preserved many personal anecdotes and some curious popular | Historical, against the [Corn] League, Lon., 1815, demy legends."-WRIGHT: Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 408, (q. v.) 8vo. "For veracity, regularity of disposition, and purity of language, it is one of the most valuable productions of this period." -DR. HENRY: Hist, of Great Britain. "His Latin style is preferred to that of M. Paris, and equalled with those of Eadmerus and William of Malmesbury by Dr. Watts, [Præf, and M. Paris Hist."-BISHOP NICOLSON: Eng. Hist. Lib., ed. 1776, 48. See, also, Tanner; Archæologia, vol. ix. He also compiled a commentary (not now known to exist) on the Song of Solomon; Bale attributes to him some sermons; and three homilies ascribed to him (perhaps part of the sermons) are added by Hearne to his edition of William's Historia Rerum Anglicarum. "The Rev. Mr. Sharpe (translator of William of Malmesbury, for which see page 156, post) has completed an English version of William of Newbury for the press; and I hope there is a sufficient spirit of patronage abroad to induce him to publish it."DR. DIBDIN: Lib. Comp., ed. 1825, 154, n. William of Nottingham. See CLEMENT OF LA THONY. William of Occam. See OCCAM; Milner's Lat. Chris., vii. and viii. William of Ramsey, a monk of Croyland, temp. Richard I., is known as a biographer of English saints. See Chroniques Anglo-Normandes, &c., publiée par Francisque Michel, tom. ii., Rouen, 1836, 8vo, 99-142: Vita et Passio Waldevi Comitis: Miracula sancti Waldevi gloriosi martyris. For other lives by him, see Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 424. William of Saint Alban's, of the Abbey of Saint Alban's, flourished about 1170, is known for a Latin prose life of Saint Alban, (see Radulph de Dunstable,) which he avows to be a translation from an English life of the saint. A copy of the MS. (the work was never printed) is in the Cottonian Library, (MS. Cotton. Faustina, b. iv.,) and another, according to Tanner, is in the library of Magdalene College. See Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A.-N. P., 213. William the Trouvere, translated from the Latin into Anglo-Norman verse (Brit. Mus., MS. Egerton, No. 612) accounts of miracles of the Virgin and legends of saints. See Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit.. A.-N. P., 464. William of Waynflete. See WAYNFLETE, WIL LIAM OF. William of Wiltshire. See Witty William of Wiltshire, &c., his Birth, Life, and Education, and Strange Adventures, &c., with Merry Songs and Sonnets, Southwark, 1674. 2. Facts for Philosophers, 1848, 8vo. Williams, Alex. Two Letters, Lon., 1642, fol. Williams, Alfred, Rector of St. Alphage, London Wall. 1. Sermons, (93,) Lon., 4 vols. 8vo: i., 1836; ii., 1839; iii., 1843; iv., 1852. 2. Romanism in the Protestant Church, 1842, 8vo. 3. Home Sermons, (60.) 3d ed., 1847, fp. 8vo; 4th ed., 1861, fp. 8vo. See No. 4. 4. Christian Examples in Sermons, 1847, fp. 8vo; new ed., 1852, fp. 8vo. Nos. 3 and 4 are commended by Ch. and St. Gaz. 5. Plain Prayers for Every-Day Use, 3d ed., 1869, 18mo. Williams, Alice. Quotations from Dr. Newton on the Prophecies, Lon., 1793, 8vo. Williams, Anna, daughter of Zachariah Williams, (infra,) was b. in South Wales, 1706; accompanied her father to London, about 1730; lost her sight, 1740; lived for many years with Dr. Samuel Johnson, and d. at his house in Bolt Court, Sept. 6, 1783. "Poor Williams has, I hope, seen the end of her afflictions.... Had she had good humour and prompt elocution, her universal curiosity and comprehensive knowledge would have made her the delight of all that knew her."-Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Thrale, Sept. 22, 1783: Croker's Boswell's Johnson, ed. 1848, r. 8vo, 738, n. See Index. "His queer inmates, old Mr. Levett and blind Mrs. Williams, the cat Hodge and the negro Frank, all are as familiar to us as the objects by which we have been surrounded from childhood." -LORD MACAULAY: Edin. Rev., Sept. 1831, 20: Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson; repub. in his Essays. 1. Life of the Emperor Julian, with Notes: Translated from the French of F. La Bletterie, Lon., 1746, 8vo. In the translation she was assisted by two ladies named Wilkinson. William Bowyer, who printed it, contributed the Advertisement; Bowyer, William Clarke, and others wrote the Notes; and Clarke and Jeremiah Markland revised the work. 2. Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, by Anna Williams, 1766, 4to. Dr. Johnson wrote the Preface and some of the pieces; and some of the pieces were contributed by others. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., ii. 179– 181. viii. 403, ix. 61, 779; SEWARD, ANNA, (quotation from Horace Walpole.) Williams, Anna. 1. Incitement to Early Piety. 