THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA ELEVENTH EDITION FIRST edition, published in three volumes, 1768-1771. SECOND " " ten " 1777-1784. THIRD " " eighteen " 1788-1797. FOURTH " " twenty " 1801-1810. FIFTH " " twenty " 1815-1817. SIXTH " " twenty " 1823-1824. SEVENTH " " twenty-one " 1830-1842. EIGHTH " " twenty-two " 1853-1860. NINTH " " twenty-five " 1875-1889. TENTH " ninth edition and eleven supplementary volumes, 1902-1903. ELEVENTH " published in twenty-nine volumes, 1910-1911. COPYRIGHT in all countries subscribing to the Bern Convention by THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS of the UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE _All rights reserved_ THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION ELEVENTH EDITION VOLUME IV BISHARIN to CALGARY New York Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 342 Madison Avenue Copyright, in the United States of America, 1910, by The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. INITIALS USED IN VOLUME IV. TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS,[1] WITH THE HEADINGS OF THE ARTICLES IN THIS VOLUME SO SIGNED. A. B. R. ALFRED BARTON RENDLE, F.R.S., F.L.S., M.A., D.SC. Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum. Botany. A. E. H. A. E. HOUGHTON. Formerly Correspondent of the _Standard_ in Spain. Author of _Restoration of the Bourbons in Spain._ Cabrera. A. E. S. ARTHUR EVERETT SHIPLEY, F.R.S., M.A., D.SC. Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College, Cambridge. Reader in Zoology, Cambridge University. Joint-editor of the _Cambridge Natural History_. Brachiopoda. A. F. P. ALBERT FREDERICK POLLARD, M.A., F.R.HIST.SOC. Professor of English History in the University of London. Fellow of all Souls' College, Oxford. Assistant Editor of the _Dictionary of National Biography_, 1893-1901. Lothian Prizeman (Oxford), 1892. Arnold Prizeman, 1898. Author of _England under the Protector Somerset_, _Henry VIII._; _Thomas Cranmer_; &c. Bonner; Burghley; Baron. A. Go.* REV. ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A. Lecturer on Church History in the University of Manchester. Blandrata; Brenz; Buckholdt. A. H. B. ARTHUR HENRY BULLEN. Founder of the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-on-Avon. Editor of _Collection of Old English Plays_; _Lyrics from the Song Books of the Elizabethan Age_; &c. Burton, Robert. A. H.-S. SIR A. HOUTUM-SCHINDLER, C.I.E. General in the Persian Army. Author of _Eastern Persian Irak_. Bushire. A. H. Sm. ARTHUR HAMILTON SMITH, M.A., F.S.A. Keeper of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. Member of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute. Author of _Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum_; &c. Brooch. A. J. G. REV. ALEXANDER J. GRIEVE, M.A., B.D. Professor of New Testament and Church History, Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford. Sometime Registrar of Madras University, and Member of Mysore Educational Service. Butler; Bishop (_in part_). A. J. L. ANDREW JACKSON LAMOUREUX. 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Bladder and Prostate Diseases; Bone: _Medical_. E. Pr. EDGAR PRESTAGE. Special Lecturer in Portuguese Literature in the University of Manchester. Commendador, Portuguese Order of S. Thiago. Corresponding Member of Lisbon Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon Geographical Society, &c. Examiner in Portuguese in the University of London, Manchester, &c. Bocage. E. Wa. REV. EDMOND WARRE, M.A., D.D., D.C.L., C.B., C.V.O. Provost of Eton. Hon. Fellow of Balhol College, Oxford. Head Master of Eton College, 1884-1905. Author of _Grammar of Rowing_, &c. Boat. E. W. B. SIR EDWARD WILLIAM BRABROOK, C.B. Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn. Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, 1891-1904. Author of _Building Societies_, _Provident Societies and Industrial Welfare_, _Institutions for Thrift_, &c. Building Societies: _United Kingdom_. F. By. FRANK BRINKLEY. Captain R.N. Foreign Adviser to Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo. Correspondent of _The Times_ in Japan; Editor of the _Japan Mail_. 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Author of _Burma_, _The Upper Burma Gazetteer_. Burma. J. H. R. JOHN HORACE ROUND, M.A., LL.D. (Edin.). Author of _Feudal England_, _Studies in Peerage and Family History_, _Peerage and Pedigree_, &c. Burgh. J. Hl. R. JOHN HOLLAND ROSE, M.A., LITT.D. Christ's College, Cambridge. Lecturer on Modern History to the Cambridge University Local Lectures Syndicate. Author of _Life of Napoleon I._, _Napoleonic Studies_, _The Development of the European Nations_, _The Life of Pitt_, &c. Bonaparte: _Family (in part)_.; Bourrienne. J. J.* JOSEPH JEFFERSON. See the biographical article: JEFFERSON, J. Booth, Edwin. J. M. M. JOHN MALCOLM MITCHELL. Sometime Scholar of Queen's College, Oxford. Lecturer in Classics, East London College (University of London). Joint-editor of Grote's _History of Greece_. Boule; Bruno, Giordano (_in part_). J. Mo. VISCOUNT MORLEY OF BLACKBURN. See the biographical article: MORLEY, VISCOUNT. Burke, Edmund. J. N. JOHN NICHOL. See the biographical article: NICHOL, JOHN. 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Boiler. J. T. S.* JAMES THOMSON SHOTWELL, PH.D. Professor of History in Columbia University, New York City. Boniface, Saint. J. W. D. CAPTAIN J. WHITLY DIXON, R.N. Nautical Assessor to Court of Appeal since 1906. Formerly Staff Commander, Medway Fleet Reserve. Buoy; Cable. J. W. He. JAMES WYCLIFFE HEADLAM, M.A. Staff Inspector of Secondary Schools under the Board of Education. Formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Professor of Greek and Ancient History at Queen's College, London. Author of _Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire_; &c. Bismarck; Bucher, Lothar. K. G. J. KINGSLEY GARLAND JAYNE. Sometime Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford. Matthew Arnold Prizeman, 1903. Author of _Vasco da Gama and his Successors_. Bosnia and Herzegovina; British Honduras. K. J. A. KEITH JOHNSTON. See the biographical article: JOHNSTON, A.K. Brazil: _History (in part)_. K. S. KATHLEEN SCHLESINGER. Author of _The Instruments of the Orchestra_, &c. Bombardon; Bow; Buccina; Bugle; Bumbulum. L. COUNT LUTZOW, LITT.D. (Oxon.), Ph.D. (Prague), F.R.G.S. Chamberlain of H.M. the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia. Hon. Member of the Royal Society of Literature. Member of the Bohemian Academy, &c. Author of _Bohemia: An Historical Sketch_; _The Historians of Bohemia_ (Ilchester Lecture, Oxford, 1904); _The Life and Times of John Hus_; &c. Bohemia: _History and Literature_. L. B. LAURENCE BINYON. See the biographical article: BINYON, L. Burne-Jones, Sir E.B. L. D.* LOUIS DUCHESNE. See the biographical article: DUCHESNE, L.M.O. Boniface (Popes I.-VII.). L. F. S. LESLIE FREDERIC SCOTT, K.C., M.A. New College, Oxford. Joint Hon. Secretary of International Maritime Committee. Broker. L. F. V.-H. LEVESON FRANCIS VERNON-HARCOURT, M.A., M.INST.C.E. (1839-1907). Professor of Civil Engineering at University College, London, 1882-1905. British Member of Jury for Civil Engineering, Paris Exhibition, 1900. Author of _Rivers and Canals_, _Harbours and Docks_, _Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction_, &c. Breakwater; Caisson. L. G. LAURENCE GINNELL, M.P. Barrister, Middle Temple and Irish Bar. Author of _Brehon Laws_, _Land and Liberty_, &c. M.P. for North Westmeath since 1906. Brehon Laws. L. J. S. LEONARD JAMES SPENCER, M.A. Assistant in Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Formerly Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and Harkness Scholar. Editor of the _Mineralogical Magazine_. Author of English translations of M. Bauer's _Precious Stones_ and R. Brauns's _Mineral Kingdom_. Bismuthite; Blende; Boracite; Bournonite; Brochantite; Bromlite; Bronzite; Brookite; Brucite; Bytownite; Calamine: Calcite. L. R. D. LAWRENCE ROBERT DICKSEE, M. Com. (Birmingham), F.C.A. Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science. Formerly Professor of Accounting at Birmingham University. Author of _Auditing_, _Advanced Accounting_, _Book-keeping_, &c. Book-keeping. L. S. SIR LESLIE STEPHEN, K.C.B. See the biographical article: STEPHEN, SIR L. Browning, Robert. L. V.* LUIGI VILLARI. Italian Foreign Office (Emigration Department). Formerly Newspaper Correspondent in East of Europe, Italian Vice-Consul in New Orleans, 1906; Philadelphia, 1907; and Boston, U.S.A., 1907-1910. Author of _Italian Life in Town and Country_, _Giovanni Segantini_, _Russia under the Great Shadow_, _Fire and Sword in the Caucasus_; &c. Borgia Cesare; Borgia, Lucrezia; Caghostro. M. LORD MACAULAY. See the biographical article: MACAULAY, T.B.M., BARON. Bunyan, John. M. Bat. MISS MARY BATESON (1865-1906). Formerly Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Author of _Medieval England, Borough Customs_; &c. Borough: _English_. M. Br. MISS MARGARET BRYANT. Caesar: _Medieval Legends_. M. G. MOSES GASTER, PH.D. (Leipzig) Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Communities of England. Vice-President, Zionist Congress, 1898, 1899, 1900. Ilchester Lecturer at Oxford on Slavonic and Byzantine Literature, 1886 and 1891. President, Folklore Society of England. Vice-President, Anglo-Jewish Association. Author of _History of Rumanian Popular Literature_; _A New Hebrew Fragment of Ben-Sira_; _The Hebrew Version of the Secretum Secretorum of Aristotle_. Bogomils; Brancovan. M. P.* LEON JACQUES MAXIME PRINET. Formerly Archivist to the French National Archives. Auxiliary of the Institute of France (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences). Author of _L'Industrie du sel en Franche-Comte_; _Les Armoiries écartelés des conjoints_; _François I et le comté de Bourgogne_. Brienne-le-Château; Brissae, Dukes of. M. St J. MOLYNEUX ST JOHN. British Columbia: (_in part_). N. W. T. NORTHCOTE WHITBRIDGE THOMAS, M.A. Government Anthropologist to Southern Nigeria. Corresponding Member of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris. Author of _Thought Transference_, _Kinship and Marriage in Australia_; &c. Boomerang. O. Ba. OSWALD BARRON, F.S.A. Hon. Genealogist to Standing Council of the Honourable Society of the Baronetage. Editor of the _Ancestor_, 1902-1905. Butler: _Family_. O. Br. OSCAR BRILIANT. Bohemia: _Geography and Statistics_; Budapest. O. H. OLAUS MAGNUS FRIEDRICH HENRICI, PH.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Professor of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Central Technical College of the City and Guilds of London Institute. Author of _Vectors and Rotors_; _Congruent Figures_; &c. Calculating Machines. P. A. K. PRINCE PETER ALEXEIVITCH KROPOTKIN. See the biographical article: KROPOTKIN, P.A. Bokhara: (_in part_); Bulgaria: _Eastern_. P. C. M. PETER CHALMERS MITCHELL, M.A., D.SC., LL.D., F.R.S. Secretary to the Zoological Society of London. University Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy and Assistant to Linacre Professor at Oxford, 1888-1891. Lecturer on Biology at Charing Cross Hospital, 1892-1894; at London Hospital, 1894. Examiner in Biology to the Royal College of Physicians, 1892-1896, 1901-1903. Examiner in Zoology to the