A German Orientalist
and historian; born at Sulzburg, Baden, April
25, 1808; died at Freiburg in Breisgau, Aug.
and historian; born at Sulzburg, Baden, April
25, 1808; died at Freiburg in Breisgau, Aug.
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She has contributed to
English and American periodicals, and has
edited several antholbgies. Her works include:
(The Bird Bride) (1889); A Summer Night,
and Other Poems) (1891); 'After Sunset
(1895).
Watson, Thomas. An English poet; born
in London about 1557 ; died in 1592. His
poems, pastoral and amatory, equaled in pop-
ularity those of his friends Spenser and Sid-
ney. He translated Sophocles's (Antigone)
into Latin (1581); and wrote : (Ekatompathia ;
or, Passionate Century of Love (1582); “Meli-
bæus, Thomæ Watsoni; sive, Ecloga in Obitum
Domini Francisci Walsinghami Equitis Aurati?
(1590); (The Tears of Fancie; or, Love Dis-
dained (1593).
Watson, William. An English poet; born
at Wharfedale. His published works include:
( The Prince's Quest) (1880); (Epigrams of
Art) (1884); in the National Review, a series of
political sonnets, (Ver Tenebrosum) (1885);
“Wordsworth's Grave, and Other Poems' (1891);
(Lachrymæ Musarum' (1892), an elegy on
Tennyson; Poems) (1893); (Excursions in
Criticism' (1893); (The Eloping Angels' (1893);
(Odes, and Other Poems) (1894); and (The
Purple East) (1896), an attack on the British
government for its failure to act against Turkey
for the Armenian massacres. *
Wattenbach, Wilhelm (vät'ten-bach). A
German historian and palæographist; born at
Ranzau in Holstein, Sept. 22, 1819; became
professor of history at Heidelberg, 1862, and
1873 in Berlin University. He is author of
(Contributions to the History of the Christian
Church in Bohemia and Moravia) (1819);
(Introduction to Greek Palæography) (1867);
(Introduction to Latin Palæography) (1809);
Writing in the Middle Ages) (1871); Vaca-
tion Travels in Spain and Portugal (1869);
(The Transylvanian Saxons) (1870); (The In-
quisition against the Waldenses in Pomerania
and in the Mark of Brandenburg (1886); “The
Sect of the Brethren of the Free Spirit (1887);
(History of the Roman Papacy) (1876),
Watterson, Henry. An American journalist;
born in Washington, D. C. , Feb. 16, 1840. His
first work as journalist was with the Democratic
Review, and The States, in Washington, D. C.
He edited the Republican Banner, Nashville,
Tenn. , before and after the War, in the interim
serving with distinction in the Confederate
army. He edited, in Louisville, Ky. , the Louis-
ville Journal (1867-68); and has edited the
Louisville Courier-Journal since 1868. He has
published one book, "Oddities of Southern Life
and Character) (1883).
Watts, Alaric Alexander. An English edu.
cator, poet, and journalist; born in London,
March 16, 1799; died at Kensington, April 5,
1864. His journalistic work was done with the
Manchester Courier, the London Standard, and
the United Service Gazette. He edited a series
of annual volumes, Literary Souvenir) (1825-
35 ). He published: (Poetical Sketches (1822);
and (Lyrics of the Heart) ( 1851 ).
Watts, Isaac. An English clergyman and
hymn-writer ; born at Southampton, July 17,
1674; died at Theobalds, Newington, Nov. 25,
1748. He wrote many religious and educa.
tional treatises, among which are: (Logic; or,
The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after
Truth ( 1725); and “The Improvement of the
Mind' ( 1741). His (Psalms and Hymns) have
given him a place in the hymnals of all Eng.
lish-speaking denominations. *
Waugh, Edwin. An English dialect-writer;
born at Rochdale, Lancashire, Jan. 29, 1817;
died at New Brighton, April 30, 1890. He
wrote (Sketches of Lancashire Life and Local-
ities) (1855; 4th ed. 1869 ); (Poems and Lan-
cashire Songs) (1859); “Rambles in the Lake
Country and its Borders) (1862); (Tufts of
Heather from the Lancashire Moors) (1864);
(Irish Sketches): (Home Life of the Lancashire
Factory-Folk) (1866); (Sancho's Wallet); 'The
Chimney Corner? (1879); etc. (Posies from
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tion from his poems.
Wayland, Francis. An American clergy-
man, educator, and author; born in New York
city, March 11, 1796; died in Providence, R. I. ,
Sept. 30, 1865. He graduated at Union College,
1813, was pastor in a Baptist church in Boston
1821-26, and president of Brown University
1827-55. His works include: Elements of
Moral Science) (1835); Elements of Politi-
cal Economy) (1837); (The Limitations of
Human Responsibility) (1838); (Thoughts on
the Present Collegiate System) (1845); (Do-
mestic Slavery considered as a Scriptural Insti-
tution (1845); Memoirs) of Harriet Ware
(1850) and Adoniram Judson (1853); Elements
of Intellectual Philosophy) (1854); (Sermons
to Churches) (1858); Memoir of Thomas
Chalmers) (1864).
Webb, Charles Henry. [“John Paul. ”] An
American banker, journalist, and humorist;
born at Rouse's Point, N. Y. , Jan. 24, 1834. His
journalistic work was done on the New York
Times (1860–63); the Californian, San Fran-
cisco (1863-66); and the New York Tribune,
for which, mainly, his humorous articles were
written. He invented an adding machine. He
wrote several burlesque dramas; John Paul's
Book) (1874); Parodies, Prose and Verse)
(1876); and Vagrom Verse. )
Webb, James Watson. An American soldier,
journalist, and diplomat; born at Claverack,
N. Y. , Feb. 8, 1802; died in New York city,
June 7, 1884. In journalism he was connected
with the Morning Courier, New York (1827-29);
The Morning Courier and New York Enquirer
(1829-59). He is the author of : Altowan; or,
Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky
Mountains) (2 vols. , 1846); "Slavery and its
Tendencies) (1856); and a pamphlet on Na-
tional Currency) (1875).
Webb, Sidney. An English socialist, one of
the founders of the Fabian Society; born in
London, July 13, 1859. He has written :
(Socialism in England) (1889); (The Eight
Hours' Day) (1891), in collaboration with Har-
old Cox; and (The London Program) (1892).
His wife, Beatrice (Potter), has written (The
Co-operative Movement in Great Britain, and
together they have written the noted History
of Trades-Unionism in England) and (Indus-
trial Democracy' (1898).
Weber, Georg (vā'ber). A German educator
and historian; born in Bavaria, Feb. 10, 1808;
died at Heidelberg, Aug. 10, 1888. His works
are : (Text-Book of General History) (2 vols. );
History of German Literature); (General
History of the World for the Educated Classes)
(15 vols. , 1857-80); and with M. H. Holtz-
mann, a history of the Hebrew people and the
origin of Christianity.
Weber, Karl Julius. A German miscellane-
ous writer; born at Langenburg, April 16, 1767;
died at Kupferzell, July 20, 1832. He wrote:
Monasticism (3 vols. , 1818-20); (Knighthood
(3 vols. , 1822-24); "Germany; or, Letters of a
German Traveling in Germany) (4 vols. , 1826-
28); “Democritus; or, The Literary Remains of
a Laughing Philosopher) (5 vols. , 1832-35): the
last two works being satires on German society.
