His controversy with Mr. Baxter, a Jesuit priest, was published 1818, 8vo.

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"Masterly performances, abounding in accurate delineation of character, and in situations full of interest."-Lon. D. News. Wilmet, John. Lexicon Linguæ Arabicæ in Coranum Haririum et Vitam Timuri, Rotterd., 1784, 4to. "An accurate and excellent work. It serves as a Concordance to the Koran."-ADAM CLARKE.

Wilmore, Charles. Specimen of a New Translation of Homer, Exhibiting the First Book of the Iliad,

(in English hexameters,) Leighton-Buzzard, 1859. "There is not a taste of the genuine Homer in these hexame

ters."-Lon. Athen., 1859, ii. 462.

Wilmore, John. The Case of John Wilmore Truly and Impartially Related; or, A Looking-Glass for all Merchants and Planters that are concerned in the American Plantations, Lon., 1682, fol., pp. 17. Puttick's, Mar. 1861. £1.

Wilmot, Mrs. 1. Pronouncing Spelling-Books, 12mo: Pt. 1, 1803; Pt. 2, 1808. 2. Progress in Instructions, Pt. 1, 1803, 12mo.

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Wilmot, A. 1. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Cape, Lon., 1863, p. 8vo. 2. With CHASE, J. C., History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope,

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Wilmot, Sir C. E. The State of the Diocese of Exeter, and its Remedies, Lon., 1852, 8vo.

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Preface to the Notes.

"He was not fortunate in his reporters, Burrow and Wilson; but his son has published, from his own MSS., several of his CAMPBELL: Lives of the C.-Justices, ii. ch. xxix. Judgments, which are very honourable to his memory."-LORD

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He contributed a paper on Fruit Trees to Trans. Hort. Soc., i. (1815) 215. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1815, ii. 83, (Obituary;) Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 161.

Wilmot, Sir John Eardley Eardley, Bart., eldest son of the late Sir J. E. E. Wilmot, Bart., M.P., was b. 1810; graduated B.A. with first-class honours at Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse in 1829,) 1832; called Balliol College, Oxford, (having already obtained the to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1842; Recorder of Warwick,

He is

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8. Reminiscences of the Life of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq.; or, The Life and Pursuits of an English Country Gentleman, Feb. 1860, 8vo; 2d ed., May, 1860, 8vo; 3d ed., 1862, p. 8vo.

"A series of graphic incidents and sketches."-Lon. Quar. Rev., 1860.

Reviewed in Lon. Athen., 1860, i. 261. See, also, 705. Add to this book, Crumbs from a Sportman's Table, 1865, 2 vols.

Wilmot, Olivia. See SERRES, OLIVIA WILMOT. Wilmot, Pynson. Doctrine of the Church of England Defended, Birm., 1753, 2 vols. 8vo.

Wilmot, Sir R., and Lady. Prayers and Notes, Prefaced by S. T. Carter, Lon., 1869, er. 8vo. Wilmot, R. H. Scenes in Feudal Times; a Romance, Lon., 1809, 4 vols. 12mo. Noticed in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1810, iii. 102.

Wilmot, Robert. The Tragedie of Tancred and Gismund, compiled by the Gentlemen of the Inner Tem

TER.

Wilmot, Sir John Eardley, Knt., was b. at Derby, 1709, and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1732; Judge of the Court of King's Bench, Feb. 1755 to Aug. 1766, and Chief-Justice from that date until Jan. 1771; d. Feb. 5, 1792. See WILMOT, SIR JOHN EARDLEY EARDLEY, Nos. 3, 4; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 155; Lord Campbell's Lives of the Justices, ii. ch. xxix.

Wilmot, John Eardley, M.P., second son of the preceding, and an excellent model of the Christian gentleman, was b. 1748, and educated at University College, Oxford: Master in Chancery, 1783; d. June 23, 1815, 1. A Short Defence of the Opposition; in Answer to a Pamphlet entitled "A Short History of the Opposition," | Lon., 1779, 8vo. Anon.

Newly revised and polished according to the Decorum of these Daies, by R. W., Lon., 1592, 4to. Rhodes, 2617, £10: Heber, Pt. 2, 6473, £10 58. It was repub. in Dodsley's Collec. of Old Plays, ii. 154. See Webbe's Discourse of English Poetrie; Cens. Lit., vii. 305; Drake's Shaksp. and his Times, ii. 235.

Wilmot, Samuel G. On Stricture of the Urethra, &c., Dubl., 1858, p. 8vo.

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Wilson, a Nonconformist. 1. Cultus Evangelicus, Lon., 1667, 8vo. Anon. 2. Judicium Discretionis, 1667, 8vo. Anon. 3. Nehushtan; or, A Discourse concerning the Abolishing of Things abused to Superstition and Idolatry, 1668, 8vo. Anon. 4. Vitis Degeneris; A Treatise of Ancient Ceremonies, 1668, 8vo. Anon. Wilson. Universal History of the Several Dominions throughout the Known World; with cuts, 1738, fol. Wilson, Commissary. Order-Book; in Amherst's Expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 1759; Accompanied by an Introduction, Notes, and Index, by E. B. O'Callaghan, M.D., LL.D., Albany, 1857, Munsell's Hist. Ser., i., pp. 230, fp. 4to: 94 copies: Fowle, Dec. 1864, 788, $60; 1. p., cr. 4to, 6 copies. The preface is signed by Gen. J. Watts de Peyster, of Rosehill, Tivoli, New York.

