WELLS, Charles Jeremiah, b. 1800; d. Marseilles, 1879. In his youth became acquainted with the Keats brothers, and with R. H. Horne. In 1822 he published, anonymously, 'Stories after Nature," and in 1824, Joseph and His Brethren, a Scriptural Drama: in Two Acts," using the pseudonym "H. L. Howard." This was revived in 1876, with an introduction by Mr. Swinburne. Practised law early in life, and at one time held a professorship at Quimper. His closing years were passed at Marseilles. WESTWOOD, Thomas, b. 1814; d. 1888. In youth became an intimate friend of Charles Lamb. Was enthusiastic on the subject of angling, and published in 1864 "The Chronicle of the Complete Angler." His first volume of verse, Poems," appeared in 1840. In 1844 he removed to Belgium as a railway official. Gathered in the Gloaming," issued in 1885, is a collection of poems previously printed. WETHERALD, Ethelwyn, b. in Ontario, Can., of English Quaker parentage. Educated at a Friends' boarding-school in New York State, and at Pickering College, Ontario. She is a journalist, and has contributed poems and verse to periodicals in the United States and Canada. No collected volume of her works has yet been published. WHITE, Gleeson, art editor, b. 1851. Now follows his profession in London, where he has been editor of The Studio" and other select journals; but for a time resided in the United States, and conducted the N. Y. “ Art Amateur." Writer of historical and critical papers on art, and a designer of book-plates, title-pages, etc. Is also a contributor to the Century Guild's "Hobby Horse," and has edited Ballades and Rondeaus," a selection of poems by Dobson, Lang and others, with a chapter on the various ballad “forms," 1887. "The WHITEHEAD, Charles, novelist, b. London, 1804; d. Melbourne, 1862. For a time was engaged in commercial pursuits, but finally resorted to literature, and gained the friendship of Charles Dickens. Published The Solitary," a poem, 1831, and in 1834, Autobiography of Jack Ketch," a work of fiction, which includes "The Confession of James Wilson." His most important novel was "Richard Savage," 1842. A collective edition of his poems appeared in 1849. An admirable critical biography of Whitehead, by H. T. Mackenzie Bell, appeared in 1884, and since then has been revised for a new edition. WHITWORTH, William Henry. In Sharp's "Sonnets of the Century "it is stated that Mr. Whitworth was head master in a large public school. Author of various sonnets which have been preserved. WILBERFORCE, Samuel, divine, b. Clapham Common, 1805; d. 1873. Son of Wil liam Wilberforce; educated at Oxford. Ordained in 1828, and after several appointments became Bishop of Oxford and Winchester. WILDE, Jane Francesca Speranza (Elgee), Lady, widow of Sir William Wilde, who died in 1869, an archæologist of Dublin, and surgeon-oculist to the Queen. Contributed to "The Nation," as Speranza." In addition to various prose works and translations from the French and German, has published "Ugo Bassi," 1857; and " Poems," 1864. D. 1896. WILDE, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills, dramatist, b. Dublin, 1856. Son of Sir William and Lady Wilde ("Speranza"). Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford, taking his Oxford degree in 1878. In both colleges excelled in prose and poetical composition, and was winner of the Newdigate prize at Oxford. Published his early" Poems" in 1881. Became an apostle of artistic house decoration and dress reform," and the author of successful plays. Salome," a drama in French, based on the story of Herod and Herodias, appeared in 1893. 66 WILLIAMS, Sarah ("Sadie "), b. London, 1841; d. 1868, while engaged in preparing her poems for publication. Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse," was issued shortly after her death, and contained a prefatory memoir by the late Dean Plumptre. WILLS, William Gorman, painter and dramatist, b. Kilkenny Co., Ireland, 1828; d. London, 1891. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Studied art at the Royal Irish Academy and acquired some reputation as a portraitpainter. Wrote a large number of dramas, the first of which, "The Man o' Airlie," was produced in 1867. "Charles I.," with Henry Irving in the title character, ran for two hundred nights at the "Lyceum" in 1872. Collaborated with Sydney Grundy and with Westland Marston. WOODS, James Chapman, author of "A Child of the People and Other Poems," 1879; "Guide to Swansea and the Mumbles, Gower and Other Places," 1883; a lecture on "Old and Rare Books," 1885, and "In Foreign Byways," 1887. Lady appeared in 1868; "Pygmalion "" in 1881; "Silenus" and "Tiresias in 1886. WORDSWORTH, Christopher, divine, b. Braintree, Essex, 1807; d. 1885. Nephew of William Wordsworth, the laureate. Educated at Winchester School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Canon of Westminster Abbey, and in 1869 appointed Bishop