Wollaston Land

A region in the arctic lands Wonder, The: A Woman Keeps a Secret. of North America, about lat. 69°-70° N., long. 110°-115° W. Wollin (vol-lēn'). 1. An island in the Baltic, belonging to the province of Pomerania, Pru ia, 30 miles north of Stettin. With Usedom it separates the Stettiner Haff from the Baltic. It is separated Usedom by the Swine, and from the mainland on the east by the Divenow. Length, 22 miles. 2. The chief place in the island of Wollin, situated on the Divenow near the site of the Wendish Vineta or Wolin. Population (1890), 4,965. Wollstonecraft. See Godwin . Wolof (wo-lof'). An important Nigritic nation of the French Sénégal, West Africa, between the Sénégal, Fulémé, and Gambia rivers. It is especially strong on the coast (St. Louis and Dakar), in Walo, Cayor, Baol, and Jolof. The men are tall, with fine busts, almost orthognathic heads, and jet-black skin. They wear wide trousers and long shirts. Most of them profe Islamism; a portion in the coast towns profe Catholicism; but heathen practices prevail everywhere. They have three hereditary castes: the nobility, the tradesmen and musicians (who are despised), and the slaves. Domestic slaves are well treated and cannot be sold. The Wolof language is regular and rich in grammatical forms, but occupies a rather isolated position. Wolowski(vō-lov'skē), Louis François Michel Raymond. Born in Warsaw, Aug. 31, 1810: died at Gisors, Aug. 15, 1876. A French political economist, financier, and politician. He fled to France after the repre ion of the Polish uprising in 1831; was a member of the Constituent A embly in 1848, and of the Legislative A embly in 1849; and in the third republic was a member of the National A embly and senator. He (1872), etc. wrote "La question des banques" (1864), "L'Or et l'argent" Wolseley (wülz'li), Garnet Joseph, first Vis count Wolseley. House, County Dublin, Ireland, June 4, 1833. A distinguished British general. He entered the Born at Golden Bridge in 1853 (when he was wounded), and in the Crime an war army as ensign in 1852; served in the second Burmese war (when he was again wounded); became captain in 1855; served in India during the Indian mutiny (at the relief of Lucknow in 1857, and elsewhere); and fought in the war with China in 1860. In 1862 he visited the Confederate army in Virginia. In 1865 he was promoted colonel. He commanded the Red River expedition which suppre ed Riel's insurrection in 1870, and was knighted; and com printed 1714. it stilles produced. A comedy by Mrs. Cent livre, and Wonder-Book, The. A collection of stories for boys and girls, from cla ical mythological sources, by Hawthorne, published in 1851. Wonderful Parliament, or Wonder-making Parliament. Same as Mercile Parliament . Wonder of the World. A name given to the emperors Otto III. and Frederick II. of Germany. Wonders beyond Thule. See Dinias and Der cyllis . Wondrous Tale of Alroy, The. A novel by Disraeli, published in 1833. Wood (wud), Anthony, called Anthony à Wood. Born at Oxford, England, Dec. 17, 1632: died there, Nov. 28, 1695. An English antiquary. He was educated at Oxford. He wrote "Hist or i a et Anti quit ates Univ ers it at is Oxoniensis" (written in English and translated into Latin for the University Pre in 1674). He was di atisfied with the translation, and afterward rewrote his English MS., and it was published after his death in two volumes the first as "The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls of the University of Oxford, with a Continuation to the Present Time by John Gutch," with "Fasti (Annals) Oxoniensis" (1786-90); the second as "The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford" (1792 1796). He also wrote "Athenæ Oxoniensis: an Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University of Oxford from 1500 to 1690," with "Fasti." Two volumes of this were printed (1691-92) be fore his death; the third he prepared, and it appeared in the second edition 1721; third enlarged edition by Bli 1813-20. He also wrote "Modus Salium: a Collection of Pieces of Humour" (1751), and "The Ancient and Present State of the City of Oxford" (1773). Wood, Fernando. Born at Philadelphia, June 14, 1812: died at Washington, D. C., Feb. 14, 1881. An American politician. He was Democratic member of Congre from New York 1841-43; mayor of New York city 1854-61; and member of Congre from IMG:content-1184.