Wark, one of adherents of the Duke of Mon mouth

The latter had a notorious intrigue with Lord Grey's wife. Caleb Quotem. See Quotem. Caleb Williams. A novel by William Godwin, published in 1794. Caleb Williams is the secretary of Falkland: his insatiable curiosity finds out the secret of his master. (See Falkland.) Colman the Younger based his "Iron Chest" on this novel. Caled. See Khalid . Caledonia (kal-e-do'ni-ä). [L. Caledonia , also Calid on i a , Calydonia , Gr. Καληδονία , from Cale- donii, Calid on i i , Calydonii , also Caledones , Cali dones , Gr. Καληδόνιοι , the name of the inhabi tants.] A name given by the Roman writers to the northern portion of the island of Great Britain: now used as a poetical designation of Scotland. Caledonian Canal. A canal in Scotland connecting the North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. lakes to It extends from Inverne through a chain of s Calenders kalender The Three The three princes disguised as Calenders, or begging dervishes, in "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." "They have but one eye each. Calepine (kal'e-pen), Sir. A knight in Spen ser's "Faerie Queene" who saves a child from a bear by squeezing the latter to death. Calepino (kä-lā-pēʼno), Ambrogio. Born at Bergamo, Italy, June 6, 1435: died at Bergamo, Nov. 30, 1511. An Italian lexicographer. He compiled a Latin-Italian dictionary (published 1502), which pa ed through many editions, and became, after succes sive enlargements, in 1590 a polyglot of eleven languages. Facciolati reduced this number to seven in his edition (1718). Caleti (kal'e-ti), or Caletes (kal'e-tēz). An ancient Belgic tribe dwelling in the vicinity of Rouen. They opposed Cæsar 52-51 в. с. Caleva, or Calleva (kal'ē-vä). An important town in ancient Britain: the modern Silchester. Calgary (kal'ga-ri). A town in Alberta, Canada. It is a trading center on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Calhoun (kal-hön'), John Caldwell. Born in Abbeville District, S. C., March 18, 1782: died IMG:content-0301.png:[blocks in formation] for picturesque scenery (Yosemite, etc.). Besides gold, quicksilver, lead, and silver, it produces various other minerals, petroleum, etc. Among its other important pro- ducts are wheat, barley, wool, grapes and other fruit, wine, brandy, honey, and timber. Its capital is Sacramento, and its chief city San Francisco. It has 57 counties. The coast was explored by Cabrillo in 1542, and by Drake 1578-79. It was settled by Spanish mi ionaries in the 17th century, and from 1822 was part of the Mexican state. In 1846-47 it was occupied by American troops, and was ceded to the United States in 1848. Gold was discovered in El Dorado County on Jan. 24, 1848. It was admitted to the Union in 1850. Length, 775 miles. Area, 158,360 square miles. Call a pooh a. See Calapooya . Population (1900), 1,485,053. was planned by M. Godin and completed about 1755; it was the last point occupied by the Spaniards in South America, being finally taken Jan. 19, 1826. The castle was important in all later Peruvian wars. Callao was bom- barded by a Spanish fleet May 2, 1866, and by the Chileans in 1880. It exports wool, guano, bark, etc. Population (1890), 35,492. 2. A coast department of Peru, capital Callao, recently separated from Lima. It comprises only the city and suburbs. Call a pipa. See Calapooya . Ocean lying between the peninsula of Lower California on the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa on the east. Length, about 700 miles; breadth at the entrance, 150 miles. It receives the river Colorado at its head. California, Lower, or Old. [Sp. Baja , or Vie- ja , California .] A peninsula of North Amer- ica, projecting into the Pacific Ocean, forming a territory of Mexico. It was discovered by Ximenes Spaniards in the last part of the 17th century. Its sur- face is mountainous, and its climate dry. Area, 59,913 square miles. Length, about 790 miles. Population (1895), Caligula (ka-lig'ū-lä) (Caius Cæsar). [ Ca- ligula is a nickname from L. caliga , the foot- dre of the common soldiers, worn by him when he was with the army as a boy.] Born at An- tium, Italy, Aug. 31, 12 A. D.: killed at Rome, Jan. 24, 41. The third emperor of Rome, 37-41 A. D., youngest son of Germanic us, the nephew of Tiberius, and A grip pin a. He succeeded Tiberius, whose death he had caused or accelerated. The begin ning of his reign was marked by great moderation, but his