270; marriage, and member of
the Landtag, 271; belief in the
feudalistic right of royalty to
rule, 272; unpopular, opposes
reforms and emancipation of
Jews, 273; represents Prussia at
Diet of Germanic Confederation
at Frankfort, 275; makes Metter-
nich's acquaintance, 277; ambas-
sador at St. Petersburg (1859),
279; ambassador to France
(1862), 280; premier, 280; in-
duces Austria to join Prussia
in invading Schleswig-Holstein,
283; surrender of, by treaty of
Vienna, 284; war with Austria
(1866) and battle of Königgratz
(Sadowa), 286-288; war with
France (1870-71), 299, 300;
created Prince, 302; later
career, 304-312; struggles with
the Catholics, 307; fall and re-
tirement, 312; last honors, 313;
trains William II, xv, 233.
Black and Tans, xv, 47.
Black, William.-(1841-98.)
lish novelist, vii, 348.
Blackfriar's Theatre, London,
Shakspeare's interest in, xiii,

301.

Eng-

Black Sea, thrown open, to all na-
tions, x, 195; warships ex-
cluded, 196.

Blackwood, Wm.-(Edinburgh pub-
lisher), vii, 357.

"Blackwood's Magazine," vil, 357.
Blaine, James G. (1 8 3 0-9 3.)
American statesman, xi, 295.
Blair, John.-(1732-1800.) Ameri-
can jurist, xi, 156.

Blair, Montgomery. Noted anti-
slavery leader, postmaster-gen-
eral in Lincoln's Cabinet, xil,
276,

Blake, Admiral Robert. - (1598-
1657.) Victories under English
Commonwealth, viii, 236.

Blanc, Louis.—(1811-82.) French
historian and politician, ix, 365,
367; x, 30.

Blantyre, African town of, de-
scribed by Livingstone, xiv, 314;
Missionary Scott of, 315.
Blenheim, Battle of (Aug., 1704),
viii, 286.
Blennerhasset,

Harman.—(1 7 6 4-

1831.) Anglo-Irishman connected
with Burr's conspiracy, xi, 303.
"Blessed Damozel," The, Rossetti's,
xiv, 88.

field-

"Blood Covenant, The," Trumbull
on, i, 81; ii, 45.
Blücher, G. L. von.-(1742-1819.)
Prussian field-marshal, vii, 291;
at battle of Leipsic, ix, 158.
Blumenthal, Count Leonhard von.—
(1810-1900.) Prussian
marshal, xv, 211, 212.
Boer War, opposed by Lloyd
George, xv, 31; General Smuts
activities in, 302-307; William
II refuses to receive Transvaal
envoys during, 222.

Bohemia, size and location, xv,
363, 364; army of, in Russia,
367, 368, 371-373; Allies give
recognition, 372, 373; educated
army of, 376.
Boileau, Nicholas.

(1636-1711.)
French poet and critic, vii, 157.
Boleyn, Anne.(1507-36.) Mother
of Queen Elizabeth, execution of,
viii, 67, 100.

Bolingbroke, Lord. See St. John,
Henry.

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Book of History (Shoo-King), 1,
175.

Book of Poetry (She-King), i, 175.
Book of Rites (Le-King), 1, 175.
"Book of Sentences," of Peter the
Lombard, v, 400.
Borgia, vii, 137.

Bosquet, General, in the Crimea, x,
183.

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne.-(1627-

1704.) French prelate and theo-
logical writer, vii, 33, 138, 139,
157, 160, 169, 171, 174, 390;
disputes with Fénelon, viii, 284;
death, 285.

Boston, Mass., xi, 39, 79, 226.
Boston Massacre (Mar. 5, 1770),
xi, 225.

Boswell, James.-(1740-95.)

His

ter in the Transvaal, 309; work
in forming constitution for the
self-government of South Africa,

311;

head of first Cabinet of
the Union, 312, 313; undertakes
campaign in German South-West
Africa, 318; death, 334.
Botta, Paul Émile.-French assyri-
ologist, xiv, 358; excavations of
King Sargon's palace, 363, 381.
Boulanger, Georges.-(1837-1891.)
French political adventurer, XV,
274.

Bourbons, Restoration and Fall of
the. See Châteaubriand, Vicomte
de, ix, 77; distinguished men
under the, 109-113.
Bourbons, throne of, Napoleon on
the, ii, 150.

Bourdaloua, Louis. (1632-1704.)

French theologian, vii, 157, 174.
Bowdoin, James. - (1 72 7-9 0.)

American politician and governor
of Mass. (1786-87), xi, 227.
Bowring, Sir John.-(1792-1872.)

English linguist and diplomat.
Governor of Hong-Kong, xiv,

279.

"Boxer" rising in China, The, xiv,
298.

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Boyne, Battle of the (July, 1690),
vii, 189.
Bozzaris, Marco. (1 7 8 8-1823.)
Greek patriot, ix, 298, 300; sur-
prises Turks at Missolonghi, 307.
Braddock, Edward.-(1695-1755.)

