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* suit Bull. 1892 'I BRYAXIS. 594 Corresp. Hellenique, XVI. (Pan BBYN MAWB. BBYCE, James (1838—). An eminent Eng- lish writer and legislator. He was born in Belfast, Ireland, studied at Glasgow University, and in 18fi2 graduated at Trinity College, and won a fellowship in t-)viel C<dlege. Oxford. In 18G4 he published a monograph, The Holy Uoman Fmijire, which, subsequently much enlarged, quieklv gave him a reputation as an historical writer of unusual insight and ability. Scholarly, brilliant, and original in treatment, marked throughout bv careful thought and painstaking research, a niodel of condensation and lucidity, this book has been widely read in England, m America, and on the Continent of Europe, has been translated into several European languages, and is still regarded as the standard compendious work on the subject. In 1867 ilr. Bryce became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, and practiced until 188-^ He was appointed regius professor of civil law at Oxford in 1870, but resigned in 1893, after twentv-three years of successful service. In 1880 he entered political life as a member of Parlia- ment for the Tower-Hamlets, and attained imme- diate prominence as a Liberal and a follower of Gladstone. He became Under-Secretary ot State for Foreign Affairs in Gladstone's Govern- ment in 1886, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- caster, with a seat in Gladstone's Cabinet, m 1892, and president of the Board of Trade in 1894. In 1894 he also served as chairman of the Royal Commission on Secondary Education, and was elected fellow of the Royal Society. As a poli- tician he has consistently taken the Liberal side in all the great c(mtroversies that have arisen since his election to the House of Commons, and has been especially conspicuous as an advocate of home rule for' Ireland, of the abolition of university tests, of international copyright and of the thorough revision of the statute law. 1 hough thus prominent as a teacher and a politician, he is much better known as a writer, and espe- cially a.s the author of The American Common- wealth (last ed. 189.5), the material for which he collected during three visits to the United States in 1870, 1881, and 1883. In this work he aives with remarkable accuracy, sympathy, and insight, probably the best "7™"* ^'^^Z^^""" of the political institutions of the United States, considered in their relation to the history, the character, and the habits of the American people. Besides numerous essays and magazine articles, he has published two excellent books of travel: ,^an7e,L,sia and Ararat (4th ed^ 1896), and Impressions of South Africa (189^), and a volume of Studies in History and Jurisprudence (1901). BBYC'TOK", Henry tie. for r>R.fTOX. Occasional variant BBYDGES, brij'ez. Kir Samuei. Egerton (176-^!S:)7K An' English bibliographer and genealogist. He was educated at Cambridge, and was admitted to the bar, but never practiced. His best works were an extensive edition of tol- lins's Peerage (1812) and editions of early Eng- lish writers. He also published Cenitura Lxle- raria (180.5-09); The British BiWographer (1810-1.5); and The Autohiography, Times, Opinions, ami Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges (1834). BRYENNIOS, (Ik. pron. Bre-gn'nf-os, Phelo- TiiEos (1833 — ). A Greek theologian. He was born in Constantinople, was educated in the Patriarchal Seminary at Chalkis, and attended courses at the universities of Berlin. Leipzig, and Munich, where he became familiar with German theology. He consorted with Western theolo- cians more frequently than is customary among Greek ecclesiastics, and attended the Bonn Con- ference of Old Catholics in 1875. He was pro- fessor of church history at Chalkis, Metropolitan of Seres, and afterwards Metropolitan of Nico- media. He was the discoverer of the first com- plete manuscript of the two Epistles of Clement, published in 1875, and of the only known manu- script of The Teaching of the Ticelre Apostles. The publication of the latter, in 1883, along with notes and prolegomena, all in Greek, was one of the most notable theological events of the day, and led to the production of an extensive literature. Both manuscripts were found in 1873 in the Monastery of the Holy Sepulchre, Constantinople, in one cover along with four others. See Teaching of the Twel-e Apostles. BBYM'NEB, Douglas (1823—). A Cana- dian iounialist and archivist. He was born in Greenock, Scotland ; was educated in a grammar school there, and in 1857 removed to Canada, where for a time he devoted himself to farming. He afterwards became a journalist, and for some time was editor of the Presbyterian (the official or-'an of the Presbyterian Clinch in Canada ), and aslociate editor oif the Montreal Daily Herald. In 1872 he was appointed Archivist of the Do- minion of Canada, and in this capacity he has rendered important services to students of Ameri- can history by issuing a series of volumes con- taining abstracts of the valuable manuscripts stored in the Canadian archives. BEYN MAWB (miir) COLLEGE. An insti- tution for the higher educaticm of women at Brvn Mawr, Pa., about 10 miles northwest of the centre of Philadelphia. It is beautifully situated, at an elevation of about 400 feet above the sea. The college was fcninded by Joseph. Taylor was incorporated in 1880, and opened for stiidents in 1885. Mr. Tayhu- was a member of the Society of Friends, and he provided that the trustees of the college should be members of that body. Bryn Mawr is distinctive among women s col- leaes"in that its course and method of study are ba'sed upon the university model. The systeni of 'major and minor electives in fixed combination' has been adopted; students are grouped in ac- cordance with the work they have actually ac- complished, instead of by arbitrary 'classes'; original research is in all cases encouraged ; and, in pursuance of the same policy of placing the scholarship of the college upon a basis of pure merit, candidates for admission as undergrad- uates are not accepted upon certificate, and hon- orary degrees are not granted. The college offers the "giaduate degrees of A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. Eleven resident fellowships, eight graduate schol- arships, and three European fellowships arc offered to graduate students, and there are also scholarships and a students' loan fund for un del-graduates. Bryn Mawr has grown rapidly since its foun- dation, and in 1902 had 45 ])rofessors and in- structors, and a student body of 425. The library, largely designed for specialized study, contained