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Wilson, Miss. Lady Geraldine Beaufort, by a Daughter of the Late Serjeant [George] Wilson, Lon., 1802, 3 vols. 12mo. Condemned by Lon. Mon. Rev., 1803, ii. 103.

Wilson, Mrs. 1. Brief Compendium of Juvenile Instruction, 1803, 12mo. 2. Short Epitome of the History of the Holy Bible, 1807, 12mo. 3. Letters on Ancient History, 1809, 12mo. 4. Two Brothers; a Novel. 5. Scotch Law-Suits, 1812, 12mo.

Wilson, Mrs. Memoirs of Wonderful Characters, Lon., 1842, 12mo.

Wilson, Mrs. Count Struensee, the Sceptic and the Christian, 1 vol. See RENNELL, THOMAS, D.D., No. 10. Wilson, A. See WILSON, M., T., and A. Wilson, Rev. A. Notes, Questions, and Answers on Our Lord's Parables, Lon., 1860, 12mo.

Wilson, A. The "Ever Victorious:" the Chinese Campaign, Lon., 1868, 8vo. Such "victories" should be a cause of shame and humiliation, not of boasting. Wilson, A. Newton. The Principles and Properties of Matter and of Material Motion, s. a., 8vo. Wilson, A. S. The Unity of Matter; a Dialogue, Lon., 1855, p. 8vo.

Wilson, Dr. Alexander, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, was also a founder of printing-types, "which he carried to very great perfection;" d. 1786. He published astronomical papers in Phil. Trans., 1769-83, q. v. in Watt's Bibl. Brit.

Wilson, Alexander, M.D. Observations relative to the Influence of Climate on Vegetable and Animal Bodies, Lon., 1780, 8vo.

Wilson, Alexander, whose name will be held in lasting remembrance as the founder of American ornithology, was b. at Paisley, Scotland, July 6, 1766; from July 31, 1779, to August, 1782, worked at the loom as a weaver's apprentice, and subsequently passed several years in weaving and peddling; published a volume of Poems at Paisley in 1790, 8vo, 2d ed.,-Poems, Humourous, Satirical, and Serious,-1791, 8vo; gave to the press anonymously, in 1792, his poem of Watty and Meg, of which (it was ascribed by the public to Robert Burns) one hundred thousand copies were sold in a few weeks; emigrated to Philadelphia in 1794, and, after a short experience at copper-plate printing and a fresh trial for a few months of weaving and peddling, settled down to school-keeping, first near Frankford, subsequently at Milestown, about six miles from Philadelphia, then at Bloomfield, New Jersey, and almost immediately afterwards (this was in 1802) at Kingsessing, where he became intimate with William Bartram, (p. 137, supra,) who stimulated his taste for natural history, and Alexander Lawson, (see LAWSON, MARY LOCKHART,) who instructed him in drawing, colouring, and etching, and at a later period engraved the plates of his Ornithology.

To this great work Wilson henceforth devoted himself with unwearied assiduity-collecting his specimens in personal explorations of the fields, forests, and rivers of the country, and delineating their portraits with his own pencil, pen, and brush-until his death, at Philadelphia, August 23, 1813. He was interred in the cemetery of the Old Swedes' Church, Southwark, Philadelphia, where his remains still repose, (1870.) He was never married. One of his friends, who long survived him, remarks in his reminiscences, recently published,

tions of their forms and colours, that has ever appeared. Wilson was engaged by Mr. Bradford as tutor to his sons, and as editor of the American edition of Rees's Cyclopædia:' while

at the same time he was advancing his Ornithology for publication. I assisted him to colour some of its first plates. We worked from birds which he had shot and stuffed; and I well remember the extreme accuracy of his drawings, and how carefully he had counted the number of scales on the tiny legs and feet of his subject. He looked like a bird: his eyes were piercing, dark, and luminous, and his nose shaped like a beak. He was of a spare, bony form, very erect in his carriage, inclining to be tall; and, with a light, elastic step, he seemed qualified by nature for his extraordinary pedestrian achievements."-CHARLES R. LESLIE: Autobiog. Recollec., 1860, ch. xii.

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States; Illustrated with Plates

Engraved and Coloured from Original Drawings taken from Nature, with 76 coloured plates, including 320 figures of 278 genera, Phila., 1808-14, 9 vols. imp. 4to.

The

See ORD, GEORGE. Mr. Ord also edited vol. viii. subscription price was $120. Sold, 9 vols., in russia, Sotheby's, in 1824, £31 10s.

"The types, which were very beautiful, were cast in America; Bradford] determined that the paper should be of American and, though at that time paper was largely imported, he [Mr. manufacture; and I remember that Ames, the paper-maker, carried his patriotism so far that he declared he would use only American rags in making it. The result was that the book far surpassed any other that had appeared in that country, and I apprehend, though it may have been equalled in typography, has not before or since been equalled in its matter or its plates. Bewick comes nearest to it; but his accounts of birds are not so full and complete, and his figures, admirably characteristic and complete as they are in form, have not the advantage of the much larger scale of Wilson's, or of colour. Unfortunately, Wilson's book was necessarily expensive, and therefore not remunerative; but nothing discouraged him."-C. R. LESLIE: ubi supra.

