LIER: Bibl. Acct. of Early Eng. Lit., vol. iv., art. Wilson, Thomas, (q. v.)

"The Treatise of Wilson powerfully assisted the cause which Ascham had been advocating, [the cultivation of English prose by scholars;] it displays much sagacity and good sense, and greatly contributed to clear the language from the affectation consequent on the introduction of foreign words and idioms.”— DR. DRAKE: Shaksp. and his Times, i. 440.

See, also, 473 for evidence that Shakspeare had examined the Rhetorike. See, also, Chalmers's Apology,

160.

"It may therefore be justly considered as the first book or system of criticism in our language."-THOMAS WARTON: Hist. of Eng. Poetry, ed. 1840, iii. 273.

"Warton says that it is the first system of criticism in our language. But in the common use of the word it is no criticism at all, any more than the treatise of Cicero de Oratore.. Wilson was a man of considerable learning, and his Art of Rhetorique is by no means without merit."-HALLAM: Lit. Hist. of Europe, 4th ed., 1854, ii. 209.

See, also, 193; Edin. Rev., xcii. 323.

4. The three Orations of Demosthenes, chief Orator among the Grecians, in Favour of the Olynthians, with those his fower Orations against King Philip of Macedonie, 1570, 4to: Bindley, Pt. 2, 574, £2 38.; 1572, 4to. This greatly pleased Elizabeth and aided in the translator's promotion.

For

5. A Discourse uppon Vsurye by waye of Dialogue and Oracions, for the better Varietye and more Delite of all those that shall reade this Treatise, 1572, 16mo; 1582, 16mo; 1584, 16mo. Horne Tooke, 791, 138. 6d. notices of Wilson, see Tanner; Strype's Annals; Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon.; Lodge's Illustrations, ii.; Hutchinson's Durham, ii. 152; Ducarel's St. Katherine's; Dibdin's Typ. Antiq., i. 468; Lon. Gent. Mag., 1835, i. 468. Wilson, Thomas, a Puritan, b. in Kent, preached for 36 years in Canterbury, where he was minister of St. George's Church; d. 1621. 1. Dialogue concerning Justification of Faith, by T. W., Lon., 1610, 8vo. 2. God's Eternal Purpose, 1611, 8vo. 3. Complete Christian Dictionary, 1612, 4to; 1616, 4to; 1622, 4to; 1648, fol.; with a Continuation by John Bagwell, 1655, fol.; 7th ed., enlarged by Andrew Simson, 1661, fol.; 8th ed., by Simson, 1678, fol.

"A book of singular usefulness for all Ministers of the Gospel,

Masters of Families, and private Christians."-EDMUND CALAMY. Superseded. See SMITH, WILLIAM, LL.D., No. 4. 4. Commentarie vpon the most divine Epistle to the Romans, 1614, 4to; 2d ed., 1627, fol.; 1653, fol.

"In the form of a dialogue, and abounds with judicious distinctions and practical uses."-Dr. Williams's C. P., 4th ed., 292. Paræus remarks that the "Epistle to the Romans is a Catechism for Christians, and a perfect body of apostolical doctrine." 5. Receipt against Heresie. 6. Christ's Farewell to Jerusalem, and other Treatises, 1614, 8vo. 7. Theological Rules, 1615. 8. Holy Riddles, 1615. Treatise of our Holy Calling to Christ by the Gospel, 1620, 4to. See Granger; Brook's Puritans.

9.

Wilson, Thomas, minister at Maidstone, Kent. See Account of his Life and Death, Loq., 1672, 8vo. Wilson, Thomas, Rector of Arrow. 1. Spirit of Delusion Reproved; or, The Quaker's Cause Heard and Condemned, Lon., 1678, 8vo. 2. Sermon, Ps. cxxiv., 1679, 4to.

Wilson, Thomas, D.D., LL.D., a prelate of the most exalted reputation for apostolic piety and unquenchable zeal in good works, was b. at Burton, Chester, 1663, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin; Curate of New Church, Winwick, Lancashire, 1686; Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Derby, 1692, and travelled with his son, Lord Strange, on the Continent, 1694-97; Bishop of Sodor and Man from Jan. 16, 1698, until his death, March 7, 1755.

1. The Principles and Duties of Christianity, (in English and Manks,) 1699; Lon., 1707, 12mo; 6th ed., 1738, 12mo; repub. The first book in the Manks language. 2. Sermon, John xiii. 38, 1734. 3. Short and Plain Instructions for the Better Understanding of the Late Lord's Supper, 1736, 12mo: 32d ed., 1807, 12mo. edits. 1844, 32mo; Oxf., 1848, &c., 32mo; Lon., 1849, 12mo; 1850, fp. 8vo; 1851, r. 32mo; 1853, 12mo; 1859, 32mo; 1861, 32mo; 1863, 18mo; 1863, 24mo. With Sacra Privata, Oxf., 1850, 32mo, and with rubrics in red, 32mo: Lon., 1864, 24mo; 1869, 18mo and 32mo; 1870, 18mo and 32mo. With the Office of the Holy Communion as Administered in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Phila., 1870, 18mo. Lord's Supper, reprinted entire, Oxf.,1845, &c., r. 32mo. 4. The Knowledge and Practice of Christianity made Easy to the Meanest Capacities; or, An Essay towards an Instruction for the

