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* WALLIS. 269 WALNUT. (lG(i2 ami 1674); Trculisc on Algebra (lfl85; Latin trans., 109.')); InstUuiio Lojiiciv (HiST); (Iramnialica Linguw Angliciina- (ll).'>2). His complete works were published in O.Ktord (10l):i- ns) ). WALLIS, Severn Teacklk (1810-04). An Anicrioan lawyer, horn at lialtirnore. Md. Ili^ ffraduated at Saint Mary's ("olleg<', Baltimore, in lS.'i-2. and five years later was admitted to the liar. Early in life he beeame interested in Spanish history and literature and in 184!) was sent to S])ain by the I'nited States (Jovernment to investigate the title to eertain public lands in Florida. In 1801 he was eleet<'d to the Mary- land Legislature, where. as leader of the faction opposed to the Civil War. ho incurred the dis- ])Ieasure of the Federal authorities and was arrested and imprisoned. Upon his relea.se. in November, J 802, he returned to his law practice and in 1870 was cho.sen provost of the University of ilarj'land. Wallis contributed to various periodicals and also wrote Oliinpses of Sjxtin (1849); Spain: Her Institutions, Politics, and Public Men (1853); Discourse on Ihc Life and Vhiiidclrr of dcoryc I'cuhodii (1870). WALL OF ANTONINUS. See Roman W'xia.. WALL OF AURELIAN. See Aurelian, Walt. of. WALLON, va'loN', Henri Alexandre (1812- 1904). A Frencli politician and historian. He was educated at the Paris Normal School, and in 1840 was appointed Guizot's substitute in liistory and modern geography at the Sorbonne. Elected to the Legislative Assembly as a Conservative in 1849, he resigned in the following year lieeause of the restriction of universal sutTrage. and ]iar- ticipated no further in politics during the Em- pire. In 1871 he was elected to the National Assembly as a Moderate Conservative; in 1875 proposed the clause by which the Republic was constitutionally established; and in the same year became Minister of Public Instruction. In 1876 he resigned and was elected life Senator. His works include ha vie fir Jc.ins et son nouvel Mstorien (1864), answering Renan; La terreur (187.3); Hisloiie du iribunnl revolutiontiaire dc Palis (1880-82) ; Lcs represcntunts du peuple en Van II (1793-179.',) (1888-90). WALLOON, wol-loon', CHURCH. A Church in the Netherlands, the memliers of which are descendants of refugees of the Reformed faith, who entered Holland from France and Flanders in 1581 and subsequent years. Their services are still conducted in the French language and they use the Geneva Catechism instead of that of the Synod of Dort. They were once nnmerous, but now have only some 10,000 adherents. WALLOONS, wfd-loonz'. The Celts of South- ern Belgium living on the Ardenn(>s plateau. They are descendants of the Gallic Belga> (q.v.). mingled with Latin and to a less extent with Teu- tonic elements. Their height is 1.650 metres; cephalic index. 82.2. They are mainly dark, about 30-40 per cent, being blondes. Consult: Grand gagnage, De I'origine des Wallons (Li&ge, 1852) ; id., Dictioniiairc ('i!/iiiolo(ii<]UC de la lanyiie wal- lone (ib., 1847-50) ; Forir, Dictionnaire liegeois- francais (ib., 1866-74) : Micheels, Grammaire ilenientaire li^geoise (ib., 1863) ; Wilmotte, Le, Wallon: Eistoire et lUtcratnre des origiiies i la fin du diac-huitieme siecle (Brussels, 1894). WALL-PAPERS. See Paper-Hanoixgs. WALLS'END. A town in Northumberland, IsHglaiid. 4 miles ea.st-northciist of Newcastle I. Map: England. El). It is celebrated for its lollii'ries and the- quality of its coal, has ship- building yards, engineering works, lead and cop- per smelting works, and manufactories of alumi- num, cement, bricks, and tiles. .s Higrditnuni it was a provision depot of the Romans, and the remains of it.s ancient ipniy have been discovered. It derives its modern name from its position at the east end of Ha<lrian's Wall. I'ojjuhition. in 1891, 11.257; in 1901, 20,932. WALL STREET. A street in New York City from Un^idway to the East River, follow- ing the lin<' of the early city wall across Man- hattan Island. It contains' the United States Sidi-Treasury and numerous banking iristitu- lions, and is the centre of financial operations in the I'nited States. WALMISLEY, womz'll, T110MA.S Attwood (1814 56). An English church musician, born near London. He was the son of Thomas I'orbes Walmisley, organist of Saint ilartin's in the Fields, London, and the godson of Thomas Att- wood, after whom he was named. He was a (mpil of his father and his godfather, and went to Ciunbridge (matriculating in 1832) as organist of Trinity and Saint .John's colleges. In 1836 he was appointed professor of music in the uni- versity. He was especially famous as an or- pinist, but the remarkable originality and nov- <lt.y of many of his compositions, notably his songs, trios, and glees, have given him a reputa- tion as a standard English composer which far exceeds his temporary and local fame as an organist. His anthem "Not Unto L's" still re- mains a great favorite. He is probably one of the most important of the English cathedral composers and has been well described as a com- poser of "jubilant religious music, which shows the singer prayerful, yet joyous." His father, who survived him, published in 1857 a collection of his compositions for the church, most of which are in constant use in the cathedrals and churches of the Anglican communion. WALNUT (AS. icalhhnutu. walnut, foreig:n nut, so called because first brought from Italy and France, from irealh, OHG. iralli, foreign; connected with Celtic ^'olca', a tribe in Gaul -1- hniitii. Icel. hnot, OHG. nuz. Ger. .Vmss, nut; connected with Olr. ciiu, Welsh cnearii. Bret. hnoinn, nut), Juglans. A genus of beautifiil trees of the natural order Juglandace;e. The species, of which about 10 are known, are niostl.v North American and Asiatic. All but one or two species are trees with alternate pinnated leaves, monoecious Mowers, and a dru])c with a deciduous fleshy husk and a deeply wrinkled two-valve shell, within which is the curiously lobed and wrinkled seed. The species of hickory (q.v.) were formerly included in this genus. The common walnut, Persian or English walnut {■Juglans regia). is a native of Persia and the Himalayas, but has long been cultivated. The date of its introduction is unknown, but it was certainly cultivated by the Romans in the reign of Tiberius. It is a "lofty tree of 00 to 90 feet, with large spreading branches. The leaves have a balsamic odor when bruised. The tree yields a sugary sap and is sometimes tapped like the