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Wiltshire, Jan. 27, 1621, was matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford, 1636, and, with other students, took up arms in defence of Charles I.; practised physic at Oxford, and was appointed Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University, 1660; removed to London, 1666; was immediately appointed Physician-inOrdinary to Charles II., and was "so infinitely resorted to for his practice that never any physician before went beyond him, or got more money yearly than he," (Wood: ubi infra;) d. of pleuritis, Nov. 11, 1675.

1. Diatribæ duæ: 1. De Fermentatione, sive de Motu Intestino Particularum in quocunque Corpore; II. De Febribus, &c.; et Epistolica Dissertatio de Urinis, Hag. Com., 1659, 8vo; Lon., 1660, 1662, 1665. &c., 12mo; Amst., 1663, 1665, &c. See O'MEARA, EDMUND: Lower's Vindicatio is dated Lon., 1665, 8vo; Amst., 1666, 12mo. Coxly Cosin, M.D., also pub. Willisius Malevindicatus, &c., Dubl., 1667, 12mno, on which see Cole's note in Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 1051, n.

2. Cerebri Anatome, cui accessit Nervorum Descriptio et Usus, Lon., 1664, 8vo and 4to; Amst., 1666, 12mno; 1667, 12mo.

"Whatsoever is anatomical in that book, the glory thereof belongs to the said R. Lower, whose indefatigable industry at Oxon produced that elaborate piece."-WOOD: Athen. Oxon.,

Bliss's ed., iii. 1051.

"Sprengel says [Hist. de la Médecine, iv. 250: see, also, iii. 204] that Willis is the first who has assigned a peculiar mental function to each of the different parts of the brain; forgetting, as it seems, that this hypothesis, the basis of modern phrenology, had been generally received, as I understand his own account. in the sixteenth century."-HALLAM: Lit, Hist. of Europe, 4th ed., 1854, iii. 597.

"Among modern physiologists, Willis was the first who attempted a new attribution of mental functions to different parts of the nervous system. . . . And to Willis is to be traced the determination, so conspicuous among subsequent physiologists, of attributing mental uses to different parts of the brain." -SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON: Lects. on Metaphysics, 1859, Appendix, 650.

See, also, Burrows's Com. on Insanity, 61, 115, 280, 576, 593, 645, 686, 687, 688.

3. Pathologia Cerebri et Nervosi Generis Specimina; in quo agitur de Morbis Convulsivis; et de Scorbuto, Oxf., 1667, 4to; Lon., 1668, 4to; Amst., 1668, 12mo; 1669, 12mo; 1670, 12mo; Lon., 1678, 12mo.

"The inventor of the nervous system."-DR. FREIND. Highmore criticised this, (see HIGHMORE, NATHANIEL, M.D., Nos. 3, 4,) and Willis responded in-4. Affectionum quæ dicuntur Hysterica et Hypochondriaca Pathologia Spasmodica, vindicata Responsionem Epistolarem Nathan. Highmore, M.D., &c., 1670, 4to; Leyd., 1671, 12mo; Genev., 1675, 4to. 5. De Anima Brutorum, quæ Hominis Vitalis ac sensativa est, Exercitationes duæ, &c., Oxon., 1672, 4to: Lon., 1672, 8vo and 4to; Amst., 1674, 12mo. In English, by S. Pordage, Lon., 1683, fol. Attacked ("a severe and unjust censure:" Dr. Derham) by Schelhammer in his De Audita, Leyden, 1684. 6. Pharmaceutice Rationalis; sive Diatriba de Medicamentorum Operationibus in Humano Corpore, Pars 1, Oxon., 1674, 4to; Hag., 1674, 12mo: Pars 2, Oxon., 1675, 12mo and 4to; both, 1678, 8vo: 1679, 8vo; various edits. on the Continent. In English, anonymously, not well trans., Lon.. 1679, fol. After his death appeared: I. Opera Omnia, Genev. et Lion., 1676, 2 vols. 4to; Genev., 1680, 2 vols. 4to; Studio Gerard. Blassi, Amst., 1682, 4to; Venet., 1720, fol., &c. Whole Works in English, by R. L'Estrange, Lon., 1679, fol. This contains a Treatise on the Scurvy, and other additions. II. Dr. Willis's Practice of Physick, being the Whole Works of that Renowned Physician: Translated by Samuel Pordage, 1681, fol.: contains Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 6; including No. 5, 1684, fol.

III. The London Practice of Physic; or the Whole Practical Part of Physic contained in the Works of Dr. Willis, faithfully made English and Printed together for the Public Good, 1685, 8vo. With his portrait. Contains his Pharmaceutice Rationalis, Pars 1, 2, and his tracts on Convulsive Diseases, Scurvy, Diseases of the Brain, Genus Nervosum, and Fevers.

IV. A Plain and Easy Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) those that are Well from the Infection of the Plague or any Contagious Disease, in City, Camp, Country, Fleet, &c.; and for Curing such as are Infected with it, 1691, 8vo; 1722. Pub. by his amanuensis, J. Hemming: it was written in 1660. There was subsequently pub., under the name of Willis, Receipts for the Cure of all Diseases, 1701, Svo. This great man was so devout that he caused a service to be performed in the church in St. Martin's Lane, every morning early, in

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order that he might attend worship before he started on his daily round of visits; and he left £20 per annum for the maintenance of this service. He also devoted all his Sunday fees to charitable purposes. There are two heads of Willis, one engraved by Loggan, the other by Vertuo. See Biog. Brit.; Granger's Biog. Hist.; Birch's Lives; Dean Barwick's Life; Thomson's Hist. Roy. Soc.; Letters by Em. Persons, 1813, 3 vols. 8vo; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 139.

"The truth is, though he was a plain man, a man of no carriage, little discourse, complaisance, or society, yet for his deep insight, happy researches in natural and experimental philorepute in his practice, the natural smoothness, pure elegancy, sophy, anatomy, and chymistry, for his wonderful success and delightful, unaffected neatness of Latin style, none scarce hath equalled, much less outdone him, how great soever."-WOOD: Athen. Oxon., iii. 1051, (q. v.)

Willis, Thomas, D.D., educated at St. John's College, became minister of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, about 1667; d. 1692. He published some single sermons, Lon., 1659-76, and The Key of Knowledge, 8vo. See Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iv. 698.

