87; "The Flying Dutchman,"
38, 39; appointed royal con-
ductor, 40; experiences with
"Lohengrin," 42, 43; an exile
in Switzerland, 45; Liszt pro-
duces Wagner's operas st
Weimar, 46; the "Nibelung
Tetralogy," 48; "Götterdäm-
merung," "Siegfried," "Rhein-
gold," and "Die Walküre," 48;
disappointments in London, and
at Paris, 50, 51; "Tristan and
Isolde," 52; "Die Meister-
singer," 53; finds a friend and
patron in Ludwig II of Bavaria,
55; success at Munich and for-
mation of Wagner societies, 55,
56; "Parsifal," 57; death at
Venice, 57; the Bayreuth festi-
vals, 57; Schubert and Chopin,
59, 60, 61; Rubenstein,
Tchaikovsky, Dvořak, and Grieg,
6; Verdi and the "Italian Wag-
ners," 67; other composers who
have followed in Wagner's foot-
steps, 68; the "music of the
future" has become the music of
the present, 68.
Waldersee, Graf Alfred
(1832-1904.)

German

marshal, xv, 222, 223.

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von.
field-

Wales, Prince of (afterwards
George IV).—(1760-1820.) ix,
229, 250, 253.

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Walker, Leroy Pope, of Ala.-
(1817-84.) Confederate Secre-
tary of War, xii, 277.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. (1823-
1913.) English naturalist and
writer, xiii, 446; on the "Tend-
ency of Varieties to depart in-
definitely from the Original
Type," xiv, 162, 167, 177.
Wallace, Lew.

(1827-1905.)
American novelist, vii, 348.
Wallachia, Rumania, viii, 339; ix,
320; x, 155, 158, 193.

manners, and early traits, 107;
surveyor and country gentleman,
108; interests Lord Fairfax,
108, 109; major of militia, 109;
aide to Braddock in French-
Indian War, 110; commander
of Virginia forces, 110; mili-
tary exploits, 111; receives
thanks House of Burgesses, 111;
heir to estate of Mount Vernon,
and marriage, 111; commander
in-chief of American armies,
113; character and experience,
114; at Cambridge, Mass., after
battle of Bunker Hill, 115; im-
proves morale of troops, 116,
117; forces Howe to evacuate
Boston, 119; receives thanks of
Congress, 119; at New York,
121; fortifies Manhattan and
Long Islands, 122; menaced by
the British, he retreats up the
Harlem river, thence into New
Jersey, 123, 124; Lee disobeys
Washington's orders and is cap-
tured, 125; Washington crosses
the Delaware, 126; perplexities
and discouragements, 126; Con-
gress grants him unlimited
authority, 128; attacks British
at Trenton and at Princeton, in-

trenches him at Morristown,
130; defeated at Brandywine
and Germantown, 134; dis-
couragements at Valley Forge,
136-139; drawn battle at Mon-
mouth, 140; is joined by Sten-
ben and Lafayette, aided by a
French fleet, 137-140; compels
the surrender of Cornwallis at
Yorktown, 150; takes farewell
of army, 153, 154; chosen Pres.
ident of the U. S., 154; his first
Cabinet, 155; his administra-
tion, 159-164; chosen as Presi-
dent for second term, 164; re-
tirement, 166; sickness and

death, 167; exalted traits of
character and service, 186.
Washington, Lawrence (President's

half-brother), xi, 106, 109, 111.
Washington, Martha. (1732-

1802.) Wife of First U. S.
President, xi, 111; xii, 322.
Washington, Weems' "Life of,"
xii, 246.

Washington and Lee University,

Lexington, Va., General R. E.
Lee president of, xii, 353.
Washington's administrations, John

Marshall supports, xi, 333.
Washington's military genius, viii,
389.

Waterloo, Battle-field of, vi, 188;

Sir W. Scott's visit to, xiii, 109.
Waterloo, Napoleon's defeat at, viii,
381; ix, 60, 105, 165; x, 178.
Watkins, Capt., of Richmond, xii,
88.

Watson. Erects electric telegraph

line (1847) over London house-
tops, xiv, 435.

