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Stephenson, Robert—continued.<br />

I 866 g 2 S837J<br />

Stephenson (1803-59) was an English railway engineer and bridge<br />

builder.<br />

Stevenson, Robert Louis.<br />

Strong, Mrs Isobel (Osbourne), & Osbourne, Lloyd.<br />

Memories of Vailima. 1902<br />

g2 S848str<br />

Contents: Verses written in 1872, by R. L. Stevenson.—Vailima tabletalk,<br />

by Isobel Strong.—Mr Stevenson's home life at Vailima, by Lloyd<br />

Osbourne.—Pola, by Isobel Strong.—Samoan songs, by Isobel Strong.<br />

Thomas a Becket.<br />

Ward, Henry Snowden. The Canterbury pilgrimages.<br />

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Begins with a history of the life and canonization of Thomas a Becket<br />

and an account of the cult of St. Thomas, passes on to an excellent<br />

summary of Chaucer's "Canterbury tales" and finally traces<br />

the pilgrims' "way" from Winchester to Canterbury, as it is today.<br />

Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August Ludwig Philipp.<br />

Denkwiirdigkeiten des eignen lebens. 5v. 1871<br />

g2 V218<br />

Wallcut, Thomas.<br />

Journal of Thomas Wallcut in 1790; with notes by Ge<strong>org</strong>e<br />

Dexter. 1879<br />

rg 2 W178<br />

Reprinted from the "Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society"<br />

for October 1879.<br />

Journal kept during a visit to Marietta, Ohio, and on the return journey<br />

to Boston, by one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical<br />

Society.<br />

Whitman, Walt.<br />

Traubel, Horace Logo. With Walt Whitman in Camden<br />

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92 W648tr<br />

Traubel was Whitman's Boswell. His memoirs give rough notes of talks<br />

with Whitman, with many letters of the period or of an earlier time.<br />

The whole book is unstudied and unpolished, yet it conveys a realistic<br />

impression of the poet and the man.<br />

Worcester, Edward Somerset, marquis of.<br />

Dircks, Henry. Life, times and scientific labours of the<br />

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"Catalogue of early scientific works," p.589-597.<br />

"Catalogue of books either quoted or consulted," p.598-604.<br />

"Elaborate but not quite successful attempt to justify Worcester's proceedings<br />

in Ireland, and to establish his claim as founder of the<br />

steam-engine." Dictionary of national biography.<br />

Wright, Chauncey.<br />

Letters; with some account of his life by J. B. Thayer.<br />

1878 g2 Wg33<br />

Chauncey Wright (1830—75) was an American philosopher, mathematician<br />

and physicist.<br />

History<br />

General<br />

Jager, Oskar.<br />

1815-1871; geschichte der neuesten zeit vom Wiener congress<br />

bis zum Frankfurter frieden. 3V. in 2. 1874-75. • .gog.8 J14<br />

v.i. 1815-1848.<br />

v.2—3. 1848—1871.<br />

Title of v.2 and 3 reads "1815-1871; versuch einer darstellung neuester<br />

geschichte."<br />

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