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Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, b. at Hamburg, 1794, for many years Director of the Royal College of Paintings at Berlin, and from 1844 Professor of Art History in the University of Berlin, d. at Copenhagen, July 16, 1868, has forever connected himself with English collections of art (and therefore shall not be excluded from a register of English letters) by the following excellent books. 1. Works of Art and Artists in England, Lon., 1838, 3 vols. p. 8vo. See Lon. Quar. Rev., June, 1838, 131; Edin. Rev., July, 1838, 384; Lon. Athen., 1838, 162, 181: Lon. Lit. Gaz., 182, 199. 2. Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 1854, 3 vols. 8vo. See Lon. Quar. Rev., April, 1854, art. vi.; Lon. Athen., 1854, 517, 551, 622, 718; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1854, 389, 419, 444; Notes and Q., 1854. See No. 3. 3. Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, 1857, 8vo. This is a supplement to No. 2. See Lon. Athen., 1857, 1457. 4. The Manchester Exhibition, 1857, 12mo, pp. 80. See Lon. Athen., 1857, 978. See, also, Lon. Art Jour., 1857: The Exhibition of Art Treasures, (by Dr. Waagen.) Of Dr. Waagen's other works there have also appeared in English-5. Peter Paul Rubens, his Life and Genius; from the German of Dr. Waagen, by Robert R. Noel, Esq.; Edited by Mrs. Jameson, 1840, sq. 8vo. See Lou. Athen., 1840, 339. 6. Hand-Book of Painting: The German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools; Based on the Hand-Book of Kugler, [see EASTLAKE, SIR CHARLES LOCK, No. 2:] Enlarged, and for the most part Re-written, by Dr. Waagen; with Illustrations, 1860, 2 vols. er. 8vo.

205; Knight's Eng. Cyc., Biog., vi., 1858, 458; Archæol.,
vols. xii., xiii., (by M. De La Rue;) Brunet's Man., ubi
supra.
Wacker, Jacob David, M.D. Inaugural Essay
on Hydrocephalus Internus, Phila., 1806, 8vo.
Wackerbarth, A. D. Beowulf, an Epie Poem;
Translated from the Anglo-Saxon, Lon., 1849, fp. 8vo.
Wackerbarth, F. D. 1. History of the Church
to the Reformation, N. York, 1834, 8vo. 2. Music of
the Anglo-Saxons, Lon., 1837, 8vo. 3. Egyptian Bond-
age; or, A Second Call to Union, 1842, 8vo. 4. Lyra
Ecclesiastica; with an English Translation, fp. 8vo.
Part 1, 1842; Second Series, 1843.

Wackerhagen, Augustus, D.D., Lutheran pastor,
Clermont, N. York. Kurzer Iubegriff der Glaubens- und
Sittenlehre, Phila., 1804, 12mo.

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Wadd, William, Surgeon-Extraordinary to George IV., d. 1829, aged 52. 1. On Strictures of the Urethra, Lon., 1809, 8vo; 2d ed., 1811, 8vo. 2. Cursory Remarks on Corpulence; by a Member of the College of Surgeons, 1810, 8vo, pp. 44; 3d ed., with his name, 1817, 8vo, pp. 129; new ed., 1833. See reviews in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1810, i. 153; 1817, i. 332; Blackw. Mag., xvii. 69. No. 8, infra. 3. Cases of Diseased Bladder and Testicle, 1815, 4to. Reviewed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1816, i. 240, (by Mr. Hills.) 4. Cases in Surgery on the Malformation and Diseases of the Head, 1819. 5. Nuga Chirur gica; or, A Biographical Miscellany, Illustrative of a Collection of Professional Portraits, 1824, 8vo, pp. 280, Reviewed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1824, i. 340, and Blackw, Mag., xvii. 69. 6. Nuga Canora; or, Epitaphian Mementos, in Stone-Cutter's Verse, of the Medici Family Of Dr. Waagen's History of Painting, a translation of Modern Times; by Unus Quorum, 1827, 8vo, pp. 70. into French, by L. Hymans and J. Petit, in three volumes, Reviewed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1827, i. 242, 7. Memowas announced some years since. The following impor- randums, Maxims, and Memoirs, 1827. Reviewed in tant work is now (1870) in preparation: A Critical and Lon. Gent. Mag., 1827, ii. 533. 8. Comments on CorpuCommercial Dictionary of the Works of Painters, (com-lency, Lineaments of Leanness, Mems, on Diet and prising 8850 sale-notes of pictures and 980 original notes on the subjects and styles of various artists who have painted in the schools of Europe between A.D. 1250 and 1850,) by F. P. Seguier. To be published by Longmans & Co.

"Really a new and very superior work, as far as research and wider experience could render it so."-Lon. Athen., 1860, ii. 388. See, also, 753.

Wace, Master, Anglo-Norman poet, b. in the island of Jersey about 1112, was a canon in the cathedral church of Bayeux from 1161 to 1171, and is supposed to have d. in England about 1184. 1. Le Roman de Rou, et des Ducs de Normandie, par Robert Wace, Poëte Normand du XIIe Siècle, publié pour la première fois d'après les Manuscrits de France et d'Angleterre, avec des Notes pour servir à l'Intelligence du Texte, par Fred. Pluquet, (et Auguste Le Prevost,) Rouen, éd. Frère, (Paris, de l'imprim. de Crapelet,) 1827, 2 vols. 8vo, 20 fr.

"Il a été tiré 60 exemp. sur papier Vélin jésus, 40 fr.; 3 sur Jésus de Hollande, et 2 sur papier Hollande un peu plus petit. Un des trois sur Gr. Pap., avec fig. coloriées et rehaussées d'or, ayant de plus les Observations et le Supplément ci-dessous, également en pap. de Hollande, 130 fr. Le Prevost, en 1857. Première édition complète d'une des productions les plus remarquables de notre ancienne littérature; on n'en avait encore publié que des fragments."-BRUNET: Man., 5th ed., v. (1864) 1391. See, also, For. Quar. Rev., ii. 82; Blackw. Mag., xxxix. 817, xl. 278.

