tionary. The Dictionaries of Webster, Worcester, Johnson of 1773, (reprinted by H. G. Bohn,) Johnson by Todd, Johnson by Latham, Richardson, Hyde Clarke, Crabbe, Craig, Ogilvie, the Dictionary of the Philological Society of London, (see Proposals for its Publication, 1859, 8vo, pp. 32,) Crabb's Synonyms, and Taylor's Tooke's Diversions of Purley, should stand on the same shelf. SERIES OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARIES. I. New Illustrated Royal Quarto Unabridged, 1864, pp. 1840. Large paper, 250 copies, 1866, 2 vols. imp. 8vo, $25. II. Pictorial Quarto Unabridged, 1859, pp. 1758. III. Royal Octavo Dictionary, 1829; revised, 1847; 1856, pp. 1290. IV. National Pictorial Royal Octavo, 1867. 179. (by S. Willard,) lxvi. 256, lxxviii. 247 and (by A. P. Peabody) 549, xcv. 87, (by Rev. R. T. S. Lowell,) xevi. 83, (by A. P. Peabody;) Amer. Quar. Rev., xxii. 172: Amer. Whig Rev., vii. 301; Dem. Rev., Mar. 1856, (and see SARGENT, EPES, No. 13;) Meth. Quar. Rev., viii. 103; Chris. Rev., xiii. 126, (by S. F. Smith;) N. Englander, ii. 350, (by H. N. Day,) vi. 24, (by N. Porter, Jr.;) N. Eng. Mag., i. 369: Knick., vii. 234, 347; Norton's Lit. Gaz., May 1, 1855, 190; N. York Criterion, 1856, 25; Atlantic Month. Mag., 1866, 631; Amer. Pub. Circ. and Lit. Gaz., 1858, 347, 364: 1863, 50, 329 Amer. Lit. Gaz. and Pub. Circ., 1864, 281, 321, 380, and Dec. 1, 1864, 95; Indiana School Jour., Feb. 1864; Mass. Teacher, Oct. 1864; N. Englander, Oct. 1864, July. 1865; Atlantic Mon., Northern Mon., VerPenna. mont School Jour., Conn. Com. School Jour V. University Dictionary, 8vo, 1845; revised, 1856, School Jour., Ohio Educ. Mon., and N. York Teacher, Pp. 634. VI. Counting-House Dictionary, imp. 12mo, 1856, pp. 522. New ed., 1869. VII. Academic Quarto, 1850; revised, 1856, pp. 472. New ed., 1868. VIII. High-School Dictionary, 12mo, 1848; revised, 1857, pp. 360. New ed., 1868. IX. Common-School Dictionary, sq. 16mo, 1857, pp. 320. New ed., 1868. 249. XII. Army and Navy Pocket-Dictionary, 32mo, 1863, pp. 320. No. III. was abridged from the Quarto Dictionary by Joseph E. Worcester, D.D., (1829.) and by Chauncey A. Goodrich, D.D., (1847, 1856:) No. IV., by W. A. Wheeler, with the assistance, in some portions, of William G. Webster, 1867; No. V., by William G. Webster, (1845,) and by Chauncey A. Goodrich, D.D., (1856;) No. VI., by W. G. Webster, C. A. Goodrich, and Noah Porter, D.D.. (1856;) Nos. VII. to XII., inclusive, by William G. Webster, (q. v.) The annual aggregate sale of these Dictionaries (exclusive of No. IV.) reached 200,000 copies, and the total sale about 2,000,000 in 1858: what it is at present we know not. Of Webster's Spellers, Dictionaries, and other educational works, the aggregate sale to Jan. 1, 1865, was over 50,000,000. For the Quarto Dictionary there is a continuous demand from India, China, Turkey, Africa, and "every quarter of the globe." LONDON EDITIONS OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARIES. H. G. Bohn, 4to and r. 8vo; Bogue, 4to, r. 8vo, cr. 8vo, and 18mo: Ingram, r. 8vo; Cooke, 8vo; Ward & Lock, 8vo. 18mo, and imp. 16mo; Routledge, r. 8vo, 12mo, and 18mo; Scott, p. 8vo and square; Kent, 4to; Tegg, square; Cassell, 8vo. all Nov. 1864: Nat. Quar. Rev., Church Mon., Rhode Island School-Master, and California Teacher, all Dec. 1864 N. Amer. Rev., Bibl. Sacra, Congreg. Quar., Evangel. Quar. Rev., Nat. Quar. Rev., Harper's Mag., Iowa Instruc., and Wiscon. Jour. of Educ., all Jan. 1865; Meth. Quar. Rev., Feb. 1865; Chris. Exam. and Amer. See, also, Taylor's Tooke's Diversions of Purley, ed. 1857, Addit. Note, p. lii.; Ogilvie's Imperial Dictionary, Pref.; Hyde Clarke's Dictionary, Pref.; Worcester's Quarto Dictionary, 1860, lvii.; Trübner's Bibl. Guide to Amer. Lit., ed. 1859, Ixiii., Ixiv., lxv.; Bartlett's Americanisms, ed. 1859, xxi., xxii., xxx.; G. P. Marsh's Lects. on the Eng. Lang., ed. 1860, 66-74, 293, 294, 308, 419, 459, 593; Appleton's New Amer. Cyc., art. Bookselling; ALLEN, WILLIAM, D.D.; BOUCHER, JONATHAN; POOLE, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Nos. 3, 4, 5; WALKER, JOHN, Nos. 9, 10. "I think it [Webster's 4to, 1864] superior, in most respects, to any other English Dictionary known to me. Undoubtedly the best etymologicon we yet possess of the language; its Vocabulary is as ample as could well be given in the compass of a single volume; its definitions are, in general, exact and discriminating, and its pronunciation is apparently conformable to the best usage."-GEORGE P. MARSH, Florence, Italy, March 7, 1866. See, also, his Notes on the New Edition of Webster's Dictionary, in The Nation, Aug. 16, 1866, et seq. "As Webster may be very fairly called the Johnson, so Dr. Worcester is the Walker, of America."-Lon. Reader, 1864, i. 326. For biographical and other notices of Noah Webster, see Duyckinek's Cye. of Amer. Lit., i. 474, ii. 155; National Portrait-Gallery, vol. ii.; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1843, ii. 208, (Obituary :) Internat. Mag., with portrait by Morse, iv. 12; N. Englander, i. 568; Amer. Lit. Mag., ii. 1, (by C. A. Goodrich;) Life, Corresp., &c. of John Jay, 1832, 2 vols. 8vo; Hist. Mag., 1858, 243; 1859, 119; Congreg. Quar., Jan. 1865, i., (by Rev. Increase N. Tarbox.) Dr. Goodrich tells us that while Dr. Webster was preparing the quarto edition of 1828 "The results of his inquiries into the origin and filiation of languages were embodied in a work, about half the size of the American Dictionary, entitled 'A Synopsis of Words in Twenty Bell & Daldy published, in Parts, the New Illustrated Royal Quarto Unabridged, Springfield, Mass., 1864, pp. 1840. This noble volume contains of printer's ems 18,492,562, (the unabridged crown quarto of 1848 contains 14,070.880.) or about eight times as many as the common English Bible, which contains, with the Apocrypha. 