tamarau, (species Anoa mindorensis), small species of buffalo

Bubastis, ancient Egyptian city in the Nile River delta north of Cairo. It became important when the pharaohs of the 19th dynasty (1292–1190 bce) moved their capital from Thebes to the delta, and it reached its peak of prosperity when its prince, Sheshonk I (the biblical Shishak, reigned 945–924

ancient Egypt: Libyan rule: the 22nd and 23rd dynasties: …was an ancestor of the 22nd dynasty, which followed a generation later. From Osorkon’s time to the 26th dynasty, leading Libyans in Egypt kept their Libyan names and ethnic identity, but in a spirit of ethnicity rather than cultural separatism. Although political institutions were different from those of the New…

George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe of Melcombe-Regis was an English politician, a career office seeker who was the subject of a satirical engraving by William Hogarth, “Chairing the Members” (1758), and kept a diary (published 1784) that remains one of the best sources on British politics of his

Canellales: Distribution and abundance: …Exospermum (restricted to New Caledonia), Bubbia (from the Moluccas to New Caledonia and Australia, with one species confined to Lord Howe Island, where it is abundant), and Belliolum (in New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands).

Steven Soderbergh: Ocean’s series and Magic Mike: …and Solaris (2002), Soderbergh directed Bubble (2005), a drama about three factory workers, one of whom is eventually murdered. The film, which featured amateur actors, was simultaneously released in theatres, on cable television, and on DVD. During this time he also created the television series K Street (2003), a drama…

economics: Financial economics: …there had been enough “bubbles” in stock prices to remind economists of the excessive volatility of stock markets (and to prompt Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan to point to the market’s “irrational exuberance” when share prices hit new peaks late in the decade). The securities markets seemed anything…

bubble and squeak, a common British dish consisting of vegetables, especially potatoes and cabbage. The ingredients are panfried and served as a side dish. Bubble and squeak, which dates from the 18th century, originally also included meat, and it was typically made with leftovers from the Sunday

bubble chamber, radiation detector that uses as the detecting medium a superheated liquid that boils into tiny bubbles of vapour around the ions produced along the tracks of subatomic particles. The bubble chamber was developed in 1952 by the American physicist Donald A. Glaser. The device makes

Japan: Economic change: …to be called Japan’s “bubble economy” of the 1980s, which typified an era that combined easy credit with unbridled speculation and eventually drove Japanese equity and real estate markets to astronomical price levels, burst. In 1992–93 this ushered in a deep recession, the severity of which postponed many of…

nuclear fusion: Cold fusion and bubble fusion: Two disputed fusion experiments merit mention. In 1989 two chemists, Martin Fleischmann of the University of Utah and Stanley Pons of the University of Southampton in England, announced that they had produced fusion reactions at essentially room temperature. Their system consisted of electrolytic…

surveying: Height determination: In spirit leveling the surveyor has for centuries used a surveying level, which consists of a horizontal telescope fitted with cross hairs, rotating around a vertical axis on a tripod, with a very sensitive spirit level fixed to it; the instrument is adjusted until the bubble…

ferrite: …single-crystal ferrites in which tiny magnetic domains called bubbles can be individually manipulated. A number of ferrites absorb microwave energy in only one direction or orientation; for this reason, they are used in microwave wave guides.

bubble shell, any of various marine snails of the order Cephalaspidea (subclass Opisthobranchia of the class Gastropoda). These snails characteristically have thin, globular shells; in some species the shells are embedded in the animal’s body. Many of these snails are active predators, feeding on

bubble tea, beverage combining tea, milk, and “bubbles”—chewy gelatinous candies made of tapioca or fruit jelly. Bubble tea is a favourite in its homeland of Taiwan and is now popular worldwide. Bubble tea originated in the city of T’ai-nan, Taiwan, in the mid-1980s. Dozens of variations of the

Judd Apatow: …death of his father, and The Bubble (2022), a pandemic comedy in which a group of actors attempt to make a movie.

humpback whale: …unique method of feeding called bubblenetting, in which bubbles are exhaled as the whale swims in a spiral below a patch of water dense with food. The curtain of bubbles confines the prey to a small area in the middle of which one or more whales surface.