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1185.png:[ocr errors] Wood, Mrs. Henry (Ellen Price). Born at Worcester, Jan. 17, 1814: died Feb. 10, 1887. An English novelist. Among her novels are "East Lynne" (1861: several times dramatized), "The Channings" (1862), "Mrs. Hall i burton's Troubles" (1862), "The Shadow of Ashlydyat" (1863), etc. She also published anonymously "The Johnny Ludlow Tales" (1874-80). In 1867 she became editor of "The Argosy." Wood, Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, Sir Henry Evelyn. Born in E ex, Feb.9, 1838. A British general. He served in the Crime an Indian mutiny, A shanti war, and Zulu war; commanded against the Boers in 1881; served against the Egyptian reb els in 1882, and in the Sudan; and commanded the Egyptian army 1882-85. He was quartermaster-general 1893-97, and adjutant-general 1897-1901. Wood, Thomas Waterman. Born at Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 12, 1823: died at New York, April 14, 1903. An American portrait and genre-painter. He settled in New York in 1867. He was elected national academician in 1871, and became vice-president of the National Academy in 1879, and president in 1891. He was also for nine or ten years president of the American Water-Color Society. Woodbury (wud'bu-ri), Levi. Born at France stown, N. H., Dec. 22, 1789: died at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept., 1851. An American jurist and statesman. He graduated at Dart mouth in 1809. He was governor of New Hampshire 1823-24; Democratic United States senator from New Hampshire 1825-31; secretary of the navy 1831-34; secretary of the treasury 18341841; United States senator 1841-45; and a ociate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1845-51. Wood court (wüd kõrt), Allan. The lover of Esther Summers on in Dickens's "Bleak House." Woodman, Spare Spare that Tree. A lyric poem by George P. Morris. Woods (wudz), Ma ., June 19, 1774: died at And over, Ma ., Ma ., Aug. 24, 1854. An American Congregational clergyman and theologian, profe or of theology at And over Theological Seminary. Among his works are "Letters to Unitarians" (1820), "Lectures on the Inspiration of the Scriptures" (1829), "Memoirs of American Mi ionaries" (1833), "Examination of the Doctrine of Perfection" (1841), "Lectures on Church Government" (1843), "Lectures on Swedenborgianism" (1846), etc. z), Leonard. Born at Princeton, Maon, Woods, Leonard. Born at Newbury, Ma ., Nov. 24, 1807: died at Boston, Dec. 24, 1878. An American educator, son of Leonard Woods (1774-1854). He was profe or in Bangor Theological Seminary, and was president of Bowdoin College 1839-66. Woods, William Burnham. Born at Newark, Ohio, 1824: died at Washington, D. C., 1887. An American jurist and general. He was a member of the Ohio legislature; served in the West in the Civil War, at Shiloh, Arkansas Post, and Vicksburg, and in Georgia; and commanded a division in Sherman's march to the sea. He was appointed United States circuit judge in 1869; and was a ociate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1880-87. Wood stock (wud's tok). A town in Oxfords hire, England, situated on the Glyme 8 miles northwest of Oxford. It was formerly a royal residence, and is particularly a ociated with the history of Henry II. and "Fair Rosamond." Elizabeth was imprisoned here by Mary. Wood stock was besieged and taken in 1646. Near it is Blenheim Park. Population (1891), 1,628. Wood stock. The capital of Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, situated on the Thames 80 miles west-southwest of Toronto. Population (1901), 8,833. Wood stock. The capital of Windsor County, Vermont, situated on the Ottaqueechee 23 miles east of Rutland. Pop. (1900), town, 2,557. Wood stock. A novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1826. The scene is laid at Wood stock, England, and the vicinity, about 1651. Wood stock, A ize of. A code for the