Catholic Efforts for the Destruction of English Protestant Missions in the South Seas; from the French, 1844, 8vo. Wilks, Mark. See WILKS, WASHINGTON, No. 4. Wilks, Matthew. 1. Four Sermons: by the Revs. M. Wilks, J. Love, John Steill, and E. Gilbee, D.D., &c., Lon., 1813, Svo. 2. Select Remains; consisting of XXIV. Sermons, with a Sketch of his Life, ed. by T. Sharp, 1834, 12mo. See, also, SECKER, WILLIAM, No. 2. Wilks, Robert, Comedian. See Memoirs of, 2d ed., Lon., 1732, 8vo; Life of, 1733, 8vo. Wilks, S. C. Present Law of Banns; or, Railroad to Clandestine Marriage, Lon., 1864, fp. 8vo. Wilks, Samuel, M.D., Assistant Physician to Guy's Hospital, Lecturer on Pathology, and Curator of the Museum. Lectures on Pathological Anatomy, &c. at Guy's Hospital, Lon., 1859, 8vo. See, also, Guy's Hospital Reports. Wilks, Samuel Charles, Rector of Nursling, near Southampton; editor of The Christian Observer. 1. Essay on the Signs of Conversion and Unconversion in Ministers of the Church, Lon., 1814, 8vo. Several edits. Gained a premium. 2. Divine Claims on British Gratitude, 1814, 8vo. 3. Christian Essays, 1817, 2 vols. 8vo; again, 1827, 2 vols. 8vo; ed. by Alonzo Potter, D.D., Bost., 1829, 12mo. Many valuable thoughts."-Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 504. 4. Correlative Claims and Duties; or, An Essay on the Necessity of a Church Establishment in a Christian Country, 1821, 8vo. See BRISTED, REV. JOHN, (add 1821, 8vo;) Bickersteth's C. S., 426. 5. Forty Family Sermons; by the Editor of the Christian Observer, 1830, 8vo. 6. Rosebuds Rescued and Presented to my Children, 12mo. 7. Abijah: an Example for Youth, new ed., 12mo. Bible Society Question, 1832, 8vo. 9. A Church Establishment Lawful, Scriptural, and Necessary; Six Dialogues, new ed., 1839, 12mo. See, also, TEIGNMOUTH, RT. HON. JOHN SHORE, FIRST Lord. 8. Wilks, Washington, of Great Alie Street, London. Fearless Defence of the Leading Doctrines preached and received by Modern Antinomians, Lon., 183–, 12mo. Rare. Wilks, Washington, co-editor of The Morning Star, (London,) d. of serous apoplexy, whilst addressing a public meeting on parliamentary reform, at Freemasons' Hall, London, June 27, 1864, aged 38. 1. The Half-Century: its History, Political and Social, (18001850,) Lon., 1852, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1853, p. 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Athen., 1852, 652. 2. Turk, Greek, and Russian, -their Past, Present, and Probable Future, Dec. 1853, 8vo. 3. Edward Irving; an Ecclesiastical and Literary Biography, 1854, fp. 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Athenæum, 1855, 12. 4. With WILKS, MARK, The Three Archbishops of Canterbury: Lanfranc-Anselm-A'Beckett, 1858, p. 8vo. This volume was condemned by Lon. Athen., 1858, ii. 831, and received but very faint commendation in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1859, i. 459, ii. 133. Will, C. Dictionary of German and English, new ed., Lon., 1844, 12mo. Will, J. S. Changes in Jurisdiction and Practice of the County Courts Act, 1867, Lon., 1867, 8vo. Will, Rev. P. 1. Spirit of the Times: from the German of Arndt, 1808, 12mo. 2. Practical Philosophy of Social Life; from the German of Krugge, 1799, 8vo. Will, Rev. Thomas. Spiritual Register, 1781, 3 vols. 12mo. Rare. Willan, Edward. Charles II., England's Beatitude; a Sermon, Lon., 1661, 4to. Such a "beatitude"! Willan, Leonard. 1. The Phrygian Fabulist, or the Fables of Esop extracted from the Latine copie, and moralized, Lon., 1650, 8vo. Bindley, Pt. 3, 2197, £3 138. 6d. 2. Astræa; or, True Love's Myrrour; a Pastoral, 1650, sm. 8vo; 1651, sm. 8vo: Bibl. AngloPoet., 863, £2 28.; 1665, sm. 8vo. 3. Orgula; or, The Fatal Error; a Tragedy, by L. W., 1658, 4to. 4. The Perfect Statesman; or, Minister of State, 1668, fol. Willan, M. See WILLAN, ROBERT, M.D., No. 3. Willan, Rhoda Maria. Flower-Girl, and other Poems, Lon., 1843, 12mo. 2. Country Scenes and Subjects, 1847, 12mo. Both Nos. 1 and 2 were commended by Lon. Lit. Gaz.: see 1843, 427, and 1847, 91. See, also, Lon. Athen., 1847, 436. Willan, Robert, D.D. Sermon, 1 Ki. xix. 4, Lon., 1634, 4to. Willan, Robert. Treatise on the King's Evil, Lon., 1746, 8vo. Willan, Robert, M.D., b. near Sedbergh, Yorkshire, 1757; graduated in medicine at Edinburgh, 1780; was Physician of the Carey-Street Dispensary, London, 1783-1803, and also Physician of the Finsbury Dispensary; d. 1812. 1. De Jecinoris Inflammatione; Inaug. Dissert., Edin., 1780. 2. Observations on the Sulphur Water at Croft, near Darlington, Lon., 1782, 1802, 8vo. 3. The History of the Ministry of Jesus Christ, combined from the Narrative of it in the Four Evangelists, 1782, 8vo; 2d ed., 1786, Svo; 3d ed., The United Gospel, &c., by R. and M. Willan, 1806, 8vo. "A very useful Diatessaron."