Willis, Thomas. Remarks on Polygamy, Lon.,

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Willis, William, b. at Haverhill, Mass., 1794; graduated at Harvard College, 1813; admitted to the Bar at Boston, 1817; settled in Portland, Maine, 1819; and resided in that city, varying professional pursuits with public services and historic investigations, until his death, Feb. 16, 1870.

1. The History of Portland, from its First Settlement; with Notices of the Neighbouring Towns, and of the Changes of the Government in Maine, Portland, 8vo: Part 1, 1831, pp. 243, (also in Maine Hist. Coll., vol. i.;) Part 2, 1700-1833, 1833, pp. 355. The History of Portland from 1632 to 1864, &c., 2d ed., Revised and Enlarged, 1865, 8vo, pp. xiii., 10-928. This, as well as No. 7, must be in every American historical library. See N. Amer. Rev., xxxiv. 429. 2. Report of Committee on Riot in Portland, 1855, 8vo. 3. Introductory Address before the Maine Historical Society, 1855, 8vo. 4. Inaugural Address before the Maine Historical Society, 1857, 8vo. 5. Genealogy of the McKinstry Family, with a Preliminary Essay on the Scotch-Irish Immigrations to America, Bost., 1858, 8vo, pp. 28; 2d ed., 1866, 8vo, pp. 46.

"Mr. Willis is well known as an accurate and learned writer." -WHITMORE: Amer. Genealog., 138.

6. Descriptive Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets relating to Maine, &c., N. York, 1859, sm. 4to, pp. 22. See Hist. Mag., 1859, 162; 1860, 147, 211. 7. A History of the Law, the Courts, and the Lawyers of Maine, from its First Colonization to the Early Part of the Prosent Century, Portland, 1863, 8vo, pp. viii., 9–712. See No. 1. Mr. Willis was chief editor of the Maine Hist. Collec., (he was President of the Maine Hist. Soc.,) vols. i.-vi., 1831-59, and a contributor to each volume; and also contributed to N. Eng. Hist. and Genealog. Reg., Hist. Mag., Quarterly Journal, Norton's Literary Letter. (Bibliography of Maine, in No. 4, 1859.) Law Reports, &c. See, also, SMITH, THOMAS, 1702-1795, and A Tribute to the Memory of Hon. William Willis, LL.D., read before the Numismat. and Antiq. Soc. of Phila., March 3, 1870, by Charles Henry Hart, Historiographer to the Society, Phila., 1870, 8vo, pp. 8.

Willis, William Augustus, M.D. The Sacrifice; a Sacred Ode, Lon., 1779. 4to.

Willis, William Downes, Preb. of Wells, and Rector of Elsted, Essex. 1. Sermons for Servants, Lon., 12mo. 2. Simony: its History and Effects, with Some Account of the Puritan Feoffees. A.D. 1662, and of the Simeon Trustees, A.D. 1836, in Two Parts, 2d ed., 1865, 8vo.

Willison, Andrew. Two papers in Ed. Med. Ess., iv. 294, 412, and one paper in Med. Com., xv. (1790)

355.

Willison, John, a divine of the Church of Scotland, b. 1680, became mirister at Brechin, and subsequently at Dundee, where he remained until his death, May 3, 1750.

College, Cambridge, was Curate of St. James's Church, Ratcliffe, 1842-44, became Rector of St. Catherine's, Bear Wood, 1846, and retired from that post (on a pension of £160) to Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, where he remained until his death, May 27, 1863. He was most generously patronized by the late John Walter, Esq., of Bear Wood, and by his son and successor.

1. Example of Plain Catechising, Edin., 1737, 8vo, | Merchant-Tailors' School, Harrow School, and Trinity and repub. 2. Sacramental Directory; or, A Treatise concerning the Sanctification of a Communion Sabbath, 1745, 12mo; last ed., Edin., 1862, 8vo. 3. Afflicted Man's Companion, 1755, 8vo, and often repub., in 8vo, 12mo, and 18mo; Lon., 1845, 18mo; Edin., 1848, fp. 8vo; Phila., 18mo. See WINCHESTER, SAMUEL GOVER, No. 1. 4. Sacramental Meditations and Advices, Edin., 1769, 12mo; Glasg., 1783, 12mo; Lon., 12mo: N. York, 1850, '51, 18mo. 5. Sacramental Catechism, Lon., 12mo; N. York, 1855, 18mo. 6. Christian's Scripture Directory, new ed., N. York, 32mo; with Improvements by Rev. A. Strahan, Lon., 24mo. 7. Two Sermons, John iii. 30: ૧ Prophecy of the French Revolution and the Downfall of Anti-Christ; Reprinted from the Original, 1793, 8vo. 8. Free and Impartial Testimony to the Church of Scotland, new ed., Pittsburg, 1808, 12mo. Other publications. Works, Aberd., 1769, 4to; 1770, fol.; 1797, 4 vols. 8vo; Edin., 1798, 4 vols. 8vo. Practical Works, Aberd., 1817, 4to; by Hetherington, Edin., r. 8vo, £1 1. See Chambers's and Thomson's Biog. Dict. of Em. Scots., ed. 1855, iv. 467; Ralph Erskine's Faith No Fancy,

Edin., 1745, 12mo.

Williston, E. B., President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, d. at Norwich, Vt., Dec. 28, 1837, aged 36. Eloquence of the United States, Middletown, Conn., 1827, 5 vols. 8vo. See GOODRICH, CHAUNCEY A., D.D., (p. 700.) See Lon. Quar. Rev., lxvii. 1: American Orators and Statesmen, (by A. Hayward, Q.C.)

Williston, Payson, D.D., b. 1763; graduated at Yale College, 1783; was minister at Easthampton, Mass., 1789-1833; d. Jan. 30, 1856. He published a Sermon in a volume of Sermons, 1799, and a Half-Century Sermon from his Settlement, 1839.

Williston, Ralph, Lutheran pastor, New York. A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from Various Authors; for the Use of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York, (with a Preface by Rev. John C. Kunze,) N. York, 1806, pp. 319: Hymns, 437. To some copies are added, as in Strebeck's Collection, The Liturgy, Gospels, and Epistles of the English Evangelical Church in New York.

