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404 Werther, Sorrows of, caused many a suicide, 14.

West, The debt owed by the, to the East, 40.

Wilkins, Miss, preserves the spinsters of New England, 5.

Wine, Rudagi's lyric on, 63. Wolfram von Eschenbach, 135, 300. Woman, Exaltation of, in the feudal period, 138. Won-wang, Commentary of, on the "Eight Diagrams," 74-75. Wordsworth, Theory of natural diction of, 190 ; protested against Pope's diction, 192, 194 ; an evolu- tion from the discipline of eigh- teenth century, 202 ; love of nature in, 213 ; battle for the humble, 217. Work of art. The supreme test of a, 118.

World-religions, Three great, came from the Semites, 21.

Writing, invented in various places, 21-22.

Yama and his sister Yami, the first beings on earth, Legend of, 48.

Yang Chu, the philosopher of pessimism, 86.

Yashts, "praises," The Avestan, 59. Young's "Night Thoughts" translated into Italian, 230.

Yudhishthira, The Agamemnon of the Mahabharata, 49.

Zajal, The, a sort of ottave-rime, 34.

Zarathushtra, The anthem of divine praise of, 58.

Zeno, Apostolo, scholar and bibliographer, 220-221 ; court poet, 223.

C. Alex. Nelson.