Weber, Max Maria von. A German rail-
way engineer, son of the celebrated music com-
poser, Karl Maria von W. ; born at Dresden,
April 25, 1822; died at Berlin, April 18, 1881.
Besides numerous technological works, he wrote:
(Karl Maria von Weber: A Life Picture) (3
vols. , 1864-66); (From the World of Work)
(1868); “Works and Days) (1869); "Looking
and Doing) (1878).
Webster, Albert Falvey. An American short-
story writer; born in Boston, 1848; died at sea,
Dec. 27, 1876. His best stories were printed
in Scribner's, Appleton's, and the Atlantic
Monthly, and include: “Our Friend Sullivan';
(Little Majesty); (An Operation in Money);
My Daughter's Watch); (Miss Eunice's Glove. '
Webster, Augusta (Davies). An English
poet and dramatist; born at Poole, Dorsetshire,
1840; died 1894. She was daughter of Vice-
Admiral George Davies. She wrote: (Blanche
Lisle and Other Poems, by Cecil Home (1860);
A Woman Sold,' etc. (1867); 'In a Day' (1882);
a drama, several metrical dramas, translations
of Greek tragedies, etc.
Webster, Daniel. The celebrated American
statesman and orator; born in Salisbury, N. H. ,
Jan. 18, 1782; died in Marshfield, Mass. , Oct.
24, 1852. *
Webster, John. An English dramatist; born
near the end of the sixteenth century. He
helped Dekker, Chettie, Drayton, Marston, Row-
ley, Middleton, Munday, Heywood, and Went-
worth Smith, in writing some of their plays.
Some of his own dramas are: (The White
Devil; or, Vittoria Corombona! (1612); (The
Duchess of Malti? (1623); (Appius and Vir-
ginia) (1624); and “The Devil's Law Case. *
Webster, Noah. A celebrated American lexi-
cographer; born at Hartford, Conn. , Oct. 16,
1758; died in New Haven, Conn. , May 28,
1843. He published: (A Grammatical Institute
of the English Language, etc. , in Three Parts)
(1783-85), which was spelling-book, grammar,
and reader combined ; (A Compendious Dic-
tionary of the English Language) (1807); a
Philosophical and Practical Grammar of the
English Language) (1807); and then his great
work, American Dictionary of the English
Language) (2 vols. , 4to, 1828). He superin-
tended the publication of the second edition of
his dictionary (1840-41).
Weckherlin, Georg Rudolf (vek’hår-lēn). A
German poet; born at Stuttgart, about 1584;
died at London, about 1653. He was essen-
tially a court poet, and wrote only for the nobil-
ity. He was the first to introduce into German
literature the ode, sonnet, eclogue, and epigram;
his finest pieces are the Love Songs to Myrta.
He had his complete poetical works published
twice at Amsterdam (2 vols. , 1641, 1648).
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Wedderburn, James. A Scotch psalmodist;
born at Dundee, about 1500; died in England,
about 1564. With his brother Robert, he edited :
(Ane Compendious Buike of Godly and Spirit-
uall Sangs, Collectit Out of Sundrie Partes of
the Scripture, wyth Sundrie of Cther Ballates
Changed Out of Prophane Sangs, for Avoyd-
ing of Sinne and Harlotrie) (about 1548). This
was the principal psalmbook used Scotland.
He is the reputed author of "The Complaynt
of Scotland (1548), «the only classic work in
old Scottish prose. ”
Wedmore, Frederick. An English journalist,
novelist, and art critic; born at Clifton, July
1844. He has written considerably for the
magazines. Among his works are: A Snapt
Gold Ring' (1871), a novel ; (Two Girls) (1874);
"Studies in English Art) (1876); “Pastorals of
France) (1877); Four Masters of Etching!
(1883); etc.
Weech, Friedrich von (vāch). A German
historian; born at Munich, Oct. 16, 1837. He
has written : (The Emperor Ludwig of Bava-
ria and King John of Bohemia) (1860); (Baden
under the Grand-Dukes Karl Friedrich, Karl,
and Ludwig) (1864); (History of the Baden
Constitution) (1868); (The Germans since the
Reformation) (1878); History of Baden)
( 1890 ); (Karlsruhe: History of the City)
(1893).
Weed, Thurlow. An American journalist
and politician; born at Cairo, N. Y. , Nov. 15,
1797; died in New York city, Nov. 22, 1882.
He founded the Agriculturist at Norwich, N. Y. ;
the Evening Journal, Albany, N. Y. (1830 );
and edited the Commercial Advertiser, New
York city (1867–68). His books are : (Letters
from Europe and the West Indies) (1866); and
an autobiography, edited by his daughter, and
published in 1882. He wrote (Reminiscences)
for the Atlantic Monthly.
Weeden, William Babcock. An American
soldier and ethical and historical writer; born
at Bristol, R. I. , Sept. I, 1834. He served with
distinction in the Union army during the Civil
War. He has written : (Morality of Prohibitory
Liquor Laws) (1875); (Social Law of Labor)
(1882); (Economic and Social History of New
England) (2 vols. , 1890), his chief work.
Weeks, Edwin Lord. An American artist;
born in Massachusetts in 1849. He has written
a work of travel, (From the Black Sea through
Persia and India. '
Weeks, Robert Kelley. An American poet;
born in New York city, Sept. 21, 1840; died
April 13, 1876. He graduated from Yale in
1862, from the Columbia Law School in 1864,
and entered the New York bar the same year,
but afterwards left it to devote himself to
literary pursuits. He published Poems' (1866);
and Episodes and Lyric Pieces) (1870).
Weems, Mason Locke. An American
biographical writer and Episcopal clergyman;
born in 1759; died in 1825. His chief work is
A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and
Exploits, of General George Washington' (1800),
an entertaining but unreliable and inaccurate
book. He also wrote : Biographies) of Gen-
eral Francis Marion (1816); Franklin (1817); and
William Penn (1829).
Wegele, Franz Xaver (vā'ge-le). A German
historian; born at Munich, Oct. 28, 1823. He
was appointed professor of history in the Uni-
versity of Würzburg, 1851. He wrote: (Karl
August of Weimar) (1850); "Life and Works
of Dante Alighieri) (3d ed. 1879); (Sources of
Thuringian History) (1854); (Frederick the
Peaceful, Margrave of Meissen (1870); 'Goethe
as a Historian) (1875); (History of German
Historiography since the Rise of Humanism'
(1885).
Wegscheider, Julius August Ludwig (vāg-
shi-der). A German theological writer; born
at Kübbelingen in Brunswick, Sept. 17, 1771;
died at Halle, Jan. 27, 1849. His principal work
is (Institutes of Christian Dogmatic Theology)
(1815): this work may be regarded as the clas-
sical dogmatic treatise of rationalism.
Wehl, Feodor von (vāl). A German novelist
and poet; born at Kunzendorf, Silesia, Feb.
19, 1821 ; died at Hamburg, Jan. 22, 1890. He
wrote the lyrico-dramatic poem (Hölderlin's
Love) (1852); a volume of verses, (From
Heart to Heart) (1867); (Fifteen Years in the
Directorship of the Stuttgart Court Theatre
(1886). His plays were published in 6 volumes,
1882. He wrote also :(Hamburg's Literary Life
in the 18th Century) (1856); In Leisure Hours)
(1867); (At the Roaring Loom of Time) (1869);
(Time and Men (1889).