"Of considerable merit. . . . A properly-authorized Church collection; whereas Strebeck's was a private affair, for the use merely of his own congregation."-REV. F. M. BIRD: Evangel. Quar Rev., Jan. 1865, 32.

Williston, Seth, D.D., b. at Suffield, Conn., 1770; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1791; was licensed to preach, 1794; d. 1851. 1. Address to Parents, 1799. This, originally pub. at Suffield, Conn., 12mo, was repub. at Greenock, Scotland, 1802, 12mo. pp. 72. 2. Sermons on Doctrinal and Experimental Religion, 1812. 3. Discourses on the Sabbath, 1813. 4. Vindication of the Reformation, 1817. 5. Sermons on the Incarnation and the Spirit, 1823. 6. Sermons adapted to Revivals, 1828. 7. Harmony of Divine Truth, 1836. 8. Discourses on the Temptation of Christ, 1837. 9. Christ's Kingdom Not of this World, 1843. 10. Lectures on the Moral Imperfections of Christians, 1846. 11. Millennial Discourses, 1848. Also, pamphlet sermons, &c., and anonymous tracts, q. v. in Sprague's Annals, iv., Presbyterian,

142.

Willmore, Graham, Barriste at-Law. 1. With WOLLASTON, F. L., and DAVISON, HENRY, Reports of Cases in K. B. and upon Writs of Error from that Court to the Ex. Ch. and in the Bail Court, &c., from Hil. Term 7 Will. IV. to Mich. Term 1 Vict., Lon., 1839, 8vo; and with WOLLASTON, F. L., and HODGES, WILLIAM, from Hil. Term 1 Vict. to Hil. Term 2 Vict., 1840, 2 vols. 8vo. 2. Confusion Worse Confounded; or, The Statutes at Large in 1852, 8vo, 1853.

"A smart and telling pamphlet on a subject of great public utility."-Lon. Athen., 1853, 858.

3. With BEEDEL, EDWIN, Mercantile and Maritime Guide, 1856, 8vo; 2d ed., 1858, 8vo. See, also, STEEL, DAVID, No. 1.

Willmore, James Tibbits, Associate Engraver in the Royal Academy since 1843, b. in London, 1800, has acquired celebrity chiefly by his beautiful prints from Turner-The Old Temeraire, Mercury and Argus, Ancient Italy, The Golden Bough, The Dogana, &c.,Eastlake, Calcott, Stanfield, Landseer, Chalon, and Leitch. He engraved some of the plates in the Rivers of France, and plates in other works.

Willmott, George. Amateur Florist's Assistant, Lon., 1840, 16mo.

Willmott, Robert Aris, b. 1809, and educated at

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1. Lives of [English] Sacred Poets, Lon., 1834, fp. 8vo; Second Ser., 1838, fp. 8vo. See commendatory notice in Lon. Athen., 1834, 311; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1838, 713; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1848, ii. 500. 2. Letters of Eminent Persons, Selected and Illustrated, &c., 1839, cr. 8vo. "Letters, such as are written from wise men, are, of all the words of men, in my judgment the best."-BACON.

3. Conversations at Cambridge, p. 8vo: Selected, 1840, 8vo. Commended by Lon. Gent. Mag., 1841, i. 294, and Britannia. 4. Pictures of Christian Life, 1841, fp. 8vo. Commended by Lon. Exam. See, also, Fraser's Mag., xxvi. 406. 5. Poems, 1841, fp. 8vo; 2d ed., 1848, 12mo. Commended by Lon. Gent. Mag., 1848, ii. 500. 6. Gems of Epistolary Correspondence, new ed., 1846, fp. 8vo. 7. Bishop Jeremy Taylor: his Predecessors, Contemporaries, and Successors; a Biography, 1846, (Jan. 1847,) 12mo; 2d ed., Mar. 1848, fp. 8vo; 1864, fp.

8vo.

MITFORD: Recollec. of a Lit. Life, ch. xlii.
"The charming work of my friend Mr. Willmott."-MISS

It was also praised by Lon. Times, 1847, and Lon. Athen., 1847, 37. See, also, Lon. Gent. Mag., 1848, ii. 500, and Lon. Reader, 1864, ii. 290. 8. Journal of Summer-Time in the Country, 1849, 12mo; 2d ed., 1851, 12mo; N. York, 1852, 16mo; 3d ed., Illustrated with more than 45 plates, Lon., 1858, sq. cr. 8vo, 12s. 6d.; red. to 108. 6d., 1861; 4th ed., with Introductory Memoir by his Sister, 1864, fp. 8vo, 58. Praised by C. Kingsley; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1849, ii. 339, 465; Lon. Athen., 1849, 539; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1849, 393.

"Admirably adapted for country reading. We commend it to every one who is out of town."-Lon. Reader, 1864, ii. 291. 9. Precious Stones: Aids to Reflection, 1850, 12mo; 1853, 12mo; 1854, 12mo.

"Mr. Willmott has made an excellent selection."—Lon. Critic.

10. Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages of Literature, 1851, 12mo; 5th ed., 1860, fp. 8vo; 1865, 12mo. Several edits. in Germany. Commended by Lon. Athen., 1851, 709; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1855, 25, &c.

11. The Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Selected and Edited, Illustrated with 100 engravings, 1856, sm. 4to, £1 19.; 2d ed., 1857; 3d ed., 1858; 1865; 1868; With English and American Additions, Edited by Evert A. Duyckinek, with 132 engravings, N. York, 1858, sm. 4to. Commended by Lon. Athen., 1856, 1364, and N. Amer. Rev., Jan. 1858, 290.

12. English Sacred Poetry of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries, Selected and Edited, Illustrated, Lon., Nov. 1861, sm. 4to, £1 18. "On the whole, the selection is satisfactory."-Lon. Athen., 1861, ii, 690.

In 1828, whilst at Harrow, he published a small volume which was praised by James Montgomery; in 1844 he gave to the press a Farewell Sermon delivered at Ratcliffe, 8vo; and he contributed Notes to Pegge's Anecdotes of the English Language, 3d ed., by Rev. H. Christmas, 1844, 8vo.