-Horne's Bibl. Bib., 135, (q. v.) "This very useful and laudable publication."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1783, ii. 8. 4. Description and Treatment of Cutaneous Diseases: Order I., Papulous Eruptions, 1798, 4to. Order II., Scaly Diseases, 1801, 4to. Order III., Rashes, Part 1, 1805-7. 2 vols. 4to. Rashes, Part 2, and Bullæ, 1808, 4to. Repub., Willan on Cutaneous Diseases, vol. i., containing Papulæ, Squamæ, Exanthemata, and Bullæ, Phila., 1809, 4to. See Cullen's Synopsis Nosologiæ Methodicæ, ed. by J. Thomson, M.D., 1814, 8vo, Appendix. Willan left his great work unfinished: see BATEMAN, THOMAS, M.D., (and Delineations of Cutaneous Diseases, new ed., with 72 col'd plates, 1849, 4to, £5 58.;) THOMSON, ANTHONY TODD, M.D., No. 13. 5. Reports on the Diseases of London, particularly in 1796-1800, Lon., 1801, 12mo. "A valuable and interesting volume."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1802, i. 402. See, also, Burrows's Com. on Insan., 307. 6. On Vaccine Inoculation, 1806, 4to, pp. 160. "Dr. Willan, it is well known, is the oracle of the metropolis in all cutaneous disorders, and has more practice in that department than all the rest of his brethren put together."-LORD JEFFREY: Edin. Rev., Oct. 1806, 61: Dr. Willan and others on Vaccination. Dr. Willan was a contributor to Med. Com., Lon. Med. Jour., Med. Facts, and Mon. Mag., and read several papers before the Antiquarian Society. See, also, WHITEHURST, JOHN, No. 4. He left some valuable MSS., Treatise on Porrigo, or Scalled Head, and on Impetigo, from which were subsequently published-7. Practical the Humid or Running Tetter; Edited by Ashby Smith, M.D., 1814, 4to. 8. Miscellaneous Works of the Late Robert Willan, M.D.; Edited by Ashby Smith, M.D., 1821, 8vo. See Memoir of Dr. Willan, by Dr. Bateman, in Edin. and Surg. Jour., No. 32: abridged in Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. Willan, Robert. Narrative of Journeyings in the Land of Israel, Lon., 1849, 12mo. "A narrative more utterly commonplace we do not recollect to have perused."-Lon. Athen., 1849, 1086. Willan, Rev. William. 1. Christ our Life, Lon., 1853, 32mo. 2. Sermons and Outlines by the Rev. Richard Watson: His Character and Writings, by James Dixon, D.D.; Edited, with Biographical Sketch, 1865, cr. 8vo. Willard, D. True Messiah, Canandaigua. Willard, David. Willard's History of Greenfield, Greenfield, Mass., 1838, 16mo. Willard, Mrs. Elizabeth Osgood Goodrich. Sexology; or, The Philosophy of Life, Implying Social Organization and Government, Chicago, 1867, Svo, pp. 484. Willard, Emma, already briefly noticed on preceding pages, (DAVIDSON, LUCRETIA MARIA; PHELPS, MRS. ALMIRA HART LINCOLN,) a descendant of the famous Thomas Hooker (p. 880, supra) and of his deacon, Stephen Hart, was b. at Berlin, Conn., Feb. 23, 1787; commenced the business of instruction in 1803, and subsequently presided over boarding-schools successively at Westfield, Mass., Middlebury, Vt., 1814-19, Waterford, N. York, 1819-21, and Troy, N. York, 1821-38, and was zealously engaged as a travelling educational missionary in a number of the States; d. at Troy, April 15, 1870. 1. Plan for Improving Female Education, 1819, 8vo. Series of School Histories and Charts: 2. History of the United States, or Republic of America, N. York, 1828, Svo. Also in German and in Spanish. 3. School History of the United States, 12mo. 4. American Chronographer, chart. 5. Universal History in Perspective, 1835, 8vo. See N. Amer. Rev., xliii. 262. 6. Temple of Time, chart. 7. Historic Guide, 16mo. 8. English Chronographer, chart. To this Series (2-8) are to be added-9. Ancient Chronographer. 10. Ancient Geography. 11. Ancient Atlas. The sales of her books and charts (2-11) and works noticed below numbered more than a million at the date of her death. 12. Poems, 1830. Suppressed by the authoress in consequence of The unauthorized alterations of her MS. "—N. "We heartily commend it to all educators and parents."- She also published: Universal Peace to be Introduced Of her poems, the Ocean Hymn-Rocked in the "Those excellent works, which have given her a high rank Willard, George, Major 19th Infantry, U.S. Army, 1. Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, Albany, 1855, 8vo, pp. 796. 