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bacon

(Encyclopedia) bacon, flesh of hogs—especially from the sides, belly, or back—that has been preserved by being salted or pickled and then dried with or without wood smoke. Traditionally, the process…

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman

(Encyclopedia) Bialik, Hayyim NahmanBialik, Hayyim Nahmanhīˈyəm näˈmən byäˈlēk [key], 1873–1934, Hebrew poet, publisher in Odessa, Berlin, and Tel-Aviv, b. Volhynia, Russia. As an editor and…

Jeremiah: 12

Jeremiah Chapter 12 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy…

dew

(Encyclopedia) dew, thin film of water that has condensed on the surface of objects near the ground. Dew forms when radiational cooling of these objects during the nighttime hours also cools the…

Bingham, George Caleb

(Encyclopedia) Bingham, George Caleb, 1811–79, American painter and politician, b. Augusta co., Va. His family moved (1819) to Missouri, which was the site of most of Bingham's activities. In 1837 he…

Walt Whitman: Come Up from the Fields Father

Come Up from the Fields FatherCome up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete, And come to the front door mother, here's a letter from thy dear son.Lo, 'tis autumn, Lo, where…

The Congress of Women: The Woman Who Has Come

by Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt The Women Writers of CaliforniaGöethe and SchillerThe Woman Who Has Come Mrs. Charlotte C. Holt was born at New Orleans, La. Her parents were John C. Cushing and…

New Jerusalem, Church of the

(Encyclopedia) New Jerusalem, Church of the, or New Church, religious body instituted by the followers of Emanuel Swedenborg, who are generally called Swedenborgians. Knowledge of Swedenborg's…