—Holly Hartman A six-year-old who crashes parties at New York's posh Plaza Hotel. A talking dog and her astonished family. Verse about evil weevils and gymnastically gifted spiders. Is this the…
Buddhism was founded in the fourth or fifth century B.C. in northern India by a man known traditionally as Siddhartha (meaning “he who has reached the goal”) Gautama, the son of a warrior prince.…
WHERE DID NAPOLEON’S ARMIES MARCH? WHAT WAS NAPOLEON’S LEGACY? FIND OUT MOREDuring the French Revolution, France was at war with its neighbors in Europe. These wars resumed in 1800 under the…
(Encyclopedia) GerontiusGerontiusjərŏnˈshəs [key], d. 411, Roman general, b. Britain. He at first supported the usurper Constantine (d. 411), and was left in charge of Spain. He set up (409) his own…
(Encyclopedia) Montholon, Charles Tristan, marquis deMontholon, Charles Tristan, marquis deshärl trēstäNˈ märkēˈ də môNtōlôNˈ [key], 1783–1853, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He accompanied…
(Encyclopedia) WelserWelservĕlˈzər [key], German family of wealthy merchants and bankers at Augsburg. It reached the height of its prosperity under Bartholomäus Welser, 1488–1561, who had advanced…
(Encyclopedia) Burgkmair or Burckmair, HansBurgkmair or Burckmair, Hansboth: häns b&oobreve;rkˈmīər [key], 1473–1531, German engraver, woodcut designer, and painter. Having learned woodcutting…
(Encyclopedia) Romulus AugustulusRomulus Augustulusrŏmˈy&oomacr;ləs [key]Romulus Augustulusôgŭsˈty&oobreve;ləs [key], d. after 476, last Roman emperor of the West (475–76). His father, the…
