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# The Condor/Volume 24/Number 6/Blackbirds Flocking

​Blackbirds Flocking.—In the May, 1922, issue of The Condor (p. 93) mention is made of the Yellow-headed Blackbird flocking with Brewer Blackbirds. It is not an unusual occurrence here to see a combined flock of Brewer and Red-winged Blackbirds, Cowbirds and one or two Yellow-heads all feeding together on the ground, generally about the early part of May. By that time the Cowbirds have arrived and the other several species have not yet scattered to their widely differing nesting grounds. On May 3, this year, I passed by one bull lying out in the pasture with an attendant group of three or four Cowbirds and one Yellow-headed Blackbird, though I cannot say I saw the latter perch on the bull's back like the Cowbirds.—L. B. Potter, Eastend, Saskatchewan, July 8, 1922.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brooks, Alfred Hulse

Edition of 1920. See also Alfred Hulse Brooks on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.
BROOKS, Alfred Hulse, American geologist, Alaskan explorer and author: b. Ann Arbor, Mich., 18 July 1871. He studied at Harvard University, in Germany and Paris; in 1898 became assistant geologist in the United States Geological Survey, engaged in geological work and exploration in Alaska, and was appointed geological curator of Alaskan mineral resources 1902. His publications include ‘Railway Routes in Alaska’ (1907); ‘Mining and Mineral Wealth of Alaska’ (1909); ‘The Mount McKinley Region, Alaska’ (1911); ‘Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc in Western States and Alaska’ (1913).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brown, Ernest William

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BROWN, Ernest William, American mathematician and astronomer: b. Hull, England, 29 Nov. 1866. He took his degrees at Christ College, Cambridge; was appointed professor of mathematics at Haverford College, 1891, and at Yale University in 1907. He was for some time editor of The Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society and besides numerous pamphlets of scientific value has published ‘Treatise on the Lunar Theory’ (1896); ‘A New Theory of the Moon's Motion’ (1897-1905); and the Adams prize essay for 1907 in the University of
Cambridge, ‘The Inequalities in the Motion of the Moon due to the Direct Action of the Planets’ (1908).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brucker, Johann Jakob

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BRUCKER, brook'er, Johann Jakob, German historian: b. Augsburg, Bavaria, 22 Jan. 1696; d. there, 26 Nov. 1770. He was educated at Jena and in 1744 became pastor at Augsburg. His most important work is a ‘Critical History of Philosophy’ (1741-44), in Latin, which was the first complete history of the different philosophical schools. It contains biographical matter of great value.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute

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BROOKLYN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, an institution founded in 1835, which gives college preparatory training and a college engineering course. The latter course is given during the day and evening and affords a training for engineers and chemists. Certificates from the accredited schools are accepted for admission. Degrees are given in chemistry, chemical, mechanical, civil and electrical engineering. A graduate department is also maintained. The faculty consists of 14 professors and 27 instructors and assistants.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brooks, Charles William Shirley

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BROOKS, Charles William Shirley, English journalist, editor of Punch: b. London, 29 April 1816; d. there 23 Feb. 1874. He settled in London, wrote dramas, contributed to the leading periodicals and journals, and for five sessions wrote the ‘Parliamentary Summary’ for the Morning Chronicle. By its proprietors he was sent, in 1853, on a mission to report on the condition of labor and the poor in Russia, Syria and Egypt, and a result of his observations appeared in ‘The Russians of the South’ (1856). He wrote political articles, attracted attention by several dramas and burlesques and in 1854 joined the staff of the London Punch. In 1870 he succeeded Mark Lemon as its editor. His novels, which include ‘Aspen Court’ (1855); ‘The Gordian Knot’ (1860); ‘The Silver Cord’ (1861); ‘Sooner or Later,’ with illustrations by Du Maurier (1866-68); ‘The Naggeltons’ (1875), show keen observation. He also wrote ‘Amusing Poetry’ (1857). His son, Reginald Shirley, collected Brooks' ‘Wit and Humor from Punch’ (1875).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Browne, Junius Henri

