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RYERSON. 396 RZHEV. RY'ERSON, Adou'Hus Egerton (1803-82). The fouiiiler of Ontario's public school system. He WHS born in Charlottevillc, Upper Canada, received a good cdvu-ation, and became a Method- ist minister. In 1.S2!) he was chielly instrunienlal in foundinn; and became the editor of the Chris- lion diKirdittn, the religious organ of Canadian Methodism. He also took the leading part in founding the Upper Canada Academy at Co- bourg, afterwards chartered as Victoria Univer- sity, of which he was the first president. In 1844 he was appointed Superintendent of Educa- tion for Upi)er Canada, and from that year until 1870, when he resigned, he was the guiding and controlling force in establishing the school sys- tem of that province, now the Province of On- tario. He visited Europe to study the ditTerent educational systems, and drafted legislative meas- ures, afterwards enacted into laws, embodying their best features. His publications include: Letters in Defense of Our School System (1859); The Loyalists of America and Their Times (1880); and The Story of My Life, an autobiography unfinished at his death, but suh- sequentlv completed and published by Br. John George ilodgins (1883). RYEZHITSA, rye'zhit-sa. A town in the Government of Vitebsk, Russia, situated about 65 miles nortlicast of Diinaburs (Map: llus.sia, C :)). Population, in 1897, 10,681. RYLE, rll, John Charles (1816-1900). An English clerg>'man, Hishop of Liv.erpool. He was born near Macclesfield, and educated at Eton and at Clirist Church, Oxford. He took orders in 1841, and was appointed successively curate at Exbury, rector of Saint Thomas's, Winchester, in 1843, rector of Helmingham in 1844, vicar of Stradbroke in 1861, rural dean of Hoxne in 1869, and honorary canon of Norwich in 1871. In 1880 he was appointed by Lord Beaconsfield Dean of Salisbury, but before entering upon his duties he was appointed Bishop of Liverpool by the same statesman. He was numbered among the 'eviingelicals' of the Church of England, and his work among the poorer classes of the west of England was of an aggressive and helpful char- acter. His works include: The Bishop, the Pas- tor, and the Preacher (1854). sketches of Lati- mer, Baxter, and Whitefield; Bishops and Clergy of Other Days (1868), lives of Hooper, Latimer, Ward, Baxter, and Gurnall ; The Christian Lead- ers of the Last Century (1869); Principles for Churchmen (1884); Many Points of View (1886); Lf All Scripture- Inspired? (1898). RYLEYEFF, rl-la'yef, Kondratit Fbodoro- VITCH (1795-1826). A Russian lyric jwet, who was one of the leaders of the Decembrists, and died on the scaffold. His fearless attack on the all-powerful AraktcheyeflF (q.v.), in The Minion (1820), made him famous. A collection of his lyrics, Dumy (Meditations), and the epics, A'oii- ■vayko's Confessions and Voynarovski's Dream, assign to him a rank next to that of his friend Pushkin. With Bestuzheff he edited in 1823-25 the literary almanac. The Polar Star, to which Pushkin liberally contributed. His works were last edited by M. N. Mazayeff (Saint Peters- burg, 1893). RYLSK, ril'y'.sk. A town in the Government of Kursk, Russia, situated at the confivu'nce of the Rylo with the Seim, 84 miles southeast of Kursk (Map: Russia, E 4). It nuuuifactures oil and trades in grain and agricultural imple- ments. During the twelfth and thirtecntli cen- turies it was the capital of the independent Principality of Rylsk, which was annexed to Lithuania in the beginning of the fourteenth cen- tury, and to Moscow in 1500. Population, in 1897, 11.415. RY'MER, Thom.s (1G41-1713). An English critic, poet, and historian, born in YaH'orth, Yorkshire, and educated at Sidney-Sussex Col- lege, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1673, but devoted himself mostly to literature. Of liis poems, the best known are those in mem- ory of Waller. Both his poetry and his criticism, which is chiefly dramatic and attacks Shake- speare for failing to preserve the unities, were highly praised by Pope and fiercely ridiculed by Macaulay. In 1692 he succeeded Shadwell as Court historiographer; but in this province his only important publication was the Latin com- pilation of English treatises under the title Focdera (1704-35). Of this a Syllabus by Sir Thomas Duttus Hardy appeared in 1869 et seq. RYS'WICK, rlz'wik. Peace of. A treaty con- chidcd lietween France and Great Britain. Spain, and Holland, September 20, 1697, ending nine j'ears of war between Louis XIV. and the Grand Alliance. A congress of envoys from Austria, Denmark, England, Holland, the German States, Spain, and France had been in session through the summer of that year. France agreed to re- store to Spain places in Catalonia and the Netherlands, and to recognize William III. as King of England. Charles IV., Duke of Lor- raine, was placed in possession of his States. In America and the East Indies all conquests were to be restored. Indeed, so far as territory was concerned, the general result was a return to the status quo ante. In a supplementary treaty, signed October 20, 1697, by the Emperor, con- siderable restitutions were made to the German States by France. The chief result of the war, as determined by the peace, was the check given to the overweening ambition of Louis XIV., whose power from this time underwent a steady decline. The village of Ryswick (Dutch Rijs- Kijk) is in the outskirts of The Hague. Consult Neuliaus. Dcr Friede von Ryswick (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1874). RZESZ6"W, rzhe'shuv. A tora in the Crown- land of (Jalicia, Austria, 98 miles by rail east of Cracow (Map: Austria, HI). Its principal buildings are the castle of Prince Lubomirski and the Cloister of Saint Bernard. Linen-weaving and the manufacture of gold wares, leather, bone-dust, and pipes are carried on. The town is a famous horse mart. Population, in 1890, 11,953; in 1900, 14.714, mostly Poles. RZHEV, rzhev. A river port of the Govern- ment of Tver, Russia, situated on the Volga, 112 miles southwest of Tver. It has a considerable flax-spinning industry, and carries on a trade in grain. Populatioii, in 1897, 21,390, of whom about half were Dissenters.