There has recently appeared, The Conquest of England, from Wace's Poem, now first Translated into English Rhyme, by Sir Alexander Malet, Bart., (H.B.M.'s Minister-Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation,) Lon., Dec. 1860, 4to, £2 28. This includes the Franco-Norman text of Wace, as edited by Pluquet, with the Notes of Edgar Taylor, Le Prevost, &c., and is illustrated by photographs from the Bayeux Tapestry, executed by Herr Albert, of Munich.

2. Roman de Brut, publié pour la première fois d'après les Manuscrits des Bibliothèques de Paris, avec un Commentaire et des Notes par M. Le Roux de Liney, Rouen, éd. Frère, 1836-38, 2 vols. 8vo.

"Publication important: 20 fr.; Gr. pap. vélin, tiré à 40 exempl., 45 fr. L'appendice, contenant la description du manuscrit, n'a paru qu'après le 2e volume. Il a été tiré dix exem plaires sur pap. jésus de Hollande, (79 fr. Labédoyère en 1862;) un senl sur papier carré anglais, et 3 sur papier coquille azure." -BRUNET: ubi supra.

See, also, LAYAMON; TAYLOR, EDGAR, No. 4; Introduction, p. 20, supra; and the notices of these and other works of Wace in Wright's Biog. Brit. Lit., A. N. P.,

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Dietetics, 1828, 8vo. See No. 2. Reviewed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1828, ii. 542; and see same for 1829, ii. 562, for Obituary of Mr. Wadd.

Waddel, George. 1. Remarks on Mr. [Thomas] Innes's Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern Parts of Britain, or Scotland, Edin., 1733, 4to. 2. Animadversiones Critica in Loca quædam Virgilii, Horatii, Ovidii et Lucani, 1734, 12mo.

Waddel, Moses, D.D., b. in Iredell co., N. Carolina, 1770; graduated at Hampden Sidney College, 1791; President of Franklin College, Georgia, 1819-29; d. at Wellington, S. Carolina, 1840. Memoirs of the Life of Miss Caroline E. Smelt, N. York, 1810, 12mo. See Memoirs, &c. of S. Grellet, Phila., 1860, ii. 187.

Waddell, Captain. Voyage towards the South Pole, 1822-24.

"This was a private trading voyage. Captain Waddell penetrated the Antarctic Sea to latitude 74, which was three degrees further south than Cook or any preceding navigator had penetrated."-CHANCELLOR KENT: Course of Eng. Read., ed.

1853, 77.

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Waddell, Hope Masterton, a minister of the United Secession body of Dissenters from the Kirk of Scotland, and a missionary at Jamaica, and subsequently at Old Calabar, Upper Guinea, has related a portion of his experience in Twenty-Nine Years in the West Indies and Central Africa: a Review of Missionary Work and Adventures, 1829-58, Lon., 1863, p. 8vo, pp. 681.

"He says much that is curious, instructive, valuable. But his work is, as it were, an unthrashed corn-stack.”—Lon. Reader, 1863, i. 189.

ing the Polarity of the Mariner's Compass; Phil. Trans., Waddell, John. Effects of Lightning in destroy

1749.

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and most Perfect Edition of Robert Burns ever published.”— Publisher's Advert.

Waddell, Thomas. Offices of Prayer; embracing all the Devotional Parts of Scripture, Lon., 1846, 8vo. Waddell, William Henry, Professor of Ancient Languages in the University of Georgia. A Greek Grammar for Beginners, N. York, 1869, 12mo, pp. 104. Waddie, Charles. Wallace: or, The Field of Stirling Bridge; an Historical Play, in Five Acts, (in verse,) Edin., 1858, 12mo.

Waddie, Eden. The Maid of Norway; a Romantic Comedy, in Five Acts, Lon., 1859, 12mo.

"A more tedious and artificial composition never called itself a comedy."-Lon. Athen., 1859, i. 355.

Waddilove, Alfred, D.C.L. 1. Digest of Cases decided in the Court of Arches, &c., Lon., 1849, r. 8vo. 2. Church Patronage, Historically, Legally, and Morally Considered, 1854, p. 8vo. 3. Act to Amend the Law relating to Probates, &c., 1857, 8vo, pp. 90; with the Rules and Orders, 1858, 8vo. 4. The Laws of Marriage and the Laws of Divorce of England, 1864, 8vo.

"A compendious and accurate digest."-Lon. Reader, 1864, ii. 443.

Waddilove, W. System of Discriminating Duties,

Lon., Dec. 1847, 4to.

Waddilove, Rev. W. J. D. 1. Canadian Clergy Reserves, Newc.-on-Tyne, 1840, pp. 46. See Rich's Bibl. Amer. Nova, ii. 334. 2. Lamp in the Wilderness, 1847, cr. 8vo. See, also, STEWART, HON. CHARLES JAMES, D.D.

Wadding, Luke, b. at Waterford, Ireland, 1588, was admitted to the order of St. Francis, 1605; founded the College of St. Isidore, 1625; Procurator for the Franciscans at Rome, 1630-34; Vice-Commissary of the Franciscans, 1645-48; died, shortly after refusing a cardinal's hat, Nov. 18, 1657, and was buried in the chapel of St. Isidore. See Harris's Ware's Ireland.