2. Hints from an Invalid Mother to her Daughter, 2d ed., 12mo. Commended by Evangel. Mag. Williams, Rev. Anthony. Of a Remarkable Thunder-Storm; Phil. Trans., 1771. Williams, B. B. Sermons on the Church Catechism, including his History of the Catechism, with William of Worcester. See SIMEON, SIMON, SYMON, Notes. Svo. or FITZ-SIMEON. William of Worcester. See Liber Niger Scaccarii Wilhelmique etiam Worcestrii Annales Rerum Anglicarum, ed. Th. Hearne, Oxon., 1728, 2 vols. 8vo; editio altera accedunt Chartæ antiquæ, &c., 1774, 2 vols. 8vo. William of Worcester. William Wyreestre Redivivus: Notices of Ancient Church Architecture in the Fifteenth Century, particularly in Bristol, 1823, 4to. William of Wycumb, Prior of Lathony, and chaplain of Robert de Betun. Bishop of Hereford, after that prelate's death, which occurred in 1149, wrote a sketch of his life, which is published in Wharton's Anglia Sacra, vol. ii. 293. OF. William of Wykeham. See WYKEHAM, WILLIAM Williams. See, also, WILLYAMS. Williams. See SHEPHERD, Å. Williams. Commercial Dictionary of Newcastle, Gateshead, and Sunderland, Lon., 1844, 8vo. Williams. Arsenic Register, Wolverh., 1851, 4to. Williams. Ornamental Latin Labels, Lon., 1853, ob. Williams, Captain. Narrative of Execution of Mustapha Cawn, and Observations, &c., Lon., 1790. Williams, Mrs. 1. Method of Reading, Lon., 12mo. 2. Conversations on English Grammar, Lon., 1830, 12mo. 3. Summary Method of Teaching, 12mo. 4. Syllabic Spelling, 4th ed., 1829, 12mo; 6th ed., Revised and Corrected by her Daughter, Lady Leighton, 1858, 12mo; 1869, 12mo. Williams, A. D. Rhode Island Free-Will Baptist Pulpit, N. York, 1853, 12mo. Williams, A. J. 1. Upon Jurisdiction and System of Procedure of Local Courts, Lon., 1865, 8vo. 2. Appropriation of the Railways by the State, 1869, p. 8vo; People's edition, 1870, 12mo. Williams, Abraham, minister of Sandwich, Mass., d. 1784, aged 58, published single sermons. Williams, Albert. 1. Facts upon Facts, chiefly Williams, B. B. Mental Alchemy; a Treatise on the Mind and Nervous System, N. York. Williams, B. Lyon. Science of Memory Fully Expounded, Lon., 1866, p. 8vo. Williams, B. W. Songs for the Sabbath School and Vestry, Bost., 1859. Williams, Ben. T. Arthur Vaughan, Tenby, 1856. Williams, Benjamin. The Book of Psalms, as Translated, Paraphrased, or Imitated, &c., Salisb., 1781, 8vo. Williams, Benjamin. Practical Sermons, 8vo. "Written with judgment, accuracy, and spirit."-Lon. Mon. Rev. Williams, Benjamin. Henrici Quinti Angliæ, Regis Gesta, cum Chronica Neustria Gallice, ab Anno 1414 et 1422, ad fidem MS. recensuit, Chronicam traduxit, Notisque illustravit, Benjamin Williams, Lon., 1850, demy 8vo, 250 copies; 1. p., r. 8vo, 200 copies, (Eng. Hist. Soc., xv.) "Mr. Williams has performed his task with judgment and learning."-Lon. Athen., 1850, 1090. Williams, Benjamin Samuel. 1. Orchid-Grower's Manual, Lon., 1852, p. 8vo; 3d ed., 1868, p. 8vo. 2. Hints on the Cultivation of British and Exotic Ferns and Lycopodiums, 1852, p. 8vo; 1868, p. 8vo. 3. Choice Stove and Greenhouse Flowering-Plants, cr. 8vo: vol. i., 1869. 1. Williams, Butler, (Sir J. Butler,) C.E. Practical Geodesy: Chain Surveying, &c., Lon., 1842, 8vo; 2d ed., 1846, 8vo; 3d ed., 1855. 8vo. 2. Manual of Model Drawing from Solid Forms; with a Popular View of Perspective, 1843, Svo; 3d ed., 1855, 8vo. Commended. 3. Instructions in Drawing from Models for Schools. 1843, 8vo. Williams, Mrs. C. See: 1. Letters between an English Lady and her Friend at Paris, in which are contained the Memoirs of Mrs. Williams, Lon., 1770, 2 vols. 12mo. 2. Anecdotes of a Convent, by the Author Williams, C. H. Sesostris; or, The Priest and King; a Tragedy, Lon., 1853, 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Athen., 1853, 1515. Williams, Cadogan. Suggestions for the Improvement of Benefit Clubs, Lon., 1833, 8vo. Williams, Catherine M. Alice Russell, and other Tales, Lon., 1841, p. 8vo. 972. 2. "contain specimens of obscenity and blasphemy more horrible "The lampoons of Sir Charles Williams are now read only by the curious, and, though not without occasional flashes of wit, have always seemed to us, we must own, very poor performances."-LORD MACAULAY: Edin. Rev., lviii. (Oct. 1833) 233, (Walpole's Letters to Sir Horace Mann,) repub, in his Essays. "He had the real vein for writing squibs-he had gaiety-the quality which is found in the lighter verses of Congreve, or the playful pages of the Twopenny Post-Bag."--Lon. Quar. Rev., ci., (April, 1857 :) English Political Satires. See, also, Irish Quar. Rev., iii. 497. "His political squibs are some of the most lively and vigorous in our language."-PETER CUNNINGHAM: Letters of Horace Walpole, ed. 1861, i. 160, n. See, also, Coxe's Hist. Tour in Monmouthshire; Sir E. S. Creasy's Etonians, 279; Prof. Smyth's Lects. on Mod. Hist., Lect. XXVIII. Williams, Charles J. B., M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine in University College, London, and Con"Neither tale nor romance badly told."-Lon. Athen., 1811, sulting Physician to the Hospital for Consumption at Brompton. 1. Pathology and Diagnosis of Diseases Williams, Mrs. Catherine R., b. in Providence, of the Chest, 4th ed., Lon., 1840, 8vo: ed., with Notes R.I., 1790. 