The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . 1851-52; William B. Lawrence,1852; Philip Allen, 1852-53; Francis M. Dimond,1853-54; William Hoppin, 1854-57; Elisha Dyer,1857-59; Thomas G. Turner, 1859-60; WilliamSprague, 1860-63; William C. Cozzens, 1863;James Y. Smith, 1863-66; Ambrose E. Burnside,1866-69; Seth Padelford, 1869-73; Henry Howard,1873-75; Henry Lippitt, 1875-77; Charles C. VanZandt, 1877-80; Alfred H. Littlefield, 1880-83;.?\ugustus O. Bourn, 1883-85; George P. Wet-more, 1885-87; John W. Davis, 1887-88; Royal C. Taft, 1888-89; Herbert W.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . 1851-52; William B. Lawrence,1852; Philip Allen, 1852-53; Francis M. Dimond,1853-54; William Hoppin, 1854-57; Elisha Dyer,1857-59; Thomas G. Turner, 1859-60; WilliamSprague, 1860-63; William C. Cozzens, 1863;James Y. Smith, 1863-66; Ambrose E. Burnside,1866-69; Seth Padelford, 1869-73; Henry Howard,1873-75; Henry Lippitt, 1875-77; Charles C. VanZandt, 1877-80; Alfred H. Littlefield, 1880-83;.?\ugustus O. Bourn, 1883-85; George P. Wet-more, 1885-87; John W. Davis, 1887-88; Royal C. Taft, 1888-89; Herbert W. Ladd, 1889; JohnW. Davis, 1889-91; Herbert W. Ladd, 1891-92; D. Russell Brown, 1892-95; Charles W. Lippitt,1895-97; Elisha Dyer, 1897-99-. See Rhode Island, Vol. XX, pp. 523-525. RHODES, Rt. Hon. Cecil John, , D. C. L.,an English colonial statesman whose ability has wonfor him the title of the Napoleon of Africa, wasborn at Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England,July 5, 1853. His grandfather was a well-to-dodairyman in the Islington suburb of London, to cattle andHis father,. C. J. RHODES. whom tradition assigns 999 head ofthe inability to possess an even 1, Rev. Francis WilliamRhodes, was for manyyears vicar of St. MichaelsChurch in the parishof Bishops Stortford,where a stained-glass win-dow commemorates theesteem in which the vil-lagers held a benign man,with a remarkable virtuefor ten-minute sermons.;Cecil, the third son, a weekly youth, received hisearly education at the localgrammar-school, one ofKing Edward VIs foundation, as did his numerousbrothers, of whom one died in the heart of Africaand others did honor to the rolls of the Englisharmy. A term or two at Oriel College, Oxford, fol-lowed, and then physicians ordered him to the landed with moderate means and took to dia-mond-mining, ultimately consolidating all themining interests and controlling the diamond sup-ply of Africa. The warm African climate had madea mountain of energy of a weedy English
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