2. Treatise on the Law of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians, 1859, 8vo. 3. Treatise on the Law of Real Estate, and of the Mode of Alienation thereof, 1861, 8vo. Willard, Joseph, b. at Grafton, Mass., 1742; gra- He was a "sound Greek scholar," (John Pickering: 2730 WIL Willard's Memories, Index: Lecture on his Death, by worthily, sir, to do justice to our country, its productions, and "It is for such institutions as that over which yon preside so Cambridge, Mass., 1798; graduated at Harvard College, Willard, Joseph, son of the preceding, was b. in of the Town of Lancaster, in the Commonwealth of Mas1816: d. 1865. 1. Topographical and Historical Sketches 1829, Lancaster, 1830, Svo. 3. Address in Commemosachusetts, &c., Worcester, 1826, 8vo, pp. ration of the 200th Anniversary of the Incorporation of to the Members of the Bar of Worcester County, Oct. 2, 90. 2. Address 4. Willard Memoir; or, Life and Times of Major Simon Lancaster, Mass.; with an Appendix, Bost., 1853, 8vo. Willard, &c.; also, Some Account of the Name and Family in Europe, from an Early Day, 1858, Svo, pp. xiii., 470. "It is, in every sense, a most noteworthy and valuable work." -A. P. PEABODY, D.D.: N. Amer. Rev., 1xxxviii. 269. "It is, in nearly every respect, a model genealogy."-Whitmore's Amer. Geneal., 1862, 140, (q. r.) Friend on the Rebellion in the United States and on 5. Naturalization in the American Colonies, 1859, 8vo. From Proceed. Mass. Hist. Soc. 6. Letter to an English British Policy, 1862, 8vo, pp. 28. Contributions to FarROWLANDSON, MARY. Mr. Willard was for some time mer and Morris's Collec., Historical and Miscellaneous; Worcester Mag.; Chris. Exam.; Amer. Quar. Rev.; Amer. Mon. Rev.; Literary Gazette, &c. See, also, engaged on a Life of General Knox, of the Revolutionary Army. Gay; and Parisian Letters, by Madame Girardin: trans. Willard, Miss L. Celebrated Saloons, by Madame from the French, Bost., 1851, 16mo. "Miss Willard's translation affords pleasant reading."-N. Amer. Rev., 1xxiv. 257. Willard, N. A. Essay on the Music of Hindostan, Lon., 8vo. Willard, S. Columbian Union; containing Expla nation of Government, Constitution, &c., Albany, 1815, 12mo. stalled as colleague pastor (with T. Thacher) of the Old "This is, without doubt, the first miscellaneous folio volume "The publication and printing of this work was the greatest undertaking that had been attempted in this country." The paging is irregular: "The reader is desired to observe that, by reason of several presses being made use of in this LARGE WORK, it has fallen out that the pages are frequently numbered over again."-Note on p. 666. He was a Judicious Textuary. Like Apollos, a Man mighty in the Scripture. His common public discourses were a demonstration of this, but especially his Judicious and Elaborate Com made in Quarrying the Granite, Bost., 1843, 4to, pp. 31. See WHEILDON, WILLIAM W. Willard, Sylvester D., b. at Wilton, Conn., 1825; graduated at the Albany Medical College, 1848. 1. Historical Address, Albany, 1857, 8vo. 2. Biographical Memoirs of Physicians of Albany County, 1857, Svo. 3. Eulogy upon Dr. H. A. Edmonds, 1857, 8vo. 4. Biographical Memoir of Thomas Spencer, M.D., 1858, 8vo. 5. Annals of the Medical Society of the County of Al mentaries, which remain as a lasting Monument of his skill." -REV. EBENEZER PEMBERTON: Funeral Sermon on Rev. S. Wilbany, 1800-51, with Biographical Sketches of Deceased lard, 1707, 16mo, pp. 94. "There is very little of Biblical criticism, as the term is now understood, in the great work of my revered ancestor; but there is much ingenuity and great sincerity, which is better, mingled with a good deal of wholesome preaching."-SIDNEY WILLARD: Memories of Youth and Manhood, 1855, i. 11. See, also, Index; Amer. Quar. Reg., xii. 113, (by Joseph Willard, supra ;) Peirce's Hist. of Harvard Univ.; Quincy's Hist. of Harvard Univ. Willard, Samuel, grandson of Vice-President Samuel Willard, and father of President Joseph Willard, was b. at Kingston, Jamaica, 1705: graduated at Harvard College, 1723; minister at Biddeford, Maine, 1730; d. 1741. The Minister of God Approved; a Sermon at Ordination of Mr. John Hovey; with Funeral Sermon on Samuel Willard, by William Thompson, A.M.; Preface by Thomas Prentice, Bost., 1743, 12mo, pp. 60. Willard, Samuel, D.D., nephew of President Joseph Willard, (supra,) was b. at Petersham, Mass., 1775; graduated at Harvard College, 1803; was a tutor at Bowdoin College, 1804-5; ordained over the church at Deerfield, 1807; resigned the pastorate on account of total loss of sight, 1829, but preached occasionally until within a month of his death, Oct. 8, 1859. 1. Deerfield Collection of Sacred Music, 1808. 2. Small SpellingBook, 1814. 3. Original Hymns, 1823. 4. Index to the Bible, with Juvenile Hymns, 1826. 5. Franklin Primer, 1826. 6. Improved Reader, 1827. 7. General Class Book, 1828. 