N. J. A.
W is not a distinct letter in the French alphabet; it is simply double v, and is pronounced like v, as in Wissant, Wimireux, Wimille, villages between Calais and Boulogne, and Wassy in Champagne.
W. R. D. S.
Green Eyes (Vol. viii., p. 407.).—The following are quotations in favour of green eyes, in addition to Mr. H. Temple's:
"An eagle, madam,
Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye."
Romeo and Juliet, Act III. Sc. 5.
And Dante, in Purgatory, canto xxxi., likens Beatrice's eyes to emeralds:
"Disser: fa che le viste non risparmi:
Posto t' avem dinanzi agli smeraldi,