Weil, Gustav (vil).
A German Orientalist
and historian; born at Sulzburg, Baden, April
25, 1808; died at Freiburg in Breisgau, Aug.
30, 1889. He was appointed professor of Ori-
ental languages in the University of Heidelberg,
1861. He wrote: (The Poetry of the Arabs)
(1837); a learned (History of Mohammed the
Prophet) (1843); Historico-critical Introduc-
tion to the Koran) (1844); (Biblical Legends
of the Mussulmans) (1845); (History of the
Khaliſs) (5 vols. , 1846-62); History of the Is.
lamitic People from Mohammed to the time of
the Sultan Selim' (1866). He made the first
German translation of the (Thousand Nights
and a Night) (4 vols. , 1837-41).
Weilen, Joseph von (viʻlen). A German
educator and dramatist; born at Tetin, Bohe-
mia, Dec. 28, 1828; died in Vienna, July 3, 1889.
His works are : Fantasies and Songs) (1853);
(Men of the Sword (1855); (Tristan (1860);
(Edda) (1865); Drahomira) (1867); (Count
Horn (1871); and (The New Achilles) (1872).
Weill, Alexandre (vil or vāl). A French
journalist and miscellaneous writer; born at
Schiroff in Alsace, 1811. He spent his youth in
Germany as teacher, editor, and author. He
wrote a series of Alsatian Tales) that were
very popular; (The Peasants' War) (1847), a
historical study; (Republic and Monarchy)
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(1849); (Village Tales) (1853); (Mismorismes :
Hymns of the Soul) (1860); (My Youth, My
Adolescence, etc. (1870), an autobiography;
(Parisian Romances) (1874); "Genius of Uni-
versal History) (1876); etc.
Weingarten, Hermann (vin'gär-ten). A
German church historian; born at Berlin, March
12, 1834 ; died April 25, 1892, near Breslau,
where he was professor of church history.
Among his works are: (Pascal as an Apolo-
gist of Christianism) (1863); (The Revolution
Churches of England) (1868); Chronological
Tables and General Views of Church His-
tory) (1870); (Rise of Monachism in the Post-
Constantine Age) (1887).
Weinhold, Karl (vin'hõlt). A German anti-
quarian; born at Reichenbach in Silesia, Oct.
26, 1823. He held the chair of German phi-
lology in various universities successively,
Breslau, Cracow, Grätz, Kiel, finally Berlin.
Among his works are : Christmas Plays and
Carols of Southern Germany and Silesia' (1853);
(Researches in German Dialects) (1853); (An-
cient Norse Life) (1856); (The Giants of Ger-
man Myth) (1858); Heathen Burial in Ger-
many) (1859); (German Womankind in the
Middle Ages) (2 vols. , 2d ed. 1882).
Weir, Arthur. A Canadian poet; born at
Montreal, 1864. He was for several years a
journalist, then an analytical chemist, and is
now a banker. He has written (Fleurs de Lys)
(1887); (The Romance of Sir Richard,' etc.
(1890); etc.
Weir, Harrison William. An English illus-
trator and writer for young people; born at
Lewes, May 5, 1824. He is noted for his en-
gravings of animals, and was one of the origi-
nal members of the Society of Painters in
Water-Colors. He has written : (The Poetry
of Nature ) (1865); ( Funny Dogs with Funny
Tales); (The Adventures of a Bear); Bird
Stories); (Our Cats); etc. : some of which he
illustrated himself.
Weir, James. An American romance-writer;
born in Kentucky, 1821. He has published
(Lonz Powers; or, The Regulators); (Simon
Kenton); (Winter Lodge.
Weise, Christian (vi'zė). A German educa-
tionist and poet; born at Zittau, April 30, 1642 ;
died there, 1708. He wrote admirable text-books
for school instruction; (Curious Thought
German Verse) (2 vols. , 1691-95); several
dramas and romances; a volume of poems;
(Overflowing Thoughts of Early Youth (1668).
His best works are his satirical tales, as (The
Three Chief Arch-Fools); (The Bavarian Ma-
chiavel); (Kathrine the Shrew. '
Weismann, August (vis'män). A celebrated
German zoologist; born at Frankfort on the
Main, Jan. 17, 1834. He became professor at
Freiburg (1871). He denies the possibility of
the inheritance of acquired characters. He is
one of the leading minds engaged in the study
of evolution; his writings have provoked much
discussion, and been a great stimulation to re-
search. Among his principal works are : (Stud-
ies in the Theory of Descent' (1880); (Essays
on Heredity) (London, 1888-92); (Germ Plasm)
(London, 1893); etc.
Weiss, Bernhard (vis). A German theologi-
cal writer; born at Königsberg, June 20, 1827.
He was made professor of theology at Kiel,
1863, and at Berlin, 1877. His principal writings
are : (Text-Book of Biblical Theology) (1868);
(Life of Jesus) (2 vols. , 1882); Introduction to
the New Testament) (1886).
Weiss, John. An American clergyman, re-
former, and author; born in Boston, June 28,
1818; died there, March 9, 1879. He has pub-
lished : Æsthetic Prose) (1845), a translation of
Schiller's philosophical and ästhetic essays;
Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker)
(2 vols. , 1864); (American Religion (1871);
(Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare) (1880). He
was a disciple of the Transcendental philosophy,
an earnest abolitionist, an advocate of woman's
political enfranchisement, and a defender of
reason in religion. *
Weisse, Christian Felix (vi'sė). A Ger-
man poet and writer for the young; born at
Annaberg, Jan. 28, 1726; died at Leipsic, Dec.
16, 1804. He wrote: (Sportive Lays) (1758), in
the Anacreontic vein; Lays of the Amazons)
(1760); and several tragedies and comedies; he
was less successful with these than with his
comic operas, which for a long time held the
boards of the Leipsic theatre. He wrote also
(Songs for Children (1776).
Weisse, Christian Hermann. A German
philosopher, grandson of Christian F. ; born
at Leipsic, Aug. 10, 1801; died there, Sept.
19, 1866; he was professor of philosophy at
Leipsic from 1845. He wrote: (The Idea,
the Treatment, and the Sources of Mythology)
(1828); (System of Æsthetics as a Science)
(2 vols. , 1830); «The Idea of Godhead) (1833);
(Theodicy in German Rhymes) (1834); Prin-
ciples of Metaphysic) (1835); (The Gospel His-
tory Treated Critically and Philosophically) (2
vols. , 1838); (Luther's Christology) (1852).
Weizsäcker, Karl Heinrich (vīts'sāk-er). A
distinguished German Protestant theologian;
born at Oehringen, Würtemberg, Dec. II, 1822.
He was court chaplain at Stuttgart, 1851; mem-
ber of the superior consistory there, 1859; pro-
fessor of theology at Tübingen, 1861; chan-
cellor of the university, 1890; privy councilor,
1894. Among his chief works are: (Re-
searches in Evangelical History) (2d ed. 1891);
(The Apostolic Age of the Christian Church'
(2d ed. 1892; English translation 1894); etc.
His translation into German of the New Tes-
tament (7th ed. 1894) has been greatly liked.
Welby, Amelia (Coppuck). (“Amelia. ”]
An American poet; born at St. Michael's, Md. ,
Feb. 3, 1819; died May 3, 1852. Her collected
poems were published in Boston (1844), in New
York (1850), and a final collection after her
death, in 1860.
