Warden
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) DAVID BAILLIE, an Irish-American scholar; born in 1778. He was gradua graduated at the New York Medical College, was United States secretary of legation at Paris, and subsequently consul from 1804 to his death. He was a member of the French Institute, and published: "Inquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of the Negroes" (1810); "Origin and Nature of Consular Establishments" (1816); "Description of the District of Columbia" (1816); "Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States" (1819); "L'Art de vérifier les dates: Chronologie Historique de l'Amérique" (Art of Verifying Dates: Historical Chronology of America, 10 vols. Paris, 1826-1844); "Bibliotheca Americana Septentrionalis" (North American Library), etc. (1820); "Recherches sur les Antiquités de l'Amérique Septentrionale" (Researches in North American Antiquities, 1827); and "Bibliotheca Americana" na" (1831). He died in Paris, Oct. 9, 1845.
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Wardlaw
ELIZABETH, LADY, a 377; the second Scotch poet; born in 1677; daughter of Sir Charles Halkett, of Pit- She married in 1696 Sir Henry firrane. Wardlaw, of Pitreavie, also near Dunfermline. Her pseudo-archaic ballad, "Hardyknute, a Fragment," was first published in 1719 as a genuine antique, and, expanded from 216 to 336 lines, had been two or three times reprinted, when Percy in the second edition of his "Reliques" revealed the secret of its authorship. To Lady Wardlaw also Dr. Robert Chambers in 1859 ascribed "Sir Patrick Spens," "The Douglas Tragedy," and of the finest traditional many more Scotch ballads. Indorsed though it be by Professor Masson in his "Edinburgh Sketches" (1892), the theory is untenable; still our debt to Lady Wardlaw is a heavy one, for "Hardyknute," says Scott, was "the first poem I ever learnt, the last I shall ever forget." She died in 1727.
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Wardlaw (RALPH a Scotch)
RALPH, a Scotch Congregationalist; born in Dalkeith, Dec. 22, 1779. He studied at the University of Glasgow, and at the Selkirk "Hall" of the Burgher Synod; but, becoming dissatisfied with the tenets of that body and of Presbyterianism in general, he embraced the doctrines of the Independents. He held office in that body, first at Perth, then at Dumfries, and finally (1803) at Glasgow. He also (1811) became principal Professor of Theology at the "Hall" of his denomination in that town. In 1818 Wardlaw received the degree of D. D. from Yale College. He wrote a large number of works, chiefly of a polemical character; the chief were: "Discourses on the Socinian Controversy" (1814), "Unitarianism Incapable of Vindication" (1816), "Dissertation on the Scriptural Authority, Nature and Uses of Infant Baptism" (1825), "Discourses on the Sabbath" (1832), "Christian Ethics" (2d. ed. 1839), and "National Church Examined" Establishments (1839). He died Dec. 17, 1853. American
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Ware
WILLIAM, an clergyman, editor, and author; born in m, Mass., Aug. 3, 1797. In addi- Hingham, tion to his pastorates, and his editorship of the "Christian Examiner," he wrote the following: "Letters from Palmyra" (1837), first published in the "Knickerbocker Magazine," subsequently republished as "Zenobia; or, The Fall of Palmyra" (new ed.1868); "Probus; or, Rome 3(18 ( in the Third Century" 1838), republished as "Aurelian" (new ed. 1868); "Julian; or, Scenes in Judea" (1841); "Sketches of European Capitals" (1851); "Lectures on the Works and Genius of Washington Allston" (1852); and a "Life of Nathaniel Bacon," in Sparks' series. He edited "American Unitarian ian Biography" (1850). He died in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 19, 1852.
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Warehousing System
a customs regulation, by which imported goods may be lodged in public or bonded warehouses, at a reasonable rent, without payment of the duties on importation, till they be on, thus withdrawn for home consumption, lessening the pressure of the duties, which would otherwise cripple the purchasing power of the merchant. In the United States the warehousing system has been extended to other than imported goods. Thus spirituous liquors may be deposited by the manufacturer in government warehouses and payment of the internal revenue duty delayed till the are said to be in bond.
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Warfield
BENJAMIN BRECK- INRIDGE, an American educator; born in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 5, 1851; was graduated at Princeton University in 1871; studied at the Princeton Theological Seminary and at the University of Leipsic; became Professor of New Testament Language and Literature in the Western Theological Seminary in 1878, and continued there till 1887, when he was called to the chair of didactic and polemical theology at Princeton Seminary. He was also editor of the "Presbyterian and Reformed Review," and the author of "The Divine Origin of the Bible"; "Augustine's Anti-Pelagian Theology"; "On the Revision of the Confession of Faith"; etc.
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Warfield (DAVID an American actor born)
DAVID, an American actor, born at San Francisco, Cal., in 1866. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and made his first appearance on the stage at the Wigwam Theater, San Francisco, Cal., in 1889. In 1890 he came to New York, and from 1898 to 1900 he played there in the Casino Theater and in Weber and Field's Music Hall. In 1900 he came under the management of David Belasco and after that appeared with great success throughout the country in "The Auctioneer," "The Music Master," "A Grand Army Man," and "The Return of Peter Grimm."
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Warfield (II)
ETHELBERT DUD- LEY, an American educator; born in Lexington, Ky., March 16, 1861; was graduated at Princeton University in 1882 and at the Columbia College Law School in 1885; practiced law in Lexington, Ky., in 1886-1888; was Professor of History in Miami University in 1888- 1891; became president and Professor of History in Lafayette College in 1891, serving until 1914 when he was chosen president of Wilson College. His publications include "The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798; an Historical Study"; "At the Evening Hour"; and "Memoir of Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, U. S. N."
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Warm-Blooded Animals
the name given to mammalia and aves or birds, in contradistinction to fishes, amphibians, and reptilia, as lower vertebrata, and to all invertebrate animals. In the latter, the blood is only a degree or two warmer than the medium in which they live, while in mammals and birds the blood greatly exceeds the outer temperature in heat. heat. The average mammalian temperature varies from 99° F. to 100° F., as in man and his nearest allies, to 103° F. in the whales. In birds, the lowest temperature is about 104° F., which are the warmest-blooded animals, and may range to 110° or 112° F. This would represent an excessive fever heat in man. In hibernating animals the temperature falls considerably, as the tissue waste is reduced to its minimum. The production of heat depends on the union of oxygen in the blood with carbon and hydrogen in the tissues; active habits, as in birds, demanding large supply of oxygen, and producing a heat accordingly.
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