2,369,960 ems: and is probably the largest Languages. This, owing to the expense of the undertaking, volume in typographical bulk ever published. Its manufacture in 1865 consumed paper at the rate of 100 tons per annum, paying a tax to the Government of $600 per month, and giving constant employment to about 100 persons. Bell & Daldy also publish The People's Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster and W. A. Wheeler, 26 monthly Parts, r. 8vo, 6d. ea., 1868–70. To which add Webster's Complete English Dictionary, by Goodrich, new ed., Routledge, 1869, r. Svo, 128.; and Webster's Etymological Dictionary, by A. Macpherson, Cassell, 1869, cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d. REVIEWS AND OTHER NOTICES OF WEBSTER'S DIC- has not yet been published; though its principal results, so far as our language is concerned, are briefly given in tracing the etymology of our leading terms.”—Memoir of Noah Webster, August, 1847, ut supra. We hope that so valuable a contribution to philology will not always slumber in manuscript. Webster, Pelatiah, b. at Lebanon, Conn., 1725; graduated at Yale College, 1746: preached at Greenwich, Mass., in the winter of 1748-9; about 1755 became a merchant in Philadelphia, and acquired a large estate; being an active Whig, he was, in Feb. 1778, thrown into prison by the British and was confined in the city jail for 132 days; d. 1795. He published an essay urging the redemption of Continental money in 1776, and subsequently issued: 1. An Essay on Free Trade and FiLon. Quar. Rev.. liv. 295, (with this read Bohn's nance, Phila., 8vo, Nos. I.-VII., 1779 et seq. 2. A DisGuinea Cat. 1841, 1902, and Append., 67, and Bohn's sertation on the Political Union and Constitution of the Lowndes, Part 10, 1864, 2864:) Westm. Rev., xiv. 56; Thirteen United States of North America, 1783, 8vo. Blackw. Mag., xiv. 56: Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1848, 227; Lon. See Madison Papers, 706. 3. An Essay on Credit, in Athen.. 1858, i. 187. 480, 517, ii. 692; 1859, i. 32, 300, which the Doctrine of Banks is Considered, 1786, 8vo. 569, ii. 160, 544: 1861, ii. 41, 709; 1862, ii. 648; Lon. 4. Reasons for Repealing the Act of the Legislature of Reader, 1862. ii. 214: 1864, i. 697; N. Amer. Rev., xxviii. Pennsylvania which took away the Charter of the Bank 433, (by J. L. Kingsley,) xlv. 194, (by S. Willard,) lxiv. | of North America, 1786, 8vo. 5. Political Essays on the Nature and Operation of Money, Public Finances, and other Subjects, Published during the American War, and continued up to the Present Year 1791, 1791, 8vo, pp. 504; Lon., 1791, 8vo. "These essays are written with much ability, and constitute an important contribution to the political and commercial literature of the country."-Duyckinck's Cyc. of Amer. Lit., Supp., 1866, 58. Webster, R. Sermon, Phil. iv. 5, Hull, 1771, 4to. Webster, Mrs. Rebecca G. See Memoirs of, Bost., 12mo. Webster, Redford, d. in Boston, 1838, aged 77, was the author of poetical and other pieces. Webster, Richard, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Mauch Chunk, Penna., was b. in Albany, New York, 1811: d. 1856. History of the Presbyterian Church in America from its Origin until the Year 1760, [really to 1758] with Biographical Sketches of its Early Ministers; with a Memoir of the Author by the Rev. C. Van Rensselaer, D.D., and an Historical Introduction by the Rev. William Blackwood, D.D., Phila., 1857, 8vo, pp. 720. 2000 copies. 2d ed., 1858, 8vo. The history is quite full and satisfactory."-Hist. Mag., 1858, 30. "Mr. Webster's narrative is of high interest, as an elucidation, carefully and conscientiously sustained, of American religious history."-Lon. Athen., 1858, i. 113. To this work add-History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, by E. H. Gillett, author of "The Life and Times of John Huss," Phila., 1865, 2 vols. 8vo. Webster, Samuel, minister of Salisbury, Mass., was b. in Bradford, 1718; graduated at Harvard College, 1737; was ordained, 1741; d. 1796. He published a number of single sermons. Webster, Sidney, Attorney-at-Law. United States versus The Steamship Meteor: in Admiralty. The Duties of Neutrality: Closing Argument on Behalf of the United States. N. York, 1867, 8vo, pp. 94. 3. Camb., 1835, 8vo; 4th ed., 1856, p. 8vo. the Equilibrium and Motion of Fluids, 1836, 8vo. 2. Theory of Elements of Physics, Lon., 1837, 12mo. "It is easier to read than Arnott's work, and merits considerable praise for simplicity of style and felicity of illustration." -Lon. Athen., 1837, 799. Webster, Thomas, Barrister-at-Law. 1. Law and Practice of Letters-Patent for Inventions, with Supp. on the Subject-Matter of Letters-Patent for Inventions, Lon., 1842, r. Svo. Supp., (3d ed., 1851, r. Svo,) also separate. A good book. See 4 Jurist, 1173; 5 ib.. 402; 21 Leg. Obs., 135; 10 Mon. Law Mag., 73. 