BOTHMER, FELIX, GRAF VON

(1852), Bavarian general, commanded composite Pru ian army corps on Caz pathian front, which advanced to the line of the Strypa (1915), where it held its ground during the Ru ian summer offensive (1916), but was outflanked and compelled to retire in July, and again in July, 1917, before the revolutionary armies, which it finally drove back to the Ru ian frontier. E.), northern arm of Baltic Sea. town, on Clyde, Lan arks hire; ruins of B. castle; Covenanters defeated at B. Brig. 1679. Pop. of parish, 50,000. 4TH EARL OF (c. 1536-78), Lord High Admiral of Scotland (1556); P.C. (1561); became one of chief advisers of Mary Queen of Scots, and obtained complete ascendancy over her. After Darnley’s murder (Feb. 9, 1567) B. became more powerful than ever; cr. Duke of Orkney and Shetland, and m. Mary, according to Prot. usage (May, 1567). The lords revolted; B. was driven into exile and Mary forced to abdicate. B. was divorced from Mary (Sept., 1570), and after her downfall, imprisoned in Zealand (June 16, 1673) till his death. writer; became naturalized Fr. citizen; rector of Rouen Univ. (1817);.pub. (1824) History of Italy, from 1789-1814, Ital. composer and conductor; was a celebrated double-ba player; enjoyed European reputation as a conductor; composed numerous operas, including hid (1856); Marion Delorme (1862), etc. Ital. artist of the Florentine school; his real name was A le andro di Mariano di Vanni dei Filipepi; 6. Florence; s. of a tanner; received his nickname ‘Bott i cell i’ (Little Cask), from the small barrel which hung outside his bro. Giovanni’s door as a sign of his trade. Apprenticed at fifteen to a goldsmith, he early developed artistic ambitions and entered the studio of Fra Filippo Lippi (1460), under whom he spent several years, afterwards working with the brothers Pollaiuolo, during which time he won considerable fame amongst the art lovers of Florence. His famous picture, ery, was Ww e young artist was still with Fra Lippo Lipph { q Amongst his most famous pictures are The Adoration, already named, Spring, The Birth of Venus, Mars and Venus, Pallas and the Centaur, The Nativiiy, and numerous Madonnas.