tap dance: Vaudeville: John Bubbles, for instance, went down in history as the “Father of Rhythm Tap.” Though he may not have been the very first tap dancer to use the heel tap to push rhythm from the 1920s jazz beat to the 1930s swing beat, he certainly…

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, U.S. waterway linking the south branch of the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River at Lockport, Illinois. It has a length of 30 miles (48 km), a minimum width of 160 feet (50 metres), a minimum depth of 9 feet (2.7 metres), and 2 locks. The chief purpose of the

Adrian von Bubenberg was a Swiss soldier and politician, leader of the Bernese forces at the Battle of Morat (June 22, 1476), which marked the end of the Swiss Confederation’s war with Burgundy (1474–76). Magistrate for Bern (1468–69, 1473–74, 1477–79) and a partisan of the feudal aristocracy in

Martin Buber was a German-Jewish religious philosopher, biblical translator and interpreter, and master of German prose style. Buber’s philosophy was centred on the encounter, or dialogue, of man with other beings, particularly exemplified in the relation with other men but ultimately resting on

Martin Buber: From Vienna to Jerusalem: Solomon Buber (1827–1906), the Lemberg grandfather, a wealthy philanthropist, dedicated his life to the critical edition of Midrashim, a part of the nonlegal rabbinic lore. His works show him as a Hebrew gentleman-scholar who was also interested in Greek linguistic parallels. His wife, Adele, was…

bubi, in the religion of the Bantu-speaking Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the notion of evil. The term is used to designate that which is contrary to the best and most ethical. Bubi is thus the opposite of buya, or goodness or beauty of character. Luba religion is generally

Equatorial Guinea: Ethnic groups: …inhabitants of Bioko are the Bubi, descendants of Bantu migrants from the mainland. The Bubi, unlike the other ethnic groups of the country, are a matrilineal society, wherein children inherit property from their mother. Early contacts with Europeans decimated the Bubi until only a few thousand remained early in the…

Būbiyān, island of Kuwait, located at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the largest of a group of eight islands situated just southwest of the mouth of the Shaṭṭ Al-ʿArab, which divides Iraq and Iran. Like all of the group except Faylakah Island, about 8 miles (13 km) to the south, Būbiyān is

Sergey Bubka is a Ukrainian athlete, the first pole-vaulter to clear 6.1 metres (20 feet). Bubka began pole-vaulting at age 9. When his coach, Vitaly Petrov, was transferred to Donetsk, Ukraine, Bubka, at age 15, followed. Bubka won the pole vault at the 1983 world track-and-field championships in

Sergey Bubka is a Ukrainian athlete, the first pole-vaulter to clear 6.1 metres (20 feet). Bubka began pole-vaulting at age 9. When his coach, Vitaly Petrov, was transferred to Donetsk, Ukraine, Bubka, at age 15, followed. Bubka won the pole vault at the 1983 world track-and-field championships in

Michael Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter who found fame in the early 21st century with a combination of reworked swing-era classics and original ballads. As a child, Bublé enjoyed a particularly close relationship with his grandfather, who introduced him to the crooners of the 1930s and

Andrey Sergeyevich Bubnov was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist Party and Soviet government official who became a prominent education official. Expelled in his youth from the Moscow Agricultural Institute for revolutionary activities, Bubnov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Jack of Diamonds, group of artists founded in Moscow in 1910 whose members were for the next few years the leading exponents of avant-garde art in Russia. The group’s first exhibition, held in December 1910, included works by the French Cubists Albert Gleizes, Henri Le Fauconnier, and André Lhote;

plague: Nature of the disease: …tender, swollen lymph nodes, or buboes, which are usually distributed in the groin and armpits. The temperature rises rapidly to 40 °C (104 °F) or higher and frequently falls slightly on the second or third day, with marked fatigue. Bubonic plague is not directly infectious from person to person; the…

horned owl, (genus Bubo), any of 17 species of owls with hornlike tufts of feathers on the head. The name refers especially to the great horned owl (B. virginianus) of the Americas. The great horned owl ranges from Arctic tree limits to eastern South America but is absent from the Amazon