2. Reports and Notes of Cases on Letters-Patent for Inventions, from 44 Eliz., 1602, to 1843, r. 8vo: vol. i., 1842; vol. ii., Part 1, 1844.' All pub. 3. The Ports and Docks of Birkenhead with Maps, Plans, Sections, and Tidal Diagrams, &c., 1848, r. 8vo. "But a dull and unsatisfactory compilation."-Lon. Athen., 1848, 241. Svo: 3d ed., 1853, r. 12mo: red. to 38., 1854. 5. Minutes 4. New Patent Law, its History and Objects, 1852, p. of Evidence and of Proceedings on the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock Bills, in the Sessions 1848, 1850, 1851, 1852, r. 8vo, 1853. 6. On Property in Designs and Inventions, Dec. 1853, r. 8vo. Webster, W. Needful Advertisement to a Needful Fortification, Lon., 1643, fol. Webster, W. H. B., Surgeon. Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, 1828-30, in the Chanticleer, under the Late Captain H. Foster, Lon., 1834, 2 vols. 8vo. "A well-written and connected narrative."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1834, 715. See, also, 734, 767. Webster, William. The Moste Pleasant and Delightful Historie of Curon, a Prince of Danske, and the fayre Princesse Argentile, &c., Lon., s. a., 4to, in black letter; again, 1617, 4to. Heber, Part 4, 2871, £4 108. Expanded from the story in WARNER, WILLIAM, No. 2. "It is a miserable paraphrase of Warner's exquisite episode." -DR. DRAKE: Shaksp, and his Times, i. 705, n. Heaven, Lon., 1613, 8vo. 2. Tables of Interest, 1629, 8vo. Webster, William. 1. Pilgrim's Journey towards Webster, William. 1. Compendious Course of Webster, Thomas, Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, minister of Tavistock Chapel, Drury Lane, London, and subsequently Rector of St. Botolph, Cambridge, and Vicar of Oakington. 1. Fourteen Evangeli-Practical Mathematics, Lon., 1725, 3 vols. 12mo: 1730, cal Sermons, 1794, 8vo. 2. The Bible according to the Authorized Version, with Short Notes by several Learned and Pious Reformers, Lon., 1810, 12 Parts, 4to, 58. ea., 1. p., r. 4to, 88. ea. The Apocrypha was printed to match the above, 4to, 78.; 1. p., r. 4to, 128. See Lowndes's Brit. Lib., 117. 3. Sermon, 1813, 8vo. 4. Sermons before the University of Cambridge, 1816, 8vo. 5. Sermon, 1825, 8vo. 6. Discourse, 1828, 8vo. 7. Church Reform, 1834, 8vo. 8. Prayers for Families, 12mno. 9. Sacramental Week, 2d ed., 1839, 32mo; 1844, 18mo. XXIV. Sermons on Various Subjects, 1840, 8vo. Psalms and Hymns, 1844, 32mo. 3 vols. 12mo: 1751, 3 vols. 12mo. 2. Studies of Youth at the Writing-School, 1738, 8vo. 3. Arithmetic in Epitome, 1740, 12mo. 4. Essay on Book-Keeping, 1740, 8vo. Webster, William, D.D., b. 1689, and educated at Caius College, Cambridge, became Curate of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, 1715; Rector of Deptden, Suffolk, 1733; Vicar of Ware, and of Thundridge, Hertfordshire, 1741; d. 1758. 1. Clergy's Right of Maintenance Vindicated, Lon., 1726, 8vo. 10. 2. Two Discourses, 1729. 3. Translation of Father Simon's New Testament; with Notes, &c., 1730, 2 vols. 4to. 4. Vindication of Eustace Budgell, 1733. 5. Tracts, consisting of Sermons, Disthree Sermons, 1751, Svo. 11. courses, and Letters, 1745, 8vo. 6. Two Discourses and Also, single sermons, pam Webster, Thomas, a native of the Orkneys; became Keeper of the Museum of the London Geological Society, and Draftsman, 1814, and House-Secretary and Curator, 1826; Professor of Geology in University Col-phlets, &c. He established The Weekly Miscellany, which lege, London, about four years before his death, Dec. 26, was short-lived. See, also, SKINNER, THOMAS, M.D. See 1844. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1845, i. 211. Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 458, 708; Nichols's 1. On the Fresh-Water Formations in the Isle of Wight, 1814; Illust. of Lit., viii. 116, (Index.) Some New Varieties of Fossil Aleyonia, 1814; On the Geognostical Situation of the Reygate Stone, 1821; On A Fresh-Water Formation at Hordwell Cliff, 1821; On the Strata at Hastings, 1824, 4to. From the Trans. Geolog. Soc. 2. Assisted by PARKES, MRS. WILLIAM, Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy, with nearly 1000 engravings, Lon., 1844, 8vo; with Additions by an American Physician, (D. M. Reese, M.D.,) N. York, 1845, 8vo; new edits., Lon., 1847. 8vo; 1852, 8vo; 1861, Svo, 31s. 6d. Commended by Tait's Mag., Lon. Lit. Gaz., Lon. Spec., John Bull, and Britannia. See, also, The Housekeeper's Encyclopædia, by Mrs. E. F. Haskell, N. York, 1864, 12mo. He published an enlarged edition of Imison's Elements of Science and Art, 1807, 2 vols. 8vo: 1808, 2 vols. 8vo; 1824, 2 vols. 8vo; and contributed all the geological part, and the greater portion of the drawings, to ENGLEFIELD, SIR HENRY CHARLES, M.D., No. 5. Webster, Thomas, R.A., b. in London, 1800, is well known by his "Dame's School," "The Frown," and "The Smile," (rendered popular by the Art Union engravings,) his "Boy and many Friends," and other excellent pictures. See Knight's Eng. Cyc., Biog., vi. (1858) 578. Webster, Thomas, Secretary to the Institution of Civil Engineers, London. 