Edited: 13. The Works of George Herbert, in Prose and Verse, 1854, fp. 8vo. See HERBERT, GEORGE, No. 12; Lon. Athen., 1854, 110. 14. The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, Thomas Parnell, William Collins, Matthew Green, and Thomas Warton, 1854, 12mo. See Lon. Athen., 1854, 1040; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1857, i. 566. 15. The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Illust., Dec. 1854, 12mo; 1858, 12mo. 16. The Poetical Works of Akenside and Dyer, 1855, 12mo. 17. Reliques of Ancient Poetry, by Thomas Percy, 1857, 12mo; 1865, fp. 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1857, 903. 18. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, June, 1858, 12mo; Nov. 1858, 12mo. 19. Fairfax's Tasso, Illust., 1858, 12mo. Condemned in Lon. Reader, 1865, i. 684. See SMITH, Rev. CHARLES LESINGHAM, No. 2. 20. Poems by William Wordsworth, (q. v.) 21. Goldsmith's Poetical Works, with Life. Illust., Nov. 1858, sm. 4to, £1 18. 22. Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, with Memoir, new ed., 1859, 12mo. 23. Poems of James Montgomery, Selected, with 100 Designs, Oct. 1859, sm. 4to, £1 18.

Willobie, or Willoughby, Henry, educated at Oxford, d. 1594 to 1596. Willobie his Avisa, or the

True Picture of a Modest Maide and of a Chast and Constant Wife, &c., Lon., 1594, 4to: Chalmers, Pt. 3, 1131, £10 108.; 2d ed., 1596, 4to; 4th ed., 1605, 4to; 1609, 4to; 5th ed., 1635, 4to. Mitford, Apr. 1860, £6 88. 6d. A poem in six-line stanzas. See COLSE, PETER. For notices of Willobie and his poem, published by Hadrian Dorrell, see Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., i. 756; Ritgon's Bibl. Poet.; Brit. Bibliog., No. 14, 242, (by J. Haslewood;) Drake's Shakspeare and his Times, i. 663, ii. 40.

| Discours, &c., 8. l., 1589, 4to. Bright, 6009, £2 198. See Retrospec. Rev., N. S., ii. (1828) 177-205; Bertie's Letters. See, also, Five Generations of a Loyal House: Part 1, Containing the Lives of Richard Bertie and his Son Peregrine Lord Willoughby, Queen Elizabeth's General in the Low Countries; by Lady Georgina Bertie, Lon., 1845, sm. 4to, pp. 546. Reviewed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1846, i. 272, and Lon. Athen., 1845, 955. The authoress, daughter of the late Countess of Antrim and Lord Mark Robert Kerr, was b. 1806, and married the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Bertie, son of the 4th Earl of Abingdon, and b. 1793, in 1825. When shall we have Part 2 of her work?

Willock, Willcocks, or Willox, John, an early champion of the Reformation in Scotland, and moderator of several General Assemblies, 1563-68, is said to have been the author of some treatises. See Dempster's Hist. Eccles.; Wodrow's Biog. Collec., Glasgow, 1834-mond Willoughby, Lord, nineteenth Baron, 35, 2 vols. 4to, 99-116, 449-53.

Willoughby, Lady. So much of the Diary [16351648] of Lady Willoughby as relates to her Domestic History, and to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First, Lon., 1844, (some 1845,) er. 4to; new ed., 1845, (some 1846,) 8vo; N. York, 1845, 8vo. Some Further Portions of the Diary [1648-1653] of Lady Willoughby, Lon., 1847, cr. 8vo; new ed., 1848, 8vo; N. York, 1848, 2 vols. 12mo.

"A work of fiction of great interest and of great beauty."Hood's Mag., (same in Liv. Age, ii. 172.)

See, also, Eclec. Rev., 4th Ser., xxiii. 344; Amer. Whig Rev., xiii. 545; Evangel. Mag., 1844; Lon. Athen., 1844, 471; 1845, 92; 1847, 1391; 1858, ii. 264; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1844, 297, and 1847, 876. Lady Willoughby's Diary is by Mrs. Hannah Mary Rathbone, (supra.) Willoughby, Francis, Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts from 1666 until his death in 1671, left in cipher what is supposed to be his Journal. The MS. is in the Library of the Antiquarian Society of Worcester.

Willoughby, Francis. See WILLUGHBY, FRANCIS. Willoughby, George de Broke, Lord, D.D. Sermon, Acts xx. 25: Blessedness of Doing Good, Lon.,

1712, 4to.

Willoughby, Harriet. The History of France, in Rhyme, 420-1830, &c.; addressed to the Children of the Rt. Hon. Lord Lilford, Lon., 12mo.

"Under the sobriquet of Harriet Willoughby we discovered the only daughter of the celebrated Charles James Fox."-Lon. Lit. Gaz.

Willoughby, Sir Hugh, was admiral of a fleet fitted out for a voyage of discovery by the Company of Merchants Adventurers, whose Governor was Sebastian Cabot. Of the three vessels which sailed from Deptford, May 10, 1553, not one returned, and of the crews, only a few of the common sailors of the Edward Bonaventura.

An account purporting to be Sir Hugh Willoughby's Journal was published in Hakluyt, (see the MS. in the Cottonian Collec. in Brit. Mus., Otho, E. viii.,) and notices of the expedition occur in Clement Adams's account of Chancellor's adventures, and in the voyages of Burrough and Jenkinson in 1756, also in Hakluyt. See, also, Pinkerton, i.; Purchas, iii. 463; and the notice of Willoughby in Knight's Eng. Cyc., Biog., vi. (1858) 742. "Almost heroic, if any other end than excessive love of gain or traffic had animated the design."-MILTON.

This is not a very lenient judgment on the enterprise. Willoughby, John, of Broadgate's Hall, Oxford. Treatise for the Preparation of the Lord's Supper, Oxf.,

1603.

Willoughby, Stephen. Sermon, Jonah iii. 4, Lon., 1685, 4to.

Willoughby, Sir Nesbit Josiah, Kt., C.B., R.N., b. Aug. 29, 1777; became Rear-Admiral of the White, 1847; d. May 19, 1819. Extracts from Holy Writ and Various Authors, intended as Helps to Meditation and Prayer, Principally for Soldiers and Seamen, Lon., 1839. For gratuitous distribution. A sketch of this distinguished officer will be found in O'Byrne's Naval Biography, ed. 1849, 1300.

