Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . warm countries of the Old World,and in summer migrating to the N. Inthese passages it flies, generally by night,high in air, in a large wedge-formedflock, led by a single leader, or in longlines, and with discordant cries. Where itbreeds, which is in the N. of Europe andSiberia, the nest is among rushes. Theeggs, two in number, are pale bluish-green, with brown markings. CBANE, BOBEBT BBUCE, an American painter. He was born inNew York in 1857, receiving his firstlessons und
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . warm countries of the Old World,and in summer migrating to the N. Inthese passages it flies, generally by night,high in air, in a large wedge-formedflock, led by a single leader, or in longlines, and with discordant cries. Where itbreeds, which is in the N. of Europe andSiberia, the nest is among rushes. Theeggs, two in number, are pale bluish-green, with brown markings. CBANE, BOBEBT BBUCE, an American painter. He was born inNew York in 1857, receiving his firstlessons under Alexander Wyant, andlater studying in Europe. He devotedhis talent in the main to the portrayal oflandscapes, such subjects as plowed fieldsand meadows covered with snow attract- ing him. Interesting examples of hiswork are Autumn (National Gallery,Washington) ;Autumn Uplands (Metro-politan, New York) ; March (BrooklynMuseum), Springtime (Peabody Insti-tute, ) ; The Hiils, which wonthe Saltus prize (National Academy).He was a member of the National Acad-emy of Design and American WaterColor Society. mmi. THE CROWNED CRANE CBANE, CHABLES BICHABD, an American manufacturer and diplomat,born in Chicago in 1858. He was edu-cated in the Chicago public schools, en-tered the employ of the Crane Company,and became 1st vice-president in 1894and president in 1912. In 1909 he wasappointed minister to China, but resignedbefore assuming his oflicial duties. Hewas again appointed minister to Chinaby President Wilson in 1920. In 1917 hewas a member of the Diplomatic Com-mission to Russia, and was Americancommissioner on mandates in Turkey in1919. CBANE, EBANK, an Americanclergyman and writer. He was bom in1861 in Urbana, 111., was educated atIllinois Wesleyan University and or-dained to the Methodist Episcopal min-istry in 1882. A preacher in Methodistchurches in Chicago from 1896, he joinedthe Congregationalists in 1903. After CRANE 187 CRANMER being pastor of the Union Congrega-
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