His collected works were edited by Grosart (1876)

(1805), Wilson, Mrs. (August a J. Evans). Born at Columbus, Ga., a., 1838. An American novelist. She has written "Beulah" (1859), "Macaria" (1863), "St. Elmo" (1866), "Vashti" (1867), "Infelice" (1876), "At the Mercy of Tiberius" (1887). Wilson, Sir Daniel. Born at Edinburgh, 1816: died at Toronto, Aug. 7, 1892. A Scottish-Canadian educator and archæologist, president of Toronto University from 1881. Among his works are "Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time" (1846 1848), "Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate",, (1848), "Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland" (1851: revised 1863), "Prehistoric Man" (1862), "Chatter ton” (1869), "Caliban, the Mi ing Link" (1873), "Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh" (1878), "The Lost At lant is" (1892), and poems. He was knighted in 1888. Wilson, Erasmus. See Wilson, Sir James Eras mus . Wilson, Henry (original Colbaith). Born at Farming ton, W. H., Fees al name Jeremiah Jones phy in the University of Edinburgh from 1820. He was educated at Glasgow and at Oxford (Magdalen College) where he graduated in 1807. He settled at Elleray, on Lake Winder mere, but removed to Edinburgh in 1815, and was called to the Scottish bar. From 1817 he was one of the principal contributors to "Blackwood's Maga zine." He wrote the poems "Isle of Palms" (1812) and "City of the Plague" (1816), and the tales "Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life" (1822), "Trials of Margaret Lindsay" (1823), and "The Foresters" (1824). The "Noctes Ambrosianæ "(which see) appeared originally in "Blackwood," and the "Recreations of Christopher North" were reprints of magazine articles. Wilson, Richard. Born at Penegoes, Montgomery shire, Aug. 1, 1714: died at Llanferras, Denbighshire, May, 1782. A noted English landscape-painter, a pupil of Thomas Wright in London 1729-35. In 1749 he visited Italy and devoted himself to landscape-painting. He studied both Claude and Pou in. In 1755 he returned to England, and in 1768 was an original member of the Royal Academy. He became its librarian in 1776. Wilson, Robert. Died in 1600. An English actor of Shakspere's time. He was one of the Earl of Leicester's players in 1574, and belonged to the Queen's Company in 1583. He wrote a play, Cobbler's Pro IMG:content-1178.png:[ocr errors] Wilson, Robert. Born in 1579: died in 1610. An English dramatic writer. He is frequently confounded with the actor. Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas. Born at London, 1777: died there, May 9, 1849. An English general and author. He commanded the Lusitanian Legion and a Spanish brigade in the Peninsular war; was British military commi ioner at the Ru ian and allied headquarters 1812-14; and was later member of Parliament and governor of Gibraltar (1842-49). He wrote a "History of the British Expedition to Egypt" (1802), an "Inquiry into the Present State of the Military Force of the British Empire" (1804), a "Sketch of the Campaigns in Poland" (1810), "Military and Political Power of Ru ia" (1817), "Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Ru ia, 1812" (1860), "Diary" (1861), etc. Wilson, Sir Thomas. Died 1581. An English Wilson, Sir Thomas. Died 1581. An English at King's College, Cambridge; was tutor to the sons of the Duke of Suffolk; lived on the Continent during the reign of Mary; and was imprisoned and tortured at Rome on account of alleged heresy in his works on "Logic" and "Rhetoric," but escaped. He was in favor during the reign of Elizabeth, and held various offices; was envoy to the Low Countries in 1576; and became secretary of state 16, 1812: died at Washington, D. C., Nov. 22, 1875. An American statesman. He was the son of a farm laborer; was apprenticed to a farmer and later worked as shoemaker in Natick, Ma achusetts; became a prominent antislavery advocate; was several times representative and State senator; withdrew from the Whig National Convention of 1848, and became a leader of the Free-soil party, was an unsucce ful Free-soil candidate for Congre in 1852; was defeated as Free-soil candidate for governor of Ma achusetts in 1853; became United States senator from Ma achusetts in 1855, and was three times reëlected, serving 1855-73; and was one of the or in 1577, and dean of Durham in 1579. Among his works are "The Rule of Reason, containing the Art of Logic" (1551), "The Art of Rhetoric” (1553), “A Discourse upon Usury" (1572), etc. Wilson, William Lyne. Born May 3, 1843: Will on (wil'ton). A town in Wilts hire, Engfor the manufacture of carpets. is Will on House. Population (1891), 2,120. Wilts hire (wilt's