1. Calasio Concordantiæ Bibliorum, Hebraice et Lat., Romæ, 1621, 4 vols. fol. Calasio died at Rome whilst Wadding was there, leaving this work in MS. Wadding procured and superintended the publication, and prefixed to the text a learned treatise, De Hebraicæ Linguæ Origine, Præstantia et Utilitate. A better edition of the Concordance was published by Romaine, (ROMAINE, WILLIAM.) 2. Opusculorum St. Francisci, Libri tres, Antw., 1623. 3. Legatio Philippi III. et IV., Regum Hispaniæ, ad Sane. D.D. Paulum V. et Gregorium XV. et Urbanum VIII., Papas, pro definienda Controversia Immaculata Conceptionis B. Mariæ Virginis; per Illust. Anthonium a Trejo. Louvaine, 1624, fol. This was preceded by three pamphlets of his on this point. 4. Annales Minorum, in quibus res omnes 3 Ordinis Franciscanorum tractantur, Lugd., 1625-40, 8 vols. fol.; Romæ, 1654, 8 vols. fol. Epitome, &c., F. Haroldi, (Hiberni Limericensis,) 1662, 2 vols. fol. P. Silvestre-Castel translated this abridgment into French, Toulouse, 1680-83, 8 vols. in 4, 4to. New ed. of the whole work, enlarged, Annales Minorum, seu Historia trium Ordinum a S. Francisco Institutorum; editio secunda studio Jos. Mar. Fonseca, Romæ, 1731-47, 22 vols. fol. Wadding's work terminates with vol. xvi., pub. 1737: the others appeared: xvii., xviii., 1741 xix., 1745; xx., 1794; xxi., 1844; xxii.. 1847. which add xxiii., 1859; xxiv., 1860. See Gibbon's Decline and Fall, ch. lxii., n.; Le Serapeum, 1854, 49-55, (by Dr. Ant. Ruland;) Brunet's Man., 5th ed., v. (1864) 1395. 5. Vita B. Petri Thomæ Aquitani Carmelitæ, Lugd., 1637, 8vo. 6. Scriptores Ordinis Minorum, quibus accedit Syllabus eorum qui ex eodem Ordine pro Fide Christi fortiter occubuerunt, &c., Romæ, 1660, fol. Liber rarissimus. Nova edita, 1806, fol. To which add, Supplementum et Castigatio ad Scriptores, &c., Opus posthumum F. J. Hyacinthi Sharala, 1806, fol.

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"Déjà le P. Jean-François de Saint Antoine avait fait paraître à Salamanque, en 1728, un premier supplément in 4. à l'ouvrage de Wadding, que plus tard il refondit, avec son supplément, dans sa Bibliotheca universa francisc., Matrii, 1732-33, 3 vol. in fol."-BRUNET: ubi supra.

We have already noticed (p. 532, supra) Wadding's ed. of Duns Scotus: there was extracted from this, Vita Joannis Duns Scoti, &c., Montibus, typis F. Waudræi,

1644, 12mo.

Wadding, Peter, a native of Ireland. Tractatus de Incarnatione, Antw., 1636. Waddingham, Rev. T.

neers, contributed to LEYDEN, JOHN, M.D., No. 7, a Memoir on the Map in that volume.

Waddington, Edward, D.D., Bishop of Chichester, 1724; d. 1731. 1. Serm., 1 Cor. iv. 1, Lon., 1718, 8vo. 2. Serm., Luke xxii. 32, 1721, 8vo. 3. Serin., Jer. xxvi. 14, 15, 1729, 4to.

Waddington, George, D.D., b. about 1793; educated at, and Fellow of, Trinity College, Cambridge; was made Dean of Dublin in 1840; d. July 21, 1869. 1. A Visit to Greece in 1823 and 1824, Lon., 1825, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1825, p. 8vo.

"Unquestionably by far the most impartial and valuable picture yet given to the public of the Greek Revolution and its present aspects."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1825, 113. See, also, 134, 151, 165.

2. Serm., (Commemoration,) Camb., 1828, 8vo. 3. Present Condition and Prospects of the Greek or Oriental Church, &c., Lon., 1829, p. 8vo; new ed., 1854, fp. Svo. Commended by Oriental Review. 4. History of the Church from the Earliest Ages to the Reformation, 1833, 8vo, (Lib. U. K.;) New York, 1834, 8vo; 2d ed., enlarged, Lon.. 1835, 3 vols. 8vo.

"Most assuredly it will secure him an honourable place among the masters of historical narration."-Brit. Critic, 1833,

"Perhaps the best of native growth of which we can boast; and yet it is at least half a century behind the progress of the age in accuracy and extent of information, and in the principles upon which it is constructed.”—Edin. Rer., 1835, 133-166.

"A compendious and useful narrative."-Lon. Quar. Rev., July, 1854: Latin Christianity.

"There are some good remarks on Julian in Waddington's Church History, ch. viii."-FARRAR: Crit. Hist. of Free Thought, 1863, Lect. II., n.

See, also, Schaff's Hist. of the Christian Church and his Hist. of the Apostolic Church; and add to No. 4 Chronicles of the Ancient British Church previous to the Arrival of St. Augustine. A.D. 596, 2d ed., p. 8vo. See Notes and Queries, July 24, 1869, p. 1. 5. History of the Reformation on the Continent, (also styled History of the Church during the Reformation,) 1841, 3 vols. 8vo.

"These volumes would more properly have been designated the Life and Times of Martin Luther; they are in the main an elaborate defence of the career of the great Reformer."-Lon. Athen.. 1841, 301. See Pocock, N.

6. Three Lectures on National Education, 1845, 8vo. See, also, HANBURY, BARNARD.

Waddington, John. 1. Hebrew Martyrs, Lon., 1844, 18mo. 2. Emmaus; or, Communion with the Saviour at Eventide, 1846, fp. 8vo. See, also, PENRI or PENRY AP HENRY, JOHN.

Novel, Lon., 1838, 3 vols. p. 8vo. 2. Janet; or, Glances Waddington, Julia R. 1. Misrepresentation; a at Human Nature, 1839, 3 vols. p. 8vo. 3. Newstoke Priors; a Novel, 1842, 3 vols. p. 8vo. 4. Monk and the Married Man, 1849, 3 vols. p. 8vo.

Waddington, Robert. 1. Longitude and Latitude of a Ship at Sea. 1763, 4to; Supp.. 1764, 4to. 2. Sea Officer's Companion, 1771, 4to; Bath, 1778, 4to. 3. Treatise on the Longitude, &c., Lon., 1773, 4to. 4. Epitome of Navigation, 1777, 4to. Waddington, Rodolphus. See VERON, or VERNON, JOHN SENONOYS.

Waddington, Samuel Ferrand, M.D. The Metaphysic of Man; from the German of J. C. Goldbeck, Lon., 1806. Also political, &c. pamphlets, 1796-1812, q. v. in Watt's Bibl. Brit. Christian Soldier's Manual,

Waddy, Richard. Leeds, 1815, 12mo.