savage and voluptuous nature soon revealed itself, and the rest of his career was marked by cruelty and licen- tiousne little short of madne . He is said to have ex- claimed in a fit of vexation, "Would that the Roman peo- ple had only one head!" He had himself worshiped as a god, and raised his horse to the consulship. He invaded Gaul in 40. He was a a inated by Ca ius Chærea, Cor- nelius Sabinus, and others. Caligula. A tragedy by Crowne, printed in Guadalajara. His measures for repre ing the revolution 1698. Calila and Dimna. See Kalilah . Calipoa Calipolis (ka-lip'ō-lis). The wife of Muly Ma- hamet in Peele's play "The Battle of Alcazar." During a famine her husband presents her with a bit of meat, stolen from a lione , on his bloody sword, with these words: "Feed then and faint not, fair Calipolis." Pistol ridicules this line in "2 Henry IV.," ii. 4. Calippus. See Callippus . Calista (ka-lis'tä). 1. The “Fair Penitent" in Rowe's play of that name. She is the proud, fierce wife of a forgiving husband, Altamont, and loves "that haughty gallant, gay Lothario," who has seduced her. After the latter's death her sense of guilt induces her to kill herself, though Doran remarks that she was more angry at being found out than sorry for what had hap- pened. 2. The faithful wife of Clean der in Fletcher bec, and Mas singer's play "The Lover's Progre ." cian, governor of Montreal 1684, and of Can- Her struggle with her unfortunate pa ion for ada 1699. Lysander affords a powerful scene. 3. One of Calligrapher (ka-lig'ra-fer), The. A surname the principal characters in Mas singer's "Guarof Theodosius II., given to him on account of dian."-4. The queen's woman in Scott's novel "The Talisman." She is wily and intriguing. Calix tines (ka-liks'tins). [ML. Calixtini , a sect so called: referred to calix , a cup, the cup of the eucharist; in form as if from Calixtus , a proper name.] A sect of Hu ites in Bohemia. They published their confe ion in 1421, the leading arti- cle of which was a demand to partake of the cup ( calix ) as well as of the bread in the Lord's Supper, from which they were also called Utraquists (L. uterque , both). Calixtus I. (ka-liks'tus), or Cal list us (ka-lis'- tus). Killed 223. Bishop of Rome. He suc- ceeded Zephyr in us as bishop in 218 A. D. He is commemorated in the Roman Church on Oct.14. Calixtus II. (Guido of Burgundy). Died at Rome, Dec. 12, 1124. Pope 1119-24. He con- cluded the Concordat of Worms with Henry V., 750-1258 in Bagdad. After their temporal power had been overthrown by Halak Khan, 1258, descendants of the Abbas- sides resided for three centuries in Egypt, and a erted their claim to the spiritual power. In 1517 the califate pa ed over through one descendant of the Abbas sides to 1122 . Selim I., the ninth of the Ottoman dynasty Turkish sultans, and is still vested in the sultan of the Calixtus III. (Alfonso Borgia). Born in Ottoman empire. Calife de Bagdad (kä-lēf' de bäg-däd'), Le. An 1455-58. He attempted fruitle ly a crusade California (kal-i-fôr'ni-ä). [Sp. California (16th Callahpoewah. See Calapooya . century), applied first to what is now called Call an der (kal'an-der). A small town in Lower California. Origin uncertain: said to be Perth shire, Scotland, situated on the Teith 13. gold and precious stones, described in a Span center. ish romance, "Las Sergus de Esplandian," Callao (käl-lä'ō or käl-yä'ō). 1. A seaport in IMG:content-0302.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0303.png:[blocks in formation] adorned and provided with conduits by Pisishe died from a wound by a poisoned arrow in the hand, trat us, the use of whose water was prescribed for ceremonial rites. From the earliest study of A then i an topography, this fountain has been identified with the copious spring still flowing in the bed of the Ili us, near the temple of Olympian Zeus. Dörpfeld, however, has lately demonstrated the probability that this identifica is incorrect, that the fountain was in fact situ ated at the southwest angle of the Areopagus, on the border of the Agora. While the evidence is still incomplete, excavation has revealed a water-conduit of the Pisistratid epoch ending at the site indicated, which accords with literary testimony. Callirrhoe. In Greek legend, the wife of Alcmæon. She persuaded her husband to procure for her the peplum and necklace of Harm on i a, and thus caused his death, which was avenged by his sons. See Alcmæon and Harm on i a .