BRYCE.
BUCHANAN.
prominence. He received the degree of LL.D.
from the Universitj- of Missouri. He translated the
following: Hegel's Philosopliy of Art {IS:9) ; Phil-
osophy of Landscape Painting (1882); World En-
ergy and Its Self-Conservation (1890); Eternity, a
Thread in the Weaving of a Life ; Goethe as a Rep-
resentative of the Modern Art Spirit ; Historical
Presujipositions and Foreshadowing^ (f Dante's
Divine Comedy ; A Syllabusof Psychology (1892) ;
A Syllabus of Ethics (1893); Ethics and the Nejv
■Education (1894) ; Modern Education, Dens and
Satanus ; Text Book of Psychology (1894): HegeVs
Educational Ideas (1896) ; Life, Death and Imnio}--
tality (1898) ; and numerous magazine articles on
psychological, ethical and pedagogical sulijects.
BRYCE, Lloyd, editor, was born at Flusliing, N. Y"., Sept. 7, 1851. He studied at Georgetown college, D. C, and subsequently took a degree at Oxford, England, and afterwards studied law at the Columbia law school in New Y^ork. Upon the election of David B. Hill as governor of New York, Mr. Bryce received the appointment of pay- master-general on his staff, and in 1886 was elected a representative for New Y'ork city to the 50th Congress. During his term he directed his efforts principally to insure beneficial legislation for the city and for its harbor, with the object of i)revent- ing the deposit of refuse in its waters, and the careless anchorage of vessels in the path of liarbor navigation. By the will of Allen Thorndike Rice, proprietor of the North American Review, Mr. Bryce acquired a controlling intei'est in that peri- odical, and became its editor in July, 1889. He is the author of Paradise, The Ronuotceof ai: Alter Ego, and .4. Dream of Conquest, novels which re- ceived commendation from critical authorities. He also wrote Friends in Exile ; Lady Blanche's Salon : The Literary Duet, and numerous essays. BRYSON, Andrew, naval officer, was born in New York, July 25, 1822. At the age of fifteen he was appointed midshipman in the United States navy, and in June, 1843, was promoted to passed midshipman. In 1850 he became master, and in August, 1851, was made lieutenant. In 1856 he was attached to the Saratoga of the home squadron, and while on a cruise off the Mexican coast he commanded the Indianola , a little ves- sel which had been secured fur the occasion, and succeeded in capturing the il/(ra7Hon after a sharp engagement. The affair created international complication, and on the arrival of the Saratoga at Norfolk, Va.. the captain was relieved of com- mand. The Saratoga on this voyage (Dec, 1857) conveyed, as prisoners of the United States, to New Y'ork, William Walker and his band of fili- busters. In 1858 Lieutenant Bryson was execu- tive officer of the Preble on the Paraguayan ex- pedition, and returning late in 1860 he was attached to the Brooklyn navy yard. In October,
1861. he was attached to the blockading .squadron
and in command of the Chippewa. He partici-
pated in the capture of Fort Macon, N. C.,and
the action at Stono Inlet. He was commissioned
commander in July. 1862, and in September was
sent to Europe on special service. He was ordered
to the monitor Lehigh on Aug. 4, 1863, sailing for
Charleston harbor late in the month. On Dec. 2,
1863. the Lehigh, while on picket duty, grounded,
and for several hours was subjected to the concen-
trated fire of the combined Confederate batteries.
In this action Commander Bryson was slightly
wounded, and his conduct was especially com-
mended. On Oct. 13, 1864, he was ordered to the
command of the ironclad Essex of the Mississippi
fleet. On May 5, 1865, he was made fleet captain.
From April, 1866, to Mavch, 1868. he commanded
the Michigan on Lake Erie, and on June 3, 1866,
he captured the Fenians while attempting to
cross the Niagara river on their return from
Canada. On July 26, 1866, he was promoted
captain, and from 1866 to 1871 was at the
Boston navy yard in command of the re-
ceiving ship Ohio. From Sept. 19, 1871, to
July 28, 1873, he commanded the Brooklyn in the
European squadron, and was made commodore
Feb. 14, 1873. He was commandant of the Ports-
mouth navy yard from Sept. 15, 1874 to July 27,
1876. and was president of the board to examine
the class of 1876 at Annapolis. From Sej^t. 8,
1879 to July 25, 1881, he commanded the South
Atlantic station, saihng from New Y'ork in his
flagship Shenandoah. On March 29, 1880, he was
promoted to rear-admiral. On Jan. 30, 1883. he
was retired at his own request, after forty-three
years of almost continuous active service. He
died in Washington, D. C. Feb. 7, 1892.
BUCHANAN, Edward Young, clergyman, was born in Mercersburg, Pa., May 80. 1811; son of James and Elizabeth (Speer) Buchanan, and brother of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States. He was graduated at Dick- inson college in 1828, and began his .studies in theolog}' at Pittsburg, Pa., concluding them at the General seminary of the Protestant Episco- pal church in New Y'ork city. He was ordained as deacon in 1832, and as priest in 1835, and filled various pastorates in the diocese of Penn sylvania. He received the degree of D.D. from Trinity college in 1853, and S.T.D. from Dickin son in 1868. He Xvas the last survivor of the American clergy ordained by Bishop White, and died Jan. 20. 1895.
BUCHANAN, Franklin, naval officer, was born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17, 1800. He began his naval career in 1815 as a midshipman, was promoted lieutenant in 1825, commanded the Baltimore on her trial trip, and delivered her to the Emperor of Brazil at Rio Janiero in July,
