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WISDOM OF JESUS, SON OF SIRACH, in Apocrypha, II. 181.

WISDOM OF SOLOMON, in Apocrypha, n. 181.

WISE, John, American aeronaut, I. 193.

WISEMAN, Richard, English surgeon, xxii. 676.

WISERINE, mineral, xvi. 403.

WISHART, George, Scottish martyr, ill. 466; xxi. 499.

WISH AW, town, Scotland, xxiv. 619.

WISLICA, Statute of, Poland, xix. 288.

WlSMAR, town, Germany, XXIV. 619.

WISNIOWIECKI, Michael, king of Poland, xix. 295.

WIT, in phrenology, XVIII. 845.

, Johan de, on life annuities, II. 78.

WiTAN, or Witenagemot, early English council, xvill. 302.

WITCHCRAFT, xxiv. 619; n. 204; vn. 63; xv. 199; lycanthropous, xv. 89; in the Scottish Highlands, X. 9; tor ture applied in trials for, xxill. 465; Bodin s belief in, in. 848.

WITCHES CALDRON, in Shakespeare s Macbeth, xv. 202.

WITCH OF ATLAS, The, by Shelley, xxi.

793- WITCH OF EDMONTON, Ford and Dek-

ker s play, IX. 396.

WITCH SABBATHS, in legend, xni. 674. WITENAGEMOT, early English council,

vin. 276; xviii. 302, 459, 461. WITHAM, river, England, xiv. 654.

, England, Monastery of, I. 21.

WITHAMITE, mineral, xvi. 409. WITHER, George, English poet, XXIV.

623; as hymn-writer, XII. 591; as

pastoral poet, XVIII. 347. WlTHERINGS, Thomas, English postal

reformer, XIX. 563. WlTHERITE, mineral, xvi. 398. WITHINGTON, town, England, xxiv.

623. WITIZA, reforming Benedictine monk,

XVI. 707. WITNESS, in law, xxiv. 623; vin. 743;

xix. 777. WITSIUS, Hermann, Dutch theologian,

xxiv. 625. WITT, Cornelius de, Dutch burgomaster,

vii. 145., John de, Dutch statesman, VII.

145; xii. 80. WlTTEKlND,or Wittikind, Saxon leader,

v. 403; xxi. 351.

WITTEN, town, Prussia, xxiv. 625. WITTENBERG, town, Prussia, xxiv.

625; university of, xxill. 843, 848. CONCORDIA, of German Protes tants, xv. 83.

THESES, Luther s, xv. 72.

WITTICH, Christoph, Cartesian philo sopher, vii. 126., of Breslau, his calculation by

prosthaphferesis, XVII. 183. WITTICHENITE, mineral, xvi. 395.

WITTIKIND, or Wittekind, Saxon leader,

v. 403; xxi. 351. WITTOW, district, Riigen, Prussia, XXI.

56.

WITWICKI, Polish poet, xix. 304. WlVELISCOMBE, town, England, XXII.

258. WIVES, Laws relating to, XI I. 400; xv.

565; xxiv. 637. AND DAUGHTERS, Mrs Gaskell s

novel, x. 105. WLADISLAWOW, town, Russian Poland,

xxn. 728. WLADYSLAW I., king of Poland, xix.

287.

- II., of Poland, xix. 288.

- III., of Poland, xix. 289.

- IV., of Poland, xix. 294. WLOCLAWEK, town, Russian Poland,

xxiv. 625. WLODAWA, town, Russian Poland, xxn.

37-

WOAD, dye, vn. 576. WOBURN, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 625.

ABBEY, England, in. 483. WOELFL, Joseph, Austrian pianist and

composer, xxiv. 626. WOEPCKE, Francois, on numerals, XVII.

627. WOGAN, cave, Pembroke, Wales, xvni.

483- WOHLER, Friedrich, German chemist,

xxiv. 626; on the strength of metals,

xxn. 601.

