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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Arnold, Albert Nicholas

​ARNOLD, Albert Nicholas, clergyman, was born at Cranston, R. I., Feb. 12, 1814. He was graduated from Brown university in 1838 with the degree of A.M., and at the Newton theological institution 1841. He had pastoral charge of the First Baptist church at Newburyport, Mass., from 1841 to 1843. From 1844 to 1855 he was employed in missionary work in Greece, and during 1856-1857 filled the chair of ecclesiastical history at the Newton theological seminary. In 1858 he accepted a call to Westboro, Mass., where he remained until 1864, resigning to become professor of Biblical criticism and pastoral theology at the Hamilton literary and theological institution. He held the chair of New Testament Greek at the Baptist theological seminary, Chicago, from 1869 to 1873. In 1875 he was made trustee of Brown university. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the university of Rochester in 1860. He wrote "Prerequisites to Communion" (1860); and "One Woman's Mission" (1871). He died in Cranston, R. I., Oct. 11, 1883.
# The Art of Nijinsky

NIJINSKY
THE ART OF
NIJINSKY
BY GEOFFREY WHITWORTH WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY DOROTHY MULLOCK
LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1913
NOTE
This little book owes a great deal to the
assistance of M. Nijinsky, who himself gave
every facility, both on and off the stage,
for its preparation. Artist and Author
wish to record their thanks to M. Nijinsky
for his kindness.
CONTENTS
* CHAP.PAGE
| I. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| II. | THE CAREER OF NIJINSKY | 9 |
| III. | THE ART OF NIJINSKY | 24 |
| IV. | THE BALLETS | 34 |
| V. | THE NEW PHASE | 75 |
| VI. | CONCLUSION | 101 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Le Carnaval | Frontispiece |
| Le Spectre de la Rose | To face page 16 |
| Les Sylphides | 26 |
| Le Lac des Cygnes | 34 |
| Le Pavillon D'Armide | 40 |
| Le Carnaval | 46 |
| Scheherazade | 56 |
| Le Faune | 66 |
| Jeux | 74 |
| Pétrouchka | 84 |
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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Banks, Linn

​BANKS, Linn, statesman, was born in Madison county, Va. For twenty successive years he was speaker of the Virginia house of delegates. Resigning in 1838 he was elected a representative to the 26th, and was re-elected to the 27th Congress. He resigned in September, 1841, and was thrown from his horse and drowned while fording Conway river, Jan. 14, 1842.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Banvard, John

​BANVARD, John, painter, was born in New York city, Jan. 21, 1821. At the age of fifteen, he journeyed to Kentucky, where, wandering from place to place, he developed his talent for painting by transferring the faces and scenes incident to his journey to canvas, which he exhibited. His trips up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers decided him in 1841 to paint a panorama of the Mississippi river. He made his drawings with the utmost care upon a canvas half a mile long, and painted in the landscape. He exhibited this panorama all over the country, and it met with such favor that he took it abroad. He spent many years in travel, and wrote numerous books about the countries through which he journeyed. During the civil war the government found his careful study of the Mississippi river very useful, and it was largely by information furnished by him to General Fremont and General Pope that the capture of Island No. 10 was accomplished. Mr. Banvard wrote many poems, which have appeared in American and English periodicals. He published: "Description of the Mississippi River," "Pilgrimage to the Holy Land," "Amasis, or the Last of the Pharaohs," "The Private Life of a King," "The Tradition of the Temple" (1883). He also wrote dramas, two of which were produced on the stage, "Amasis," and "Carrinia." He died May 16, 1891.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Banvard, Joseph