Waddy, S. D. Charges at Western Methodist Conference. 1860, 8vo.

Wade. Catalogus Plantarum Indigenarum in Coinitatu Dubliniensi, 1794, 8vo.

Wade. Panorama of Hudson River from New York to Albany, N. York and Phila., 1845, 18mo. Wade, Dr. Case of a Præternatural Fatness; Med. Obs. and Ing.. iii. 69.

Wade, Edward. See PARKER, AMASA J., LL.D.,

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"It will be inferred that we think very highly of Mr. Wade and his fly-leaves."-Lon, Athen., 1861, ii. 183. "Mr. Wade has succeeded admirably. We recommend the book with the greatest pleasure."-Bell's Life, 1861. Wade, Rev. J. 1. Thesaurus of Karen Knowledge; Waddington, Charles, of the E. I. Co.'s Engi- Written by Sau-Kau-Too, Tavoy, 1847-50, 4 vols. 8vo.

Geometrical Treatise on Conic Sections, Lon., 1857, 8vo, pp. 66.

2. Vocabulary of the Sgau Karen Language, 1849, 8vo, pp. 1024.

Wade, J. A. Hand-Book to the Piano-Forte, Lon., 1842, 4to; 1844, 4to; by J. Burnett, 1852, 4to. Other musical and poetical publications, q. v. in London Catalogues. See, also, WESTROPP, E. J., No. 5.

Wade, J. A. Systematic Zoology, Grammar, and Synopsis of Natural History, Lon., 1842, fol.

Wade, James A., of Darnick, co. of Roxborough, Scotland. History of St. Mary's Abbey, Melrose; The Monastery of Old Melrose; and the Town and Parish of Melrose; with numerous Illustrations by the Author, Lon., 1861, cr. 8vo.

"A volume which, taken altogether, is worthy of the subject which it serves to illustrate."-Lon. Athen., 1861, ii. 407.

Wade, Rev. John. 1. Redemption of Time; on Ephes. v. 16, Lon., 1683, 8vo; 1692, 8vo. 2. Confession of Sins; on 1 John i. 9, 1697, 8vo.

Wade, John, V.-P. Institut d'Afrique, (Historical Section,) Paris. 1. History of the Middle and Working Classes, (also styled History and Philosophy of the Productive Classes,) Lon., 1833, 12mo; 1842, (Chambers's People's Edits.) See Lieber's Essays on Prop. and Lab., ed. 1854, 190, n. 2. Cabinet Lawyer, 14th ed., Lon., 1847, r. 18mo; 24th ed., 1868. 3. British History Chronologically Arranged, 1839, 8vo; 5th ed., 1847, 8vo, pp. xii., 1240. Commended by Lon. Mon. Rev., Times,

Spec., &c. But see Lon. Athen., 1839, 986. 4. Unreformed Abuses in Church and State, 1849, fp. 8vo. 5. Junius, 1850, 2 vols. p. 8vo. See JUNIUS, pp. 1002, (iv.) 1004, (1850) Lon. Quar. Rev., Dec. 1851, 91, (same in Bost. Liv. Age, xxxii. 385;) Dubl. Univ. Mag., xl. 20, (same in Bost. Liv. Age, xxxiv. 385: by William Dowe.) 6. England's Greatness, 1856, 16mo.

"The quantity of matter is very considerable, if its quality is not very good.”—Westm. Rev., Jan. 1857: Contemp. Lit.

"It is a cumbrous dissertation on the several aspects of British

history."-Lon. Athen., 1857, 148.

7. Women Past and Present, 1859, p. 8vo. See, also, COXE, WILLIAM, No. 24. In 1862 a Civil Service Pension of £50 was granted to Mr. Wade in consideration of his contributions to political literature, more especially during the Reform agitation of 1832.

Wade, John. Baptism of the Spirit, Lon., 1841-42,

2 vols. 12mo.

Wade, John Peter, M.D.

1. Select Evidence on Fever and Dysentery in Bengal, Lon., 1791, 8vo. 2. Nature, &c. of Emetics, &c. in Bengal, 1792, 8vo. 3. Paper on Disorders, &c. of Seamen and Soldiers in Bengal, 1793, 8vo.

Wade, Robert, Senior Surgeon to the Westminster Dispensary. Stricture of the Urethra; its Complications and Effects, &c., Lon., 8vo, 1840; 2d ed., 1849; 3d ed., 1852; 4th ed., 1860.

"Mr. Wade... is deservedly looked upon as an this matter."-Lon. Med. Times and Gaz.

authority on Wade, Thomas. 1. Mundi et Cordis: De Rebus Sempiternis et Temperariis, Carmina: Poems and Sonnets. Lon., 1835, 12mo.

"With one shade more of freshness and nature, and one less of conceit, in the poems which make up this volume, it might have been acceptable to the public.”—Lom. Athen., 1835, 569. 2. Prothanasia, and other Poems, 1839, brochure. Commended, with qualifications, by Lon. Athen., 1839, 275.

An eminent critic remarks of Mr. Wade,

"He is a poet; he is overflowing with fancy and sensibility, and not without the finest subtleties of imagination."-LEIGH HUNT.

Road his poems Helena, The Jew of Arragon, The Death of Gunderode. 3. What Does Hamlet Mean? a Lecture at the Jersey Mechanics' Institute, (1840,) 8vo. "As a one-sided and clever exposition of Hamlet's character, this pamphlet deserves perusal."-Lon. Athen., 1844, 713. Wade, Rev. Thomas. Notes on the Gospel of St. John, as Translated by "Five Clergymen," Lon., 1857, r. 8vo, pp. 37.

Wade, Thomas Francis, Chinese Secretary to H.B.M. Legation at Peking. 1. Hsin Ching Lu, Hong Kong, 1859, 4 vols. fol., £2 28. Yu Yen Tzu-Erh Chi: a Progressive Course Designed to Assist the Student of Colloquial Chinese, &c., Lon., 1867, (Hong Kong?) 8 Parts, 4 vols. imp. 4to, £5 58. 3. Wen Chien Tzu-Erh Chi: a Series of Papers Selected as Specimens of Documentary Chinese, &c., imp. 4to: vol. i., and Part 1 of the Key, 1867, £1 168. Wade, W. M. Walks in Oxford, Oxf., 1817, 2 vols. 8vo. £1 18.; 1. p., £1 128.; 2d ed., 1818, 12mo. Wade, W. M. Redeeming the Time; a Serm., 1820.

