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Buchanan (ROBERT WILLIAMS education)

ROBERT WILLIAMS, education in Glasgow, and while young shire, Aug. 18, 1841. He received his education in Glasgow, and while young drew a famous letter from that poet on His attack upon Dante Gabriel Rossetti drew a famous letter from that poet on "Under the Microscope" (1872). His poems include "London Poems" (1866) "Ballads of Love, Life and Humor" etc. Buchanan also wrote novels and plays. He died in London, June 10, 1901.

BUCHANANIA a genus of anacarlarge Indian tree, the kernel of the nut of which is much used in native conof which is much used in native confectionery. It abounds in a bland oil. A black varnish is made from the fruits. eaten by the natives of India in their curries.

BUCHAREST (bö'char-est), the capital of the former principality of Wallachia and of the present kingdom of Rumania, stands 265 feet above sea-level, in the fertile but treeless plain of the small, sluggish Dambovitza. By rail it is 716 miles S. E. of Vienna, 40 N. of Giurgevo on the Danube, and 179 N. W. of Varna on the Black Sea. A strange meeting point of East and West, the town still has many narrow and crooked streets, though the latter are now mostly paved and lighted with gas and electricity. An elaborate system of fortification was undertaken in 1885.

There are some handsome hotels; and the metal-plated cupolas of the innumerable churches give to the place a picturesque aspect. The royal palace was rebuilt in 1885; and the Catholic Cathedral is a fine edifice of 1875-1884.

Cathedral is a fine edifice of 1875-1884. The number of cafés and gambling tables is excessive; and, altogether, pe, with all the vices but few of tion of being the most dissolute capital in Europe , in Europe, with all the vices but few of ever, a university, founded in 1864. The ture Hyde Park. Bucharest is the entrepôt for the trade between Austria and the Balkan Peninsula, the chief rics, petroleum, grain, hides, metal, coal, timber, and cattle. Its manufactures intimber, and cattle. Its manufactures inflour, soap, candles, etc., and the work- Besides the university there are men are chiefly Hungarians and Germans. a number of other educational institutions, museums, hospitals, and other charitable institutions. Bucharest has BUCHAREST TREATY been several times besieged; and between 1793 and 1812 suffered twice from earthquakes, twice from inundations, once from fire, and twice from pestilence. Here in 1812 a treaty was concluded between Turkey and Russia, by which the former ceded Bessarabia and part of Moldavia; in 1886 the treaty between Servia and Bulgaria was made here; in 1913 the division of the capcured parts of Turkey (see BALKAN WARS) was arranged in Bucharest; and in 1918 the treaty between Rumania and the Central Powers, terminating the war between these countries, was made here. During the WORLD WAR (q. v.) Bucharest, in common with the rest of Rumania, suffered much as the result of the invasion by the Central Powers. It was captured early in December, 1916, and it was only two years later, on Dec. 3, 1918, that the King of Rumania was able to re-establish his government, which during the invasion had been moved to Jassy, in the capital of the country. Pop. about 350,000 BUCHAREST,