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Welch, Philip Henry. An American humor-
ist; born at Angelica, N. Y. , March 1, 1849;
died in Brooklyn, N. Y. , Feb. 24, 1889. He
has the distinction of being the maker of in-
numerable newspaper jokes, and short dia-
logues, the writing of which he made a pro-
fession. His books are: (The Taylor-Made
Girl) (1888); and (Said in Fun (1889).
Welch, Sarah. An Australian poet. Her
home is at Adelaide, South Australia. She is
a nurse by profession. She has written «The
Dying Chorister, and the Chorister's Funeral)
(1879).
Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb (vel'ker). A
celebrated German classical scholar and ar-
chæologist; born at Grünberg, Hesse, Nov. 4,
1784; died at Bonn, Dec. 17, 1868. He was pro-
fessor of archæology at Giessen, 1809; Got-
tingen, 1816; at Bonn, 1819. Besides editing
editions of a number of Greek authors, he
wrote: (The Æschylean Trilogy) (1824; sup-
plement, 1826); "Greek Tragedy Arranged with
Regard to the Epical Cyclus) (3 vols. , 1841),
an epoch-making work; (Ancient Monuments)
(5 vols. , 1849-64); (Greek Mythology) (3 vols. ,
1862); “The Epical Cyclus) (2d ed. 1865-82);
etc.
Welhaven, Johan Sebastian Cammer.
meyer (vel'hä-ven). A Norwegian journalist,
patriot, and poet; born at Bergen, Dec. 22,
1807; died in Christiania, Oct. 21, 1873. He
founded a weekly paper, Vidar (1833), which
was changed into the daily Constitutionelle
(1836). He wrote (Poetic Art and Character
of Henrik Wergeland) (1832), which awakened
a great controversy; and Norges Daemring)
(Norway's Twilight: 1834), political sonnets
stirring up great strife of thought. Collections
of his unpolemical poems appeared in 1851
and in 1863. *
Welldon, James Edward Cowell. An Eng.
lish educator; born at Tunbridge, April 25,
1854. He was head-master of Dulwich College,
1883, and Harrow School, 1885. Besides stand-
ard translations of Aristotle's Politics, (Rhet-
oric, and Nicomachean Ethics, he has pub-
lished (Sermons Preached to Harrow Boys)
(1887), and (The Spiritual Life and Other Ser-
mons) (1888).
Wells, Charles Jeremiah. An English poet;
born in 1800; died in France, Feb. 17, 1879.
He left England in 1840, afterwards living
chiefly in Marseilles, where he practiced law.
He was a friend of Keats, Horne, and Hazlitt.
His best work is the dramatic poem, Joseph
and his Brethren,' published in 1824 under the
pseudonym of “H. L. Howard, and reprinted
in 1876 with an introduction by Swinburne.
He also wrote a little volume called “Stories
After Nature ( 1822 ), now out of print. Some
of these tales were afterwards reprinted in the
Illustrated Family Journal, and in Linton's
Illuminated Magazine.
Wells, David Ames. An American political
economist; born at Springfield, Mass. , June 17,
1828. He edited among other works, the (An-
nual of Scientific Discovery) ( 16 vols. , 1850
65). Some of his earlier works are (Familiar
Science) (1856); Elements of Natural Philoso-
phy'(1857); and a widely circulated political
pamphlet, l Burden and Our Strength
(1864). Among his financial and economic books
are: The Creed of the Free Trader) (1875);
(Production and Distribution of Wealth' (1875);
(Robinson Crusoe's Money) (1876); “The Sil-
ver Question) (1878); “Our Merchant Marine,
etc. (1882); “A Primer of Tariff Reform' (1884);
(Practical Economics) (1886); A Study of
Mexico' (1887); (A Short and Simple Cate-
chism (1888); and Relation of the Tariff to
Wages.
Wells, H. G. An English novelist; born at
Bromley, Kent, 1868. Starting as a teacher in
London, he is now a journalist there. He has
written : (The Time Machine) (1895); (Select
Conversations with an Uncle) (1895); "The
Wonderful Visit! (1895), a humorous satire;
(The Island of Dr. Moreau) (1896); (The
Wheels of Chance) (1896); (Thirty Strange
Stories) (1897); “The Invisible Man' (1897);
etc.
Wells, Mrs. Kate Gannett. An American
essayist and novelist; born (Catherine Boott
Gannett) in 1838. She is the daughter of a
Unitarian clergyman of Boston. She has writ-
ten chiefly for periodicals. Her works have
been collected in volumes : In the Clearings);
(Miss Curtis); “Two Modern Women); About
People); etc. ; also some Sunday-school manuals.
Welsh, Herbert. An American philanthro-
pist; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1851. He
is the Indians' friend and founder of the In-
dian Rights Association. Among his writings
are : (Four Weeks among Some of the Sioux
Tribes of Dakotah; and (Report of a Visit
to the Navajo, Pueblo, and Hualapai Indians
of New Mexico and Arizona. '
Wemyss, Francis Courtney (weems). An
actor, manager, and theatrical writer; born in
London, May 13, 1797 ; died in New York, Jan.
5, 1859. He acted in London, 1821 ; at Phila-
delphia, 1822; was manager of theatres in sev-
eral American cities, and secretary of the
Dramatic Fund Association from 1852. Among
his works are: (Twenty-Six Years as Actor and
Manager) ( 1847 ); (Chronology of the Amer.
ican Stage) (1852); and (Theatrical Biogra-
phy. He edited (The Minor Drama' (7 vols. ,
1848-52 ).
Wendell, Barrett. An American author and
educator ; born in Boston, Aug. 23, 1855. He
has published: (English Composition) (1891);
(Cotton Mather) (1891), in Makers of America)
series; and the novels (The Duchess Emilia)
(1885), and “Rankell's Remains) (1886). His
(Stelligeri, and Other Essays concerning Amer-
ica) (1893), and “William Shakspere: A Study)
(1894), are widely known. He is American
editor of Literature.
Wergeland, Henrik Arnold (ver'gė-länd).
A Norwegian poet; born at Christiansand. June
17, 1808; died Aug. 12, 1845. His works are:
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(The Creation, Man, and the Messiah, a lyric
poem (1830); “The Jew); Jan van Huysum's
Flower-Piece); (The English Pilot) (1845);
and many tragedies, vaudevilles, farces, etc.
He has had a great influence on Norwegian
literature and civilization.
Werner, Franz von (vār'ner). [“Murad
Effendi. ”] An Austrian poet and diplomatist;
born in Vienna, May 30, 1836; died Sept. 12,
1881. In 1877 he became resident minister at
The Hague and Stockholm, and in 1880 was
named minister plenipotentiary and envoy ex-
traordinary. He wrote: “Through Thuringia)
(1870); (Marino Falieri(1871); (Inez de Cas-
tro) (1872); (Mirabeau) (1875); (East and
West,' poems (1877); (Ballads and Pictures)
(1879). His dramatic works were collected in
1881.
Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias. A
German dramatist and clergyman; born at
Königsberg, Nov. 18, 1768; died in Vienna, Jan.
17, 1823. His works are: (Sons of the Valley)
(1800), inspired by Masonic enthusiasm ;(Cruise
in the German Ocean) (1804), set to music by
Hoffmann; Martin Luther); and (The 24th
of February,' which made a great sensation.