Willoughby d'Eresby, Peter Robert Drum(England,) b. 1782, succeeded his father, the first Lord Gwydyr, in 1820, and his mother, the Baroness Willoughby d'Eresby, in 1828. Remarks on Ploughing by Steam, Lon., 1845, 8vo.

Willox, John. See WILLOCK, WILLCOCKS, or WILLOX, JOHN.

Willox, John. 1. Glasgow Tourist and Itinerary, Lon., sq. 12mo. 2. Edinburgh Tourist and Itinerary, 1847, sq. 12mo.

Wills, Mr. De Arte Graphica; or, The Art of Painting; Translated from the Original Latin of C. A. Du Fresnoy; with Notes, Lon., 1754, 4to.

"On the whole, we venture to affirm, this gentleman seems more likely to gain reputation by his pencil than his pen."— Lon. Mom. Rev., 1754, i. 386.

Wills, Alfred, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-atLaw. 1. Treatise on the Power and Duties of Parish Vestries, Lon.. 1855, 12mo. 2. Wanderings among the High Alps, 1856, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1858, 12mo. 3. "The Eagle's Nest" in the Valley of Sixt, a Summer-House among the Alps; together with some Excursions among the Great Glaciers, with 12 Illustrations, from Sketches and Photographs by Mr. and Mrs. Wills, and a Map, Aug. 1860, p. 8vo; 2d ed., Nov. 1860, p. 8vo. Mr. Wills here describes his own cottage, from which the light was soon to be withdrawn. Mrs. W. died in 1860, before the book was published. See review in Lon. Athen., 1860, ii. 188.

Wills, Benjamin. Single Sermons, Lon., 171620-32.

Wills, Rev. Charles. 1. Theology and Theologians, Lon., 1854, fp. 8vo.

"We earnestly commend this essay."-The Homilist.

2. First Lessons in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1863, r. 18mo. 3. Nature of the Bible considered in Relation to Modern Scepticism, 1865, fp. 8vo.

Wills, Frank, b. in Exeter, England, 1822, a resident of New York since Dec. 1847, was for some time editor of, and a contributor to, the New York Ecclesiologist. He is the author of English Ecclesiastical Architecture; originally written as Lectures.

Wills, Rev. James, of Dublin. 1. Letters on the Philosophy of Unbelief, Dubl., 8vo. Reviewed in Dubl. Univ. Mag., vi. 625. 2. Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, 1839-41, 6 vols. 8vo. See Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1839, 367; Lon. Athen., 1839, 577; Dubl. Univ. Mag., xvii. 100, xxx. 511. Add to this, Personal Sketches of His Own Times, by Sir Jonah Barrington, M.P., &c., 3d ed., 1869, 2 vols. demy 8vo. 3. Dramatic Sketches, and other Poems, 1845, p. 8vo. See Dubl. Univ. Mag., xxvi. 168, and (Epistles) xxxvi. 213. Summary View of the Evidences of Christianity; in a Letter from Chief-Justice Bushe, (Dublin,) with Preface, Notes, &c., 1845, 12mo.

"An excellent book."-Lon. Athen., 1845, 987.

4.

Wills, James. 1. Treatise on Compound Proportion. 2. Historical and Sentimental Cards. 3. "Leisure Moments;" comprising Sketches and Essays, Historical and Descriptive, Worcester, 1864, sm. cr.

Willoughby d'Eresby. See Memoirs of the 8vo. See Lon. Reader, 1864, ii. 12. Eleventh Lord, Lon., 1839, 8vo.

Willoughby d'Eresby, Peregrine Bertie, Lord, Queen Elizabeth's General in the Low Countries, b. at Wesel, 1555, d., after a brilliant career, at Berwickupon-Tweed, 1601. A Short and True Discourse for satisfying all those who, not knowing the Truth, speake indiscreetly of her most excellent Maiestie, of the Lord Willoughby, Gouernour of hir Maiesties Succours in the Vnited Prouinces of the Low Countries and of all the English Nation, &c., 1589, 4to, pp. 51. Introduced with A short epistle by Peregrin, Lord Willoughby, Beck, Eresby, &c. Bliss, Part 1, 4750, £6. In French, Bref

Wills, John, D.D., of Trinity College, Oxford. 1. Judgment of the Foreign Reformed Churches concerning the Rites and Offices of the Church of England, Lon., 1690. Anon. 2. Unlawfulness of Bonds of Resignation, 1696, 8vo. Anon. 3. The Julian and Gregorian Year; or, The Difference between the Old and New Style, &c., 1700, 4to. Anon.

Wills, Obadiah. 1. Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated, Lon., 1674, 8vo. 2. Vindication of No. 1, 1675. 3. Censure of the Sentence of the Baptists upon an Appeal made against H. Danvers, 1676. Wills, Ruth, a worker in a warehouse, " began life

in the lowliest homes of the poor." Lays of Lowly Life, Lon., 1861, 16mo; 2d ed., 1861. See Lon. Athen., 1861, ii. 687.

Wills, S. R. Affection's Tribute; or, The Voice of the Last Year, Dubl., 1852, 18mo.

1.

Wills, Samuel, an American Baptist divine. Exposition of the Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia, N. York, 1852, 12mo; Lon., 1854, 8vo. 2. Christian Ordinances and Ecclesiastical Observances Reconsidered. N. York, p. 8vo; Lon., 1854, p. 8vo. 3. Scriptural Expositions; or, Daily Meditations for the Year, N. York, 1854, 4 vols. 8vo; Lon., 1854, 4 vols. 8vo. "Just what a book of this sort should be."-Chris. Intell. Wills, T. Affair between Hamilton and Burr, N. York, 1804, 8vo.

Wills, Thomas, of Islington and Silver Street. Spiritual Register: an Account of the Lord's Dealings with Eminent Believers, Lon., 1787, 3 vols. 8vo. See Memoirs of his Life and Correspondence, from his Journals, &c., 1804, 8vo.

Wills, W. G. 1. Life's Foreshadowings, Lon., 1859, 3 vols. p. 8vo. Anon. 2. Notice to Quit, Sept. 1861, 3 vols. p. 8vo; N. York, Dec. 1861, Svo.