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Wade, Walter, M.D. 1. Planta Rariores in Hibernia inventæ, Dubl., 1804, 8vo. 2. Lectures on the Meadow and Pasture Grasses, 1808, 8vo, pp. 106. "Possess much merit."-Donaldson's Agr. Biog., 97. 3. Sketch of Lectures on Artificial or Sown Grasses, 1808, 8vo, pp. 55. 4. Quercus, or Oaks; from the French of Michaux, Histoire des Chênes de l'Amérique Septentrionale; with Notes, &c., 1809, r. 8vo, pp. 73. Wadesworth, or Wadsworth, James. WADSWORTH.

See

Wadley, J. W. Letter on Vaccination, Lon., 1803,

8vo.

Wadstrom, C. B. 1. Observations on the SlaveTrade, &c., Lon., 1789, 8vo. 2. Essay on Colonization, &c., 2 Parts 4to, 1794-95.

Wadsworth, Benjamin, D.D., b. at Milton, Mass., 1669; graduated at Harvard College, 1690; ordained, 1696, and ministerially connected with the First Church, Boston, from this time until 1725; President of Harvard College, 1725 until his death, Mar. 16, 1737. He published many sermons and theological treatises, 17001725, q. v. in Sprague's Annals, i., Trin. Congreg., 220. See, also, Quincy's Hist. of Harvard Univ., Index.

Wadsworth, Benjamin, D.D., b. at Milton, Mass., 1750; graduated at Harvard College, 1769; was ordained pastor of the church in Danvers, Mass., 1772, and retained this connection until his death, Jan. 18, 1826. He published single sermous, 1782-1821, and a Eulogy on George Washington, Salem, 1800, 8vo. See Sprague's Annals, ii., Trin. Congreg., 31.

Wadsworth, Charles, D.D., a Presbyterian divine, settled successively at Troy, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and again, 1869 et seq., at Philadelphia, has published a number of single sermons; and a volume of his Sermons preached in Calvary Church, San Francisco, was See Bunpublished at San Francisco in 1869, 12mo. gay's Off-Hand Takings, (1854,) 378. Wadsworth, G. Factor's Guide to Cast PlateGlass, Lon., 1847, 8vo.

Wadsworth, or Wadesworth, James, left the Church of England for the Church of Rome, returned to the former, and wrote against the latter. 1. Copies of Letters on Religion between J. Wadesworth and Wm. Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore, Lon., 1624, 4to. See Lowndes's Brit. Lib., 1068. 2. Present Estate of Spayne, 1630, 4to. 3. English Spanish Pilgrime, 1630, 4to. 4. Further Observations of the English Spanish Pilgrime, 1629, 30, 4to; Memoirs, &c., 1674, 4to; 1680, 8vo. 5. European Mercury; from the Italian, 1641, 8vo. 6. The Civil Wars of Spain; from the Original of P. del Sandoval, 1652, fol.

"A renegado proselyte-turncoat, of any religion, and every trade, now living, [1655,) a common hackuey to the basest catchpole bayliffs," &c.,-SANDERSON: Reign and Death of K. James, 1655, year 1620, 491. Quoted twice, with evident satisfaction, by Anthony Wood: see his Athen. Oxon., Bliss's ed., ii. 662, iii. 115, 130, 1077.

Wadsworth, Joseph. XVI. Lectures on the Apocalyptic Epistles addressed to the Seven Churches of Asia, Idle, 1825, 12mo.

Wadsworth, Olive A. Bill Riggs, Junr.: the Story of a City Boy, Bost., 1869, 18mo.

Wadsworth, Thomas, 1630-1676, a Nonconformist divine, minister of Newington Butts and of St. Lawrence, Pountney. 1. Faith's Triumph over the Fears of Death, Lon., 1670, 8vo. 2. Immortality of the Soul Explained and Proved by Scripture and Reason, 1670, 8vo.

"Contains satisfactory evidences of the intermediate state." -Bickersteth's C. S., 455.

3. Two Serms, on 1 Pet. iii. 18-20, with a Preface by R. Baxter, 1677, 8vo. Other treatises. His Remains were published after his death, with Life prefixed. See, also, Calamy and Clark's Lives, 1684, fol."

Wafer, Lionel, made several voyages to the South Sea; in 1677 embarked for Bantam; sailed with Linen and Cook, buccaneers; subsequently officiated as surgeon to the expedition of Dampier (DAMPIER, CAPT. WM.) across the Isthmus of Darien, and was left among the Indians on account of a wound he received by the explosion of some gunpowder, or in consequence of a quarrel with Dampier; returned to London in 1690, and related his experience in A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Lon., 1699. 8vo, 14 maps and 3 plates; 1704, 8vo; in French, par M. de Montirat, Paris, 1706, 12mo; in French, Paris, Collin, 1700, 12mo. "Une traduction Française se trouve aussi avec celle du voyage de Dampier, imprimée à Amsterdam en 1795 in 12," (Brunet.)

"Lionel Wafer, a traveller possessed of more curiosity and in- | Society of Friends, Svo: Part 1, N. York and Lon., 1845. telligence than we should have expected to find in an associate of buccaneers, discovered there [in the Isthmus of Darien] a race of men, few in number, but of a singular make."-ROBERTSON: Hist. of America, book iv.

For his voyage to Magellanica in 1685, see Callender's Voyages, ii. (1766) 673.

Waferer, Myrth, Preb, of Winchester, 1660. Apology for Dr. D. Featley, Lon., 1634.

Wageby, John de. See WALTER, W. JOSEPH, No. 1. Wagener, Professor W. L. The First Discovery of America, and its Early Civilization; trans. and enlarged. N. York, 1863.

