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letter from. to Isaac Tomkins [i.e. Lord Brougham]. L. 1839.

This was published in reference to "Thoughts upon the aristocracy of England." By Isaac Tomkins, Gent. [i.e. Lord Brougham]. L. 1835. Wilkins, Peter. Robert Paltock. The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man, taken from his own mouth, in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America in the ship Hector. By R. S., a passenger in the Hector. L. 1750.

The dedication is signed "R. P.," the initials of the author.

Will, Deep. William Pitt. A political dictionary for the guinea-less pigs; or, a glossary of emphatical words made use of by that jewel of a man... in his administration... L. 1790 (?).

Will, Uncle, V.M. Rev. W. F. Crafts.

Will, Uncle. Prof. William Wells. Will-Will-be so. W. Hall. Sketch of local history: being a chain of incidents relating to the state of the Fens, by... Lynn, 1812.

Willard, Oscar. O. Carpenter.

William. William Ewart Gladstone. William's workingman and his representative, etc. L. 1874.

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Williams, Barney. Barney O'Flaherty. A nom de théâtre.

Williams, Katherine. Mrs. Laura A. Buck. Tiptoe. N.Y. 1871.

Williams, Tummus a. John Collier. A view of the Lancashire dialect... By. L. 1770.

Willis, Hal, Student-at-Law. Charles Robert Forrester, whose literary contributions were issued under this pseud. and that of "Alfred Crowquill."

Willis, Julia A. Julia A. Kempshall. What a boy! problems concerning him. P. 187-.

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Winwood, Brent. John Thomas Denny, in his contributions to numerous English provincial journals.

"I used the nom de plume Rett Winwood' for a drama entitled "The Dead Letter'; but, finding that it was used by another author in America, I changed it to Brent Winwood.'" -Extract from a letter to A. R. Frey, Oct. 31, 1884.

Wise, Jonathan B. Stephen Colwell. The relative position in our industry of foreign commerce, domestic production, and internal trade. P. 1850.

Wisewood, Solomon. Rev. Duncan Ross, who contributed a series of valu able letters, entitled "Busy Body," to the "Acadian Recorder" (Halifax, 182627), under this signature.

Wishit, Mr. Thomas Spence. A sup plement to the history of Robinson Cru

soe. Being the history of Crusonia, or Robinson Crusoe's island, down to the present time... Copied from a letter sent by... Newcastle, 1782.

Witherne, Raven. Mary Parkinson. Giles Witherne; or, the reward of disobedience: a village tale for the young, founded on fact. [In verse.] L. 1859.

Wittitterly, John Altrayd. Miss Elizabeth T. Carne. Three months' rest at Pau, in the winter and spring of 1859. L. 1860.

Wizard. John Corlett, in the London "Sportsman."

Wolfe, Reginalde, Esq.

Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

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Wonder, Jak. Peter K. Ferguson. Ugliness and its uses: a lecture delivered before the "Y. L. Circulating Library Association," by ... N.Y. 1852.

Wonderful Quiz, A. James Russell Lowell. Reader! walk up at once (it will soon be too late), and buy at a perfectly ruinous rate: a fable for critics... N.Y. 1848.

Wons, Mailliw. William Snow. John Bull all agog. [Song.] L. 1803.

Wood, Will. Jonathan Swift, D.D. Petition to the people of Ireland: being an excellent new song by William Wood, iron monger and halfpenny monger. 1725.

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Woodbine, Jenny. Miss Annie R. Blount, who, under this name, in 1859

received a one-hundred-dollar gold medal for "The Sisters," in the "Newbern Gazette."

Woodensconce, Papernose, Esq. Robert Barnabas Brough. The wonderful drama of Punch and Judy and their little dog Toby By. With illustrations by "The Owl." L.

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Woodfall, Wilfred, Esq. Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, Bart. My note-book; or, sketches from the gallery of St. Stephen's: a satirical poem . . . L.

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Woodfern. Mary W. Stanley Gibson. Woodville, Jennie. Jennie Latham Stabler, in "Left to Herself " (P. 1871).

Worcester Speculator, The. Nathan Fiske, D.D., in the "Massachusetts Spy."

Working Clergyman, A. Rev. Erskine Neule. The life-book of a labourer. L. 1850.

Working Man, A. Alexander Somerville. The autobiography of... L. 1848.

Working-Man, A. Andrew Stewart. The clodpole; or, the normal condition of agricultural labourers. Dundee, 1858.

Working Man, A. John Overs. The evenings of... L. 1844.

Working Man, A. John Lash Latey. Letters to working people on the new poor law... L. 1841.

Working Man, A. James Carter. Memoirs of .. L. 1845.

Working-Man, A. Thomas Dixon. Time and tide by Weare and Tyne. Twenty-five letters to ... of Sunderland, on the laws of work. L. 1867. By John Ruskin.

