France in 1532

During the Revolution and later it was a center of royalist feeling. Compare Chouan . ated on the Eisak 40 miles south of Innsbruck. It is an important strategic point, and was the capital of an ecclesiastical principality till 1803. Population (1890), 5,243. Brixham (briks'am). A seaport and watering place in Devons hire, England, 23 miles south of Exeter, on the English Channel. Population (1891), 6,224. Brizeux (brē-zė'), Julien Auguste Pélage. Born at Lorient, Sept. 12, 1805: died at Montpellier, May, 1858. A French idyllic poet. His works include "Marie,” “La fleur d'or,” “Pri Broglie, Comte Victor Maurice de German Orientalist, son of Fried rich Arnold Brockhaus. He was the editor of Ersch and Gruber's "All gem eine Encyklopädie" after 1856, and also of var i ous Persian and Sanskrit works. Brockton (brok'ton). A city in Plymouth County, Ma achusetts, 20 miles south of Boston. It has manufactures of boots and shoes. Formerly called North Bridge water . Population (1900), 40,063. Brockville (brok'vil). A town and port of entry in Ontario, Canada, situated on the St. Lawrence in lat. 44° 34′ N., long. 75° 45′ W. Population (1901), 8,940. Broderip (brod'rip), William John. Born at Bristol, England, Nov. 21, 1789: died at London, Feb. 27, 1859. An English lawyer and naturalist, secretary of the Geological Society. He was the author of numerous scientific books and papers, including zoological articles in the "Penny Cyclopædia," "English Cyclopædia," and "Proceedings and Transactions of the Zoological Society"; also "Zoological Recreations" (1847), "Leaves from the Note Book of a Naturalist" (1852), etc. Brodhead (brod'hed), John Romeyn. Born at Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1814: died at New York, May 6, 1873. An American historian. He wrote "History of the State of New York" (1853, 1871). Brodie (bro'di), Sir Benjamin Collins. Born at Winter slow, Wilts, England, June 9, 1783: died at Broome Park, Surrey, England, Oct. 21, 1862. An eminent English surgeon, surgeon to St. George's Hospital (1822). His works include "Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints" (1818), "Psychological Inquiries" (1854-62), etc. Brody (bro'di). A town in the crownland of Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in lat. 50° 8′ N., long. 25° 9′ E.: an important trading center. Its inhabitants are in great part Hebrews (hence its nickname "the German Jerusalem"). It was a free commercial city 1779-1879. Population (1890), 17,534. Brodzinski (brod-zins'kē), Kazimierz. Born at Krolówka, near Bochnia, Galicia, March 8, 1791: died at Dresden, Oct. 10, 1835. A Polish soldier, poet, and scholar, profe or of esthetics at the University of Warsaw. He served in the Ru ian campaign of 1812 and in the campaign of 1813, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Leipsic. His complete works were published 1842-44. Broek (brök). A small town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, 7 miles northeast of Amsterdam: famous for its neatne . Broad River. A river in North and South Carolina which rises in the Blue Ridge, uniting at Columbia with the Saluda to form the Congaree. Length, over 200 miles. Broad stairs (bråd's tarz). A watering-place in Kent, England, 16 miles east-northeast of Canterbury. Population (1891), 5,266. Broadway (brad-wa'). The principal busine street of New York, extending from Bowling Green northward to Central Park for about 5 miles. It cro es, diagonally, Fifth avenue at Twenty third street, Sixth avenue at Thirty-fourth street, and Seventh avenue at Forty-third street. From the Central Park, Eighth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, its continuation to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street follows mostly the old Blooming dale road, and is called the Boulevard.