ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO ANTONIO

(1792-1868), Ital. composer; excelled in opera. He wrote five operas before he was twenty, and at twenty-one Tancredt brought him succe at Venice. In 1816 he had his crowning triumph with The Barber of Seville; and William Tell was produced in 1829. Stabat Mater is occasionally performed. Brit. Columbia, Canada; gold region. Pop. 6,000. town, on Hibe, duchy Anhalt, Germany; paper, sealing-wax. Pop. 1920, 11,354. Fr. poet and dramatist; achieved succe with verse comedy Les Romanesques, 1894; followed by La Prince Lointaine, | 7 a Samaritaine, Cyrano de Bergerac (his masterpiece), L’ Aiglon, Chanéecler, and Le Bots Sacre, 1910; member of Fr, Academy (1902). Schwerin, Germany; seat of university (1419); other features of interest are the hurch of St. Peter and_grand-ducal palace; one of the chief Baltic ports; important commercial center; fisheries; manufactures machinery; exports grain; was 2 member of the Hanseatic League; pepe of Btiicher. Pop. 1920, Yaroslavl, Ru ia, on Lake R.; manu-~- ROSTOYV - ON - THE - DON «7 12’ N., 39° 42’ E.), seaport; on Co acks, Ru ia, on Don; commercial center; flour-mills; trade in agricultural machinery. Pop. 120,000.