British general. Operates against
French and Indians, xi, 110.
Bradley, Justice.-On the United
States Constitution, xii, 350.
Bradstreet, Anne Dudley.-(1612-
1672.) American poet, xvi,
149; style of verse, 151.
Bragg, General Braxton.-(1815-
76.) xii, 339.

Brahe, Tycho.-(1546-1601.) Dan-
ish astronomer, vi, 427, 431.
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Brahmanism.

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Aryan creed and

ritual, i, 67; known to us
through the Vedas, sacred poems
of the Hindus, 68; caste, 78;
corruption of, 79; oppressive
characteristics of, 80; pantheism
of, 81; at first little different
from Buddhism, 92; idealism,
83; indifferent to humanity's
sufferings, 100; Buddha re-
nounces, ii, 32.

Brahmans, i, 38; vii, 121.
Brahmans.-Led lofty life, i, 80;
became oppressors of the people,
80; practice austerities, 82;
meditative and intellectual, 82;
Buddhism as a protest to, 84.
Brahminical priesthood, ii, 44.
Brahms, Johannes. (1 8 3 3-9 7.)
German composer, xiv, 58, 59.
Braintree, Mass., home of John
Adams, xi, 217, 226, 260.
Brandywine, Battle of, xii, 329.
Bray, Charles, of Coventry, vii,
351, 352.

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(1863. .)
French statesman; compared
with Lloyd George, xv, 43, 44.
Bright, John.-(1811-89.) English
Liberal statesman and orator, x,
60, 79, 81, 86; xi, 196.
Brontë, Charlotte.

(1 8 1 6-5 5.)
English novelist, vii, 349.
Brougham, Henry, Lord.—(1778-
1868.) British statesman, jurist,
and orator, ix, 252; counsel for
Queen Caroline, 253; in Parlia-
ment, 254; at the law, 271; x,
25, 29, 32; Lord-Chancellor, 37,
38, 41-43, 47, 52, 67, 72, 97;
xi, 210.

Brown, Sir George.-English gen-
eral, at battle of the Alma, x,
183.

Brown-Séquard, Charles Édouard.—
(1818-94.) French physiologist,
studies of, xiv, 474.
Brugmans of Leyden, Dutch physi
cist, xiv, 413.

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Bryan, William Jennings.
(1860-.) American political
leader, editor and lecturer; Sec-
retary of State, xvi, 30.
Buchanan, James (17 9 1-1 8 6 8),
15th U. S. President, xii, 75,
265, 273, 277.

Buckle, Henry T.-(1822-62.) His
"History of Civilization," xiii,
269.

Buckner, Simon Bolivar. (1823-

to

1914.) Confederate general, sur-
render of Fort Donelson
Grant (Feb. 16, 1862), xii, 299.
Buddha, doctrines of, in George
Eliot's novels, vii, 369; fol-
lower of, 381, 388.
Buddha, Gautama, the "enlight-
ened," i, 36; doctrines of, 67,

68; princely incarnation of

Deity, 84-91; birth and parent-
age, 85; career, 86-91; called
Siddhartha, 85; active life be-
gins, 90; tenderness and pity,
91; chastity of life and purity
of mind, 99; teaches morals
rather than religion, ii, 44; In-
dian shrines with image of, iii,

92.

Buddhism.-Religion or faith of
Buddha, attained by mortifica-
tion of passion and desire to Nir-
vana, rest and peace for the
soul, i, 67, 68; twofold aspect,
practical and speculative, 92;
at first little different from Brah-
manism, 92; in China, 84, 91;
soul of, 87; a gloomy religion,
94; system of moral philosophy,
100, 178.

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Buddhist.-A mediæval free-think-

er, 1, 100; priest, mendicant and
pauper, 101.

Buddhist Catechism, definition of
Nirvana, i, 93; Olcott's, 94;
teaches goodness without a God,
101.

"Budding Genius," Chinese aca-
demic degree, xiv, 272.
Bulag Museum, Egypt, xiv, 377.
Bulgarian atrocities, English agi.
tation over, x, 371.

Bull Run, Battle of (July 21,
1861), won by the Confederate
General Beauregard, xii, 281.
Bull Run, Second battle at, xii,
332, 347, 350.

Bullstrode, Mr., the rich Banker

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in George Eliot's novel, vii, 381.
Bunker Hill, Battle of (June 17,
1775), xi, 51, 115, 122, 181;
Webster's address at (1825),
xii, 119, 154, 183.
Bunyan, John.-(1628-88.) Eng-
lish tinker, preacher, author, vii,
141; "The Pilgrim's Progress,"
xi, 64.
Burbank, Luther. (1849-.)
American horticulturist, plant
life, xii, 429; family history,
xvi, 117; works in Ames Plow
Company, 117; discovers Bur-
bank potato, 118; goes to Cali-
fornia, 118-120; begins &
nursery, 120; character, 120-
122; tells own story, 122-132;
finds similarity between organi-
zation and development of plant
and human life, 123; thinks
crossing of species paramount,
124; much of success depends
upon selective environment, 124,
125; secret of success, his love
for plants, 125; cultivation of
plants closely connected with
rearing of children, 125, 126;

many interesting experiments,
126-129; improves vegetable
kingdom for benefit of man, 129;
conducting 2500 experiments on
farms, 130; new blossom-bear-
ing plants soon to be offered,
130; life based on sugar ob-
tained by means of sunlight,
130-132.