1. Original Poems, Providence, 1828. and Additions, by Meredith Clymer, M.D., Phila., Svo. Religion at Home, 1829; 2d ed.. 1837; 3d ed., 1837. 3. Commended by Dubl. Med. Rev. 2. Principles of Tales: National and Revolutionary, 18mo: 1st Ser., Medicine, Lon., 1843, (some 1844,) 8vo: 2d ed., 1848, 1830; 2d Ser., 1835. 4. Aristocracy, 1832. 5. Fall Svo; 3d ed., 1856, 8vo; ed., with Additions, by Mere6. BioRiver; an Authentic Narrative, 1833, 18mo. Comdith Clymer, M.D., Phila.. last ed., 1857, 8vo. graphy of Revolutionary Heroes; containing the Life 3. On mended by Lon. Lancet, Dubl. Med. Rev., &c. of Brigadier-General Wm. Barton: and also of Captain the Principles of Water-Cure: with Remarks by J. Stephen Olney, 1839, 12mo. 7. Neutral French; or, The 8. AnExiles of Nova Scotia, 1841, 2 vols. in 1, 12mo. nals of the Aristocracy, (of R. Island,) 12mo: No. I., 1843: No. II., 1845. Williams, Charles. Tarsis and Zelie, the famous Romance, in Ten Books; Done into English, (from the French of V. de Boutigni,) Lon., 1685, fol. Williams, Charles. Art of Manufacturing Alkaline Salts and Potashes; from the French, Phila., 8vo. Williams, Charles. Rational Exposition on the Diseases of the Lungs and Pleura, Phila., 1830. Williams, Charles. 1. Visible History: England, Lon.. 12mo. 2. Visible Geography: England, 12mo. 3. Treasures of the Earth, 2d ed., 18mo. 4. Vegetable World, 2d ed., 18mo; Bost., 1833, 18mo. 5. Seven Ages 6. Art in Nature and of England, Lon., 1836, fp. 8vo. 7. Science Anticipated, new ed., Lon., 1840, 18mo. Facts not Fables, new ed., 1840, 18mo. 8. Aerial Sights and Sounds, 18mo. 9. World of Waters, new ed., 1840, 18mo. 10. Praise and Blame, new ed., 1840, 18mo. Thoughtfulness, 32mo. 12. The First Week of Time; or, Scripture in Harmony with Science, 1863, sm. cr. 8vo. Commended by Brit. and For. Evangel. Rev. Other works. 11. Williams, Sir Charles IIanbury, third son of John Hanbury, (the son added Williams to his name in compliance with the will of his godfather, Charles Williams, Esq., of Caerleon,) was b. in 1709, and educated at Eton; married to Lady Frances Coningsby, 1732; M.P. for Monmouth, 1733, and became a hearty supporter of Sir Robert Walpole, aiding him by his lampoons and pasquinades on his enemies as well as by his votes: Paymaster of the Marines, 1739; in 1746 made Knight of the Bath, and soon afterwards appointed Envoy to the Court of Dresden; minister at Berlin from 1749 to 1751, when he returned to Dresden; subsequently minister at St. Petersburg, where his eventual want of success and habits of dissipation reduced him to a wreck both in mind and body: d., it was supposed by his own hand, Nov. 2, 1759. He was the author of No. 3 of The World. 1. The Odes of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Knight of the Bath, (edited by J. Ritson,) Lon., 1775, 12mo; 1780, 12mo; 1784, 12mo. 2. Poems by C. H. Williams, 1763, 8vo. "He [Dr. Johnson] spoke contemptuously of our lively and elegant, though too licentious, lyric bard, Hanbury Williams, and said he had no fame but from boys who drank with him.'" -Croker's Boswell's Johnson, ch. xl., year 1773. 3. The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, K.B., from the Originals in the Possession of his Grandson, the Earl of Essex, with Notes by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Lon., Ed. Jeffery, 1822, 3 vols. p. 8vo. The falsehoods of the title- and page preface, and subsequent apology of the publisher, are noticed in Lon. Quar. Rev., xxvii. (Oct. 1822) 46 et seq., where the work is stated to Timberlake, Richmond, Va., 1853, 12mo. 4. With WILLIAMS, CHARLES THEODORE, M.D., Assistant Physician to the Hospital for Consumption at Brompton, Pulmonary Consumption: its Nature, Treatment, and Duration Exemplified by an Analysis of One Thousand Cases selected from upwards of Twenty Thousand, 1870, 8vo. See, also, Brit. Assoc. Reports. Williams, Charles L. 1. Statistics of the Rutland County Bar, with Biographical Notices, Brandon, Vt., 1847, Svo. 2. The Compiled Statutes of the State of Vermont: being such of the Revised Statutes and of the Public Acts and Laws passed since as are now in force; to which are prefixed the Constitution, &c. : Compiled in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature, Burlington, 1851, 8vo. pp. 815. 3. Reports of Supreme Court of Vermont, Svo, vols. xxvii., xxviii., xxix. See SHAW, G. B. SHAW, WILLIAM G.: SLADE, WILLIAM, JR., No. 3; WASHBURN, PETER T., No. 3: WESTON, WILLIAM, Williams, Charles Theodore, M.D The Climate of the South of France as Suited to Invalids: with Notices of Mediterranean and other Winter Statious, Lon., 1867, '69, cr. 8vo. See, also, WILLIAMS, CHARLES J. B.. M.D., No. 4. Williams, Charles Verulam. The Depositions on the Investigations of the Conduct of the Princess of Wales. 