Wager, Lewis. A Newe Enterlude entreating of the Life and Repentance of Marie Magdalene, Lon., 1567, 4to. MS. copy by Ritson, Roxburghe, 5991, £1

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Wager, W. A very merry and pythie Commedie, called The longer thou liuest, the more Foole thou art, Lon., 8. a., 4to.

Waghorn, Thomas, R.N., originator of the Overland Mail to India, was b. at Chatham, Kent, 1800; entered the navy, 1812; became lieutenant, 1842; d. at Pentonville, London, Jan. 7, 1850. 1. Overland Guide to India by Four Routes, Lon., fp. 8vo, 1842; new ed., 1846. See T. Moore's Memoirs, viii. 29. 2. Letter on Steam Navigation, 1846, 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1846, 759. 3. On Emigration to Australia, 1848, 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1848, 981. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1850, i. 217, (Obituary.) On Nov. 20, 1869, a monument was erected on the Isthmus of Suez to the memory of this enterprising and energetic man. Wagner, Alice B. Papers, Lon., 1856, 12mo. Wagner, Professor G. H. New and Easy Method of Learning the German Language, Phila., 8vo: Part 1, 1847.

Introduction to Widow Bedott

Wagner, George, Incumbent of St. Stephen's Church, Brighton. 1. Serms. to Children, Brighton, 1852, 18mo; 3d ed., 1858. 2. Children's Wishes, 1854, 18mo; 10th ed., 1870. 3. Children's Temptations; Addresses, Lon., 1859, 18mo. 4. Serms. on the Book of Job, 1860, p. 8vo; 1864, p. 8vo. 5. Wanderings of the Children of Israel, 1861, cr. 8vo. 6. Lects. for Lent and Passion Week, 1863, cr. 8vo. See SIMKINSON, JOHN NASSAU, No. 1.

Wagner, Orlando Henry. Chronological Key to Ancient and Modern History, Lon., Dec. 1864, cr. 8vo. Wagner, William, the munificent founder of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, and a native of Philadelphia, is the author of papers on fossils and shells, published in Jour. of Acad. of Nat. Sci., vol. viii., Part 1, Jan. 1838, and in London, June, 1841. See First Annual Announcement of the Wagner Free Institute, Phila., 1855, 8vo.

Wagstaff, or Wagstaffe, John, of Oriel College, Oxford, d. 1677. 1. Historical Reflections on the Bishop of Rome, &c., Oxon., 1660. 2. Question of Witchcraft Debated, 1669, 8vo; 1671, 8vo. See Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 1113.

Wagstaff, Simon, (i.e. Swift, Jonathan, D.D.) Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, Lon., 1738, 8vo.

Wagstaff, or Wagstaffe, Thomas, b. 1645; Rector of Martin-Thorpe, Rutlandsbire, 1669; Chancellor and Preb. of the Cathedral of Lichfield, and Rector of St. Margaret Pattens, London, all in 1684; deprived at the Revolution as a Nonjuror; consecrated Bishop of Ipswich among the Nonjurors, 1693; d. 1712. He published some single sermons, political tracts, &c., and the following: 1. Vindication of King Charles the Martyr; proving that his Majesty was the author of Exov BaσiAky, &c., Lon., 1693, Svo; 2d ed., 1697, 8vo; 3d ed., 1711, 4to. See No. 2. A synopsis will be found in Bur

ton's Genuineness of Clarendon's Rebellion.

"Let it be very specially observed, that those who decided the question practically [against the authorship of Charles] in 1660 were within twelve years of the fact; while fifty years had passed before the greater part of the traditional and hearBay stories ranged on the opposite side were brought together by Wagstaffe."-SIR J. MACKINTOSH: Edin. Rev., xliv. 25, (see, also, 16, 29, and 30,) repub. in his Miscell. Works, ed. 1854, iii.

508.

See GAUDEN, JOHN, D.D.

2. Defence of the Vindication, &c., (No. 1,) 1699. See SANCROFT, WILLIAM, D.D.; Biog. Brit.; Gen. Dict., (by Salmon;) Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 439, 703; Chalmers's Biog. Dict.

Wagstaff, William R., M.D. 1. History of the

2. Diseases of the Mucous Membrane of the Throat, and their Treatment by Topical Medication, 1851, p. 8vo. Wagstaffe. On Reclaiming Waste Lands; Nic. Jour., 1809. See Donaldson's Agr. Biog., 96.

Wagstaffe, Christopher. Life and Adventures of Christopher Wagstaffe, Gent., Grandfather to Tristram Shandy, &c., Lon., 1763, 2 vols. sın. 8vo. A reprint of Dunton's Voyage round the World, 1691, 12mo, with the object of showing that Sterne used it as the ground-work of Tristram Shandy. See Nichols's Dunton's Life and Errors, p. xiii.

Wagstaffe, Thomas. Piety Promoted, in Brief Memorials, &c. of several of the People called Quakers, Lon., in Pts.: viii., 1774, '75, 12mo; ix., 1796, '98, 12mo; xii., 1774. Contains nearly 20 lives of American Friends. See, also, ed. of N. York, 1823, 12mo; J. Smith's Cat. of

Friends' Books, 845.

Wagstaffe, William, M.D., Physician of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, b. in Cublington, Bucks, 1685, d. at Bath, 1725. He published a Letter to Dr. Freind on the Small-Pox, Lon., 1722, 8vo. See, also, DRAKE,

JAMES, M.D. After his death appeared a collective

edition of his Miscellaneous Works, 1726, 8vo.

"Most of these tracts were written in his early years, and without his name. He was also the author of two scarce little volumes called Annotations on the Tatler,' frequently quoted in the variorum editions [1786, 6 vols. sm. 8vo, &c.] of that periodical paper."-Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxx. 461.

See, also, Nichols's Lit. Anec., vii. (Index) 439, 703. Wailes, Benjamin L. C., b. in Columbia co., Georgia, 1797, emigrated to the Mississippi Territory, 1807, and subsequently became Geologist to the State of Mississippi. Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi; embracing a Sketch of the Social and Natural History of the State, Jackson, Miss., 1854, 8vo. Also, agricultural addresses, 1841, '2, '3, and papers in Scientific American, N. Orleans Delta, &c.