of Lincoln. Published a volume of poems, The Holy Year." WRATISLAW, Theodore, b. Rugby, 1871, of an old Bohemian family settled in England for a century. In 1892 he published two small books of verse, and in 1893, “ Caprices." YEATS, William Butler, critic, b. Sandymount, Dublin, 1866. Spent the greater part of his childhood at Sligo. Has contributed to the National Observer," and other periodicals. Among his publications are · Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry," 1888; "Irish Tales," a volume of selections from the Irish novelists, issued in 1891; John Sherman and Dhoya (Pseudonym Library), 1891; "The Countess Kathleen," Cameo Series, 1892; and edited in conjunction with Mr. E. J. Ellis, "The Works of William Blake," 3 vols., 1893. ADDENDA BESANT, Sir Walter, author, b. Portsmouth, 14 Aug., 1836. Educated at King's College, London, and later at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honors. He soon became Senior Professor in the Royal College of Mauritius. A few years later ill health forced him to return to England, where he has since resided. He served as Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund until 1885, and then was made Hon. Secretary. His first work appeared in 1868: "Studies in Early French Poetry." In collaboration with the late Professor Palmer he wrote a "History of Jerusalem," 1871. In this same year he began his literary partnership with the late James Rice. The associates produced many novels, and two plays, one of which was enacted at the Court Theatre. Among Walter Besant's publications under his own name are : The French Humorists," 1873; Coligny," 1879; "The Revolt of Man;" Dorothy Forster," 1884; "Armorel of Lyonnesse," 1890; "Beyond the Dreams of Avarice," 1895; "The City of Refuge," 1896; "The Rise of the British Empire," 1897. His world-famous novel All Sorts and Conditions of Men," 1882, led to the founding and erection of the People's Palace in the East End of London. He is the editor of the series 66 66 of biographies entitled The New Plutarch," and of an extensive work, "The Survey of Western Palestine." In 1896 he was knighted. As Chairman and the leading spirit of the Incorporated Society of Authors," Sir Walter's services to his own craft have been from first to last courageous and far-reaching. He is held in honor and affection by all professional writers of the English tongue. The charming lyric "To Daphne" is from his novel "Dorothy Forster," where it is attributed to the gallaut Lord Derwentwater, who suffered in the cause of the Pretender, A. D. 1716. DICKENS, Charles, the great Victorian novelist of the common people, b. Landport, Portsmouth, 1812; d. Gadshill Place, near Rochester, 1870. "The Ivy Green" is given in this volume, as it originally appeared in the "Pickwick Papers." The more even but less spontaneous version, as set to music by Henry Russell, can be found in various song-books and collections. In the notice of Lord Tennyson, p. 705, the designation of his title is taken from Burke's Peerage," but its correctness may be open to question. Mr. Eugene Parsons, of Chicago, having instituted a search at Heralds' College. finds that the Patent, creating Alfred Tennyson, Esquire, a Baron of the United Kingdom by the name, style, and title of Baron Tennyson of Aldworth in Sussex, and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, is dated January 24, 1884." On January 1, 1896, Alfred Austin was ap pointed to the Laureateship, which office until then had remained vacant after the death of Lord Tennyson in 1892. INDEX OF FIRST LINES A baby's feet, like sea-shells pink, 431. Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide, 173, A cypress-bough, and a rose-wreath sweet, 38. A gallant fleet sailed out to sea, 640. A good sword and a trusty hand! 40. Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell, 329. Ah, love, the teacher we decried, 577. Ah! not because our Soldier died before his A ho! A ho! 39. Ahoy! and O-ho! and it 's who's for the ferry, Ah, sweet Kitty Neil, rise up from that wheel, 95. Ah! thou, too, sad Alighieri, like a waning Ah what avails the sceptred race, 10. A little gray hill-glade, close-turfed, with- A little love, of Heaven a little share, 527. A little while my love and I, 295. All beautiful things bring sadness, nor alone, 64. All in the April evening, 575. All June I bound the rose in sheaves, 359. All night I watched awake for morning, 556. Anear the centre of that northern crest, 385. A pensive photograph, 601. A place in thy memory, Dearest! 90. A poor old king with sorrow for my crown, 117. Are you tir'd? But I seem shameful to you, Arise, my slumbering soul! arise, 92. A roundel is wrought as a ring or a star-bright Artemidora! Gods invisible, 7. Art's use; what is it but to touch the springs, 672. A seat for three, where host and guest, 503. As one dark morn I trod a forest glade, 192. side, 390. |