Walpole [wŏl´pol], Horace. 1717–1797. Miscellaneous writer. Author Castle of Otranto, a sensational romance, The Mysterious Mother, a tragedy, Historic Doubts concerning Richard III., etc. A brilliant but superficial writer. See Memoirs of, 1851; also, Living Age, vol. 13, "Strawberry Hill."
Walter, John. 1739–1812. Journalist. Founder of the London Times, 1788.
Walton, Brian. 1600–1661. Bp. Chester. Editor of the London Polyglott Bible. See Life, by Todd, 1821.
Walton, Izaak. 1593–1683. Biographer and angler. The Complete Angler, his chief work, is a book of much quiet beauty. Pub. Lit.
Warburton, Eliot Bartholomew Geo. 1810–1852. Irish novelist and miscellaneous writer. Author The Crescent and the Cross, Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers, etc.
Warburton, George. —— 1857. Bro. to E. B. G. W. Author Conquest of Canada, Hochelaga, etc. Pub. Har.
Warburton, Wm. 1698–1779. Bp. Gloucester. A learned and brilliant but arrogant author. He wrote The Divine Legation of Moses, and published an edition of Shakespeare in 1747. See Life, by Watson, 1863, and Quarterly Rev. June, 1812.
Ward, Robert Plumer. 1765–1846. Novelist. Author Tremaine, De Vere, De Clifford, and Chatsworth; metaphysical, philosophical, and political narratives. See Memoirs, 1850. Pub. Har.
Waring, Anna L. 18— ——. Welsh poet. Author of Hymns and Meditations. Pub. Dut.
Warner, Ferdinando. 1703–1768. Historian. Author Eccl. Hist. England, Hist. Ireland, etc.