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See Bœotia. Boisard (bwä-zär'), Jean Jacques François Marie. Born at Caen, France, 1743: died at Caen, 1831. A French fabulist. He was the author of "Fables nouvelles" (1773), "Fables et poésies diverses" (1804), "Mille et une fables" (1806), etc. Bois Brûlés (bwä brü-lā'). [F., 'burnt woods.'] See Sitcanxu . Bois de Boulogne (bwä de bö-lōny'). [F., Boulogne wood,' from the town Boulogne-surSeine.] A park in Paris reached by the Champs Élysées, the avenue of the Grande Armée, or the avenue of the Bois de Boulogne. It covers an of 2,158 acres, and contains the Gardens of the Acclimatization Society and the race-courses of Long. champs and Auteuil, and is celebrated for its turf, trees, and ornamental sheets of water. The present park was ceded to the city and laid out in 1853. Bois de Vincennes (bwä dė vań-sen'). A public park in Paris, somewhat larger than the Bois de Boulogne. It contains "La Faisanderie" (a farm for agricultural experiments), a drill-ground, a racecourse, etc. Boise (boiz), James Robinson. Born at Bland ford, Ma ., Jan. 27, 1815: died at Chicago, Ill., Feb. 9, 1895. An American educator. He was profe or of Greek at Brown University 1843-50, at the University of Michigan 1852-68, and after 1868 at the University of Chicago. He wrote "Greek Syntax," etc. Boisé City (boi'ze sit'i). The capital of Idaho, situated on the Boisé River in lat. 43° 36′ N., long. 116° 15' W. It is the chief town in the State, and has gold and silver-mines. Population (1900), 5,957. Boisgobey (bwä-gō-bā'), Fortuné Abraham du. Born at Granville (Manche), France, Sept. 11, 1821: died Feb., 1891. A French novelist. He served as paymaster in the army in Algiers 1844-48. His works include "Les gredins" (1873), "Le chevalier Ca e Cou" (1873), "Le dem i-monde sous la Terreur" (1877), "La main coupée" (1880), "La revanche de Fer nande" (1882), "La bande rouge" (1886), etc. Bois-Guilbert (F. pron. bwä'gel-bar'), Brian de. A Knight Templar, a preceptor of the order, in Scott's novel "Ivanhoe." Having fallen in love with Rebecca and been repulsed by her, he carries Being compelled to of witchcraft, he meets her defender Ivanhoe in the lists, and drops dead at the beginning of the encounter. Bois-le-Duc. See Hertogenbosch . (bwä-sye'), Boi ien bean Jacques des Born French painter and engraver. Boi onade (bwä-so-näd'), Jean François. Born at Paris, Aug. 12, 1774: died at Pa y, France, Sept. 8, 1857. A noted French cla ical scholar, profe or of Greek literature in the faculty of letters of the Academy of Paris. Boi y d'Anglas (bwä-se' don-glä'), Comte François Antoine de. Born at St. Jean Chambre, Ardèche, France, Dec. 8, 1756: died at Paris, Oct. 20, 1826. A French statesman and publicist. He became a member of the Constituent A embly in 1789, of the Convention in 1792, of the Committee of Public Safety in 1794, of the Council of 500 in 1795, of the Senate in 1805, and of the Chamber of Peers in 1814. He wrote "E ai sur la vie, les écrits, et les opin ions de M. de Males her bes" (1819), etc. Boisterer (bois'ter-er). One of Fortunio's servants in the Counte d'Aulnoy's fairy tale "Fortunio." His breath had the power of a tremendous wind. Boito (bō-ē'tō), Arrigo. Born at Padua, Feb. 24, 1842. An Italian poet and musical composer. His first opera, "Mefistofele," was produced with his own libretto in Milan, March 5, 1868. It has been played in a revised form since 1875. He has written many librettos and a volume of poems. Boker (bō'kėr), George Henry. Born at Philadelphia, Oct. 6, 1823: died there, Jan. 2, 1890. An American poet, dramatist, and diplomatist. He was United States minister to Turkey 1871-75, and to Ru ia 1875-79. His works include the dramas "Calaynos" (1848), "Anne Boleyn" (1850), "Leonor de Guzman," "Francesca da Rimini," "Betrothal," "Widow's Marriage," and "Poems of the War" (1864), "Plays and Poems," "Street Lyrics" (1865), "The Book of the Dead" (1882). Bokerly Dyke (bō'kér-li dik). The ruins of Roman intrenchments in the neighborhood of Farnham, England, the site of the ancient Vin do glad i a. Bokhara (bō-khäʼrä), or Bukhara (bö-khäʼrä). A khanate of central Asia, under Ru ian influence, bounded by Asiatic Ru ia on the north, east, and west, Khiva on the northwest, and Afghanistan on the south. It corresponds partly to the ancient Sogdiana, and formed part of the dominions of Jenghiz Khan and of Timur. It occupies in part the lower basin of the Zerafshan; produces grain, hemp, cotton, rice, fruits, tobacco, live stock; and has manufactures of silk, firearms, jewelry, and cutlery. Its capital is Bokhara. The government is a hereditary despotism (with a Ru ian resident). The population is composed of Tadjiks, Uzbegs, and Turkomans. The prevailing religion is Mohammedanism. Bokhara was taken by the Uzbegs about 1505. It was at war with Ru ia 1865-68, and ceded Sam ark and to Ru ia in 1868. Area, 92,000 square miles. Population, 2,500,000. Bokhara. The capital of Bokhara, situated in lat. 39° 48′ N., long. 64° 25′ E. It is surnamed the "Noble," and is renowned as an intellectual center of central Asia. It contains many mosques and Mohammedan theological schools. It is now reached by the Ru ian Trans cas pian Railway. Population, about 100,000. Bolan (bo-län'). A district in northern Balu chi stan, administered by British officials. Bolandshahr (bo'land-shär'). A district in the Meerut division of the Northwest Provinces, British India. Area, 1,915 square miles. Population (1881), 924,822. Bolsover Castle was made dictator of Peru. He defeated Canterac at Ju nin, Aug. 6, 1824, and on Dec. 9, 1824, Sucre's great victory at Ayacucho ended the Spanish power in South America. In June, 1825, Bolivar visited upper Peru; a congre met there in August, decreed the formation of the republic of Bolivia, invited Bolivar to frame the constitution, and named him perpetual protector. But Peru declared against him in 1826; Bolivia soon followed; and though he remained president of the three countries forming Colombia until his death, the great republic created by him fell to pieces soon after. Bolivar. A province of Ecuador, capital Guar and a. Area, 1,160 square miles. Population, 43,000. Bolivar (formerly Guayana). A state of Venezuela, in the southern part. Area, 88,701 square miles, besides the territory of Yuruary, now added to it, of uncertain extent. Population (1891), 56,289. Bolivar. A northern department of Colombia, capital Cart a gena. Area, 27,000 square miles. Population (1885), 350,000. Bolivar, or Ciudad Bolivar (formerly Angostura). The capital of the state of Bolivar, Venezuela, on the Orinoco. Population (1891), 10,861. Bolivia (bō-liv'i-ä; Sp. pron. bō-lēvē - ä). [Named for Bolivar .] In colonial times, Char cas or Upper Peru . A republic of South America, capital La Paz, bounded by Brazil on the north and east, the Argentine Republic and Paraguay south, and Chile and Peru on the eastern Balu chi stan. It is traversed, since 1885-86, by a British military railway which connects Quettah with