Indians, 1740, 12mo; 1741, 12mo; 1742, 18mo. In French, from the 4th ed., by J. Bourdillou, 1744, 8vo. In English, 1764, 12mo; 1806, 12mo; 1811, &c., 12mo. Before 1744 more than 2000 copies had been distributed in the English Colonies in America. 5. Some Observations for Reading the Historical Books of the Old Testament, 1751, 12mo. 6. Parochialia; or, Instructions to Bath, 1788, 12mo; Lon., 1791, 12mo; Bath, 1821, 12mo; the Clergy in the Discharge of their Parochial Duty, Oxf., 1840, 18mo; N. York, 1852, 12mo. Also in Clergyman's Instructor, (last ed. of which was pub. Lon. and Camb., 1863, 8vo,) 373. See, also, STEARNE, JOHN. 7. Maxims of Piety and Christianity, Bath, 1789, 12mo; Lon., 1791, 12mo; Bath, 1818, 12mo; 1832, 12mo; ed. by J. Bolster, Lon., 1841, 18mo. 8. Sermons, (for earlier editions, see Works, infra,) 9th ed., Bath, 1808, 4 vols. 8vo; new ed., 1820, 4 vols. 8vo; also 1822, 4 vols. 8vo. Twenty-six Sermons selected from his Works, 1801, 12mo. Thirty-three Sermons selected from his Works, 1811, 2 vols. 12mo; 1823, 2 vols. 12mo; 1827, 2 vols. 12mo; 1842, 12mo; 1845, 12mo; 1859, 12mo. Plain Sermons on the Sacraments, 1850, 12mo. Twenty-four Select Sermons, Abridged and rendered in a Familiar but less Colloquial Style, by E. A. Bray, 1823, 12mo. We feel tempted to undertaking as this-but we forbear to upbraid Mr. hint at the appropriateness of such a name for such an Bray: the editor's design, at least, was good. 9. Sacra Privata Private Meditations, Lon., 1800, 12mo; Bath, 1820, 12mo. Late editions: Oxf., 1840, 18mo; 1848, 18mo; Lon., 1848, fp. 8vo; 1848, r. 32mo; N. York, 1850, 32mo; Oxf., 1850, 32mo; Lon., 1852, 32mo; 1861, 32mo; 1863, 18mo; 1864, 24mo. With Lord's Supper: 1851, 24mo; N. York, 12mo. Sacra Privata, reprinted see No. 3. With Bishop Andrews's Devotions, Lon.,

entire for the Clergy, Lon., 1838, 18mo; Oxf., 1839, 18mo. Sacra Privata: The Private Meditations, Devotions, and Prayers, now first printed Entire from the Original Manuscripts, Oxf., 1853, &c., fp. 8vo.

The Works of Thomas Wilson, D.D., &c., [including his Sermons;] with his Life, compiled from Authentic Papers, by Rev. C. Crutwell, Bath, 1781, 2 vols. r. 4to, (noticed in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1781, i. 12-17 ;) 1782, 2 vols. fol.; 1782, 8 vols. 8vo; 1784, 8 vols. 8vo; 1795, 8 vols. 8vo; 1796, 8 vols. 8vo; 1797, 8 vols. 8vo; 1806, 8 vols. 8vo. Works complete, Oxf., 1847-52, 7 vols., in 8 Parts, 8vo, £3 38., (Lib. of Anglo-Cath. Theol.) Vol. i., in 2 Parts, contains his Life by Rev. John Keble: new ed. of Life, 1863, 2 vols. p. 8vo. See, also, STOWELL, HUGH, No. 1. His History of the Isle of Man, in his Works, was originally contributed to Bishop Gibson's translation of Camden's Britannia, 2d ed., 1722, 2 vols. fol. Of the Manks Bible, Whitehaven, 1772-75, 3 vols. 8vo, (see HIDESLEY, MARK,) he translated the four Gospels. See, also, SHERLOCK, RICHARD, No. 5.

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha, with Notes by Thomas Wilson, D.D., and Various Renderings collected from other Translations by Rev. C. Crutwell, Bath, 1785, 3 vols. 4to: Steevens, 98, £7 78.; Gosset, 728, £6 Ss. 6d.; 1. p., 12 copies: Stanley, 119, £58 168.; Sir M. M. Sykes, Pt. 1, 615, £64 18.; Hatcote, 1805, in 6 vols., £73 10s.

"There was a time, scarcely seven years ago, when Collectors went melancholy, or raving mad, if they possessed not the large paper of Bishop Wilson's Bible. That time is past: probably never to return."-DR. DIBDIN: Lib. Comp., ed. 1825, 29.

It contains a new translation (by the editor) of the apocryphal third book of Maccabees, which had not appeared in an English Bible since Becke's edition of 1551. For notices of this excellent man, see Lives prefixed to his Works; Biog. Brit., vol. vi., Pt. 2. Supp., 1766, 198: Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 175-82; Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 299, 462, 488, 503, 527; Eclec. Rev., 4th Ser., xx. 549.

"Both King William and Q. Anne offered him better bishopricks in Ireland and in England, which he constantly declined.

His lordship's extraordinary merits justly gained him the esteem of several eminent personages in this nation; Queen Caroline, consort to King George II., had no small regard to him, and often mentioned him in that light. He was once going to pay his duty to her Majesty, who at that time had several of our prelates with her: as soon as the queen saw him entering the presence-chamber, she turned to the right reve rends, and said, Here, my lords, comes a bishop whose errand is not to apply for a translation, nor would he part with his spouse [his diocese] because she is poor.' . . . To conclude, as no pen is perhaps equal to the task of characterizing this truly primitive Churchman, I shall only say with this writer Dr.

Cooper, of Chester] that he was in every particular what St.

Paul tells us a Bishop ought to be: he was Vir sane cui rir ætas superior parem dederat, vel postera datura est, imo etiam et probus

moribus et in humanum genus studio et amore insignibus adeo, ut | apud omnes summum sui reliquerit desiderium. Thus, by living a godly, righteous, and sober life, this excellent divine attained to the ninety-third year of his age, and the fifty-eighth of his consecration, and gently expired in the beginning of March, 1755." -Life, in Biog. Brit., ut supra.

well's edition.

"During the fifty-eight years that he had the bishopric, he never failed, unless on occasion of sickness, to expound the Scriptures, to preach, or to administer the sacrament every Sunday at one or other of the churches in his diocese; and if absent from the island, he always preached at the church where he resided for the day." See Life prefixed to his Works, Crut"His style and language is adapted to the understanding and capacity of all orders and degrees of men: at the same time, he delivered his sentiments with all the dignity and authority of an inspired apostle."-REV. P. MOORE: Sermon at his Funeral. "The most perfect gospel preacher among uninspired men." -REV. RICHARD WARNER.

"To think on Bishop Wilson with veneration is only to agree with the whole Christian world. I hope to look into his books with other purposes than those of criticism, and after their perusal not only to write but to live better."-DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.