Watts, Isaac.-(1674-1748.) Eng-
lish theologian and hymn writer,
vii, 140.

Wauters, Mr., of Belgium, his map

of the Congo Basin, xiv, 331.
"Waverley Novels," Sir W. Scott's,

xiii, 102, 104, 107, 110, 111,
113, 115, 128.
"Waverley," Scott's novel of, xiii,

104, 105, 107, 109, 110.
Weapons, engines, etc., used in
war by the nations of antiquity,
iii, 237.
Weber, Karl Maria von. - - (1786-

1826.) German composer, Wag-
ner fascinated by his music, xiv,
27-29; "Euryanthe," 29, 30.
Webster, Daniel. (1782-1852.)

American statesman and orator,
v, 103; vi, 392; X, 77, 324,
325; xi, 52, 185, 199, 206, 210,
214, 232, 295, 315, 320, 349;

on limitations of Federal power,
xii, 73, 82, 87; oration at Ports-
mouth, N. H., 94; as an orator
contrasted with Henry Clay, 119,
120, 135; theme: "The Ameri-
can Union," 145; Webster's in-
fluence and eloquence, 145; his
speeches and forensic arguments,
145; birth, class he came from,
and era, 147; admitted to the
bar (1805), 149; enters Con-
gress (1813) and removes to
Boston, 149; services to his
country, 150; Dartmouth Col-
lege case, Ogden and Saunders
case, 151; Rhode Island and
Knapp murder cases, 151, 152;
speeches, lectures, and orations,
153; Bunker Hill and Plymouth
addresses, 154; his reply to Col.
Hayne of S. C., 155; Senate de-
bate on "Nullification," 155;
speech on National Bank, 158,
159; on tariffs and protective
industries, 161; as defender of
the Constitution, 166, 167;
teaches principles of political
union to rising generation, 168;
aspires to the presidency, 170;
seeks to conciliate the South,
does not like slavery, nor does
he sympathize with abolitionism,
172; his Mar. 7th (1850)
speech advocating conciliation
and adherence to the Constitu-
tion, 174; serious political
errors of his later life, 181;
beneficence and wisdom of the
measures he advocated, 182; the
Ashburton treaty, 183; death
and fame, 184, 185; xiii, 198,
249.
Webster, John.-(1602-24.) Eng.
lish dramatist, xiii, 290, 296.
Wedderburn, Alex, Earl of Ross-
lyn. (1733-1805.) English so-
licitor-general (1771-77), xi, 81.

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Wei-hai-wei, China, British occupa-
tion of (1900), xiv, 295.
Weimar, Duke of Saxe-. His
friendship for Goethe, xiii, 401,
404-406, 418.

Weimar, Germany, the home of
Goethe, Schiller, and Wieland,
vii, 274, 275; xiii, 203, 404,
413, 430.
Weismann, August.-(1834-1914.)
German zoologist, xiv, 194.
Weissenburg, Battle of (August,
1870), x, 299.

Welle Makua, African river, xiv,
334.

Welles, Gideon.-(1802-78.) Lin-
coln's Secretary of the Navy,
xii, 276.

Wellesley, Sir Arthur. - (1769-
1852.) British general and
statesman, ix, 250; ministry of,
as Duke of Wellington, 263;
hatred of Catholics, 264; carries
Catholic emancipation, 265, 266;
letters of George IV to, 270.
See Wellington, Duke of.
Wellington, Arthur, Duke of.

(1769-1852.) British general
and statesman, vii, 291; viii,
168, 346; ix, 175, 247, 250,
263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 270,
278, 313, 365; x, 38, 39, 40,
56, 61, 69, 92, 96, 159, 164, 302.
Wells, Dr. W. C.-"Account of a
White Female part of whose skin.
resembles that of a Negro," xiv,
173.

Welsh, Jane, marries Carlyle, xiii,
199.

Wensiang, Prince.-Chinese states-
man, xiv, 285.

Wentworth, Thomas.

ford, Earl of.

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See Straf-

Weremouth, Northumbria, Abbey
church of, viii, 33.