eagle owl, (Bubo bubo), bird of the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes), characterized by its large size (often 70 centimetres [about 2.3 feet] long), two tufts of feathers on the head (ear tufts), and large orange eyes. The overall coloration is tawny, mottled with brown, lighter below. The

great horned owl, (Bubo virginianus), horned owl species that ranges from Arctic tree limits south to the Strait of Magellan. A powerful, mottled-brown predator, it is often more than 2 feet (60 cm) long, with a wingspan often approaching 80 inches (200 cm). It usually eats small rodents and birds

bubonic plague, one of three clinical forms of plague, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Bubonic plague is one of three different types of plague, the other two being septicemic plague and pneumonic plague. Bubonic plague is the most commonly occurring type of plague

French literature: The legacy of the 19th century: …whose Bubu de Montparnasse (1901; Bubu of Montparnasse) followed Zola into the Paris slums, thought the Naturalist novel unduly deterministic and rejected its claims to objectivity.

French literature: The legacy of the 19th century: …whose Bubu de Montparnasse (1901; Bubu of Montparnasse) followed Zola into the Paris slums, thought the Naturalist novel unduly deterministic and rejected its claims to objectivity.

egret: The cattle egret, Bubulcus (sometimes Ardeola) ibis, spends much of its time on land and associates with domestic and wild grazing animals, feeding on insects that they stir up and sometimes removing ticks from their hides. It is a compactly built heron, 50 cm long, white…

buccaneer: …the publication, in 1684, of Bucaniers [sic] of America, the English translation of De Americaensche zee-rovers, by the Dutchman Alexander Esquemelin (or Exquemelin), whose work was a fecund source of tales of these men.

Abdalá Bucaram is an Ecuadoran athlete and politician who served as president of Ecuador (1996–97). Bucaram was the son of Lebanese immigrants. He became an accomplished athlete, competing for Ecuador as a hurdler in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He went on to earn a degree in physical

Abdalá Bucaram is an Ecuadoran athlete and politician who served as president of Ecuador (1996–97). Bucaram was the son of Lebanese immigrants. He became an accomplished athlete, competing for Ecuador as a hurdler in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He went on to earn a degree in physical

Jaime Roldós Aguilera: …Marta Bucaram, a niece of Assad Bucaram, the leader of the Concentration of Popular Forces (Concentración de Fuerzas Populares; CFP), a left-of-centre populist party. In 1968 Roldós, endorsed by the CFP, was elected to the Ecuadorean legislature, which was, however, suspended by President José María Velasco Ibarra in 1970.

Bucaramanga, city, north-central Colombia, situated on the northeastern slopes of the Andean Cordillera Oriental at 3,146 feet (959 m) above sea level. Founded in 1622, Bucaramanga gained commercial significance at an early date. It is in a coffee- and tobacco-producing area, and its manufactures

Álvaro Obregón: …recognize his government until the Bucareli Conference (1923), in which Obregón promised not to expropriate the Mexican holdings of American oil companies.

Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa was a Spanish soldier and statesman, noted for his excellent administration as the prudent and humane colonial viceroy of New Spain (Mexico) from 1771 to 1779. Under his rule, Mexico enjoyed greater prosperity and security than most of Spanish America. Bucareli began

mouth, in human anatomy, orifice through which food and air enter the body. The mouth opens to the outside at the lips and empties into the throat at the rear; its boundaries are defined by the lips, cheeks, hard and soft palates, and glottis. It is divided into two sections: the vestibule, the

buccaneer, English, French, or Dutch sea adventurer who haunted chiefly the Caribbean and the Pacific seaboard of South America, preying on Spanish settlements and shipping during the second half of the 17th century. In their own day, buccaneers were usually called privateers; the word buccaneer

Buccaneer Archipelago, group of 800 to 1,000 islands and islets in four clusters in Yampi Sound (an embayment of the Indian Ocean), at the entrance to King Sound, off northern Western Australia. The largest island is Macleay, but the most important are Cockatoo and Koolan, where rich iron-ore