8. Sacred Poetry and Music Reconciled a Collection of Hymns, 1830. 9. Introduction to the Latin Language, 1835, 12mo. "The execution of this book is admirable."-N. Amer. Rev., xlvi. 548. He published other school-books, (some without his name,) a number of sermons, &c., and papers in periodicals, and left several works and many hymns in MS. See Sprague's Annals, viii., Unitarian, 1865, 248, n.; Cat. Lib. Mass. Hist. Soc., ii. 611. Willard, Sidney, son of President Joseph Willard, was b. at Beverly, Mass., 1780; graduated at Harvard College, 1798, and was Librarian there, 1800-1805, and Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages in the same from Feb. 1807, to Oct. 1831, when he resigned. In connection with this professorship, he was also Professor of the English Language, and for several years had charge of the Latin department. He studied theology, and sometimes preached; was Mayor of Cambridge, 1848-50, frequently a Representative in the Legislature of Massachusetts, and once a member of the Executive Council. Died Dec. 6, 1856. 1. A Hebrew Grammar, compiled from some of the Best Authorities, Camb. Univ. Press, 1817, 8vo, pp. 104. "It has evidently been compiled and edited with great care. It has hit. we think, the happy medium which makes it useful for a proficient and not too cumbrous for a learner."J. G. PALFREY, D.D.: N. Amer. Rev., May, 1817, 73. It has been superseded by Moses Stuart's Hebrew Grammar. 2. Memories of Youth and Manhood, Cambridge, 1855, 2 vols. 16mo, xiv., 351, vii., 334. "To every living alumnus of Harvard [and to many others also.-S. A. A.] these pleasant volumes of Mr. Willard will be heartily welcome."-Chris. Eram., July, 1855. "They are marked equally by keen discernment and uniform kindness of spirit."-A. P. PEABODY, D.D.: N. Amer. Rev., lxxxi. 283. He was one of the founders of, and a contributor to, The Literary Miscellany, and a member of The Anthology Club, and a contributor to The Monthly Anthology, N. American Review, (18 papers, 1816 et seq.,) General Repository, (in which he published some of the earliest American translations from the German,) Christian Disciple, Christian Examiner, &c. After the resignation of his professorship he founded, and was a large contributor to, The American Monthly Review, (Boston, 1832-33, 4 vols. 8vo.) His virtues were commemorated by his pastor, Rev. Dr. Newell, in a funeral sermon published in (we believe) The Cambridge Chronicle. Willard, Solomon. Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker's Hill, with Details of Experiments Members, 1864, 8vo, pp. 368. Contributions to Trans. Med. Soc. of the State of N. York, (edited by him as Secretary, 1857-64,) N. York Amer. Med. Times, Phila. Med. and Surg. Reporter, &c. Willat, Thomas. Apology for the Church of Christ and the Church of England, &c., Henley, 1798, 8vo. Willats, Cha. Sermon, Rom. ii. 14, 15, Lon., 1744, 8vo; 2d ed., 1756, 8vo. Also in Scholar Armed, Willats, Tho. Florist's Cultivator, Lon., 1847, 12mo. i. 163. Willcock, J. W., Barrister-at-Law, London. 1. On Municipal Corporations, Lon., 1827, 8vo; Phila., 1836, 8vo, and in vol. xiv. Phila. Law Lib. 2. Office of Constable, Lon., 1827, 8vo; Phila., 1840, Svo, and in vol. xxix. Phila. Law Lib. 3. Law relating to Parish Poor, Lon., 1829, 8vo. 4. Laws relating to Inns, Hotels, &c., 1829, 8vo. 5. Laws relating to the Medical Profession, 1830, 8vo. See Lon. Quar. Rev., 1xxv. 19. 6. With WILLCOCK. A., The Ocean, The River, and the Shore, er. Svo: Part 1, Navigation, 1863. · "Worthy of a place in the library."-Lon. Athen. Willcock, Thomas. 1. Flora Poetica; or, Poetry on Flowers, Lon., 24mo. 2. History of Russia, 12mo. 3. With HORTON, MR., Moral and Sacred Poetry, 12mo. Willcockes, Dr. Arithmetical and Mental Calculations, Lon., 12mo; new ed., by T. and T. W. Fryer, 1834, 12mo; 11th ed., 1855, 12mo; 12th ed., 1864, 12mo. Willcocks, John. See WILLOCK. Willehad or Wilhead, a native of Northumbria, after active missionary labours in Germany, was in 787 consecrated bishop, and presented by Charlemagne with the whole district of Wigmodia as his diocese. He died in 789. He was the author of a commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul, which is supposed to have been printed, and of several works still in MS. See Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-S. P., 345. Willeius, Anglicè WILLES. Willement, Miss Emily Elisabeth. 1. Catechism of Familiar Things, new ed., Lon., 1847, 12mo; Phila., 1851, 12mo; 4th ed., 1856, 12mo; new ed., Lon., 1864, fp. 8vo. 2. Conversations of Little Herbert and See his Mother on Zoology, 1848, 12mo; 1852, 12mo. No. 3. 