regulation of the forests, proclaimed by Henry II. in 1184. Woodville (wud'vil), Anthony, second Earl Rivers. Beheaded at Pontefract, England, 1483. An English politician, influential in the reign of his brother-in-law Edward IV. He was put to death by Richard III. Woodville, Elizabeth. See Elizabeth Woodville. Woodward (wud'wärd), Henry. Born 1717: died 1777. A noted English comedian. He made his first appearance at Covent Garden in 1736, and his last in 1777. He was excellent as Petruchio, Mercutio, Bobadil, Touchstone, Captain Absolute, etc., and was noted for his power of mimicry. Wood worth (wud'werth), Samuel. Born at Scituate, Ma ., Jan. 13, 1785: died at New York city, Dec. 9, 1842. An American poet. He is best known from his lyric "The Old Oaken Bucket." His poems were published in 1861. Wool (wul), John Ellis. Born at Newburg, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1784: died at Troy, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1869. An American general. He entered the army in 1812; served at Queens ton Heights in 1812, and at Plattsburg in 1814; was appointed inspector-general of the army and colonel in 1816; became brigadier-general in 1841; organized volunteers for the Mexican war; was second in command at the battle of Buena Vista; and was afterward division and department commander. He saved Fortre Monroe in 1861. In 1862 he was made major general, and retired in 1863. Woolman (wul'man), John. Born at North ampton, N. J., 1720: died at York, England, Oct. 5, 1772. An American preacher of the Society of Friends. Among his works are "Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes" (1754), "Con siderations on Pure Wisdom and Human Policy."etc. (1768), "Considerations on the True Harmony of Mankind" (1770). He is, however, best known by his "Journal," first pub IMG:content-1186.png:[blocks in formation] lished in 1774, after his death. It has been many times gar, etc., and a large trade in hops. The cathedral is in ita reprinted, and was edited in 1871 by Whittier. Woolner (wul'ner), Thomas. Born at Hadleigh, Suffolk, Dec. 17, 1825: died at London, Oct. 7, 1892. An English sculptor and poet. He was a member of the Pre raphae lite Brotherhood, and many of his poems first appeared in "The Germ." He was profe or of sculpture at the Royal Academy 1877-79. Among his statues are "Puck," "Titania," and "Eros" (1848), "Con stance and Arthur," "Elaine," "Ophelia," "Achilles and Pallas"; statues of Macaulay, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lord Palmers ton, and others; and busts of Tennyson, Carlyle, Darwin, Gladstone, and others. His poems include "My Beautiful Lady" (1863), "Pygmalion" (1881), "Silenus" (1884), "Tires i as" (1886), etc. Woolsey (wul'si), Sarah Chauncey: pseudonym Susan an Coolidge. Born at Cleveland, Ohio, about 1845. An American writer of juveniles, niece of T. D. Woolsey. Among her works for young people are "What Katy did," "What Katy did at School, What Katy did Next," "Cro Patch, etc., from Mother Goose," "A Round Dozen," "A Little Country Girl," etc. She has also written "A Short History of the City of Phila- delphia" (1887), "Ballads of Romance and History," with others (1887); edited and abridged "The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany" (1879) and "The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney" (1880); and trans- lated Gautier's "My Household of Pets" (1882) and Ar- naud's "One Day in a Baby's Life" (1886). Woolsey, Theodore Dwight. Born at New York city, Oct. 31, 1801: died at New Haven, Conn., July 1, 1889. An American educator and eminent political and legal writer. He grad- uated at Yale in 1820; studied law and, later, theology; was tutor in Yale 1823-25; was licensed to preach in 1825; studied in Europe 1827-30'; was profe or of Greek at Yale 1831-46; and was president of Yale 1846-71. He edited the "New Eng lander" for a few years after 1843; and was chairman of the American company of New Testament revisers 1871-81. His works include editions of the "Al- cestis" (1834), "Anti gone" (1835), "Electra" (1837), "Pro me the us" (1837), and "Gorgias" (1843); an "Introduction to the Study of