1813, Svo. See, also, PERCEVAL, RT. HON. SPENCER, M.P. Williams, Charles W. Considerations on the Increase of Forgery on the Bank of England, Lon., 1818, 8vo. Williams, Charles Wye, A.I.C.E., Managing Director of the Dublin Steam Packet Company. 1. On the Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke, Lon., with plates in 4to, 1840, Svo; 1841, 8vo; 1854, 8vo; 1858, 12mo. See Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1840, 745: Lon. Athen., 1841, 188, 364, 834: Lon. Law. Rev., xxii. 282. 2. Prize Essay on the Prevention of the Smoke Nuisance, 1856, r. 8vo; 2d ed., 1857, r. 8vo, pp. 48. 3. On Heat in its Relations to Water and Steam, Dec. 1860, 4. Svo; 2d ed., June, 1861, 8vo; Phila., 1861, 8vo. Steam-Generating Power of Marine and Locomotive Boilers, Lon., 1864, 4to. Williams, Constantine. The Campaign in Egypt; a Poem, 1811, 8vo. Williams, Cynric R. Tour through the Island of Jamaica, from the Western to the Eastern End, in the Year 1823, Lon., 1826, (some 1827,) Svo. Williams, D. A Series of Letters from Mexico; addressed to his Friends at Landore, near Swansea; Trans. from the Welsh, Swansea, 1826, 18mo, pp. 40. Of the Welsh ed. several thousands were sold. A Second Series was promised. Williams, D. E. See LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS. Williams, Daniel, D.D., founder of the Red Cross Street Library, an eminent Presbyterian, b. at Wrexham, North Wales, 1644, was admitted as a preacher in 1663, 2735 and about 1668 became pastor of a congregation in Wood "Dr. Crisp's sermons led to Daniel Williams's Gospel Truth: | WIL 1775, i. 428. 7. Sermon at the Opening of a Chapel in Margaret Street, &c., 1776, Svo. fessing the Religion of Nature. Anon. 9. Letter to the Protestant Dissenters, 8vo. 8. Apology for Prorality, 1779, 2 vols. 4to. Intellectual Liberty, 1779, 8vo. 11. Lectures on the 10. Nature and Extent of Universal Principles and Duties of Religion and MoThe Ignorant Philosopher, and a Commentary on Bec12. A Treatise on Toleration, caria on Crimes, &c.: trans. from Voltaire, 1779. 13. Plan of Association on Constitutional Principles, 1781, 8vo. 14. Letters on Political Liberty, 1782, 8vo. Many edits.; trans. into French by Brissot; and it elicited an Letters concerning Education, 1785, 8vo. invitation to France to assist in the formation of a constitution. He stayed in Paris about six months. cation, 1789, 4 vols. 8vo. 15. Recollections, 1788, 8vo; 11 editions. 16. Royal Political Principles, &c., 1789, 8vo. 18. Lectures on Edu17. Lectures on 8vo. 19. Lessons to a Young Prince, 20. History of Monmouthshire, 1796, 4to. Accord See, also, CRISP, SAMUEL: CRISP, TOBIAS. 4. Maning to the List of Subscribers, there are copies with the made Righteous by Christ's Obedience; Sermons, 1694, plates coloured, with stained plates, with proofs, and 12mo. He also published some single sermons. his death, appeared: 5. Discourses on Several Important After with large proofs. Subjects, 5 vols. 8vo: i., with some Account of his Life, by W. Harris, and ii., 1738; iii., iv., v., 1750. "Dr. Williams possessed a penetrating judgment, a copious invention, a faithful memory, and vigorous affections; his pulpit discourses were admirably adapted to answer the great end of preaching,-usefulness to the souls of men."-Wilson's Dis senters. 6. Tractatus Selecti, ex Anglicis Latine versi, et Testamenti sui jussu editi, 1760, 8vo. Contents: I. De Vita Auctoris; II. Veritas Evangelica; III. Homo Justificatus; IV. Responsio ad Relationem; V. Discordiarum Finis; VI. Officium Ministeriale. Let us dwell for a moment on The Red Cross Street Library. His own collection and that of Dr. William Bates (purchased by him for between £500 and £600) was the foundation. In accordance with his will, his trustees purchased, in 1727, a site for a building, and in 1729 the library was opened to the public. The following catalogues of the Library should all be on the shelves of the bibliographer. I. Bibliothecæ quam Vir doctus et admodum Reverendus Daniel Williams, S. T. P., Bono Publico legavit, Catalogus, Lon., 1727, 8vo. Svo. III. 1808, 8vo. IV. Appendix ad Catalogum BibII. 1801, liothecæ D. Williams, 1814, 8vo. V. Catalogue of the Library in Red Cross Street, Cripplegate, &c., 1841, 2 vols. 8vo: i. Books; ii. Tracts and Pamphlets. Compiled by Mr. Richard Cogan, the Librarian. The Library now (July, 1870) contains about 20,000 volumes. See Funeral Sermon on Dr. W., by John Evans, D.D., 1716, 8vo; True Copy of his Last Will, 1717, 8vo; Memoirs of his Life, 1718, 8vo; Papers relating to his Life and Trust, 1816, 8vo: privately printed; Genl. Dict.: Calamy Wilson's Diss. Churches; Nelson's Life of Bishop Bull, 259-276; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 103 107. Williams, Daniel. Historical Account of the Advantages that have accrued to England by the Succession of the House of Hanover, Lon., 1721-22, 2 parts, Svo. The printer, Samuel Redmayne, was fined £300 and condemned to one year's imprisonment for publishing the above. Williams, Daniel, a Presbyter of the Church of England. The Succession of Protestant Bishops Asserted, &c., Lon., 1722, Svo. See, also, COURAYER, PETER FRANCIS. Williams, David, b. near Cardigan, 1738, was a Dissenting minister successively at Frome, Somersetshire, at Exeter, and at Highgate, and about 1773 established an academy at Chelsea; in 1776 opened a chapel in Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London, for pub. lic worship, to which all were invited who acknowledged the being of a God and the utility of public prayer and praise. which service maintained a feeble existence for about four years; founded The Literary Fund, 1788-89; d. 1816. 