CONTENTS iii PAGE Vandervelde, "Willem (two) 259 Van Diemen's Land. See Tasma- nia. Vandyke, Sir Anthony 259 Vane, Charles William Stewart. See Londonderry, Marquis of. Vane, Sir Henry 260 Van Erpen, Thomas. See Erpenius. Van Eyck. See Eyck. Van Helmont. See Helmont. Vanilla 261 Vanini, Lucilio 262 Van Lennep. See Lennep. Vanloo, Jean Baptiste 263 Vanloo, Charles Andr6 262 Vannes 262 Vanni, Francesco 262 Vannucci, Pietro. See Perugino. Van Oort, Adam. See Oort. Van Oost, Jacob (two) 262 Van Oosterzee, Jan Jacob 262 Van Os, Pieter Gerard 262 Van Eensselaer, Stephen 263 Van Rensselaer, Solomon 268 Van Rensselaer, Cortland 263 Van Schendel, Petrus 263 Vansittart, Nicholas 263 Van Swieten. See Swieten. Van Veen, Otho 263 Vanvitelli, Luigi 263 Van Wert co 264 Van Zandt co 264 Vapereau, Louis Gustave 264 Vaporization 264 Var 266 Varangians. See Northmen, vol. xii., p. 498. Vargas, Luis de 266 Varicose Veins 266 Varinas. See Barinas. Varioloid 267 Varna 267 Varnhagen von Ense, Earl August Ludwig Philipp 267 Varnish 267 Varoli, Costanzo 269 Varro, Marcus Terentius 269 Varro, Publius Terentius 270 Varus, Publius Quintilius. See Ar- minius. Vas co 270 Vasa 270 Vasa, Gustavus. See Gustavus I. Vasarhely 270 Vasari, Giorgio 270 Vasco da Gama. See Garna. Vassar College 270 Vater, Johann Severin 271 Vatican 271 Vatican, Council of the 273 Vattel, Emmeric de 277 Vauban, Sebastien Leprestre, Mar- quis de 277 Vaucanson, Jacques de 277 Vaucluse 278 Vaud 278 Vaudeville. See Drama, voL vi., p. 244. Vaudois. See Waldenses. Vaudreuilco 278 VaudreuiJ, Philippe de Rigaud, Mar- quis de 278 Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, Mar- quis de 278 Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Bi- gaud, Marquis de 279 Vaughan, Henry 279 Vaughan, Robert 279 Vaulabelle, Achille Tenaille de 279 Vaunks. See Cape River. Vauquelin, Louis Nicolas 279 Vautier, Benjamin 279 Veda 280 Vedder, Elihu 280 Vega, Garcilaso de la. See Garci- laso de hi Vega. Vega, Georg von, Baron 280 Vega, Lope de 280 Vegetable Ivory Tree. Sae Phyte- lephas. Vehmic Courts 281 Vehse, Karl Eduard 282 PAGE Veil 282 Vein, in mineralogy. See Mine. Veins 282 Veit, Philipp 288 Vela, Vincenzo 284 Velasquez, Diego Rodriguez de SU- vay 284 Velde, Franz Karl van der. 284 Velia 284 Velleius Paterculus. See Pater- culus. Velletrl 285 Vellore 285 Vellum. See Parchment. Velocimeter 285 Velocipede 286 Velpeau, Alfred Armand Louis Marie 286 Velvet 287 Venaissin. See Comtat-Venaissin. Venango co 287 Vendace 287 Vended, La 288 Vend6me 288 Vendfime, Cesar, Duke de 288 Vendfime, Louis, Duke de 288 Venedey, Jakob 289 Veneer 289 Venetia 290 Venezuela, United States of 290 Veni. See Beni. Venice, a province 296 Venice, a city 296 Venice, gulf of 800 Venloo 300 Venom 800 Ventilation. See Warming and Ventilation. Ventriloquism 801 Ventura co 802 Ventura de Raulica, Gioacchtno 802 Venus, in mythology 802 Venus, a planet 803 Venus's Flower Basket 305 Venus's Fly Trap. See Dionsea. Venus's Girdle 805 Vera Cruz, a state 805 Vera Cruz, a city. 806 Veratrine 807 Veratrum. See Hellebore. Verbena 807 Verboeckhoven, Eugene Joseph. . . 