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Wishing Wells, visiting the, iii. 443

Wishy-washy, its etymology, ii. 64

Wit in unsuspected placen, xi. 446

Witch, a kind of lamp, x. 483; xi. 192

Witch superstitions in the republic of Colombia,

vii 366

Witchcraft: in nineteenth century, ii. 466; collection of tracts relating to, iii. 208, 317 J on Deeside, xi. 208; in Essex, xii. 186, 313 Witchelt = ill-shod, v. 9, 58

Witches, Lancashire, in seventeenth century, iii. 223 Witcombe (J. J.) on Whitcombe or Whetcombe

family, v. 515 Witham arms, xii. 149 Wither (George), his 'Collection of Emblems,' v. 374

his poetry, xi. 266, 409, 492

Withred, King of Kent, his journey to Rome, ii. 8 Withycombe Church struck by lightning, iii. 26, 136,

342

Witnessing by signs, xi. 109, 175, 237, 294, 418 Woad, its definition, v. 246 Woffington (Mary), her portrait, xii. 309 Woking Churchyard, wonderful plant in, xi. 148 Wolfe (Rev. Charles), alternative readings in 'The Burial of Sir John Moore,' iv. 21, 177, 336; his claim to its authorship, vii. 461 ; viii. 72, 169, 188; ix. 83; xi. 105, 143, 214

Wolferstan (E. P.) on ' corns calamus, ii. 377; iii. 73. Adderley (G. and R.), v. 323. Bar-At-Gin & Co., v. 297. Baulk: Balk, ii. 308. Bill: William Bill, vi. 265. Boulder stones, vii. 136. Corn-crake, iv. 58. Cutting babies' nails, vi. 93 February fill- dyke, v. 188. French proverb, iii. 317. " Gentle- men and ladies," iv. 528. Looking-glass folk-lore, vi. 131. Moated mounds, v. 399. Pewter and its marks, iv. 506. Hectors of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, vi. 458. Weather-lore, iv. 437 Wolffsohn (Lily) on Neapolitan marvels: Virgilius,

xii. 509

Wolfram von Eschenbach, his biography, xii. 288, 398 Wollaston (William), biographical notes on, iii. 29 ; early editions of 'Religion of Nature Delineated,' xii 486

Wollaston family arms, ii. 429; iii. 29, 78, 211 Wolsey (Cardinal), his leaden water-pipes, ii. 112 Wolstan on wife of the third Viscount Bourke, v. 236 Wolverhampton, charter relating to St. Peter's, ii. 46,

214; iii. 70, 149

Woman, creation of, Bulgarian legend, iv. 465 Woman, man disguised as, vii. 248, 358 ; married,

"maiden " applied to a, xi. 128, 232, 318 Women, as barbers, ii. 476; vi. 10; epigram on, ix.

288, 378; their status in the Talmud, xi. 221 Women, married, arms of, xi. 114, 197, 313, 477 Wonham, place-name, viii. 283, 353 Wooburn Church, near Maidenhead, bells in, xii. 144 Wood (H.) on Henrietta, Lady Wentworth, i. 475 ;

ii. 49 Wood(J.) on Richter's 'Dream of Infinity,' vi. 106.

Source of quotation sought, vi. 106 Wood (J. Warrington), d. 1886, sculptor, xi. 308, 398 Wood engravings, hand printed books from, iii. 424 Woodall ( W. O. ) on ' ' International Library of Famous

Literature," v. 24 Wooden horse, military punishment, v. 82, 253

Woodford (Samuel) and Walton and Beale, i. 284 Woodham (Mrs.), her biography, ii. 508 ; iii. 36 Woodhouse (Robert), 1773-1827, his portrait, x. 7 Woodin (W. S.), public entertainer, x. 109, 233, 331 Woodlands, Blackheath, carved panels removed, i. 269 Woodrow (G. M.) on " Gardening, man's primeval

work," xii. 129 Woods, the "chink" of, v. 432, 498 ; vi. 154, 235,

314

Woodvine, meaning of the term, xii. 320 Woodward (G. M.) illustrations of ' Seven Ages of

Parsons, 'ii. 309

Woodward (Rev. John), LL.D., his death, i. 500 Woodward (Philip), his translation of ' The Dialogves

of S. Gregorie,' viii. 338

Woodwork in English cathedrals, vi. 68, 135 ; in Pavenham Church, x. 508 ; in Herefordshire and Shropshire, xii. 148 Woodworth (Samuel), his " The moss-covered bucket,"

ix. 148, 257

Wool as a foundation for buildings, xi. 309, 516 Woolford (H.) on bastardy, iv. 108 Woollery (Frances), eighteenth-century actress, vii. 49 Woolpit, co. Suffolk, and fairy mythology, v. 47, 155,

422

Woolward (E. M.) on " Little Man of Kent," i. 146 Woore, in Salop, its etymology, v. 128, 236 ; vi. 33,

157,218,312; vii. 134, 252* Worcester, arms of the see, i. 427, 477 ; ii. 236 Worcestershire dialect, its grammar, iv. 476 ; v. 33 Worcestershire folk-lore, vi. 410 ; vii 54, 255, 374 Word, a missing, xii. 107 Word-coinage, curious, ix. 347, 494 Word-corruption, example of, v. 105, 217 Words, American : linkumfiddle, ix. 355 Words, compound in poetry, ii. 224, 505 Words, longest in the English language, vi. 147 Words with female terminations, ii. 42, 291 Wordsworth (Christopher), edition of Crakanthorp,

xi. 469, 498 ; xii. 32

Wordsworth (William), and Burns, i. 208, 278; allusion by Scott, ii. 489 ; Hi. 114 ; quoted by George Eliot, 47, 151 ; passage in his Excursion,' book i. 91-102, v. 68, 138 ; criticism of his ' Excursion,' vi. 103 ; and Young, 426 ; allusion in ' The Warning,' vii. 188, 232, 338, 438 ; viii. 47; tragedy by, 284, 332; and Keats, x. 284, 398; commentary on his poems, xi. 148; 'White Doe of Bylstone,' 465 ; Prof. Raleigh on, 486 ; on Laodamia, 511 ; quotations by, xii. 88, 153 ; and Henry Vaughan, 146 ; his use of the word sugh, 223 Wordsworthiana, iv. 321, 342, 439 ; vii. 42, 206 Workmen's cheap railway tickets, v. 452 World without end, use of the phrase, xi. 448, 513 Worman (E. J.) on La Belle Sauvage, v. 245 Wormholtvoorta, its topography, xi. 507 Worsham (Sir John), his farm, x. 509 ; xi. 95 Worst, its use as a verb in literature, v. 228, 321 Worth: "In native worth," ii. 409, 477 Wortbam (B. H.) on Walton and Layer families, v.

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Wotherspoon (E.) on marriage house, xii. 428 Wotton (Sir Henry), and the Bacon-Shakespeare con- troversy, iii. 18; and Kepler, 244; and Mallorie and Candishe, xii. 367, 476