THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY ARTS, SCIENCES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE Ninth Edition-Popular Reprint VOLUME II. NEW YORK HENRY G. ALLEN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1888. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. VOL. II.—ANA-ATH. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. ANCHOR. THOMAS MORLEY, Member of the Institute of Naval Architects. ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Col. YULE, C. B., Author of "The Book of Marco Polo," etc. ANDREWS. REV. A. B. GROSART, Author of "Life of Michael Bruce," etc. ANGEL W. ROBERTSON SMITH, Professor of Hebrew, Free Church College, Aberdeen, and one of the Bible Revisers. ANGLING. FRANCIS FRANCIS, Author of "A Book on Angling." ANIMAL KINGDOM. T. H. HUXLEY, LL.D., Fellow of the Royal Society; Professor in the Royal School of Mines, London. ANNELIDÁ. Dr. W. C. M'INTOSH. ANNUITIES. T. B. SPRAGUE, M. A., Editor of the "Journal of the Institute of Actuaries." ANT. ANDREW WILSON, M. D., Author of "Manual of Zoology." ANTHOLOGY. RICHARD GARNETT, British Museum. ANTHROPOLOGY. E. B. TYLOR, LL.D., F.R.S., Author of "Primitive Culture," etc. ANTICHRIST. SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D., Author of the "Introduction to the Old and New Testament." ANTIOCH. A. STUART MURRAY, British Museum. APE. Prof. ST. GEORGE MIVART, F. R.S., Author of "The Genesis of Species." APHASIA. Dr. J. BATTY TUKE, Author of "Morrisonian Lectures." APIS. SAMUEL BIRCH, LL.D., the eminent Orientalist, Author of "Ancient Pottery," etc., etc. APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D. APOCRYPHA. A. B. DAVIDSON, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Hebrew, etc., New College, Edinburgh. APOLOGETICS. T. M. LINDSAY, D.D., Professor of Divinity, Free Church College, Glasgow. APOPLEXY. Dr. J. O. AFFLECK, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. APOSTOLIC FATHERS. JAS. DONALDSON, LL.D., Author of "Early Christian Doctrine and Literature." APPARITIONS. ANDREW LANG, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. APPRENTICE. F. W. CLARK, Advocate, Sheriff of Glasgow. AQUARIUM. J. G. BERTRAM, Author of "The Harvest of the Sea." AQUEDUCT. JOHN F. BATEMAN, F.R.S., Vice-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. ARABIA. W. GIFFORD PALGRAVE, Author of "Essays on Eastern Questions," etc. ARABIAN PHILOSOPHY. WM. WALLACE, LL.D., Fellow and Librarian of Merton College, Oxford. ARBORICULTURE. Dr. HUGH CLEGHORN. ARCH. EDWARD SANG, F.R.S. E. ARCHEOLOGY (PREHISTORIC). DANIEL WILSON, LL.D., Professor of History, etc., University of Toronto. (CLASSICAL). A. STUART MURRAY. ARCHBISHOP AND ARCHDEACON. Sir TRAVERS TWISS, Q. C., D. C.L., F.R.S. ARCHERY. JAMES SHARPE. ARCHITECTURE. T. HAYTER LEWIS, Professor of Architecture, University College, London; and GEO. EDMUND STREET, Royal Academician. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.-W. LEIGHTON JORDAN. ARISTOPHANES. R. C. JEBB, M.A., Professor of Greek, University of Glasgow. ARISTOTLE. Sir ALEX. GRANT, Bart., Principle of the University of Edinburgh. ARITHMETIC. Rev. GEORGE M'ARTHUR, M. A. ARIUS. Very Rev. JOHN TULLOCH, D.D., Principal of the University of St. Andrews. ARMINIUS Rev. A. M. FAIRBAIRN, Principal of Airedale College, Bradford. ARMS AND ARMOUR. JOSEPH ANDERSON, Secretary of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ARMY. Col. G. POMEROY COLLEY, C.B., late Professor of Military Administration, Sandhurst. ART. SIDNEY COLVIN, Slade Professor of Fine Art, University of Cambridge. ARTHROPODA. JOHN YOUNG, M. D., Professor of Natural History, University of Glasgow. ARTILLERY. Lieut. COLLEN, R. A. ARYAN. F. MAX MULLER, Professor of Comparative Philology, University of Oxford. ASIA. Major-General R. STRACHEY, Royal Engineers, C.S.I., F.R.S. ASIA MINOR. EDWARD H. BUNBURY, M.A. ASPHALT. JAMES PATON, Curator of Kelvingrove Industrial Museum, Glasgow. ASSAM. W. W. HUNTER, LL.D., Director General of Statistics to Government of India. ASSOCIATION. Prof. G. CROOM ROBERTSON, University College, London. ASTROLOGY. JULES ANDRIEU. ASTRONOMY. R. A. PROCTOR, B. A., F. R. A.S., Author of "Other Worlds than Ours," etc. A General Index to the Encyclopædia is now in preparation, and will embrace the various subjects |