1. Principles of Hydrostatics, 2630 Webster, Rev. William, late of King's College, London, and formerly Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge. 1. Sermon, Jude 3: Contending for the Faith, (Nov. 5.) Lon., 1837, 8vo. 2. An Evangelical Ministry the Strength of the Nation; with Notes for the Times: a Serm., (2 Chron. xxvi. 5,) 2d ed., 1852, 8vo. 3. With WILKINSON, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Vicar of St. Werburgh's, Derby, formerly Theological Tutor in Cheltenham Coland Exegetical, 2 vols. 8vo: i., Four Gospels and the lege, The Greek Testament; with Notes, Grammatical Acts, 1855; ii., Epistles and the Apocalypse, 1861. Reviewed in Lon. Athen., 1861, ii. 646. See. also, Lon. Quar. Rev., Jan. 1863, art. iv.: Editions of the Greek Testament. 4. The Syntax and Synonyms of the Greek, 1864, 8vo. Based upon Donaldson's, with extracts from Archbishop Trench, Dean Alford, Dr. Wordsworth, Bishop Ellicott, and Vaughan on Romans. "His work, for one of no very high pretensions, is carefully and thoroughly executed."-Lon. Reader, 1866, i. 734. See, also, 670. He published a Revised and Enlarged ed. of William Carpenter's Comprehensive Dictionary of English Synonymes, 1860, 12mo; 7th ed., 1866. See, also, THOMAS, DAVID, D.D., No. 8. Webster, William Bullock. 1. Ireland_considered as a Field for Investment or Residence, Dubl., 1852, 12mo; 2d ed., 1853, 12mo. 2. English Governor and Foreign Grumblers, Malta and Lon., 1864. Reviewed in Lon. Reader, 1864, ii. 10. See Mr. Webster's paper On the Failure of Deep Draining, &c., in Jour. of Roy. Agricult. Soc., vol. ix., art. xi., 1848, very rudely censured in Lon. Quar. Rev., Dec. 1849, 116 et seq. Webster, William G., b. at New Haven, Connecticut, 1805; d. 1869. See WEBSTER, NOAH, LL.D., Nos. 1, 37. Webster, William Henry Bailey. The Recurring Monthly Periods and Periodic System of the Atmospheric Actions, &c., Lon., 1857, 8vo, pp. 302. Weddell, A. J., Lutheran pastor, Cumberland, Md. The Purposes of God in the American Union; a Thanksgiving Sermon, 1860, 8vo. Weddell, James, Master Royal Navy. Voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the Years 1822-24, Lon.. 1825, 8vo; 2d ed., 1827, 8vo. "Deserves to find a place on the shelf of every library that pretends to a collection of voyages and travels."-Lon. Quar. Rer., XXXIV. 399. "We wish to be understood as attaching a degree of national consequence to this work."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1825, 609. See, also, 629, 647. Wedderburn, Alexander, a Scottish writer of the 17th century. Radii Augustiniani; sive Præcipuæ S. Patris Augustini in Sacræ Scripturæ Locos Annotationes, ex omnibus ipsius Operibus collectæ et justa SS. Librorum, Capitum et Versuum ordinem Digestæ,-Sylvæ Ducis, 1652, 12mo. Liber rarissimus. See Orme's Bibl. Bib.. 461: WEDDERBURN, DAVID, No. 8. Wedderburn, Alexander, b. at Chesterhall, East Lothian, Scotland, 1733, was made Solicitor-General, 1771, Attorney-General, 1778, and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Lord Loughborough, 1780; was Lord High Chancellor, Jan. 27, 1793-April, 1801; created Earl of Rosslyn, 1801; d. Jan. 3, 1805. Observations on the State of the English Prisons, 1793. He subsequently published a Treatise on English PoorLaws; and he contributed critiques on Barclay's Greek Grammar, the Decisions of the Supreme Court, and the Abridgment of the Public Statutes, to the (old) Edinburgh Review of 1755, repub. Lon., 1818, 8vo: see Preface, by Sir J. Mackintosh. He also criticised, (in 1774, before the Committee of the Privy Council,) not in the most gentle manner, Dr. Benjamin Franklin. "One of the few great advocates who have also been great in the House of Commons."-LORD MACAULAY: Edin. Rev., Oct. 1841, 228: Warren Hastings. "His decisions evince little of the learning of his profession, and do not even show a very legal structure of the understanding."-LORD BROUGHAM: States. of Time of Geo. III., ed. 1855, i. 179. See, also, Brydges's Collins's Peerage; Cunningham's Biog. Hist., vi. 434; Park's Walpole's R. and N. Authors, iv. 394; Lon. Mon. Mag., xix. 49: Lon. Gent. Mag., 75; Campbell's Lord Chancellors; Wraxall's Memoirs; Blackw. Mag., xvii. 50; Notes and Queries, No. 116; Sparks's Franklin; Bancroft's U. States: The Letters of Lieut.-Gov. Hutchinson, &c., 2d ed., 1774, 8vo; Mock Epitaphs on Alex. Wedderburn and Tho. Hutchinson, Phila., May 3, 1774; Dr. Alex. Carlyle's Autobiog., 1861. Wedderburn, David, one of the most eminent of Scottish Latin Poets, is supposed to have been b. about 1570; was appointed conjunct master (with Thomas Reid) of Aberdeen Grammar-School, 1602; teacher of "the high class" of the University, 1614; teacher in humanity in Marischal College, 1619: retired from his Grammar-School, 1640; d. between 1651 and 1664. 1. In Obitu Henrici Walliæ Principis Lessus, Edin., 1613. 4to. 2. Jacobi VI. Scotiam suam revisenti Evveνopavinρiov D. Wedderburnii, 1617, 4to. See his two poems on the King's visit, and five other poems of his, in Delicia Poetarum Scotorum: see JOHNSTON, ARTHUR, M.D. 3. Abredonia Atrata sub Obitum Serenissimi et Potentissimi Monarchæ Jacobi VI., Abredonia, Ed. Rabanus, 1625, 4to, pp. 12. Heber, Part 1, 7358, 88. 6d. 4. ПроσεVKTIKOV pro R. Caroli in Scotia Inauguratione, 1633, 4to. 5. Institutiones Grammaticæ, 1633; Editio secunda, 1634, 12mo. Heber, Part 6, 3803, 9. 6. Sub Obitum Viri Clarissimi et Carissimi D. Arcturi Jonstoni, Medici Regii, Davidis Wedderburni Suspiria, 1641. Repub. by Lauder in his Poetarum Scotorum Musa Sacræ, Edin., 1739, 2 vols. 8vo. One of the best of Johnston's minor poems was addressed Ad Davidem Wedderburnum, Amicum veterem, and it elicited a reply from Wedderburn. 