​BANVARD, Joseph, author, was born in New York city, May 9, 1810, brother of John Banvard. He was educated primarily at the South Reading academy, was graduated from the Newton theological institution in 1833, and was ordained pastor of the Second Baptist church, Salem, Mass., where he preached for eleven years. He afterwards preached in Boston five years, West Cambridge two years. New York three years, Pawtucket, R. I., five years, Worcester, Mass., five years. In 1866 he was chosen president of the National theological institute, Washington, D. C. At the end of the year he became pastor of the Baptist church at Paterson, N. J., where he remained ten years, and at Neponset, Mass., in 1876. He is the author of "The Christian Melodist; a collection of Hymns" (1850); "Plymouth and the Pilgrims" (1851); "Romance of American History" (1852); "Novelties of the New World" (1852); "The American Statesman, or Illustrations of the Life and Character of Daniel Webster" (1853); "Priscilla; or, Trials for the Truth" (1854); "Wisdom, Wit and Whims of the Old Philosophers" (1854); "Tragic Scenes in the History of Maryland and the Old French War" (1856); "Old Grips and Little Tidd" (1871); "First Explorers of North America" (1874); "Southern Explorers and Colonists" (1874); "Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution" (1876), and a juvenile library of eight volumes. He was chosen an honorary member of the Boston society of natural history and of the historical society of Wisconsin, vice-president of the Worcester county, Mass., natural history society, and president of the historical society of Passaic county, N. J. He received the degree of A. M. from Columbia college, and D. D. from Shurtleff college. He died at Neponset, Mass., Sept. 29, 1887.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barbee, William J.

​BARBEE, William J., author, was born at Winchester, Ky., in 1816. His education was obtained at Paris, Ky., and at the Miami university, in Oxford, Ohio. After his graduation he began the study of medicine, and for nearly ten years practised that profession in Cincinnati, but he subsequently became a school teacher and a Campbellite preacher. Among his published writings are: "The Scriptural Doctrine of Confirmation"; "The Physical and Moral Aspect of Geology" (1859); "The Cotton Question; its Production and Consumption" (1866); "The First Principles of Geology" (1867); "Life of the Apostle Peter." He died at Winchester, Ky., Oct. 27, 1892.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barber, Francis M.

​BARBER, Francis M., naval officer, was born at Sandusky, Ohio, in 1845, and was graduated from the naval academy, Annapolis, Md., in 1865, at the age of twenty. After his graduation he saw service on various ships, cruising in the waters of Europe, Asia, Africa and the West Indies, being steadily promoted from acting midshipman in 1861, to midshipman, 1862; ensign, 1866; master, 1868; lieutenant, 1869; lieutenant-commander, 1879, and in 1889 receiving the rank of commander. He was instructor at the United States torpedo station, Newport, from 1871 to 1875, at the same time superintending the manufacture of high explosives. When the Alarm was fitted for sea he was her first commander, and acted in the Naval advisory board that constructed the Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Dolphin. In October, 1893, he was granted leave of absence. He was placed on the retired list Dec. 28, 1895. He wrote on naval subjects and published lectures on "The Whitehead Torpedo" (1874); "Drifting and Automatic ^lovable Torpedoes, Submarine Guns and Rockets" (1874); and "Submarine Boats and their Application to Torpedo Operations" (1875).
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barber, John Warner

​BARBER John Warner, historian, was born at Windsor, Conn., Feb. 2, 1798. He traveled through the United States, and wrote a history in collaboration with Henry Howe of New Haven, Conn., from personal recollections of early settlers published in 1827. He also prepared many others, among them, "History and Antiquities of New England, New York and New Jersey" (1841); "Elements of General History" (1844); "Incidents in American History" (1847); "Religious Emblems and Allegories" (1848); "European Historical Collections" (1855); "Our Whole Country, Historical and Descriptive" (1861); with Henry Howe " Historical Collections of New York (1841); New Jersey (1844); Virginia (1844); Ohio (1847)," and in conjunction with Elizabeth G. Barber, "Historical, Poetical and Pictorial American Scenes" (1850). He died in New Haven, Conn., June 13, 1885.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baraga, Frederick