Celestine (II) was a pope who was elected in December 1124 but resigned a few days later and is not counted in the official list of popes. After the death of Calixtus II, the rival houses of Frangipani and Pierleoni struggled for the papal throne. The Pierleonis’ candidate, Theobald (who would have

Celestine (II) was a pope who was elected in December 1124 but resigned a few days later and is not counted in the official list of popes. After the death of Calixtus II, the rival houses of Frangipani and Pierleoni struggled for the papal throne. The Pierleonis’ candidate, Theobald (who would have

Sergius IV was the pope from 1009 to 1012. He became bishop of Albano, Papal States, about 1004. Elected to succeed Pope John XVIII, he was consecrated on July 31, 1009; he changed his name from Peter to Sergius out of deference to the first pope. He was powerless in the hands of the Roman nobles

pottery: Provincial and export wares: The stoneware of Yixing in Jiangsu province was known in the West as Buccaro, or Boccaro, ware and was copied and imitated at Meissen, Germany; at Staffordshire, England; and in the Netherlands by Ary de Milde and others. Its teapots were much valued in 17th-century Europe, where tea…

Western sculpture: Italy: …in the relief designs on bucchero pesante (heavily embossed black pottery) and in architectural reliefs like those from Tarquinia. By the end of the 6th century bce Veii possessed an excellent school of terra-cotta sculptures in Ionian styles. The statues of Apollo and of a votaress suckling a child are…

Western sculpture: Italy: …in the relief designs on bucchero pesante (heavily embossed black pottery) and in architectural reliefs like those from Tarquinia. By the end of the 6th century bce Veii possessed an excellent school of terra-cotta sculptures in Ionian styles. The statues of Apollo and of a votaress suckling a child are…

bucchero ware: …finest products, the light, thin-walled bucchero sottile, appear to have been made in the 7th and early 6th centuries. In these wares technique is excellent, form tends to be refined and controlled, and decoration, usually incised or in relief, is generally subordinate to form. The shapes and motifs of the…

bucchero ware, Etruscan earthenware pottery common in pre-Roman Italy chiefly between about the 7th and early 5th century bc. Characteristically, the ware is black, sometimes gray, and often shiny from polishing. The colour was achieved by firing in an atmosphere charged with carbon monoxide

wind instrument: Horns: …the animal horn was the buccina, which was originally an ox’s horn, sometimes supplied with a mouthpiece. Although ostensibly the buccina was a shepherd’s instrument, it had a bronze counterpart that was suitably decorated for use in the Roman army.

gastropod: Classification: Superfamily Buccineacea Scavengers that have lost the mechanisms for boring; dove shells (Columbellidae), mud snails (Nassariidae), tulip shells (Fasciolariidae), whelks (Buccinidae), and crown conchs (Galeodidae) mainly cool-water species; but dove and tulip shells have many tropical representatives.

whelk, any marine snail of the family Buccinidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda), or a snail having a similar shell. Some are incorrectly called conchs. The sturdy shell of most buccinids is elongated and has a wide aperture in the first whorl. The animal feeds on other mollusks

whelk: The common northern whelk (Buccinum undatum) has a stout pale shell about 8 cm (3 inches) long and is abundant in North Atlantic waters. For fulgur whelks, see conch; for rock whelks, see murex.

puffbird: Widespread species include the collared puffbird (Bucco capensis), 18 cm (7 inches) long, in northern South America east of the Andes; and the white-necked, or large-billed, puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos), 24 cm (9 inches) long, ranging from Mexico to Argentina.

puffbird, any of about 34 species of tropical American birds that constitute the family Bucconidae (order Piciformes). They are named for their habit of perching tamely in the open with the feathers of their large heads and short necks puffed out. Some species are known as nunlets and nunbirds.