English and American periodicals, and has
edited several antholbgies. Her works include:
(The Bird Bride) (1889); A Summer Night,
and Other Poems) (1891); 'After Sunset
(1895).
Watson, Thomas. An English poet; born
in London about 1557 ; died in 1592. His
poems, pastoral and amatory, equaled in pop-
ularity those of his friends Spenser and Sid-
ney. He translated Sophocles's (Antigone)
into Latin (1581); and wrote : (Ekatompathia ;
or, Passionate Century of Love (1582); “Meli-
bæus, Thomæ Watsoni; sive, Ecloga in Obitum
Domini Francisci Walsinghami Equitis Aurati?
(1590); (The Tears of Fancie; or, Love Dis-
dained (1593).
Watson, William. An English poet; born
at Wharfedale. His published works include:
( The Prince's Quest) (1880); (Epigrams of
Art) (1884); in the National Review, a series of
political sonnets, (Ver Tenebrosum) (1885);
“Wordsworth's Grave, and Other Poems' (1891);
(Lachrymæ Musarum' (1892), an elegy on
Tennyson; Poems) (1893); (Excursions in
Criticism' (1893); (The Eloping Angels' (1893);
(Odes, and Other Poems) (1894); and (The
Purple East) (1896), an attack on the British
government for its failure to act against Turkey
for the Armenian massacres. *
Wattenbach, Wilhelm (vät'ten-bach). A
German historian and palæographist; born at
Ranzau in Holstein, Sept. 22, 1819; became
professor of history at Heidelberg, 1862, and
1873 in Berlin University. He is author of
(Contributions to the History of the Christian
Church in Bohemia and Moravia) (1819);
(Introduction to Greek Palæography) (1867);
(Introduction to Latin Palæography) (1809);
Writing in the Middle Ages) (1871); Vaca-
tion Travels in Spain and Portugal (1869);
(The Transylvanian Saxons) (1870); (The In-
quisition against the Waldenses in Pomerania
and in the Mark of Brandenburg (1886); “The
Sect of the Brethren of the Free Spirit (1887);
(History of the Roman Papacy) (1876),
Watterson, Henry. An American journalist;
born in Washington, D. C. , Feb. 16, 1840. His
first work as journalist was with the Democratic
Review, and The States, in Washington, D. C.
He edited the Republican Banner, Nashville,
Tenn. , before and after the War, in the interim
serving with distinction in the Confederate
army. He edited, in Louisville, Ky. , the Louis-
ville Journal (1867-68); and has edited the
Louisville Courier-Journal since 1868. He has
published one book, "Oddities of Southern Life
and Character) (1883).
Watts, Alaric Alexander. An English edu.
cator, poet, and journalist; born in London,
March 16, 1799; died at Kensington, April 5,
1864. His journalistic work was done with the
Manchester Courier, the London Standard, and
the United Service Gazette. He edited a series
of annual volumes, Literary Souvenir) (1825-
35 ). He published: (Poetical Sketches (1822);
and (Lyrics of the Heart) ( 1851 ).
Watts, Isaac. An English clergyman and
hymn-writer ; born at Southampton, July 17,
1674; died at Theobalds, Newington, Nov. 25,
1748. He wrote many religious and educa.
tional treatises, among which are: (Logic; or,
The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after
Truth ( 1725); and “The Improvement of the
Mind' ( 1741). His (Psalms and Hymns) have
given him a place in the hymnals of all Eng.
lish-speaking denominations. *
Waugh, Edwin. An English dialect-writer;
born at Rochdale, Lancashire, Jan. 29, 1817;
died at New Brighton, April 30, 1890. He
wrote (Sketches of Lancashire Life and Local-
ities) (1855; 4th ed. 1869 ); (Poems and Lan-
cashire Songs) (1859); “Rambles in the Lake
Country and its Borders) (1862); (Tufts of
Heather from the Lancashire Moors) (1864);
(Irish Sketches): (Home Life of the Lancashire
Factory-Folk) (1866); (Sancho's Wallet); 'The
Chimney Corner? (1879); etc. (Posies from
a
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a Country Garden (2 vols. , 1865) is a selec-
tion from his poems.
Wayland, Francis. An American clergy-
man, educator, and author; born in New York
city, March 11, 1796; died in Providence, R. I. ,
Sept. 30, 1865. He graduated at Union College,
1813, was pastor in a Baptist church in Boston
1821-26, and president of Brown University
1827-55. His works include: Elements of
Moral Science) (1835); Elements of Politi-
cal Economy) (1837); (The Limitations of
Human Responsibility) (1838); (Thoughts on
the Present Collegiate System) (1845); (Do-
mestic Slavery considered as a Scriptural Insti-
tution (1845); Memoirs) of Harriet Ware
(1850) and Adoniram Judson (1853); Elements
of Intellectual Philosophy) (1854); (Sermons
to Churches) (1858); Memoir of Thomas
Chalmers) (1864).
Webb, Charles Henry. [“John Paul. ”] An
American banker, journalist, and humorist;
born at Rouse's Point, N. Y. , Jan. 24, 1834. His
journalistic work was done on the New York
Times (1860–63); the Californian, San Fran-
cisco (1863-66); and the New York Tribune,
for which, mainly, his humorous articles were
written. He invented an adding machine. He
wrote several burlesque dramas; John Paul's
Book) (1874); Parodies, Prose and Verse)
(1876); and Vagrom Verse. )
Webb, James Watson. An American soldier,
journalist, and diplomat; born at Claverack,
N. Y. , Feb. 8, 1802; died in New York city,
June 7, 1884. In journalism he was connected
with the Morning Courier, New York (1827-29);
The Morning Courier and New York Enquirer
(1829-59). He is the author of : Altowan; or,
Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky
Mountains) (2 vols. , 1846); "Slavery and its
Tendencies) (1856); and a pamphlet on Na-
tional Currency) (1875).
Webb, Sidney. An English socialist, one of
the founders of the Fabian Society; born in
London, July 13, 1859. He has written :
(Socialism in England) (1889); (The Eight
Hours' Day) (1891), in collaboration with Har-
old Cox; and (The London Program) (1892).
His wife, Beatrice (Potter), has written (The
Co-operative Movement in Great Britain, and
together they have written the noted History
of Trades-Unionism in England) and (Indus-
trial Democracy' (1898).
Weber, Georg (vā'ber). A German educator
and historian; born in Bavaria, Feb. 10, 1808;
died at Heidelberg, Aug. 10, 1888. His works
are : (Text-Book of General History) (2 vols. );
History of German Literature); (General
History of the World for the Educated Classes)
(15 vols. , 1857-80); and with M. H. Holtz-
mann, a history of the Hebrew people and the
origin of Christianity.
Weber, Karl Julius. A German miscellane-
ous writer; born at Langenburg, April 16, 1767;
died at Kupferzell, July 20, 1832. He wrote:
Monasticism (3 vols. , 1818-20); (Knighthood
(3 vols. , 1822-24); "Germany; or, Letters of a
German Traveling in Germany) (4 vols. , 1826-
28); “Democritus; or, The Literary Remains of
a Laughing Philosopher) (5 vols. , 1832-35): the
last two works being satires on German society.