"Burning indeed and shining, like the Baptist, in an evil time, he seemeth as if a beacon lighted on his small Island, to show what his Lord and Saviour could do in spite of man."REV. J. H. NEWMAN, D.D.

Shakspeare of Thomas Wilson, &c., Lon., 1820, fol., and 25 copies on 1. p., fol.: Sotheby's, 1826, £1 78. This Illustrated Shakspeare (Boydell's ed., 1791-1802, 18 Parts, in 9 vols. atlas fol.) was bound by Charles Lewis in blue morocco, in 20 vols.: it contained 1525 extra engravings. See Dibdin's Lib. Comp., ed. 1825, 801, 809. Hanrott's Illustrated Shakspeare (see Bibl. Hanrott., 1833, 2736) was bought by Mr. Pickering for £556 108. 2. Catalogue Raisonné of the Select Collection of Engravings of an Amateur, 1828, 4to; 1. p., with India proofs, 25 copies, r. 4to. Privately printed. Wilks, 2607, £2 78.; B. Quaritch, Nov. and Dec. 1869, 926, presentation-copy to Thos. Lloyd, with author's autograph, green mor. by Clarke & Bedford, £8.

"A gentleman whose collection of prints is almost unrivalled," -DR. DIBDIN: ubi supra, 509. See, also, 510.

3. Descriptive Catalogue of Rembrandt Etchings, by an Amateur, 1836, r. 8vo. Privately printed.

Wilson, Rev. Thomas, author of many Catechisms, and other educational manuals: new editions, Lon., Darton, 1862. See lists in Lon. Bookseller, Aug. 30, 1862, 581; Lon. Reader, 1863, i. 59.

Wilson, Thomas, of the eminent mercantile house

Wilson, Thomas, a Friend. A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Labours of Thomas Wilson, Dubl., See 1728, sm. 8vo; Lon., 1730, sm. 8vo; 1784, sm. 8vo. J. Smith's Friends' Books, and Wilson's Life in Hone's Em. Christians.

Wilson, Thomas, D.D., son of Bishop Thomas Wilson, (supra,) was b. at Kirk-Michael, Isle of Man, 1703, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford; became Preb. of Westminster, 1743, and was for forty-six years Rector of St. Stephen's, Wallbrook; d. 1784. 1. Distilled Liquors the Bane of the Nation. Anon. Ascribed to Wilson, and also to Stephen Hales, D.D. True enough -whoever said it. 2. Review of the Project for Building a New Square at Westminster, Lon., Part 1, 1757, 8vo. Anon. Ascribed to Wilson. 3. The Ornaments of the Churches Considered, &c., Oxf., 1716, 4to, and 25 copies on 1. p.: Stowe, 5677, £1 128. See Butler's Life of Hildesley; Lon. Gent. Mag., Ivi.; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., xxxii. 182; MACAULAY, CATHERINE. Leland's View of the Principal Deistical Writers was addressed, in a series of Letters, to Wilson, who published the first edition at his own risk.

Wilson, Thomas. Solomon in all his Glory; or, The Master Mason: being a True Guide to the Inmost Recesses of Free Masonry, Lon., 1766, 8vo.

Wilson, Rev. Thomas, for about forty years Master of the Grammar-School of Clitheroe, co. of Lancaster, d. 1813, aged 65. 1. An Archæological Dictionary: or, Classical Antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, Alphabetically Arranged, Lon., 1783, 8vo; 2d ed., 1793,

8vo.

Dedicated to Dr. S. Johnson.

"No man has so much skill in ancient rites and practices as not to want it."-DR. JOHNSON: Boswell's Life: see Croker's ed., 1848, r. 8vo, 711, n.

"This, notwithstanding some slight defects, appears to be a useful and seasonable performance."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1783, i. 537.

2. Miscellanies: being a Selection from the Poems and Correspondence of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, B.D., with Memoirs of his Life; by the Rev. F. R. Raines, Lon., 1858, sm. 4to, (Chatham Soc., xlv.)

"For the general reader wearisome exceedingly."-Lon. Athen., 1858, ii, 199.

Wilson, Thomas. Congenite Hernia; Med. Com.,

1795.

Wilson, Thomas. Accurate Description of Bromley, in Kent, with two views, Lon., 1797, 12mo.

Wilson, Thomas. 1. Analysis of Country Dancing, 1809; 2d ed., 1811, 8vo. 2. Treasures of Terpsichore, 1809, 8vo.

Wilson, Thomas. The Fortunate Departure; an Historical Account Dramatized, to convey an Idea of the Horrid Excesses committed by the French on their Irruption into Portugal, 1810, 8vo.

Wilson, Thomas. Cynanche Laryngea; Med.Chir. Trans., 1814.

Wilson, Thomas. 1. Biography of the Principal American Military and Naval Heroes of the Revolutionary and Late Wars, N. York, 1817, 2 vols. 12mo; 1821, 2 vols. 12mo. 2. Picture of Philadelphia for 1824; containing the Picture of Philadelphia for 1811, by James Mease, Phila., 1823, 8vo.

Wilson, Thomas. 1. Analysis of the Illustrated

at Gateshead, Low Fell, Nov. 14, 1773, and d. at the same place, May 9, 1858. He commenced life as a poor miner, educated himself, and subsequently taught school. The Pitman's Play, and other Poems, Lon., 1843, 12mo. Some of these poems were originally published in the Newcastle Magazine, &c.

"Few are the libraries, in the North of England at least, in which the homely pictures which he has painted are not to be found."-Lon. Gent. Mag., 1858, i. 678, (Obituary, q. v.)

See, also, Lon. Athen., 1861, ii. 401. The Pitman's Play is valuable as an illustration of life in the coalmines. Wilson was for nearly sixty years a contributor to the Diaries.

Wilson, Rev. Thomas, of St. Peter's Mancroft, Norwich, England. Nozrani in Egypt and Syria, Lon., 1846, 12mo. This should have been called-what it is a Six Months' Tour in Egypt and Syria.

Wilson, Thomas. See A Memoir of the Life and Character of Thomas Wilson, Esq., Treasurer of Highbury College, by his Son, Lon., 1846, 8vo; 2d ed., 1849, 8vo.

