ST. ALBANS

a city of Vermont, in Franklin co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Central of Vermont Railroad and is 3 miles east of Lake Cham plain. The city is a favorite summer resort and has a number of sulphur springs. It has large locomotive and railroad car works, cotton mills, brick works, steel works, and a large creamery. It has several private educational institutions and a hospital and public library. In 1864 the city was raided by Confederates from Canada. Pop. 1920, 7,582. Rom. Verulamium, city, Hertfordshire, England; seat of a bp. since 1077; the cathedral, formerly abbey church, is a famous specimen of Norman architecture and contains some notable monuments bra es; in St. Michael’s church is and the tomb of Lord Chancellor Bacon; and straw-plait manufactures; scene silk of two battles in the Wars of the Roses (1455 and 1461). Pop. 1921, 25,588. $T, MARNIX VAN (1538_98), Dutch Protestant; fled from Flanders, 1567; republicans, 1570; blamed _for joined of Antwerp, 1585; writ in gs surrender and_sacred verse) important (theology in vernacular lit. ST. MICHAEL Brit. statesman (Cons erva- (1837-1916), Trader); pres. of Board _of tive Free 1888-92; Chancellor of ExTrade, chequer, 1895-1902; reduced charge National Debt and increased taxae for for war; raised to peerag e, 1905. tion AMAND - LES - EAUX (60° 27’ ST. N., 3° 24’ E.), town, at junction of etl ah and eee Nord, France; mineral springs. op. (comm W.), royal burgh, E. coast of Fife, Scotland; the ‘Mecca’ of golfers. Univ. is oldest in Scotland (founded 1411; 1512; St. Mary’s, 1537). The castle, or Bishop’s Palace, is also in ruins, and traces of an old monastery remain. Madras College was founded by Dr. Andrew Bell. St. A. figures prominently in Scot. history, especially in religious troubles; long the Scot. ecclesiastical metropolis. Pop. 1031, 9,336.