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WRAY, or Ray (q.v.), John, English natu ralist, XX. 300.

WRECK, in law, xxiv. 686; salvage of, xxi. 237; statistics of wrecks in 1882, xvii. 277.

WREKIN, hill, England, xxi. 847; xxiv.

493-

WREN, bird, xxiv. 688; fire-crested, XIV. 83; golden-crested, xiv. 82.

, Sir Christopher, English architect,

xxiv. 689; II. 443; XVII. 442; his London churches, xiv. 838; his plan for rebuilding London, XIV. 849.

WRENCH, hand tool, xi. 439.

WRESSELL CASTLE, Yorkshire, England, xxiv. 749.

WRESTLING, xxiv. 690 ; in ancient games, x. 64.

WREXHAM, town, Wales, xxiv. 691.

WRIGHT, Edward, English mathemati cian, xiv. 769, 774; xvii. 254; trans lator of Napier s Canon Mirificus, xvii. 179.

, Joseph, English painter, xxiv.

691.

, Richard, American Methodist, xvi.

191.

, Silas, American politician, XXIV.

692.

, Thomas, English antiquary, xxiv.

692.

WRIST, Anatomy of the, I. 827, 839.

WRIT, in law, xxiv. 692 ; xix. 218.

, Parliamentary, xxiv. 697.

WRITING, xvm. 143 ; xxm. 682 ; beginnings of, XVIII. 766; in time of Homer, xn. 112; hieroglyphic, XI. 794; illuminated, xn. 707; litho graphic, XIV. 698. MACHINES, xxiv. 697.

MATERIALS, Ancient, xvm. 143,

232.

PAPER, Sizes of, xvm. 226.

WRITING-TELEGRAPH, xxm. 121.

WRONGS, or Torts, in law, XXIII.

454- WRONSKI, Hoene de, algebraist, I.

516.

WROTTESLEY S OBSERVATORY, Black- heath, England, xvi I. 712. WROXETER, town, England, xxi.

648.

WRYNECK, bird, xxiv. 698., Henry, duke of Lancaster, xiv.

255.

WUHU, town, China, xxiv. 699. WULFENITE, mineral, xvi. 403. WULFRUNA, early English princess,

xxiv. 637. WULFSTAN, St, of Worcester, xxiv.

667. WULLENWEVER, Jurgen, burgomaster

of Ltibeck, xv. 32. WUN, district, India, xxiv. 699. WUPPER, river, Rhenish Prussia, XX.

20.

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WURDA, district, India, xxiv. 370.

WURNU, town, Sokoto, Africa, XXII. 248, 279.

WURTEMBERG, or Wurttemberg, king dom, Europe, xxiv. 699; army, II. 600; libraries, xiv. 527, 546; prison system, XIX. 761.

WURTZ, Charles Adolphe, French chemist, xxiv. 702.

WURTZITE, mineral, xvi. 392.

WiJRZBURG, town, Bavaria, xxiv. 704; library, xiv. 547.

, Konrad von, his Bach von Troye,

XX. 639.

WYANDOTS, American Indians, xn. 827, 831.

WYANDOTTE, town, Kansas, U.S.A., xxiv. 704. CAVE, Indiana, U.S.A., xn. 813.

WYAT, Sir Thomas (1503-1542), Eng lish poet, xxiv. 704., Sir Thomas (c. 1520-1554), his attack on London (1554), Xiv. 846.

WYATT, James, English architect, xxiv. 705.

WYCHERLEY, &quot;William, English drama tist, xxiv. 705; vii. 436.

WYCH-HAZEL, tree, n. 320.

WYCHWOOD FOREST, England, xvm.

93-

WYCLIFFE, or Wickliffe, John, English Reformer, xxiv. 708; vill. 324; his influence on the Church of England, vill. 373 ; influence on John Huss, XII. 404; his place in English literature, vill. 410; his relations to the Lollards, xiv. 8 10.

WYCOMBE, town, England, xxiv. 712.

WYE, river, England and Wales, xi. 729; xvi. 753; xx. 217.

WYKEHAM, Chapel of, Lincolnshire, England, XXII. 367., William of, bishop of Winchester and chancellor of England, xxiv. 585.

WYNTOUN, Andrew of, Scottish chroni cler, xxiv. 712; in. 364; xxi. 540.

WYOMING, Territory, United States, xxiv. 712; geysers of, x. 558; Yellowstone National Park, xxiv. 736.

WYON, Thomas, English medallist, xxiv. 713.

, William, English medallist, xxiv.

713- WYSS, Johann Rudolf, Swiss poet, xxn.

799- WYTFLIET, Cornelius, Early notice of

Australia by, ill. 103. WYTHE, George, American politician,

xxm. 748. WYTTENBACH, Daniel Albert, German

scholar, xxiv. 714.

, Thomas, Swiss theologian, XXIV.

714; his relations with Zwingli, XXIV.

832. WYVERN, in heraldry, XI. 702.

V the twenty-fourth letter of the


 * &amp;gt; alphabet, xxiv. 716.

XALAPA (Jalapa), town, Mexico, xin.

547- XAMARAN, quarantine station, on Red

Sea, xx. 155. XANTHIAN MARBLES, British Museum,

ix. 67. XANTHOCHROIC TYPE, of man, n. 113;

in Asia, 1 1. 696.

XANTHOCON, mineral, xvi. 396. XANTHOLITE, mineral, xvi. 409. XANTHOPHYLL, colouring matter of

plants, xix. 53.

XANTHOPHYLLITE, mineral, xvi. 413. XANTHOSIDERITE, mineral, xvi. 388. XANTHOXYLUM, genus of trees, xvm.

519. XANTHUS, river, Asia Minor, 1 1. 708;

XV. 93.

, town, Lycia, Asia Minor, XXIV.

716; xv. 93; tombs at, n. 402.

, Lydian historian, xv. 99. XATIVA (Jdtiva), town, Spain, xin. 597. XAUXA, town, Peru, xvm. 675; river,

xvm. 673. XAVIER, Francisco, apostle of the

Indies, xxiv. 716; his relation to

Jesuitism, XIII. 651; missions of, xvi.

5i3-

, Jerome, Jesuit missionary, xx. 1 1 1.

XEBEKS, or Zeybeks, people, Asia

Minor, v. 102; II. 712. XENIA, town, Ohio, U.S.A., xxiv. 718. XENOCRATES of Chalcedon, Greek

philosopher, xxiv. 718; I. 68. XENODERMID^E, family of snakes, xxn.

193-

XENOLITE, mineral, xvi. 408. XENOPELTID^, family of snakes, xxn.

192. XENOPHANES of Colophon, Eleatic

philosopher, XXIV. 719; Vill. i; xvi II.

3i5-

XENOPHON, Greek historian, xxiv. 720; XL 103, 141; his economic teaching, xix. 349; on Socrates, xxn. 232; in the Persian expedition, XVIII. 576.

of Ephesus, Greek novelist, xx.

635. XENORHYNCHUS, genus of birds, xni.

539.

XENOTIME, mineral, xvi. 403. XENURUS, genas of edentate mammals,

xv. 387. XEREZ (Jerez), town, Spain, xin. 629;

wine of, XXIV. 607. XERODERMA, skin disease, xxn. 121. XERUS, genus of rodent mammals, xxn.

438; xv. 418. XERXES I., king of Persia, xxiv. 721;

vin. 560; xi. 99; xvm. 572; tomb

of, xvm. 558. - II., of Persia, xxiv. 721; xvm.

575- XIBARO, issue of Negro and Indian,

xvii. 319.