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Walker, Rev. George. A Clergijman. An English divine ; a writer and trans- lator of hymns.

Walker, Henry Augustus. H. A. W.

An American writer ; Harv. Coll., 1830 ; d. 1838.

Walker, James, D.D., 1794- 187i. An American; W ; J. W. An American clergyman; b. at Burlington, Mass., Harv. Univ., 1814; pastor at Charles- town, Mass., 1818-39 ; professor at Har- vard, 1839-53; president, 1853-60; d. at Cambridge.

Walker, James Barr, D.D. An American Citizen.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 681.

Walker, Rev. John, F.T.C.D., 1758- 1823. One of their Brethren. An Irish ■clergyman ; was expelled from the XTniv. of Dublin about 1800.

Walker, Richard, B.D. A Sub- Utiipian; A Disciple of Cranmer. An English scholar of Magdalen Coll., O.xford.

Walker, S. The " Whistling Commer- cial." An English writer of the day ; a member of the Yorkshire Printing and Publishing Company.

Walker, Thomas. Another Hand. An American writer ; a contemporary of Cotton Mather.

Walker, Rev. Thomas. A Member Thereof. A Scottish minister of Dun- donald.

Walker, Timothy, LL.D., 1802-56. W. An eminent American lawyer ; b. at Wilmington, Mass. ; Harv. Univ., 1826 ; went to Cincinnati in 1830 ; was admitted to the Ohio bar hi 1831, and spent the rest of his life in that city.

Walker, William, 1824-60. The Greif-Eyed Man of Destini/. An Ameri- can filibuster; b. at Nashville, Tenn. ; in 1855 he led a party of adventurers to Nicaragua, and took the city of Granada; in 1860 he led another expedition against Honduras ; was taken and shot at Truxillo.

Walker, William. Tom Cringle. A British colonial writer.

Wallace, Thomas. A Conservative Whiq. An English political writer.

Wallace, Thomas, LL.D. An Old Ex-Scholar of Trin. Coll., Dublin. An Irish writer. — See " Eraser," June, 1836.

Wallace, WUliam. A Lay Protes- tant. An Irish writer (M.D.CJ)) of Dublin.

Wallazz, Edmund A. E. A. W. An American writer of the day.

Wallcut, Rev. Robert Folger, 1797- 1884. R. F. W; Philo Pacijicus. An American clergyman ; b. at Nantucket,

Mass. ; Harv. Coll., 1817 ; Divinity School, 1820 ; d. in Boston.

Walley, Samuel Hurd. The Super- intendent.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 581.

Wallls, Miss. Miss Opzoomer.

An English writer of the day.

Wallis, Ernst. E. W. A Swedish author.

Walpole, Rt. Hon. Horace, 4th Earl of Orford, 1717-97. Lady Mary Wort- ley Montague ; S. T.

See "1. and P.," First Series, p. 581. Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Or ford. Euphemtus ; Grand Corrupter ; The Persuasive Eupheinius ; Sir Mobert Brass, Sir Robert Courtley ; Robin JBluestrinq.

See " i. and P.," First Series, p. 582.

Walsh, Miss. A Daughter of a

Captain In the jVavi/, deceased.

Walsh, John Edward, LL.D., 1816- 69. W. An Irish lawyer; educ. at Trin. Coll., Dublin; admitted to the bar, 1839 ; Queen's counsel, 1857 ; master of the rolls in Ireland, 1866-69.

Walsh, John Henry, F.R.C.S. Stone- henge; Valentine Vo.r.

See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 582. Walsh, William Shepard, 1854-. William Shepard. An American writer; b. in Paris ; recent editor of " Lippin- cott's Magazine " ; long resident in Phil- adelphia, as a writer for " Our Young Folks," in 1871 et seq. Walter, A. A. Betlaw. Walter, J. J. Retlaw. Walter, Thomas, 1696-1728. A Son of Martin Marprelate. An American Congregational minister ; b. in Eoxbury, Mass. ; Harv. Coll., 1713 ; pastor (with his father) in his native town, 1718-28, and d. there.

Wal^rorth, Mrs. Jeannette R. (Had- ermann). Jeannette R. Hudermann. An American writer of the day ; wife of Mr. Douglas Walworth.

Wansey, Henry. A Wiltshire Clothier, F.A.S. An English writer of one hun- dred years ago who distinguished him- self by his travels.

Warburg, Karl J. K. W—g. A Swedish author.

Warburton, Eliot Bartholomew George, 1810-52. Eliot Warburton. An Irish lawyer ; b. near TuUamore ; educ. at Cambridge; called to the Irish bar, but devoted himself to the care of his estates, foreign travel, and literature; was lost in the Amazon Royal steam- packet, destroyed by fire on her passage to the West Indies.