7. Meditationum Campestrium, seu Epigrammatum Moralium Centuria duæ. Abredonia, 1643, 8vo. Heber, Part 6, 3804, 10s. Sive Centuria tertia, 1644, 8vo. After his death, his brother Alexander (the same, we presume, as the author of Radii Augustiniani, supra) published-S. Persius Enucleatus, sive Commentarius exactissimus et maxime perspicuus in Persium, Poetarum, omnium difficilium, studio Davidis Wedderburni, Scoti Abredonensis-Opera Posthumum, Amstelodami, 1664, 12mo. He contributed to the Funerals of Patrick Forbes, Abred., 1635, 4to, and commendatory verses to De Arte conservando Sanitatem, 1651, and was the author of many other commendatory poems and elegiac verses. A notice of Wedderburn-who has been too much neglected by biographers and bibliographers-will be found in Chambers's and Thomson's Biog. Diet. of Em. Scots., ed. 1855, iv. 450. Wedderburn, Major J. W., assisted JONES, JOHN MATTHEW, in the Naturalist in Bermuda: a Sketch of the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of that Remarkable Group of Islands, &c., Lon., 1858, 8vo. Wedderburn, James, b. in Dundee, about 1500, d., as is supposed, in England, 1564-5. Ane Compendious Buike of Godly and Spirituall Sangs, collectit out of sundrie Partes of the Scripture, wyth sundrie of uther Ballates changed out of Prophane Sanges, for avoyding of Sinne and Harlotrie, Edin., 1597, 12mo. This is the earliest known edition; but the book is thought to have been in use before 1549. Among the contributors to the volume are reckoned John and Robert Wedderburn, ("supposed to have been the principal translators of the psalms that were used before the Reformation,”) brothers of James. Lord Hailes published a specimen of the Buike in 1765, and Sir J. G. Dalyell republished the whole of it in his Scottish Poems of the Sixteenth Century, Edin., 1801, 2 vols. 12mo, also in 1 vol. large 8vo. To James Wedderburne is also attributed The Complaynt of Scotland, (vyth ane Exortatione to the Thre Estaits to be vigilante in the Deffens of their Public Veil,) s. a., sed 1548 or 1549, 16mo. Roxburghe, 8734; resold, Heber, Part 4, 2324, £23. Edited, with a Preface and Glossary, by Dr. John Leyden, 1801, 8vo, 150 copies, and 50 copies on 1. p., 4to. See Observations on The Complaynt of Scotland, 1802, Svo. Leyden ascribes this work to Sir David Lindsay; Mackenzie and Lord Hailes give it to Sir James Inglis. "A most curious piece, well written, and fraught with great learning: the only classic work in old Scottish prose."-PINKER TON. See, also, Bibl. Harl., vol. i., 8371, iv. 12070; Herbert's Ames's Typ. Antiq., iii. 1477-82; James Watson's Hist. of Printing: INGLIS, or ENGLISH, SIR JAMES, and authorities there cited. "Previously to the introduction of the version of Sternhold and Hopkins into Scotland, in 1564, the reformed congregations sang versions of twenty-one psalms and paraphrases of the Lord's Prayer, creed, and commandments, which had been executed for that purpose by the subject of this memoir."-Chambers's and Thomson's Dict. of Em. Scots., ed. 1855, iv. 419, (q. v.) See, also, Blackw. Mag., iii. 179. Wedderburn, John. See WEDDERBURN, JAMES. and other Poems, 1811, 8vo. Wedderburn, Margaretta. Mary Queen of Scots, Wedderburn, Robert. See WEDDERBURN, JAMES. Wedderspoon, Patrick. Occasional Sermons, 1733, 8vo. Weddington, John. A brieffe Instruction and Manner how to kepe Merchantes Bokes of Accomptes, Andwarpe, 1567, fol. 36. Weddle, Thomas, Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, a native of Stamfordham, Northumberland, d. at Bagshot, Dec. 4, 1853, aged Method of solving Numerical Equations of all Orders, Lon., 1842, 4to. A most useful discovery. He contributed to The Lady's Journal, The Lady's Diary, The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, &c.; and these papers should be collected and published in book-form,-say in an octavo of about 500 pages. See Lon. Gent. Mag.. 1854, i. 100, (Obituary.) Weddred, Rev. John. Scriptural View of the Resurrection and Ascension, Lon., 1787, 4to. Wedge, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Warwick, Lon., 1794, 4to. Wedge, Thomas. General View of the Agriculture of the County Palatine of Chester, Lon., 1794, 4to. Wedgwood, Hensleigh, late Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge. 1. Principles of Geometrical Demonstration, Lon., 1844, fp. 8vo. 2. Development of the Understanding, 1848, 12mo. "An elementary work of considerable ability."-Blakey's Hist. of Philos. of Mind, iv. 102. 3. Geometry of the Three First Books of Euclid, 1856, 12mo. 4. Dictionary of English Etymology, 8vo: vol. i., 1859, A-D, pp. xxiv., 508; with Notes and Additions by George P. Marsh, N. York, 1862, imp. 8vo, pp. xix., 247. "Dictionaries are a class of books not usually esteemed light reading; but no intelligent man were to be pitied who should find himself shut up on a rainy day in a lonely house in the dreariest part of Salisbury Plain, with no other means of recreation than that which Mr. Wedgwood's Dictionary of Etymology could afford him. He would read it through from cover to cover at a sitting, and only regret that he had not the second volume to begin upon forthwith. It is a very able book, of great research, full of delightful surprises, a repertory of the fairytales of linguistic science."-Lon. Spectator. "It is one of the most fascinating books of the time."