1. Letter to Mr. Garrick, 1770, Svo. 2. Essays on Public Worship, Patriotism, and Projects for Reformation, 1773, 12mo; Appendix, 1774, 12mo. See Lon. Mon. Rev., 1773, i. 227; 1774, ii. 63. Education, 1774, 8vo. See Lon. Mon. Rev., 1774, ii. 254. 3. Treatise on 4. Sermons, chiefly upon Religious Hypocrisy, 1774, 2 vols. 12mo. See Lon. Mon. Rev., 1774, ii. 355. Philosopher, 8vo. the Christian Religion; with Services, &c., 1774, 8vo: 6. A Liturgy on the Principles of 5. The anon.; 1776, 8vo; 1779, 8vo. See Lon. Mon. Rev., 2736 "Executed with no small degree of success."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1796, ii. 127. of a Literary Fund, 1802, (some 1803,) cr. 8vo. Includes 21. Claims of Literature, the Origin, Motives, Objects, and Transactions of the Society for the Establishment raeli, N. J. Pye, &c. verses by Captain Morris, Dyer, Fitzgerald, Isaac D'IsNations in Political Economy, Legislation, and GovernPolice. 23. Preparatory Studies for Political Reformers. 22. Regulations of Parochial 24. Egeria; or, Elementary Studies on the Progress of ment. In numbers. Ascribed to him. For notices of ix. 240; Nichols's Illust. of Lit., iv. 835, 847, vii. 487; Williams, see Lon. Gent. Mag., 1816, ii. 86-90; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 107-113; Nichols's Lit. Anec., (see, also, Amer. Lit. Gaz., Oct. 15, 1869,) where, under Lon. Quar. Rev., xxviii. 494; and Lon. Athen., 1869, the title of Hammer and Anvil, an account is given of Williams's services in the origination of The Royal Literary Fund. the Clergy, Lon., 1813, 8vo; 1822, 8vo. 1. The Laws relating to Religions of the World, 1818, 12mo. Sketch of the Doctrines and Opinions of the Various Heytesbury and Knook, &c., d. 1837, in his 87th year, 2. Historical published some single sermons. Williams, Rev. David, Perpetual Curate of 1837, i. 209, (Obituary.) See Lon. Gent. Mag., Williams, Rev. David. Williams, Rev. David. Williams, David. Sermons preached before the Williams, E., a Working Man. The City at Night, The Cruise of The Pearl round the World, [in 1857-8-9] with an On Land-Draining Williams, E. Leader, C.E. ginia truly valued; more especially the South Part Williams, Major Edward, of the Royal Artillery at Quebec in 1784-85. 1. Theory and Practice of Gunnery, Lon., 1766, 8vo. 2. Experiments on Freezing Water Trans. Soc. Edin., 1790. Williams, Edward. Sermon, Shrewsb., 1781, 8vo. Williams, Edward, D.D., a Dissenter, b. at Glanelwyd, near Denbigh, 1750; became minister at Ross, Hertfordshire, 1776; removed to Oswestry, 1777, and to Birmingham, 1792; Superintendent of the Independent Academy, Rotherham, from 1792 until his death, 1813. 1. Antipædobaptism Examined, in Reply to Abraham Booth, Lon., 1789, 2 vols. 12mo; new ed., 2 vols. 12mo. 2. The Christian Preacher, 1800, 12mo; 3d ed., 1820, 12mo; 4th ed., 1824, 12mo; 5th ed., 1843, 12mo. "A useful book for a minister, with valuable directions on the choice of books."-Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 489. "Bears evident marks of a candid and liberal mind.”—Brit. Crit. But see Lon. Mon. Rev., 1801, iii. 183. We often quote it, as Williams's C. P. 3. With BODEN, REV. JAMES, Hymns for Public Worship, circa 1800; again, 1809; 5th ed., 1812. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1851, i. 114. 4. Sermon, Rom. x. 1-4, 1811, 8vo. 5. Essay on the Equity of the Divine Government and the Sovereignty of Divine Grace, 2d ed., 1813, 8vo; 3d ed., 1825, 8vo. In the first ed. he examines Whitby on the Five Points: see WHITBY, DANIEL, D.D., No. 18. See Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 458. 6. Sermons and Charges, 1817, 8vo. Posth. See, also, DODDRIDGE, PHILIP, D.D., (p. 510;) EDWARDS, JONATHAN, D.D., No. 2, (p. 546 ;) OwEN, JOHN, D.D., No. 13; TOMLINE, SIR GEORGE PRETYMAN, D.D., No. 9. See Memoir of the Life and Writings of Edward Williams, D.D., with an Appendix, &c., by Rev. Joseph Gilbert, (see Lon. Gent. Mag., 1853, i. 213,) 1825, 8vo. Williams, Edward, better known by his bardie name of Iolo Morganwg, one of the three associates of the Myvyrian Archaiology, and a poet of merit both in Welsh and English, was b. in the parish of Llancarvan, Glamorganshire, 1745, and d. at Flemingstone, within two miles of his birthplace, Dec. 17, 1826. The Fair Pilgrim; a Poem, trans. from the Welsh, 1792, 12mo. 2. [English] Poems, Lyric and Pastoral, 1794, 2 vols. 12mo. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1839, i. 393, 450. Respecting the Druidic theology discussed in Williams's notes, see D. W. Nash's Taliesin; or, The Bards and Druids of Britain, 1858, 8vo. 3. Cyfrinach Beirdd Ynys Prydaine, (Secret of the Bards of the Isle of Britain,) 1829. Published by his son, Taliesin Williams. See Knight's Eng. Cyc., Biog., vi., 1858, 729, and art. on Welsh Lang. and Lit. in same, both by Thomas Watts; Southey's Life and Corresp., ch. x., xiv., his Madoc, and his Life of Cowper; Eclec. Rev., 4th Ser., xxx. 345; Cambrian Reg., iii.; WILLIAMS, TALIESIN, No. 2. See. also, Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams, &c., by Elijah Waring, 1850, p. 8vo. 1. "An amusing volume of light reading, but not the sort of biography required."-THOMAS WATTS: Welsh Lang. and Lit., (ubi supra.) See, also, Lon. Athen., 1850, 1129. Williams, Edward, or Iolo Fardd Glas, known as a Welsh author in prose and verse; d. at the workhouse of Peny-bont, Glamorganshire, 1854, aged 80. He published a Geographical Dictionary, as far as the letter L, an Explanatory Dictionary in Welsh, and a volume of poems; and acquired "many prizes at Eisteddfodau for compositions in poetry and prose." See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1854, ii. 405, (Obituary.) Williams, Edward. Precedents of Warrants, Convictions, and other Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, Lon., 1801, 8vo; 1805, 8vo. Williams, Edward, M.D. Essay on the Tongue in Functional Derangement of the Stomach and Bowels, &c., Lon., 1844, 8vo; 2d ed., 1846, 8vo. Williams, Sir Edward Vaughan, a native of London, and son of the late Serjeant John Williams, (infra,) was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1823, and knighted and made a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1847. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, Lon., ea. ed. in 2 vols. r. 8vo: 1st, 1832; 3d, 1841; 4th, 1849; 5th, 1856; 6th, 1866, £3 158. Amer. edits., Phila., ea. in 2 vols. r. 8vo: 1st, 1832; 2d, 1841; 3d, 1849, ea. by F. J. Troubat; 4th, 1855, and 5th, 1859, ea. by Asa J. Fish. "Williams on Executors is one of the most able and correct works that has ever been published on any legal subject."-1 Chitty's Practice, 510. 172 See, also, Warren's Law Stu., 2d ed., 679; 2 Leg. Exam., 487; 9 Amer. Jur., 88, and 25, 487, (one of these is by John Pickering, LL.D.;) 8 Law Mag., 428; Marvin's Leg. Bibl., 738; A Practical Guide to Administrators, Guardians, and Assignees, by John J. Pinkerton, Counsellor-at-Law, West Chester, Penna., 1870. In conjunction with Serjeant D'Oyly he edited Burn's Justice of the Peace. See, also, SAUNDERS, SIR EDMUND, No. 2. A letter from Sir Edward to Mr. Justice Story will be found in the Life and Letters of the latter, ii. 238. Williams, Edwin, a son of General Joseph Williams, and b. at Norwich, Conn., resided for many years in the city of New York, (where he was for some time connected with The New York Herald,) and d. in that place, 1854. 1. New York Annual Register, N. York, 1830-45, 10 vols. 12mo. 2. Politician's Manual, 1832, 12mo. 3. The New Universal Gazetteer; or, Geographical Dictionary, 4th ed., 1833, 12mo. Bound with, and Part 2 of, The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference, 3d ed., 1833, 12mo. 4. Book of the Constitution, 1833, 12mo. 5. New York as it is in 1833, et Fashionable Puzzler, 1835, 24mo. 6. Political Manual, 1834, 12mo. 7. 8. Arctic Voyages, 1835, 18mo. 9. Statesman's Manual, 1838, 8vo, pp. 744; 1844, 3 vols. 8vo; 1846, vols. 8vo; 1848-50, (some 1849,) 4 vols. 8vo; 1854, 4 vols. 8vo: 1855, 4 vols. 8vo; 1857, 4 vols. 8vo; 1859, &c., 4 vols. 8vo. Since the death of the author, the work has been indebted to the seq., ea. 18mo. careful pen of Mr. B. J. Lossing, (p. 1132, supra.) (Add to it The Politician's Register, Whig Almanac, and Tribune Almanac, republished collectively in 2 vols., N. York Tribune Office, 1868: vol. i., 1838-44; ii., 184568; YOUNG, ANDREW W., No. 4.) "An invaluable work, fully justifying its title."-JAMES PARTON: Life of Andrew Jackson, ch. lxxv. See N. Amer. Rev., 1xv. 259, and Democrat. Age, Oct. 1858, 78. 10. Political History of Ireland, 1843, 8vo. 11. Statistical Companion for 1846, 1846, 12mo. 12. Wheat Trade of the United States and Europe, 1846, 12mo. 13. Presidents of the United States, 1849, 8vo. 14. Twelve Stars of Our Republic, 1850, 8vo. He was also known as the author of a Universal Gazetteer, and as one of the two authors of the Napoleon Dynasty, &c., by the Berkeley Men, with 20 Authentic Portraits, 1852, 8vo; added Valuable Historical and Statistical Documents to The National History of the United States, by Benson J. Lossing, 1855, 2 vols. r. 8vo; edited Pinnock's Geography; left in MS. a History of our Presidential Elections, and other compositions; and contributed biographical sketches, &c. to periodicals. Notices of this learned and industrious statist will be found in Lossing's invaluable Field-Book of the Revolution, ii. 28, 36, 40, 197. Williams, Eleazar, son of Rev. John Williams, of Deerfield, was b. 1688; graduated at Harvard College, 1708; ordained first minister of Mansfield, Conn., 1710; d. 1742. He published single sermons. Williams, Eleazar, 1787?