V. Valjean, Jean (zhon valzhon). The | Venner, Elsie. name of an interesting and powerfully drawn character in Victor Hugo's (1802-1885) famous romance ofLes Misérables." Varden, Dolly. A gay little coquette, the daughter of Gabriel Varden, in "Barnaby Rudge," a novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). The name has been applied to a certain manner of dress. Veneering, Mr. and Mrs. Charac ters in Dickens's (1812-1870) novel of "Our Mutual Friend," whose characteristics can be inferred from their name. Venice of the North. A name sometimes applied to Stockholm and also to Amsterdam. The heroine of a psychological romance of the same name by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Venus, Isle of. See ISLE OF VE NUS. Vincy, Rosamond. A character in George Eliot's (1820?-1880) novel of "Middlemarch." Voltaire of Science. A title sometimes given to Boehaave, the celebrated Dutch physician and philosopher (1668-1738). Vox, Valentine. The hero of Henry Cockton's novel entitled "The Ventriloquist; being the life and adventures of Valentine Vox," published in 1840. W. Ward, John, Preacher. The hero and title of a popular novel of the present day by Margaret Deland. Wardle, Mr. An old gentleman in Dickens's (1812-1870) "Pickwick Papers," with whom and his several feminine relatives Mr. Pickwick and friends become well acquainted. Wegg, Silas. An avaricious balladmonger and fruit-seller, "a ligneous sharper," who under the guise of being "a literary man, with a wooden leg" is employed as a reader by Mr. Boffin in Dickens's (1812-1870) novel of "Our Mutual Friend." Whiffle, Captain. See CAPTAIN WHIFFLE. White Hoods. From the peculiar covering for the head worn by the men of Ghent when in military service, in the time of Artevelde, they were called White Hoods. I beheld the Flemish weavers, with Namur and Juliers bold, Marching homeward from the bloody Saw the fight at Minnewater, saw the Saw great Artevelde victorious scale the Wren, Jenny. A doll's dressmaker For the "Key to the Scheme of Pronunciation," with the accompanying Explanations, and for the Remarks and Rules to which the numbers after certain words refer, see pp. xiv-xxxii. INDEX OF THE REAL NAMES OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC., WHOSE NICKNAMES, PSEUDONYMS, OR POPULAR APPELLATIONS, ARE GIVEN IN THE PRECEDING DICTIONARY. "Qui sera en cherche de science, si la pesche où elle se loge." MONTAIGNE. Aartsen, Peter. Long Peter. Abernethy, John. Doctor My-book. Abyla and Calpe. See GIBRALTAR, ROCK Accolti, Bernardo. The Only Aretino. Adams, John Quincy. Old Man Eloquent. Ægidius Romanus. See ROMANUS, EGIDIUS. Agamemnon. King of Men. Agoult, Countess of. (Marie de Flavigny.) Daniel Stern. Aiken, Margaret. Great Witch of Balwery. Albani, Francesco. Anacreon of Painters. Mars. Portuguese Ali (uncle of Mohammed). Lion of God. Allan, David. Scottish Hogarth. American Indian (The). Red Man. Andouins, Diane d'. (Countess of Guiche See RENÉ D'ANJOU. Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius. The Philosopher. Apollonius of Alexandria. Prince of Grammarians. Apperley, Charles J. Nimrod. Appiani, Andrea. Painter of the Graces. Angel of the Schools, Dumb Ox, Eagle Arabia. Araby. Arcadia. Arcady. Aretino, Pietro. Scourge of Princes. Aristarchus of Samothrace. Coryphæus of Aristophanes. Father of Comedy. Aristotle. Pope of Philosophy, Stagirite. Armstrong, John. Launcelot Temple. Bell, Adam. Abraham-Cupid (?). Benton, Thomas H. Old Bullion. Betty, William H. W. Young Roscius. (Genevan) Breeches Bible; (Lon- Billaut, Adam. Master Adam. Marshal Forwards. Bonaparte, Napoleon. Armed Soldier of Democracy, Boney, Corporal Violet, Bonaparte, Napoleon Francis Charles Jo- Bonaparte. See NAPOLEON, PRINCE. Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne. Eagle of Meaux. Boston State-House. Hub of the Universe. Bourbonnais, Charles, Duke of. Constable Bourdaloue, Louis. King of Preachers. Boyd, A. K. H. Country Parson. Boyle, Richard. Great Earl of Cork. Bridgewater, Duke of. (Francis Egerton Bronté, Charlotte. (Mrs. Nicholls.) Cur- Bronté, Emily. Ellis Bell. Brooks, Maria. Maria dell' Occidente. Brydges, Grey. (Lord Chandos.) King of Buchanan, James. Old Public Functionary. Buckingham, 2d Duke of. (George Villiers.) Buda. Key of Christendom. Bunbury, Mrs. See HORNECK, CATHARINE. Burgoyne, John. Sir Jack Brag. Chrononhotonthologos, Burke, Edmund. Junius (?). Burleigh, Walter. Plain and Perspicuous Carlisle. Carduel. Carlyle, Alexander. Jupiter Carlyle. Cassius, Caius. Last of the Romans. Castriota, George. White Devil of Walla- Cateau-Cambresis, Peace of. Peace. Unfortunate Catharine II. (of Russia). Modern Messa- Chambord, Comte de. Miraculous Child. Chandos, Lord. See BRYDGES, GREY. Charles I. (of England). Last Man, Man Charles II. (of England). Merry Mon- Charles II. (of France). Most Christian Charles II. (of Spain). Lord Strutt. peror. Parsons' Em- Charles V. (of France). French Solomon, or Solomon of France. Charles V. (of Spain). Picrochole (?). Chatham, Earl of. See PITT, WILLIAM. Chaucer, Geoffrey. Father of English Poe- Chiabrera, Gabriello. Italian Pindar. China. Cathay, Celestial Empire, Flowery Chinese (The). John Chinaman. Christian III. (of Denmark). Father of his Christopher III. (of Denmark, Sweden, and School. Blue - coat Chrysostom, St. John. Glorious Preacher. EMILY. Chulkhurst, Mary and Elizabeth. Bidden- Churchill, John. See MARLBOROUGH, DUKE OF. Desbillons, François Joseph Terasse. Last Desforges, Évariste Désiré. French Tibullus. D'Espréménil. Crispin-Catiline. Devil (The). Auld Ane, Auld Clootie, Auld Douglas, Archibald IV., Earl of. Tyneman. Douglas, Margaret, Countess of. Fair Maid Douglas, Stephen A. Little Giant. Flower of Chivalry. Dowling, Vincent. Long Scribe. Dublin University Magazine (Editor of). Duchesne, André. Father of French His- Dudevant, Mme. George Sand. Eagle of Brittany. |