Second edition, N. York and Phila., 1828-29, 3 vols. sm. 4to, and atlas of 76 coloured plates, fol.; 1. p., 3 vols. 4to, and vol. of plates. The plates of this edition are the same as those contained in vols. i.-vii. of the original work, but were retouched by Alexander Lawson, by whom they were engraved. To the original edition, 9 vols., add: American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson, with Figures Drawn, Engraved, and Coloured from Nature, by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Phila., 182533, 4 vols. imp. 4to. Translated from French into English. Bonaparte published Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology, in Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. of Phila., vol. iv. Pts. 1 and 2, and vol. v. Pt. 1, 182425 together, Phila., 1826, 8vo, pp. 250. Later editions:

I. American Ornithology, by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte, edited, with Notes and Additions, by Robert Jameson, Edin., Constable's Miscell., lxviii.-lxxi., 4 vols. 18mo; 1. p., 12mo, 1831. See KETHERINGTON, WILLIAM M., D.D.

II. American Ornithology, with a Continuation by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, New and Enlarged Edition, completed by the Insertion of above 100 Birds omitted in the Original Work, and Illustrated by Notes, with a Life of the Author, by Sir William Jardine, Bart., with 97 plates, representing 363 figures, Lon. and Edin., 3 vols. 8vo, 1832, (some 1835.) Coloured boards, £6 168. 6d. ; extra coloured, half-bound, morocco, £10 108. Red. to £3 38.; coloured, £4 48. The edition was purchased by H. G. Bohn in 1836, and the plates coloured with more care and finish than before. Utterson, in 1857, coloured plates, £4 118.; Sotheby's, Mar. 1863, £4 48. See Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1832, 582.

"This is by far the best edition of the American Ornithology, both on account of the beautiful plates and the most interesting notes of the editor. Every Ornithologist must, of course, possess NEVILLE WOOD. the work, and he should, if possible, procure this edition."—

III. American Ornithology, by Wilson, with Notes by Jardine, to which is added a Synopsis of American Birds, including those described by Bonaparte, Audubon, and Richardson, edited by T. M. Brewer, 8vo, pp. 746, with 26 plates, containing 400 figures, Bost., 1840, and N. York, 1852, &c.

IV. Wilson and Bonaparte's Ornithology, new edition, edited by T. M. Brewer, without plates, 8vo, N. York, 1852, &c.

by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte, with the Addition of numerous [161] recently discovered Species, and Representations of the whole Sylva of North America, by Captain Thomas Brown; to which is added a Systematic Index, with 124 coloured plates, comprising 522 figures of birds and 167 shrubs and trees, Edin., r. fol.. (1832-35,) 1835, £26.

It is difficult to speak extravagantly of Wilson's Ornithology:

"All his pencil or pen has touched is established incontestably: by the plate, description, and history he has always determined his bird so obviously as to defy criticism and prevent future mistake. We may add, without hesitation, that such a work as he has published in a new country is still a desideratum in Europe."-CHARLES LUCIEN BONAPARTE.

"The History of the Birds of the United States, by Wilson, already equals in elegance our most beautiful works in ornithology. If ever that of M. Audubon be completed, then it will have to be granted that America, in magnificence of execution, has surpassed the Old World."-BARON CUVIER: Report to the Roy. Acad. of Sci. of Paris. See, also, AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, (quotation from Cuvier.)

"Wilson contemplated Nature as she really is, not as she is represented in books: he sought her in her sanctuaries: the

shore, the mountain, the forest, were alternately his study, and there he drank the pure stream of knowledge at the fountainhead."-SWAINSON.

"With an enthusiasm never excelled, this extraordinary man penetrated through the vast territories of the United States, undeterred by forests or swamps, for the sole purpose of describing the native birds."-LORD BROUGHAM: Architecture of Birds.

As regards his style:

"Alexander Wilson was the great pioneer in this branch of American science; and who that appreciates his chaste and eloquent style, his accurate and happy delineation of a class of the most lovely objects in nature, can fail to experience the greatest delight in reviewing the pages of the American Ornithology?"JOHN K. TOWNSEND: Ornithology of the United States, Introd., iii.

...

"Alexander Wilson whose descriptions. ... are simple, strong, vivid, and pure, and written, with the exception of a few pleasant Scotticisms, in perfectly good English, if we mistake not, direct and idiomatic. By the mere force of native genius and of delight in nature he became, without knowing it, a good, a great writer."-Blackw. Mag., xxiii. 872.

"With regard to the literary merit of his American Ornithology, passages occur in the prefaces and descriptions which, for elegance of language, graceful ease, and graphic power, can scarcely be surpassed."-Encyc. Brit., 8th ed., xxi., 1860, 873.

See, also, the reviews and notices of his Ornithology in Lon. Quar. Rev., xlvii. 344; Blackw. Mag., xvii. 204, (by John Neal,) xix. 661, (by John Wilson.) xx. 243, xxx. 11, 249, 261, 262, xxxvii. 111; Amer Quar. Rev., viii. 360; N. Amer. Rev., xxi. 251, xxiv. 110, (by Jared Sparks;) Phila. Museum, ix. 399, xix. 362: Lon. Athen., 1835, 782, (by T. Flint;) Thom. Ann. Philos., vii. (1816) 329; GRAHAM, JAMES, No. 4; SYME, PATRICK, No. 2.