3. Little Herbert's Midsummer Holidays and their Amusements; or, Conversations on Ornithology, 1850, 12mo; with No. 2, in 1 vol. 12mo, 1858. Commended by Lon. Athen., 1850, 71. Willement, Thomas, Heraldic Artist to His Majesty King George the Fourth. 1. Royal Heraldry: The Armorial Insignia of the Kings and Queens of England, from Coeval Authorities, Lon., 1821, 4to, £2 28.; 1. p., r. 4to, £4 48. Commended in Moule's Bibl. Herald., 556. See, also, 291. 2. Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathedral, with Genealogical and Topographical Notes, 1827, 4to, £1 58.; 1. p., r. 4to, £1 168. 3. Facsimile of a Contemporary Roll of Arms of the Peers of Parliament, 6th Henry VIII., 1515, 1829, r. 4to, £2 10s. Privately printed: 41 copies. 4. Roll of the Arms of Peers and Knights in the Reign of Richard II., 1833, 4to, 100 copies, 148.; 1. p., r. 4to, 25 copies, £1 88.; largest paper, atlas 4to, 1 copy: Eyton, 1642, £9 58. 5. Concise Account of the Principal Works in Stained Glass that have been executed by him, 1840, 4to; 1. p., fol. Privately printed. 6. Account of the Restoration of the Collegiate Chapel of St. George's, Windsor, 1844, 4to, 10s.; l. p., r. 4to. £1. 7. Insignia of the Orders of Knighthood of the United Kingdom, and of the Royal Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, together with the Medals, Clasps, and Crosses, 20 plates, imp. 4to. 8. Historical Account of the Parish and Priory of Davington in Kent, 1862, 4to, 128.; 1. p., r. 4to, £1 58. Willes, Sir James Shaw, son of a physician of Cork, was b. about 1814, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin; called to the Bar by the Society of the Inner Temple, London, 1840; a Commissioner of Common-Law Procedure, (in which capacity he was largely concerned in drawing the Common-Law Procedure Acts | of 1852 and 1854,) 1850; a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and knighted, 1855. See SMITH, JOHN WILLIAM, No. 4. Willes, Sir John, b. 1685, was educated at Trinity College, Oxford; called to the Bar, 1707; M.P. for Weymouth, 1722; Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Chester, 1733; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1737; missed the Lord-Chancellorship by holding out for the promise of a peerage in addition; d. Dec. 16, 1761. "I believe that, notwithstanding his immoralities, he was a sound lawyer, that his administration of justice was pure and impartial, and that his fame as a magistrate would have been splendid in proportion to the opportunities enjoyed by him of showing his powers and acquirements."-LORD CAMPBELL: Lives of the C. Justices, ii. ch. xxviii., (q. v.) See, also, Horace Walpole's Memoirs of George II. 1. The Present Constitution and the Protestant Suc cession Vindicated, in Answer to Bedford's Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted, Lon., 1714, 8vo. Anon. See BEDFORD, HILKIAH. For this Willes was rewarded by a commission to Scotland to assist in the prosecution of the rebels. 2. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Common Pleas, 1737 to 1758; together with some Few Cases of the same Period, determined in the House of Lords, Court of Chancery, and Exchequer Chamber; with Notes and References to Prior and Subsequent Decisions, by Charles Durnford, Lon., 1799, fol.; Dubl., 1800, 8vo; 1801, 8vo; Phila., 1802, 8vo. Said to have been carefully written out for the press by Willes. "The Reports of Willes and [Serjeant George] Wilson, in particular, [are] very accurate repositories of the judicial decisions of these reigns, [Geo. I. and Geo. II.]"-1 Kent, 488. See, also, 2 Brod. & B., 598; 1 Atk., 45; 61 Lon. Quar. Rev., 147. Willes, Richard. 1. History of the Island Giapan and of the other Isles in the East Ocean, by the way from Cathayo to the Moluccas: see Martyr's Decades, 1555, 4to, 252. See, also, EDEN, RICHARD. 2. Ricardi Willeii Poematum Liber, &c., 1573, sm. 8vo. See In suorum Poemat. Librum R. Willei Scholia, &c., 1573, 8vo. Maskell, 1050, £1 128. Willes, Thomas, minister of Shadwell. Help for the Poor who are visited by the Plague, Lon., 1666, 8vo. Willes, W. H. A Treatise on the Law of Easements, by Charles James Gale, Esq.; with the Notes of W. H. Willes, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-atLaw, 4th ed., by David Gibbons, Esq., Lon., 1868, 8vo, £1 58. Willet, Andrew, b. at Ely, 1562, was sent in his 14th year to Peter-House, Cambridge, whence he removed to Christ's College, where he became a Fellow; Rector of Childerley, and in 1597 Rector of Little Grantesden, which he exchanged for Barley; Preb. of Ely, 1584; d. 1621. He was a man of great learning, of which his works bear an abundant evidence. 