Wilson, Thomas. Catholicity Spiritual and Intellectual, Lon., 8vo; red. to 58., 1852.

Wilson, Thomas, Chevalier de l'Ordre du Lion Neerlandais. England's Foreign Policy; or, GreyWhigs are Cotton-Whigs, &c., Lon., 1852, 8vo.

"An ill-tempered, immoderate book."-Lon. Athen., 1852, 1210.

Wilson, Thomas. Inquiry into the Origin and Intimate Nature of Malaria, Lon., 1858, 8vo, pp. 136. "We cannot discover that he has added anything to our

knowledge on the subject.”—Lon. Athen., 1858, ii. 553. Wilson, Thomas. Poems, Glasgow, 1863. Condemned by Lon. Athen., 1863, i. 396.

Wilson, Timothy. God, the King, and the Country, united in the Justification of the Present Revolution, &c.. Lon., 1691, 4to. Wilson, W. Sermon, 1 Cor. xvi. 14, Lon., 1734, 8vo. Wilson, W. Abstract of the Nature of the Process, Practice, and Fees of the Office of Pleas of the Court of Exchequer in Lincoln's Inn, 1784, 8vo. Privately printed, and a few copies only. Chiefly extracted from P. Burton's Practice of the Office of Pleas in the Court of Exchequer.

Wilson, W. The Post-Chaise Companion; or, Traveller's Directory through Ireland, Dubl., 1786, 8vo; 3d ed., 1803, 8vo.

"The best Iter I ever saw."-SIR R. C. HOARE.

Nearly all of it is in Gough's Camden's Britannia, Lon., 1789, 3 vols. fol.

Wilson, W. Primer, Lon., 1862, 16mo. Wilson, W. Nine Easy Anthems, Lon., 1863, 4to. Wilson, W. J. Erasmus. See WILSON, ERASMUS. Wilson, W. P., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Melbourne. A Treatise on Dynamics, Camb., 1850, 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Athen., 1851, 20.

Wilson, Walter, of the Inner Temple, after deserting the law, became associated in the bookselling business with Mr. Maxwell of Bell Yard, and about 1808 succeeded Thomas Payne as bookseller at the Mews Gate; soon after 1814 he retired to Dorsetshire, afterwards to Burnet, near Bath, and finally to Pulteney

Street, Bath, where he d., 1847, aged 66. See Lon. Gent. Mag., 1847, ii. 438, (Obituary.)

1. The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting-Houses in London, Westminster, and Southwark, including the Lives of their Ministers, from the Rise of Nonconformity to the Present Time, and an Appendix on the Origin, Progress, and Present State of Christianity in Britain, with portraits, Lon., 1808-14, 4 vols. 8vo, £2 108.; 1. p., r. 8vo, £4 48.: Corrie, April, 1863, with upwards of 400 additional portraits, £17 178. John Simco, noted for curious book Catalogues of Topography and Biography, (issued 1788-1823,) bequeathed (he d. Feb. 2, 1824) an illustrated copy, inlaid, in 8 vols. fol., to Dr. Williams's Red Cross Street Library. "In referring to this work, I beg here to acknowledge my obligations to it, and to bear testimony to the curious and interesting information it contains."-ORME: Life of Owen. "It is bitter towards the Church and Churchmen."-Bickersteth's C. S., 4th ed., 515.

"It is of the nature of our topographical histories, and, though uninviting and unimportant to the general reader, must be interesting to those for whom it is peculiarly designed." ROBERT SOUTHEY: Lon. Quar. Rev., x. 90. See, also, NEAL, DANIEL, No. 3.

Wilson left materials "for an extension of this work," which we should be glad to see published.

2. Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel Defoe : containing a Review of his Writings, and his Opinions upon a Variety of Important Matters, Civil and Ecclesiastical, 1830, 3 vols. 8vo.

"This is a very good book, but spun out to too great a length. We could not wish a more distinct or honest chronicler.... The style is plain and unaffected."-Edin. Rev., 1. 397.

See, also, Westm. Rev., xiii. 19; DE FOE, DANIEL, P. 489, supra; and article on De Foe in Edin. Rev., lxxxii. 480.

An excellent article on De Foe's Works will be found in Bohn's Lowndes, ii., 1858, 612-622. Of a new issue of De Foe's Novels and Miscellaneous Works, Sir Walter Scott's edition, vols. i.-vi., p. 8vo, appeared in Bohn's British Classics, 1854-56. Add to these the edition of Robinson Crusoe pub. in Bohn's Illustrated Library, 1855, p. 8vo. The popularity of this charming tale continues so great that five editions were issued in 1864 in London alone, viz.: Routledge, one in February, 12mo, and one in April, p. 8vo; Beeton, one in June, 8vo; Cassell, one in September, with upwards of 100 illustrations, r. 8vo; Knight & Son, one in November, 8vo. Warne pub. two editions, 12mo, in 1865, and one edition, 12mo, in 1866; Gall, of Edinburgh, an illustrated edition, 12mo, in 1865; and Macmillan, Lon. and Camb., 12mo, in 1866.

In 1867 appeared editions: by Tegg, 12mo, (with Life by Stebbing,) Routledge, p. 8vo, Oliver & Boyd, 18mo; in 1868 by Macmillan, p. 8vo, Nimmo, 18mo, Warne, 18mo, Ward & Lock, 16mo; in 1869: Routledge, in French, 32mo; to June, 1870: Griffin, 32mo, Tegg, 12mo. Nimmo published a volume styled The Works of De Foe, 1869, r. 8vo, (Stand. Ser.) But the most important work on this author is entitled Daniel De Foe: his Life and Recently-Discovered Writings, Extending from 1716 to 1729; by William Lee, Hotten, 1869, 3 vols. 8vo.