International Law" (1860: 5th ed. 1879); "Divorce and Divorce Legislation" (1869); "Religion of the Past and of the Future" (1871); "Political Science, etc." (2 vols. 1871); "Communism and Socialism" (1880). He also edited Lieber's "Civil Liberty and Self-Government" (1871), and a "Manual of Political Ethics" (1871). Woolson (wul's on), Mrs. (Abba Louisa Goold). Born at Windham, Maine, 1838. An American e ayist. She has lectured on literary subjects; has published "Woman in American Society" (1873), "Browsing among Books, and other E ays" (1881), "George Eliot and her Heroines" (1886); and has edited "Dre Reform: a Series of Lectures" (1874). Woolson, Con stance Feni more. Born at Claremont, N. H., 1848: died at Venice, Italy, Jan. 23, 1894. An American novelist, a grandniece of James Feni more Cooper. Among her works are "The Old Stone House" (1873), "Castle Nowhere" (1875), "Two Women" (1877), "Rodman the Keeper" (1880), "Anne" (1882), "For the Major" (1883), "East Angels" (1886), "Jupiter Lights" (1889), etc. Woolston (wul's ton), Thomas. Born at North amp ton, England, 1669: died Jan. 27, 1733. An English deist. He was a fellow of Sidney Su ex College, Cambridge; was deprived of his fellowship in 1721, and fined and imprisoned in 1729; and died within the rules of the King's Bench prison. He wrote "The Old Apology for the Truth of the Christian Religion... Revived" (1705), "The Moderator between an Infidel and an Apostate (1725), "Discourses" (1727-29). Woolwich (wul'ich). A borough (municipal). of London, situated south of the Thames: noted for its arsenal. It contains factories of guns, gun-carriages, and ammunition, barracks, and a royal military academy for engineering and artillery. Woolwich became an important naval station and dockyard in the 16th century: the dockyard was closed in 1869. Population (1891), 40,848. Woon socket (wön-sok'et). A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, situated on Black stone River 13 miles north-northwest of Providence. It has extensive manufactures of cotton and woolen goods. Population (1900), 28,204. Wooster (wus'ter), David. Born at Str at ford, Conn., March 2, 1710: died at Danbury, Conn., May 2, 1777. An American Revolutionary general. He served in the Louis burg expedition in 1745, and in the French and Indian war; was one of the planners of the Ticonderoga expedition of 1775; became brigadier general in 1775; succeeded Montgomery as commander in Canada; and became major-general of Connecticut militia. He was mortally wounded in the defense of Danbury against Tryon. Worcester (wüs'tèr), or Worcesters hire (wus'ter-shir). [AS. Wigeraceasterscir .] A midland county of England, bounded by Shropshire, Stafford, Warwick, Gloucester, and Here ford. It contains several exclaves. The surface is hilly (the Malvern and the Bredon hills are on the borders), and it is traversed by the Severn. Worcester is an agricultural county, and is noted for its vegetables, fruit, and hops. It was a part of the ancient Mercia. Area, 751 square miles. Population (1891), 413,760. present form chiefly of the 13th century. The west front has a large and handsome Decorated window, and the square central tower is effective. The exterior is in general plain, with rather small windows, many of which are grouped in threes. The interior, with its long ranges of pointed arcades, is simple and majestic. The rich sculptured pulpit and the decorations of the choir are modern, but the fine carved stalls are old. It has a beautiful crypt, handsome Perpendicular cloisters, and a decagonal chapter-house with central column. The cathedral measures 450 by 78 feet; length of west transepts, 78 each; height of vaulting, 67. Worcester was an ancient British settlement and a Roman military station. It suffered from Welsh invasions, and has often been besieged. The final victory of the civil war was gained here by Cromwell over the Scotch Population (1891), 42,905. Royalists under Chap 16515. The Royalist Worcester. The capital of Worcester County Ma achusetts. It has extensive manufactures of iron and steel, machinery, cars, boots and shoes, woolen goods, etc.; and is the seat of the Roman