WOHLERITE, mineral, xvi. 426. WOHLGEMUTH, Michael, German

painter, xxiv. 627; vn. 555; xvn.

663; xxi. 565. WOLBOROUGH, town, England, xvn.

449.

WOLCHITE, mineral, XVI. 395. WOLCOT, John (Peter Pindar), English

painter and satirist, xxiv. 628. WOLDS, The, hills, England, xiv. 653. WOLF, carnivorous mammal, xxiv. 628;

xv. 438; affinities of, to the dog, vn.

324; skins of, IX. 839; of India, XII.

741 ; superstitions regarding (lycan-

thropy), XV. 89; worship of, XXI. 135., Friedrich August, German scholar,

xxiv. 629; his Prolegomena on Homer,

Xii. 115., Joseph, illustrator of birds, xvni.

12. WOLF-DOG, VII. 326.

WOLFE, Charles, Irish poet, xxiv. 630., James, English general, xxiv. 630.

WOLFENBUTTEL, town, Germany, xxiv. 631; library, xiv. 547.

FRAGMENTS, deistical writings,

XX. 352; published by Lessing, x.

536; xiv. 481. WOLFF, Albert, German sculptor, XXI.

566.

, Betjen, Dutch writer, xii. 96., Caspar Friedrich, German cin-

bryologist, xxiv. 631; vin. 165; xvi.

839; on evolution, Vin. 745, 750. WOLFF, Christian, German philosopher,

xxiv. 631; x. 532; Kant s relations

to, xni. 849; on rationalism, XX. 289.

, Elizabeth, Dutch novelist, in. 51 1.

WOLF-FlSH, XII. 690; XXI. 614.

WOLF OF BADENOCH (Sir Alexander Stuart), Scottish noble, xxn. 610.

WOLFRAM, Dutch logarithmist, xiv. 776.

WOLFRAMITE, mineral, xvi. 403; xxm. 607.

WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH, German poet, xxiv. 632; x. 524; his poem on Troy, XX. 639; on Par/ival, XX. 645.

WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, Scilly Islands, xiv. 6 1 6.

WOLFSBERGITE, mineral, xvi. 394.

WOLF SPIDERS, arachnids, xxm. 60.

WOLFSTAN, Norse navigator, xix. 316.

WOLF TRANSFORMATIONS (Lycan- thropy), XV. 89.

WOLKONSKOITE, mineral, xvi. 425.

W T OLLASTON, island, Tierra del Fuego, XXin. 384.

, William, English philosophical writer, xxiv. 632; his ethical teach ing, vin. 60 1. -, William Hyde, English man of

science, xxiv. 633; 011 light, Xiv. 593;

his process of working platinum, xix.

190.

WOLLASTONITE, mineral, xvi. 415. WOLLASTON S DOUBLET, combination

of lenses, xvi. 259. WOLLIN, island, Prussia, xxiv. 633;

xix. 442; town, xxiv. 633. WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (Mrs God win), x. 716.

, Mary, wife of Shelley, xxi. 789;

x. 717. WoLMAR, Melchior, his connexion with

Beza, in. 625. WOLOFS, or Woloff Group, race of

Negroes, West Africa, I. 263; xvn.

319; xxi. 662. WOLSELEY, Sir Garnet, his expedition

to Ashantee, II. 682. WOLSEY, Thomas, English cardinal,

xxiv. 634; vin. 334; xx. 329; his

leniency towards Lutherans, VIII. 374;

his patronage of Thomas Cromwell,

vi. 605; his influence with Henry

VIII., XI. 663 ; his relations with

Thomas More, xvi. 817. WOLVERENE, carnivorous mammal, x.

696; xv. 440; skins of, IX. 839. WOLVERHAMPTON, town, England,

xxiv. 636.

WOMANHOOD, Period of, xv. 778. WOMBAT, marsupial mammal, xxiv.

637; in. in; xv. 383. WOMBWELL, town, England, xxiv.

637.

WOMEN, Law relating to, xxiv. 637; married, their right to make wills,