names of John Paul Jones, and the Bon Homme Richard, will go down the annals of time forever. R. F. Stockton. Bonanza, Big. See CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA. Bonaparte at Cairo. A picture by Jean Léon Gérôme (b. 1824), the French painter. Bonaventure. A noted cemetery near Savannah, Ga. 'It is planted with native live-oaks. Bond Street. A street in London named after its builder, Sir Thomas Bond. It is natural to me to go where I please, to do what I please. I find myself at eleven o'clock in the day in Bond Street, and it seems to me that I have been sauntering there at that very hour for years past. Charles Lamb. Why should we call them from their dark abode In broad St. Giles's or in Tottenhamroad? Or (since some men of fashion nobly dare To scrawl in verse) from Bond-street or the Square? Byron. Is this the sublime? Mr. Angelo of Bond Street might admire the attitude; his namesake, Michel, I would. don't think Thackeray. The expressive word ' quiet' defines the dress, manner, bow, and even physiognomy, of every true denizen of St. James's and Bond Street. N. P. Willis. Bone Compagnie. See COURT DE Nouvelle, Boulevart. One of the boulevards of Paris. On this street is the Théâtre du Gymnase. See BOULEVARDS. Bonsecours Market. A stone building three stories high, with a dome, in Montreal, Canada. It is unsurpassed for its purposes by any building in America. Boodle's Club. This club in St. James's Street, London, first known as the Savoir Vivre Club, was established about 1764. Gibbon was a member of Boodle's. "Boodle's Club-house, designed by Holland, has long been eclipsed by the more pretentious architecture of the club edifices of our time; but the interior arrangements are well planned. Boodle's is chiefly frequented by country gentlemen, whose status has been thus satirically insinuated by a contemporary: Every Sir John belongs Book of Revelation. A series of wood-cuts illustrating the Book of Revelation, by Albert Dürer (1471-1528), the German painter and engraver. Booth's. An elegant theatre on Twenty-third Street, New York. It is chiefly used for standard tragedy. Bora, The. A name locally given to the north or north-east wind which at times rages over the Carnic and Julian Alps, in Southern Austria, with extreme violence. Border, The. The name often ap plied to the common boundary line (or more generally to the whole of the common frontier region) of England and of Scotland. The position of this dividing line was, until comparatively recent times, dependent upon the changes of war or diplomacy; and the border, from the eleventh century until about the beginning of the eighteenth century, was the scene of almost constant wars, forays, feuds, and various disturbances. After the legislative union of 1707, these wars and troubles of the border were finally terminated. Sir Walter Scott is often called the "Border Minstrel," and he and some of his poetical followers, who celebrated various plundering chiefs of the border, have been sometimes referred to as the "Border-thief School." O, young Lochinvar is come out of the | Borough, The. A general term, West! Through all the wide Border his steed is the best; And save his good broadsword he weapon had none; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. Scott. Sophia [Scott] shares and enjoys these local feelings and attachments, and can tell as many Border stories as her father, and repeat perhaps as many ballads, and certainly more Jacobite songs. George Ticknor. Borestone, The. 1. A spot on the field of Bannockburn, in Scotland, now enclosed by an iron railing, where, according to tradition, Bruce's standard was planted during the contest. 2. A monumental stone preserved at Edinburgh, Scotland, into which, according to tradition, the standard of James IV. was stuck before he marched to the battle-field of Flodden. Borghese Chapel. See CAPELLA BORGHESE. Borghese Gladiator. A celebrated statue, representing a warrior contending with a horseman, and supposed to have made part of a large battle-group. It is attributed to Agasias (400 B.C.,?), an Ephesian sculptor, whose name appears on the statue. Now in the Louvre, Paris. See DYING GLADIATOR and WOUNDED GLADIATOR. Borghese Palace. [Ital. Palazzo Borghese.] A Roman palace of immense size, containing one of the richest collections of art in the city. It was begun in 1590, and completed by Paul V., one of the Borghese family. "The Palazzo Borghese contains the finest private collection of pictures in Rome, upwards of six hundred in number. The Borghese family is still rich, and the suite of apartments devoted to the collection is taken good care of." G. S. Hillard. Borghese Villa. See VILLA BORGHESE. Borgia, Cæsar. See CESAR BORGIA. Borgo. [Suburb, or borough.] See LEONINE CITY. See also INCENDIO DEL BORGO and STANZE OF RAPHAEL. but applied specifically to Southwark, a parliamentary borough of England, on the southern side of the Thames, directly opposite the City of London. And Gower, an older poet whom Indeed, it is evident that the curious little passage which leads in to the "Cock" must have been originally an entrance to one of these courts on which the tavern gradually encroached. Much the same are found in the Borough, only these lead into great courts and innyards. Fitzgerald. "Borrachos," The. [The topers.] A famous picture by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez (1599-1660). In the gallery at Madrid, Spain. Borromean Colossus. See CARLO BORROMEO. Borromean Islands. See ISOLA BELLA. Borromeo, Carlo. See