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See Sheliff. Shelomohibn Gebirol. See Salomon ibn Gebirol . Shelter (shel'ter) Island. An island in Gardiner's Bay, east of Long Island, New York. It forms a township in Suffolk County. Length, about 6 miles. Shelton (shel'ton), Thomas. Lived in the first part of the 17th century. An English author. He published the first English translation of "Don Qui. xote" (1612-20). Gayton's Pleasant Notes upon Don Qui xote" was based on Shelton's translation. Shem (shem). In Old Testament history, one of the three sons of Noah, represented as the ancestor of the Semitic races. See Semites . Shemakha (she-mä'chä), or Shamaka (shämä'kä). A town in the government of Baku, Transcaucasia, Ru ia, situated on an affluent of the Pirsagat, 68 miles west by north of Baku. It is built near the site of Old Shemakha, once a flourishing commercial place, destroyed by Nadir Shah. The new town was overthrown by earthquakes in 1859, 1872, and 1902. Population (1892), 22,139. Shenandoah (shen-an-do'a). A river in Virginia which joins the Potomac at Harper's Ferry. Length, about 175 miles. Shenandoah. A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 84 miles northwest of Philadelphia. It is the center of an important coal mining region. Population (1900), 20,321. Shenandoah. A ve el built at Glasgow in 1863 for the China trade, and sold to the Confederates in 1864. It was used as a privateer under command of J. I. Waddell 1864–65, and captured 38 United States ve els. IMG:content-1039.png:[blocks in formation] Shen-si (shen-se'). A province of northern Sherbrooke, Viscount. See Lowe , Robert . China, bordering on Mongolia and west of Shan-si. Chief city, Singan. Area, 76,400 square miles. Population (1896), est., 8,473,000. Shenstone (shen's ton), William. Born at Hales Owen, England, Oct. 18, 1714: died there, Feb. 11, 1763. An English poet. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. His best-known poem is "The Schoolmistre " (which see). Besides this, which gained for him the title of "the water-gruel bard" from Horace Walpole, he published "Poems, etc." (1737), "The Judgment of Hercules" (1741), etc. Sheol (shēʻōl). [Heb. she'ól ; etym. doubtful.] The place of departed spirits. The original is in the authorized version generally rendered grave , hell , or pit ; in the revised version of the Old Testament the word Sheol is substituted. It corresponds to the word Hades in Greek cla ic literature and in the revised version of the New Testament. Shepherd Kings. See Hyksos . Shepherd of Banbury. A title a umed by John Claridge in publishing in 1744 a collection of rules for predicting weather changes. The Shepherd of Banbury's rules attained great popularity, and pa ed through many editions. Shepherd of Hermas (her'mas), The. [L. Pas- tor Hermæ .] An early Christian allegorical and didactic book, cla ed among the works of the apostolic fathers. The first part of the book con- sists of "Visions," in the last of which a man appears dre ed as a shepherd (whence the name Shepherd or Pastor given to the book). This shepherd gives Hermas in- struct ions in the form of "Mandates" and "Similitudes," which form the second and third parts of the book. The scene of the visions is laid in Rome or its neighborhood, and the writer speaks of St. Clement as a contemporary. Accordingly some a ign the date of composition to about A. D. 100; others, however, date it about A. D. 150. The "Shepherd" was in early times much esteemed, and was publicly read in the churches and accounted as in some sense Scripture, though not afterward included in the canon. Hermas has often been identified with the Hermas of Rom. xvi. 14. Also called The Pastor of Hermas . Shere Ali (shēr äʻlē). Born 1825: died in Ru ian Turkestan, Feb., 1879. Ameer of Afghanistan, son of Dost Mohammed whom he succeeded in 1863. He lost the throne in 1866; regained it in 1868; suppre ed the insurrection of Yakub in 1870; and fled from Kabul in Dec., 1878, on the approach of the British troops. Sheriat-el-Kebir (she-rē'ät-el-ke-bēr'). A modern name of the Jordan. heridan (sher'i-dan), Mrs. (Frances Chamberlaine). laine). Born in Ireland, 1724: died at Blois, Fra France, 1766. A British novelist and dramatist, wife of Thomas and mother of R. Brinsley Sheridan. Among her novels are "Memoirs of Mi Sidney Biddulph" (1761) and "Nourjahad" (1788: afterward dramatized). She wrote two comedies, "The Discovery" (1763: the principal rôle was played by Garrick) and "The Dupe" (1764). Sheridan, Mount. [Named from General P. H. Sheridan.] A peak of the Red Mountains in Yellow stone National Park, south of Yellow stone Lake. Height, 10,385 feet. Sheridan, Philip Henry. Born at Albany, N.Y., March 6, 1831: died at Nonquitt, Ma ., Aug. 5, 1888. A famous American general. He graduated at West Point in 1853; was promoted captain at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861; was appointed quartermaster of the army in southwestern Mi ouri in Dec., 1861; was quartermaster under Halleck during the advance on Corinth in 1862; was appointed colonel of cavalry in May, 1862, and brigadier-general of volunteers July 1, 1862; served with distinction as division commander at the battle of Perryville Oct. 8, and at Murfreesboro Dec. 31, 1862,Jan. 2,1863; was appointed major-general of volunteers Dec. 31, 1862; served at Chick am aug a in 1863; commanded an important a ault at the battle of Mi ionary Ridge in 1863; became commander of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac in April, 1864; took part in the battle of the Wilderne May 5-6; led an important raid May 9-25; fought the battles of Hawe's Shop May 28, and Trevellian Station June 11; was appointed commander of the Middle