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BROOCH, ornamental pin, IV. 369. BROOKE, Frances, English novelist, IV.

369- , Henry, English writer, IV. 369.

-, Sir James, rajah of Sarawak, IV.

369, 60; XXL 306. BROOKES, Joshua, English anatomist, iv.

370. BROOK FARM ASSOCIATION, United

States, xx. 567.

BROOKITE, mineral, xvi. 387; xxm.4io. BROOKLYN, town, New York, U.S.A.,

iv. 370 ; xvn. 457 ; xxm. 822 ;

libraries at, XI v. 5 50.

BRIDGE, New York, xvn. 465.

BROOKS, Charles Shirley, English writer,

iv. 371.

, Maria, American poetess, I. 731.

BROOM, for sweeping, iv. 403. BROOME, William, English writer, iv. 372. BROOMRAPES, parasitic plants, xvm.

265.

BRORA, town, Scotland, xxn. 727. BRORSEN S COMETS (1846, 1847), vi.

192, 193.

BRORSON, Hans Adol, Danish hymn- writer, vii. 90. BROSCHI, Carlo (Farinelli, q.v.), Italian

singer, IX. 34. BROSELY, town, England, iv. 372; xxi.

848.

BROSNA, river, Ireland, xiv. 87. BROSSES, Charles de, French writer, iv.

372- BROTHERHOOD S STEAM ENGINE, xxn.

514. BROTHER JONATHAN, origin of the

epithet, VI. 289; xxin. 592. BROTHERS OF CHARITY, Italian monks,

xvi. 712. BROTHERS OF THE SWORD, mediaeval

order, Livonia, Xiv. 724; XXIII. 201. BROTHERYEELD (Brotherhood), Court

of, Cinque Ports, England, v. 787. BROUGHAM, Lord, lord chancellor of

England, iv. 373; on instinct in bees,

in. 488. BROUGHTON, J. Cam Hobhouse, Lord,

English statesman, IV. 381.

, Hugh, English divine, IV. 381.

, Thomas, English divine, IV. 381.

BROUGHTY-FERRY, town, Scotland, vii.

536. BROUKHUSIUS, Jan, Dutch scholar, iv.

382. BROUSSA, town, Asiatic Turkey, IV. 382;

ill. 793; province, xxm. 653. BROUSSAIS, Francois Joseph Victor,

French physician, IV. 383; XV. 815. BROUSSONET, Pierre Marie Auguste,

French naturalist, IV. 383. BROUWER, Adrian, Dutch painter, iv.

383; xvm. 58; his influence on

Teniers, xxm. 173. BROW-AGUE, disease, xvn. 364. BROWN, Charles Brockden, American

novelist, IV. 383; I. 725.

BROWN, Ford Madox, his influence on Eossetti, xx. 858. -, John, English divine (d. 1766), IV.

384-

-, John, of Haddington, Scottish divine (d. 1787), iv. 384. , John, Scottish physician (d. 1788), iv. 384; xv. 813. -, John, Scottish divine (d. 1858), iv.

384- , John, American abolitionist (d.

1859), iv. 385; XI. 490; xxn. 142;

xxm. 772. , or Browne, Robert, founder of the

Brownist sect, IV. 385; XII. 723. , Robert, Scottish botanist, IV. 385;

on the classification of plants, iv. 8 1 ;

vxri C-Q

xvi. 030. -, Robert, his exploration of Green

land, xix. 324. , Samuel, chemist, poet, and essayist, iv. 386. -, Thomas, English humorist, IV.

387.

, Thomas, Scottish psychologist, IV. 387; on mental suggestion, II. 732.

, Ulysses Maximilian, imperial

general, IV. 388.

, William Laurence, Scottish theo logian, iv. 388.

COAL, or Lignite, V. 46 ; xvi. 429.

COLOURS, in dyeing, vii. 579. BROWNE, Charles Farrar (Artemus

Ward), American humorist, IV. 389; I. 727.

