The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . University and moderator of hischurch synod. His writings are Manitoba (1882);Canada and the Aorihicest (1887); and A ShortHistory of the Canadian People (1886). BRSCE. Rt. Hon. J.\mks, an English historianand statesman; born at lielfasl, Ireland, May 10,1838, and educated ht Glasgow and Oxford. From1870 to 1893 he was regius professor of civil lawat Oxford, and has been a member of Parliamentsince 1880, and was Under-Secretary for ForeignAffairs in 1886. He is a representative Liberal, 626 BRYENNIOS—BRYOPH
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . University and moderator of hischurch synod. His writings are Manitoba (1882);Canada and the Aorihicest (1887); and A ShortHistory of the Canadian People (1886). BRSCE. Rt. Hon. J.\mks, an English historianand statesman; born at lielfasl, Ireland, May 10,1838, and educated ht Glasgow and Oxford. From1870 to 1893 he was regius professor of civil lawat Oxford, and has been a member of Parliamentsince 1880, and was Under-Secretary for ForeignAffairs in 1886. He is a representative Liberal, 626 BRYENNIOS—BRYOPHYTES and is noted for his study of the Easternquestion and his deep interest in the condition of the Armenians. first book wasThe Holy Ronan Empire^which established his lit-erary reputation. Amonghisotherworksare Trans-caucasia and Ararat andvarious contributions tomagazines. He is bestknown in America byThe American Common-uealth, published in 1889,the result of 20 yearsstudy of the country andits institutions, and re-markable as a candid andliberal criticism and con-. JAMES BRYCE. sideration of the faults and advantages of Ameri-can constitution and life. In 1892 Mr. Brycewas a member of Mr. Gladstones fourth cabinet. BRYENNIOS, Philotheos, a Greek theo-logian, metropolitan of Nicomedia; born at Con-stantinople in 1833; studied at the theologicalschool in Chalce, near Byzantium, and after be-ing ordained deacon, attended lectures at Leipsic,Berlin and Munich (1856-61). He was for someyears a teacher at Chalce, and presided over theGreek school in Constantinople from 1867 to was one of two representatives of the GreekChurch at the Old Catholic conference in Bonnin 1875, and while absent there was chosen metro-politan of Serras, in Macedonia. In 1877 he wastranslated to Nicomedia. Author of severalminor works, Bryennios is chiefly known as theeditor of the Epistles of Clement and of the Teach-ing 0/ the Apostles [Jida-(rj ruiv AiziistoXwv). BRYENNIUS, Nicep
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