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BAYLEY. England with Dr. John Hunter. Earl}' in 1776 he returned to the United States as staff surgeon to Sir Guy Carleton. He lectured on surgery, and published a work on croup, introducing a new and valuable method of treating that disease. In 1702 lie became professor of anatomy and surgery in Columbia College. He was the first health officer of the port of New York, and as such originated New York's quarantine laws.

BAY'LISS, Sir Wtoe (1835—). An English artist. He was born at Madeley, and received his art education at the Royal Academy. He is known almost entirely through his tine in- teriors of cathedrals and churches, frequently exhibited in America, of which the most famous are: "La Sainte Chapelle" {Royal Academy, 1865) ; "Saint Mark's, Venice" (Nottingham, 1880); "Saint Peter's, Rome" (1888); "The Golden Duomo" (Pisa, 1892). He became presi- dent of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1888. His publications include: The Witness of Art { 1876) ; The Higher Life in Art ( 1879) ; The Elements of Aerial Perspective (1855) ; and he edited Thomas Heaphy's Likeness of Christ (1881).

BAYLOR, Frances Coi-ktenay (1848—). An American novelist, born at Fayetteville, Ark. Being of Virginian parentage, she has re- sided chiefly at Winchester, Va., and since her marriage to Mr. G. S. Barnum at Savannah, Ga. She first attracted attention by two short stories. The Perfeet Treasure and On This Side, pub- lished together under the title On. liotli ,Si<l<s (1886). Among her other novels are Claudia Hyde (1894) and The Ladder of Fortune (1899). Juan and Juanita (1897) is juvenile.

BAYLOR, (1793- 1874). An American jurist, born in Lincoln County, Kentucky. After serving in the War of 1812. he began the practice of law in Kentucky, but afterwards removed to Alabama; was a member of Congress from that State from 1829 to 1831, and participated in the Creek War as commander of a volunteer regiment. He after- wards removed to Texas, where he became one of the foremost advocates of the annexation of that republic to the United States, and was a member of the First Constitutional Convention. He subsequently served as a district judge for twenty-five j'ears. A Baptist college, chartered in 1845 by the Congress of Texas, received the name of Baylor University, in recognition of the liberal donation bestowed upon it by Judge Baylor.

BAYLOR U'NIVER'SITY. A Baptist edu- cational institution. It was chartered in 1845, and was formerly situated at Inde])end('ni^e, Tex., hut removed in 1882 to Waco, in the same State. Its endowment in 1901 was $350,000, and its library contained 10.000 volumes. At the saine time the faculty numbered 39, and the students 747. including preparatory pupils.

BAYLY, ba'li, Ada Ellen. See Ltall, Edna,

BAYLY, Lewis ( — ?1031). Bishop of Ban- gor, Wales. He was a native Welshman ; was edue.nted at Oxford, and enjoyed favor at Court, but later lost it because of his Puritan sympa- tliies. He is now remembered only as the avithor of the Praetiee of Piety, the most popular religious book until Bun3'an's work appeared. Besides numerous editions of the original work. translations appeared in Welsh, French, German, Polish, and Romansch. John Eliot translated it into the Indian language as an aid in his mis- sion work. Bunyan attributed his first re- ligious awakening to the reading of this book.

BAYLY, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839). An English poet. He was intended for holy orders, and educated at Oxford; he inherited a large for- tune, but lost it, and in 1831 began to write songs for music, and, with Henry Bishop, pub- lished Melodies of Various Xations. Within a few years he wrote thirty-si.x dramatic pieces, a number of stories, and hundreds of songs. Some of the more popular were : "The Sol- dier's Tear;" "Why Don't the Men Propose?" "We Met, 'Twas in a Crowd;" "I'd Be a Butter- fly," etc. His best farce is Perfection. His fiction is represented by The Aylmers, a novel in 3 vols., and Kindness in Women, a collection of tales. Consult his Works, with memoir (London, 1844).

BAYNE, b.=in, Peter (1830-96). A Scottish author. He was educated in Marischal College, Aberdeen: studied theology at Edinburgh, and philosophy under Sir William Hamilton. He wrote criticisms on Alison, De Quincey, Hugh Miller, and others. In 1855 he published The Christian Life, Social and Individual, which was followed in 1859 by Essays Biographical, Critical, etc. He was editor of the Glasgow Common- wealth, Edinburgh Witness, and London Dial^ and an associate editor of the Christian World, Among his other works are Testimony of Christ to Christianity (1862); The Days of Jezebel (1872) ; a historical drama; and Life of Luther (1887). He died in London, February 10, 1896.

BAYNES, banz,. Thomas Spencer (1823-87). An English writer on ])hilosophy. He was born at Wellington, England; was educated at Bris- tol College and Edinburgh University and be- came assistant to Sir William Hamilton at the latter institution. He published an Essay on the A'fiP Analysis of Logical Forms (1852), an exposition of Hamilton's Qualification of the Predicate. From 1857 to 1863 he was one of the examiners for the University of London, and as- sistant editor of the Daily News. In 1864 he became professor of logic, rhetoric, and meta- physics in the University of Saint Andrews, where he remained till his death. He wrote much for the Edinburgh and other reviews and magazines, and was editor of the ninth edition of the EncyclopcFdia Britannica.

BAY OF IS'LANDS. ( 1 ) A bay on the north- east coast of North Island, New Zealand, in lati- tude 35° 14' S., longitude 174° 11' E. (Map: New Zealand, El). (2) A bay on the western coast of Newfoundland, studded with many beau- tiful islands, with fisheries, timber, and deposits of marble and gypsum (Map: Newfoundland, B 3).

BAYOMBONG, bi'yom-bong'. The capital of tlie Province of Nueva Vizcaya, on the Island of Luzon, Philippines (Map: Philippine Island.s, F 3). The town is situated on the Magat River, 166 miles north of JIanila, and is the centre of a fertile district, producing rice and tobacco. Popu- lation, 3691.

BAY'ONET (Fr. baionnetfc, hayonnette. first made in Bayonne, France). A short, dagger-like