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There were legends of the Round Table Conference. A resultle conference of representatives of the Glads ton i an Liberals and Liberal-Unionists in 1887, the object of which was to effect a reunion of the Liberal party. Round way Down (round'wā doun). A place near Devizes, Wilts, England, at which the Parliamentary forces under Waller were totally defeated by the Royalists under Hopton, July 13, 1643. Rouphia. See Alpheus . Rouroutou Island. See Rurutu Island. Rous, or Rouse (rous), or Rouse (rous), Francis. Born at Halton, Corny Cornwall, 1579: died at Acton, Jan. 7, 1659. An English Puritan, noted as the author of a met- rical version of the Psalms (1646). He was educated at Oxford, was a member of the Long Parliament and the Westminster A embly of Divines, and in 1643 was appointed provost of Eton. His version is that still used in the Scot tish churches. Rousay (rö'sa). One of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, 1 mile north of Mainland. Length, 6 Rouget de Lisle, or l'Isle (rö-zha' de lel), Claude Joseph. Born at Montaigu, Lons-le- Saulnier, France, May 10, 1760: died at Choisyle-Roi, near Paris, June 27, 1836. A French Rouse's Point (rous'iz point). A village in soldier and composer of songs. He was the son of royalists; refused to take the oath to the constitution abolishing the crown; and was stripped of his rank as first lieutenant, and imprisoned. He escaped after the death of Robes pierre: was wounded under General Hoche in La Vendée; retired to Montaigu, where he lived in all but absolute starvation. He wrote a number of songs, and published "Cinquante chants français" (1825) and other works, but is most celebrated as the author of the "Marseillaise" (which see). Rough and Ready, Old. An epithet often given to General Zachary Taylor. Rougon-Macquart (rö-gôn' mä-kär'). The name of a family celebrated by Zola, after the fashion of Balzac, in a series of novels (1871-93) under the general title of "Les Rougon-Macquart, his to ire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le second empire." See Zola . Rouher (rö-ar'), Eugène. Born at Riom, France, Nov. 30, 1814: died at Paris, Feb. 3, 1884. A French statesman. Hewas deputy to the Constituent A embly in 1848, and to the Legislative A embly in 1849; minister of justice and premier 1849-51; and minister of justice 1851-52. He became vice-president of the State Council in 1852, and minister of commerce, agriculture, etc., in 1855; and concluded a commercial treaty with Great Britain in 1860, and others with Belgium, Italy, and Germany. He was premier 1863-69, and reactionary leader; leader. president of the Senate 1869–70; and after 1871 a Bona part ist Roulers (rö-lā'), or Rou elaere (rös-lär'), or Roeselare (rö-se-lä're). A town in the province of West Flanders, Belgium, situated on the Mandelbeke 27 miles west-southwest of Ghent. It has cotton and other manufactures. Here, July 13, 1794, the French under Pichegru and Mac donald defeated the Austrians under Clerfayt. Population (1890), 20,339. Roum. See Rum . Roumania. See Rumania . Roumanille (rö-mä-nēly'), Joseph. Born at Saint-Remy (Bouches-du-Rhône), Aug. 8, 1818: died at Avignon, May 24, 1891. A Provençal poet. He studied at Tarascon; went in 1847 to Avignon; and was one of the principal members of the "Félibriges.' In 1859 he organized "L'Armana Provençau." His improvisations include "Li Marg a ride to" (1847), "Lis Oubreto " miles. Cham plain township, Clinton County, New York, situated at the northeastern extremity of the State, at the outlet of Lake Cham plain, near the Canadian frontier. Population (1890), 1,856. Rou eau (rö-sō'), Jacques. Born at Paris, 1630: died at London, 1693. A French painter. His pictures were principally interiors and architectural views, and under the direction of Lebrun he decorated all the royal residences. After a period of study in Italy, he decorated many public buildings and a number of apartments at Saint-Germain, at Marly, and at the palace of Versailles. He went to London to decorate one of the houses of Lord Montague, but died before completing it. Rou eau, Jean Baptiste. Born at Paris, April 16, 1670: died at Bru els, March 17, 1741. A French poet. He was exiled from France in 1712 on the charge of writing satirical verses on certain influential persons. He engaged in controversies with Voltaire and others. and not the least remarkable, was Jean Baptiste Rou eau The first poet who is distinctively of the 18th century, (1669-1741). Rou eau's life was a singular and rather an unfortunate one. In the first place, he was exiled for a piece of scandalous literature of which in all probability he was quite guiltle ; and, in the second, meeting in his exile with Voltaire, who profe ed (and seems really to have felt) admiration for him, he offended the irritable disciple and was long the butt of his attacks. Saints bury , French Lit., p. 394. Rou eau, Jean Jacques. Born at Geneva, June 28, 1712: died at Ermenonville, near Paris, July 2, 1778. An eminent Swi -French philosopher. His mother died in giving him birth, and his father, a man of selfish and carele nature, spent his time mending watches and teaching dancing as a means of livelihood. For education Jean Jacques read Plutarch and some novels. He was succe ively an engraver's apprentice, a lackey, a musician, a student in a seminary, a clerk, a private tutor, and a music-copyist. He changed his religion repeatedly, even on pecuniary inducements. He lived thus from hand to mouth until the age of 38, and the only time that he knew no need was during the years spent with the notorious Madame de Warens. His first real awakening to his latent talents dates from the summer of 1749, when he undertook to compete for a prize offered by the Academy of Dijon for the best di ertation on the subject "Whether the progre of the sciences and of letters has tended to corrupt or to elevate morals." So eloquent was he in his paradoxical condemnation of civilization, that he achieved at once Rowan a brilliant succe . The