Weber, Max Maria von. A German rail-
way engineer, son of the celebrated music com-
poser, Karl Maria von W. ; born at Dresden,
April 25, 1822; died at Berlin, April 18, 1881.
Besides numerous technological works, he wrote:
(Karl Maria von Weber: A Life Picture) (3
vols. , 1864-66); (From the World of Work)
(1868); “Works and Days) (1869); "Looking
and Doing) (1878).
Webster, Albert Falvey. An American short-
story writer; born in Boston, 1848; died at sea,
Dec. 27, 1876. His best stories were printed
in Scribner's, Appleton's, and the Atlantic
Monthly, and include: “Our Friend Sullivan';
(Little Majesty); (An Operation in Money);
My Daughter's Watch); (Miss Eunice's Glove. '
Webster, Augusta (Davies). An English
poet and dramatist; born at Poole, Dorsetshire,
1840; died 1894. She was daughter of Vice-
Admiral George Davies. She wrote: (Blanche
Lisle and Other Poems, by Cecil Home (1860);
A Woman Sold,' etc. (1867); 'In a Day' (1882);
a drama, several metrical dramas, translations
of Greek tragedies, etc.
Webster, Daniel. The celebrated American
statesman and orator; born in Salisbury, N. H. ,
Jan. 18, 1782; died in Marshfield, Mass. , Oct.
24, 1852. *
Webster, John. An English dramatist; born
near the end of the sixteenth century. He
helped Dekker, Chettie, Drayton, Marston, Row-
ley, Middleton, Munday, Heywood, and Went-
worth Smith, in writing some of their plays.
Some of his own dramas are: (The White
Devil; or, Vittoria Corombona! (1612); (The
Duchess of Malti? (1623); (Appius and Vir-
ginia) (1624); and “The Devil's Law Case. *
Webster, Noah. A celebrated American lexi-
cographer; born at Hartford, Conn. , Oct. 16,
1758; died in New Haven, Conn. , May 28,
1843. He published: (A Grammatical Institute
of the English Language, etc. , in Three Parts)
(1783-85), which was spelling-book, grammar,
and reader combined ; (A Compendious Dic-
tionary of the English Language) (1807); a
Philosophical and Practical Grammar of the
English Language) (1807); and then his great
work, American Dictionary of the English
Language) (2 vols. , 4to, 1828). He superin-
tended the publication of the second edition of
his dictionary (1840-41).
Weckherlin, Georg Rudolf (vek’hår-lēn). A
German poet; born at Stuttgart, about 1584;
died at London, about 1653. He was essen-
tially a court poet, and wrote only for the nobil-
ity. He was the first to introduce into German
literature the ode, sonnet, eclogue, and epigram;
his finest pieces are the Love Songs to Myrta.
He had his complete poetical works published
twice at Amsterdam (2 vols. , 1641, 1648).
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Wedderburn, James. A Scotch psalmodist;
born at Dundee, about 1500; died in England,
about 1564. With his brother Robert, he edited :
(Ane Compendious Buike of Godly and Spirit-
uall Sangs, Collectit Out of Sundrie Partes of
the Scripture, wyth Sundrie of Cther Ballates
Changed Out of Prophane Sangs, for Avoyd-
ing of Sinne and Harlotrie) (about 1548). This
was the principal psalmbook used Scotland.
He is the reputed author of "The Complaynt
of Scotland (1548), «the only classic work in
old Scottish prose. ”
Wedmore, Frederick. An English journalist,
novelist, and art critic; born at Clifton, July
1844. He has written considerably for the
magazines. Among his works are: A Snapt
Gold Ring' (1871), a novel ; (Two Girls) (1874);
"Studies in English Art) (1876); “Pastorals of
France) (1877); Four Masters of Etching!
(1883); etc.
Weech, Friedrich von (vāch). A German
historian; born at Munich, Oct. 16, 1837. He
has written : (The Emperor Ludwig of Bava-
ria and King John of Bohemia) (1860); (Baden
under the Grand-Dukes Karl Friedrich, Karl,
and Ludwig) (1864); (History of the Baden
Constitution) (1868); (The Germans since the
Reformation) (1878); History of Baden)
( 1890 ); (Karlsruhe: History of the City)
(1893).
Weed, Thurlow. An American journalist
and politician; born at Cairo, N. Y. , Nov. 15,
1797; died in New York city, Nov. 22, 1882.
He founded the Agriculturist at Norwich, N. Y. ;
the Evening Journal, Albany, N. Y. (1830 );
and edited the Commercial Advertiser, New
York city (1867–68). His books are : (Letters
from Europe and the West Indies) (1866); and
an autobiography, edited by his daughter, and
published in 1882. He wrote (Reminiscences)
for the Atlantic Monthly.
Weeden, William Babcock. An American
soldier and ethical and historical writer; born
at Bristol, R. I. , Sept. I, 1834. He served with
distinction in the Union army during the Civil
War. He has written : (Morality of Prohibitory
Liquor Laws) (1875); (Social Law of Labor)
(1882); (Economic and Social History of New
England) (2 vols. , 1890), his chief work.
Weeks, Edwin Lord. An American artist;
born in Massachusetts in 1849. He has written
a work of travel, (From the Black Sea through
Persia and India. '
Weeks, Robert Kelley. An American poet;
born in New York city, Sept. 21, 1840; died
April 13, 1876. He graduated from Yale in
1862, from the Columbia Law School in 1864,
and entered the New York bar the same year,
but afterwards left it to devote himself to
literary pursuits. He published Poems' (1866);
and Episodes and Lyric Pieces) (1870).
Weems, Mason Locke. An American
biographical writer and Episcopal clergyman;
born in 1759; died in 1825. His chief work is
A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and
Exploits, of General George Washington' (1800),
an entertaining but unreliable and inaccurate
book. He also wrote : Biographies) of Gen-
eral Francis Marion (1816); Franklin (1817); and
William Penn (1829).
Wegele, Franz Xaver (vā'ge-le). A German
historian; born at Munich, Oct. 28, 1823. He
was appointed professor of history in the Uni-
versity of Würzburg, 1851. He wrote: (Karl
August of Weimar) (1850); "Life and Works
of Dante Alighieri) (3d ed. 1879); (Sources of
Thuringian History) (1854); (Frederick the
Peaceful, Margrave of Meissen (1870); 'Goethe
as a Historian) (1875); (History of German
Historiography since the Rise of Humanism'
(1885).
Wegscheider, Julius August Ludwig (vāg-
shi-der). A German theological writer; born
at Kübbelingen in Brunswick, Sept. 17, 1771;
died at Halle, Jan. 27, 1849. His principal work
is (Institutes of Christian Dogmatic Theology)
(1815): this work may be regarded as the clas-
sical dogmatic treatise of rationalism.
Wehl, Feodor von (vāl). A German novelist
and poet; born at Kunzendorf, Silesia, Feb.
19, 1821 ; died at Hamburg, Jan. 22, 1890. He
wrote the lyrico-dramatic poem (Hölderlin's
Love) (1852); a volume of verses, (From
Heart to Heart) (1867); (Fifteen Years in the
Directorship of the Stuttgart Court Theatre
(1886). His plays were published in 6 volumes,
1882. He wrote also :(Hamburg's Literary Life
in the 18th Century) (1856); In Leisure Hours)
(1867); (At the Roaring Loom of Time) (1869);
(Time and Men (1889).