​BARAGA, Frederick, R. C. bishop, was born in Malavas parish, Debernitz, Treffin, in Carniola, June 29, 1797. When nine years of age he commenced his studies at the college of Laibach in his native province. He was distinguished for his linguistic ability and proficiency in general studies. He applied himself to the study of law at Vienna, graduating brilliantly in 1821. His inclination was, however, for the priesthood, and he entered the ecclesiastical seminary of Laibach to take a theological course. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1823. For the next seven years Carniola was the scene of his missionary labors, and during that time he prepared many books of devotion in the Sclavonic tongue for popular use, greatly improving his native language thereby. He determined to devote himself to American missions, and sailed from Havre in December, 1830, arriving in Cincinnati, Jan. 18, 1831, and first located at Arbre Croche, a village of the Ottawa Indians on Lake Michigan. Here he labored for two years, meanwhile compiling and printing a prayer and hymn book in the Ottawa language. He went to Grand river in the autumn of 1833, and remained there ​for sixteen months, when he repaired to Lapointe, and for eighteen years his labors were spent among the Indians of Lake Superior. Father Baraga's desire being to insure the permanence of his work among those untutored people, in the winter of 1836-’37 he compiled "The Prayer and Hymn Book and Catechism," "Extracts of the History of the Old and New Testaments, with the Gospels of the Year," in the same language; and his "Treatise on the History, Character, Manners and Customs of the North American Indians." in German, also a devotional book in the Sclavonic language. In 1837-’38 he paid a visit to Europe to secure funds for his mission, and had his Indian books printed in Paris. In 1843 he transferred his residence to the "Ance," where he composed his great philological works, a grammar and a dictionary of the Otchipwe (Chippeway) language. In 1853 Father Baraga was consecrated titular bishop of Amyzonia, and made Vicar-Apostolic of Upper Michigan. His missionary labors continued as before, and in 1854 he visited Europe and brought back with him twelve new laborers for the field. In 1855 he attended the provincial council of Cincinnati, and for the next few years the labors of his diocese engrossed his attention. In 1856 he was made bishop of St. Mary; and in 1865, when the see was transferred to Marquette, bishop of Marquette and St. Mary. The health of the venerable missionary had long been failing, when in 1866 he was struck with apoplexy in Baltimore, while in attendance at the national council. His condition improved sufficiently to enable him to return to his bishopric, where he died two years later, having performed a work of inestimable value in creating a literature of what had hitherto been the uncultivated language of savage people. He died at Marquette, Mich., Jan. 19, 1868.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barber, Francis

​BARBER, Francis, soldier, was born at Princeton. N. J., in 1751. He was graduated from Princeton college in 1767, and two years later accepted the position of principal of the Elizabethtown (N. J.) academy. He joined the revolutionary army in 1776 with the rank of major of artillery, and received promotion first to lieutenant-colonel, and later to assistant inspector-general, serving under Baron Steuben. He was present at many important battles, including Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown, receiving serious wounds at Monmouth. He was taken to a hospital, and while convalescent succeeded in gaining important information which was exceedingly useful to the patriots. In 1779 he was promoted adjutant-general, and the following year was appointed by General Washington to levy stores in New Jersey. The following year when insurrection broke out in some of the troops he was sent to subdue the soldiers, accomplishing the task with tact and success. He was present at several engagements in Lafayette's Virginia campaign in 1781, notably at Yorktown, serving efficiently throughout the war. He died in Newburg, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1783.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barber, John J.

​BARBER, John J., artist, was born at Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1840. In 1862 he obtained admission to the bar, but never practised the law, joining the army the following year. Under the hardships of army life his health became impaired, and he was compelled to return home, where he began to paint, first as an avocation and later as a vocation. He may be called a wholly self-taught painter. In 1871 he established a working studio at Columbus, Ohio, where he painted many successful pictures, several of which were exhibited at the National academy of design in New York city. Among the better ​known of his paintings: are "Elysium of the Herd" (1881); "Pride of the Eastwood Jerseys" (1883); "The Thirsty Herd" (1888); "Jersey Herd" (1883); "The Passing Shower" (1884); and "The Cool Retreat" (1875).
# The Absolute at Large

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Translation of the Czech original Továrna na absolutno (1922)
​The Absolute at Large
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The Absolute At Large
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Set up and printed. Published May, 1927.
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# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Lady Ann

Bonnie Lady Ann.
[This luxurious description of a beauty first appeared in Cromek's Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song (London, 1810,) to which work it was contributed by Allan Cunningham as an old production.]
There's kames o' hinnie 'tween my luve's lips, And gowd amang her hair: Her breists are lapt in a holy veil; Nae mortal een keek there. What lips daur kiss, or what hand daur touch, Or what arm o' luve daur span, The hinnie lips, the creamy lufe, Or the waist o' Lady Ann?
She kisses the lips o' her bonnie red rose, Wat wi' the blobs o' dew; But nae gentle lip, nor semple lip, Maun touch her ladie mou'. But a broider'd belt, wi' a buckle o' gowd, Her jimpy waist maun span: Oh, she's an armfu' fit for heeven— My bonnie Lady Ann!
Her bower casement is latticed wi' flowers. Tied up wi' siller thread; And comely sits she in the midst, Men's langing een to feed. She waves the ringlets frae her cheek, Wi' her milky milky han'; And her cheeks seem touch'd wi' the finger o' God, My bonnie Lady Ann. ​The mornin' clud is tasselt wi' gowd, Like my luve's broider'd cap; And on the mantle that my luve wears, Is mony a gowden drap. Her bonnie ee-bree's a holy arch, Cast by nae earthly han', And the breath o' heaven is atween the lips O' my bonnie Lady Ann.
I wonderin' gaze on her stately steps, And I beet a hopeless flame! To my luve, alas! she maunna stoop; It wad stain her honour'd name. My een are bauld, they dwall on a place Where I daurna mint my han'; But I water, and tend, and kiss the flowers O' my bonnie Lady Ann.
I am but her father's gardener lad, And puir puir is my fa', My auld mither gets my wee wee fee, Wi' fatherless bairnies twa. My lady comes, my lady gaes, Wi' a fou and kindly han'; O, the blessin' o' God maun mix wi' my love, And fa' on Lady Ann.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Jean 2