University of London, 1903. Breeds and Breeding P. C. Y. PHILIP CHESNEY YORKE, M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford. Boleyn, Anne; Bolingbroke; Bothwell; Bristol, 1st and 2nd Earls of; Buckingham, 1st Duke of (_in part_); Buckingham, 2nd Duke of. P. Gi. PETER GILES, M.A., LL.D., LITT.D. Fellow and Classical Lecturer of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and University Reader in Comparative Philology. Late Secretary of the Cambridge Philological Society. Author of _Manual of Comparative Philology_; &c. C. P. G. K. PAUL G. KONODY. Art Critic of the _Observer_ and the _Daily Mail_. Formerly Editor of the _Artist_. Author of _The Art of Walter Crane_; _Velasquez, Life and Work_; &c. Bordone. P. S. PHILIP SCHIDROWITZ, PH.D., F.C.S. Member of Council, Institute of Brewing. Member of Committee of Society of Chemical Industry. Author of numerous articles on the Chemistry and Technology of Brewing, Distilling, &c. Brandy; Brewing. P. W. C. PETER WILLIAM CLAYDEN (d. 1902). Formerly President, Institute of Journalists, London. Literary Editor of the _Daily News_. Author of _Scientific Men and Religious Teachers_; _England under Lord Beaconsfield_; _Early Life of Samuel Rogers_; _Rogers and his Contemporaries_; _England under the Coalition_; &c. Bright, John. R. A.* ROBERT ANCHEL. Archivist to the Department de l'Eure. Boissy D'Anglais, François Antoine de. R. Ad. ROBERT ADAMSON, LL.D. See the biographical article: ADAMSON, R. Bonaventura, Saint; Bruno, Giordano (_in part_); Butler, Bishop (_in part_). R. A. S. M. ROBERT ALEXANDER STEWART MACALISTER, M.A., F.S.A. St John's College, Cambridge. Director of Excavations for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Bozrah; Caesarea Palaestina; Caesarea Philippi. R. G. RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D. See the biographical article: GARNETT, R. Burton, John Hill. R. I. P. R.I. POCOCK, F.Z.S. Superintendent of the Zoological Gardens, London. Book-Scorpion; Caddis-Fly and Caddis-Worm. R. J. M. RONALD JOHN MCNEILL, M.A. Christ Church, Oxford. Barrister-at-Law. Formerly Editor of _St James's Gazette_, London. Bunker Hill. R. L.* RICHARD LYDEKKER, F.R.S., F.L.S. Member of Staff of Geological Survey of India, 1874-1882. Author of _Catalogues of Fossil Mammals, Reptiles and Birds in British Museum_; &c. Bison; Bovidae; Buffalo. R. N. B. ROBERT NISBET BAIN (d. 1909). Assistant Librarian, British Museum, 1883-1909. Author of _Scandinavia: the Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, 1513-1900_; _The First Romanovs, 1613 to 1725_; _Slavonic Europe: the Political History of Poland and Russia from 1469 to 1796_; &c. Boeskay, Stephen; Boris Fedorovich Godunov; Boyar; Brahe, Per; Buslaev, Fedor Ivanovich. R. P.* ROBERT PEELE. Professor of Mining in Columbia University, New York. Blasting; Boring. R. Po. RENE POUPARDIN, D. ÈS L. Secretary to the École des Chartes. Honorary Librarian to the Bibliothèque Nationale. Author of _Le Royaume de Bourgogne_; _Le Royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens_; &c. Burgundy. S. A. C. STANLEY ARTHUR COOK, M.A. Lecturer in Hebrew and Syriac, and formerly Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Editor for Palestine Exploration Fund. Examiner in Hebrew and Aramaic, London University, 1904-1908. Council of Royal Asiatic Society, 1904-1905. Author of _Glossary of Aramaic Inscriptions_; _The Laws of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi_; _Critical Notes on Old Testament History_; _Religion of Ancient Palestine_; &c. Cain; Caleb. S. C. SIDNEY COLVIN, M.A., LITT.D. See the biographical article: COLVIN, SIDNEY. Botticelli. St C. VISCOUNT ST CYRES. See the biographical article: IDDESLEIGH: 1ST EARL OF. Bossuet. S. H. V.