hir), or Wilts (wilts). A county of England, bounded by Gloucestershire, Berks hire, Hampshire, Dorset, and Somerset. It is an agricultural county, and also has important manufactures. It is very rich in archæological material. The chief place is Salisbury. Wilts hire was part of the ancient kingdom of We ex. Area, 1,375 square miles. Population (1891), 264,997. Wimble (wim'bl), Will. One of the characters drawn by Add is on in the "Spectator": a country gentleman "extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man." Wimbled on (wim'bl-don). A town in Surrey, England, 8 miles southwest of London. Its common was the meeting-place of the British Rifle A ociation (which now meets in Bisley Common). Wimbled on was probably the scene of a victory of Ceawlin of We ex over Ethelbert of Kent in 568. Population (1891), 25,758. Wimborne Minster (wim'bern minster). A town in Dorset, England, situated near the junction of the Allen and Stour, 28 miles west southwest of Southampton: noted for its minster. It was probably the scene of a defeat of the Danes in 851. Population (1891), 3,590. Wimpfen (vimp'fen). A town situated on the Neckar, 25 miles southeast of Heidelberg, in an exclave belonging to He e, between Baden and Würtemberg. Here, May 6, 1622, Tilly defeated the Margrave of Baden. died at Paris, Feb. 26, 1884. A French Wimpftenen fon; pron; impfen), Em manuel Félix de. Born at Laon, Sept. 13, general. He was distinguished in the Crime an and wars and in Algeria; suppre ed an insurrection on the border of Morocco in 1870; was corps commander in the Franco-German war; succeeded MacMahon as commander at Sedan Sept. 1, 1870; and signed the capitulation of Sedan Sept. 2, 1870. Winchell (win'chel), Alexander. Born at North East, Dutche County, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1824: died at Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 19, 1891. An American geologist. He was a graduate of Wesley an University in 1847; taught in various institutions till 1854, when he became profe or of physics and civil en gineering at the University Michigan; and was profe or there of geology, zoölogy, and botany 1855-73. He held the same position in the University of Kentucky and Syracuse University 1873-78, and a lectureship at Vander geology and paleontology at the University of Michigan. He was director of the geological surveys of Michigan and Minnesota in 1859. He wrote reports of geological surveys, "Sketches of Creation" (1870), "Doctrine of Evolution bilt University 1875-78. In 1879 he was made profe or of (1874), "The Geology of the Stars" (1874), "Reconciliation of Science and Religion" (1877), "Preadamites, etc."(1880), "Sparks from a Geologist's Hammer" (1881), "World Life: a Comparative Geology" (1883), "Geological Excursions" (1884), "Geological Studies" (1886), etc. Win chelsea (win'chel-se). One of the Cinque Ports of England, situated in Su ex, on the English Channel, 7 miles east-northeast of Hastings. Formerly it was an important walled town. Win chelsea, Counte of. See Finch , Anne . Winchester (win'ches-ter). [Welsh Caer Gwent , white castle; ML. Venta Belgarum , AS. Winte ceaster.] A city in Hampshire, England, on the Itchen 11 miles north-northeast of Southampton. Its cathedral is a large church exemplifying much of the development of English architecture. The choir, with square chevet and projecting Lady chapel, shows some excellent 13th-century arcading and good Perpendicular work in the clearstory and chapel; but most of Hall, 200 by 34 feet, is adorned with portraits of British sovereigns by the best contemporary masters. The Water- loo chamber or grand dining-room, the council-chamber, and the state drawing-room contain paintings of equal interest. All the paintings in the old ball-room are por traits by Vandyke, among them Charles I. and his family and four portraits of Queen Henrietta Maria. The pri- vate apartments are of high interest, and contain one of the most splendid collections of porcelain existing, espe- cially rich in old Sèvres secured during the French Revo- lution. The gardens and terraces are very beautiful, and the views of the exterior of the castle, embodying long stretches of battlemented walls broken by numerous tow- ers and dominated by the enormous donjon, are unique, St. George's Chapel, founded by Edward IV. in 1474 and finished by Henry VIII., is in a rich Perpendicular style, with double transepts. The interior is very wide and has nate carved stalls of the Knights of the Garter, adorned with their arms. Over every stall hangs the banner of its holder. At the east end, over the fine reredos, is a great Perpendicular window filled with painted gla in