-N. Amer. Rev., July, 1862, 285. See, also, Amer. Theolog. Rev., April, 1862; Atlantic Month., Aug. 1862; Evangel. Quar. Rev., Oct. 1862. Vol. ii., E-P, Lon., Dec. 1862, pp. 578. "The best book on English etymology yet written."-Lon. Reader, 1863, i. 42, (review of vols. i., ii.) See, also, ii. 311. Vol. iii., Pt. 1, Q to Sy, 1865, pp. 366. "For the words that it treats, Mr. Wedgwood's book is not merely the best, it is the only Etymological Dictionary worthy of the name."-Lon. Reader, 1865, ii. 740. See, also, 420, 1866, i. 322. Vol. iii., Pt. 2, T-W, 1867, pp. 200. Also, complete in 3 vols. 8vo, 1867, £2 48. Mr. Wedgwood, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, author of Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect, 1868, 4to, is now (1870) engaged upon an enlarged edition. 5. On the Origin of Language, 1866, fp. 8vo. The philologist should add to Wedgwood's Dictionary, English Roots, &c., by Dean E. N. Hoare, 2d ed., Dubl., 1863, 12mo, and his English Exotics, 1863, 12mo; A Glossarial Index to the Printed English Literature of the Thirteenth Century, by Herbert Coleridge, 1859, Svo, Ap. 104: and Proposals for the Publication of a New English Dictionary of the Philological Society, Lon., 1859. 4to, pp. 32. Mr. Wedgwood has contributed valuable papers to the Proceed. and Trans. of the Philolog. Soc.: see Westm. Rev., April, 1855: Contemp. Lit. Wedgwood, Josiah, the inventor of several beautiful species of pottery, and manufacturer of cameos, intaglios, medallions, miniature pieces of sculpture, imitator of the Barberini or Portland Vase, &c., was b. at Burslem, Staffordshire, Jan. 12, 1730, and d. at his seat at Etruria, Staffordshire, Jan. 3, 1795. 1. Description of a Thermometer for the Higher Degrees of Heat, Lon., 1784, 8vo. He contributed several papers on this and other subjects to Phil. Trans.. q. v. in Watt's Bibl. Brit. 2. Letter on the Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey, 1785, 8vo. He was the chief promoter of the Trent and Mersey Canal. 3. Description of the Portland Vase, formerly the Barberini, &c.; new ed., with the Addition of Notes by Thomas Windus, 1845, r. fol. This ed. was pub. to accompany Windus's New Elucidation of the Subjects on the celebrated Portland Vase, 1845, r. fol. The two vols, were pub. at £4 58. 6d. 4. Catalogue of Cameos, Intaglios, Medals, Bas-Reliefs, Busts, &c.; with a General Account of Tablets, Vases, &c., Etruria. 1787, 8vo; 6th ed., 1787, 8vo. Privately printed at his own press. See Lon. Gent. Mag., lxv., i. 84. (Obituary :) 1852, i. 250; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxi. 268; Almon's Anec., Appendix: Nichols's Lit. Anec., iii. 443, v. 420, viii. 367, 740, ix. 613: Lon. Quar. Rev., xxxvii. 320, (by Sir Walter Scott:) Lon. Times, Feb. 17, 1821, (Wedgwood Memorial:) Wedgwood: an Address Delivered at Burslem, on October 26, 1863, by the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.. Dec. 1863, 8vo. pp. 64, with wood-cuts: Art Journal, Dec. 12, 1864, &c., (Wedgwood and Etruria: by L. Jewett.) See, also, I. The Wedgwoods: being a Life of Josiah Wedgwood: with Notices of his Works and their Productions, Memoir of the Wedgwoods and their Families, and a History of the Early Potteries of Staffordshire, by Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A., &c. &c., with Portrait and Illustrations, 1865, 8vo, pp. xx., 435. From The Art Journal. II. The Life of Josiah Wedgwood; from his Private Correspondence and Family Papers, in the Possession of Josiah Mayer, Esq., F.S.A., Francis Wedgwood, Esq., C. Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., Miss Wedgwood, and other Original Sources; with an Introductory Sketch of the Art of Pottery in England, by Eliza Meteyard, 1865-66, 2 vols. 8vo. "Indispensable to all who wish to know any thing about English ceramic art and its great inventor."-Lom. Sut. Rev. "A very accurate and valuable book."-Lon. Exam. WEE See, also, Macmillan's Mag., June, 1865; Lon. Reader, 1865, i. 510, 512, 553, ii. 65: Shilling Mag., July, 1865; Blackw. Mag.. Aug. 1865; Edin. Rev., July, 1867. In 1868 Miss Meteyard (Silverpen) was complimented by a pension on the Civil List of £60 per annum. Those who are interested in the ceramic art should procure: I. History of Pottery and Porcelain, Mediæval and Modern, by Joseph Marryat, with col'd plates and 300 wood cuts, 2d ed., 1857. med. 8vo; II. Notes on Venetian Ceramies, by W. B. Drake, F.S.A.: Forming a Supplement to "Marryat's Pottery and Porcelain," 1868, med. 8vo; III. History of Ancient Pottery and Porcelain : Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, with 200 Illustrations, by Samuel Birch, 1858. 2 vols. Svo: IV. Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain, being a HandBook for Connoisseurs and Collectors, by W. Chaffers, F.S.A., Lon., 1863, demy 8vo; Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate, &c., by W. Chaffers, F.S.A., 1863, r. 8vo; V. A Century of Pottery in the City of Worcester; being the History of the Royal Porcelain Works, from 1750 to 1851, by R. W. Binns, F.S.A., 1865, Svo; 1. p.. 4to; and add-VI. The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of Precious Stones, &c., by the Rev. C. W. King, 1865, Svo; VII. Antique Gems: their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History and as Illustrative of Ancient Art, with plates and 130 wood-cuts, by the Rev. C. W. King, 2d ed., 1866, 8vo; VIII. Hand-Book of Engraved Gems, by the Rev. C. W. King, 1866, p. 8vo. The Wedgwood Memorial Building at Burslem will long embali the memory of the great English potter. In 1866 a collection of his correspondence with royal personages, with C. J. Fox, W. Wilberforce. Sir W. Hamilton, &c,-above 1500 letters-was sold at auction by Sotheby & Wilkinson for £22 18. Wedgwood, Miss Julia. See WESLEY, JOHN. Wedgwood, R. 1. Book of Remembrance: the Outline of an Almanack on the Ancient Cycles of Time, 1814. 