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BROWNE, Junius Henri, American journalist: b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., 14 Oct. 1833; d. New York, 2 April 1902. He was a graduate of Saint Xavier College, Cincinnati. In 1861 he became war correspondent for the New York Tribune, was wounded at Fort Donelson, and taken prisoner while engaged in an abortive expedition to run the Vicksburg batteries. After an imprisonment of 20 months in seven different prisons, he eluded his guard at Salisbury, N. C., traveled 400 miles through a hostile country, and reached the Union lines 14 Jan. 1865. His list of Union soldiers who died at Salisbury, published in the Tribune, is the only authentic account of their fate. After the war he served as correspondent of the New York Tribune, Times and other journals, and contributed many articles to leading periodicals. His best-known works are ‘Four Years in Secessia’ (1865); ‘The Great Metropolis: A Mirror of New York’ (1869); ‘Sights and Sensations in Europe’ (1872). A series of articles on women, which he wrote for the Galaxy, created a sensation in literary circles. His ‘Four Years in Secessia’ was hastily prepared and lacked much grace and elegance in its literary form, but its descriptions of various incidents of the war and particularly its information concerning the conditions of the Southern prisons and the Northern soldier confined in them, render the book especially valuable.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brooke, Frances

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BROOKE, Mrs. Frances (née Moore), English novelist: b. 1724; d. 1789. Her husband, Rev. John Brooke, rector of Colney, Norfolk, was chaplain to the garrison at Quebec. She spent some years in Canada and published, in 1769, ‘Emily Montague,’ the first Canadian novel. Among her other works were ‘History of Lady Julia Mandeville’ (1763), and two musical entertainments, ‘Siege of Sinope’ (1781); ‘Marian’ (1788).
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brown, David (preacher)

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BROWN, David, Cherokee preacher: b. about 1800; d. Creek Path, Miss., 14 Sept. 1829. He was educated with his sister Catherine at the school of Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, in what was then the Cherokee territory, in northern Alabama and Mississippi, and engaged with her in educating and christianizing their native tribe. He was a preacher and interpreter, and also acted as secretary of the Indian
government. In November 1819 he assisted John Arch in the preparation of a Cherokee spelling-book, which was printed. Through his agency a mission was established at Creek Path town in 1820. David Brown united with the Church at this time, and in the spring of the same year went to Cornwall, Conn., to attend school. After two years there he spent a year at Andover, fitting himself for the ministry. Returning to his birthplace, he began his missionary work and made many converts to Christianity among the Cherokees. According to a letter written by him in 1825, the Christian religion was generally adopted by the tribe and an advanced standard of civilization had been attained by them. He died before the Cherokees were dispossessed by the United States in defiance of treaty obligations.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brown, Elmer Ellsworth

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BROWN, Elmer Ellsworth, American educator: b. Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N. Y., 28 Aug. 1861. He was graduated at the Illinois State Normal University 1881, and at the University of Michigan, A.B., 1889, and made use of the intervening time in earning the means for his university course by teaching public schools in Belvidere, Ill. He was elected association State secretary for Illinois of the Y. M. C. A. and served in that capacity, 1884-87; was principal of the high school, Jackson, Mich., 1890-91; acting assistant professor of science and art of teaching at Ann Arbor, 1891-92; associate professor of a similar chair in the University of California, 1892-93; full professor, 1893-1906, and honorary professor from 1 July 1906, when he was appointed United States Commissioner of Education to succeed William T. Harris, deceased, and thus became head of the Bureau of Education in the Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. Became chancellor of New York University in 1911. He visited Europe (1889) to pursue a post-graduate course in pedagogy at the University of Halle, Wittenberg, Germany, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1890. His honorary degrees are Columbia, LL.D. (1907) and Wesleyan, LL.D. (1909). He was elected member of the National Council of Education and served as president, 1905-07. He was also made fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science and vice-president of the section of education in 1907. Among his contributions to pedagogic literature are ‘The Making of our Middle Schools’ (1903); ‘Origin of American State Universities’ (1905); ‘Government by Influence and other Addresses’ (1909); ‘An Efficient Organization and Enlarged Scope for the Bureau of Education’ (1910). He has also published in pamphlet form many articles written for magazines.
# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Bruck, Karl Ludwig, Baron

