237.
William III, of England (1650-

1702.) Accession of, V, 104;
vii, 187; his virtues, 188; his
throne not a bed of roses, 188;
unfortunate in his Flemish cam-
paigns, 189; union of Scotland
and England, 191; fixed succes-
sion in House of Hanover, 191;
fall from horse and death, 191;

vil, 62, 66, 160, 203, 251, 282,
286, 331, 345, 346, 350; ix, 82;

xii, 179; xiii, 258.
William IV.-(1765-1837.) King

of England (1830-37), theme:
"English Reforms,” x, 25; the
Tories in power and hostile to
reform, 25; social and political
England at the era, 26, 29; the
Whigs pledged to parliamentary
reform, 30; the struggle an
epoch in English history, 31;
Russell's Reform Bill (1831),
31; its provisions and aims, 33;
passes third reading after period
of stormy debate, 36; defeated
in House of Lords, 38; commo-
tions throughout the country,
39; Bill of 1832 enlarging rep-
resentation of people becomes
law, 40; Irish affairs, 43-45;
the tithes question, 45, 49; Mel.
bourne's administration, 51;
abolition of slavery in British
West India Islands, 52; and in
all British dominions, 53; Trade
unions and war (1834) between
capital and labor, 54, 55; repeal
of house tax and poor law
amendment, 56; passing of mu.
nicipal reform bill, 57; demise
of William IV and accession of
Queen Victoria, 58, 59; the
penny postage law, 59; modi:
fications in the criminal code,
60; Peel's second ministry
(1841) and its great political
heads of portfolios, 61; relief
from abuses and distresses of
George IV's era, 62; death, 322,

334.
William, Prince of Prussia.-3.

276.
William and Mary. English

sovereigns (1689-94), Vi, 294;
accession of, vii, 187; Declara.
tion of Right, xiii, 357.

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1404.) English prelate and
statesman, theme: “Gothic Arch-
itecture," V, 361; historical de-
velopments of church architec-
ture of Middle Ages, 362; the
ancient Basilica, 364, 365; trans-
ition from the basilica to the
Gothic church-the Romanesque,
366; monastic buildings, con-
vents and retreats, 368-370;
brighter influence of the Cru-
sades, 371-374; the “Gothic,”
375; Winchester Cathedral, and
its builder, Wm. of Wykeham,
377; Salisbury, York, Glouces.
ter, and Westminster, 377, 378;
new era sets in with Michael
Angelo, 380; St. Peter's, Rome,
and St. Paul's, London, 291;
mixture of Greek and Gothic,
382; architecture turned into
great feats of engineering, 383;

church for liturgical ser
vices or for pulpit eloquence ?
385; church edifice to be
adapted to the end designed,
386; design of the Protestant
church, 387; a church for the
poor as well as for the opulent,

388.
William Rufus.-King of England

(1087-1100), V, 180, 182, 192,
259, 336.

Williams, Dr. S. Wells.-Chinese

secretary to the U. S. Minister

at Peking, xiv, 280.
Williams, John. ( 1582-1650.)

English prelate and statesman,

V, 406.
Williamsburg, Va., House

of
Burgesses meets in, xi, 266.
William the Conqueror. (1028-

87.) King of England (1066-
87), V, 171, 175; vi, 242; xiii,

137.
William the Silent. (1533-84.)

Prince of Orange and first stadt.
holder of the Netherlands, V,
107; vi, 378, 430; viii, 159;

ix, 131, 282; xi, 29, 126, 229.
Wilmot, David W., of Penn., xii,

133.
Wilson, James.-(1742-92.) Ameri-

can jurist, xi, 156.
Wilson, John, “Christopher North.”

· (1785-1854.) Moral philoso-
phy professor, xiii, 246, 276.
Wilson, Woodrow. (1856 - 1924.)

President of the United States,
xvi; family history, 15, 16;
education, 17, 18; professor at
Princeton,

President of
Princeton, 18; son and grand-
son of the Manse, 19; difficulty
in speaking, 19, 20; dealings
with Mexico, 20,

seeks
beauty in method as in logic, 22,
23; artistic temperament, 23;
gains reputation of “a political
ingrate,” 23, 24; recreation, 25;
refuses interview to Viscount
Grey, 27, 28; inability of, to
work with other men, 28-30;
an International Liberal, 30;
political code is strong belief
that mankind is divided into
sheep and goats everywhere, 30-
33; Democratic party only
weapon of, 33, 34; reduces
tariff, 34; establishes Federal

18;

22;

