Tyler, John, 1747-1813. 92 T975t Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Letters and times of the Tylers. 3v. 1884-96. Whittet. Biographies of President Tyler and his father, who was speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, governor of Virginia and at different times a judge of the state and Federal courts. By a son of the president. "A most valuable collection of letters with a large body of narrative, throwing much light on Virginia history from the beginning of the Revolution, and on the history of the nation from the close of the War of 1812 to the end of the Civil War. The narrative is written in a tone of devoted loyalty to the position of Virginia in the crises of American history and to the old Virginia Republicanism of which the Tylers were eminent exponents. One of the ablest presentations of the southern view of American history for the period which is covered." Larned's Literature of American history. Tyler, John, 1790-1862. 92 T975t Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Letters and times of the Tylers. 3v. 1884-96. Whittet. Tyson, Elisha. r92 T992t [Tyson, John S.] Life of Elisha Tyson, the philanthropist, by a citizen of Baltimore. 1825. Lundy. Tyson (1749-1824) was a member of the Society of Friends and a warm advocate of the abolition of slavery. Vámbéry, Arminius. Küzdelmeim. 1905. 92 V171V Van Alstyne, Mrs Frances Jane (Crosby). See Crosby, Fanny J. Van Buren, Martin. r92 V177c Crockett, David. Life of Martin Van Buren. 1835. Wright. A political life, distinctly unfriendly in its tone, published at the time Van Buren was nominated for the presidency. Van Buren, Martin. г630.6 M73 M'Elhiney, Thomas. Life of Martin Van Buren. 1853. Privatelyprinted. Pittsburgh. Bound with other pamphlets. Vane, Charles William Stewart, marquis of Londonderry. See Londonderry, Charles William Stewart, afterward Vane, marquis of. Vannucci, Pietro. See Artists, p.1410. Vare, George Augustus. г92 V215p Pennsylvania-Senate. Memorial proceedings upon the death of G. A. Vare, late a senator from the first district. 1909. Vaughan, Herbert, cardinal. 92 V2378 Snead-Cox, John George. Life of Cardinal Vaughan. 2V. 1910. Herbert. "It was of course inevitable that a large part of these two solid volumes should be devoted to matters exclusively concerning the Roman Church and, in a less degree, Anglican controversialists. The Cardinal was...a power in the public as well as the religious life of England. He was pre-eminently representative of the English Roman Catholics, and stood far apart, in politics as in churchmanship, from the Irish hierarchy. The materials for the present work consist mainly of the Cardinal's private papers and public utterances, supplemented by the personal recollections of Father Considine, S. J., his Spiritual Director." Outlook (London), 1910. Vedder, Elihu. 92 V243 Digressions of V; written for his own fun and that of his friends. 1910. Houghton. "List of the works of V sold since the year 1856," p.459-501. "Throughout the recollections the method is circular. No association is resisted; far away events are linked together in surprising fashion, yet the whole gives a fairly unified impression of shrewd and delicately self-conscious old age groping tenderly back for the vestiges of youth and more vigorous manhood... Almost from infancy Mr. Vedder has kept his sketches, and these records dotted through the pages are an extraordinarily interesting feature of the book." Nation, 1910. Velasquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y. 92 V251m Maxwell, Sir William Stirling-. Velazquez and his works. 1855. Parker. "Catalogue of prints after works of Velazquez,” p.237-256. Reprint, with such additions as its republication in a separate form required, of the life of Velasquez as narrated in his "Annals of the artists of Spain," a scholarly work covering a field virtually unexplored at the time of its publication. Verdi, Giuseppe. Checchi, Eugenio. G. Verdi (1813-1901). 1901. "Opere teatrali," p.203-208; "Bibliografia Verdiana,” p.209. 92 V269ch Lepelletier, Edmond Adolphe de Bouhelier. Paul Verlaine; his life, his work; tr. by E. M. Lang. [1909.] Laurie. Verlaine (1844-96) was a French lyric poet. "An exact chronicle of a friendship [between author and poet] which lasted, without a break, for thirty-six years—that is, from the time Verlaine was sixteen to the time of his death; and a more sane, loyal, and impartial chronicle of any man's life we have never read... What we get in this book, for the first time, is a view of the life as a whole, with all that is beautiful, tragic, and desperate in it... It not only does honour to a great and unhappy man of genius: it does him justice." Athenæum, 1907. Portraits. Verlaine, Paul. 92 V272le Lepelletier, Edmond Adolphe de Bouhelier. Paul Verlaine; sa vie, son œuvre. 1907. Vianney, Jean Baptiste Marie. 