Bonnie Jean.
[The tune called "Bonnie Jean" is a very old Scottish melody. Its full name was originally "Bonnie Jean of Aberdeen," and there was an old song with these words as a burthen, but it is now supposed to be lost. The following was written by Ramsay to the old air: both the words and music appear in the Orpheus Caledonius, 1725.]
Love's goddess, in a myrtle grove, Said, Cupid, bend thy bow with speed, Nor let thy shaft at random rove, For Jeany's haughty heart maun bleed. The smiling boy with art divine, From Paphos shot an arrow keen, Which flew, unerring, to the heart, And kill'd the pride of bonnie Jean.
Nae mair the nymph, wi' haughty air, Refuses Willie's kind address; Her yielding blushes show nae care, But too much fondness to suppress. Nae mair the youth is sullen now, But looks the gayest on the green, Whilst ev'ry day he spies some new Surprising charms in bonnie Jean.
A thousand transports crowd his breast, He moves as light as fleeting wind; His former sorrows seem a jest, Now when his Jeany is turn'd kind: Riches he looks on wi' disdain; The glorious fields of war look mean; The cheerful hound and horn give pain, If absent from his bonnie Jean.
The day he spends in amorous gaze, Which ev'n in summer shorten'd seems: When sunk in downs, wi' glad amaze, He wonders at her in his dreams. A' charms disclos'd, she looks more bright Than Troy's fair prize, the Spartan queen; Wi' breaking day he lifts his sight, And pants to be wi' bonnie Jean.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Mary Halliday

Bonnie Mary Halliday.
[Allan Cunningham.—Tune, "Luch'd n'a breachin."]
Bonnie Mary Halliday, Turn again, I call you; If you go to the derry wood Sorrow will befall you.
The ring-dove from the derry wood Is wailing sore and calling; And Annan water, 'tween its banks, Is foaming far and falling.
Gentle Mary Halliday, Come, my bonnie lady— Upon the river's woody bank My steed is saddled ready.
And for thy haughty kinsman's throats My faith shall never falter— The bridal banquet's ready made, The priest is at the altar.
Gentle Mary Halliday, The towers of merry Preston Have bridal candles gleaming bright— So busk thee, love, and hasten.
Come busk thee, love, and bowne thee Through Tindal and green Mouswal; I Come, be the grace and be the charm To the proud towers of Mochusel.
​Bonnie Mary Halliday, Turn again, I tell you; For wit, and grace, and loveliness, What maidens may excel you?
Though Annan has its beauteous dames, And Corrie many a fair one, We canna want thee from our sight, Thou lovely and thou rare one.
Bonnie Mary Halliday, When the bittern’s sounding, We'll miss thy lightsome lily foot Amang the blythe lads bounding.
The summer sun shall freeze our veins, The winter moon shall warm us, Ere the like of thee shall come again To cheer us and to charm us.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Jeannie Gray

Bonnie Jeannie Gray.
[The first and last stanzas of this popular song were written by W. Paul, Glasgow, and set to music by Richard Webster. The second stanza is an interpolation by William Thom of Inverury.]
Oh whar was ye sae late yestreen, My bonnie Jeannie Gray? Your mither miss'd you late at e'en, And eke at break o' day. Your mither look'd sae sour and sad, Your father dull and wae, Oh! whar was ye sae late yestreen, My bonnie Jeannie Gray?
I've mark'd that lanely look o' thine, My bonnie Jeannie Gray; I've kent your kindly bosom pine, This monie, monie day. Ha'e hinnied words o' promise lur'd Your guileless heart astray? O! dinna hide your grief frae me, My bonnie Jeannie Gray.
Dear sister, sit ye down by me, And let nae body ken; For I ha'e promis'd late yestreen To wed young Jamie Glen; The melting tear stood in his e'e, What heart could say him nay? As aft he vow'd, through life, I'm thine, My bonnie Jeannie Gray.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Mary Græme

