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twenty juvenile, historical, and scientific books, under various pen-names, chiefly under that of " William Shepard.'* In 1886 he became editor of " Lippincott's Magazine." He has published un- der his own name " Faust : the Legend and the Poem," a critical commentary (Philadelphia, 1887), and " Paradoxes of a Philistine " (1888).

WALSH, William, Canadian R. C. archbishop, b. in Waterford, Ireland, in November, 1804; d. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10 Aug., 1858. He was educated in theology and philosophy in St. John's college, Waterford, and was ordained a priest on 25 March, 1828. He exercised his ministry for the following ten years in the archdiocese of Dub- lin, where he was nominated bishop of Calcutta. He was permitted to decline the appointment, but in 1834, in obedience to the command of his supe- riors, he consented to become coadjutor vicar apos- tolic of Nova Scotia. On the creation of the see of Halifax in 1845 he became bishop, and in 1852 he was made archbishop of the same diocese. He not only contributed to the advancement of the Ro- man Catholic church in Nova Scotia, but did much to increase the general well-being of the prov- ince. He labored to create a Roman Catholic literature, and for this purpose published transla- tions of the works of St. AlphonsusLiguori, Grif- fet's " Meditations,*' Berthier's " God and I," and the " Spiritual Maxims " of St. Vincent de Paul. His original works are "Lenten Manual" (New York, 1855); "Catholic Offering" (1855); and " Eucharistica " (1856).

WALTER, Nehemiah, clergyman, b. in Ire- land in December, 1663 ; d. in Roxbury, Mass., 17 Sept., 1750. He was of English parentage, and came with his father, Thomas, to this country in 1679, settling in Boston. He was graduated at Harvard in 1684, and, after living for a time in Nova Scotia, became colleague to John Eliot, the apostle to the Indians. He was minister of Rox- bury, Mass., from 17 Oct., 1688, till his death. Mr. Walter married a daughter of Increase Mather. He published " An Essay on the Sense of Indwell- ing Sin in the Regenerate " (Boston, 1707) ; " Prac- tical Discourses on the Holiness of Heaven " (1726) ; and a posthumous volume of " Sermons on Isaiah LV. " (1755). — His son, Thomas, clergy- man, b. in Roxbury, Mass., 13 Dec, 1696 ; d. there, 10 Jan., 1725, was graduated at Harvard in 1713, and ordained as his father's colleague, 19 Oct., 1718. He published " Grounds and Rules of Music Ex- plained " (Boston, 1721) ; " A Sermon at the Bos- ton Lecture" (1723); and "Infallibility may Some- times Mistake," an essay (1724). — Thomas's nephew, William, clergyman, b. in Roxbury, Mass., 7 Oct., 1737 ; d. in Boston, 5 Dec, 1800, was gradu- ated at Harvard in 1756, ordained by the bishop of London in 1764 as a minister of the Anglican church, and on 22 July of the same year installed rector of Trinity church, Boston. He sympathized with the loyalists, and, resigning the rectorship of Trinity church, 17 March, 1776, accompanied Gen. Howe to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his familv and many others. He afterward went to New York, acted for some time as chaplain of a British regi- ment, and, returning to Is ova Scotia, received a grant of land from the crown as compensation for his losses, which amounted to £7,000. He re- turned to Boston in 1791, and the next year became rector of Christ church in that city, where he ministered till his death. In 1796 he was invited to deliver the Dudleian lecture at Harvard col- lege, and in 1798 he pronounced the anniver- sary discourse before the Massachusetts humane society, which was published. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by King's college, Aberdeen, in 1784. — William's grandson, Lynde Minshall, journalist (1799 — 1842), was graduated at Harvard in 1817, established the " Boston Transcript " in 1830, and was editor till 1842. — Another grandson of- William, William Bicker, author, b. in Bos- ton, 19 April, 1796; d. in Charleston, S. C, 23 April, 1822, was graduated at Bowdoin in 1818, and studied divinity at Cambridge, but did not preach. He possessed an active fancy and great facility of versification. Mr. Walter contributed odes, son- nets, and translations to the newspapers and maga- zines, and in 1822 went to the southern states to give lectures on poetry. He published " Poems " (Boston, 1821), and " Sukey " a poem (1821). The latter was suggested by Pitz-Greene Halleck's " Fanny," which appeared in 1819.

WALTER, Thomas, botanist, b. in Hampshire, England, about 1745 ; d. near Charleston, S. C, about 1800. He received a liberal education in England, but, emigrating to this country, settled on a plantation in St. Stephen's parish, S. C. There he followed the business of a planter and devoted his leisure to botany. In his garden he cultivated the plants that he subsequently described, and sev- eral species have since been named after him. His principal publication is " Flora Caroliniana, se- cundum Systema Vegetabilium perillustris Linnsei digesta " (London, 1788).

WALTER, Thomas Ustick, architect, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 4 Sept., 1804 ; d. there, 30 Oct., 1887. His early education was liberal but not col- legiate, and at the age of fifteen he entered the office of William Strickland, the architect of the mint and the custom-house, Philadelphia. After acquiring a knowledge of linear drawing and a general acquaintance with the professional prac- tice of architects, he resumed his general studies, prosecuted them for seven years, and after two more years with Mr. Strickland he began practice as an architect in 1830. His first important work was the new county prison (1831), which is now gen- erally known as Moyamensing jail, and in 1833 he made the original designs for Girard college, and was sent to Europe by the building committee of that institution, that he might study there. On his return he took charge of the college building, which was completed in 1847, and which it is claimed is the finest specimen of classic architecture on this continent. Mr. Walter's next great work was the breakwater at Laguayra for the Venezuelan gov- ernment ; in 1851 his design for the extension of the capitol at Washington was adopted. Having been appointed government architect, he removed

to Washington, and remained there till the completion of the work in 1865. (See illustration.) While in Washington he also designed the extensions of the patent-office, treasury, and post-office buildings, the dome on the old capitol, the congressional