1. Synopsis Papismi; that is, a General View of Papistrie, &c., Lon., 1593, 4to; 2d ed., 1594, 4to; 1596, 4to; 3d ed., 1600, fol.; 4th ed., 1613, (some 1614,) fol. ; 5th ed., with Life and Death of Andrew Willet, D.D., by [his son-in-law] Peter Smith, D.D., 1634, fol.; new ed., by the Rev. John Cumming, D.D., 1852, 10 vols. p. 8vo, £3. See Nos. 2, 5. "To encounter the Romanists you will be admirably furnished in Willet's Synopsis Papismi."-COTTON MATHER. "A learned, sound, and comprehensive work."-Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 477. 4to. 2. Tetrastylon Papisticum, 1593, 4to; 2d ed., 1594, A supplement to No. 1, and repub. at end of it, ed. 1600, fol., et seq. 3. Sacrorvm Emblematvm Centuria una, &c.; in tres Classes distributa, &c., Cantab., (8. a., but before 1598,) 4to, pp. 84. 100 plates of emblems, with mottoes in Latin and English. Bibl. AngloPoet., 858, £10 108.; resold, Bright, 6059, £3 88. Taken chiefly from Andrew Alciatus. "Willet deals in various forms of Latin and English verse, but he utterly fails in his attempts to assimilate the English to the Latin measures."-J. P. COLLIER: Bibl. Acct. of Early Eng. Lit., 1865, vol. iv. 4. A Catholicon; that is, a Generall Preservative or Remedie against the pseudo Catholyke Religion, Lon.. 1602, 4to. See No. 16. 5. Detection or Discoverie of a False Detection, containing a Defence of Synopsis Papismi, 1603, 12mo. See Nos. 1, 2. 6. Thesaurus Ecclesiæ, Camb., 1604, 8vo. See No. 16. 7. Hexapla in Genesin; that is, a Sixfold Commentary upon Genesis, wherein six severall Translations are compared, &c., Lon., 1605, fol.; 1608, fol.; 1632, fol. 8. Loidoromastix; 11. De "A work of much information, as it contains the opinions of many authors on each point of difficulty. The author has written comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Samuel, Romans, Jude, and some detached parts of books; but in none does he discover more skill and judgment than in the present work."-Williams's C. P., 5th ed., 290. 13. Hexapla; that is, a Sixfold Commentary upon the most Divine Epistle of St. Paul to the Romanes, 1611, fol.; Lon., 1620, fol. Brown's Register of Literature, No. 47, 1526, entitled Willet's Sixfold Commentary upon the Epistles to the Romans and Colossians, 2 vols. in 1, fol., 1611, 148. 14. A Treatise of Solomon's Marriage, 1612, 4to. This is a discourse on the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with Frederick, Count Palatine. 15. Epithalamium in Nuptias Frid. V. et Pr. Elizabethiæ, "All these works [i.e. the Commentaries and Expositions] of Willet, though somewhat tedious, contain valuable matter. He possessed a very considerable acquaintance with the Scriptures, and with the languages in which they were written. The work on Daniel [No. 12, supra] is considered as the most valuable." -ORME: Bibl. Bib., 469. He published some other works. His Life by Smith (No. 1, supra) was also published in Fuller's Abel Redivivus, in Barksdale's Remembrancer, and in Censura Literaria, iv. 287. See, also, Strype's Whitgift, 435, 543; Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., i. 527, ii. 27, 178, and Fasti, i. 229: Nichols's Lit. Anec., viii. 3-8. Willet, Rowland. Merry Jests concerning Popes, Monkes, and Friers; Whereby is discovered their Abuses and Errors, &c.; Written first in Italian by N. S., and thence Translated into French by G. I., and now out of French into English by R. W., Bac. of Arts of H. H. in Oxon., Lon., 1617, 8vo, 68 leaves. See J. P. Collier's Bibl. Acct. of Early Eng. Lit., 1865, vol. iv.; WEST, RICHARD, (supra,) No. 3. Willet, Thomas. Buxom Joan; a Burletta, 1778, 4to. Willet, W. H. Charles Vincent; or, The Two Clerks, N. York, 12mo. Willets, W. Sketch of the Economy of Divine Providence with Respect to Religion among Mankind, Lon., 1776, 8vo. Willett, Edward. 1. Crazy Dan, N. York, 1864, 8vo. 2. Old Bill Woodworth, 1864, 8vo. 3. The Vicksburg Spy, 1864, 8vo. 4. Bob Brant, 1864, 8vo. 5. Bella Burt, 1865, 8vo. 6. Kate Sharp, 1865, 8vo. 7. The Loyal Spectre, 1865, 8vo. 8. The Old Flag, 1865, Svo. 9. True Blue, 1865, 8vo. 10. Myrtil: or, The Enchanted Island, 1866, sm. 4to. 11. The Enchanted Dwarf, 1866, sm. 4to. Willett, J. H., and Smith, Seth. Natural Philosophy, Phila., 1830, 8vo. Willett, Jacob. 1. Arithmetic, Poughkeepsie, 12mo; Key, 12mo. New ed., revised by McCord; Key. 2. Ge3. Book-Keeping, 1830, 12mo. ography and Atlas. Willett, John, Fellow of Wadham College. Sermon, Ps. lxviii. 37, Oxon., 1708, 4to. Willett, Colonel Marinus, an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and subsequently Sheriff, and in 180,7 Mayor, of the city of New York, was b. at Jamaica, Long Island, 1740; d. 1830. Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett; taken chiefly from his own Manuscripts; Prepared by his Son, William M. Willett, N. York, 1831, 8vo. Willett, Ralph, great-grandson of Henry Willet, a relative of Andrew Willet, (supra,) purchased in 1751 the property of Merly, which became so famous for its buildings and choice library. He d. in 1795, in his 75th year. 1. A Description of the Library at Merly House, Dorsetshire, the Seat of Ralph Willett. Esq., 1776, 8vo. Privately printed: 200 copies. 2. A Description of the Library at Merly, in the County of Dorset, (in English and French,) Lon., 1785, fol. With 25 plates, some double. Drury, 4716, £1 28. 3. A Catalogue of the Books in the Library at Merly, 1790, 8vo. Privately printed. Sold in 1813: vide infra. 4. A Memoir on the Origin of Printing, addressed to John Topham, Newcastle, 1818, 8vo. 32 copies printed, with a Preface by J. T. Brockett, Newcastle, 1820, 8vo, 150 copies; 1. p.. 30 copies. From Archæologia, vol. xi. 267. 5. Observations on the Origin of Printing, in a Letter to Owen Salisbury Brereton, Esq., by Ralph Willett, 1819, 8vo, 32 copies; 1. p., 2 copies. From Archæologia, vol. viii. (1787) 239. He also contributed to Archæologia, vol. xi. (1794) 154, Memoir on British Naval Architecture. To the preceding the collector should add Catalogue of the Library of Ralph Willett, Esq., brought from his Seat at Merly, 1813, 8vo. Lots, 2906. duced £13,508 48. Nearly all of the books had red morocco backs laid over the original bindings. Pro Willett, William M. 1. Scenes in the Wilderness, N. York, 18ino. 2. Life and Times of Herod the Great, as Connected Historically and Prophetically with the Coming of Christ, Phila., 1860, 12mo. 3. Herod Antipas: Sequel to Herod the Great, with Passages from the Life of Jesus, &c., 1866, 16mo. 4. The Kingdom, 12mo: Part 1, 1863. See, also, SUMMERFIELD, JOHN. Willey, Benjamin G., brother of Samuel Willey, Jr., who, with his family,-nine persons in all,-was destroyed by the slide in the Notch of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, Aug. 28-29, 1826. Incidents in White Mountain History, Bost., 1856, 12mo. History of the White Mountains: together with many Interesting Anecdotes illustrating Life in the Backwoods: New and Revised Edition, with Illustrations by Frederick Thompson, N. York, 1870, 12mo, pp. 296. "This work furnishes not only a guide to, but an authentic history of, the White Mountains from the earliest times."Amer. Lit. Gaz., July 1, 1870. William III., King of England, the posthumous son of William II., Prince of Orange, by Mary, daughter of Charles I., King of England, was b. 1650; ascended the English throne, 1688; d. March 8, 1702. Original Letters from King William III. (when Prince of Orange) to King Charles II., Lord Arlington, &c.; Translated, &c., Lon., 1704, 8vo. For publications connected with this sovereign, see Watt's Bibl. Brit., roc. Orange, and Bohn's Lowndes, Part 10, (1864,) 2927, voc. William III., King of England. William of Chester, a friend of Anselm, and perhaps one of the colony of monks from Bec, which Anselm established at Chester in 1092, wrote a poem on the elevation of Anselm to the see of Canterbury, and another on his death, in Latin elegiacs, q. r. in Stephani Baluzii Tutelensis Miscellanea, &c., Lucæ, 1764, fol., pp. 15, 16. See Hist. Lit. de France, x. 12. William the Clerk, a native of Normandy, temp. King John, and writer of Anglo-Norman poems, is best known by his Bestiaire, (a treatise on Natural History,) Li Romans des Aventure Frejus, Du Prestre et d'Alison, 464. and Le Besant de Dieu. See Fabliaux et Contes des Poètes François, &c., par Barbazan, ed. 1808, iii. 210215, iv. 427-441; Le Roman des Aventures de Frejus, &c., par F. Michel, Edin., imprimé pour le Club d'Abbotsford, 1841, 4to. See, also, La Rue's Essais historiques sur les Bardes, &c.; Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 426, William de Conches, said to have been b. at Conches, Normandy, about 1080, d. after 1154, is known as the author of De Elementis Philosophiae, Dragmaticon Philosophiæ, Strasburg, 1566, 8vo, Secundia Philosophiæ, Tertis Philosophiæ, one other book, or more, and a commentary on Boethius De Consolatione. See Hist. Lit. de France, xii. 455; Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 173. Turner and Bale say that he studied in England. William Fitzstephen. See FITZSTEPHEN, WIL LIAM; Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 362; Becket, by J. C. Robertson, 1859, p. 8vo; Milman's Lat. Chris., iv. Dean Milman disbelieves, and gives good reasons for disbelieving, the commonly-received account, which we have ourselves followed, of the Saracenic maternity of Thomas à Becket. William of Malmesbury, a historian of great authority and value, is said to have been b. in Somersetshire about 1095 or 1096; was placed when a boy in the monastery of Malmesbury, of which he became Librarian and Precentor, and in 1140 might have been Abbot, but declined; d. after 1142. 