CARLO BOR ROMEO. Borthwick Castle. A Scotch fortress of the fifteenth century, in the parish of the same name, in the county of Edinburgh. "This building is believed to be the largest specimen of that class of architecture [a simple square block] in Scotland." Billings. Bosch, The. See HUIS IN'T BOSCH. Boston Common. See CомMON, THE. Bothwell Bridge. A bridge over the Clyde, near Glasgow, the scene of the battle between the Royalists and the Covenanters, June 22, 1679, described in Sir Walter Scott's tale of "Old Mortality." "We went to the famous Bothwell Bridge, which Scott has immortalized in Old Mortality.' We walked up and down, trying to recall the scenes of the battle, as there described, and were rather mortified, after we had all our associations comfortably located upon it, to be told that it was not the same bridge-it had been newly built, widened, and otherwise made more comfortable and convenient." Mrs. H. B. Stowe. Bothwell Castle. An old baronial fortress on the Clyde, near Glas gow, Scotland, belonging to the Earl of Home. The modern mansion adjoining contains a valuable art-collection. "The name had for me the quality of enchantment. . . . I remem bered the dim melodies of 'The Lady of the Lake.' Bothwell's lord was the lord of this castle, whose beautiful ruins here adorn the banks of the Clyde. Whatever else we have, or may have, in America, we shall never have the wild poetic beauty of these ruins. The present noble possessors are fully aware of their worth as objects of taste, and therefore with the greatest care are they preserved." Mrs. H. B. Stowe. Immured in Bothwell's towers, at times the brave (So beautiful is Clyde) forgot to mourn The liberty they lost at Bannockburn. Wordsworth. Botolph's, St. See ST. BOTOLPH'S. Bouc, La. A strong fortification at Luxemburg, Holland. It is an excavation in the solid rock capable of holding four thousand men. Boucherie. See ST. JACQUES LA BOUCHERIE. Bouffes Parisiens. A little theatre in Paris, known for the first production of Offenbach's operettes. It is much frequented, and is devoted to comedies and vaudevilles. Do you suppose that I do not know that your club appointment is at the Bouffes Parisiens or somewhere else? Taine, Trans. Bouillon Castle. An extensive feudal mansion in Belgium, once the seat of the famous Godfrey de Bouillon (1058 ?-1100). It is now used as a prison. Boulevards. A name given in French cities to the public promenade, and chiefly applied to the wide and magnificent streets of Paris, which occupy the site of the former fortifications, or Bulwarks (whence the name), once devoted to the defence of the city. In the centre is a road which is lined with trees, and between each row of trees and the houses are wide sidewalks. They became a general promenade in the reign of Louis XIV. Each of these streets has a distinctive name, as the Boulevart des Italiens, de la Madeleine, des Capucines, de Montmartre, Poissonière, Bonne Nouvelle, St. Denis, St. Martin, du Temple, des Filles du Calvaire, Beaumarchais. Napoleon III. built several great streets which traverse the city in different directions, and to which the name Boulevart is applied. The principal of these new streets are: Boulevart de Prince Eugène, Boulevart de Malesherbes, Boulevart de la Reine Hortense, Boulevart de Haussman, Boulevart de Richard Lenoir, Boulevart de Sébastopol. The boulevards extérieurs constitute a line of broad, continuous road on the site of the ancient octroi wall. For the more celebrated boulevards of Paris, see the next prominent word: e.g., BOULEVART DES ITALIENS, see ITALIENS, BOULEVART DES. "The Boulevarts Intérieurs, the oldest in Paris, and those best known to the visitor, extend from the Madeleine to the Bastille, and occupy the site of the old walls of Paris, which were pulled down about 1670, when the ground was levelled and trees were planted, and the broad and handsome street thus formed soon became, and still continues, the gayest and most brilliant part of Paris. Some of the trees had attained large size, but they were cut down to form barricades in the revolutionary struggle of 1830; fresh ones were planted, but many of these were again cut down in 1848, and the Boulevarts thus deprived of their chief ornament. These Boulevarts are thronged with carriages and pedestri ans, especially in the evening, when the hosts of people sitting outside cafés, the throng of loungers along the pavement, the lofty houses, the splendid shops, the brilliantly lighted cafés, and the numerous theatres, form a scene which will be quite new to an Englishman." Murray's Handbook. Under pretence of doing his duty, he passed his time in walking to the Tuileries and on the Boulevard. Alfred de Musset. Que ma gloire s'etende Béranger. Would ten rubles buy a tag Of ribbon on the boulevard, worth a sou? Mrs. Browning. Boulogne Flotilla. A naval armament assembled at Boulogne, France, in 1804, by Napoleon I., with the design of invading England. It included over 1,200 vessels, with a large force of seamen, infantry, cavalry, and artillery In consequence of Nelson's success, the expedition was abandoned, and the flotilla was dispersed. Bounty, The. A noted ship which sailed from England in 1787 for the Society Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Op the 28th of April, 1789, a mutiny occurred on board, as a result of which the commander, Capt. Bligh, was bound and placed with 18 of his crew in an open boat with 140 pounds of bread, a little meat, and a few gallons of water. They landed at Otaheite, but were