"This is an excellent novel; . . . a great improvement on the author's last work, 'Life's Foreshadowings.'"-Lon. Athen., 1861, ii. 652.

"A novel of remarkable power."-Lon. Spec., 1861. "The story is full of life and energy."-John Bull. 3. The Wife's Evidence, Lon., Nov. 1863, 3 vols. p. 8vo; N. York, 1864, 8vo. Commended by Lon. Reader, 1864, i. 79, Lon. Spec., John Bull, &c. 4. The Three Watches, Lon., Dec. 1864, 3 vols. p. 8vo. 5. David Chantrey, Sept. 1865, 3 vols. p. 8vo. Repub. from Temple Bar Mag.

"A work of decided interest and merit."-Lon. Observer. 6. The Love that Kills, 1867, 3 vols. p. 8vo. The Pall Mall Gazette complained that The Love that Kills was published as a new work, when the author "was reproducing an earlier work," (No. 1.) Mr. Wills replied that "the whole bent of the work is altered," and much of the matter new. The Pall Mall Gazette (March 6th, 1867) professed itself still dissatisfied. See Olphar Hamst's Hand-Book for Fictitious Names, 169.

Wills, William, Surgeon of the Dorrington IndiaHis Adventures and Sufferings, Pt. 1, Lon., 1751,

man. 8vo.

Wills, Rev. William. Poetical Essay on the Engagement of Trafalgar, 1805, 4to.

Wills, William, Attorney-at-Law, d. April, 1860. Essay on the Rationale of Circumstantial Evidence. Illustrated by Numerous Cases, Lon., 1838, 8vo, and in vol. xli., 1843, 8vo, of Phila. Law Lib.; 3d Lon. ed., Principles of Circumstantial Evidence, 1850, 8vo; 3d Amer. ed., Phila., 1853, 8vo; 1857, 8vo; 4th Lon. ed., by his Son, 1862, 8vo.

"His well-intentioned but confused work."-Lon. Athen.,

1838.268.

"It is written clearly, strongly, and elegantly, with conclusive evidence of much research and profound reflection."CHANCELLOR KENT.

Also commended by 11 Leg. Rep., 80; 20 Law Mag., 19; Law Times; West. Law Jour.; Leg. Obs., Mar. 30, 1850; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1850, 260.

Wills, William. See WILLS, WILLIAM JOHN. Wills, William Henry, b. in Plymouth, 1810, a contributor to the Penny and Saturday Magazines, McCulloch's Geographical Dictionary, and Punch, has been co-editor of, as well as contributor to, The Daily News, Chambers's Journal, and Household Words, (1850-59,) and acted in both capacities to All The Year Round from its establishment in 1859 until 1869, when his health gave way, and Mr. Dickens was obliged to assume all the editorial labour. 1. Sir Roger de Coverley; by the Spectator; the Notes and Illustrations by W. Henry Wills; the Engravings by Thompson, from Designs by Fred. Taylor, Lon., 1850, cr. 8vo, 158.; mor., £1 78.; 1851, sq. 16mo, (Longman's Trav. Lib., iv. ;) Bost., 1851,

12mo.

"They are read with twofold pleasure in their consecutive form; and the annotation rendered desirable by the change of time has on the whole been creditably supplied by Mr. Wills." -Lon. Quar. Rev., xc. 285, (sanie in Bost. Liv. Age, xxxiii. 385.) See, also, Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1850, 849. 2. Old Leaves Gathered from "Household Words," Lon., 1860, p. 8vo; N. York, 1860, 12mo. Mr. Charles Dickens touched them up here and there.

"A volume of very pleasant and profitable reading."-Lon. Athen., Jan. 21, 1860.

"Thirty-seven very skilfully written pieces of reporting."Lon. Critic, Jan. 28, 1860.

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3. Poets' Wit and Humour, Selected, with over 100 Illustrations, Lon., Nov. 1860, sm. 4to, £1 18.

Wills, William John, b. at Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. 5, 1834, perished of hunger near Cooper's Creek, Australia, about July 1, 1861, in the manner described in the following narration: A Successful Exploration through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria; From the Journals and Letters of William John Wills; Edited by his Father, William Wills, with Portrait and Map, Lon., Feb. 1863, 8vo, pp. xii., 396.

"Mr. Wills the martyr, whose history of the journey is all that is left to us, is deserving of a nation's tears."-Australian Press.

Reviewed in Lon. Athen., 1863, i. 223, and Lon. Reader, 1863, i. 183. See, also, STURT, CHARLES H.; WESTGARTH, WILLIAM.

Artificial, 3 Books, Lon., 1656, 8vo.
Willsford, Thomas. Arithmetic, Natural and

Willshire, W. H., M.D. Principles of Botany, &c., for the Use of Students of Medicine, Lon., Dec. 1839, 8vo.

"A very correct and useful little work."-Lon. Gent. Mag., 1840, ii. 173.

Willson, Mrs. Arabella M. See JUDSON, MRS. ANNE HASELTINE.

Willson, Byron Forceythe, a resident of New Albany, Indiana, and subsequently of Cambridge, Mass., d. 1867, contributed In State, and In Sepulchre, The Old Sergeant, &c., poems, to periodicals; and a volume of his poetry, under the title of The Old Sergeant, and other Poems, by Forceythe Wilson, was published in Boston, Dec. 1866, pp. 113.

Rulers of Society, Phila., 1821, 12mo.
Willson, David. A Present to the Teachers and

Willson, Edward James. Glossary of Technical Terms descriptive of Gothic Architecture: to accompany Pugin's Specimens of Gothic Architecture, with 19 Nos.3, 8. plates, 2d ed., Lon., 1829, 4to. See PUGIN, AUGUSTUS,

Willson, Harry. 1. Fugitive Sketches in Rome and Venice; 13 lithographs, Lon., 1838, imp. fol., 528. 6d. 2. Use of a Box of Colours, 1842, imp. 8vo, 248. 3. Practical Treatise on Composition, Light, Shade, and 8vo. Colour, with plates, 1842, imp. 8vo; new ed., 1851, imp.

Anniversary of the Settlement of Petersham, MassachuWillson, Henry B. Address at the Centennial setts, Bost., 1855, 8vo.