Buccoo Coral Reef, reef off the southwestern coast of Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. It consists of five reef flats surrounding Bon Accord Lagoon. Buccoo, noted for its submarine gardens, has long been a popular tourist attraction. However, pollution and years of abuse by

Bucegi Massif, mountain massif, one of the four forming the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians), south central Romania, rising to 8,225 ft (2,507 m) in Mt. Omu. The group includes the Leaota Massif and Piatra Craiului, both structurally part of the Bucegi Massif but separated from it by the

Bucegi Massif, mountain massif, one of the four forming the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians), south central Romania, rising to 8,225 ft (2,507 m) in Mt. Omu. The group includes the Leaota Massif and Piatra Craiului, both structurally part of the Bucegi Massif but separated from it by the

Bucentaur, in the Republic of Venice, a highly decorated galley used by the doge on solemn state occasions, especially at the annual ceremony of the “wedding of the sea” (sposalizio del mare) on Ascension Day. That ceremony was inaugurated about 1000 and symbolized the maritime supremacy of Venice.

Alexander the Great: Invasion of India: …(to celebrate his victory) and Bucephala (named after his horse Bucephalus, which died there); and Porus became his ally.

bufflehead, (Bucephala albeola), small, rapid-flying duck of the family Anatidae, which breeds in woodland ponds and bogs from Alaska and northern California east to Ontario. It winters along both coasts of North America. The bufflehead, at a length of about 33–39 cm (13–15.5 inches), is among the

goldeneye: …the major breeding areas of Barrow’s goldeneye (B. islandica) are in northwestern North America and Iceland. Both winter mainly in northern coastal waters. Although prized as game birds because of their wariness, they are not highly desired for the table. Both species are about 46 cm (18 inches) long and…

Alexander the Great: Invasion of India: …Bucephala (named after his horse Bucephalus, which died there); and Porus became his ally.

Martin Bucer was a Protestant reformer, mediator, and liturgical scholar best known for his ceaseless attempts to make peace between conflicting reform groups. He influenced not only the development of Calvinism but also the liturgical development of the Anglican Communion. Bucer entered the

hornbill: …cm (63 inches), in the great hornbill (Buceros bicornis). Several species, including the striking Rhinoceros hornbill (B. rhinoceros), possess a brightly coloured beak and casque. This striking coloration is the result of the bird’s rubbing its beak and casque against the preen gland beneath the tail, which stimulates the production…

hornbill, (family Bucerotidae), any of approximately 60 species of Old World tropical birds constituting the family Bucerotidae (order Coraciiformes). They are noted for the presence, in a few species, of a bony casque, or helmet, surmounting the prominent bill. They are typically large-headed,

The Book of Songs, collection of verse by Heinrich Heine, published as Buch der Lieder in 1827. The work contains all his poetry to the time of publication and features bittersweet, self-ironic verses about unrequited love that employ Romantic sensibilities but are at the same time suspicious of

herbal: …one being Konrad von Megenberg’s Das puch der natur (or Buch der natur, “Book of Nature”). When printed in 1475, it included the first known woodcuts for botanical illustrations. Very few original drawings were prepared for herbals before the 16th century: illustrations were copies and copies of copies. They became…

Martin Opitz: His influential Buch von der deutschen Poeterey, written in 1624, established long-standing rules for the “purity” of language, style, verse, and rhyme. It insisted upon word stress rather than syllable counting as the basis of German verse and recommended the alexandrine. The scholarly, stilted, and courtly style…

Leopold, Baron von Buch was a geologist and geographer whose far-flung wanderings and lucid writings had an inestimable influence on the development of geology during the 19th century. From 1790 to 1793 Buch studied at the Freiberg School of Mining under the noted German geologist Abraham G.

Leopold, Baron von Buch was a geologist and geographer whose far-flung wanderings and lucid writings had an inestimable influence on the development of geology during the 19th century. From 1790 to 1793 Buch studied at the Freiberg School of Mining under the noted German geologist Abraham G.

Louis Buchalter was an American organized crime boss and founder of the murder-for-hire organization popularly known as Murder, Inc. Born on New York’s Lower East Side, Buchalter derived his nickname from “Lepkeleh” (Yiddish for “Little Louis”). As a youth he was already into shoplifting and

Louis Buchalter was an American organized crime boss and founder of the murder-for-hire organization popularly known as Murder, Inc. Born on New York’s Lower East Side, Buchalter derived his nickname from “Lepkeleh” (Yiddish for “Little Louis”). As a youth he was already into shoplifting and

migration: Oceanodromous fish: …seasons and on different grounds: Buchan herring spawn in August and September off the coast of Scotland and migrate to the coast of southwestern Norway; Dogger Bank herring spawn in September and October in the central part of the North Sea and along the English coast and then migrate to…

Snowy River: …New South Wales and the Buchan in Victoria.

