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can public official, was born in St. Joseph,
Mo. She married William Bradford Ross,
lawyer, who became governor of Wyoming in
1923 and died in Oct., 1924. She succeeded
him Jan. 5, 1925, to fill out his unexpired
term ending in 1927. She was vice chairman
of the Democratic National Committee, in
charge of the activities of Democratic women.
In April, 1933, she was appointed Director of
the United States Mint, the first woman to
hold that office.

Ross and Cromarty, Highland CO., Scot-
land, stretching from Moray Firth in e. to
beyond Outer Hebrides in w.; area 3,089 sq.
m. Much of the county is wild and moun-
tainous. Sheep-farming is largely carried on,
also salmon and sea fishing; p.62,082.

Rossellino, Antonio (c. 142y-c. 1479),
whose real name was Gamberelli, Florentine
sculptor, studied with Donatello.

Rossellmo, Bernardo (1409-6. 1464), eld-
est brother of the preceding, also an Italian
sculptor, though he became celebrated as an
architect and military engineer, largely in the
employment of Pope Nicholas v., and after-
ward that of Pius n., for whom he restored
many of the basilicas of Rome.

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-94),
English poet, was born in London, the
daughter of Gabriele Rossetti, the Italian
poet patriot. An exquisite grace, a continual
charm, a subtle and delicate music are the
characteristics of her poetry. Except for a
short residence at Frome in 1853, and some
months of travel in France and Italy in 1861,
she was rarely away from her London home.
Her early Goblin Market is her most enduring
achievement. Other works are: Sing-Song
(1872); A Pageant and Other Poems (1881);
The Face of the Deep (1892).

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-82), Eng-
lish poet and painter, whose real name was
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, was born in
London, the son of Gabriele Rossetti. The
poem, The Blessed Damozel, was written be-
fore Rosetti was twenty. In painting he made
himself the pupil of Ford Madox Brown,
whose influence directed pre-Raphaelitism
and essentially affected Rosetti's art. See PRE-
RAPHAELITISM. As Beatrice iri Beatrice De~
nying her Salutation to Dante, one of the
earliest water colors, Miss Siddal (whom
Rossetti married in 1860) assumes her place
in his art. It is almost entirely in water col-
ors that Rossetti's genius is to be studied dur-
ing those years. An attempt to decorate the
hal) of the Oxford Unioa with tempera paint-

ings from the Morte d* Arthur led to his inti-
macy with Morrib, Burne-Jones and Swin-
burne. In 1861 Rosseiti published the volume
of translations, The Early Italian Poets.
His Poems were published in 1870. At Kelm-
scott Manor, which he shared with the Mor-
ris family until 1874, and later at 16 Cheyne
Walk, Rosetti painted, and added to his
verse the Ballads and Sonnets (1881), and
completed the large oil replica of Dante's
Dream.

Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio (1792-
1868), Italian operatic composer, born at
Pesaro. With the production of Tancredi
(1813) Rossini's name became famous
throughout Italy. During the next ten years
he composed over twenty operas, among
them one of his greatest works, // Barbiere di
SivigHa (1816). After a five months' visit
to England he settled in Paris (1824), where
he was appointed director of the Theatre
Italien. His last and in some respects most
famous opera, Guillaume Tell, was produced
in Paris in 1829. His Stabat Mater was his
only work of importance after GmUaume
Tell Rossini was the greatest Italian operatic
composer of his generation.

Ross Sea, Antarctic sea, named for Sir
James Clark Ross, British explorer, one of
the centers of the Antarctic whaling industry.
Both the Scott and the Amundsen expeditions
to the South Pole were within the Ross
Quadrant with territory claimed as a British
dependency. On the Ross Sea is the Bay
of Whales, the base of the Byrd Antarctic
expeditions of 1928 and 1933-1935.

Rostand, Edmond (1864-1918), French
dramatist, born at Marseilles. In 1894 his
verse comedy Les Romanesques was produced
with the greatest success at the Theatre Fran-
gais. Its successors are La Princesse Loin-
tame (1895), La Samaritaine (1897) and
Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). L'Aiglon, which
was produced in 1900, is in no way equal to
Cyrano. Both Cyrano de Bergerac and
UAiglon were successfully presented in the
U. S.

Roster, a list of officers or men for duty,
with a record of the duty performed by each.
In the U. S. army, all details for service, in
garrison or in the field, are made by roster.

Rostov* tn., former Yaroslav gov., Central
Russia, 3^ m, s.s.w. of Yaroslav city. The
Church of the Assumption was founded in
1230, and has a famous belfry of c. 1590; the
Spasso-Yakovlevskii monastery has a re-
nowned treasury. There are a'citadel and