mem- ory of Prince Albert. The Albert Chapel, immediately to the east of St. George's Chapel, was built by Henry VII., and George III. formed the royal tomb-house under it. It was restored by Queen Victoria as a memorial of her husband, and the interior is decorated in so lavish a manner that it forms one of the most remarkable existing examples of such work: it is incrusted with colored mar- bles, and covered throughout with sculpture, mosaics, gilding, and precious stones. The windows are filled with gla painted with scriptural scenes and subjects from the family history of the Prince Consort, and the fan- vaulting of the ceiling is covered with Venetian mosaics. Toward the east end is a cenotaph of the prince in the form of an altar-tomb. The sculptured and inlaid reredos is by Sir G. G. Scott. The royal mausoleum at Frog more, near the castle, built by Queen Victoria to receive the body of her husband, is in a modified Byzantine style of architecture, octagonal in plan, surmounted by a lantern, Winkelried (vink'el-rēd), Arnold von. ASwi patriot from Stans in Unterwalden, said to have decided the Swi victory at Sempach in 1386 by grasping all the Austrian pikes he could reach and burying them in his own breast, thus making an opening in the ranks into which the Swi rushed over his dead body. The truth of the tradition is disputed in modern times. Winkin de Worde. See Worde. Winkle (wing'kl), Nathaniel. A member of the famous Pickwick Club, afterward married to Mi Arabella Allen: a character in Charles Dickens's "Pickwick Papers." Winkle, Rip Van. See Rip Van Winkle . Winlock (win'lok), Joseph. Born in Shelby County, Ky., Feb. 6, 1826: died at Cambridge, Ma ., June 11, 1875. An American astronomer. He was superintendent of the "Nautical Almanac," and was profe or of astronomy at Harvard and director of the observatory there from 1866. He conducted a govern- ment expedition to Kentucky in Aug., 1869, to observe the solar eclipse, and one to Spain in Dec., 1870, for the same Win more. See Winwaed . Winnebago (win-e-bā'gō). [Pl., also Winneba- gos , Win neb a goes . Winnebago is a corruption of a nickname meaning 'dirty water.'] A tribe of North American Indians, closely related in lan- guage to the Tciwere tribes on the one hand and to the Mandan on the other. They are the Puans of the Jesuit "Relation" of 1636. Their name for themselves is Hot can gar a , meaning 'first' or 'parent speech.' They reside in Nebraska and Wisconsin, and number over 2,000. See Siouan . Winnebago Lake. The largest lake in Wiscon- sin, situated 60 miles north-northwest of Mil- Bay. Length, 27 and ornamented with series of arcades. Windsor Forest Windsor. A seaport, capital of Hants County, Nova Scotia, situated on an arm of Minas waukee. Its outlet is by Fox River into Green Basin, 35 miles northwest of Halifax. Popu- Winnepeatkee, Lake. See Winn i pise ogee . authentific archeology of history of cla ic art. He was rector son of of lati on (1901), 3,398. apoor shoemaker it the a istance of the eternis and subsequently (1738) studied theology at Halle, where he supported himself by giving private instruction. In 1743 he received a position in the school at See hausen; in 1748 he was made librarian to the Count von Bünau in Dresden, where he had an opportunity to continue the study of art and archæology, begun at the University of Halle. In 1754 he became a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, and in 1755 was sent by the papal nuncio to Italy. He devoted himself thenceforth entirely to the study of art. In 1764 appeared his principal work, "Geschichte der Kunst des Alter tums" ("History of the Art of Anti- quity"). Nachahmung in Malerei und Bildhauerkunst" ("Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture," 1755). For a number of years he was papal antiquary in Rome. In 1768 he set out on a journey to Germany, but in Vienna again turned back for Italy. In Triest he was murdered by an Italian. Windsor. A town in Hartford County, Connect i- cut, situated on the Connecticut 6 miles north of Hartford. Population (1900), 3,614. Windsor Beauties. A series of 11 portraits of the most noted beauties of the court of Charles II., by Sir Peter Lely. Ten of these paintings are now in Hampton Court Palace, England: the eleventh, the portrait of Madame d'Orléans, is lost. All are painted in the same style, in three-quarter length, with lightly draped busts, bare-headed with hair in ringlets, and with land- scape backgrounds. Windsor Forest. A poem by Alexander Pope. Windsor Knights. Knights. A body of military pen- sioners having their residence within the pre- cincts of Windsor Castle. They are now called the Military Knights of Windsor, and sometimes the Poor Knights of Windsor. Windthorst (vint'horst), Ludwig. Born at Kaldenhof, Pru ia, Jan. 17, 1812: died at Berlin, March 14, 1891. A German states- man and lawyer. He was president of the Han over i an Second Chamber in 1851; member of the Han over i an ministry 1851-53 and 1862-65; and a prominent member opponent of Bismarck. Windward (wind' wärd) Islands. 