Burgos, vii, 137.

Burgoyne, General John.-(1722-
92.) Surrender at Saratoga
(Oct. 17, 1777), xi, 94, 120,
128, 133, 134-136, 178.
Burgundy, Duke of, vii, 75, 80, 93,
94, 95.

Burke, Edmund.-(1729-97.) Eng-
lish statesman, orator, and writ-
er, vii, 305, 386; Political Mor-
ality, ix, 67; sent to instruct
and guide legislators in a venal
and corrupt age, 68; birth and
parentage, 69; enters the law,
69; a born orator, 69; early
literary life, "The Sublime and
the Beautiful," 70; secretary to
premier, Lord Rockingham, and
enters Parliament (1765), 73;
opposes coercion of American
colonies, 74; battles with ignor-
ance and prejudice, 75; pay.
master of the forces, 77; retires
to Beaconsfield, 77; political in-
fluence, 78; East Indian ques-
tions and impeachment of War-
ren Hastings, 81; his Bristol
speech on rights of Irish Catho-
lics, 82; on the French Revolu-
tion, 83; denounces its excesses
and crimes, 88; his eloquent and
masterly "Reflections on
the
French Revolution," 91; eulogy
on his character and career, 98-
102; 7, 48, 67, 71; xi, 75, 205,
250; his tractate on the French
Revolution, 251, 252.

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Burleigh, Lord (William Cecil).-
(1520-98.) Queen Elizabeth's
prime-minister, viii, 79, 81.
Burnet (Bishop), Gilbert.—(1643-
1715.) vii, 190.

Burning Bush, Wonders of the, ii,
104.

Burnside, Ambrose E.-American
general and politician. Lincoln's
appointment of, to command
Army of the Potomac (1862-63),
xii, 289; failure at Fredericks-
burg, 289, 290, 292; relieved of
his command, 293; creates his
own defeat at Fredericksburg,
334, 349.

Burr, Aaron.-(1756-1836.) Amer-
ican politician. Hamilton's rival

300;

at Bar, xi, 184, 185; latter op-
poses Burr's election as governor
of New York, 210; quarrels with
Hamilton, fights duel with and
kills him, 210-212; disgraced
and earns "blasted name," 213;
rival of Jefferson, 287; honesty
questionable, 297; seeks to es-
tablish a monarchy in Mexico,
299; birth and parentage, 300;
enters army and joins Arnold's
expedition to Quebec,
cabals against Washington, 301;
elected to U. S. Senate, 301;
vice-president, 302; intrigues to
be elected governor of New
York, 302; visits New Orleans
and is joined by Blennerhasset
in his Mexican project, 303; ar-
rested at Natchez and tried for
conspiracy, 303; is acquitted,
dies and is buried at Princeton,
304; with Benedict Arnold has
earned infamous immortality,
305.

Burr, Rev. Aaron. (1716-57.)
President of the College of New
Jersey (Princeton). Father of
Burr the politician, xi, 800.

Bute, John Stuart, Earl
(1713-92.) English statesman,
xi, 76.

Butler, Benjamin F.-

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(1818-93.)
American general and military
governor of New Orleans
(1862); intrenched at Balti-
more, xii, 282; treats all slaves
of rebels in arms as "contraband
of war," 291; in command near
Petersburg, 304.

Butler, Joseph.-(1692-1752.) Eng
lish prelate, theologian, and su
thor of the "Analogy of Re
ligion," xi, 197.

Butler, Wm. Archer.-(1814-48.)
Philosophical writer, and lec-
turer on the "History of Ancient
Philosophy," i, 220.

Buxton, Sir T. Fowell.—(1 7 8 6-
1845.) English philanthropist,
X, 52.

Byron, George Noel G., Lord.-
(1788-1824.) English poet. "Po-
etic genius," xiii, 135; extrava
gantly admired and bitterly as
sailed, 135; Moore's "Life and
Letters" of, 136; "Childe Har-
old," 136, 144, 152, 154; youth,
family and education, 137-140;
at Newstead, 138, 139; enters
Trinity College, Cambridge, 140;
bad habits at college, 140-142;
ungoverned affections, 142; juve-
nile poems, "Hours of Idleness,"
143, 145; harshly reviewed, 145;
his retort: "English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers," 146; travels,
148-150; drinking habits and
scandal of his private life, 151,
152; society pet, 153; brilliance
and originality, 155; London
dissipations, 157; marriage, 158;
separation, 160; "The Corsair,"
and

""The Bride of Abydos,"
161; in Switzerland and at Ven-
ice, 162, 163; "Don Juan,"

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