Bonnie Mary Græme.
[From a volume of sweet and elegant poems published at Glasgow in 1842. under the title "Poems of Past Years. By James Parker."]
Oh! whar ha'e ye been roamin'—whar ha'e ye been roamin'— Whar ha'e ye been roamin', bonnie Mary Græme Whar ha'e ye been roamin' this cauld dowie gloamin'— Whar ha'e ye been roamin', sae far awa' frae hame? The tear is in your e'e—was't the pearly dew that sent it?— It used na' sae to be, bonnie Mary Græme! There's a glow on your cheek—was't the damask rose that lent it?— O, what gars ye greet, or what gars ye think shame?
There's care upon your brow—ill fa' the hand that wrought it! There's sorrow in your bosom, bonnie Mary Græme! Sae blythsome as ye used to be, O, wha cou'd e'er ha'e thocht it!— Somebody or ither has been sair—sair to blame! Your step, that was sae lichtsome, gangs creepin' slow and eerie, An' sair your voice is alter'd, bonnie Mary Græme! A canker's in the bud that micht ha'e bloomed sae cheery, Gin he had kept his faith to thee, bonnie Mary Græme!
# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Mary Hay

Bonnie Mary Hay.
[The author of this song is Archibald Crawford, a native of Ayr. It originally appeared in the Ayr and Wigtonshire Courier, and was afterwards introduced into one of a series of stories by Mr. Crawford, published at Edinburgh, in 1825, under the title of "Tales of my Grandmother." The composer was R. A. Smith.]
Bonnie Mary Hay, I will lo'e thee yet; For thy eye is the slae, and thy hair is the jet, The snaw is thy skin, and the rose is thy cheek: Oh! bonnie Mary Hay, I will lo'e thee yet.
Bonnie Mary Hay, will you gang wi' me, When the sun's in the west, to the hawthorn tree? To the hawthorn tree in the bonnie berry den? And I'll tell you, Mary, how I lo'e you then.
Bonnie Mary Hay, it's haliday to me, When thou art coothie, kind, and free: There's nae clouds in the lift, nor storms in the sky, My bonnie Mary Hay, when thou art nigh.
Bonnie Mary Hay, thou maunna say me nay: But come to the bow'r by the hawthorn brae, But come to the bow'r, an' I'll tell ye a' what's true, How, Mary! I can ne'er lo'e ane but you.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Bonnie Peggy

Bonnie Peggy.
[John Sim.—Air, "Bonnie lassie, O."]
O, we aft ha'e met at e'en, bonnie Peggy, O, On the banks of Cart sae green, bonnie Peggy, O, Where the waters smoothly rin, Far aneath the roaring lin, Far frae busy strife and din, bonnie Peggy, O.
When the lately crimson west, bonnie Peggy, O, In her darker robe was drest, bonnie Peggy, O, And a sky of azure blue, Deck'd with stars of golden hue, Rose majestic to the view, bonnie Peggy, O.
When the sound of flute or horn, bonnie Peggy, O, On the gale of evening borne, bonnie Peggy, O, We have heard in echoes die, While the wave that rippl'd by, Sung a soft and sweet reply, bonnie Peggy, O.
Then how happy would we rove, bonnie Peggy, O, Whilst thou blushing own'd thy love, bonnie Peggy, O, Whilst thy quickly throbbing breast To my beating heart I press'd, Ne'er was mortal half so blest, bonnie Peggy, O.
Now, alas! these scenes are o'er, bonnie Peggy, O; Now, alas! we meet no more, bonnie Peggy, O, Oh! ne'er again, I ween, Will we meet at summer e'en, On the banks of Cart sae green, bonnie Peggy, O.
Yet hadst thou been true to me, bonnie Peggy, O, As I still ha'e been to thee, bonnie Peggy, O, Then with bosom, O how light, Had I hail'd the coming night, And yon evening star so bright, bonnie Peggy, O.