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* BOURNE. 373 BOURRIENNE. to have settled the Whitman question ( see Whit- man. Marcus). Professor Bourne has al.so pub- lished The History of the Surplus Revenue of 76'.iT ( ISS.5). BOURNE, George (1780-1845). An Ameri- can clergj-man. He was born at Westbury, Wilt- shire, England; came to the United States in 1S02, and aarain in 1804, and after reniaininf; for some time in Baltimore, settled at llarrisbur^, Va. There he established a printin<;-ollioc and did everything in his power to edvioate the jicople in his pastorate. He early made himself conspic- uous byadvocating immediate abolition of slavery. In 1815 he organized a chxirch of non-slave- holders, and wrote a work on The Book and Slav- ery I rreconcilable ( 1S15). His views were ultra- radical for the time, and brought him into con- stant difficulties, which led him to give up his printing-ollice and church, and move to Ooruuin- town. I'a. From there he went to Sing Sing, N. Y.. then to Queljec, and finally to New York City, where he founded a paper called The Pro- testant Vindieator. His works include I^-rtures on Ecclesiastical History (1822); Pictures of Quebec (1830): and Slavery Illustrated in Its Effects Upon Vomen (1834). BOURNE, Hugh (1772-18.52). The foiuider of tile sect of Primitive Jlethodists. He was born April 3, 1772, at Fordhays Farm, Parish of Stokeupon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Orig- inally a preacher among the Wesleyan Metho- dists, he distinguished himself by the fervor of his religious sentiments, and by the zeal which he displayed for the conversion of the ungodly. His enthusiasm for 'revivals' and open-air meet- ings, however, received no countenance from the leading clergymen of the denomination to which he belonged. ' In 1808 Bourne was cut off from the Wesleyan connection for following much the same course of earnest evangelization as Wesley himself had done. He was not. however, alarmed. His preaching was wonderfully accepUible, and he quickly gathered round him many devoted adherents. In March, 1810, a committee of ten members was formed. This may be regarded as the first official organization of the body. The first general meeting of the society occurred the ne.t year, and the name Primitive Methodists was adopted in 1812. The opprobrious name 'Ranters' was given to them by their opponents. In 1823, Bourne published History of the Primi- tive Methodists, a narrative of his labors and those of his coadjutors, and in 1824 founded The Primitive Methodist Magazine, which he edited for twenty years. In the course of his life he visited Scotland. Ireland, Canada, and the United States, where his ministrations were at- tended with great success. He died at Bemcrs- ley. in Staffordshire, October 11. 1852. For his hio<!raphy. consult .1. Walford. Memoirs, of which only Vol. I. appeared (London, 1855). BOURNE, ViNCEN-T (1095-1747). An Eng- lish poet. He studied at Westminster School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1714. In 1721 he took his degree of A.^^- ■'^"'i subsequently he was appointed usher in West- minster School. He died Decend)cr 2, 174J. Bourne is rememljored for a volume of Latin poems publishtnl in 1734. It reached a third and enlarged edition in 1743. Of Mourne, Cowper wrote extravagantly: '"I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him." Several of his poems were translated by Cowper, and by Charles Land>, who likewise admired them greatly. Their charm lies in their simplicity and grace. They are marked, too, by a quiet pathos. Special at- tention mav bo called to his epitaphs. Consult I'oiiiiiita. cil. Milford (London, 1840). BOURNEMOUTH, br.rn'nu'ith. A watering- place and winter health resort on the south coast of England in Hampshire, about 30 miles west-southwest of Southampton, on Poole Bay (Map: England, E 6). On account of its shel- tered position, surrounding pine woods, and even temperature, it has become a favcnite winter re- sort for persons suffering from pulmonary dis- eases. The town received its charter of incorpo- ration in 1890. A sanitarium for consumptives was erected in 1855, and there is also a home for convalescents. Bournemouth maintains several parks and winter gardens and a golf course. It has churches, hotels, a library and reading- room, and assembly-rooms, baths, and a pier 800 •feet long. Population, in 1901, 47,000. BOURNONITE, b<K5r'non-It (after Count Bournon. the discoverer). A lead-copper sul- phantiuKmite that crystallizes in the orlhorhom- bic system. It has a metallic lustre, is of a steel- gray" color, and is found both massive and in crystals. The chief localities are the Harz Moun- tains, Bohemia, Chile, Mexico, and, in the United States, various places in Arizona, Arkansas, and Colorado. BOURNOUS, bur-noos'. See Buknoose. BOURRELET, boor'let' (Fr., a stuffed cap, worn by children ; dimin. of bouire. hair, wad- ding). In elongated projectiles with a pointed head, the imaginary line around the projectile at the junction of the cylindrical body and ogiv:il head. BOURRIENNE, boo'ryen', Louis Antoine Falvelet de (1769-1834). The secretary and early friend of Napoleon I. He was born at Sens, .July 9, 1709. He was educated at the military school at Brienne, where he forme<l an intimate friendship with Napoleon. The latter, as his influence grew, rapidly advanced Bour- rienne, w-hose avarice, however, brought him into disgrace. Notwithstanding this, he was sent, in 1804, as ehargf" d'affaires to Hamburg, where he v.-as commissioned to watch over the strict en- forcement of the Continental System, but was recalled and obliged to restore a million francs which had been removed by him from the ]nddie funds (1810). In revenge, he espoused the cause of Louis XVIII., and he zealously served the Bourbons until the .July Kevolution. After this his reason failed him, and he died in an asylum at Caen, February 7, 1834. His memoirs concerning Napoleon, the Directory, the Consulate, the Em- pire, and the Restoration {Memoires sur A'a- foleon, etc., 10 vols., Paris, 1829) gave many new explanations of the events of the time, but are in many respects untrustworthy. (See Boulat de i-a Meurtiie.) The work, however, is one which must always constitute an impor- tant part of the material of history. A work en- titled Histoirc de Bonaparte par un homme qui ne I'a pas quittc depuis 15 ans has been er- roneously ascribed to him.