driven off, and finally reached New Holland, after having been 46 days in a small boat upon the open sea on short allowances of food After his return to England, Capt. Bligh published Narrative of the Mutiny which occurred on H. M. S. the Bounty," which excited great interest. Lord Byron wrote a poem entitled "The Island," suggested by the adventure. Α That boat and ship shall never meet again! Byron. Bourbon, Gros. [The Great Bourbon.] An orange-tree in the gardens of Versailles, France, said to have reached an age of over 400 years. When France with civil wars was torn, One Bourbon, in unaltered plight. Bourbon Museum. See MUSEO Bourdon, Gros. See GROS BOUR DON. Bourse, La. [Exchange, or Stock Exchange.] A stately edifice in the Place de la Bourse, Paris. It is in the form of a parallelogram, with a surrounding colonnade of Corinthian pillars, and is one of the finest examples of classical architecture in Paris. In it is the Salle de la Bourse, a large and handsome hall with a gallery. The hours for business at the Bourse are from one to five. 4 Bourse is a general term corresponding to the English 'Change. While the Bourse of Paris is the most prominent and best known, these exchanges exist in the other French cities. Each year the number of real artists grows less and less. Taste has declined since the division of patrimonies has broken fortunes into crumbs, and the great profits of the Bourse soil society with new and vulgar wealth. Taine, Trans. When I observe the Parisians on the boulevard, at the Bourse, at the café or theatre, I always seem to see a pêle-mêle of busy and maddened ants, on whom pepper has been sprinkled. Taine, Trans. Well-shaven, buxom merchants, looking as trim and fat as those on the Bourse or on 'Change. Thackeray ...La Bourse est un champ clos Où c'est, au lieu de sang, de l'or qui coule á flots Ponsard. Paris, like Sparta, has its temple of Fear, it is the Bourse. Heine, Trans. The Bourse is the temple of speculation. Proudhon, Trans. The Bourse is the sibyl's cave of Paris. Viennet, Trans. Bow Bells. The famous set of bells in the belfry of the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London. It was from the extreme fondness of the citizens in the old times for these bells, that a genuine cockney has been sup posed to be born within the sound of Bow Bells. The Bow Bells being rung somewhat late for the closing of shops, the young men, 'prentices, and others in Cheap made this rhyme: - "Clarke of the Bow Bells with the yellow locks, For thy late ringing thou shalt have knocks." To which the clerk replied: "Children of Cheape, hold you all still, For you shall have the Bow Bells rung at your will." Bow Church, or St. Mary-le-Bow. A celebrated church in Cheapside, London. According to Stow, an ancient church upon the same site was originally named St. Mary de Arcubus, from its being built on arches of stone. The Ecclesiastical Court, "The Court of Arches," was formerly held in this church, and hence derived its name. The bells of this church, which was built by Wren, have long been famed for their sweetness of tone. See Bow BELLS. Tillotson was nominated to the Archbishopric, and was consecrated on Whitsunday, in the church of St. Mary Le Bow. Macaulay. There has been a saying current among the ancient sibyls, who treasure up these things, that when the grasshopper on the top of the Exchange shook hands with the dragon on the top of Bow Church steeple, fearful events would take place. Irving. Bow Street. A once fashionable street in Covent Garden, London, so called from its shape being that of a bent bow. Here in the eighteenth century was Will's well-known coffee-house. Bow Street is especially familiar in connection with the Bow-street Police Office. In this street Fielding wrote his novel "Tom Jones;" and here lived Edmund Waller, Wycherley, and Dr. Radcliffe. I've had to-day a dozen billets-doux Through this dingy, ragged, bustling. beggarly, cheerful scene, we began now to march towards the Bow Street of Jaffa. Thackeray. Can none remember that eventful day, That ever glorious, almost fatal fray, When Little's leadless pistol met his eye, And Bow-street myrmidons stood laughing by? Byron. At home, our Bow-street gemmen keep the laws, And here a sentry stands within your calling. Byron. Bowariyeh. The oldest Chaldæan temple of which any remains exist. It is at Warka (Erek), and was erected at least 2,000 years before Christ. Bowdoin College. An institution of learning in Brunswick, Me., named after Gov. James Bowdoin of Massachusetts, who endowed it with gifts in land and money, together with his library and picture-gallery. The latter contains some valuable works of the old masters. The college was incorporated in 1794. Bowery, The. A well-known thoroughfare in New York, nearly parallel with Broadway. It is chiefly populated by the lower classes. At one time it gained notoriety by the ruffian bands known as the Bowery Boys. Bowery Theatre. A theatre on the Bowery, New York, devoted to German plays and operas. Bowling Green. An enclosure just north of the Battery, in the city of New York. It was "the cradle" of the infant city. Here formerly stood an equestrian statue of King George III. was torn down by the people in 1776, and, after being removed to Connecticut, was melted into bullets for the national army. Is this the Bowling Green? I should not know it, It Its Green, if grass, does not precisely show it, So changed to worse from that once The iron fence, its once proud decoration, The road is continuous. It is as if |