Weil, Gustav (vil).
A German Orientalist
and historian; born at Sulzburg, Baden, April
25, 1808; died at Freiburg in Breisgau, Aug.
30, 1889. He was appointed professor of Ori-
ental languages in the University of Heidelberg,
1861. He wrote: (The Poetry of the Arabs)
(1837); a learned (History of Mohammed the
Prophet) (1843); Historico-critical Introduc-
tion to the Koran) (1844); (Biblical Legends
of the Mussulmans) (1845); (History of the
Khaliſs) (5 vols. , 1846-62); History of the Is.
lamitic People from Mohammed to the time of
the Sultan Selim' (1866). He made the first
German translation of the (Thousand Nights
and a Night) (4 vols. , 1837-41).
Weilen, Joseph von (viʻlen). A German
educator and dramatist; born at Tetin, Bohe-
mia, Dec. 28, 1828; died in Vienna, July 3, 1889.
His works are : Fantasies and Songs) (1853);
(Men of the Sword (1855); (Tristan (1860);
(Edda) (1865); Drahomira) (1867); (Count
Horn (1871); and (The New Achilles) (1872).
Weill, Alexandre (vil or vāl). A French
journalist and miscellaneous writer; born at
Schiroff in Alsace, 1811. He spent his youth in
Germany as teacher, editor, and author. He
wrote a series of Alsatian Tales) that were
very popular; (The Peasants' War) (1847), a
historical study; (Republic and Monarchy)
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(1849); (Village Tales) (1853); (Mismorismes :
Hymns of the Soul) (1860); (My Youth, My
Adolescence, etc. (1870), an autobiography;
(Parisian Romances) (1874); "Genius of Uni-
versal History) (1876); etc.
Weingarten, Hermann (vin'gär-ten). A
German church historian; born at Berlin, March
12, 1834 ; died April 25, 1892, near Breslau,
where he was professor of church history.
Among his works are: (Pascal as an Apolo-
gist of Christianism) (1863); (The Revolution
Churches of England) (1868); Chronological
Tables and General Views of Church His-
tory) (1870); (Rise of Monachism in the Post-
Constantine Age) (1887).
Weinhold, Karl (vin'hõlt). A German anti-
quarian; born at Reichenbach in Silesia, Oct.
26, 1823. He held the chair of German phi-
lology in various universities successively,
Breslau, Cracow, Grätz, Kiel, finally Berlin.
Among his works are : Christmas Plays and
Carols of Southern Germany and Silesia' (1853);
(Researches in German Dialects) (1853); (An-
cient Norse Life) (1856); (The Giants of Ger-
man Myth) (1858); Heathen Burial in Ger-
many) (1859); (German Womankind in the
Middle Ages) (2 vols. , 2d ed. 1882).
Weir, Arthur. A Canadian poet; born at
Montreal, 1864. He was for several years a
journalist, then an analytical chemist, and is
now a banker. He has written (Fleurs de Lys)
(1887); (The Romance of Sir Richard,' etc.
(1890); etc.
Weir, Harrison William. An English illus-
trator and writer for young people; born at
Lewes, May 5, 1824. He is noted for his en-
gravings of animals, and was one of the origi-
nal members of the Society of Painters in
Water-Colors. He has written : (The Poetry
of Nature ) (1865); ( Funny Dogs with Funny
Tales); (The Adventures of a Bear); Bird
Stories); (Our Cats); etc. : some of which he
illustrated himself.
Weir, James. An American romance-writer;
born in Kentucky, 1821. He has published
(Lonz Powers; or, The Regulators); (Simon
Kenton); (Winter Lodge.
Weise, Christian (vi'zė). A German educa-
tionist and poet; born at Zittau, April 30, 1642 ;
died there, 1708. He wrote admirable text-books
for school instruction; (Curious Thought
German Verse) (2 vols. , 1691-95); several
dramas and romances; a volume of poems;
(Overflowing Thoughts of Early Youth (1668).
His best works are his satirical tales, as (The
Three Chief Arch-Fools); (The Bavarian Ma-
chiavel); (Kathrine the Shrew. '
Weismann, August (vis'män). A celebrated
German zoologist; born at Frankfort on the
Main, Jan. 17, 1834. He became professor at
Freiburg (1871). He denies the possibility of
the inheritance of acquired characters. He is
one of the leading minds engaged in the study
of evolution; his writings have provoked much
discussion, and been a great stimulation to re-
search. Among his principal works are : (Stud-
ies in the Theory of Descent' (1880); (Essays
on Heredity) (London, 1888-92); (Germ Plasm)
(London, 1893); etc.
Weiss, Bernhard (vis). A German theologi-
cal writer; born at Königsberg, June 20, 1827.
He was made professor of theology at Kiel,
1863, and at Berlin, 1877. His principal writings
are : (Text-Book of Biblical Theology) (1868);
(Life of Jesus) (2 vols. , 1882); Introduction to
the New Testament) (1886).
Weiss, John. An American clergyman, re-
former, and author; born in Boston, June 28,
1818; died there, March 9, 1879. He has pub-
lished : Æsthetic Prose) (1845), a translation of
Schiller's philosophical and ästhetic essays;
Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker)
(2 vols. , 1864); (American Religion (1871);
(Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare) (1880). He
was a disciple of the Transcendental philosophy,
an earnest abolitionist, an advocate of woman's
political enfranchisement, and a defender of
reason in religion. *
Weisse, Christian Felix (vi'sė). A Ger-
man poet and writer for the young; born at
Annaberg, Jan. 28, 1726; died at Leipsic, Dec.
16, 1804. He wrote: (Sportive Lays) (1758), in
the Anacreontic vein; Lays of the Amazons)
(1760); and several tragedies and comedies; he
was less successful with these than with his
comic operas, which for a long time held the
boards of the Leipsic theatre. He wrote also
(Songs for Children (1776).
Weisse, Christian Hermann. A German
philosopher, grandson of Christian F. ; born
at Leipsic, Aug. 10, 1801; died there, Sept.
19, 1866; he was professor of philosophy at
Leipsic from 1845. He wrote: (The Idea,
the Treatment, and the Sources of Mythology)
(1828); (System of Æsthetics as a Science)
(2 vols. , 1830); «The Idea of Godhead) (1833);
(Theodicy in German Rhymes) (1834); Prin-
ciples of Metaphysic) (1835); (The Gospel His-
tory Treated Critically and Philosophically) (2
vols. , 1838); (Luther's Christology) (1852).
Weizsäcker, Karl Heinrich (vīts'sāk-er). A
distinguished German Protestant theologian;
born at Oehringen, Würtemberg, Dec. II, 1822.
He was court chaplain at Stuttgart, 1851; mem-
ber of the superior consistory there, 1859; pro-
fessor of theology at Tübingen, 1861; chan-
cellor of the university, 1890; privy councilor,
1894. Among his chief works are: (Re-
searches in Evangelical History) (2d ed. 1891);
(The Apostolic Age of the Christian Church'
(2d ed. 1892; English translation 1894); etc.
His translation into German of the New Tes-
tament (7th ed. 1894) has been greatly liked.
Welby, Amelia (Coppuck). (“Amelia. ”]
An American poet; born at St. Michael's, Md. ,
Feb. 3, 1819; died May 3, 1852. Her collected
poems were published in Boston (1844), in New
York (1850), and a final collection after her
death, in 1860.