8vo. Wedgwood, R. Constitution of Decrees of the Holy Apostles, Lon., 1851, p. 8vo. Wedgwood, Thomas. Experiments, &c. on Production of Light by Heat, &c.; Phil. Trans., 1792, 128, 215. Wedgwood, William B. 1. Constitution and Revised Statute of the United States, &c. to 1844, Phila., 1844, 8vo. 2. Revised Statutes of Massachusetts, &c. to 1844, N. York, 1845, 8vo. 3. The Government and Laws of the United States; comprising a Complete and Comprehensive View of the Rise, Progress, and Present Organization of the State and National Governments, 1866, 8vo, pp. 500. The substance of over 100 Lectures delivered before the Law-School of the University of New York. 4. A Law Manual for Notaries Public and Bankers; including a Summary of the Law and Principles of Commercial Paper, the Law of Indorsement, etc. etc.: Edited by Professor W. B. Wedgwood and I. Smith Homans, 1867, 8vo. Weed, Henry R., D.D. Questions on the Confession of Faith and Form of Government of the Presbyterian Church, with a Selection of Scripture Proofs, Phila., 18mo. Weed, Thurlow, for many years proprietor and editor of The Albany Evening Journal. Letters from Europe and the West Indies, Albany, 1866, 8vo; also contributions to periodicals, &c. Weed, William Bouton, pastor of the First Congregationalist Church and Society of Norwalk, Connecticut. Sermons, N. York, 1861, 12mo. Posthumous. "It is rare that any volume of sermons is given to the public which is more full, not only of thought, but of the seeds of thought."-Bibl. Rep, and Prince. Rev., July, 1861, 570. cumbers, Lon., Svo. Weeden, John. Treatise on the Growth of Cu Men of England, Lon., 1843, 8vo. Weedon, Cavendish. Oration, Anthem, and Poems at the Performance of Divine Music, Jan. 31, 1701, Lon., 1702, 4to. Weedon, Francis Charles. Poems, (with a Posthumous. memoir of the author prefixed,) Lon., 1863, fp. 8vo. "On the whole. Mr. Weedon's verses convey the idea of con siderable latent power, and justify his aspirations after higher literary distinction than the brevity of his life allowed him to attain."-Lon. Reader, 1863, ii, 531. Weedon, James, D.D., Vicar of Chalfont, St. Peter's, Bucks. X. Discourses on several Subjects, Lon., 1777, 8vo. Posthumous. Weedon, Thomas. Practical English Grammar, Lon., 1848, fp. 8vo. Weekes, John. Secrets of Art and Nature; being the Summe and Substance of Natural Philosophy, by Dr. Alex. Reed. 1660, fol. Weekes, Nathaniel. 1. Choice of a Husband, Printed for Private Circulation. | Washington and Marion are very popular, but the same must be said of them. You know not how much of fiction there is in editions than all others, and has been read by more persons them. That of Washington has probably gone through more than that of Marshall, Ramsay, Bancroft, and Irving put together."-BISHOP MEADE: Old Churches, Ministers, and Fami lies of Virginia, 1857, ii. 235. "Author of a Washington's Life-not one word of which we believe. It is full of ridiculous exaggerations."-JOHN NEAL: Blackw. Mag., xvii. 203. Weemse, John, of Lathocker, Scotland, was inLegends of the War, stalled Prebendary of Durham, June 7, 1634, and d. 1636. 1. Christian Synagogue; wherein is contained the diverse Reading, the right Pointing, Translation, and Collation of Scripture with Scripture, &c., (with an Address by Rev. William Symson,) 2d ed., Lon., 1623, 4to; 3d ed., 1630, 4to. 2. Portraiture of the Image of God in Man, 1627, 4to; 2d ed., 1632, 4to. 3. Exposition India Idylls, Lon., 1865, fp. 8vo. Weeks, Helen C. 1. Grandpa's House, N. York, 1868. 16mo. 2. The Ainslee Stories, 1868, 16mo. 3. White and Red; a Narrative of Life among the Northwest Indians, 1869, 16mo. Contributor to The Riverside Magazine and Our Young Folks. Weeks, James Eyre. Poetical Prospect of Workington, with a Correct Edition of the Poetical Prospect of Whitehaven. Lon., 1732, 6vo. Weeks, John M., of Middlebury, Vermont. 1. Manual on Bees; with an Appendix by Wooster A. Flander, N. York, 1854, 12mo. Mr. Weeks was the inventor of the Vermont bee-hive. 2. History of Salis 4to. of the Laws of Moses, Morall, Ceremoniall, Judiciall, bury, Vermont; with a Memoir [by G. A. Weeks] of the 2 vols. 4to. Also bound separately as follows: I. ChrisAuthor, Middlebury, 1860, 12mo. pp. 362. Posthumous. He was a contributor to agricultural journals, and left in MS. a History of the Five Nations.-which we hope to see published. See Hist. Mag., 1858, 64; 1860, 159. Weeks, Robert K. Poems, N. York, 1867, 16mo. "A work which deserves, and we believe will receive, at the hands of those whose appreciation is the student's great reward, the recognition and homage due to the vital spirit of poetry."-Round Table. Weeks, William Raymond, D.D., b. at Brooklyn, Conn., 1783; graduated at the College of New Jersey, 1809: minister of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. Jersey, 1832-46; d. 1848. 