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In early life Wilson wrote for The Glasgow Advertiser (afterwards The Glasgow Herald) and Dr. Anderson's Bee; and figured in The Laurel Disputed; or, The Merits of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson Contrasted, in Two Poetical Essays, by E. Picken and A. Wilson, Edin., 1791. After his emigration to America he contributed poem entitled The Solitary Tutor to C. B. Brown's Literary Magazine; The Foresters, a Poem descriptive of a Pedestrian Tour to the Falls of Niagara, (also Paisley, 1825, 12mo, &c.,) to Dennie's Port-Folio; and other pieces to Moses Thomas's Analectic Magazine. He composed a song called Jefferson and Liberty, and published an Oration on the Power and Value of National Liberty, Phila., 1801, 8vo.

A Collective edition of his Poems, with an Account of his Life, was issued at Paisley, 1816, 12mo; the last edition-The Poetical Works of Alexander Wilson, with an Extended Memoir of his Life and Writings-was published at Belfast, 1857, 12mo: condemned by Lon. Athen., 1857, 1002. See, also, Moir's Sketches of Poet. Lit., ed. 1856, 101. Two of his poems-The Blue-Bird and The Humming-Bird-will be found in The Philadelphia Book, 1836, 221, 257. We have already noticed the Life of Wilson by Mr. George Ord: this gentleman (now fourscore-and-five) is still with us in Philadelphia, having survived his friend and fellow-tourist more than half a century, (Sept. 1865.) See, also, the Sketches of Wilson in Sparks's Amer. Biog., ii. 1-169, (by Rev. W. B. O. Peabody;) Chambers's and Thomson's Biog. Dict. of Em. Scots., ed. 1855, iv. 468-478; Duyckinck's Cyc. of Amer. Lit., 1856, i. 544-554; and the following new publications:

I. Difficulties Overcome: Scenes in the Life of Alex

ander Wilson, the Ornithologist, by C. Lucy Brightwell; with an Illustration by Charles Keene, Lon., Dec. 1860, fp. 8vo. II. Alexander Wilson "The Ornithologist:" a

New Chapter in his Life, embodying many Letters hitherto Unpublished, by Allan Park Paton, 1863, 8vo, pp. 32. Reviewed in Lon. Athen., 1863. See, also, The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist; Edited by his Widow, &c., N. York, 1869, 12mo.

Our countrymen have long claimed Wilson as at least as much an American (save the accident of birth) as a Scotehman; but his fellow-townsmen have at last concluded that the time has come for a standing memorial of their relationship; and there is to be erected at Paisley, by Mr. Mossman, a Glasgow sculptor, a statue of the ornithologist, dressed for his work, a dead bird, which he has just shot, in his hand, his gun slung round his shoulder, a sketch-book and parrot at his feet. It is to be of bronze, a little larger than life, and to rest on a pedestal of Aberdeen granite nine feet in height. This is well; but it is our duty to add that the project of erecting a monument to the memory of Wilson at Paisley originated with our fellow-townsman George Ord, his friend and biographer, when on a visit to Wilson's birthplace. He subscribed liberally towards it himself, and afterwards sent funds from this city (Philadelphia) for the purpose. America and Scotland may well be content to share honours which are only increased by division. Wilson, Alexander, & Sons. Specimens of Modern Printing-Types at the Letter-Foundry of Alexander Wilson & Sons, Glasg., 1833, 4to. A beautiful volume. See Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1834, 768.

Wilson, Alexander Philip, M.D., of Worcester, Eng. 1. Disputatio Inauguralis de Dyspepsia, Edin., 1792, 8vo. 2. Inquiry into the Remote Cause of Urinary Gravel, 1792, 8vo. 3. Experimental Essay on Opium, 1795, 8vo. 4. Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Winches., 1799-1804, 4 vols. 8vo; from 2d Eng. ed., Hartford, 1809, 2 vols. 8vo. 5. Analysis of the Malvern Waters, Worces., 1805, 8vo. 6. Observations on Mercury, Winches., 1805, 8vo. 7. Essay on the Nature of Fever, Worces., 1807, 8vo.

Wilson, Andrew, M.D., son of Gabriel Wilson, minister of Maxton, Scotland, practised at Newcastle and London. 1. The Creation the Groundwork of Revelation, and Revelation the Language of Nature, Edin., 1750, 8vo. Anon.

"He was a decided Hutchinsonian, and a man of very con siderable genius. He endeavours to demonstrate that the Hebrew language is founded upon natural ideas, and that the Hebrew writings transfer them to spiritual objects."-Orme's Bibl. Bib., 471.