92 V294v Vianney, Joseph. The blessed John Vianney, curé d'Ars, patron of parish priests; tr. by C. W. W. 1906. Duckworth. Vianney (1786-1859) was a French priest of great goodness and simplicity, whose influence extended far beyond the bounds of his own parish. The life is written by his nephew. Victor Emmanuel II, king of Italy. 92 V311C Cappelletti, Licurgo. Storia di Vittorio Emanuele II e del suo regno. 3v. in 1. [1893.] Victor Emmanuel II, king of Italy. 92 Vз11m Massari, Giuseppe. La vita ed il regno di Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia, primo re d'Italia. 2v. in 1. 1897. Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy. 92 V3113m Morandi, Luigi. Come fu educato Vittorio Emanuele III. 1905. Victoria, queen of England. 92 V312let Letters of Queen Victoria; a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861; pub. by authority of His Majesty the king, ed. by A. C. Benson and Viscount Esher. 3v. 1907. Longmans. V.I. 1837-43. V.3. 1854-61. The object of the publication, the editors tell us, is not to supply matter to the historical student, but to present the nation with a portrait of Queen Victoria. With this aim such letters have been selected as exhibit the development of the queen's character, her political relations with her ministers, and her domestic relations with her husband and the members of her large family at home and on the continent. Especially interesting are the lights thrown on the four men who formed her select body-guard, so to speak-Lord Melbourne, her uncle Leopold, king of the Belgians and his former physician and secretary, Baron Stockmar, and Prince Albert. Condensed from Saturday review, 1907. Victoria, queen of England. 92 V312m Martin, Sir Theodore. Queen Victoria as I knew her. 1908. Blackwood. Author came into confidential relations with the queen while he was writing the life of the prince consort and these relations continued until her death. Very brief sketch. Victoria, queen of England. j92 V312t Tappan, Eva March. In the days of Queen Victoria. 1903. Lee. The same...... .92 V312ta Life of the "well-beloved woman" who became a queen at 18 and who for nearly 64 years wore the crown of Great Britain. Illustrations from famous paintings and engravings, and from photographs. Vieilleville, seigneur de, François de Scépeaux, comte de Durestal. 92 V316c Coignet, Mme Clarisse (Gauthier). A gentleman of the olden time, François de Scépeaux, sire de Vieilleville, 1509–71; portraits and stories of the 16th century during the reign of Henri II [tr.] from the French by C. B. Pitman. 2v. 1887. Bentley. Vieilleville served three French kings, Francis I, Henry II and Charles IX, as captain, administrator and diplomatist. From the standpoint of French history, the chief interest of the book is the light it throws on Henry II, the wars in Alsace and Lorraine and the taking of Metz, Toul and Verdun. Vinci, Leonardo da. See Artists, p.1410. Vis-Knut. See Nordgarden, Knut Rasmusson, called Vis-Knut. Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de. 92 V378c Collins, John Churton. Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in England. 1908. Nash. "Attempt to sketch the history of three singularly interesting episodes in the literary relations between France and England, namely, the visits of Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, during periods extending respectively from the spring of 1726 to the spring of 1729, from the autumn of 1729 to the spring or early summer of 1731, and from January 1766 to May 1767." Preface. "A contribution of value to the literary history both of France and England." Saturday review, 1908. 92 V378go גארדין, יעקב. וואלטער, אלס מענש און דענקער. Voyer, René Louis de, marquis d'Argenson. See Argenson, René Louis de Voyer, marquis d'. Wagner, Richard. Mein leben. 2v. 1911. Wagner, Richard. My life; authorized translation from the German. 2v. 992 W134W 92 W134W 1911. Dodd. This autobiography was privately printed in 1871 and the half dozen copies given to intimate friends, republication for the world at large being deferred till years after Wagner's death. "Mein leben" closes with the year 1864, but, though a torso, it takes its place at once among the world's great autobiographies. It is very full in regard to Wagner's childhood and youth and much of it is devoted to a narrative of the ill luck which pursued him, through the greater part of his career, because of his unfortunate determination to be a composer. The author tells a plain tale sparing himself no more than others when occasion for censure arrives. He gives glimpses into the workshop of his genius and throws a flood of light on the musical conditions of his time in most European countries; and finally, what many readers will relish most, there are many comments on great musicians who befriended or opposed him-Liszt, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Bülow, Saint-Saëns and a host of others. Condensed from Nation, 1911. Wagner, Richard. 92 W134ga Gautier, Judith, afterward Mme Mendès. Wagner at home; fully tr. by E. D. Massie from the French. 