Mining Engineers. The Metals in Canada; a Manual Willson, James L., and Robb, Charles, for Explorers, Montreal. 1861, 8vo, pp. 80.

3.

Willson, James Renwick, D.D., b. near PittsPenna., 1805; was licensed to preach, 1807, and d. 1853. burg, Penna., 1780; graduated at Jefferson College, 1. Historical Sketch of Opinions on the Atonement, &c., 1817. 2. Alphabetical Writing and Printing, 1826. Prince Messiah's Claim to Dominion, &c., Albany, 1832, 8vo. 4. The Written Law, 1840. Also, single sermons, addresses, &c. See Sprague's Annals, ix., 1869, Reformed Presbyterian, xli.

Willson, Marcius, b. at West Stockbridge, Mass., 1813; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, 1836. 1. Civil Polity and Political Economy, N. York, 1838, 12mo. 2. Atlas of Perspective, Architectural, and Landscape Drawing, 1839, fol. 3. Theoretical Arithmetic, 12mo, pp. 72. Historical Series, 4-8: 4. Comprehensive Chart of American History, 1844, on rollers, nearly 5 by 6 feet. 5. History of the United States for Schools, 1845, 12mo. 6. American History, 1846, Lib. ed. 8vo, School ed. 12mo. 7. Juvenile American History, 1847, 12mo. 8. Outlines of General History, 1854, School ed., 8vo; Univ. ed., with Philosophy of History, 8vo.

Reading Series, 9-17: 9. School and Family Primer, 1860, 12mo. 10. Primary Speller, 1863, 12mo. 11. Larger Speller, 1864, 12mo. 12. First Reader, 1860, 12mo. 13. Second Reader, 1860, 12mo. 14. Third Reader, 1860, 12mo. 15. Fourth Reader, 1860, 12mo. 16. Fifth Reader, 1861, 12mo. 17. Third Reader of a Grade between the Second and Third Readers of the School and Family Series, 1866, 12mo.

18. Manual of Information and Suggestion for ObjectLessons in a Course of Elementary Instruction, 1862, 12mo. 19. With CALKINS, N. A., School and Family Charts, Nos. 1-22, 1862. For commendatory notices of some of Willson's school-books, (thousands of which are annually published in New York,) see Educat. News,

Nov. 1858; Amer. Lit. Gaz., Sept. 15, 1864, 276, (see, also, 282, 344,) and Nov. 15, 1865, 258. See, also, Notes on Willson's Readers, by S. S. Haldeman, (supra,) 1864, Pp. 24.

Willughby, Francis, already noticed in our Life of his preceptor and friend, John Ray, the only son of Sir Francis Willughby, Knight, of Eresby, was b. 1635, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; travelled with Ray extensively in England, and in 1663-64 on the Continent, collecting materials, subsequently digested by Ray, (ut infra,) for works on natural history; d. whilst contemplating a voyage to America for further acquisitions, July 3, 1672. His museum of animal and fossil productions was a valuable one for its day. He contributed five papers to Phil. Trans., 1669-71, (see Watt's Bibl. Brit.,) and Ray after his death prepared from his MSS. and inserted in Phil. Trans. other papers. Ray also published the two following: 1. Francisci Willughbeii Arm. Ornithologia Libri tres, &c.; Totum Opus recognovit, digessit, supplevit Johannes Raius, with 77 plates, Lon., 1676, fol.: Hibbert, 8645, 11s.; 1. p.: Hibbert, 8644, with coloured plates, £1 198.: Sotheby's, Feb. 1823, £3. Ornithology, translated into English and Enlarged by John Ray, to which are Added Three Discourses, with 78 engravings, and 2 at page 28, (sometimes wanting,) 1678, fol. Roxburghe, 1800, £3. "This book first gave me a taste for Natural History."THOMAS PENNANT.

Cuvier says that all subsequent writers have followed Willughby, and that his descriptions are wonderfully correct. Buffon extracted from Willughby's Ornithologia almost all the anatomical part of his history of birds, and Linnæus is greatly his debtor. See No. 2. 2. Francisci Willughbeii Arm. de Historia Piscium. Libri quatuor, Jussu et Sumptu Soc. Regia Lond. editi: Totum Opus recognovit, coaptavit, supplevit, Librum etiam Primum et Secundum integros adjecit J. Raius, with 188 plates, Oxon., 1686, fol.: Willett, 2705, £1 98.; 1. p.: Sotheby's, Feb. 1823, £3 188. With a new title-page, 1743, fol.; 1. p.: Nassau, Pt. 2, 1627, £1 18. This issue has a supplement, entitled In lex Piscium, &c., Cromwell Mortimeri, dated 1740: 6 leaves. See TYSON, EDWARD, M.D.

"The fishes of the Mediterranean are described with rare precision; and it is frequently easier to find species in Willughby than in Linnæus."-CUVIER: Biog. Univ., art. Ray.

Cuvier also notices (Hist. Nat., Premier Discours) the obligations of Willughby, in common with Gesner, Aldrovandus, Artedi, Linnæus, and Lacepède, to Rondelet's Piscibus Marinis, Lugd., 1554–55, 2 Parts, in 1 vol. fol., some 1. p.

"Willoughby was the most accomplished Zoologist of this or any other country; for all the honour that has been given to Ray, so far as concerns systematic Zoology, belongs exclusively to him. He alone is the author of that system which both Ray and Linnæus took for their guide, which was not improved by the former or confessed by the latter."-SWAINSON.

But this alleged superiority to Ray will be disputed. For Willoughby's Iter Hispanicum and his Letters, see RAY, JOHN, Nos. 6, 21. His Travels in Spain are also in Harris's Voyages, vol. ii. For other notices of Willughby, see Biog. Brit.; Birch's Hist. of Roy. Soc., iii. 66; Derham's Life of Ray; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxiv. 76-78, 80, 82, and xxxii. 147; Knight's Eng. Cyc., v. (1857) 36, 38, and vi. (1858) 741; Ray's Preface to the Ornithologia.