Working Man, A. Johann Georg Eccarius. A working man's refutation of Stuart Mill. L. 1867.

World's Child, The. Warren Chase. The life-line of the lone one; or, autobiography of... B. 1857.

Worth, Mrs. L. L. Mrs. Ellsworth. Smith's saloon; or, the Grays and the Grants. N.Y. 1871.

Worthy, Will. William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. Bob-Lynn [i.e. Sir R. Walpole] against Franck-Lynn; or, a full history of the controversies. ... OCcasioned by the quarrel of Bob-Lynn and ... 1732.

Wotton, William, D.D. Mary Astell. Bart'lemy fair; or, an enquiry after wit, in which due respect is had to a letter [by A. A. Cooper, Earl of Shaftes

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Williams. A few remarks on the charge of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, on the subject of reserve in communicating religious knowledge, as taught in the "Tracts for the Times," Nos. 80 and 87; by... 1841.

Writer to the Signet, A. A. Kennedy. The high price of food, butchermeat, meal, and bread-stuffs, etc., stated and illustrated... Edinb. 1860.

Writewell, A. M. John Close. A month in London; or, the select adventures of S. Dowell... Edited by... L. 1844.

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X. Eustace Budgell. "All the papers marked with an X [in the 'Spectator'] were written by him, and the whole eighth volume is attributed to Addison and himself, without the assistance of Steele." See CHALMERS, Vol. 7.

X. Henry S. Ellenwood, who contributed articles of a serious tone to the "New England Galaxy" over this signature.

X. Sir John Bowring. Anglo-Turkish war: Egypt and Syria. L. 1841.

X. Rev. Robert Stephen Hawker, M.A. A legend of Cornwall, in Sharpe's "London Magazine," 1846.

X. William Ware. Sketch of a petition proper to be presented to the legislature of the United Kingdom... by the friends of peace and justice in Ireland. By X., author of "Letters on Slavery," under that signature, etc. L. 1832.

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X. H. Mrs. Brewster Macpherson. Gifts for men ... Edinb. 1870.

XX. John Canton. "The year's length," in the "Gent. Mag.," June, 1752, p. 255. X. X. X. Bryan Waller Procter, in the London "Literary Gazette.”

X. Y. John Rickman. Eight letters concerning the pavement of the Metropolis and the adjoining turnpike road. L. 1817.

X. Y. Z. Thomas De Quincey, in the "London Magazine," 1785-1859.

X. Y. Z. Bryan Waller Procter, in the London "Literary Gazette."

X. Y. Z. William Purton, M.A. Gradus ad Homerum; or, the A. B. C. D. of Homer... Oxf. 1862.

X. Y. Z. Club. John Godfrey Saxe, A. Livien Douglas, and George W. Pettes. Euchre; or, the game of life. 18-.

X. Z. Rev. John Sylvester John Gardiner. Remarks on the Jacobiniad, first published in the "Federal Orrery," Boston, 1794 or 95, and afterwards republished in a 12o volume in Boston, 179598, embellished with caricature likenesses

of many of those against whom its satire was directed. This book is in the Boston Athenæum Library.

X*****, Le Chev., O.A.S.D.S.M.S. Le Comte Xavier de Maistre. Voyage autour de ma chambre. Par... Hamburg, 1796.

"O.A.S.D.S.M.S." Ancien officier au service de S. M. Sarde.

Xariffa. Mrs. Mary Ashly (Van Voorhis) Townsend. Xariffa's poems. P. 1870. Xenette. Miss Pamela S. Vining,

Y.-See "Alcæus."

Y. E. V. Kenealy. E. W. Montagu: an autobiography. Edited [or rather written] by ... L. 1869.

Y., A. Arthur Young, Esq. Letters to the yeomanry.. L. 1797.

Y., E. Edward Yardley (?). A letter to a friend [giving some account of the life and works of C. Hayes]: by... L. 1761.

Y., E. A. G. Mrs. E. A. G. Young. Last leaves from the journal of Julian Charles Young. Edited by. L. 1875. Y., E. J. Edward James Young. George Harris. B. 1875.

Y., J. John Yardley (?). [Rickli's] The Swiss peasant.. Trans. by... L. 1856.

Y. J. O. Mrs. Sarah S. Black. Rambling chats and chatty rambles. N.Y. 1872.

Y. M. William Pengelly. "The late W. J. Henwood, F.R.S.," in "Nature." 1875.

Y., M. J. Mrs. Maud J. (Fuller) Young. The legend of Sour Lake. Houston, 186–.

Y. N. John Fry. Pieces of ancient poetry Edited by... Bristol, 1814.

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Y****, A., Esq. Arthur Young, Esq. Reflections on the present state of affairs at home and abroad. By... L. 1759.

Yankee, A. Richard Grant White. American correspondence in the " Spectator" (L. 1863-67).