Wainewright, Arnold. See RUTT, JOHN TOWIL,

No. 2.

Wainewright, Jeremiah, M.D. 1. Mechanical Account of the Non-Naturals, Lon., 1707, 8vo; 2d ed., 1708. 8vo; 1717, 8vo; with No. 2, 1737, 8vo; in Latin, by J. S. Murcas, Avig., 1748, 12mo. 2. Anatomical Treatise of the Liver, Lon., 1722, 8vo. See No. 1.

Wainewright, Latham, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Rector of Great Brickhill, Bucks, &c. 1. Serm., Lon., 1810, 4to. 2. Serm., 1814, 8vo. 3. Literary and Scientific Pursuits of Cambridge, 1815, 8vo. 4. Observations on the Wesleyan Methodists, 1818, 8vo. See, also, PALEY, WILLIAM, D.D. Wainewright, William. Happiness, Lon., 1857, 8vo. Wainhouse, Richard. 1. Serm. on Rebellion, 1 Tim. vi. 5, 1745, 8vo. 2. Serm. on Rebellion, 2 Tim

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Wainwright, John. 1. Historical and Topographical Introduction to a Knowledge of the Ancient State of the Wapentake of Strafford and Tickhill, &c., Sheffield, 1829, 4to.

Wainwright, John, an American author. Julius Cæsar: Did He Cross the Channel? Reviewed, Lon., 1869. See SURTEES, SCOTT F., No. 5. Wainwright, John Howard, a native of New York, and son of Bishop J. M. Wainwright, (infra.) 1. Rip Van Winkle; an Opera Libretto, N. York, 1855. 2. Rhymings, 1860, 12mo.

There is much natural sentiment and instinctive grace of expression in these effusions."-H. T. TUCKERMAN. See, also, RICE, GEORGE EDWARD, No. 2.

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to Knickerbocker Mag. and to N. York Evening Post. Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, D.D., D.C.L., Oxon., a son of Peter Wainwright, and a grandson of Jonathan Mayhew, D.D., was b. in Liverpool, England, 1792, and came to the United States when eleven years of age: graduated at Harvard College, 1812, and was Tutor of Rhetoric and Oratory there, 1815-17; ordained deacon in the Prot. Epis. Church, 1816; Rector of Christ Church, Hartford, 1818; Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, N. York, 1819-21; Rector of Grace Church, N. York, 1821-34; Rector of Trinity Church, Boston, 183437: Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, N. York, (having immediate charge of St. John's Chapel,) from 1837 until his death; and from Nov. 9, 1852, until his

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death, Sept. 21, 1854, Provisional Bishop of New York. 1. Chauts adapted to the Hymns in the Morning and Evening Service of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1819. 2. Music of the Church, N. York, 1828; new ed., 1850, ob. 8vo. 3. Four Sermons on Religious Education and Filial Duty, 1829, 12mo; new ed., 1850, 12mo. Lessons on the Church. 5. Order of Family Prayer, 1845, &c., 12mo. See No. 6. 6. Short Family Prayers, 1850, &c., 12mo; with No. 5, Bost., 1861, 12mo. 7. With MUHLENBERG, WILLIAM A., D.D., The Choir and Family Psalter, N. York, 1851, 4to. 8. The Pathways and Abiding-Places of Our Lord, illustrated in the Journal of a Tour through the Land of Promise; with 18 Landscape Views, 1851, sm. 4to; Lon., 1853, 12mo, (cheap ed.) "One of the most attractive of all that have appeared upon its ever-engrossing subject."-Internat. Mag., Dec. 1850, 475.

9. The Land of Bondage, its Ancient Monuments and Present Condition; being the Journal of a Tour in Egypt; with 28 engravings, N. York, 1852, sm. 4to. Edited: 10. Life of Bishop Heber, by his Widow, 1830, 2 vols. 8vo. 11. American Illustrated Prayer-Book. 12. Our Saviour with Prophets and Apostles; with 18 engravings, 1850, imp. Svo. See TURNER, SAMUEL HULBEART, D.D. 13. The Women of the Bible; with 18 engravings, 1853, imp. 8vo. See, also, MARSHALL, THOMAS WILLIAM ; RAVENSCROFT, JOHN STARK, D.D. He also published a number of single sermons, and papers in periodicals, and contributed a Prefatory Note to Rev. W. H. Havergal's History of the Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, 1854, 8vo, pp. 74. See, also-14. Controversy between Rev. Drs. Wainwright and [George] Potts: "There cannot be a Church without a Bishop," 1844, 8vo. Originally published in N. York newspapers. See, also, The Controversy Reviewed, &c., 1844, 8vo. After his death appeared -15. A Memorial Volume: Thirty-four Sermons by the

Rt. Rev. J. M. Wainwright, D.D., &c.; Edited by his Widow, 1856, 8vo. Includes a Preface and Funeral Address by Edward Y. Higbee, D.D., (for twenty years the associate of the deceased,) and a Memoir by Bishop Doane. The printing of the volume was superintended by Jesse Ames Spencer, D.D., (supra.) In 1858 a church, erected in the city of New York in memory of this excellent man, was consecrated.

"I had the privilege of some acquaintance with Bishop Wainwright from an early period of my ministry, and was always impressed with his fine, gentlemanly bearing, his simple yet highly-cultivated manners, and his great general intelligence, as indicated by the aptness and richness of his conversation. No one, I think, could have known him even casually without learning the secret of his great popularity in every circle in which he moved."-WILLIAM B. SPRAGUE, D.D.: Annals, v., Episcopalian, 613-17, (q. v.)

See, also, S. G. Goodrich's Recollec., ii. 109; Mem. of

Sydney Smith, Lett. 556; N. Amer. Rev., 1xxxiv. 430, (by George E. Ellis.)

A Life of Bishop Wainwright, by Rev. John N. Norton, (supra,) was pub. N. York (Gen. P. E. S. S. U. and C. B. Soc.) in 1858.

"Mr. Norton has made his narrative attractive to the young ad not uninteresting to the old."-Hist. Mag., 1859, 130.