Willyams. See, also, WILLIAMS. Willyams, Cooper, educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, became Vicar of Ixning, Suffolk, about 1789, and was subsequently Chaplain in the Royal Navy; Rector of Kingston and Stourmouth, Kent, from 1806 until his death, July 17, 1816, aged 54. 1. History of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, Lon., 1791, fol. 2. Account of the Campaign in the West Indies in 1794, under Sir C. Grey and Sir J. Jervis, &c., 1796, 4to, with plates in atlas fol. Reviewed in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1798, i. 421. 3. Voyage up the Mediterranean, &c., under Nelson, &c.; with a Description of the Battle of the Nile, &c., with 43 plates, 1802, 4to, £3 13s. 6d.; or col'd plates, £5 59.; 1. p., r. fol., with plates extra col'd, 100 copies, £10 108.: Roxburghe, 7253, £4 158.

"Mr. W. has given a very clear and circumstantial account of the battle of the Nile."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1802, iii. 3. "The first, the most particular, and the most authentic account."-Lon. Gent. Mig., 1816, ii. 91.

4. Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar, with a Geographical and Historical Description of each View in English and French, 32 col'd plates, 1822, fol.

Willyams, James Brydges. 1. Compendious Treatise of Modern Education, &c., by the Late Joel McCringer, D.D., &c.; with Coloured Designs, delineated by J. B. W*** ****, &c., Lon., 1804, long fol. A jeu-d'esprit; noticed in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1804, iii. 106. 2. The Influence of Genius; a Poem, 1816, Svo.

Willyams, Miss Jane Louisa. 1. Chillon; or, Protestants of the Sixteenth Century; an Historical Tale, Lon., 1845, 2 vols. p. 8vo; red. to 10., 1851; Phila., 1845, 12mo. Miss Williams and a young friend resided for four months in the Castle of Chillon,-from which François de Bonnivard (Byron's famous "Prisoner of Chillon") emerged, wrote a history of his times, and survived his imprisonment (1530–36) 34 years, dying at | Geneva in 1570.

"Furnishes proof of considerable ability."-Brit. Quar. Rev. Also commended by Britannia, and Lon. Lit. Gaz. 2. Short History of the Waldensian Church; with a Preface by the Rev. W. S. Gilly, (p. 673, supra.) Lon., Dec. 1844, cr. 8vo; 2d ed., 1855. Commended with qualifications by Lon. Gent. Mag., 1855, i. 279.

Willymat, William. 1. A Princes Looking Glasse, &c., excerpted and chosen out of BAZIAIKON AMPON, &c., and translated into Latin and English Verse, Camb., 1603, 4to. Bibl. Anglo-Poet., 848, £10 10s.: Heber, Pt. 4, 3007, £1 28. 2. A Loyal Subject's Looking-Glasse, 1624. 4to. Gordonstoun, 2338, 78. 6d.

Willymott, William, LL.D., a native of Royston, admitted a scholar of King's College, Cambridge, 1692, became usher at Eton; tutor at King's College; Rector of Milton, 1735; d. 1737. 1. Particles Exemplified in English Sentences, Lon., 1704, 8vo; 13th ed.. Eton, 1789, 12mo; 1810, 12mo; Lon., 1828, 12mo. 2. Peculiar Use and Signification of Certain Words in the Latin Tongue, Camb., 1704, 8vo; 1705, 8vo; 1748, 8vo; 1767, 8vo; Lon., 1812, 12mo; 1826. 12mo. 3. Collection of Devotions for the Altar, &c., 1720, 2 vols. 8vo; some 1. p. He also pub. Latin school-books, from Lilly, Terence, Ovid, and Phaedrus, Bacon's Essays, &c., 1720, 2 vols. 8vo, and Imitation of Christ, &c., 1722, 8vo, some 1. p. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., i. 236, 237, 705, 706, iv. 600; Harwood's Alumni Eton.; Cole's MS. Collec. in Brit. Mus., vol. xvi.; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 148.

Wilmarth, B., M.D. See Memoir of, by William H. Fish, Bost., 1855, 12mo.

Wilme, Benjamin P. 1. Manual of Writing and 2. Hand-Book Printing Characters, Lon., 1845, 4to. for Plain and Ornamental Mapping, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing, 1849, 4to, £1 48.; coloured, £2; 2d ed., 1863, 4to, £2. Of great value.

Wilmer, Bradford, Surgeon, Stony-Stratford, afterwards at Coventry. 1. Cases and Remarks in Surgery and Bronchocele, Lon., 1779, Svo. 2. Observations on Poisonous Vegetables, 1781, 8vo. 3. Practical Observations on Hernia, 1788, 12mo; 2d ed., 1802, 8vo.

Also,

papers in Med. Obs. and Ing., 1771, Phil. Trans., 1774, Med. Com., 1789, and Mem. Med., 1792.

Wilmer, J. J. Man as He is, and the World as it goes, Balt., 1803, 12mo.

Wilmer, John. Legacy of, to the Lords and Commons of England, Lon., 1692, 4to.

Wilmer, Lambert A., d. in Brooklyn, N. York, Dec. 21, 1863, aged 58, in early life was editor of The Baltimore Saturday Visitor, and subsequently was for many years connected with The Pennsylvanian, (Philadelphia.) 1. New System of Grammar. 2. Quacks of dinand de Soto, the Discoverer of the Mississippi, Phila., Helicon, 1851. 3. Life, Travels and Adventures of Fer1858, 8vo. 4. Our Press-Gang; or, A Complete Exposition of the Corruptions and Crimes of the American Newspapers, 1859, 12mo.

Wilmer, Miss Margaret E. 1. Three Boys and their Stories; a Tale for Youth, Phila., 1866, 18mo. 2. The Nine Prizes, N. York, 1868, 16mo.

Wilmer, William H., D.D., b. in Kent co., Maryland, 1782, became Rector of Chester Parish, Md., 1808, and of St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Va., 1812; Proand Church Polity in the Theological Seminary at Alexfessor of Systematic Theology, Ecclesiastical History, andria, 1823-26; President of William and Mary College, and Rector of the Church at Williamsburg, Va., from 1826 until his death, July 24, 1827. He published the Episcopal Manual, 1815, 12mo, 2d ed., 1822, new ed., by John Coleman, D.D., N. York, 12mo, five single sermons, 1813-20, and many articles, 1819-26, in the Washington Theological Repertory, established by him in 1819, and for some years under his editorial supervision.

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