808 Verboeckhoven, Charles Louis 808 Vercelli 808 Verchfires co 809 Verd, Cape. See Cape Verd. Verd Antique. See Marble, vol. xi., pp. 147, 148. Verdi, Giuseppe 809 Verdigris. See Copper, vol. v., p. 819. Verdun 809 Vere, Sir Aubrey de 310 Vere, Aubrey Thomas de 81 Vergennes 810 Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Count dl ! 810 Vergil, Polydore 810 Vergniaud, Pierre Victurnien 810 Verte 811 Vermicelli. See Macaroni. Vennigli, Pietro Martire 811 Vermilion. See Cinnabar. Vermilion parish, La 81 Vermilion co., Ind 81 Vermilion co., Ill 81 Vermont 811 Vermont, University of. See Bur- lington. Verne, Jules 81 Vernet, family of 81 Vemet, Antoine 81 Vernet, Antoine Ignace 81 Vernet, Francois Gabriel 81 Vernet, Antoine Francois 81 Vernet, Agathe Faustine 81 Vernet, Claude Joseph 81 Vernet, Antoine Charles Horace. . . 81 Vernet, Jean Eruile Horace 82 Vernier 82 Vernon parish, La 82 Vernon co., Wis 821 PAOB Vernon co., Mo 821 Vernon, Edward 821 Vernon! Robert 821 Veron, Louis Desire 821 Veron, Pierre 822 Verona, a province 822 Verona, a city 822 Veronese, Paul, See Cagliari. Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin 823 Verrazzano, Giovanni da 828 Verres 824 Verrochio, Andrea 824 Versailles 824 Vertebra. See Skeleton. Vertebrate 825 Vertigo 825 Vertner, Rosa (Jeffrey) 826 Vertot, Rene Aubert de 826 Vertumnus 826 Verus, Lucius. See Antoninus, Mar- cus Aurelius. Vervain. See Verbena. Verviers 826 Vesalius, Andreas 826 Vesoul 826 Vespasian, Titus Flavius Sabinus, Emperor 827 Vespers 827 Vespucci, Amerigo 82T Vesta 828 Vestal Virgins 828 Vestris, Angiolo Maria Gasparo. . . . 828 Vestris, Gaetano ApolUno Baldas- sare 828 Vestris, Marie Auguste 829 Vestris, Auguste Armand 829 Vestris, Madame (Bartolozzi) 829 Vesuvius 829 Veszpr6m co 880 Vetch '. 881 Veterinary Science 881 Vetiver 886 Veto 887 Veuillot, Louis 887 Ve vay 887 Viardot, Louis 887 Viardot, Michelle Pauline Garcia... 888 Viatka 838 Viborg 838 Vibrio 888 Viburnum 838 Vicente, Gil 889 Vicenza, a province 840 Vicenza, a city 840 Vicenza, Duke of. See Caulain- court. Vichy 840 Vicksburg 840 Vico, Francesco de 842 Vico, Giovanni Battista 842 Vicq d'Azyr, Felix 842 Victor, Claude 842 Victor Amadeus II 848 Victor Emanuel 1 843 Victor Emanuel II 848 Victoria, Australia 844 Victoria co., Texas 846 Victoria co., Ont, Canada 846. Victoria co., N. B., Canada 846 Victoria co., N. 8., Canada 846 Victoria, Vancouver Island 846 Victoria. See Hong Kong. Victoria, Queen 846 Victoria Falls. See Zambesi. Victoria N'yanza. See N'yanza. Victoria Regia. See Water Lily. Vicuna. See Llama. Vida, Marco Girolamo 848 Vidius, Vidus 848 Vidocq, Eugene Francois 848 Viel-Castel, Horace de, Count 848 Viel-Castel, Louis de, Baron 848 Vien, Joseph Marie 848 Vienna 84 Vienne, a department 88 Vienne, a town 858 Vienne, Haute. See Haute- Vienne. Viersen 858 Vieta, Francois 88 Vienssens, Raymond 858 Vieuxtemps, Henri 86 Vigilius, Pope 858 850 VOL. xvi. 54