"Important as this new Life of De Foe may be considered by many, we doubt not greater value will be attached to the second and third of Mr. Lee's volumes, in which he has reprinted more than three hundred and fifty essays and letters on subjects moral and religious, imaginative and humourous, amatory, ironical, and miscellaneous, unearthed by him from the journals, &c. in which he has traced the hand of the great master; while his rectification of the list of De Foe's writings contains no less than two hundred and fifty-four works, all of which, except twelve, (of whose genuineness Mr. Lee declares he has otherwise most satisfactory proof,) he has studiously read. The book is by far the most complete which has yet been given to the world on the subject of De Foe, and entitles the author to the thanks of all the admirers of the True-born Englishman."-Notes and Queries, April 24, 1869, 397.

"In the introduction he informs us that he has been enabled to add sixty-four distinct works to the catalogue of De Foe's productions.' .. At least fifty more distinct works, hitherto unattributed to De Foe, but which may confidently be ascribed to him, remain for future incorporation with those included in Mr. Lee's list, when the stock account of the debt we owe to this most fertile of authors shall be finally adjusted."-JAS. CROSSLEY: Notes and Queries, May 1, 1869, 402. See, also, Lon. Gent. Mag., Oct. 1838, 370, by Mr. Crossley, (Due Preparation for the Plague, 1722, 12mo.) "A monument to De Foe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, is to be erected in England by a subscription from boys and girls. The fund has already reached $250, from 1400 subscribers. This is within $50 of the total cost."-April 12, 1870. Wilson, Walter Monro, Barrister-at-Law. The Practical Statutes of New Zealand, Auckland, 1867, r. 8vo, £5 58.

Wilson, William, Rector of Morley. 1. Discourse of Religion, Lon., 1694, 8vo. 2. Discourse of the Resurrection, 1694, 8vo.

Wilson, William, of Perth. Six Sermons, 1749, sm. 8vo.

Wilson, William. Elements of Navigation, Lon., 1773. 8vo.

Wilson, William. Forcing of Early Fruits, &c., Lon., 1777, 12mo.

Wilson, William. Description of the Bloody Battle which happened at Bothwell Bridge, near Hamilton, on the twenty-second of June, 1679; Written by W. W., 1796, 8vo. A Poem. Other editions, most of them s. 7. and 8. a. Repub., with alterations, in David Laing's Various Pieces of Fugitive Scottish Poetry.

Wilson, William, entered of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1779, and elected Fellow, 1788; d. 1800, aged 38. An Illustration of the Method of Explaining the New Testament by the Early Opinions of Jews and Christians concerning Christ, Camb., 1797, 8vo; Carefully Revised, (by Thomas Turton, D.D., supra,) Pitt Press of the Univ., Camb., 1838, 8vo.

of Dr. Priestley's History of Early Opinions,' and other works "Though not expressly presented to the public as a refutation concerning the person of Christ, this performance is unques. tionably to be received in this light. . . . A learned and welldigested tract."-Analytical Rev., xxvi. 368, 372.

Bishops Tomline and Turton esteemed it highly. Wilson, William. Papers on Electricity, in Nic. Jour., 1802-5.

Wilson, Rev. William. The Philosophy of Physic; Dubl., 1804, 12mo. or, The Natural History of Diseases and their Cure, Collectanea Theologica; or,

Wilson, William.

The Student's Manual of Divinity, Lon., 1816, 12mo. "A valuable little Manual of Divinity."-Bickersteth's C. S., 466.

Wilson, William. New Dictionary of Music, Lon., 12mo.

Wilson, William. Lon., 12mo.

Manual for Infant Schools,

Wilson, William. See Memoir of William Wilson, of Nether-Worton, Co. Oxon., Anno 1821. Privately printed. Mr. Wilson d. Aug. 1821. Wilson, William, D.D., Rector of Church Oakley, Hampshire, Vicar of Holy Rood, Southampton, Rural Dean, and in 1832 Preb. of Winchester. 1. Selections from the Works of Archbishop Leighton, with Life, Lon., 1824, 12mo; 3d ed., 1847, 18mo; 5th ed., 18mo. 2. Parochial Sermons, Oxford, 1826, 8vo. 3. The Attributes of God, &c., from Charnock, Goodwin, Bates, and Wisheart, 1834, 12mo; also (Chris. Fam. Lib., xv.) 1836, 12mo. 4. Sermon, Eccles. ix. 12, 1837, 8vo. 5. Brief Examination of Professor Keble's Visitation Sermon, entitled "Primitive Tradition Recognized in Holy Scripture," Oxf., 1837, 8vo. 6. The Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England Illustrated, &c., new ed., 1840, 8vo.

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An excellent commentary."-Bickersteth's C. S., 467. 7. The Bible Student's Guide to the Old Testament by Reference to the Original Hebrew, Winches., 1850, 4to; 2d ed., An English Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon and Concordance to the More Correct Understanding of the English Translation of the Old Testament, by Reference to the Original Hebrew, Lon., 1866, 4to, 258. See, also, HOPKINS, EZEKIEL; REYNOLDS, EDWARD, D.D. Wilson, Rev. William, for 14 years a missionary on the Island of Newfoundland. Newfoundland and its Missionaries, Halifax, N.S., 12mo. Wilson, William, son of Effingham Wilson, d. 1868, aged 85. A Nice Little Book. Praised by Bulwer, &c. Wilson, William, b. in Perthshire, Scotland, 1801, after a residence of many years in Edinburgh, removed in 1833 to the United States, and in the next year established himself as a bookseller at Poughkeepsie, N. York, and continued thus engaged in the same city until a few months before his death, August 25, 1860. He had been for about thirty years a contributor (chiefly under the nom de plume of Allan Grant and Alpin) of poems to Scottish and American periodicals; and Blackwood's and Tait's Magazines, Chambers's Journal, and the Edinburgh Literary Journal, The Knickerbocker, The Albion, The Chicago Record, &c. bore witness to his literary industry. He edited the Scottish Songs, &c. of Hew Ainslie, and some other volumes; and left unfinished a collection of The Poets and Poetry of Scotland. See WILSON, JAMES GRANT. He assisted in editing the Dundee Review, 1821-23, and in 1824 edited The Lite

rary Olio, (Dundee,) and contributed to it, in prose and verse, about half its contents. Some of his poems will be found in ROGERS, REV. CHARLES, LL.D., No. 3, and WHITELAW, ALEXANDER, No. 3. Poems by William Wilson, edited by Benson J. Lossing, Poughkeepsie, 1870, 12mo, pp. 168.

