BURCKHARDT, JACOB

(1818-97) he Swi author; his writings are onar fruits, subjects, and include Der Cicerone; ein Among Anleitung zum Genu der Kunstwerk Burbank Italies, 1885; Die Cultur der Renai ance in It alien, 1860. Eng. trans. of whic! ‘Burbank have been published. even al- (1851), M.P. for Westminster since 1885 amaryllis American by birth; married, 1881 has Barone Burdett-Coutts and a ume which her name; inte social an years. philanthropic work; was an origin a to of the Fisheries Exhibition; strong ad experivocate since 1902 of railway reform. from BURDETTE, ROBERT.JONES (1844 individual Piya r 1914), an American humorist; 6. in Greensboro, Pa. He served in the Union armies during the Civil War as a private, after which he took up journalism, in Peoria, Ill. In 1872 he became a istant editor of the Burlington (Ia.) Hawkeye, and here acquired a national reputation on account of his humorous writings. Later he joined the staff of the Brooklyn Eagle, also lecturing throughout the country. In 1887 he entered the Baptist ministry, becoming pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, in Los Angeles, Cal. Later he served a term as city commi ioner of Pasadena. Among the many collections of his writings are Hawkeyetms, 1877; Smiles Yoked with Sighs, (verse) 1900; Old Times and Young Tom, 1912; and Drums of the Forty seventh, 1914,