Chapter M: Maiden town, The 155

Maid of Saragossa, The 68

Man of Destiny, The 57

Martha Washington 125

Meaning of the phrase “By hook or by crook” 158

Meaning of the phrase “By Jingo” 113

Meaning of the phrase “Fitting to a T” 129

Metals valued at over one thousand dollars a pound 173

Mill-boy of the Slashes, The 43

Mistress of the World, The 35

Modern Athens, The 106

Mollusk that swims by fins on the side of its neck 2

Money of North American Indians 42

Most deadly epidemic ever known 31

Most famous heroine of antiquity 98

Most useful conquest ever made by man 52

Most useful tree in the world 73

Mother Goose 60

Mother of Cities, The 9

Mourning colors of various nations 34

N

Name of the penitent thief 50

National emblematic flower of China and Japan 139

National hymn composed in a single night 32

Nearest approach made to the North Pole 77

Newspaper called “The Thunderer” 57

Newton of Antiquity, The 172

Nimrod of the Bible, The 75

Nine Worthies, The 41

Northeast Passage discovered 156

Northwest Passage discovered 26

Number of languages 29

Number of people brought over in the “Mayflower” 76

O

Oath of office administered to Washington 35

O Grab Me Act, The 61

Old Bullion 13

Oldest President 90

Oldest street in New England 155

Old Hickory 42

Old Nick 113

Old Public Functionary 94

Old Scratch 135

Only bird that can see an object with both eyes at once 6

Only canonized saint of American birth 74

Only monarchy on the Western Continent 96

Order of the Garter 39

Origin of “April Fool” 128

Origin of “Before one could say Jack Robinson” 69

Origin of “bigot” 164

Origin of “bogus” 112

Origin of “Brother Jonathan” 36

Origin of “catch-penny” 58

Origin of “getting into a scrape” 129

Origin of “halcyon days” 50

Origin of “honeymoon” 43

Origin of “humbug” 108

Origin of “I acknowledge the corn” 18

Origin of “Johnnies” 176

Origin of “Lynch Law” 67

Origin of “Mugwump” 177

Origin of “Old Harry” 106

Origin of “pin-money” 56

Origin of “printer’s devil” 44

Origin of “quiz” 68

Origin of “sardonic smile” 166

Origin of “Simon Pure” 154

Origin of “tariff” 57

Origin of tarring and feathering 112

Origin of Thanksgiving Day 114

Origin of “That’s a feather in your cap” 161

Origin of the barber’s pole 126

Origin of the minute and second 15

Origin of the names of the days of the week 48

Origin of the names of the months 47

Origin of the names of the oceans 143

Origin of “The three R’s” 16

Origin of the word “Mississippi” 61

Origin of “To catch a Tartar” 154

Origin of “To haul over the coals” 155

Origin of “To have a bone to pick with one” 157

Origin of “To row up Salt River” 145

Origin of “To speak for Buncombe” 120

Origin of “To throw dust in one’s eye” 157

Origin of Uncle Sam 16

Origin of “Whig” and “Tory” 106

Origin of $ 156

P

Palace containing five hundred rooms 52

Parents of Columbus 100

Parthenopean Republic, The 47

Patriot Preacher of the Revolution, The 24

Peeping Tom of Coventry 132

Petrified City, The 161

Philosopher who thought the sun was a huge fiery stone 175

Physiologist who thought man should live a century 29

Pine-Tree State, The 15

Pocahontas’ real name 35

Poet noted for his thinness 92

Poet’s death caused by his bald head 26

Porkopolis 148

Postal cards 78

Pouter pigeon 92

Prairie State, The 135

President buried at the expense of his friends 121

Presidential administration compared to a parenthesis 137

Presidential election in which three States did not vote 34

Presidents born in Virginia 96

President twice married to the same lady 121

President who never attended school 79

President who worked on a ferry-boat 78

President who wrote his own epitaph 87

Prince of Destruction, The 151

Proper name of Columbus 100

Punishment of bachelors at Sparta 71

Putnam and the wolf 78

Q

Quaker Poet, The 171

Queen of Hearts, The 152

Queen of Tears, The 33

R

Railroad City, The 124

Rail-splitter, The 69

Rare Ben 113

Red Prince, The 123

Religious sect that depend on prayer 51

Remarkable Esquimaux stratagem 20

Roundheads, The 153

S

Sacred writings of the Buddhists 83

Sacred writings of the Chinese 83

Sacred writings of the Hindoos 85

Sacred writings of the Japanese 86

Sacred writings of the Mohammedans 86

Sacred writings of the Persians 85

Sacred writings of the Scandinavians 84

Sage Brush State, The 124

Sage of Monticello, The 170

Sailor king, The 176

Samian letter, The 177

Scourge of God, The 158

Sect believing in one hundred and thirty-six hells 82

Seed supposed to confer invisibility 10

Seven against Thebes, The 169

Seven Bibles of the world, The 86

Seven Champions of Christendom, The 45

Seven Sleepers, The 44

Seven Wise Men of Greece, The 45

Seven Wonders of the ancient world, The 45

Shadeless forests 97

Shakespeare of India, The 5

Socrates’ fundamental doctrine 51

Sovereign who owns the greater part of his realm 9

State called “The Dark and Bloody Ground” 89

“Stonewall” Jackson’s sobriquet 136

St. Tammany 69

Sucker State, The 103

Symmes’ Hole 171

T

Taffy 131

Tallest trees in the world 98

Tam O’Shanter 93

Terms of the treaty of 1783 117

Three kings of Cologne, The 142

Title of the Czar of Russia 119

Town in Vermont captured by the Confederates 1

Tree regarded as an emblem of death 11

Trivial incident that led to a grand discovery 6

Turpentine State, The 136

Two consecutive Bible verses that contradict 175

U

Unconditional Surrender 167

Underground river in the United States 58