following years witne ed a series of literary triumphs, such as "Le dev in du village" (1752), "Discours sur l'inégal ité des conditions" (1754), "Lettre sur les spectacles" (1758), "La nouvelle Héloïse" (1761), "Le contrat social" (1762), and "Emile, ou de l'éducat i on (1762). The ideas expre ed in this last work led to Rou eau's exile from France, and laid the foundation of modern pedagogy. He lived in Switzerland and England until he was allowed to come back, in 1767, on condition that he would not write any more. And in fact his last works of consequence, "Les confe ions" and "Rêveries d'un pro men eur solitaire," were not published until 1782, 4 years after his death. Rou eau's home life is an enigma: he lived with a woman unworthy of him, Thérèse Le Va eur, who bore to him 5 children, whom he sent one after the other to the Foundling Asylum. He died of apoplexy after having been for many years a victim to the mania of persecution. Rou eau, Lovell Harrison. Born in Lincoln County, Ky., Aug. 4, 1818: died at New Orleans, Jan. 7, 1869. An American general and politician. He served in the Mexican war, and in the Union army in the Civil War (in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chick am aug a, etc.). He was Republican member of Congre from Kentucky 1865-67. ,known as Rou eau, Pierre Étienne Théodore, kno Théodore Rou eau. Born at Paris, April 15, 1812: died at Barbizon, near Fontainebleau, France, Dec. 22, 1867. A noted French landscape-painter, one of the leaders of the French realistic school, known as the school of Fontainebleau. His father was a merchant tailor from the Jura; his maternal uncle, Gabriel Colombet, was a portrait painter and pupil of David. He began when very young to paint with Rémond, and copied Claude at the Louvre. To the famous Salon of 1831 he contributed a "View in Auvergne." He shared with Barye the patronage of the Duc d'Orléans, who in 1833 bought his "Border of Felled Woods." From 1831 to 1836 he led the revolt against formalism. In 1836 his "Descent of Cattle from the Jura Mountains" was rejected by the Salon, and in 1837 his "Avenue of Chestnuts" was also rejected. No picture of his appeared at the Salon until 1849. In 1846 he was established in a studio at Paris; later he withdrew entirely to Barbizon. He painted a large number of pictures particularly representing the neighborhood of Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau. Rou elaere. See Roulers . Rou illon (rö-se-yôn'). An ancient govern- ment of France, bordering on Spain. Capital, Perpignan. It corresponds nearly to the department of Pyrénées-Orient a les. It was a countship in the middle ages; was annexed to Aragon in 1172; was freed from the nominal feudal supremacy of France in 1258; was annexed by Louis XI. in 1471; was recovered by Aragon from Charles VIII. in 1493; and was annexed to France by the treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. Rou y. See Girodet. Roustem. See Rustam . Rouvier (rö-vyā'), Maurice. Born at Aix, France, April 17, 1842. A French politician. He was minister of commerce 1881-82 and 1884-85; premier May-Dec., 1887; and minister of finance 1889-92. Rover (ro'ver). The principal character in O'Keefe's farce "Wild Oats." Rover, The, or the Banished Cavaliers. A comedy by Mrs. Aphra Behn, produced in 1677. Roveredo (rō-ve-ra'dō), G. also Rofreit (ro'frit). A town in South Tyrol, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Leno, near the Adige, 14 miles south by west of Trent. It is an important silk-manufacturing center, and has a flourishing trade. It was annexed by Venice in 1413, and by Austria in 1510. Here, Sept. 3 and 4, 1796, the French under Ma éna defeated the Austrians. Population (1890), 9,030. Rovigno (rō-vēn'yō). A seaport in Istria, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Adriatic 40 miles south of Triest. It has a cathedral, is noted for its wine, and has flourishing trade and fisheries. Population (1890), 9,662, Rovigo (rō-vē gō). 1. A province in the compart i men to of Venetia, Italy. Area, 685 square miles. Population (1891), 236,405.-2. The capital of the province of Rovigo, situated on the Adigetto 37 miles southwest of Venice. It has a large library and picture-gallery. Population (1892), 11,500. Rovigo, Duc de. See Savary. Rovira, Custodio Garcia. See Garcia Rovira. Rovuma (ro-vöʻmä). A river in Africa which separates German East Africa from Portuguese East Africa, and flows into the Indian Ocean near Cape Delgado. Rowan (ro'an), Stephen Clegg. Born near Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1808: died at Washington, D. C., March 31,1890. An American admiral. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1826; served in the Seminole and Mexican wars; and commanded the Pawnee at the beginning of the Civil War. In this ve el he participated in the first naval action of the war, namely, the attack on the Confederate batteries on Aquia Creek, May 25, 1861. He destroyed a small fleet of gunboats near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in Feb., 1862; commanded the fleet which coöperated with General Burnside in the capture of Newbern in March of the same year; and commanded the New Ironsides in the operations against the defenses in Charleston harbor, Aug.-Sept., 1863. He was promoted rear-admiral in 1866 and vice-admiral in 1870, and was retired in 1889. Rowandiz Rowandiz (rou-än'diz). See the extract. The "mountain of the world," or Rowandiz, the Accadian Olympos, was believed to be the pivot on which the heaven rested, covering the earth like a huge extinguisher. The world was bound to it by a rope, like that with which the sea was churned in Hindu legend, or the golden cord of Homer, wherewith Zeus proposed to suspend the nether earth after binding the cord about Olympos (II. viii. 19-26). It lay far away in the regions of the northeast, the entrance, as it was supposed, to the lower world, and it was sometimes identified with the mountain of Nizir, the modern Rowandiz, on whose summit the ark of the Chaldean Noah was believed to have rested.