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24, 1796. Population (1890), 18,903. Amber Islands, or Elect rides (e-lek' tri-dez). [Gr. αἱ Ηλεκτρίδες.] A name given by the Greeks in later times to the islands in the North Sea off Denmark, Germany, and Holland. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 41. Amber Witch, The. An opera by W. V. Wallace, words by Chorley, first produced in London Feb. 28, 1861. It was founded on a popular German romance of the same name by Me in hold, published in 1843. Ambert (on-bar'). A town in the department of Puy-de-Dôme, France, situated near the Dore 37 miles southeast of Clermont-Ferrand. It has manufactures of cheese and paper. Population (1891), commune, 7,907. Ambiorix (am-bī'ō-riks). A chief of the Eburones in Gaul, famous in the campaigns against the Romans 54-53 в. с. Amboyna, or The Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants. A tragedy by Dryden, produced in 1673. Part of the plot was taken from decade, and part has reference to occurrences of the time. Ambracia (am-bra's hi-ä). [Gr. Αμβρακία , earlier Ἀμπρακία .] The ancient name of Arta (which see). Ambracian Gulf (am-bra's hi-an gulf). See Arta , Gulf of . one Italian novels of Cinthio, the 10th of the fifth Ambree (am'bre), Mary. A woman who is said to have fought at the siege of Ghent in 1584 to revenge her lover's death. She is frequently mentioned in old ballads, and is the subject of one preserved by Percy. Ben Jonson refers to her in the "Epicœne" and "Tale of a Tub" and in "The Fortunate Isles," where he quotes the words of this ballad. Fletcher also mentions her in "The Scornful Lady." The ballad in Percy's "Reliques" is often quoted by the writers of Jonson's time, and, like him, they frequently gave the name of Mary Ambree to any remarkable virago who adopted IMG:content-0061.png:[blocks in formation]