Wilson, William, D.D., Vicar of Walthamstow. 1. Sermon, 1 John iv. 8, Lon., 1835, 8vo. 2. Sermons for Children on the Book of Genesis, 18mo: Part 1, 1839; again, Oxford, 1864, 12mo. 3. Series of Seven Sermons on Baptism, Confirmation, and the Lord's Supper, Waltham, 1840, 12mo.

Wilson, William, Minor Canon of the Collegiate Church, Manchester; formerly Curate of St. Pancras. 1. Essay on Self-Examination, Lon., 1838, 18mo. 2. Sermons preached in the Parish Church of Saint Pancras, 1841, 8vo.

Wilson, William. Protest against the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Cin., 1850, 8vo.

Wilson, William. 1. A House for Shakspere: a Proposition for the Consideration of the Nation, Lon., 1848, 8vo. 2. A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Old Subject; with the Story of the Poet-Lover, 1851, 12mo. The 66 great old subject" is Poetry: What is it? And Who are the Poets? Noticed in Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1851, 423, and Lon. Athen., 1851, 629. 3. Such is Life: Sketches and Poems. 4. Gathered Together: Poems, 1860, fp. 8vo; 2d ed., 1861, fp. 8vo. Commended by Lon. Lit. Gaz., Court Jour., &c.: see Lon. Athen., 1863, i. 214.

Wilson, William, President of the Warrington Natural History Society. Bryologia Britannica: Containing the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, &c.; with 61 illustrative Plates, including 25 new ones; being a new edition, with many Additions and Alterations, of the Muscologia Britannica of Messrs. Hooker and Taylor, Lon., 1855, 8vo, pp. 468, £2 28.; with plates, coloured, £4 48.

Wilson, Rev. William. 1. The Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, Edin., 1859, p. 8vo. 2. The Popular Preachers of the Ancient Church, 1859, 12mo.

"Mr. Wilson has done service by reminding us of them."— Lon. Athen., 1859, ii. 430.

3. The Book of Psalms; with an Exposition, 1860, 2 vols. 8vo. 4. Church of Israel: a Study in Prophecy, 1861, p. 8vo. 5. Heroines of the Household, 1864, sm. cr. 8vo; 1870, 12mo.

Wilson, William Carus, Rector of Whittington, Vicar of Tunstall. 1. Sermons, 2d ed., 1825, 2 vols. 12mo; 3d ed., 1842, 12mo. 2. Life of Mrs. Dawson, Lon., 1828, 12mo. 3. Youthful Memoirs, 18mo. 4. Plan for Building Churches and Schools, 2d ed., 1842, 4to. Christ Revealed, new ed., 1849, 18mo. 6. Child's First Tales, 1849, 18mo; Series I. and II., 1860, ea. 32mo, or in 1 vol. 7. Soldiers' Cry from India, 1858, 12mo.

5.

Wilson, William Dexter, D.D., LL.D., b. in Stoddard, N. Hampshire, 1816, completed his theological course at Cambridge, 1838, and was ordained in the Prot. Epis. Church, 1842; Professor of Logic, Intellectual Philosophy, and History, &c. in Hobart Free College, Geneva, New York, 1850; also Trinity Professor of Christian Ethics. 1. The Constitution of a Christian Church derived from Holy Scripture, N. York. 2. Manual of Church Principles, Balt., 12mo. 3. History of the Reformation in England. 4. The Church Identified, 3d ed., N. York, 1850, 12mo; last ed., 1859, 12mo. 5. An Elementary Treatise on Logic, 1856, 12mo, pp. 446. "The work is exact and thorough, without being painfully minute or abstruse."-FRANCIS BOWEN: N. Amer. Rev., lxxxiii. 391, (q. v.)

Edited Bishop Mant's Hora Liturgicæ, under the title of An Explanation of the Rubrics in the Book of Common Prayer, &c., last ed., N. York, 1864, 12mo, and contributed an Introductory Essay to The Closing Scene of the Life of Christ, Phila., 1869, 8vo, and papers to The Dial, Christian Examiner, &c.

Wilson, William P. Simple and Easy Guide to the Study of French Grammar, N. York, 1846, 12mo; Phila., 12mo.

Wilson, William Rae, LL.D., b. in Paisley, June 7, 1772, and the son of Mr. Rae, added Wilson to his name in 1806 on succeeding to the estate of his uncle, John Wilson, of Glasgow, who had educated him to the profession of the law; d. in London, June 2, 1849.

1. Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land, Lon., 1822, (some 1823,) 8vo, pp. 555; 2d ed., with a Journey

through Turkey, Greece, the Ionian Isles, Sicily, Spain, &c., 1824, 8vo; 3d ed., Travels in the Holy Land, Egypt, &c., 1831, 2 vols. 8vo; 4th ed., 1847, 2 vols. 8vo.

"On the whole, we leave Mr. Wilson's book with sentiments

of respect for his diligence as a commentator on the Scriptures,

and implicit confidence in his veracity as a narrator, however we may be disposed to suspect his enthusiasm of sometimes leading him astray. Of his careless and incorrect style we have already spoken."-Edin. Rev., xxxviii. 412. "His journey has added nothing to the valuable researches of Maundrell, Clarke, Burckhardt, and Joliffe. . . . He is extremely negligent in the construction of his sentences."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1823, i. 240, 241.

"His style is altogether indifferent."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1822, 738.

The opinions of the Lon. Mus. of Lit., Gaz. of Fashion, Sun, and Star, were more favourable. The 4th edition was noticed in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1848, i. 282.

2. Travels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hanover, Germany, Netherlands, &c., 1826, 8vo.

"This propensity to dissertation on commonplace topics is the prevailing vice of his volume."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1826, ii. 61. 3. Travels in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 1828, 2

vols. 8vo.

"These volumes discover the strongest evidence of veracity, and a creditable assiduity of observation."-Eclec. Rev.

"We have not ourselves been able to discern much novel information in these volumes."-Lon. Mon. Rev., 1828, ii. 526. "But we need add no more of these trite nothings which form the bulk of this absurd publication."-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1828, 664. See, also, 561, 580, 597, 613.

