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Warner (SUSAN pen name ELIZA- BETH)

SUSAN, pen name ELIZA- BETH WETHERELL, an American novelist; born in New York, July 11, 1819. Her books are: "The Wide, Wide World" (1850); "Queechy" (2 vols. 1852); a theological treatise, "The Law and the Testimony" (1853); "The Hills of the Shatemuc" (1856); "Lyrics from the Wide, Wide World"; "The Golden Ladder" (1862); "The Old Helmet" (1863); "Wych Hazel" (1876); and an essay, "American Female Patriotism." She died in Highland Falls, N. Y., March 17, 1885.

WAR OF 1812, the second serious conflict between Great Britain and the United States. It lasted for over two and a half years, beginning June 19, 1812, 1812, and ending with the treaty of Ghent, which was signed Dec. 24, 1814, and ratified Feb. 18, 1815. The principal cause of this war was the interference of Great Britain with American vessels, which she caused to be stopped on the high seas and searched for British subjects who were forced into the navy or imprisoned for refusing to serve. Several times American men-of-war were fired on and compelled to give up seamen in their crews. Great Britain also interfered with our commerce by her blockades and Embargo Act, and a bitter feeling was aroused. James Madison, at that time President of the United States, was personally opposed to a war, but was overruled by Congress, which appropriated large sums for the army and navy. See UNITED STATES, HISTORY.