2. Human Nature Surveyed by Philosophy and Revelation, 1758, 8vo. Anon. 3. Essay on the Autumnal Dysentery, Lon., 1760, 8vo; 2d ed., 1777, 8vo. 4. Short Observations on the Principles and Moving Powers assumed by the Present System of Philosophy, 1764, 8vo. Anon. He opposes the Newtonian philosophy. See No. 5. 5. An Explication and Vindication of the First Section of the Short Observations, 1764, 8vo. Anon. 6. Short Remarks upon Autumnal Disorders of the Bowels, &c., 1765, Svo. 7. Reflections upon Some of the Subjects in Dispute between the Author of the Divine Legation of Moses [Warburton] and a Late Professor in the University of Oxford, [Lowth,] by a Layman, 8. a., sed 1767, 8vo. See Lon. Mon. Rev., 1767, ii. 316. S. Enquiry into the Many Powers employed in the Circulation of the Blood, 1774, 8vo. 9. Medical Disorders, 1776, 8vo. 10. Four Letters on Light; and on Air, 1776, Svo. 11. Aphorisms on Diseases of Children, 1783, 12. Bath Waters, by A. W., 1788, 8vo. Wilson, Andrew, Surgeon, Dundee. Two Cases of Compound Fractures; Med. Com., 1789. Wilson, Andrew, M.D. Practical Observations on Morbid Sympathies; in Letters, Edin., 1818, 8vo. Wilson, Andrew. Sermons preached in Liverpool, Lon., 1867, 12mo.

12mo.

Wilson, Anne. Letters on Ancient History, 1810,

8vo.

Wilson, Arthur, b. at Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1596, and educated at Trinity College, Oxford, became secretary to Robert, Earl of Essex, and subsequently steward to the Earl of Warwick, in whose service he d., 1652. 1. The History of Great Britain; being the Life and Reign of King James I., Lon., 1653, fol.; 2d ed., 1653, fol. Also in Kennett: see KENNETT, WHITE, D.D., No. 4. "To give Wilson his due, we may find truth and falsehood finely put together in it."-WILLIAM SANDERSON.

which it is not easy to judge whether the matter be more false "A most famous pasquil of the reign of King James; in or the style more reproachful to all parts thereof."-HEYLIN: Examen, Proface.

"Wilson's History of the Life and Reign of King James, though written not without some prejudices and rancour in respect to some persons, and too much with the air of a romance, is thought to be the best of that kind extant."-LAURENCE ECHARD.

See, also, Fuller's Appeal of Injured Innocence. 2. The Inconstant Lady; a Play; to which is added an Appendix, Oxf., 1814, 8vo; some 1. p., 150 copies. Edited from a MS. by Dr. Philip Bliss. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1814, ii. 254. He also wrote (unpub., Dec. 1866) the plays of The Switzer and The Corporall. Wilson's autobiography was published in Peck's Desiderata, 1735, ii. 6 et seq., and also in the Appendix to No. 2, supra. See, also, Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 318; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 164.

man eminent in his profession, and greatly beloved by those who came within the sphere of his influence."-Evangel. Quar. Rev., Jan. 1865, 149.

Wilson, C. Pathology of Drunkenness, Edin., 1855, fp. 8vo.

l'Industrie Européenne, Lon., 1847, r. 8vo. Wilson, C. L'Influence des Capitaux Anglais sur It is to be regretted that more English influence has not been brought to bear upon the industry of Ireland.

Wilson, C. H. The Wanderer in America; or, Truth at Home, 4th ed., Thirsk, (Scotland,) 1823, 12mo, pp. 120.

Wilson, C. P. Greek Testament, Phila., 12mo; Bost., 12mo.

Wilson, Rev. C. T. 1. Doctrine and Discipline of the Church, Lon., 1845, 12mo. 2. Teachers Taught; or, Readings with S.-S. Teachers in the Epistles of St. Paul, 1857, 12mo.

Wilson, Captain C. W. The Photographs Illustrating the Ordnance Survey of Sinai, made by Captains C. W. Wilson and H. S. Palmer, R. E., Colonel Sir Henry James, R. E., F. R.S., Director, Dec. 1869, 3 vols., half-bd., mor., £13, and 36 stereoscopic views in a box-stereoscope,

Wilson, Benjamin, b. in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 1817, is self-educated. 1. Sacred Melodist; being a Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, for Use by Christian Assemblies, Geneva, Ill., 1860, 32mo, Pp. 288. 2. The Emphatic Diaglott: containing the Original Greek Text of what is commonly styled the Greek Testament, (according to the Recension of Dr. J. J. Griesbach,) with an Interlineary Word-for-Word English Translation; a New Emphatic Version, based on the Interlineary Translation, on the Renderings of Eminent Critics, and on the Various Readings of the Vatican Manuscript, No. 1209, in the Vatican Library; together with Illustrative and Explanatory Foot-Notes and a Copious Selection of References; to the whole of which is added a Valuable Alphabetical Index, N. York, 1864, 12mo, pp. 884; 2d ed., 1865; 3d ed., 1866. Wilson has edited and published, 1854-66 et seq., The Gospel Banner and Millennial Advocate, a semi-monthly, Geneva, Illinois.

Mr.

Wilson, Bernard, b. 1689; Vicar of Newark-uponTrent; Preb. of Lowth, 1720, of Lichfield, 1727, and of Worcester, 1734; d. 1772. Thuanus's History of his own Times, [books i.-xxvi. only,] Translated, Lon., 1729-30, 2 vols. fol. It is supposed that want of encouragement arrested Wilson's translation. See CARTE, THOMAS. Of Buckley's trans., 1733, 7 vols. fol., some were on 1. p. and some on extra 1. p., 184 by 12 in.