"Werther, Sorrows of," The, xiii,
32, 403. See "Sorrows of
Werther."

Wesley, John.—(1703-91.) English
preacher and founder of Method-
ism, v, 231; vi, 242, 317; ii,
140.

Wessex, Kingdom of, viii, 28, 29,
30, 33, 35, 40, 57, 58.

West, The Far (of U. S.), xii, 91.
West Africa, Obongo dwarfs of,
xiv, 337.

"Westchester Farmer, A," essays

by Alex. Hamilton under this
signature, xi, 174.

Western Alliance (in Crimean
War), x, 193.

Western Empire, Revival of, v, 57,
366. See Charlemagne.
"Western,

214.

Great," steamer, xiv,

Western Powers, ix, 351; x, 121.
Western Wilderness, Marquette ex-
plores the, vi, 309.

West India Emancipation, x, 323.
West India Islands, vi, 132; xi,
162, 163.

Westminster, Courts of, at London,
surprises Peter the Great, viii,
346; ix, 238.

Westminster, Dean of (Stanley),
xiii, 456.

Westminster, Marquis.-English
freetrader, x, 82.

Westminster, Palace of, London,
vi, 202, 203, 211.

Westminster Abbey, London, v,

387; vi, 67; ix, 256; xi, 144;
xiii, 167, 282, 458; Darwin in-
terred in, xiv, 167.

Westminster Hall (Houses of Par-
liament), x, 87; xiii, 373.
"Westminster Review," English,
vii, 356, 357.

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Whately, Richard. (1787-1863.)
Archbishop of Dublin, vi, 414;
ix, 272..

Wheaton, Henry.-(1785-1848.)
American jurist and legal com-
mentator, his "Elements of In-
ternational Law," xii, 354.
Whewell, William. (1794-1866.)
English philosopher and scien-
tist, vi, 418; xiv, 89.
Whig English statesmen and lead-
ers of reform, x, 30, 31.
Whigs, American, of 1840, xii, 128,
130, 131, 132.

Whigs, English, in Power (1839),
xiii, 263 (1846) 267.
Whigs, Macaulay a leader among
the, xiii, 256; accepts seat in
Whig cabinet, 263.

Whigs and Democrats, Northern,
xii, 224.

Whigs and Tories, Struggles of

(English), vii, 197; x, 30, 50,
51, 57, 58, 70; xiii, 225.
White, Gilbert.-(1720-93.) Eng-
lish naturalist, his "Natural His-
tory of Selborne," xiv, 159.
Whitefield, George.-(1714-70.)
English divine and orator, kind-
ling religious enthusiasm in Eng-
land, ii, 143; vi, 165; xi, 233.
Whitehouse, Commander, his sur-
veys and map of Victoria Ny-
anza, xiv, 330.

Wieland, Christoph M. (1733-
1813.) German poet, vii, 274,
279; xiii, 300.
Wilberforce, William.

(1759-
1833.) English philanthropist
and statesman, x, 67, 72; xi, 98.
Wilderness, Battle of the, (1864),
xii, 304, 346.

Wilderness wanderings, Israelitish,
ii, 128; tent (Tabernacle) of
the, 204.

"Wild Huntsman, The," Scott's
translation of Bürger's German
ballad, xiii, 78.

"Wilhelm Meister," Carlyle's trans-
lation of, xiii, 198.
"Wilhelm Meister," Goethe's, vi,
200; xiii, 425-427.
Wilkes, John.--(1727-97.)
lish politician, vii, 354.
Wilkie, Sir David.-(1775-1841.)
Scottish painter, vii, 387.
Wilkinson, James.

Eng.

(1757-1825.)
American general and politician,
implicated in Burr's conspiracy,
xi, 303; relations with Andrew
Jackson, xii, 31.

Wilkinson, Sir J. G.-(1797-1875.)
English Egyptologist, i, 33, 38.
Willard, Emma.-(1 7 87-1870.)
American educator, vii, 301;
xvi, 161.
Willard, Frances E.-(1839-1898.)
American temperance advocate,
xvi, 163; active in anti-saloon
movement, 164.

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