, Felicia Dorothea (Mrs Hemans),

English poetess, XL 643. -, Isaac Hawkins, English poet, iv.

389-

-, James, Scottish litterateur, iv.

, Peter, bishop of Cork, theologian, iv. 389.

, or Brown, Robert, English Inde pendent, iv. 385; xii. 723. -, Sir Thomas, English moralist, iv.

389-

, William, English pastoral poet, IV. 390; XVIIL 347. , William George, English traveller,

iv. 390.

BROWNIES, goblins, n. 204. BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett, English

poetess, iv. 391.

BROWNISTS, religious sect, iv. 392. BROWN PIGMENTS, xix. 88. BROWN-SEQUARD, C. E., on heredity in

guinea-pigs, iv. 246. BROWN SPAR, mineral, xvi. 397. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence,

U.S.A., xix. 884; xxm. 857. BRUCE, David, king of Scotland, xxi.

489; captive in England, vni. 319. , Edward, brother of King Robert

of Scotland, xx. 594; his wars in Ire land, xili. 260.

BRUCE, James, African traveller, iv. 393; i. 64; x. 1 88.

, Michael, Scottish poet, IV. 393;

hymns by, XII. 593; his connexion with John Logan, xiv. 771.

, Robert, lord of Annandale, Scottish

baron, xxi. 486.

, Robert (The Bruce), king of Scot land, xx. 592; xxi. 488; in relation to Edward I., Vlll. 313.

, The, Barbour s poem, ill. 364.

FAMILY, earls of Elgin, vm. 131.

BRUCHID^E, family of insects, xxiv.

477- BRUCHIUM LIBRARY, Alexandria, xiv.

510.

BRUCHSAL, town, Germany, iv. 394. BRUCIA, poisonous alkaloid, xvil. 687. . BRUCITE, mineral, xvi. 388. BRUCK, two towns, Austria, IV. 394. BRUCKE, E., his theory of binocular

vision, XXII. 538. BRUCKENAU, town, Bavaria, iv. 394;

mineral water of, XVI. 436. BRUCKER, James, German philosophical

writer, IV. 394. BRUE, river, Somerset, England, xxn.

257. BRUEYS, Peter de, French preacher, xiv.

287. BRUGES, or Brugge, town, Belgium, iv.

395; library of, Xiv. 549; newspapers,

xvn. 430; tapestry of, XXIII. 212. BRUGSCH, Henri, on Egyptian history,

vii. 728. BRUHL, Graf von, Saxon statesman, xxi.

355- BRULEE ISLAND, river Yonne, France,

weir at, XX. 574.

BRUMAIRE 18-19, Revolution of (1799), ix. 612; XVIL 202.

BRUMATH, or Brumpt, town, German Alsace, iv. 396.

BRUN, town, Moravia, IV. 399.

BRUN, Nordahl, Danish writer, vii. 91.

, Rudolph, Swiss leader, xxn. 783.

B RUNANBURGH, England, Battle of (937), vni. 285; xvn. 570; xxi. 479.

BRUNCK, Richard Francois Philippe, French scholar, IV. 396.

BRUNDISIUM, or Brundusium (Brindisi), ancient town, Italy, iv. 346.

BRUNE, G. M. A., French marshal, in Switzerland, XXII. 793.

BRUNEI, sultanate, Borneo, xxi. 123.

BRUNEL, Isambard Kingdom, English engineer, IV. 396.

, Sir Marc Isambard, engineer and

architect, IV. 398.

BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo, Italian archi tect, iv. 399; II. 436, 438.

BRUNET, Jacques Charles, French biblio grapher, iv. 399.

BRUNETTO LATINI, Florentine ency clopaedist, vm. 192; tutor of Dante, VI. 809; his Tesoretto, Xili. 501.

BRUNHILD, queen of Austrasia, ix. 530.