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the Interior. An English writer of the day, of London.

Whitling, Henry John. Nil. An English traveller.

Whitley, Jonas E., 1S49-. /. E. W. ; Nick. An American writer of the day.

Whitman, Mrs. Sarah Helen (Power), 1803-78 Helen An Ameri- can poet ; widow of John Wmslow Whit- man, a lawyer, of Boston; b, resided chiefly, and d at Providence, R.I.

Whitman, Walter, 1S19-. Walt; The Good Gray Poet. An American poet ; b at West Hills, L.I ; since 1874 of Camclen, N J.

Whltmarsh, Caroline Snowdon. Hetty Holyole. See "Guild, Mrs. C. S.

Whitinarsh, William Hurt. W.

B W. An English poet of the day.

Whitmore, Rev. John. A /Suffolk Clergyman. An English writer.

Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-. W. H. W. An American genealogist and politician; b and lives in Boston.

Whitney, Mrs. Adeline Button (Train), 1824-. A. D.T.W^ A popu- lar American novelist; b. in Boston; wife of Seth D. Whitney, of Milton, Mass.

Whitney, Henry Austin, A.M. H. A. TF. An American biographer ; b. in Boston; Harv. Univ., 1846; in 1880 et seq. president of the Boston & Provi- dence R. R. Company, residing in Boston

Whitney, Mrs. Louisa (Goddard), 1819-83. L. W. An American lady; wife of Prof. James D wight Whitney, of Harv. Univ., Cambridge ; was one of the pupils at the Ursuline Convent, in Charles- town, Mass., at the time of its burning ; d. at Cambridge.

Whitney, Moses, Jr. Four of Us; Tnsmegistus. An American writer, of Boston, engaged in mercantile pur- suits.

Whiton, Rev. James Morris, Ph.D., 1833-. An Orthodox Minister of the Gos- pel. An American educator; b. in Bos- ton; Yale Coll., 1853; Yale Divinity School, 1857; pastor at Newark, N.J., 1865-85 et seq.

Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-. Launce Poyntz. An American writer of the day.

Whittier," John Greenleaf, 1808-. Margaret Smith. An eminent American poet; b. near Haverhill, Mass.; from 1876, of Peabody, Mass.; spent his first 20 years on his father's farm; has since resided m Boston, Hartford

(Conn.), Philadelphia, Amesbury, and finally at Peabody.

Whittier, Matthew Francis, 1812- 82. Ethan Spike. An American writer ; brother of the preceding, in the Boston Custom House, 1868-81 ; d in Boston.

Whittlesey, Oscar C en Bloomer. An American writer of the day.

Whitty, Edward Michael, 1827-60. The Sti anger in Parliament. An English journalist, of London and of Belfast, b. in Liverpool; educ. there and in Ger- many; removed to Melbourne, and d. there

Whitty, J. M. Captain Rock in Lon- don. An English journalist, of Liver- pool, Dublin, and London; father of the preceding.

Whitworth, Richard Vendicus. An English politician ; M P. for Stafford, 1769.

Whytehead, Eev. Thomas, M.A., 1815-43 An Undergraduate. An Eng- lish clergyman and hymn writer; b. at Thormanby, Yorts.; St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1837 ; principal of the Bish- ops' Coll. in New Zealand, where he died.

Wickenden, Eev. William, B.A., about 1801-. The Bard of the Forest. An English poet; at the age of 24 be- came a sizar of St John's Coll., Cam- bridge, and afterwards held two curacies in Gloucestershire.

Wiekins, Stephen B. S. B. W. An English biographer.

WicklifFe, Robert, Jr., -1850. 7?. W., Jr. ; William Pitt. An American politi- cal writer, of Louisville, Ky.; Charge* d' Affairs to Sardinia, 1843-48; d in his native city.

Wickstead, John. A Fellow-Towns- man. An English attorney, of Shrews- bury.

Widdemer, Irene. Ireland Ward. An American novelist.

Wieland, Christoph Martin, 1733- 1813. The Grerman Voltaire. A cele- brated German poet; from 1792 passed his life near Weimar.

WierzMekl, Felix Paul, M D., -1861. Phihkahst. A Polish-American, of Cali- fornia, 1848-61.

Wiflten, Jeremiah Holmes, 1792- 1836. Three Friends. An English. Friend; b. at Woburn, Beds.; librarian of the Doke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, 1821-36; resided in Eroxfield, 1828-36, and d. there.

Wight, Rev. J. Ambrose. Ambrose. An American clergyman, of Bay City, Mich.