"You have comprised a history of the whole world in such a manner as could not have been expected from a man of the most leisure: such is the plenty of your matter, such the elegance of your language."-Grotius to Thuanus.

Wilson published some pamphlets, and also three single sermons, 1723, '56, '68, and translated some parts of Fleury. See Nichols's Lit. Anec., vi. 97, 120, 121.

Wilson, Bird, D.D., LL.D., son of James Wilson, 1742-1798, (infra, q. v., No. 3,) was b. at Carlisle, Penna., 1777; graduated at the College of Philadelphia, 1792; President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Circuit, Penna., 1802; ordained deacon in the Prot. Epis. Church, 1819; Rector of St. John's Church, Norristown, Penna., 1819-21; Professor of Systematic Divinity in the Episcopal General Theological Seminary, N. York, 1821-50, and Emeritus Professor, 1850, until his death in New York, April 14, 1859. 1. Abridgment of the Law, by Matthew Bacon, Phila., 1811-13, 7 vols. 8vo. Many typographical errors.

"Has enriched it with many valuable additions."-Judge STORY: 23 N. Amer. Rev., 8.

"The notes are concise, and are generally correct."-Hoffman's Leg. Stu., 327.

See, also, Blackw. Mag., xvii. 203. Superseded by Bouvier's edition: see BOUVIER, JOHN. 2. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Rev. William White, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Pennsylvania, 1839, 8vo; 1856, 8vo. See, also, WILSON, JAMES, LL.D., No. 3. See A Memorial of the Rev. Bird Wilson, D.D., LL.D., &c., by W. White BronBOD, A.M., 1864, 12mo, pp. 212.

"This is an interesting sketch of the life and character of a

£2 28.

and d. 1846. 1. A Poetical Catechism, 1821; several tion, Lon., 1823, &c., 10 vols. 8vo. edits. 2. Serious Poetry, 12mo. 3. Assistant of EducaFrom this was afterwards pub. separately, The Listener, 2 vols. 12mo; Phila., 1832, 2 vols. 12mo; N. York, 2 vols. 12mo; new ed., 1855. 16mo; 10th ed., Lon., 1847, 2 vols. 12mo; 13th ed., 1863, cr. Svo. 4. Christ our Example, 3d ed., 1834, 12mo; N. York, 1851, 12mo; with Autobiography, 1855, 12mo; 8th ed., Lon., 1851, 12mo. 5. The Gospel of the Old Testament, 1833, 2 vols. 12mo. 6. Christ our Law, 1842, 12mo; N. York, new ed., 1855, 12mo. 7. Table of the Lord, Phila. 8. Sabbath Musings, N. York, 18mo. 9. Scripture Principles of Education, 4th ed., Lon., 1839, 18mo; red. to 18. 6d., 1864, 18mo. 10. A Word to Women, The Love of the World, &c., Phila., 1840, 12mo. 12mo. 11. Daily [Scripture] Readings, 2d ed.. Lon., 1840, 12. Scripture Reader's Guide, 16th ed., 1849, 18mo; N. York, 18mo; red. to 18. 6d., Lon., 1864, 18mo. 13. Sunday Afternoons at Home, 1844, fp. 8vo; 2d ed., 1847, 12mo. 14. The Great Commandment, new ed., 1847, 12mo; N. York, 1847, 12mo. 15. Gatherings, Lon., 1849, fp. 8vo. 16. An Autobiography, Letters, and Remains of The Author of "The Listener," (edited by her husband,) 1848, 12mo; Phila., 1849, 12mo; 2d ed., Lon., 1850, fp. 8vo. See this volume, and Rogers's Lyra Brit., 2d ed., 1868, 634, 680.

Wilson, Mrs. Carus. 1. Scripture Questioning Cards: Profitable Employment for the Sabbath, 7th Series, Lon., 1857, in case. 2. A Mother's Stories for her Children, 3d ed., 1857, 32mo.

Wilson, Charles. Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Amours of William Congreve, Lon., 1730, 8vo. Written by John Oldmixon.

Wilson, Charles, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Church History at the University of St. Andrews. 1. Elements of Hebrew Grammar: to which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Two Modes of Reading, with or without Points, Lon., 1782, 8vo; 2d ed., Edin. and Lon., 1794, 8vo; 3d ed., Edin., 1802, 8vo; 4th ed., 1810, Svo; 5th ed., 1818, 8vo; 6th ed., 1824, 8vo.

"On the whole, we think it entitled to our recommendation." -Lon. Mon. Rev., 1783, i. 427.

2. The Book of the Apocrypha, with Critical and Historical Observations prefixed to each Book, Edin., 1801, Svo.

Wilson, Charles. Strictures on G. Markham, Lon., 1796, 8vo.

Wilson, Charles. Observations on Gout and Rheumatism, new ed., Lon., 1848, 12mo.