Wainwright, Samuel, Vicar of Holy Trinity, York. 1. Voices from the Sanctuary, Lon., 1861, p. 8vo. 2. Christian Certainty, Dec. 1864, 8vo.

Wainwright, Thomas Griffith, a contributor to the London Magazine, (see his sketch of Hood-paper styled Janus Weatherbound, &c.-in the No. for Jan. 1822,) to whose criminal career a reference will be found in Talfourd's Final Memorials of Lamb. See, also, Hood's Works, ed. by Epes Sargent, vol. vi., Appendix. Waisbrooker, Lois. Suffrage for Women: The Reasons Why, St. Louis, 1869, fp. 8vo. For the other side, see WHITE, CARLOS.

and Rabbinical Writers, with Circumstances that 00curred in the Life of our Saviour, Camb., 1814, 8vo. "Very learned and curious.”—Orme's Bibl. Bib., 454. 4. Jewish, Oriental, and Classical Antiquities; containing Illustrations of the Scriptures, and Classical Records, from Oriental Sourees, 1823, 8vo.

"That coincidence the author has satisfactorily shown by various examples."-Horne's Bibl. Bib., 392.

5. Sermons on the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian Dispensation, &c., 1827, 8vo. Dr. Townley, in his version of the More Nevochim, acknowledges his obligations to these sermons. 6. Introduction to the Writings of the New Testament, by Dr. Leonard Hug; from the German, Lon., 1827, 2 vols. 8vo.

"Dr. Wait has added numerous notes. . . . Some parts of his work, however, evidently show that he was not sufficiently acquainted with the German language."-Horne's Bibl. Bib,

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Wait, Rev. William. The Last Days of a Person who had been Thomas Paine's Disciple, 1802, 8vo. and Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in JusWait, William, Counsellor-at-Law. 1. The Law State of New York, Albany, 1865, 2 vols. 8vo; 2d ed., tices' Courts and on Appeals to the County Courts in the 2. Digest of New York Reports, N. 1867, 2 vols. 8vo. York, Dec. 1869, r. 8vo. He is engaged on a work on Practice, (1870.)

in Utah Territory. Waite, Mrs. C. V., wife of a United States Judge Harem; or, An Authentie History of Brigham Young, The Mormon Prophet and his his Numerous Wives and Children, N. York, 1866, 12m3.

See SMITH, Joseph.

Waite, George. 1. Critical Inquiry on the Teeth, Lon., 4to. 2. Surgeon-Dentist's Manual, 12mo; Phila., 1830, 18mo. 3. The Gums, Lon., 1835, 12mo; with W. C. Wells's Essay on Dew, Phila., 1838, 8vo. Waite, J. Law of Christian Liberty; a Serm., Southamp., 1862, 12mo. Mr. W. is one of the Committee on the new Commentary on the Holy Scriptures suggested by the Rt. Hon. J. E. Denison, Speaker of the House of Commons: see Lon. Reader, 1863, ii. 574.

The Hallelujah, or Devotional Psalmody, Lon., r. 8vo; Waite, Rev. J. J., d. 1869, and Gauntlett, J. J. 1. p., imp. 8vo: Part 1, 1849; 2, 1851.

Waite, S. C. Graceful Riding, Lon., 1859, 12mo. Waite, Thomas. Serm., Tit. i. 7, Lon., 1728, 4to. Waite, Thomas, LL.D., b. 1776, became Curate of Wellington was Principal of the Grammar-School on Lewisham Hill, 1815-33; Rector of High Halden, 1833, and of Great Chart, 1835; d. 1841. 1. Vindiciae Ecclesiasticæ; a Serm., 1811, 8vo. 2. XL. Serms., Explanatory and Critical, on the XXXIX. Articles, 1826, 8vo.

"His object is to show that they are neither Calvinistle nor Arminian, but scriptural."-Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 467. "Full of good sense and good feeling."-Lon. Mon. Rev. Waithman, Robert, M.P., 1818, &c., and Lord Mayor of London, 1823; d. 1833, in his 70th year. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1833, i. 179, (Obituary,) 634.

1. War the Cause of the Scarcity, &c., Lon., 1800, 8vo. 2. Letter to the Governors of Christ Church Hospital, 1808, 8vo. Waitz, T. Introduction to Anthropology, Lon., Wake, Lady. Bible Readings, &c.; being a Simple Commentary on the Four Gospels, Lon., sq. 12mo: Part 1, 1849; 2, 1850; 4, 1854; all in 4 vols. in 2, 1855. Wake, C. Staniland. Chapters on Man: with the Outlines of a Science of Comparative Psychology, &c., Lon., 1868, cr. 8vo, pp. viii., 344.

Waistell, Charles, Chairman of the Committee of Agriculture of the Society of Arts, contributed agri-1863, 8vo. cultural papers to Nic. Jour., 1805, '10, '12. After his death appeared his Designs for Agricultural Buildings, Edited by [his nephew] Joseph Jopling, Lon., 1826, r. 8vo. Commended by Brit. Farm. Chron., Gardener's Mag., &c., and censured by Donaldson's Agr. Biog., 116. Wait, Daniel Guilford, LL.D., of St. John's College, Cambridge, for some time Curate of Puckle Church, near Bristol, and in 1819 made Rector of Blagdon, Somerset; d. 1850, aged 61. 1. Defence of a Critique on the Hebrew Word Nachash, against the Hypothesis of Adam Clarke, 1811, 8vo. 2. Inquiry respecting the Religious Knowledge which the Heathen Philosophers derived from the Jewish Scriptures, 1813, 8vo. 3. Comparison of Certain Traditions in the Thalmud, Targumin,

Wake, Sir Isaac, b. at Billing, Northamptonshire, 1575, was elected Probationer Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, 1598, and Public Orator, 1604; knighted, 1619; was ambassador to Venice, Savoy, and other courts; M.P. for Oxford, 1625; d. at Paris, 1632. He published a number of political Discourses, Funeral Orations, &c., but is best known by his Latin account of King James's visit to Oxford: Rex Platonicus; sive de Potentissimi

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