[Alkmer, Henrik van], the reputed author of the first German version of "Reynard the Fox."
[All the Talents, Administration of], a ministry formed by Lord Grenville on the death of Pitt in 1806.
[Al`lah], the Adorable, the Arab name for God, adopted by the Mohammedans as the name of the one God.
[Allahabad`] (175), the City of God, a central city of British India, on the confluence of the Ganges and the Jumna, 550 m. from Calcutta, and on the railway between that city and Bombay.
[Allan, David], a Scottish portrait and historical painter, born at Alloa; illustrated Ramsay's "Gentle Shepherd"; his greatest work is the "Origin of Painting," now in the National Gallery at Edinburgh (1744-1796).
[Allan, Sir William], a distinguished Scottish historical painter, born at Edinburgh, many of his paintings being on national subjects; he was a friend of Scott, who patronised his work, and in succession to Wilkie, president of the Royal Scottish Academy; painted "Circassian Captives" and "Slave-Market at Constantinople" (1782-1850).
[Allantois], a membrane enveloping the foetus in mammals, birds, and reptiles.
[Allard`], a French general, entered the service of Runjeet Singh at Lahore, trained his troops in European war tactics, and served him against the Afghans; died at Peshawar (1785-1839).
[Allegha`ny] (105), a manufacturing city in Pennsylvania, on the Ohio, opposite Pittsburg, of which it is a kind of suburb.