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BRUCK, brook, Karl Ludwig, Baron, Austrian statesman: b. Elberfeld, 8 Oct. 1798; d. Vienna, 23 April 1860. In 1821 he went to Trieste in order to take part in the war for Grecian independence, and, remaining there several years, founded the Trieste Lloyd (later the Austrian Lloyd), a combination of insurance societies. In 1848 he was a member of the German National Assembly; after the Vienna revolution of October 1848, he became Minister of Commerce and Public Works. In this office he introduced a number of reforms in the industrial policy of the government, established important telegraph lines, built a number of highways and railroads and founded the Austro-German Postal Union. In 1849 the Emperor gave him the rank of baron, but in 1851 he was compelled to resign his ministry. In 1855 he became Minister of Finance; he was not able to introduce the reforms he wished and when a period of general financial disaster resulted from the Italian war, Bruck was personally blamed. He accordingly obtained his dismissal from the Emperor and the next day committed suicide. He was officially declared innocent one month after his death.
# The Eighth Sin/On Reading some Testimonials

My testimonial-writers fill (Intentionally inexact) The fauteuils nearest to the grill— The hottest seats are always packed.
Intentionally inexact They roast and crackle on the griddle, The hottest seats are always packed The frying fat sings like a fiddle.
They roast and crackle on the griddle They wrote me better than I am, The frying fat slugs like a fiddle I do not give a single d——n.
They wrote me better than I am Thus making me a good deal worse, They did not give a single d——n (Except when needed for the verse)
Thus making me a good deal worse They disappoint the bright-eyed dons Except when needed for the verse They cannot tell their geese from swans.
They disappoint the bright-eyed dons Who beamed with glee in hopes to find (They cannot tell their geese from swans) The "sterling heart," the "radiant mind."
They beamed with glee in hopes to find— But all aghast in vain they seek The "sterling heart," the "radiant mind" Whereof my testimonials speak.
All aghast in vain they seek, And finding I am not the sort Whereof my testimonials speak The dons have gone back to their port.
Finding I am not the sort, Their kindly zeal availing not, The dons have gone back to their port Feeling, perhaps, a trifle hot.
Their kindly zeal availing not The fauteuils nearest to the grill (Feeling, perhaps, a trifle hot) My testimonial-writers fill.
# The Eighth Sin/Ballade of Mr. Pepys

"Among the others pretty Mrs. Margaret, who indeed is a very pretty lady; and, though by my vow it costs me 12d. a kiss, yet I did adventure upon a couple."—Pepys' Diary, Feb. 3, 1665.
Good Mr. Peeps or Peps or Pips (However he should be yclept), Clerk of the King's Bureau of Ships, A very spicy journal kept. He knew a lemon from a peach, And, among other things, he knew When kisses are a shilling each We should adventure on a few!
He was a connoisseur of lips, And though I cannot quite accept Some of his rather shady tips (I grant he often overstepped The bounds of taste)—still he can teach Misogynists a thing or two— When kisses are a shilling each We should adventure on a few!
He drank the wine of life by sips, He roundly ate and soundly slept, His spirits suffered no eclipse, But Lord! how sore he would have wept To see his private linen bleach And flutter in the public view . . . Well, kisses are a shilling each, Let us adventure on a few!
Consider his advice anew When kisses are a shilling each Why not adventure on a few?
# The Eighth Sin/Ballade of Shop-Windows in the High