* SYDNEY HOWARD VINES, M.A., D.SC., F.R.S., F.L.S. Sherardian Professor of Botany, Oxford University. Fellow of Magdalen College. Author of _Lectures on the Physiology of Plants_; _Text-Book of Botany_; &c. Brongniart, Adolphe Theodore. S. L.-P. STANLEY LANE-POOLE, M.A., LITT.D. Formerly Professor of Arabic, Dublin University, and Examiner in the University of Wales. Corresponding Member of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society. Member of the Khedivial Commission for the Preservation of the Monuments of Arab Art, &c. Author of _Life of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe_; _Life of Sir Harry Parkes_; _Cairo_; _Turkey_; &c. Editor of _The Koran_; _The Thousand and One Nights_; &c. Burton, Sir Richard Francis. S. R. G. SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, LL.D., D.C.L. See the biographical article: GARDINER, S. R. Buckingham, 1st Duke of (_in part_). T. As. THOMAS ASHBY, M.A., D.LITT. (Oxon.). Director of British School of Archaeology at Rome. Member of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute. Formerly Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. Craven Fellow, 1897. Conington Prizeman, 1906. Author of _The Classical Topography of the Roman Campagna_. Bologna; Bolsena; Bononia; Borgo San Donnino; Bovianum; Bovillae; Bracciano; Brescia; Bruttii; Caere; Cagli; Cagliari; Caietae Portus; Calabria. T. Ba. SIR THOMAS BARCLAY, M.P. Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Supreme Council of the Congo Free State. Officer of the Legion of Honour. Author of _Problems of International Practice and Diplomacy_; &c. M.P. for Blackburn, 1910. Blockade. T. G. Br. THOMAS GREGOR BRODIE, M.D., F.R.S. Professor of Physiology in the University of Toronto. Author of _Essentials of Experimental Physiology_. Blood: _Anatomy and Physiology_. T. H. H.* SIR THOMAS HUNGERFORD HOLDICH, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., D.SC. Superintendent, Frontier Surveys, India, 1892-1898. Gold Medallist, R.G.S., London, 1887. Author of _The Indian Borderland_; _The Countries of the King's Award_; _India_; _Tibet_; &c. Bolan Pass; Brahmaputra. T. Se. THOMAS SECCOMBE, M.A. Lecturer in History, East London and Birkbeck Colleges, University of London. Stanhope Prizeman, Oxford, 1887. Assistant Editor of _Dictionary of National Biography_, 1891-1901. Author of _The Age of Johnson_; &c. Boswell. T. W.-D. THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON. See the biographical article: WATTS-DUNTON, T. Borrow. T. W. R. D. T. W. RHYS DAVIDS, LL.D., PH.D. Professor of Comparative Religion, Manchester University. President of the Pali Text Society. Fellow of the British Academy. Secretary and Librarian of Royal Asiatic Society, 1885-1902. Author of _Buddhism_; _Sacred Books of the Buddhists_; _Early Buddhism_; _Buddhist India_; _Dialogues of the Buddha_; &c. Buddha; Buddhaghosa; Buddhism. W. A. B. C. REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREVOORT COOLIDGE, M.A., F.R.G.S., PH.D. (Bern). Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Professor of English History, St David's College, Lampeter, 1880-1881. Author of _Guide du Haut Dauphiné_; _The Range of the Todi_; _Guide to Grindelwald_; _Guide to Switzerland_; _The Alps in Nature and in History_; &c. Editor of the _Alpine Journal_, 1880-1889, &c. Bitzius; Blanc, Mont; Bonstetten; Botzen; Bourrit; Bregenz; Brenner Pass; Briançon; Brieg; Brienz, Lake of; Brignoles; Brixen; Burckhardt, Jakob; Burgdorf. W. A. P. WALTER ALISON PHILLIPS, M.A. Formerly Exhibitioner of Merton College and Senior Scholar of St John's College, Oxford. Author of _Modern Europe_; &c. Bishop; Brunhild. W. B.* WILLIAM BURTON, M.A., F.C.S. Chairman, Joint Committee of Pottery Manufacturers of Great Britain. Author of _English Stoneware and Earthenware_; &c. Brick (_in part_). W. B. S.