1. Nine Sermons, 1813. Three edits. 2. Scripture Catechism, 1813. Two edits. 3. Pilgrim's Progress in the Nineteenth Century, 1849, 12mo. Posthumous. Also, single sermons, letters, tracts, &c., q. v. in Sprague's Annals, iv.. Presbyterian, 473. Weelkes, Thomas. 1. Madrigals to 3, 4, 5, and 6 Voyees, Lon., 1597, 4to; Ed., with an Introduction, by Ed. J. Hopkins, for the Mus. Antiq. Soc., 1843, fol. 2. Balletts and Madrigals to Five Voyces, with one to Six Voyces, 1598, 4to: 1608, 4to. 3. Madrigals of 5 and 6 Parts, apt for the Viols and Voices, 1600, 4to. 4. Madrigals of 6 Parts, apt for the Viols and Voices, 1600, 4to. 5. Ayeres or Phantasticke Spirites for Three Voices: With a Song, a Remembrance of my Friend Mr. Thomas Morley, for Six Voices, in 3 parts, 1608, 4to: Lilly, £3 13s. 6d. Weemes, John, of Craigtown. Jo. Wemii Baoiλéws YEроXÒ, sive de Regis Primatu Libellus, Edin., 1623, 4to. Thick paper, Heber, Part 6, 98. Weems, Mason L., an Episcopal clergyman who sometimes officiated at Pohick Church, near Mount Vernon, in the time of General Washington, subsequently became famous as a travelling book-agent for Mathew Carey, and as an author. He d. at Beaufort, S.C., May 23. 1825. 1. The Philanthropist, Dumfries, 1799, 8vo; 9th ed., Phila., 1809. 2. Life of George Washington, 1800; 11th ed., 1811, 12mo. More than forty edits., and still repub. 3. The True Patriot: an Oration, (1802.) 8vo. 4. Life of General Francis Marion, 4th ed., 1816, 12mo. Many edits., and still repub. Horry disclaimed the honour of joint authorship. 5. Drunkard's LookingGlass, Balt., 1816, 8vo. 6. Life of Benjamin Franklin, with Essays, Phila., 1817, 12mo; 6th ed., 1822, 12mo; new ed., 1835, 12mo. 7. Life of William Penn, 1829, 12mo. He also published The Old Bachelor, a number of Tracts, &c. See Duyckinck's Cyc. of Amer. Lit., i. 484; W. G. Simms's Views and Reviews, (Weems the Biographer and Historian:) John Davis's Travels in the U. States; Lossing's Field-Book of the Revolution, and his Mount Vernon and its Associations. Mr. Weems was certainly the most popular biographer of his day; he has never been esteemed the most veracious. "Some of Mr. Weems's pamphlets on drunkenness would be most admirable in their effects, but for the fact that you know not what to believe of the narrative. There are passages of deep pathos and great eloquence in them. His histories of tian Synagogue, 1636, 4to. II. Portraiture of the Image of God in Man, 1636, 4to; 1637, 4to. III. Exposition of the Laws of Moses, 1636, 4to; 1637, 4to. IV. Exposition of the Moral Law, or Ten Commandments, in two Parts. 1636, 4to. V. Exercitations Divine, 1636, 4to. VI. Treatise of the Foure Degenerate Sonnes, 1636, 4to; 1637, 4to. VII. Observations Natural and Moral, 1636, 4to. Nos. I., II., III, VI., and VII. contain the whole of the Works, IV. and V. being divisions of a part of No. III. "Weemse has given us a rich massment of Biblical Treasures well worth your having."-COTTON MATHER, "Weemse's works contain much valuable information, especially his Christian Synagogue and Exercitationes."-DR. WILLIAMS. "His Foure Degenerate Sonnes' is both curious and rare."STRONG, "Much Jewish learning."-Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 446. "He was well acquainted with the original Scriptures, with Jewish manners and antiquities, and with the best mode of interpreting the Bible. The style is quaint, but always intelligible. ... The writings of Weemse, though now greatly superseded, are not unworthy of being remembered."-Orme's Bibl. Bib., 461. Weeseley, W. M. Wertheim's Devotional Exercises for the Use of Jewish Women, Lon., 1852, 8vo. Weever, John. 1. Epigrammes in the oldest Cut and newest Fashion, Lon., 1599, 16mo. The 224 Epigram of the Fourth Weeke is inscribed Ad Gulielmum Shakspeare. As Weever composed his book in 1595, (when he was nineteen,) Shakspeare was then thirtyone. See Drake's Shaksp. and his Times, i. 705, ii. 28, 371, 372: Warton's Hist. of Eng. Poet., ed. 1840, iii. 233; Ritson's Bibl. Poet., 390; Beloe's Anec., vi. 156-60; Collier's Bibl. Acet. of Early Eng. Lit., 1865; ALLOT, ROBERT, No. 41. 2. The Mirror of Martyrs; or, The Life and Death of that thrice valiant Capitaine and most Godly Martyre, Sir John Old-castle, Knight, Lord Cobhain, Lon., 1601. 12mo. Sotheby's, May, 1856, fine, £27: Lilly, title Fac-Simile, morocco, £12 128. "Many words of uncommon usage or original coinage are scattered throughout the poem."-Brydges's Cens. Lil., iv. 477, (q. v.) See, also, OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN. 3. The History of Christ in Minimo or a Nutt-shell. WEEVER, JOHN, (infra :) see Brydges's Cens. Lit., vol. ii. A very small volume. This has also been ascribed to Queen's College, Cambridge, d. in London, 1632, aged 56. Ancient Fvnerall Monvments within the Vnited Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands adiacent, with the dissolued Monasteries therein contained, &e., Lon., 1631, fol. Currer, 2644, £4 48. Large paper: Hibbert. 8632, £16 108.: Sir M. M. Sykes, Part 3, 1178, £16 168.; Williams, 1932, £26 58.; Puttick's, June, 1858, (with the Index inlaid,) £32. Second edition, 1661, fol. Third edition, with Addenda and Index, by the Rev. Wm. Tooke, 1767, 4to. Turnbull, Dec. 1863, £1. The original MS. is in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries, where are other MSS. of Weever's. A work of great value: |