4. Records of a Route through France and Italy, with Sketches of Catholicism, 1835, 8vo.

"Nor can we refer the student in national bigotry to a better Compendium of popular British prejudices than these records. Mr. W. R. Wilson, in fact, seems to be a kind of second-hand Eustace, without his verve and erudition."-Lon. Athen., 1835, 710.

5. Notes Abroad and Rhapsodies at Home, by a Veteran Traveller, 1837, 2 vols. 8vo. "The author is one of the Parthian race who shoots his arrows in every direction, sparing none of those against whom his resentment may have been provoked," &c.-Lon. Lit. Gaz., 1837, 409.

...

"The name of Rae Wilson has become a jest and a bye-word in literature; yet, as we foretold, (see Athenæum, No. 412,) the man must go on scribbling, canting, and publishing," &c.-Lon. Athen., 1837, 571.

See, also, 585 for an Ode to Rae Wilson, by Thomas Hood. Brief notices of Wilson will be found in Lon. Gent. Mag., 1849, ii. 541, and Chambers's and Thomson's Biog. Dict. of Em. Scotsmen, ed. 1855, 634.

Wilson, Yorick. Gentleman's Veterinary Monitor, Lon., 1809, 18mo.

Wilton. The Contrast; a Comedy, in Two Acts, performed in Calcutta, Dec. 1789, 8vo: Reed, 8616, £1

38.

Wilton. Christian Spectator, Lon., 12mo. Wilton, Countess of. See STONE, MRS. ELIZABETH, No. 1.

Wilton, Earl of. On the Sports and Pastimes of the English, as bearing upon their National Character, Lon., 1868, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1869.

Wilton, Edward, Incumbent of Scrofton, Nottingham. The Negeb, or South Country of Scripture, Traced and Described, Lon., 1863, cr. 8vo.

"We recommend the work sincerely to all students of Sacred History and Geography."-Lon. Reader, 1863, i. 429.

Wilton, J. H. The First Crime; or, True Friendship, Lon., 1854, p. 8vo.

Wilton, Moses. Rodolph Gualter's Sermon on Zephaniah; trans. into English, Lon., 1580, 8vo. Wilton, Richard. Charge to the Grand Jury at Bernsley in Yorkshire, Lon., 1741, 4to.

Wilton, Samuel. 1. Apology for Renewal of Application to Parliament by Prot. Dissent. Ministers, Lon., 1773, 8vo. 2. Review of some of the Articles of the Church of England, 1774, 8vo.

Wilton, W. R. Medical Case-Book of Record for Students, Lon., ob. Svo.

Wilton, William. Sermon, Ps. cxliv. 10, Lon., 1798, 8vo. Law of Dilapidation in

Wily, William, LL.D. Ireland, Dubl., 1850, 8vo.

Wimbeldon, Richard. A Godlie and Famous Sermon, preached in the Yeare of our Lord 1388, at Paules Crosse, &c., Lon., 1573, 16mo; 1575, 16mo; 1579, 16mo; 1582, 16mo; 1584, 16mo; 1588, 16mo; 1593, 12mo; 1603, 12mo; 1617, 12mo; 1634, 12mo; 1635, 12mo; and other edits. The 14th ed. is entitled The Regal, Clerical, and Lai al Bayliffs Cited, &c., 8vo. See, also, Watt's Bibl. Brit.

Wimberley, W. C. The Death-Summons; a Tragedy, Lon., 12mo.

Wimble, Moses. His History: a Prose Dramatic and Lyrical Epic; Written by Himself, Lon., 1858, p. 8vo.

Wimpey, Jos. Remarks on a Book entitled An Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul, Lon., 1741, 8vo.

Wimpey, Joseph. 1. Thoughts upon Corn, Provisions, &c., Lon., 1770, 8vo. 2. The Challenge; or, Patriotism Put to the Test, &c., 1772, 8vo. 3. Essay on High Price of Provisions, 1772, 8vo. 4. Letters occasioned by Three Dialogues concerning Liberty, &c., 1777, 8vo.

Wimpey, R. Rural Improvements; or, Essays on the Most Rational Means of Improving Estates, Lon., 1802, 8vo.

Winans, Ross. One Religion; Many Creeds, Balt., 1870, 8vo.

Winans, William, D.D. Discourses on Fundamental Religious Subjects, &c.; Edited by T. O. Summers, D.D., Nashville, 8vo, (Method. Epis. Ch. South.) Winbolt, Thomas, of Trinity College, Cambridge, minister of Southgate Chapel. Twelve Sermons on Various Subjects, preached at Southgate Chapel, Lon., 1800, 8vo.

Winch, Sir Humphrey, Justice of the Common Pleas, d. 1624. 1. Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, &c.; out of an Exact French Copie, 1621–1625, Lon., 1657, fol. Mr. Umfreville attributes this book to Mr. Allestree.

"The cases in Winch are in general well reported."-LORD KENYON: 6 Dunn & E., 441.

See, also, Ben. & D., Pref.; 16 Amer. Jur., 17; Wallace's Rep., 3d ed., 1855, 189.

2. Le Beau-Pledeur: A Book of Entries, containing Declarations, Informations, &c., 1680, fol. Winch, M. J. Botanical papers in Thom. Ann. Philos., 1804, and Phil. Mag., 1816.

Winch, N. J., Thornhill, John, and Waugh, Richard. Botanist's Guide through Northumberland and Durham, Newc.-upon-Tyne, 1805, and Gateshead, 1807, 2 vols. 8vo.

Winchedon, Richard De. The Old Book of the Years and Terms of Edward II., consisting of Reports of Cases then made; published by Sir J. Maynard, Lon.,

1678.