Wilson, Charles Henry, of the Inner Temple, d. 1808, aged 52. 1. The Beauties of Edmund Burke, &c., with a Sketch of his Life, Lon., 1798, 2 vols. 8vo. 2. Poverty and Wealth; a Comedy, from the Danish of P. A. Heiburg, 1799, 8vo. 3. The Myrtle and Vine; or, Complete Vocal Library, 1803, 4 vols. 8vo. 4. Brookiana: Anecdotes of Henry Brooke, 1804, 2 vols. 12mo. 5. The Beauties of Tom Brown, with his Life, 1808, 12mo. Posth. 6. The Irish Valet, (with Life of the author,) 1811, 12mo. He also published Ingeborg, a Tale, translated from the Icelandic, Polyanthea, and The Wandering Islander;

Wilson, Christopher, D.D., Preb. of London, 1745, and of Westminster, 1748, and Bishop of Bristol, 1783: d. 1792, aged 78. 1. Sermon, 1 Cor. xii. 21, (Jan. 30,) Lon., 1754, 4to. 2. Sermon, Dan. xiv. 17, (Jan. 31,)| 1785, 4to.

Wilson, Christopher. Secure Sailing-Boat; Nic. Jour., 1808.

Wilson, Mrs. Cornwell Baron, d. in London, 1846, aged 49. 1. Hours at Home; a Collection of Miscellaneous Poems, Lon., 1826, demy' 12mo. 2. The Cypress Wreath; a Collection of Original Ballads and Tales in Verse, 1828, fp. Svo. 3. Astarte; a Sicilian Tale, demy 12mo. 4. Melancholy Hours; a Collection of Miscellaneous Poems, demy 12mo. 5. Memoirs of Harriet, Duchess of St. Albans, 1839, 2 vols. p. 8vo; 3d ed., 1840, 2 vols. p. 8vo; red. to 78., 1844; Phila.. 1840, 2 vols. 12mo. See Lon. Athen., 1839, 917. 6. Life and Correspondence of Monk Lewis, Lon., 1839, 2 vols. 8vo. See Lon. Athen., 1839, 271; Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1839, 226; 1844, 375. 7. A Volume of Lyrics, 1840, 12mo. Commended by Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1840, 602. 8. Chronicles of Life, 1840, 3 vols. p. 8vo. 9. Popularity, and the Destinies of Woman: Tales of the World, 1842, 2 vols. p. 8vo. 10. Our Actresses; or, Glances at Stage Favourites, Past and Present, (67 Memoirs.) 1844, 2 vols. p. 8vo. See Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1844, 381. She wrote the words in Parry's Welsh Melodies, vol. iii.; gained the prize for a poem on the Princess Victoria, awarded at the Cardio Bardio Festival in 1834, and a Melodist's Club Prize, in 1837, for a song.

Wilson, Daniel. Inaugural Dissertation on the Morbid Effects of Opium upon the Human Body, Phila., 1803, 8vo.

Wilson, Daniel, D.D., was b. at Spitalfields, where his father was a silk-manufacturer, July 2, 1778; entered as an under-graduate at St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, 1798; ordained and became vicar to the Rev. Richard Cecil, Rector of Chobham and Bisley, Surrey, 1801; B.A. 1802, and took the Oxford English Essay Prize for a paper on Common Sense, 1803; Assistant Tutor of St. Edmund's Hall, 1804, and sole Tutor and Vice-Principal of the same, 1807 to 1812, also officiating from 1803 to 1809 as Curate of Worton, Oxfordshire: Assistant Curate of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, Bloomsbury, 180912. and sole Curate of the same, 1812-24: Vicar of St. Mary's, Islington, 1824-32; Lord-Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India from March 27, 1832, until his death at Calcutta, Jan. 2, 1858. Bishop Wilson belonged to what is known as the "Evangelical" school in the Church of England, and was a zealous opponent of some of the principles maintained in the Oxford Tracts. Both as parish priest and bishop he was distinguished for independence, resolution, and energy, and accomplished a vast amount of good, both at home and abroad. Nineteen days after his decease, one whose testimony is on every account of peculiar value, thus describes him :

"No words of mine can convey any adequate idea of his firm and faithful, yet soft and tenderly affectionate, disposition,-his ripe and rich, yet simple, childlike piety. All the loyalty of his spirit towards God, and all the sympathies of his heart towards man, were powerfully awakened by our recent judg ments and disasters. Under them he seemed to feel and speak as a Nehemiah or a Daniel would have felt and spoken. And now that he is gone, the fervent prayer of God's people in behalf of poor, distracted, bleeding India should be, that his mantle may fall on his successor; ay, and a double portion of his Elijah-like spirit."—From a Letter by Rev. Dr. Duff, Calcutta, Jan. 21, 1858.

1. Sermons on Various Subjects of Christian Doctrine and Practice, Lon., 1818, 8vo; 6th ed., 1827, 8vo. 2. Sermons and Tracts, 1825, 2 vols. 8vo. 3. The Evidences of Christianity; Lectures, 1828-30, 2 vols. 8vo; Bost., 1829-30, 2 vols. 12mo; 2d ed., Lon., 1832, 2 vols. sm. 8vo; 3d ed., 1841, 2 vols. 12mo; 4th ed., 1860, 12mo. "Much valuable information; some original remarks on inspiration."-BICKERSTETH.

"The admirable Lectures on the Evidences by Bishop Wilson."-BISHOP MCILVAINE: Lects. on the Erid. of Chris., Pref.