Yankee, A. William H. Thoms. The bushranger: a Yankee's adventures during his second visit to Australia. B. 1866.

Yankee, A. John Kearsley Mitchell, M.D. Saint Helena: a poem, by... P. 1821.

Yankee, A. Joseph Holt Ingraham. The South-west... N.Y. 1835.

Yankee, A. Asa Greene. A Yankee among the Nullifiers. N.Y. 1835. Yankee, A. Henry David Thoreau. A Yankee in Canada ... B. 1866.

Yankee Conscript, The. George Adams Fisher. The Y. C.; or, eighteen months in Dixie, 1861-62. P. 1864.

Yankee Farmer, A. John Lowell, LL.D. Peace without dishonour-war without hope... B. 1807.

Yankee Ned. George Edward Clark. Seven years of a sailor's life... B. 1867.

Yankee Officer, A. Henry L. Estabrooks. Adrift in Dixie; or... among the Rebels, 1865. N.Y. 1866.

Yankee Prisoner, A. John James Geer. Beyond the lines... loose in Dixie, 1862-63. P. 1864.

Yanko-Sequor. Martin Regul Pilon. The Yanko-Sequor: disquisitions upon N.Y. several things in America... 1874.

Yarmouth. Isaac H. Bailey. Yates, M. Mary Anne Yates Corkling. Bread reform league.

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Makepeace Thackeray to Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, Bart. . .

Magazine," January, 1840.

"Fraser's

Yellowplush, Charles, Esq. William Makepeace Thackeray. The Yellowplush correspondence, in "Fraser's Magazine," 1837-38.

Yelmarb, H. E. H. E. Bramley. Phrenological stump orations, etc. [with a preface signed...]. L. 1868.

Yenda, Mit. Timothy Adney.

Yendys, Sydney. Sydney Thompson Dobell. The Roman: a dramatic poem. L. 1850.

Yeoman, A. Sir William Cusack Smith, Bart. A letter to the Right Honourable William Wickham ... 3d ed. Dublin, 1803.

Yewrownckie, Aunt. Mrs. Henry G. Blinn. Eyes and ears; or, how I see and hear. P. 1877.

Ylloss. Samuel Solly, Esq., who was an occasional contributor to the "Gent. Mag.," on subjects of currency particularly, under this signature.

Yonge, A. de. Miss A. Watson. Joy, and other poems. L. 18-.

Yonge, Remington. Robert Remington Doherty. Miscellaneous writer. 1847.

Yorick. Piero Francesco Leopoldo Ferrigni, who, as a spirited Feuilletonist under the pseud. of "Yorick," borrowed from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," became a favorite with the Tuscan public.

Yorick. Rowley Lascelles, Esq. Letters of... or, a good-humoured remonstrance in favour of the Established Church. By a very humble member of it, in three parts... Dublin, 1817.

Dixon. Secret history of "The International" Working Men's Association. L. 1871.

Yorke, Stephen. Miss Linskill. Tales of the North Riding. L. 1871.

Yorke, Zaida, and Una Locke. Mrs. Una Locke Bailey, and another (?). The Fourth of July in New England, and the fifth of November in Old England... N.Y. 1870.

Yorkel, Hans. A. Oakey Hall. Ballads. N.Y. 1880.

"I have a dim recollection of signing some newspaper letters Hans Yorkel,' but those were ephemeral." Letter to A. R. Frey, Sept. 29, 1884.

York's Tall Son. William Trotter Porter. An appellation playfully applied to him by his friends.

Yorkshire Clergyman, A. Rev. Francis Orpen Morris, B.A. Archdeacon Wilberforce on supremacy. By

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Young Clergyman, A. Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham. A letter of thanks to the Rev. Dr. Hare... L. 1719. Young English Positivist, A. John Morley, in Robert Buchanan's "Masterspirits." L. 1873.

The letters in the Second Part appeared, the first three of them in the "Dublin Evening Post," and the remainder in "Freeman's Journal," under the signature of "Numa"; those in Part III., in the "Correspondent" newspaper, January, 1817, under the signature of "Publicola." The First Part, under the title of "Letters of 'Publicola,' ... was published in DubAn article signed letters of . Yorick," in the lin, 1816. "Gent. Mag." for March, 1835, was written by Mr. Lascelles.

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Young Englishman of Rank, A. William Wirt (?). The British spy; or, written during a through the United States. Newburyport, Mass., 1804.

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Young Gentleman, A. Benjamin Church, M.D. The choice: a poem after the manner of Mr. Pomfret... B. 1757. Young Gentleman, A. Thomas Dawes. The law given at Sinai: a poem.. B. 1777.

Young Gentleman, A. Thomas Green. The micthodion; or, a poetical olio... L. 1788.

Young Gentleman, A. Richard Valpy, D.D., F.A.S. Poetical blosBy... of the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. L. 1772.

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