-1858, a priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for many years a missionary among the Indians in the State of New York, was supposed by some to be a son of Thomas Williams, an Indian chief, (No. 4, infra;) by others he was believed to be no less a person than Louis XVII. of France: see HANSON, REV. J. H. 1. Gaiatonsera Iontoweienstakwa, &c.; a Spelling-Book in the Language of the Seven Iroquois Nations, Plattsburg, 1813, 12mo. 2. Caution against our Common Enemy, [in the Language of the Seven Nations;] Translated, Albany, 1815, 12mo. 3. The Book of Common Prayer, and Selections from the Psalms and Hymns according to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Translated into the Mohawk or Iroquois Language, &c., N. York, 1853, 18mo; Revised edition, 1867, 16mo, pp. 101, 38. 4. Life of Te-ho-ra-gwa-ne-gen, alias Thomas Williams, a Chief of the Caughnawaga Tribe of Indians in Canada, Albany, 1859, 8vo, pp. 91. Printed for private circulation. "This posthumous work of one who figured so lately as the Lost Prince will excite some interest. It is a sketch of his reputed father, for that is all, we believe, that Thomas ever claimed or was deemed to be, although the maternity was positively claimed by the wife."-Hist. Mag., N. York, Oct. 1859, 323. 8vo; Lon. Athen., 1854, 461, 1861, ii. 175; Putnam's Mag., July, 1868, (The Last of the Bourbon Story: by C. F. Robertson,) and Sept. 1868. (Louis XVII. and Eleazar Williams-Were they Really the Same Person? by Rev. Francis Vinton, S.T.D.) Dr. Vinton's conclusions "strongly lean toward the belief that Eleazar Williams was really Louis XVII. of France." (Ed. Putnam's Mag., Sept. 1868, 331, n.) It is said that "John WilJiams, son of Rev. Eleazar Williams, (the Dauphin, or Lost Prince,) is captain of a steamboat on Lake Winnebago," (1867.) This may do for an interregnum, but how will he justify the laches to his descendants? Williams, Elijah. Hora Divaniana: 150 Original Games [of Chess] by Leading Masters, principally played at the Grand Divan, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. 1852, 8vo. Williams, Eliphalet, D.D., b. at Lebanon, Conn., 1727; graduated at Yale College, 1743; minister of a church at East Hartford, Conn., 1748 to 1801; d. 1803. He published single sermons. See Sprague's Annals, i., Trin. Congreg., 323. Williams, Elisha, b. 1694: graduated at Harvard College, 1711; President of Yale College, 1726-39; d. 1755. He published single sermons and an Essay. See Clap's, Baldwin's, and Kingsley's Histories of Yale College; Sprague's Annals, i., Trin. Congreg., 281. "I look upon him to be one of the most valuable men upon earth."-DR. DODDRIDGE: Letters. Williams, Elisha Scott, b. 1757; graduated at Yale College, 1775; became a Baptist minister, and was settled at Beverly, Mass.; d. 1845. He published a Bermon. Williams, Ephraim, first Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and a member of the Senate and of the Council, d. at Deerfield, Mass., 1835, aged 75. Reports Supreme Court of Massachusetts, 8vo, vol. i., 1816. Severely criticised in 3 Month. Anthol., 138,-ascribed to Jeremiah Smith: see, also, 17 Amer. Jur., 475, and Marvin's Leg. Bibl., 736. Williams resigned, and was succeeded by Dudley Atkins Tyng. LL.D., q. v. for Massachusetts Reports. Mr. Williams, Sir Erasmus, Bart.. Rector of Marlborough, Wilts. 1. Defence of the Committee of Council on Education, Lon.. 1850, 12mo. 2. Case of Welsh Cathedral Clergy, 1860, fp. 8vo. a Fellow in 1836, graduated B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; was ordained 1837, and officiated as chaplain to Bishop Alexander at Jerusalem, 1841-45; Warden of St. Columba's College, 1850-55; chosen Vice-Provost of King's College, 1854, 1855, and 1856. He is Senior Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, (1870.) 1. The Holy City; or, Historical and Topographical Notices of Jerusalem, &c., Lon., 1845, 8vo: 2d ed., with Additions, including an Architectural History of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, by the Rev. Robert Willis, M.A., F.R.S., (also pub. separately, 1849, 8vo, 98.,) 1845, 2 vols. 8vo, £2 58. See Dubl. Univ. Mag., xxvi. 266; Lon. Athen., 1845, 760. 2. Sermons [21] preached at Jerusalem in the Years 1842 and 1843, 8vo, 1846. 3. The Kingly Office of Christ; Sermon, St. Luke i. 32, 33, Camb., 1849, 8vo. 4. Historical and Descriptive Memoir of Jerusalem, with Plan, Lon., 1849, 8vo, 98. 