Let some sing the joys of our rivers, The Isis (or Thames) and the Cher, Let some swot for Mods and for Divvers Or loaf at the Clarendon bar, These pleasures I rate below par For another I pass them all by— More seductive than all of them are The windows that shine in the High.
Let others (more riotous livers) Frequent the Cadena bazaar, Let East Oxford empty her quivers At the heart of the young Lochimar— My pastime to view from afar Many things I would willingly buy (Did not £ s. d. shortage debar) In the windows that shine in the High.
There are fur coats (for those that have shivers) Pictures, bric-à-brac, jams by the jar, Wines, whiskeys and cordials for givers Of binges, and waters from Spa;
The fatal-to-Freshmen cigar And books on Anthrópophagi (I am sorry that accent to mar) In the windows that shine in the High.
Will pay bills without batting an eye I would bid you be wary (Selah!) Of the windows that shine in the High.
# The Eighth Sin/For a Nineteenth Birthday

Nineteen lovely years are hers As the spring conies flooding in And April's magic is akin To that dear wistfulness which blurs Her eyes when Love too deeply stirs Her heart; and when the flowers begin Nineteen lovely years are hers As the spring comes flooding in. Perfect girlhood still confers Its grace upon her; but within Like strains from a far violin Her soul hears gentler messengers, For April-womanhood is hers As the spring comes flooding in.
# The Eighth Sin/From Arthur's Seat

From Arthur's Seat there lies displayed The city in her dim brocade, And stitching it with useful stars The unseen tailors ply their trade.
The blue of dusk deeps into night Then flash the leaping seams of light, By magic needlework there runs The gleaming pattern, golden bright.
Across and over, up and down The sombre garments of the town Swift hands are hemming threads of gold, And sewing jewels on her gown.
Master, your town of long ago Still wears those yellow stars. And lo The brightest-shining of them all Is by the house in Heriot Row!
# The Eighth Sin/Mint Julep Night

(Gratefully dedicated to George Bennett, who has mixed the Mint Julep at New College every First of June for thirty years.)
O leaves of mint, O tankard bright, O green and silver, jocund sight, O potent spirit, sweet and strong, This First of June we raise the song— No turbid British beer to-night!
Come, tilt the flagon, drink aright, Our gullets tingling with delight— This is the place where you belong O leaves of mint!
Drink deep! A fifth or sixth we might Negotiate ere George takes fright And bears away the nectar—long I kiss you, ice-chilled silver. Wrong To drink? The very dons are tight, O leaves of mint!
# The Eighth Sin/La Belle Dame avec Merci

"Hungry-hearted girl, desperately in love with life, longs for sympathetic friends. Sane, healthy, good fellowship and sincerity. Meet and correspond. Near Glasgow."—T.P.'s Weekly.
O Hungry heart, whose starving plea Speaks from the pages of T.P.! I wonder, since your soul is sad, May an Oxford undergrad Your wished-for correspondent be?
"Near Glasgow"—That's the tragedy! That's why you long for sympathy: No wonder you cannot be glad, O hungry heart.
By what you say, our tastes agree: I too have health and sanity, My teeth are good, my eyes not bad— I'll send an answer to your ad. Appease your appetite with me, O hungry heart!
# The Eighth Sin/Old Quaker Wood

Old Quaker wood burns sweet and slow And sinks into a crimson glow. The log, grown tough with many days The fiery fingers long gainsays And then—how grey the ash below!
Green were your leaves of long ago, Now brighter blossoms round you grow The golden foliage of the blaze Old Quaker wood!
And even in your final throe The small blue flame is whispering low In confidential Quaker phrase "Thee must be brave!" The log obeys For any (as we all well know) Old Quaker would!
Old Jordans Hostel.
# The Eighth Sin/Ballade of Songs Unsung