* WILLIAM BARCLAY SQUIRE, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. Assistant in charge of Printed Music, British Museum. Hon. Secretary of the Purcell Society. Formerly Musical Critic of _Westminster Gazette_, _Saturday Review_ and _Globe_. Editor of _Byrd's Masses_. Byrd. W. C. S. WILLIAM CHARLES SMITH, K.C., M.A., LL.D. Formerly Sheriff of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland. Editor of _Judicial Review_, 1889-1900. Borough: _Irish and Scottish_. W. C. U. WILLIAM CAWTHORNE UNWIN, LL.D., F.R.S., M.INST C.E., M.INST M.E., A.R.I.B.A. Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Central Technical College, City and Guilds of London Institute. Author of _Wrought Iron Bridges and Roofs_; _Treatise on Hydraulics_. Bridges. W. Hd. WILFRANC HUBBARD. Correspondent of _The Times_ in Rome. Bolivia: _History (in part)_. W. H. L. WILLIAM H. LANG, D.SC. Barker Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, University of Manchester. Author of Papers on Botanical Subjects, including Morphology and life history of Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms, in scientific journals. Bryophyta. W. H. W.* WILLIAM HENRY WHITFELD, M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge. Card Editor of the _Field_. Bridge: _Game_. W. J. H.* W.J. HUGHAN. Past Senior Grand Deacon of Freemasons of England, 1874. Hon. Senior Warden of Grand Lodges of Egypt, Quebec and Iona, &c. Builders' Rites. W. L. RIGHT REV. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, D.D., LL.D. Bishop of Massachusetts. Author of _Study of Phillips Brooks_; _Life of Roger Wolcott_; &c. Brooks, Phillips. W. L. G. WILLIAM LAWSON GRANT, M.A. Professor of Colonial History, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Formerly Beit Lecturer in Colonial History, Oxford University. Editor of _Acts of the Privy Council_ (Canadian Series). Brock, Sir Isaac; Brown, George. W. L. R. C. WILLIAM LIEST READWIN CATES (1821-1895). Editor of _Dictionary of General Biography_. Author of _A History of England from the Death of Edward the Confessor to the Death of King John_. Part author of _Encyclopaedia of Chronology_. Boscovich. W. M. R. WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI. See the biographical article: ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. Brown, Ford Madox. W. R. L. W.R. LETHABY, F.S.A. Principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts under the London County Council. Author of _Architecture, Mysticism and Myth_, &c. Byzantine Art. W. S. J. WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS, LL.D. See the biographical article: JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY. Boole. W. Wr. WILLISTON WALKER, PH.D., D.D. Professor of Church History, Yale University. Author of _History of the Congregational Churches in the United States_, _The Reformation_, _John Calvin_; &c. Bushnell, Horace. W. W. F.* WILLIAM WARDE FOWLER, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. Sub-Rector, 1881-1904. Gifford Lecturer, Edinburgh University, 1908. Author of _The City-State of the Greeks and Romans_, _The Roman Festivals of the Republican Period_; &c. Bona Dea. W. W. R.* WILLIAM WALKER ROCKWELL, LIC. THEOL. Assistant Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, New York. Boniface (Popes VIII.-IX.). FOOTNOTE: [1] A complete list, showing all individual contributors, appears in the final volume. PRINCIPAL UNSIGNED ARTICLES Bismuth. Bristol. Bizet, Georges. Brittany. Black Sea. Broglie, de. Blackstone. Bromine. Blake, Robert. Bronchitis. Blanc, Louis. Bronze. Blasphemy. Brooke, Fulke Greville. Blenheim. Brooke, Sir James. Blowpipe. Brooklyn. Blücher. Brougham. Blüntschli. 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