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term of Presidency over,
63; desires to enter Senate, 63,

64; dignity of, 64.
Winchester, Bishop Fox, vi, 259;

(1853- .) German explorer and
commander in Africa, xiv, 323,

334.
Wittenberg, Luther affixes his

theses at the gates of, vi, 226,

227, 336.
Witwatersrand, Mines of, at Johan-

nesburg, Africa, xiv, 343, 345.
Wives and Concubines, Solomon's,

ii, 209.
“Wizard of the North, The" (Sir

W. Scott), xiii, 65.
Wolf, F. August. (1759-1824.)

German classical scholar, “Pro-

legomena,” xiii, 422.
Wolsey, Thomas, Cardinal.—(1471.

1530.) English statesman, vi,

257, 267; vii, 202.
Woman, Education of, vii, 299.

See More, Hannah.
Woman, Political, The, vii, 145.

See Maintenon, Mme. de.
Woman as friend, type of, Paula,

Roman lady of rank and
wealth, iv, 173. See Paula.
Woman as Novelist, vii, 345. See

Eliot, George.
Woman as Sovereign (Queen Eliza-

beth), viii, 65. See Queen Eliza-

beth.
Woman in Literature, vii, 265.

See Staël, Mme. de.

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а.

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Woman of Paganisin (Cleopatra),
iii, 311; attractive

but im-
moral, 335; malign influence of
Paganism on, 337-345; effect of

Christianity on, 346.
Woman of Society, vii, 227. Seei

Récamier, Mme.
Woman of the World, The, vii, 181.

See Marlborough, Duchess of.
“Women, Dream of Fair,” Tenny.

son's, xiii, 453.
Women, Heroic, vii, 69.
Women, Jewish, more favored and

honored in Greece and Rome
than the sex of other nationali-

ties, iv, 174, 175.
"Women, Legend of Good,” Chau.

cer's, vi, 73.
Women, new position, xii, 428.
Women, Notable, of Greece and

Rome, iv, 176.
Wonder, Daughter of, xiii, 302.
Wood, Charles.-English politician,

X, 66.
Wood, Leonard.—(1860- .) Amer-

ican general and administrator,
friendship with Roosevelt, XV,

79.
Woodberry, Prof. Geo. E.

(1855- .) His edition of Ten-
nyson's "The Princess,” xiii,

458.
Woodbury, Levi (1789-1851), of

N. H. American jurist and
statesman, Secretary of the
Navy (1831-34) in Jackson's

Cabinet, xii, 53, 63.
Woodhouselee, Lord. Scotch

jurist, xiii, 73.
Woolner, Thomas. (1826-92.)

English sculptor, xiv, 88.
Woolwich, Royal Artillery Institu-

tion at, xiv, 102.
Worcester, Battle of (1651), viii,

158, 228.
Worcester, Mass., John Adams

teaches school at, xi, 218.

builds two testing ma-
chines, 298, 299; designs
powered

machine, 300-304;
makes first trial flight, 305;
abandons all other business, 308;
fails to enthuse War Department,

experiments cause sensa-
tion in Europe, 310, 311; carries
on negotiations with foreign
governments, 311, 312; demon-
strates contract machine, 313;
quiet life, 313, 314; personal
character, 314; first serious
accident, 314, 315; invention
becomes
government

property,

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and
dangers of, 316, 317; flies in
France, 317, 318; physical
characteristics, 318, 319; makes
historic flight, 319; difficulties
in business, 319, 320; death,
320;

compared with brother
Orville, 320, 321; greatness of

work, 321-324.
Writs of Assistance (against Amer-

ican liberties), resistance to Eng.

lish, xi, 48, 77, 223.
Würtemberg, Kingdom of, South

Germany, ix, 164, 170.
Wyclif, John. — (1324-84.) Eng-

lish religious reformer, theme:

Canter
bury Hall, appointment voided
by Langham and ratified by the
Pope, 403; in political life,
404; leads opposition against
the Pope's interference with
ecclesiastical livings in England,
405; friendship of his

pro-
tector John of Gaunt, 405; his
treatise on the “Regimen of the
Church,” 406; Parliament's
assault on pontifical exactions
and pretensions, 407; Wyclif
accused as a pertinacious
heretic, 407; subject of a papel
bull, appears at Lambeth to an.
swer his accusers, 408, 409; pre-
ceedings dropped, 410;

his
translation of the Bible, 412;
version prohibited, 414; de-
nounces the eucharist and mys.
teries of Catholic faith, 419;
death, 420; labors and services
as pioneer of reform in England,

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