1. The chain of West India islands which extends from Porto ands or Le er Antilles .-2. A colony of Great Britain, in the West Indies, including the isl- ands of Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines. Windward Pa age. A channel between Cuba 60 miles. Winebrenner (win'bren-er), John. Born in Frederick County, Md., March, 1797: died at Harris burg, Pa., Pa., Sept. 12, 1860. An American clergyman, clergyman, pastor pastor of a German Reformed church in Harris burg. He separated from that church and organized, in 1830, the new denomination of the Church of God, or Winebrennerians. Winfrid, or Winfrith. See Boniface . Wing and Wing. A novel by Cooper, published Winged Lion, or Lion of St. Mark. A sym- bolical lion, represented as winged and hold- ing an open book on which is written Pax tibi , Marce , Evangelist a meus , or a part of this. It is the characteristic device of Venice. The full heraldic description requires a sword, with the point uppermost, above the book on the dexter side, and a glory surrounding the whole. The lion also is sejant; but in artistic repre- sent a tions this is continually departed from. Wing field (wing'fēld), Edwin Maria. Born in England about 1570: died after 1608. An Eng- lish merchant: one of the first colonists in Vir- ginia (1607), and first president of the colony. He quarreled with his a ociates; was deposed; and returned to England. north side by the state apartments. The latter contain many fine works of art and historic relics. St. George's of , and Victory . Winslow, John Ancrum. Born at Wilming- ton, N. C., Nov. 19, 1811: died at Boston, Ma ., Sept. 29, 1873. An American admiral. He en- tered the navy in 1827, and served in the Mexican war As commander of the Kearsarge, he defeated and sank the Confederate cruiser Alabama, under Semmes, off Cherbourg harbor, June 19, 1864. He was made com- modore in 1864, and later rear-admiral. Winslow (winz'lō), Josiah. Born at Plymouth, Ma ., 1629: died at Marsh field, Ma ., 1680 An American colonial governor, son of Edward IMG:content-1179.png:[ocr errors] Winslow, Josiah Winslow. He was for many years a istant governor of Plymouth Colony, and a commi ioner of the united colonies; was governor of Plymouth Colony 1673-80; and was general-in-chief of the united colonies in King Philip's war. Winslow, William Copley. Born at Boston, Ma ., Jan. 13, 1840. An American Episcopal clergyman and archæologist, vice-president and treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Winsor (win'zor), Justin. Born at Boston, Jan. 2, 1831: died at Cambridge, Ma ., Oct. 22, 1897. A distinguished American historian and librarian. He was superintendent of the Boston Public Library 1868-77, and subsequently librarian of Harvard. include "Bibliography of Original Quartos IMG:content-1180.png:[ocr errors] of the Folic or ers American Revolution" (1880), "Was Shakspere Shapfons nomoblets on American history, IMG:content-1181.png:[ocr errors] bibliographies, “Christopher Columbus, etc." (1891), "Cartier to Frontenac" (1894), etc. He edited the "Memorial History of Boston" (1880-82), "Harvard University Bulletin," and a "Narrative and Critical History of America" (8 vols. 1884-89). Winter (winter), John Strange. The pseudonym of Mrs. H. E. V. Stannard. Winter (win'tėr), William. Born at Gloucester, Ma ., July 15, 1836. An American journalist and poet. He was a graduate of the Harvard law school, and became dramatic critic of the New York "Tribune in 1865. Among his works are poems, including "The Con, vent" (1854), "The Queen's Domain" (1858), "My Witne " (1871), "Thistledown" (1878), "The Wanderers" (1888), "Poems" (complete, 1880); prose, "Edwin Booth in Twelve Characters" (1871), "The Trip to England," with illustrations by Joseph Jefferson (1879), "The Jeffersons" (1881), "English Rambles" (1883), "Henry Irving" (1885), "Shakespeare's England" (1888), "The Pre and the Stage" (1889), "Gray Days and Gold" (1891), "Old Shrines and Ivy" (1892), "Shadows of the Stage" (in three series, 1892, 1893, 1895), "The Life and Art of Edwin Booth" (1894). He has edited "Life, Stories, and Poems of John Brougham" (1881). Winter, De. See De Winter . Winter King, The. A name given to Frederick V., elector of the Palatinate, and king of Bohemia through the winter of 