Winchell, Alexander, LL.D., Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany in the University of Michigan, and Director of the State Geological Survey, was b. at North East, Dutchess co., New York, 1824, and graduated at the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1847. 1. First Biennial Report of the Progress of the Geological Survey of Michigan, embracing Observations on the Geology, Zoology, and Botany of the Lower Peninsula; by Authority, Lansing, 1861, Svo. 2. The Grand Traverse Region: a Report on the Geological and Industrial Resources of the Counties of Antrim, Grand Traverse, Benzie, and Leelanaw, in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1866, 8vo, with map. 3. Genealogy of the Family of Winchell in America, embracing the Etymology and History of the Name, and the Outlines of some Collateral Genealogies, 1869, 8vo, pp. 272. 4. Sketches of Creation: a Popular View of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in Reference to the History of Matter and of Life; together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System, 1870, 12mo, pp. 459. "The style is elevated and attractive, with a rather too strongly-marked infusion of the rhetorical element. . . . The volume deserves to be favourably received, and will be read both with pleasure and profit."-Amer. Lit. Gaz., Mar. 15, 1870. Three other commendatory notices lie before us.

5. A Geological Map of Michigan, Phila., 1865. 6. A Geological Chart, N. York, 1870. He edited the Michigan Journal of Education in 1859, and has contributed to The Smithsonian Meteorological Observations, and the Geological Reports of Mississippi and Tennessee, and to the following periodicals:

I. American Journal of Science and Arts, [2,] xiii. 294, xxxiii. 352, xxxiv. 307, xxxv. 61, xxxvii. 226, Xxxviii. 223, 332, 444, xxxix. 350, xl. 331, xli. 176.

II. Proceedings Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, May, 1857; Sept. 1862: Jan. 1863; Sept. 1864; July, 1865.

III. Proceedings American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, xi. 57, xii. 245

IV. Memoirs Boston Society of Nat. Hist., i. 81, (36 pp. and 2 plates.)

V. Proceedings Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Feb. 1865.
VI. Proceedings Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of
Science, Cleveland meeting, 1853; Albany meeting, 1856;
Buffalo meeting, 1866; Ib., 1866.

VII. Canadian Naturalist, Oct. 1863, p. 398.
VIII. Report of New York Regents, 1850, 1851, pp.

256.

IX. Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, Sept. 1862. X. Ladies' Repository, (Cincinnati,) 16 papers, July, 1862, to Jan. 1864.

XI. Western Monthly, (Chicago,) April, 1869; June, 1869.

XII. Miscellaneous Publications. Semi-Scientific papers in various periodicals: Total, 63; Essays, Addresses, Reports, Pamphlets: Total, 83.

Winchell, James Manning, b. at North East, N. York, 1791; graduated at Brown University, 1812; pastor of the First Baptist Church, Boston, March 30, 1814, until his death, Feb. 22, 1820. 1. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, with a Supplement, Bost., 12mo and 32mo. 2. Jubilee Sermons: Two Discourses, exhibiting an Historical Sketch of the First Baptist Church in Boston from 1665 to 1818, 1819, 8vo, pp. 47. See Sprague's Annals, vi., Baptist, 595.

Winchelsea. See, also, WINCHILSEA. Winchelsea, Anne Finch, Countess of. See FINCH, ANNE.

Winchelsea, Heneage Finch, second Earl of. See FINCH, HENEAGE.

Winchester, B. The Gospel Reflector: Doctrine of Latter-Day Saints, Phila., 1841, 8vo.

Winchester, Elhanan, b. at Brookline, Mass., 1751, was the first minister of the Baptist Church in Newton, Mass. ; in 1778 taught Calvinistic doctrines on the Pedee River, South Carolina; in 1781 became a preacher of Universal Restoration in Philadelphia, and subsequently promulgated the same doctrine in England; died at Hartford, Conn., April, 1797.

1. New Book of Poems on Several Occasions, Bost., 1773, 8vo, pp. 72. 2. Hymns, 1776. 3. The Universal Restoration: Exhibited in a Series of Dialogues, Lon., 1788, 8vo; 1792, 8vo; Litchfield, Conn., 1794, 18mo; 4th ed., with Notes by William Vidler, Lon., 1799, 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1789, i. 94. See, also, The Universal Restoration: Exhibited in a Series of Extracts from Winchester, White, Siegvolk, Dr. Chauncy, Bp. Newton, and Petitpierre, &c., 1798, 12mo. 4. Course of Lectures on the Prophecies that Remain to be Fulfilled, 1789, 4 vols. 8vo; 1790, 4 vols. 8vo; Amer. ed., 1800, 2 vols. 8vo; Lon., 1833, 4 vols. 8vo. 5. An Oration on the Discovery of America; Delivered in London, 1792, 8vo. Noticed in Lon. Mon. Rev., 1793, ii. 350. 6. The Three Woe Trumpets: being Two Discourses in 1793, 2d ed., 8vo. 7. Plain Political Catechism for Schools. 8. Progress and Empire of Christ, 1793. Svo. He also published a number of single sermons. See a Sketch of his Life and a Review of his Writings, by William Vidler, 1797, 8vo.

Winchester, George W., b. in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. 1. Primary Writing-Book, in four Parts, Hartford. 2. Theoretical and Practical Penmanship, in four Books. 3. Muscular Disciplinarian. 4. Penman's Chart. 5. System of Book-Keeping. 6. Drawing Series, in four Books. 7. Exercises in Perspective, in two Books. Key to same.

Winchester, James, minister of Jedburgh. Nine Sacramental Sermons, 1771, 12mo.

Winchester, John Pawlet, Poulett, or Powlett, Marquis of, a famous loyalist, d. 1673. He translated from the French the three following: 1. Devout Entertainments of a Christian Soule; from J. H. Quarre, D.D., Paris, 1649. 2. The Gallery of Heroick Women, Lon., 1652, fol. 3. The Holy History; from N. Talon, 1653, 4to. See Bliss's Wood's Athen. Oxon., iii. 1005; Park's Walpole's R. and N. Authors, iii. 146.

Winchester, Samuel Gover, b. at Rock Run, Maryland, 1805, was pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1830 to 1837, and pastor of a congregation at Natchez, Miss., from 1837 until his death, Aug. 31, 1841. 1. Companion for the Sick; altered from Willison's Afflicted Man's Companion; with Additions, 1833. 2. Christian Counsel to the Sick, 1836. 3. Discourse at Oakland College, 1838. 4. The Theatre, Phila.,