1910. Mills. Author, a Paris journalist, daughter of Théophile Gautier and an ardent admirer of Wagner, was invited by the latter to visit him at his home in Lucerne in 1869. She gives an intimate account of his home life and activities, adding a description of a visit to Munich where the "Rheingold" was to be given for the first time. Wagner, Richard. 92 W1348 Glasenapp, Carl Friedrich. Life of Richard Wagner; an authorized English version by W. A. Ellis. v.6. 1908. Paul. v.6. 1855-1859. The pessimist.-How "Die walküre" got finished.-Marking time. -Liszt's second visit.-"Siegfried" as torso.-Asyl guests.-"Tristan und Isolde." English version of the authoritative German biography of Wagner. Glasenapp's name is omitted from the title-page of v.6, as this volume is almost entirely the work of Mr Ellis. "Based upon an intimate acquaintance with Wagner's writings, and a diligent study of periodicals, etc. Somewhat verbose, but reliable on the whole." Grove's Dictionary of music and musicians, 1900. For v.1-5 see preceding catalogue, first series. Wagner, Richard. Neumann, Angelo. 92 W134ne Erinnerungen an Richard Wagner. 1907. The most important biographic contribution to musical literature since the beginning of the century, with the exception of Wagner's Letters to Frau Wesendonck. It contains a large number of the master's letters which have never before been printed, and it gives so many interesting glimpses of life behind the scenes both literally and figuratively-that in a short time it has reached its fourth edition. Neumann began his career as a baritone, 50 years ago. He became a Wagner enthusiast during the Vienna concerts in 1862 and in 1876 he became joint manager, with August Förster, of the Leipzig Stadttheater, and from that time on he played a role in the life of Wagner, the importance of which has heretofore been known to few. The Leipzig performances were a brilliant success, and so were those Neumann gave at the Victoria Theatre in Berlin. Neumann afterward gained Wagner's consent for his project of a traveling Wagner theatre. The adventures which befell them in Paris, London, and the other European cities down to Italy take up the remaining pages of Neumann's reminiscences. Condensed from Nation, 1907. Wagner, Richard. 92 W134neu Neumann, Angelo. Personal recollections of Wagner; tr. from the fourth German edition by Edith Livermore. 1908. Holt. Walker, Jonathan Hoge. r92 W169 Jonathan Hoge Walker, the first judge of the United States district court for the western district of Pennsylvania; a sketch. 1882. [Eichbaum.] Pittsburgh. Wallace, Lewis. Autobiography. 2v. 1906. Harper. 92 W176 Reminiscences of the Civil war occupy a large share in the story of Wallace's varied career (1827-1905) as lawyer, soldier, diplomat and author. Walton, Izaak. 92 W193m Martin, Stapleton. Izaak Walton and his friends. [1904.] Dutton. Written chiefly, as the author states in his preface, "to bring out the spiritual side of Walton's character." Quotations are given from his works and considerable space is devoted to short biographies of his friends, among whom were many of the noted ecclesiastics of the day. Warburton, William, bp. 92 W2122W Watson, John Selby. Life of William Warburton, lord bishop of Gloucester from 1760 to 1779, with remarks on his works. 1863. Long man. "To his admirers he represented the last worthy successor of the learned divines of the preceding century... The life by... Watson is tiresome, but collects most of the ascertainable facts." Dictionary of national biography. Wardlaw, Ralph. 92 W219a Alexander, William Lindsay. Memoirs of the life and writings of Ralph Wardlaw. 1856. Black. Wardlaw (1779-1853) was a Scottish Congregational minister and theologian. Washington, Booker Taliaferro. 92 W2722v r92 W272di Vom sklaven empor; eine selbstbiographie; autorisirte deutsche uebersetzung von Estelle du Bois-Reymond. 1902. Washington, George. Diary from 1789 to 1791; embracing the opening of the first Congress and his tours through New England, Long Island and the Southern states, together with his journal of a tour to the Ohio in 1753; ed. by B. J. Lossing. 1861. Press of the [Va.] Historical Soc. The expedition in 1753, made under Gov. Dinwiddie's order, was with the object of warning the French against encroaching in the Ohio country. He reports on the advantages of the "forks of the Ohio" as a situation for a fort. The northern and southern tours, which were uneventful, he undertook in order to gain a personal acquaintance with all parts of the Union during his term of office. Washington, George. qr974.8 P3992 v.29-31 Washington's household account book, 1793-97. (In Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, v.29-31, Oct. 1905–July 1907.) Washington, George. qr92 W272bk Baker, William Spohn. The engraved portraits of Washington, with notices of the originals and brief biographical sketches of the painters. 1880. Lindsay. The portraits themselves are not reproduced, but an account is given in each case of the original picture, followed by a list of the engravings which have been made from it. |