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He wrote "The Highlanders (1837), "Chronicles of the Picts and Scots" (1867), "The Four Ancient Books of Wales" (1868), etc. Skerries (ske (sker'iz), Out. A group of islets of the Shetlands, Scotland, 10-12 miles east of Mainland. Skerries Rocks. A group of rocks in the Irish Sea, northwest of Angle sea, Wales, in lat. 53° 25′ N., long. 4° 36′ W. Skerryvore (sker-i-võr'). A reef in the Atlantic, southwest of Tiree, Scotland, in lat. 56° 19′ N., long. 7° 7' W. It has a lighthouse. Sketch-Book, The. A collection of tales and sketches by Washington Irving, published in 1820. It contains "Rip Van Winkle,"." "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," etc. Sketches by Boz. A collection of stories by Dickens, published 1835-36. Sketchley (skech'li), Arthur. The pseudonym of George Rose (1830-82), an English humorous writer. In 1863 he appeared before the English public as the originator of "Mrs. Brown." Skibbereen (skib-e-rēn'). A town in the county of Cork, Ireland, situated on the Ilen, near its mouth, 42 miles southwest of Cork. Population, 3,269. Skidbladner (skid-bläd'ner). In Norse my thology, the ship of Frey. Skiddaw (skid'â). A mountain in Cumber land, one of the highest in England, situated near Keswick, 19 miles southwest of Car lisle. Height, 3,058 feet. Skidi (skēdē), or Pawnee Loup (pâ'nē lö) ( i . e. 'Wolf Pawnee'). A tribe of the Pawnee Confederacy of North American Indians. In prehis. toric times they were east of the Mi i ippi, being allies of the Siouan tribes; but after they reached Nebraska they were conquered by the other Pawnee tribes, with whom they remained. See Pawnee . Skier nie wice (skyer-nye-vit'se). A town in the government of Warsaw, Ru ian Poland, 42 miles southwest of Warsaw. It was the meeting. place of the emperors of Ru ia, Germany, and Austria in Sept., 1884. 10,376. Skirnir (skir'nir). [ON.] In Old Norse mythology, the me enger of the gods, but especially of Frey. He is sent to the giants to woo for Frey the giant maiden Gerd (ON. Gerdhr ), and to the dwarfs to procure the bonds with which the wolf Fenris is secured. Skirophoria (skir-o-fo'ri-ä). [From Gr. Σκιρο φόρια , pl., from σκιροφόρος , from σκίρον , a white parasol borne in honor of Athene (hence called Σκιράς ), and -φορος , from φέρειν = E. bear.] An ancient Attic festival in honor of Athene, cele brated on the 12th of the month Skirophorion (about July 1). Skirophorion (skir-ō-fo'ri-on). [From Gr. Σκιρο φοριών, the 12th Attic month, from Σκιροφόρια : see Skirophoria .] In the ancient Attic calendar, the last month of the year, containing 29 days, and corresponding to the last part of June and the first part of July. Skittagetan (skit'ta-ge"tan). A linguistic stock of North American Indians, in two chief divisions, the Haida proper and the Kaigani. Habitat, the islands of the Queen Charlotte group, and Forester and Prince of Wales islands, off the west coast of British America. Number, from 2,500 to 2,700. Also called Haida and Kygani or Kaigani . Skjold. See Skiold . Skobeleff (skōʻbe-lef), Mikhail. Born 1844: died at Moscow, July 7, 1882. A Ru ian general. He served with distinction in the expedition against Khiva in 1873, and against Khokand in 1875; took an active part in the Ru o-Turkish war of 1877-78; and as commander-in-chief took Geok-Tepe and conquered the Tekke-Turkomans in 1881. Slavs May 26; and was superseded in Aug. He was temporary commander of the Belgian army in 1839. Skunk (skungk) River. A river in Iowa which joins the Mi i ippi 11 miles south of Burlington. It receives from the north a tributary, the North Skunk. Length, over 250 miles. Skupshtina (skupsh'ti-nä). The national a embly of Servia, consisting of one chamber and comprising 178 members, three fourths elected and one fourth nominated by the crown. There is also a larger elected body, called the Great Skupshtina, which deliberates on questions of extraordinary importance. Skye (ski). An island belonging to Inverne shire, Scotland, the largest of the Inner He brides. It is separated from the mainland on the east by the Sound of Sleat, Loch Alsh, etc.; from North Uist and Harris on the northwest by the Little Minch; and from Lewis by the Minch. It contains many mountains (the highest over 3,000 feet). The chief town is Portree. The language is mostly Gaelic. Area, 643 square miles. Population (1891), 15,800. Skyros. See Scyros . Slank a men (slän kä-men). A small town in Slavonia, Austria-Hungary, situated at the junction of the Thei with the Danube, 26 miles north by west of Belgrad. Here, Aug. 19, 1691, the Imperialists under Louis of Baden defeated the Turks under Köprili, who was killed in the battle. Slate (slat) Mountain. A summit of the Elk Mountains in Colorado. Slater (slā'tėr), John Fox. Born at Slatersville, R. I., March 4, 1815: died at Norwich, Conn., May 7, 1884. An American manufacturer and philanthropist. He established in 1882 the Slater Fund of $1,000,000 for the education of freedmen in the South. Slatina (slä-te'nä). A town in Wall a chia, Rumania, situated near Aluta 85 miles west of Bukharest. Population, about 7,000. Slave Coast (slāv kōst). A region on the western coast of Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin. It extends from the Volta to the neighborhood of Benin on the east. It is now divided