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LEFT WARNER 292 WARRANT separate works, published under her pen name, are: "Dollars and Cents" (1853); "My Brother's Keeper" (1855) ; "Stories of Vinegar Hill" (1871); "The Fourth Watch"; "The Blue Flag," etc. (1879) ; "The Other Shore"; "Three Little Spades," a child's book; "Gardening by Myself"; "Up and Down the House"; "Pond Lily Stories"; "Miss Muff"; etc. She died in 1915. WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY, an American editor and author; born in Plainfield, Mass., Sept. 12, 1829; was graduated at Hamilton College in 1851; admitted to the bar in 1856, and prac- ticed in Chicago till 1860, when he re- moved to Hartford, Conn.; became editor of the "Press" in 1861, and of the "Cour- ant" on its consolidation with the "Press" in 1867. He was connected with "Har- per's Monthly Magazine," in charge of an editorial department for many years from 1884. His first book was a compila- tion for the use of students in schools, called "A Book of Eloquence" (1853). In 1870 he published "My Summer in a Garden," which was followed by "Saun- terings" (1872) ; "Backlog Studies" (1872); "The Gilded Age" (with S. L. Clemens, 1873) ; "Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing" (1874) ; "In the Levant" (1877) ; "Being a Boy" (1877) ; "In the Wilderness" (1878) ; "Studies of Irving" (with W. C. Bryant and George P. Put- nam, 1880) ; "Life of Washington Ir- ving" (1881) ; edited "American Men of Letters" (of this series "Washington Ir- ving," 1881, was the initial volume; the thirteenth volume, "George William Cur- tis," by Edward Gary, appeared in 1894); "The Golden House: A Novel" (1894) ; "The Relation of Literature to Life" (1896); "The People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote" (1897) ; edited "A Library of the World's Best Literature" (1896-1898). He died in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 20, 1900. WARNER, OLIN LEVI, an American sculptor; bom in Suffield, Conn., April 9, 1844; early manifested a taste for sculp- ture; and first studied in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and later was a student in Carpeaux's studio. In 1872 he returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York City. In 1877 Daniel Cottier, an art dealer, in- vited him to place some of his work on exhibition in his rooms. This brought Mr. Warner's work under the eye of sev- eral critics who gave it favorable com- mendation. In 1877-1878 he modeled "Twilight," a small statue, which estab- lished his reputation. His works include Psyche"; reliefs of Joseph and other In- dian chiefs ; busts of J. Alden Weir, Miss Maude Morgan; and statues of Governor Buckingham of Connecticut, William Lloyd Garrison, General Devens; etc. He died in New York City, Aug. 14, 1896. WARNER, SUSAN, pen name ELIZA- BETH Wetherell, an American novelist; born in New York, July 11, 1819. Her books are: "The Wide, Wide World" (1850); "Queechy" (2 vols. 1852); a theological treatise, "The Law and the Testimony" (1853) ; "The Hills of the Shatemuc" (1856) ; "Lyrics from the Wide, Wide World"; "The Golden Lad- der" (1862) ; "The Old Helmet" (1863) ; "Wych Hazel" (1876) ; and an essay, "American Female Patriotism." She died in Highland Falls, N. Y., March 17, 1885. WAR OF 1813, the second serious conflict between Great Britain and the United States. It lasted for over two and a half years, beginning June 19, 1812, and ending with the treaty of Ghent, which was signed Dec. 24, 1814, and ratified Feb. 18, 1815. The princi- pal cause of this war was the interfer- ence of Great Britain with American ves- sels, which she caused to be stopped on the high seas and searched for British subjects who were forced into the navy or imprisoned for refusing to serve. Sev- eral times American men-of-war were fired on and compelled to give up sea- men in their crews. Great Britain also interfered with our commerce by her blockades and Embargo Act, and a bit- ter feeling was aroused. James Madison, at that time President of the United States, was personally opposed to a war, but was overruled by Congress, which ap- propriated large sums for the army and navy. See United States, History. WARRANT, to give a guaranty to; to authorize; to give power or authority to, as to do or forbear anything, by which the person authorized is secured or held harmless from any loss, damage, or detriment by such act; as, these thoughts cannot warrant you from suspicion in others. To declare with assurance or confident anticipation; as, I warrant he who is born to be hanged will never be drowned. To justify; to maintain, sup- port, or verify by authority, proof, or evidence; as, one is warranted in assum- ing this to be a fact. In law, to assure; to secure to, as a grant to a guarantee. To secure, as the valid title of goods to a purchaser; or, to provide indemnifica- tion in the event of loss. To guarantee to a purchaser the quality or quantity of goods or articles sold, as being equal to that which they are represented to be; as warranted Sheffield cutlery. An act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise
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