1. Willelmi Malmesbiriensis Monachi Gesta Regum Anglorum, atque Historia Novella; ad fidem Codicum MSS. recensuit Thomas Duffus Hardy, 1840, 2 vols. demy Svo, 250 copies; 1. p., r. 8vo, 200 copies, (Eng. Hist. Soc., vi.) This edition is condemned by The Archæologist, No. 4, Dec. 1841, 145. See, also, Gale and Fell's Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Veteres, Oxon., 1684–87– 91, 3 vols. fol., some 1. p., iii. 291-381; SAVILE, SIR HENRY, No. 2: and for Glastonbury, HEARNE, THOMAS, No. 18: 150 copies, 8vo, 50 copies 1. p., r. 8vo. The History of the Kings of England, A.D. 449 to A.D. 1143, by William of Malmesbury; trans. from the Original Latin, with a Preface, Notes, and an Index, by the Rev. John Sharpe, Lon., 1815, r. 4to; 1. p., imp. 4to, 50 copies; largest p., fol., 12 copies. New ed., with Notes and Illustrations by J. A. Giles, D.C.L., 1847, p. 8vo, (Bohn's Antiq. Lib.) See, also, Church Historians, Pre-Reformation Series, vol. iii., Part 1, William of Malmesbury, 1854, 8vo, (Seeleys ;) RADULPH, NIGER. "William of Malmesbury has left us a work superior in composition to the annalists of the age, and to any preceding historian since the classical authors."-SHARON TURNER. "A judicious man. One of the best of the old English historians."-HUME: Hist. of England, ch. i. and vii. "One calls him an elegant, learned, and faithful historian, [J. Leland, Assert. Arth. fol. 4, b, & fol. 8, a.] Another says he is the only man of his time that has honestly discharged the trust of such a writer, [D. Hen. Savil., in Epist. Ded, and 5 Script.] And the third calls him the chief of all our historians, [Usher, in Ep. Ded. and Eccles. Hist.]"-BISHOP NICOLSON: Eng. Hist. Lib., ed. 1776, 47. See, also, 40, 85, 88, 156. Next "William of Malmesbury was the first English writer after the time of Bede who attempted successfully to raise history above the dry and undigested details of a chronicle. Anglo-Saxon history. In his annals of the Norman period, and to the Saxon Chronicle he is the most valuable anthority for of his own time, he is judicious, and, as far as could be expected, unprejudiced."-WRIGHT: Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 137, 138. Leland, also, in his De Scriptorib. Brit., i. 195, Lord Lyttelton in his Hist. of Henry II., Dr. Henry in his Hist. of G. Britain, vi. 136, Fuller in his Worthies, ed. 1840. iii. 332, and other authorities, concur in commending William as an historian. A recent critic, however, thus refers to him: "William of Malmesbury, on Roman affairs no high authority."-H. H. MILMAN: Hist. of Lat. Chris., iii. b. v. ch. xiv., n. See, also, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, ch. xlvii., lvi., For notices of William and his nuIvii., lviii., lxxi. merous works, see Leland; Bale; Pits: Fabricius; Wharton's Angl. Sacra, 1691, ii. 1-49, 239–270: Hardy's Pref., ut sup. Sharpe's Pref., and Giles's Notes, ut sup.; Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 134; Knight's Cyc., Biog., iv., 1857, 70. William of Newbury, Newburgh, or New bridge, also known as Gulielmus Neubrigensis, William Little, Petyt, and Gulielmus Parvus, 1136, it is supposed at Bridlington, Yorkshire, and d., a canon of the monastery of Newbury, Yorkshire, b. according to Cave, in 1208, left a valuable history extending from the Norman Conquest to 1197, of which there are several editions, viz.: I. Gulielmi Neubrigensis Rerum Anglicarum Libri V., (edidit Gul. Silvius,) Antw., 1567, 8vo. Repub. in 1577; and in 1587 in the Heidelberg ed. of English Chronicles. The text of these editions was very imperfect. II. Cum Notis J. Picardi, Paris, 1610, 8vo. III. Paris, 1632, 8vo. IV. By Hearne see HEARNE, THOMAS, No. 12: add 1. p., r. 8vo: 150 copies. V. Historia Rerum Anglicarum Willelmi Parvi, S.T.D. Ordinis Sancti Augustini Canonici Regularis in Coenobio Beata Maria de Novoburgo in Agro Eboracensi, recensuit Hans Claude Hamilton, 1856, 2 vols. demy 8vo, 250 copies; 1. p.. r. 8vo, 200 copies, (Eng. Hist. Soc., xvi.) See, also, Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France, Tome dix-huitième, Paris, 1822, fol. 1-58. "The language of this writer is correct, and less characterized by rhetorical pretension than that of most of his contemporaries. His authority is especially valuable; and he has |