5. University Library Extension: a Letter to the ViceChancellor of the University of Cambridge, Camb., 1862, 8vo. 6. Dr. Pierotti and his Assailants; or, A Defence of Jerusalem Explored, &c., Lon., 1864, 8vo, pp. 70. The work referred to is Jerusalem Explored: being a Description of the Ancient and Modern City, with upwards of One Hundred Illustrations, &c., by Ermete Pierotti, 1864, 2 vols. imp. 4to, £5 58. "The most important contribution that has yet appeared to the topography of ancient Jerusalem and to the illustration of its sacred archæology."-REV. GEORGE WILLIAMS. 7. The Orthodox Church of the East in the Eighteenth Century being the Correspondence between the Eastern Patriarchs and the Nonjuring Bishops; with an Introduction on Various Projects of Reunion between the Eastern Church and the Anglican Communion, 1868, 8vo. Mr. Williams contributed several articles to Dr. Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. See, also, WEY, WILLIAM. Williams, George. Dictionary of Modern Gardening. Amer. ed., by David Landreth, Phila., r. 12mo. Williams, George E. Series of Observations on the Report of her Majesty's Commissioners on Criminal Law. Lon., 1846, 8vo. Williams, George S. Constitution of the United States, for the Use of Schools and Academies, Camb., 1861, 12mo, pp. 199. Commended by Chris. Exam., Nov. 1861, and N. Amer. Rev., Jan. 1862, (by A. P. Pea Williams, Miss F. The Secret Marriage, Lon., body. D.D.) 1. Williams, Francis Stanton, b. in Boston, 1817, graduated at Harvard College, 1837, was for some years Principal of a School for Young Ladies in Boston. Le Grand Père et ses Quatres Petits Fils, first American edition, with Notes, Bost., 1855, 12mo. About 12 edits. 2. Conversations sur le Grand Père, 1857, 12mo. 3. Mothers and Infants. Nurse and Nursing; from the French of Dr. Donné, 1860, 12mo. 2 or 3 edits. 4. English into French: a Book of Practice in French Conversation, N. York, 1861, 12mo. Several edits. Williams, Frank. New Pocket Dictionary of the English and German Languages. Lon., 1853, 2 Parts, in 1 vol. 16mo; 15th stereotype ed., 1865, 18mo. Williams, Frederick Sims, an English barrister, d. July 15, 1862, aged 51. 1. Improvements of the Jurisdiction of Equity, Lon., 1852, 8vo. 2. Our Iron Roads: their History, Construction, and Social Influences, 1852, 8vo. 3. Chancery Practice and Orders, Dec. 1853, 8vo. 4. New Chancery Practice, Dec. 1853, 8vo. 5. Thoughts on Eternal Punishment, 1857, 8vo, pp. 24. 6. The Wonders of the Heavens, new ed., 1859, 12mo: 1861, 12mo. Williams, G. Tables of Money, Weights, and Measures, Ancient and Modern, &c., Lon., 1852, 12mo. Williams, Rev. Garnons. The Happy Isles: Poems, Lon., 1858, p. 8vo. "A very little of this minstrelsy is more than enough."-Lon. Athen., 1858, ii, 420. Williams, George, a Livery Servant. 1. Attempt to Restore the Supreme Worship of God the Father Almighty, Lon., 1764, 8vo; 2d ed., 1766, 8vo. 2. The Articles of the Church weighed against the Gospel, &c., 1768. Svo. Williams, George, b. 1814, and educated at Eton, and at King's College, Cambridge, of which he became Williams, Griffith, b. near Caernarvon, about 1589, and educated at Oxford and Jesus College, Cambridge, became Dean of Westminster, 1628, Dean of Bangor, 1634, and Bishop of Ossory, 1641, but within less than a month was obliged by the Rebellion to fly to England; at the Restoration recovered his bishopric; d. at Kilkenny, 1671-2. 1. The Delights of the Saints, Lon., 1622, 8vo. 2. Seven Golden Candlestickes, 1627. 4to: Heber, Pt. 6, 3903, £1 78.; 1635, fol. 3. The True Church, 1629, fol. 4. The Right Way to the Best Religion, 1636, fol., some 1. p.: Lilly's Cat., £6 68. 5. Vindiciae Regum, 1643, 4to. 6. The Discovery of Mysteries. 1643, 4to; 1645, 4to: 1666, fol. 7. Discourse on the Only Way to Preserve Life, Oxf., 1644, 4to: Hooten's H.-B. to Topog., (1864,) 5363, 5s. 6d.; 1666, 4to. 8. Jura Majestatis, 1644, 4to: Hooten, 5364, 12s. 6d.; Lon., 1666. 9. The Great Antichrist Revealed, 1660, fol. Antichrist he declares to be "the assembly of Presbyterians consulting at Westminster." He was answered in G. Pressicke's Plaine Discoveries, 1663, 4to. 10. Seven Treatises, 1661, fol. Hooten, 5365, 98. 6d. 11. Description and Practice of the four most admirable Beasts, 1663, 4to. 12. Chariot of Truth, 1663, fol. 13. The Persecution and Oppression of John Bale and of Griffith Williams, 1664, 4to. Bliss, Pt. 2, £3 88. It was repub. in No. 15. 14. Sermon at Oxford, 1664, 4to. Bliss, Part 2, £1. 15. Sermons and Treatises, 1665, 4to. Bright, 6062, £1 98.; Bliss, Pt. 1, 4742, with autograph notes of A. Panizzi, T. Watts, and Rev. J. H. Todd, respecting Bishop Williams, prefixed, £1 179. "Dr. Bliss considered this one of the rarest books in his possession. See his MS. note respecting it on fly-leaf."-BLISS: Cat., ut supra. 16. Four Treatises, 1667, 4to. Other publications. See Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 952; Harris's Ware; and especially No. 13, supra. Williams, Captain Griffith, of the Royal Regt. of Artillery at Newfoundland. Account of the Island of Newfoundland, &c.. Lon., 1765, 8vo, pp. 35. Williams, Guliel. Oxonia Depicta. See WILLIAMS, WILLIAM. Williams, H. 1. Principles and Constitutions of the |