1619-20. Winter Palace. An imperial palace at St. Pe. tersburg, Ru ia. The exterior, in Renai ance style, sures 455 by 350 feet. The interior is remarkable for its series of Ru ian historical paintings and portraits, and 3 stories and an attic above the basement, and mea for the splendid state apartments. The crown jewels are kept in this palace. Winter Queen, The. A name given to Eliza beth, wife of the elector Frederick V. ("the Winter King"). Winter's Tale, The. A play by Shakspere, probably produced in 1611. It was founded on Greene's "Pandosto." This and "The Tempest" were probably his last finished plays. Winterthur (vin'ter-tör). A town in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 13 miles northeast of Zurich: one of the chief commercial and manufacturing towns in Switzerland. Burkhardt, duke of Swabia, defeated Rudolf II. of High Burgundy there in 919. Winterthur pa ed to Hapsburg in 1264; was a free imperial city for a short time in the 15th century; and was acquired by Zurich in 1467. Population (1888), 15,956. Winther (vin'ter), Rasmus Will ads Christian Ferdinand. Born at Fensmark, Denmark, July 29, 1796: died at Paris, Dec. 30, 1876. A Danish lyric poet. His father was a clergyman. He studied theology at the Copenhagen University after 1815. In 1830-31 he traveled in Italy. After 1841 he lived in Neustrelitz, and subsequently in Copenhagen. The last years of his life were spent in Paris. His first collection of poems was published in 1828. It contains, among others, number of descriptive of popular life in Denmark, afterward published apart in several editions as "Träsnitte" ("Woodcuts"). "Nogle Digte" ("Some Poems") followed in 1835; "Sang og Sagn" ("Song and Story") in 1840; "Digtninger" ("Poems," 1843); "Lyriske Digte" ("Lyric Poems," 1849); "Nye Digte" ("New Poems," 1851); "Nye Digtninger" ("New Poems," 1853). His greatest work is the epic cycle called "Hjortens Flugt" ("The Flight of the Stag"), which appeared in 1855. In prose he wrote "Haandtegninger" ("Sketches"), "Fir Novellew" ("Four Stories"), and "Tre Fortällinger" ("Three Tales"). His collected poetical writings ("Samlede Digtninger") were published at Copenhagen, 18601872, in 11 vols. Winthrop (win'throp), Dolly. One of the principal female characters in George Eliot's novel "Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe.” Winthrop, Fitz-John. Born at Ipswich, Ma ., March 19, 1639: died at Boston, Nov. 27, 1707. An American colonial governor and officer, son of John Winthrop (1606-76). He served in King Philip's war; was major-general in the the expedition to Canada in 1690; and was governor of Connecticut 1698-1707. Winthrop, John. Born at Groton, England, Jan. 12, 1587: died at Boston, March 26, 1649. A colonial governor. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1628. In 1629 he was chosen by the company in London governor of the Ma achusetts Bay Colony; arrived in Salem June 12, 1630; and soon after settled in Boston. He was governor until 1634, and again 1637-40, 1642-44, and 1646-49, and was several times deputy governor. He opposed Vane, Anne Hutch in son, and the Antinomians. His journal was published by James Savage as "History of New England 1630-1649" (2 vols. 1825-26). He wrote also "Model of Christian Charity" and "Arbitrary Government Described." His "Life and Letters" were pub lished by R. C. Winthrop (2 vols. 1864-67). Winthrop, John. Born at Groton, England, Feb. 12, 1606: died at Boston, Ma ., April 5, 1676. An American colonial governor, son of John Winthrop. He was educated at Dublin; served against France; traveled on the Continent; emigrated to Ma achusetts in 1631 and became governor's a istant; was a leading settler of Ipswich, Ma achusetts; founded Say brook, Connecticut, in 1635, and was its first governor; founded New London, Connecticut; and was governor of Connecticut during nearly the whole period 1657-76. He obtained a charter uniting the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. Winthrop, Robert Charles. Born at Boston, May 12, 1809: died there, Nov. 16, 1894. An American statesman and orator. He graduated at Harvard in 1828; studied law with Daniel Webster; was a member of the Ma achusetts House of Representatives, and its speaker 1838-40; was Whig member of Congre from Ma achusetts 1841-42 and 1843-50; was speaker of the House 1847-49; and was United States senator (appointed by the governor as succe or to Webster) 1850-51. In the latter year he was a candidate for senator, but was defeated, and was also unsucce ful as candidate for governor of Ma achusetts. He was especially noted as an orator. He delivered addre es at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington