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,
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.
"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.
Bolshevism, xv, 141-202. Bonaparte, Lucien,-vii, 65. Bonaparte, Napoleon I. (1769- 1821.) French emperor (1804- 14), attracted to Mme. Récamier, who offends him, vii, 236, 237; seizes reins of government, 272; first consul of France, xi, 253;
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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.)
ter in the Transvaal, 309; work in forming constitution for the self-government of South Africa,
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,
"Boxer" rising in China, The, xiv, 298.
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. For location of Volumes in Books,
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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.
(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.
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-
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,
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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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
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
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.-
(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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