I meant to write some other verse Some better, and some vastly worse. I meant to write, and never did, And now the coining Schools forbid. I'll mention what I hoped to sing To guard against all trespassing.
One on the Franco-Prussian War (It never had been done before) But now, I render thanks to Allah, It has been done by P. G - - d - ll - .
I had a very real wish To write a trifling thing on fish It was The Goldfish at the Tate— That one I fear will have to wait.
A Ballad of the Law Prelim. (That one was rather like a hymn.) Some musings that I had to burn For being too like Laurence Sterne, These would have done exceeding well As a racy villanelle.
A sonnet To a Lady's Skull Now Used for My Tobacco Ash Would have been wistful-fanciful And rich in Oriental pash. The Charters quaintly called Select I hoped in metre to dissect; Also (somewhat analogous) To render the Dialogus (You know it?) de Scaccario And put my tutor in a glow. The University Statutes Afford some still ungarnered fruits— In featly-footed terza-rima They'd please the dilettante dreamer.
Then there was something rather coarser, A fragment in the vein of Chaucer, You would have dubbed the thing robust— I'll try it yet, I really must . . .
But most of all my soul regrets My still unwritten triolets.
# The Eighth Sin/Ballade of a Change of Abode

Romance has fled from Leicester Square To dwell with simpler-hearted folk. She flies in horror and despair To seek suburban hearts of oak, Her high-priest now is Wentworth Croke Her ancient fanes are but a myth. Come then (and bring your pipe to smoke) Where she resides in Hammersmith.
The Empire is the tawdry lair Of juggling Jew and rancid joke, Pink legs, dress-shirted fools astare And humour ground beneath the yoke— Come where Romance may still invoke Her own congenial kin and kith Come, apt for joy or sobs that choke, Where she resides in Hammersmith.
For she has found true lovers there Who shudder lest her spell be broke
She caught them in her subtle snare And gathered them beneath her cloak. They hissed the villain when he spoke Adored the hero large of lith— What shining eyes when they awoke Where she resides in Hammersmith!
This is the marrow and the pith: Romance has fled from Leicester Square And now resides in Hammersmith.
# The Count of Monte-Cristo/Volume 1/Frontispiece

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# The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Bieberstein, Adolf Marschall von

Edition of 1920. See also Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.
BIEBERSTEIN, Adolf Marschall von, Baron, German statesman: b. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1831; d Badenweiler, 24 Sept. 1912. Son of a court chamberlain of Baden, he studied
law at Heidelberg and Freiburg, and entered the civil service of his native state. In 1878 he was sent to the Reichstag as a Conservative and appointed representative for Baden in the Federal Council (1883). In 1880 he succeeded Count Herbert Bismarck as Foreign Secretary, in which capacity he negotiated the commercial treaties under Chancellor Caprivi. He incurred the bitter hostility of the Agrarians and certain court circles, and was the subject of a police intrigue which he defeated. The Kaiser's historic telegram to President Kruger over the Jameson raid (5 Jan. 1896) is generally ascribed to him; he also declared that the independence of the South African Republic was a matter of vital interest to Germany. Political opposition compelled him to resign the Foreign Secretaryship in June 1897; four months later he was sent as Ambassador to Constantinople, where he revealed most remarkable ability as a diplomatist. He consolidated German influence in Turkey, obtained the Bagdad Railway concession which caused so much strife between interested European powers, especially with England, and brought about the downfall of the notorious Fehim Pasha, a favorite of Abdul Hamid and certainly the most disreputable villain in the Sultan's entourage. He had overreached himself by literally stealing a German vessel laden with lumber, which brought the energetic German Ambassador on his trail. When Fehim had to be dropped, all Constantinople rejoiced; the mob shortly after expressed their gratification by hanging him on a lamp-post in the street. After the Young Turk revolution (1908-09) Baron Marschall ingratiated himself with the new rulers, but hia position was severely shaken by the Turco-Italian War — the seizure of Tripoli being an equally bitter disappointment to both Germany and Turkey. Germany could not well interfere as she was an ally of both belligerents. On the retirement of Count Wolff-Metternich (8 May 1912) Baron Marschall was appointed Ambassador in London. It was hoped in England that the strongest man in German diplomacy would help to place the relations between the two countries on a more satisfactory basis, but unfortunately he died four months later, before he had entered upon his new duties. His death was deeply regretted alike in London and Berlin.