BROOKLINE  , a township of See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 3 m . S.W. of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, lying immediately S. of the Back See also:

• BAY

Bay See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Pop . (189o) 12,103; (1900) 19,935, of whom 6536 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910, See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 27,792 . The See also:

• AREA

area of the township in 1906 was 6.75 sq. m . It is served by the Boston & See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany railway, and is connected with Boston by an electric See also:

• LINE

line . Brookline is the wealthiest of the residential suburbs of Boston; and contains a number of beautiful estates and homes . Within its limits are the villages of Cottage See also:

• FARM

Farm, Longwood, and See also:

• RESERVOIR

Reservoir Station,or See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

Chestnut See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill—the Chestnut Hill reservoir is just beyond the township . Brookline has an excellent public library . At See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park are the grounds and See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the Boston See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country Club . Brookline has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been regarded as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city suburb . It is connected with Boston See also:

• COMMON

Common by boulevards of the See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Park See also:

• SYSTEM

System .

The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was probably made about 1635, and it was called Muddy See also:

• RIVER

River until 1705, when it was created a township under the name of Brookline . Up to 1793 it belonged to See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk county, of which Boston is a See also:

• PART

part, and since that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it has belonged to Norfolk county; but Boston has in its growth almost surrounded it, and because of its See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth there has been a long struggle for and against its See also:

• MERGER (Fr. merger, to sink)

merger in Boston . See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law See also:

• OLMSTED, DENISON (1791-1859)
• OLMSTED, F
• OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW (1822-1903)

Olmsted, the famous landscape gardener, had his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in Brookline, where there are various examples of his See also:

• WORK

work . See H . F . See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods, See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Sketches of Brookline (Boston, 1874) ; C . K . See also:

• BOLTON (BOLTON-LE-MOORS)
• BOLTON (or BOULTON), EDMUND (1S75?-1633?)
• BOLTON, DUKES OF

Bolton, Brookline, The See also:

• HISTORY

History of a Favored See also:

• TOWN

Town (Brookline, 1897) ; and J . W . Denehy, History of Brookline, 1630—1go6 (See also:

• ALLSTON, WASHINGTON (1779-1843)

Allston, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., 1907) .