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Windward Islands – Wood Carving

Windward Islands

a group in the West Indies, comprising St. Lucia (the largest), St. Vincent, Barbadoes, Grenada, and Tobago.

Winnebago

a lake in Wisconsin; in the basin of the Fox river. It is 26 miles long and 10 broad, and has an area of 212 square miles. Both the river and the lake are navigated by steamboats, and afford good fishing.

Winipiseogee Lake

a lake in New Hampshire. Its length is 25 miles, its breadth varies from 1 to 10 miles; area 175 square miles; elevation above sea-level, 472 feet. It discharges by the Winipiseogee river, an affluent of the Merrimac. It is studded with islands, and abounds in fish. The beautiful scenery of this district attracts many tourists.

Winthrop

a town of Massachusetts 15,455. first colonists to Salem in 1630 as their governor, and with the exception of six or seven years,

Wisdom of Solomon

THE, the

Wisdom of Solomon

THE, the title of an apocryphal book, named in generally placed sixth in order between

Wise

HENRY ALEXANDER, an

Wollaston Lake

a lake in the Northwest Territory, British America. It is about 50 miles long and finds its outlet in the Mackenzie river.

Wollin

an island of Prussia at the mouth of the Oder; on the N. side of the Great Haff; length, 20 miles; breadth from 3 to 10 miles. Fishing and cattlerearing are the chief employments. Pop. about 15,000.

Wollstonecraft

MARY. See GODWIN, MARY.

WOLSELEY,

Woman Suffrage

the right of or privilege, is probably a survival from

Wood Carving

an art of great antiquity, followed largely in France, Italy, and Switzerland. In recent years it has been made a part of the manual training courses in the public schools of the United States.