4. The Divine Authority and Perpetual Obligation of the Lord's Day: Seven Sermons, 1831, 12mo; 2d ed., 1831, 12mo; 1832, 12mo; Bost., 12mo; Lon., 1840, 12mo. See PLATT, THOMAS PELL; Congreg. Mag., May, 1831; Spirit of Pilg., v. 39. 5. Lectures on Confirmation, 12mo; edited by Rev. Benj. Dorr, D.D., last ed., Phila., 1861, 32mo. 6. Two Charges to the Clergy of Calcutta,

Primary Visitation, 1838, 8vo. Commended by Ch. of Eng. Quar. Rev., and Brit. Mag. 8. Charge to the Clergy of Calcutta, 1839, 8vo. 9. Sufficiency of Scripture as the Rule of Faith, 1841, 8vo. 10. Charge to the Clergy of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, 1843, 8vo. 11. Expository Lectures on St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians, &c., 1845, 8vo; N. York, 1846, 12mo; Lon., 1846, fp. 8vo; 3d ed., 1853, fp. 8vo. The author protests against what he deems to be serious errors in the Oxford Tracts for the Times. Commended by Church Mon. Rev.; noticed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1845, ii. 155. 12. The Bishop of Calcutta's Farewell to England: Five Sermons on Public Occasions delivered during a Temporary Visit to England, with Address to the Propagation Society; Printed for Private Circulation only, Oxf., 1846, 12mo. He also published a number of sermons, &c., 1810 et seq. See, also, POYNDER, JOHN, No. 2; RusSELL, RICHARD: SCOTT, JOHN, (d. 1834,) No. 6; WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM, No. 2. See: I, Three Sermons on his Death, by the Bishop of Winchester, Rev. Henry Venn, and Rev. John Hambleton; with a Preface by the Bishop of Winchester, containing Particulars of the Late Bishop's Death and Funeral, Lon., 1858, 8vo, pp. 100. II. His Life, with Extracts from his Journals and Correspondence, by the Rev. Josiah Bateman, A.M., Rector of North Cray, Kent, his son-in-law and first Chaplain, Jan. 1860, 2 vols. 8vo, 289.; 3d 1000, Mar. 1860; Bost., Mar. 1860, r. 8.0, pp. 760, $3; 2d ed., Revised and Condensed, Lon., Jan. 1861, cr. 8vo, 98. Reviewed in Lon. Athen., 1860, i. 197. III. Journal Letters addressed to his Family during the First Nine Years of his Indian Episcopate; edited by his Son, Daniel Wilson, M.A., Vicar of Islington, and Rural Dean, Nov. 1863, p. Svo, 78. 6d.

A very brief and unsatisfactory biographical notice of Bishop Wilson was published in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1858, i. 552, (Obituary.)

Wilson, Daniel, of Dublin. Chemical, &c. papers in Thom. Ann. Philos., 1813, '16, '17.

Wilson, Daniel, of Wadham College, Oxford, son of Daniel Wilson, D.D., (q. v.,) is also the author of Our Protestant Faith in Danger, Lon., 1850, 8vo, &c. Оп his father's elevation to the episcopate, in 1832, he succeeded to the living of Islington, the patronage of which is in the family.

Wilson, Daniel, LL.D., brother of George Wilson, M.D., (infra,) Fellow and formerly Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, and Professor of History and English Literature in University College, Toronto, Canada, 1853 to 1865 et seq., was b. at Edinburgh, 1816. 1. Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time, with illustrations by the author, Edin., 1846–48, 2 vols. 4to, 42s. 6d. ; 1. p., 738. 6d.

"A very agreeable and useful addition to our list of topographical works."-Lom. Athen., 1849, 295. "These volumes will do him honour in his native city so long

as the ancient capital of Scotland stands."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., xxxiii. See, also, Ivi.

2. Oliver Cromwell and the Protectorate, Lon., 1848, 12mo. Chiefly compiled from Noble, Forster, Daubeny, and Carlyle. Dr. Wilson thinks well of The Protector. 3. The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, with about 200 illustrations by the author, Edin., 1851, r. 8vo, 28s.

"Mr. Wilson's very able, complete, and well-illustrated work." -Lon. Athen., 1851, 326.

"It will form an epoch in the study of the earlier antiquities of Scotland, and of Britain at large."-Brit. Quar. Rev.

"His valuable work... may be said to be antiquities invested with all the charms of graceful literature," &c.—Westm. Rev., April, 1856: Types of Mankind.

"A standard work, which won the regard of Hallam."-Lon. Reader, 1863, ii. 199.

Also commended by Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1851, 407, and Lon. Critic, 1851, 198. See, also, Lon. Gent. Mag., 1851, ii. 627.

Second edition, Revised and nearly Re-written, entitled Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, with numerous illustrations, Lon. and Camb., Nov. 1863, 2 vols. 8vo, 368. "A work which is indispensable to every student of Scotch Archæology."-Lon. Reader, 1864, i. 260.

4. Prehistoric Man: Researches into the Origin of Civilization in the Old and the New World, with nume

rous illustrations, Lon. and Camb., Oct. 1863, 2 vols. 8vo, pp. 285; 2d ed., Revised and partly Re-written, Oct.

1865, 8vo, 218.

"It presents the most comprehensive view of the origin of civilization in both hemispheres which has yet been given to the world."-Lon. Weekly Rev., Oct. 1862.