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See Veria. Verrill (ver'il), Add is on Emory. Born at Greenwood, Maine, Feb. 9, 1839. An Ameri can zoölogist, profe or at Yale since 1864. He has published many scientific papers, chiefly in the American Journal of Science." Versailles (vėr-sālz'; F. pron. ver-säy'). The capital of the department of Seine-et-Oise, France, situated 11 miles west-southwest of Paris. It contains a famous royal palace, consisting of a comparatively inconsiderable central portion built by Louis XIII., and of wide-reaching wings and connected structures, added chiefly by Louis XIV. The garden front is a quarter of a mile long, with only two stories and an attic; so that, although broken by a large projection in the middle, the general effect is monotonous. The court front is more diversified, though injured by the insertion of two neo-cla ical pavilions by Louis Philippe. A great part of the palace is now occupied by the Museum of French History, consisting chiefly of paintings; but some of a royal apartments residence. The chapel is well proportioned and sumptuous. The great gallery, called the Galerie des Glaces, is one of the finest rooms existing: it is 240 by 35 feet, and 42 high, adorned with mirrors and gilding, and with ceiling-paintings by Lebrun representing the triumphs of Louis XIV. Here King William of Pru ia was proclaimed German emperor in 1871. The council-chamber, the bedroom of Louis XIV., the antechamber of the Eil de Bœuf, the Petits Appartements of the queen, and the theater are all historic and highly interesting. The gardens are the finest of their formal kind: they abound with monumental fountains profusely adorned with groups of sculpture, and supplied the model for those of half the palaces of Europe. (See Trianon .) Versailles was the meeting-place of the States-General in 1789. A popular tumult, Oct. 5-6, 1789, resulted in the removal of the royal family to Paris. Versailles was the seat of the government 1871-79. It is the place of election of French presidents. Population (1901), 54,081. Versailles (ver-sālz'). The capital of Wood ford County, Kentucky, 12 miles southeast of