monument in 1848, and at the dedication of the monument in 1885. Winthrop, Theodore. Born at New Haven, Conn., Sept. 22, 1828: killed at the battle of Big Bethel, June 10, 1861. An American author, and officer (of New York volunteers)i ork volunteers) in the Civil War. He was military secretary to General Butler, with the rank of major. He wrote "Cecil Dreeme" (1861), "John Brent" (1862), "Edwin Brother toft" (1862), "The Canoe and the Saddle" (1862), "Life in the Open Air" (1863). Winton, Andrew of. See Wyntoun . Win to on. See Wintu . Wintu (win-tö'), or Win to on, or Wintun (wintön'). ['Man.'] The northern division of the Copehan stock of North American Indians, em bracing a number of small tribes inhabiting mainly the valleys of the Sacramento and its eastern tributaries in northern California, from Mount Shasta to Stony Creek. Their number is small. See Copehan . Wintun. See Wintu . Winwaed. A river near Leeds, England: now Win more. Here, in 655, Penda, king of Mercia, was defeated by Oswy of Nor thumb ria, and slain. Wishoskan Wisby, Laws of. A code or compilation of maritime customs and adjudications adopted by the town of Wisby, in the island of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea. By the law-writers of the northern ruropean nations it has been claimed that these laws than the Laws of Oleron; but the better opinion seems to be that they are later, and in some respects an improvement upon them. The code was not established by legislative authority, but its provisions have obtained the sanction of general use and observance from their intrinsic equity and convenience. Sometimes called the Got land Sea Laws . Wisconsin (wis-kon's in). A Northwestern State of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Supe Fior, Michigan partly separated by the Menominee River), Lake Illinois, Iowa (separated by the Mi i ippi), and Minnesota (nearly separated by the Mi i ippi and St. Croix rivers). Capital, Madison; chief city, Milwaukee. It is hilly in the north and southwest, and elsewhere generally level. It is an important agricultural, lumbering, and mining State; produces wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, timber, etc.; manufactures lumber, flour, beer, etc.; and has important iron-mines in the north. Wisconsin has 70 counties, 11 representatives in Congre , 2 senators, and 13 electoral votes. It was early explored by French fur-traders and mi ionaries (Nicolet in 1634; Radi on, Allouez). In 1787 it was included in the Northwest Territory, and afterward in Indiana Territory; in 1809 in Illinois Territory; and in 1818 in Michigan Territory. Wisconsin Territory was organized in 1836, and was admitted to the Union in 1848. Area, 56,040 square miles. Population (1900), 2,069,042 (in large part of German, Scand in avian, and other foreign parentage). Wisconsin, University of. An institution of learning at Madison, Wisconsin. It was incorpo rated in 1838 and opened in 1850, and comprises colleges of letters and arts, a law school, and a postgraduate course. It is coeducational. Wisconsin River. A river in Wisconsin. It rises in Lake Vieux Desert on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan, flows south and west, and joins the Mi i ippi near Prairie du Chien. In its course are several cataracts, including the Dalles of the Wisconsin (which City. Length, 600 miles; navigable from Wisdom of Solomon, Book of the. One of the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament. modern Protestant theologians it is attributed to an Alex Tradition ascribes its authorship to but by most andrian Jew of the 1st or 2d century B. C. The shorter title "Wisdom," or "Book of Wisdom, " is commonly applied to this book, but not to Ecclesiastic us. See Apocrypha . Wise (wiz), Henry Alexander. Born at Drummondtown, Va., Dec. 3, 1806: died at Richmond, Sept. 12, 1876. An American vas Democratic member of Congre from lantic, on the coast of South Carolina, on which law; was George town is situated. It receives the Great Pedee and Black rivers. Length, about 17 miles. Wipbach (vip'bäch). The modern name of the Frigid us (which see). This river, the Wipbach of our own day, the Frigid us Fluvius of the age of Theodosius, has not only historic fame, but is a phenomenon full of interest to the physical geographer. Close to the little town of Wipbach it bursts forth from the foot of the cliffs of the Birnbaumer Wald: no little rivulet such as one spring might nourish, but "a full-fed river," as deep and strong as the Aar at Thun or the Reu at Lucerne, like also to both those streams in the colour of its pale-blue waters, and, even in the hottest days of summer, unconquerably cool.