64.
Bohemian Ausgleich, xv, 53.
Böhm, Dr., x, 393, 394.
Böhmer, experiments by, viii, 112.
Bohn, Henry G., obit., ix, 614.
Bohnstedt, L., obit., x, 657.
Boisbaudran, L. de, metal dis-
covered by, i, 524; experiments
by, iii, 89; vi, 41; ix, 119; x,
578; xii, 101, 109, 110.
Boisé City, Idaho, xvi, 149.
Boise, J. R., obit., xx, 564.
Boisgobey, F., obit., xvi, 665.
Bojanowski, V., obit., xvii, 586.
Boker, G. H., obit. and portrait,

565.

Bloomington, Ill., xv, 120.
Bloss, George, M. D., obit., i, 613.
Blount, Commissioner, xviii, 382.
Bloxam, Charles L., xii, 109.

disturbances in, xi, 6.
Bolan Pass, the, secured to Great

Bolingsoff, C., obit., xii, 572.
Bolivar, Simon, statue of, x, 361.
Bolivia, in every volume but i
silver in, x, 99, cinchona, 99
cotton-tree, 100; new city and