Alexander Buchan: …noticed what became known as Buchan spells—departures from the normally expected temperature occurring during certain seasons. They are now believed by meteorologists to be more or less random. Buchan is credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting as a result of his tracing, in 1868,…

Alexander Buchan was an eminent British meteorologist who first noticed what became known as Buchan spells—departures from the normally expected temperature occurring during certain seasons. They are now believed by meteorologists to be more or less random. Buchan is credited with establishing the

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a statesman and writer best known for his swift-paced adventure stories. His 50 books, all written in his spare time while pursuing an active career in politics, diplomacy, and publishing, include many historical novels and biographies. A clergyman’s son,

Buchanan, town and Atlantic Ocean port, central Liberia, western Africa. In 1835 Grand Bassa was founded at the mouth of the St. John River (2 miles [3 km] north-northwest) by black Quakers of the Young Men’s Colonization Society of Pennsylvania. Subsequent communities on these sites were called

Budd Boetticher: Westerns: Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) had a semi-comical undertone, with a self-mocking Scott as a gunfighter who tries to save a young man convicted of murder, while the intelligent Ride Lonesome (1959) featured the actor as a bounty hunter searching for his wife’s killer (Lee Van…

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: History: …episode, later known as “Buchanan’s blunder,” aroused widespread public sympathy for the Mormons, it succeeded in ending direct religious control of Utah’s territorial government.

Celtic literature: Developments of the 18th century: …in the 18th century was Dugald Buchanan, who assisted the Rev. James Stewart of Killin in preparing his Gaelic translation of the New Testament (1767). His Latha à Bhreitheanis (“Day of Judgment”) and An Claigeann (“The Skull”) are impressive and sombre and show considerable imaginative power.

Franklin Buchanan was the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. (1845–47), and senior naval officer of the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–65). A midshipman in 1815, Buchanan served until 1845, when he submitted a plan for organizing a national naval

George Buchanan was a Scottish Humanist, educator, and man of letters, who was an eloquent critic of corruption and inefficiency in church and state during the period of the Reformation in Scotland. He was also known throughout Europe as a scholar and a Latin poet. After attending the University of

James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States (1857–61), a moderate Democrat whose efforts to find a compromise in the conflict between the North and the South failed to avert the Civil War (1861–65). Buchanan was the son of James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer, both of Scottish

preschool education: History: …who had directed Owen’s institute, James Buchanan, it cared for children aged one to six years. According to contemporary accounts, Buchanan brought to London the methods that he had evolved at New Lanark:

James M. Buchanan was an American economist and educator who received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1986 for his development of the “public-choice theory,” a unique method of analyzing economic and political decision making. Buchanan attended Middle Tennessee State College (B.S., 1940), the

James M. Buchanan was an American economist and educator who received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1986 for his development of the “public-choice theory,” a unique method of analyzing economic and political decision making. Buchanan attended Middle Tennessee State College (B.S., 1940), the

Pat Buchanan is a paleoconservative American journalist, politician, commentator, and author who held positions in the administrations of three U.S. presidents and who three times sought nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Buchanan attended Catholic schools and in

Pat Buchanan is a paleoconservative American journalist, politician, commentator, and author who held positions in the administrations of three U.S. presidents and who three times sought nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Buchanan attended Catholic schools and in

Pat Buchanan is a paleoconservative American journalist, politician, commentator, and author who held positions in the administrations of three U.S. presidents and who three times sought nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Buchanan attended Catholic schools and in

Robert Williams Buchanan was an English poet, novelist, and playwright, chiefly remembered for his attacks on the Pre-Raphaelites. London Poems (1866) established Buchanan as a poet. He followed his first novel, The Shadow of the Sword (1876), with a continuous stream of poems, novels, and

the Buchanans, fictional characters, the wealthy and careless couple (Tom and Daisy Buchanan) who help to bring about the tragic end of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby