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Pachyderms 203 Pacific Islands, Famous Mountains of 75, 76 Pacific Ocean 84 Pagodas, of China 680 Painting, Egyptian 349 Palestine 358 Babylonian Captivity 360 Bethlehem 364 Cana of Galilee 364 Captivity of Israel 360 Conquered by Rome 361 David 359 Division of Hebrew Monarchy 360 Fall of Judah 360 Geography of 361 Hebrew Monarchy 359 Hebron 364 History 359 Jaffa 367 Jericho 365 Jerusalem 363, 364 Judah, or Judea, Subject to Persia 360 Judges 359 Maccabees 360 Mountains 361 Nazareth 365 Philistines 359 Return of Hebrews to Jerusalem 360 Saul 359 Situation and Importance 358 Solomon 359 Towns of 363 Palm Family 165 Palms 142 Palmyra 366 Palo Alto 620 Panama Canal, Map of 649 Panama-Pacific Exposition 619 Pangolin 204 Paper Measure 870 Papering 858 Paragraph, Sign of 733 Parallels 733 Parentheses 732 Paris 478 Arch of Triumph 480 Cathedrals and Churches 481 Center of Parisian Life 479 Eiffel Tower 483 Environs and Fortifications 479 Grand Opera House 482 Hotel des Invalides 482 Industries of 482 Latin Quarter and Its Institutions 482 Madeleine, Church of 479 Palace of Justice 481 Palaces and Public Buildings 481 Panorama of 484-485 Pantheon 481 Seine and Its Bridges 478 Squares and Parks 479 Stairway of Honor, Grand Opera House 483 Streets and Boulevards 479 Theaters and Places of Amusement 482 Trocadero Palace 480 Parrots 212, 259 Parsnip 131 Parthenon 378 Parthia 396 Partridges 220 Patricians and Plebeians 387 Pea 131 Peach 142 Peacock 211, 220, 259 Pear 142 Pearl 110 Pecan 142 Peking: Description of 682 Royal Observatory 682 Pelican 219 Peloponnesian War 377, 692 Penguin 219 Peoples: (See also Races and Peoples.) Of Argentina 673 Of Brazil 674 Of Canada 667 Of Chile 676 Of China 681 Of Denmark 553 Of Holland 556 Of India 685 Of Japan 688 Of Mexico 670 Of Norway 558 Of Poland 559 Of Portugal 561 Of Roumania 512 Of Servia 563 Of Spain 564 Of Sweden 567 Of Switzerland 571 Of Turkey 574 Of United States 293 Pepper Plant 145 Peppers 131 Perch 226 Pericles: Age of 377 His Great Achievements 377 Period, The 731 Perpetual Calendar 867 Persepolis 371 Persia 368 (See also Persians.) Artaxerxes 370 Arts and Sciences of 371 Cambyses 369 Cities of 371 Conquest of Egypt 347 Conquest of Judea 360 Court Life in 371 Darius III 371 Great Reign of Darius 370 Historical Outlines 419 _et seq._ Location and Extent 368 Magi 371 Palaces and Tombs of 371 Persian Life 371 Religion 371 Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks 370 War with the Greeks 370 Xerxes 370 Persian Empire: (See Persia, Persians.) Founded by Cyrus 369 Persian Wars 376, 692 Persians 289, 297 Origin and Character 369 Relation to the Medes 369 Persimmon 142 Personification 733 Peter the Great 546 Petit Trianon 486 Petra 365 Rock-hewn Temples 366 Temples of 365 Petrograd 541-542 Famous Buildings and Monuments 543-544 Petroleum 114 Petsai 129 Phalanger, Flying 205 Pharsalia, Battle 397 Pheasants 220 Philadelphia 613 City Hall 613 Colleges and Other Institutions 614 Description of 613 Fairmount Park 615 History of 615 Independence Hall 614 Public Statues 613 _et seq._ Streets and Parks 613 _et seq._ University of Pennsylvania 615 Philip of Macedon 379 Philippine Weights and Measures 870 Philistines 359 Phillipi, Battle of 398 Phœnicia 367 (See also Phœnicians.) Arts of 368 Civilization of 368 Government 367 Great Cities of 367 History of 367 Sidon 367 Tyre 367 Vast Commerce of 368 Phœnicians 297, 367 (See also Phœnicia.) Found Carthage 367 Origin of Alphabet 368 Religion 368 Physiology 871 Pig (See also Swine.) 