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Welch, Philip Henry. An American humor-
ist; born at Angelica, N. Y. , March 1, 1849;
died in Brooklyn, N. Y. , Feb. 24, 1889. He
has the distinction of being the maker of in-
numerable newspaper jokes, and short dia-
logues, the writing of which he made a pro-
fession. His books are: (The Taylor-Made
Girl) (1888); and (Said in Fun (1889).
Welch, Sarah. An Australian poet. Her
home is at Adelaide, South Australia. She is
a nurse by profession. She has written «The
Dying Chorister, and the Chorister's Funeral)
(1879).
Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb (vel'ker). A
celebrated German classical scholar and ar-
chæologist; born at Grünberg, Hesse, Nov. 4,
1784; died at Bonn, Dec. 17, 1868. He was pro-
fessor of archæology at Giessen, 1809; Got-
tingen, 1816; at Bonn, 1819. Besides editing
editions of a number of Greek authors, he
wrote: (The Æschylean Trilogy) (1824; sup-
plement, 1826); "Greek Tragedy Arranged with
Regard to the Epical Cyclus) (3 vols. , 1841),
an epoch-making work; (Ancient Monuments)
(5 vols. , 1849-64); (Greek Mythology) (3 vols. ,
1862); “The Epical Cyclus) (2d ed. 1865-82);
etc.
Welhaven, Johan Sebastian Cammer.
meyer (vel'hä-ven). A Norwegian journalist,
patriot, and poet; born at Bergen, Dec. 22,
1807; died in Christiania, Oct. 21, 1873. He
founded a weekly paper, Vidar (1833), which
was changed into the daily Constitutionelle
(1836). He wrote (Poetic Art and Character
of Henrik Wergeland) (1832), which awakened
a great controversy; and Norges Daemring)
(Norway's Twilight: 1834), political sonnets
stirring up great strife of thought. Collections
of his unpolemical poems appeared in 1851
and in 1863. *
Welldon, James Edward Cowell. An Eng.
lish educator; born at Tunbridge, April 25,
1854. He was head-master of Dulwich College,
1883, and Harrow School, 1885. Besides stand-
ard translations of Aristotle's Politics, (Rhet-
oric, and Nicomachean Ethics, he has pub-
lished (Sermons Preached to Harrow Boys)
(1887), and (The Spiritual Life and Other Ser-
mons) (1888).
Wells, Charles Jeremiah. An English poet;
born in 1800; died in France, Feb. 17, 1879.
He left England in 1840, afterwards living
chiefly in Marseilles, where he practiced law.
He was a friend of Keats, Horne, and Hazlitt.
His best work is the dramatic poem, Joseph
and his Brethren,' published in 1824 under the
pseudonym of “H. L. Howard, and reprinted
in 1876 with an introduction by Swinburne.
He also wrote a little volume called “Stories
After Nature ( 1822 ), now out of print. Some
of these tales were afterwards reprinted in the
Illustrated Family Journal, and in Linton's
Illuminated Magazine.
Wells, David Ames. An American political
economist; born at Springfield, Mass. , June 17,
1828. He edited among other works, the (An-
nual of Scientific Discovery) ( 16 vols. , 1850
65). Some of his earlier works are (Familiar
Science) (1856); Elements of Natural Philoso-
phy'(1857); and a widely circulated political
pamphlet, l Burden and Our Strength
(1864). Among his financial and economic books
are: The Creed of the Free Trader) (1875);
(Production and Distribution of Wealth' (1875);
(Robinson Crusoe's Money) (1876); “The Sil-
ver Question) (1878); “Our Merchant Marine,
etc. (1882); “A Primer of Tariff Reform' (1884);
(Practical Economics) (1886); A Study of
Mexico' (1887); (A Short and Simple Cate-
chism (1888); and Relation of the Tariff to
Wages.
Wells, H. G. An English novelist; born at
Bromley, Kent, 1868. Starting as a teacher in
London, he is now a journalist there. He has
written : (The Time Machine) (1895); (Select
Conversations with an Uncle) (1895); "The
Wonderful Visit! (1895), a humorous satire;
(The Island of Dr. Moreau) (1896); (The
Wheels of Chance) (1896); (Thirty Strange
Stories) (1897); “The Invisible Man' (1897);
etc.
Wells, Mrs. Kate Gannett. An American
essayist and novelist; born (Catherine Boott
Gannett) in 1838. She is the daughter of a
Unitarian clergyman of Boston. She has writ-
ten chiefly for periodicals. Her works have
been collected in volumes : In the Clearings);
(Miss Curtis); “Two Modern Women); About
People); etc. ; also some Sunday-school manuals.
Welsh, Herbert. An American philanthro-
pist; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1851. He
is the Indians' friend and founder of the In-
dian Rights Association. Among his writings
are : (Four Weeks among Some of the Sioux
Tribes of Dakotah; and (Report of a Visit
to the Navajo, Pueblo, and Hualapai Indians
of New Mexico and Arizona. '
Wemyss, Francis Courtney (weems). An
actor, manager, and theatrical writer; born in
London, May 13, 1797 ; died in New York, Jan.
5, 1859. He acted in London, 1821 ; at Phila-
delphia, 1822; was manager of theatres in sev-
eral American cities, and secretary of the
Dramatic Fund Association from 1852. Among
his works are: (Twenty-Six Years as Actor and
Manager) ( 1847 ); (Chronology of the Amer.
ican Stage) (1852); and (Theatrical Biogra-
phy. He edited (The Minor Drama' (7 vols. ,
1848-52 ).
Wendell, Barrett. An American author and
educator ; born in Boston, Aug. 23, 1855. He
has published: (English Composition) (1891);
(Cotton Mather) (1891), in Makers of America)
series; and the novels (The Duchess Emilia)
(1885), and “Rankell's Remains) (1886). His
(Stelligeri, and Other Essays concerning Amer-
ica) (1893), and “William Shakspere: A Study)
(1894), are widely known. He is American
editor of Literature.
Wergeland, Henrik Arnold (ver'gė-länd).
A Norwegian poet; born at Christiansand. June
17, 1808; died Aug. 12, 1845. His works are:
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(The Creation, Man, and the Messiah, a lyric
poem (1830); “The Jew); Jan van Huysum's
Flower-Piece); (The English Pilot) (1845);
and many tragedies, vaudevilles, farces, etc.
He has had a great influence on Norwegian
literature and civilization.
Werner, Franz von (vār'ner). [“Murad
Effendi. ”] An Austrian poet and diplomatist;
born in Vienna, May 30, 1836; died Sept. 12,
1881. In 1877 he became resident minister at
The Hague and Stockholm, and in 1880 was
named minister plenipotentiary and envoy ex-
traordinary. He wrote: “Through Thuringia)
(1870); (Marino Falieri(1871); (Inez de Cas-
tro) (1872); (Mirabeau) (1875); (East and
West,' poems (1877); (Ballads and Pictures)
(1879). His dramatic works were collected in
1881.
Werner, Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias. A
German dramatist and clergyman; born at
Königsberg, Nov. 18, 1768; died in Vienna, Jan.
17, 1823. His works are: (Sons of the Valley)
(1800), inspired by Masonic enthusiasm ;(Cruise
in the German Ocean) (1804), set to music by
Hoffmann; Martin Luther); and (The 24th
of February,' which made a great sensation.