Catholic College of the Holy Cro , of the State normal school, of Clark University, and of other institutions. It was permanently settled in 1713, and became a city in 1848. Pop. (1900), 118,421. Worcester, Florence of. See Florence of Worcester. Worcester, Joseph Emerson. Born at Bedford, N. H., Aug. 24, 1784: died at Cambridge, Ma ., Oct. 27, 1865. An American lexicographer. He graduated at Yale in 1811, and settled at Cambridge israduated and edition ary, or Universal Gazetteer, Ancient and Modern" (1817: revised edition 1823), a "Gazetteer of the United States" (1818), "Elements of Geography" (1819), "Sketches of the Earth" (1823), "Elements of History, etc." (1826), an abridgment of Webster's dictionary (1829), "A Comprehensive Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary" (1830), and "A Universal and Critical Dictionary" (1846). The last, pa ing through several editions with little alteration, was at length revised and enlarged, and was published in quarto form as "A Dictionary of the English Language" (1st ed. 1860). Worcester Beacon. The highest point of the Malvern Hills, England, southwest of Worcester. Height, 1,444 feet. Worcester College. A college of Oxford University, incorporated (1714) on the foundation of the Benedictine Gloucester Hall (1283). Worde (word), Winkin or Wynkin de. Born probably in Lorraine: died about 1535. An English printer. He went to England as an a istant of Caxton, and about 1491 became his succe or. He lived in Fleet street, London, from about 1502. Worden (wor'dn), John Lorimer. Born at Mount Pleasant, West chester County, N. Y., March 12, 1818: died at Washington, D. C., Oct. 18, 1897. An American admiral. He entered the navy in 1835; was appointed commander in 1862; and became famous as commander of the Monitor in her battle with the Merrimac in that year. In 1863 he became captain, and commanded the Montauk in the blockading squadron; was promoted commodore in 1868, and rear-admiral in 1872; and was superintendent of the Naval Acad. emy at Anna polis 1870-74. He retired in 1886. Words worth (werdz'werth), Charles. Born at London, Aug. 22, 1806: died at St. Andrews, Scotland, Dec. 5, 1892. A British prelate, theologian, and scholar, son of Christopher Words worth (1774-1846): bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dumblane. He was one of the New Testament revisers. Words worth, Christopher. Born at Cocker mouth, England, June 9, 1774: died at Buxted, England, Feb. 2, 1846. An English clergyman, brother of William Words worth: master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He wrote "Ecclesiastical Biography" (1810), etc., and advocated the claim of Charles I. to the authorship of "Eikon Basilike." Words worth, Christopher. Born at Bocking, Oct. 30,1807: died at Lincoln, March 20, 1885. An English prelate and author, son of Christopher Words worth (1774-1846). He was head-master of Harrow and canon of Westminster, and became bishop of Lincoln in 1868. He wrote "Athens and Attica" (1836), "Ancient Writings Copied from the Walls of Pompeii (1837), "Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical" (1839), "Theophilus Anglicanus" (1843), "On the Canon of Scriptures" (1848), "Memoirs of William Words worth" (1851), notes on the New Testament, and the Bible, controversial works, and various theological and other works. Words worth, William. Born at Cocker mouth, Cumber land, England, April 7, 1770: died at Rydal Mount, April 23, 1850. A celebrated English poet. He was educated at Hawks head and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1781; traveled on the Continent in 1790; and traveled and lived in France 1791-92, where he sympathized at first with the French republicans. He received a legacy in 1795, and settled with his sister Dorothy at Race down, Dorset. A visit from Cole ridge in 1797 determined his career, and in the next year he removed to Alfoxden in Somerset to beneer him. He went to the Continent in 1798, and lived at Goslar; and returned to England in 1799, and settled at Grasmere, in the Lake District. In 1802 he married Mary Hutch in son; settled at Allan Bank in 1808; and removed to Grasmere