between Great Britain, France, and Germany. Slave Lake. See Great Slave Lake. Slave River. See Great Slave River . Slave-Ship, The. A painting by J. M. W. Turner, in the Lothrop collection, Boston. The slaver has been by a storm, which is subsiding; the slaves have been thrown overboard, and many are seen struggling in the surf, hampered by their chains. The scene is illumined by a crimson light. Slave States, The. Those of the United States in which, in the period before the Civil War, slavery flourished. They were Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mi i ippi, Louisiana, Tex ark an and a seceded), Mi ouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. Slavinia (sla-vin'i-ä). The Slavic region in medieval times, near the Baltic. The name was also used to comprise the Slavic regions further south. The name of Slavinia reached from the Danube to Peloponnesos, leaving to the Empire only islands and detached points of coast from Venice round to The alonica. Their settlements in these regions gave a new meaning to an ancient name, and the word Maced on i an now began to mean Slavonic. Freeman , Hist. Geog., p. 115. Slavonia (sla-vōʻni-ä), G. Slawonien or Slavonien (slä-võ'ne-en), F. Esclavonie (es-klävō-ne'). [L., from Slavus , Sclavus , Slav.] A region in Austria-Hungary, forming part of the Trans leithan (Hungarian) division of the dual monarchy. Capital, E ek. It is bounded by the Drave (separating it from Hungary) on the north and northeast, by the Danube (separating it from Hungary) on the east, by the Save (separating it from Servia and Bosnia) on the south, and by Croatia on the west. It is traversed by low mountains and by hills. The soil is fertile. The inhabitants are mostly Slavs. The prevailing languages are Croatian and Servian. Slavonia formed part of the Roman province of Pannonia. Its po e ion was disputed between Hungary and the Byzantine empire. It pa ed to Hungary in the 12th century, and was under Turkish Sea, belonging to the nomarchy of Eubœa, Greece, 16 miles from Eubœa, and southeast of The aly. It is identical either with the ancient Halonnesus or with the ancient Pep are thus. Length, 14 miles. See Croatia and Slavonia , and Military Frontier . Slavonians (sla-võ'ni-anz). 1. The Slavs.-2. The inhabitants of Slavonia. Slavonisch-Brod (slä-võ'nish-brōd"). A trading town in Slavonia, on the Danube in lat. 45° 8' N., long. 18° E. Skowhegan (skou-hē gan). The capital of Somerset nebee 30 County, Maine, status situated on the Populavophile Ken- lati on (1900), town, 5,180. Skropha, or Scropha (skrō'fä), Cape. A cape in Greece, at the northwestern entrance to the Gulf of Patras, lat. 38° 16′ N., long. 21° 10′ E. Skrzynecki (skzhü-net'skē), Jan Boncza. Born in Galicia, Feb. 18, 1786: died at Cracow, Jan. 12, 1860. A Polish general. He served in the Polish contingent in aid of Napoleon; joined the Polish insurrection in 1830; served with distinction at Grochow Feb. 25, 1831, and was appointed commander-in-chief Feb. 26; defeated the Ru ians at Wawre and Dembe in March, and at Iganie on April 8; was defeated at Ostrolenka Slavophiles (slav'ō-filz), The. A Ru ian literary school, the principal representatives of which in the first half of the 19th century were Pogodin, Shevireff, and particularly Aksakoff, Khomiakoff, Khom and Kirievsky. They spoke with scorn of western Europe, and particularly of France, and proclaimed the superiority of Old Ru ia and the old Byzantine civilization, and prophesied a brilliant future for the Slav race. It was a literary movement of which the doctrines are now fallen into disuse. It should not be confounded with the doctrine of Panslavism, which is political. Slavs (slàvz). 1. A race of peoples widely spread in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe. The Slavs are divided into two sections-the The Century Cyclopedia of Names Slavs southeastern and the western. The former section comprises the Ru ians, Ruthenians, Bulgarians, Serbo-Croatians, Bosniaks, Mon tene grins, and Slovenes; the latter, the Poles, Bohemians, Moravians, Slovaks, Wends, etc. We start with the north of Europe, with that race which at the present day occupies the east of our portion of the globe, the Slavs. It is generally known that these peoples appear for the first time in history in the first century of our era under the name of Veneti (Tacitus, Germ., 46) or Venedi (Pliny, Hist. Nat., IX. 96), and their abode at this period can be made out with tolerable certainty. On the one hand, they cannot yet have touched the north coast of the Black Sea, for this district was occupied by the Persian Sarmatæ or Sauromatæ; on the other hand, they cannot on the west have cro ed either the Car path i ans or the Vistula; for, as far as the river mentioned, Tacitus is acquainted with Teutonic tribes, which partially, as in the case of the Bastarnæ, extended over it as far as the modern Galicia and farther; and in the ancient Getic or Dacian and Pan non i an proper names, large numbers of which have come down to us, no one as yet has succeeded in discovering any trace of Slavonic. If, then, in the beginning of our era, the abode of the Slavs must be sought the Car path i ans, it is also probable that the same people north of the Black Sea steppes, and east of the Vistula was settled in the district mentioned as much as five centuries earlier.