Bourd in, Maurice

See Gregory VIII., Anti pope. Bourdon (bör-don'), Louis Pierre Marie. Born at Alençon, France, July 16, 1799: died at Paris, March 15, 1854. A French mathematician, author of "Eléments d'Algèbre "and other mathematical works. Bourg (börg), or Bourg-en-Bre e (börk'onbres'). The capital of the department of Ain, France, 38 miles northeast of Lyons: the medieval Tanum. It contains the noted church of Notre Dame de Brou. It was the ancient capital of Bre e. Population (1891), commune, 18,968. length is 405 feet. The display of medieval gla fills almost all the windows, and is unsurpa ed. There is a fine ma ive 13th-century crypt beneath the choir. Maison de Jacques Cœur, now the Palais de Justice, a very notable palace built in the 15th century by Jacques Cœur, treasurer of Charles VII. The style is the florid Pointed, with beautiful doors, windows, and balconies, and a most pictu resque court. Several apartments of the interior preserve their original character; the chapel is beautifully sculptured, and its walls are covered with delicate Italian frescos. In the walls are preserved several towers, now cone roofed like their medieval fellows, of the ramparts of the Roman Avaricum. Population (1891), commune, 45,342. Bourget (bör-zhā'), Paul. Born at Amiens, Sept. 2, 1852. A French novelist and critic. He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, and at the École des Hautes Études, with the intention of be. coming a specialist in Greek philology. He became interested in literary work, and contributed to the "Revue des Deux Mondes," the "Renai ance," the "Parlement," and the "Nouvelle Revue." Later he undertook novel-writing, and published “L'Irréparable," "Deuxième amour," "Profils perdus” (1884), “Cruelle énigme” (1885), “André Cornélis" (1886), "Mensonges" (1887), "Crime d'amour," "Pastels (Dix portraits de femmes)," "Le disciple" (1890), "La terre promise," "Cosmopolis." Bourget's works on criticism are "E ais de psycho logie contempo raine" (1883), "Nouveaux e ais" (1885), and "Études et portraits" (1888). His poetic writings include "La vie inquiète" (1875), "Edel" (1878), "Les aveux" (1882), "Poésies" (1872-76), "Au bord de la mer," "Petits poèmes" ron's "Roman comique" (1881), and to Barbey d'Aurevilly's (1885). Bourget also wrote the prefatory notices to Scar "Memoranda" (1883). "Outre-Mer" (1894). Bourget (bör-zhā'), Lac du. A lake in the department of Savoie, France, north of Cham Born béry. Length, 10 miles. Bourguignon. See Cour to is , Jacques . Bourignon (bö-ren-yôn), Antoinette. at Lille, France, Jan. 13, 1616: died at Franeker, Netherlands, Oct. 30, 1680. A Flemish religious enthusiast. She a umed the August in i an habit, traveled in France, Holland, England, and Scotland, and became the founder of a sect, the Bourignonists, which maintained that Christianity does not consist in faith and practice, but in inward feeling and supernatural impulse. Her works were published in 19 volumes by her disciple Poiret: "Toutes les œuvres de Mlle. A.