255 Pig, Wild 204 Pigeon 259 Pike, Bony 228 Pike’s Peak 56 Pine 164 Pine-apple 145 Pisistratus, Usurpations of 375 Pistacia 145 Pitcher Plants 169, 170, 171 Pittsburgh: Chief Streets and Parks 615 Description of 615 History of 616 Manufactures and Industries 616 Public Buildings and Institutions 615 Plane Tree 165 Planets 13 _et seq._ Plant Kingdom: Chief Divisions of 122 Commercial Plants 166 Cruel Plants 169 Cryptogams or Flowerless Plants 158 Desirable Vines 154, 155 Fiber Plants 166 Flowering Shrubs 155, 156 Flying Seeds 173 Fruit-bearing Plants and Shrubs 142 Fruit Trees 136 Hedge Plants 155, 156 How Plants Defend Themselves 174 How Plants Protect Their Flowers 173 How Plants Travel 172 Nature’s Aviators and Seed-sowers 172 Parasites 174 Plant that Grows in the Snow 174 Plants that Entrap and Kill Animals 170 Poisonous Plants 168 Some Wonders of 169 Trees of the Forest 160 Uses of Liquid Rubber 174 Wild Flowers 157 Plant Life: (See also Plant Kingdom.) In Cold Zones 122 In Temperate Zones 121 In the Tropics 121 Map Showing Distribution 120 Plantagenet Kings of England 473, 474 Plants and Plant Life 119 _et seq._ Platinum 114 Plovers 217 Plum 142 Poems and Dramas 782 _et seq._ Poetics 739 Didactic Verse 740 Dramatic 740 Epic 739 Forms of 734 Lyric 740 Metre 740 Poetic Feet 740 Stanzas 741 Verse 740 Poisonous Plants 168 Poland 559 Cities 560 Historical Outlines 415 _et seq._ History 560 People 559 Surface 559 Warsaw 560 Polar Bear 194 Pollack 227 Pomegranate 142 Pompeii 521 Pompey 395 Death at Battle of Pharsalia 397 Military Expeditions of 395 Rivalry with Cæsar 396 Struggle with Cæsar 396 Poplar 165 Trembling 160 Porcupine 199 Porgy 226 Porpoise 207 Portugal 560 Cities 561 Government 561 Historical Outlines 414 _et seq._ History 561 Lisbon 561 People 561 Production and Industry 561 Surface and Climate 560 Potato 131 Potsdam 501 Pouched Animals 204 Powers of Europe 548 Prague 531-532 Prairie Dog 199 Prairie Wolf 198 Prawn 231 Precious Stones 109 Presidents of France 493 Presidents of the United States: (See also under United States Government.) Birth and Parentage 662 Career after Leaving the Presidency 664-665 Death and Place of Burial 665 Education, Profession, Religion and Politics 663 Election to the Presidency 664 Marriage and Children 664 Powers of 652 Sobriquets of 664-665 Term of Office 665 Writings of 664-665 Pronunciation: Common Errors in 715 Rules of 714 Prose Forms of 734 Prussia, Historical Outlines 427 _et seq._ Psametik 347 Ptarmigan 220 Ptolemies, The 347 Puberty, Problems of 964 Public Lands, of United States 587 Punctuation: Apostrophe 733 Asterisk 733 Asterism 733 Brace 733 Brackets 732 Colon 731 Comma 731 Dagger 733 Dash 732 Ellipsis 733 Exclamation Point 731 Hyphen 732 Index Sign 733 Interrogation Point 731 Leaders 733 Parallels 733 Parentheses 732 Period 731 Section Mark 733 Semicolon 731 Sign of Paragraph 733 Punic War, First 693 Second 693 Third 693 Punic Wars 389 Puritans: Influence on English Literature 766 Period in English Literature 764-765 Pyramid Builders 346 Pyramids 342, 350, 351 Sectional View of 351 Pyrenees 446 Pyrites 106 Pyrrhus, King of Epirus 382 War with Rome 388

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