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WAKXER-WARREX. 



with a relative at Clinrlomont. Here lie remained till 

 he was 13, as ho tells in his Brimi n H">/. living the 

 life of a typical farmer's Imy. while his tnil> were 

 n'll hy a warm love for nature. In I Ml! his 

 in.ithiT removed to Cazcnovia. N. V.. where In- at- 

 tended the Oiificlu Conference Seminary utnl wa- pre- 

 pared tor Hamilton College, where he graduated in 

 Is.'il, taking the prize lor the IK-SI Kii'.'lish f.-siy. lie 

 to contribute to the Kn!f!:< //</,,/, and, soon 

 ;'icr. tn i'ltlniim't M<izinr. Two years later 

 ted a B'Mtkof Elrgaite?. which was pnblished at 

 ' .via. ami then formed a plan for publishing a 



monthly magazine in l>ctroit. This atttcarried, ami 

 lie joined a surveying party on the .Missouri frontier. 

 Returning to New York city, he studied law. mainly 

 in thi- Ast or library, and in 18.% was admitted to tin- 

 bar in Philadelphia, and practised in Chicago till 

 1860. He then became assistant editor, and subse- 

 quently editor, of the Hartford (Conn.) /'< 

 soon went with the Press to the Coiirnii/, becoming 

 assistant editor and part-proprietor. In 1^' 

 spent 14 months in Europe, and his Seaatferi*ff is 

 tne outcome of his tours there. His reputation began 

 with the reptiblication of a series of papers called My 

 Summer inn Garden (1871). His later writings in- 

 clude M'/ Winter <>n the Nile; In the Levant : ll'i\//- 

 inyton Irving; A Rntutdabout Journey ; !.'<}'< nf <',,/,- 

 tuiii John Smith; The American ffaufaper ; Mum- 

 mies ami MoxJem.1- and Their l j ilrjriii<'"ir (\^\\) In 

 conjunction with b. L. Clemens (" Mark Twain'') he 

 also produced The (lihleil Aye in 1 S 7:*>. lie resides 

 in Hartford, Conn., and is one of the editors of //// 

 pert MurjKzine.. Warner belongs to the meditative 

 school of literature, with a seasoiiiiiL' of humor and 

 <|iiaintncss. His philosophical playfulness reminds us 

 of Holmes, his quaiutne-- Lamb, and the 



placidity and purity of his style recall Washington 

 Irving. "His works have a surface of smile-, 

 William A. Kideing, "but under the smiles lie deep 

 thoni 



WARNKR, SETFI (1743-1 7S4). colonel in the It-v..- 

 lutionary war. was born at Roxbury, Conn., May 17. 

 1743, son of I >r. Hcnjamin Warner. From his youth 

 up he was di-tin'.'uished for his sound judgment. 

 energy, and courage. moral as well as physical. In 

 with his f.niier. he removed to Benuingtoa in 

 -.v Himi'-hire <! rants (now Vermont), the terri- 

 tory being in dispute between the States of New York 



BOO New Hampshire. I'umig tin- i test Warner 



and Ethan Allen ('/. r) were the leaders of the settlers 

 on the " grants " and the champions of their rights, 

 for which they were outlawed by the State of New 

 York and a reward offered for their arrest. On the 

 outbreak nf the Revolutionary war Warner and Allen 

 led th(!"(ireen Mountain Hoys" to the capture of 

 Tieonderon, May 10, 177"), and on the next day 

 Warner raptured the important, post of Crown Point 

 with 113 cannon. Until were made colonels by the 

 Settlers and recognized as such by the army in tin- in- 

 vasion of Canada. In the siege of St. Jonn'l (where 

 Allen w.u captured) C..1. Warner took part under 

 Montgomery, and defeated (Jen. Carlelon ill tin; at 

 tempt lor its relief. When Ticonderoga, on the 

 approach of the English under Hnn. r ov ie 

 uitel mi the night of July li, 1777. the main lody of 

 the Anr-ricaii army took the road through Hubbard- 

 tou and C.i-tleton, Warner's regiment mid another 

 eotMtttOlUia the rear guard. When attacked next day 

 bv Gen. Frazcr with the fllir of the IJrilUh army, 

 Warner maintained a stublinii 



vdiehued by Hcs-ian r-'infor -enn n' - I'ew actions in 

 the war were mure ob>tinatcly fotiL-lit. and for liis irnl 

 lantry here and other service* Warner was offered (he 

 rank of brigadier-general by Wsi-hiiii'ton. but declined 

 nil the ground that hi- education did n<'t 

 <l'i ihly him for the position. At the battle of I'm 

 nington Col. Warner arrired too late to take part in 

 the successful assault upon Bauui's defences, yet in 



ID repel the enemy's reinforcements advancing 



under Uieyman and to share in the ulory of the ex- 

 iiluit. iMiriii 1 .' the remainder of the campaign till 

 BnrgOjne'l surrender Wiirm-r wa-. eon>taiitly on the 



-.veiiteen days be never took off his \ 

 and, ill conse.|iience. a disorder willed in his feet which 

 proved incurable and disabled him for further s> 

 He transferred his residence from Vermont bock tn his 

 native Roxbury. and died there. Jlec. ^ii. 17S4. Col. 

 Warner was nf noble appearance, beiiii: d feet 1! inches 

 in stature. His featui.s i i.- n jnlar and indinative 

 of mental strength and fixedness of purpose, and his 

 manners at once pleasiiiL' anddignili 



WARNKK, Srs.vN < \. n.ivelisf and relig- 



ious writer, was the daughter of a lawyer, whc 

 OHM books of a polhical or patriotic character. Her 

 earlier works, published underthc name of " Kli/.;ib.-tli 

 Wetherill," were ver\ eMensively circulated. Tlte. 

 Witlf, \\'!,lf W.,,-1,1 (ISI'.i) :ii:d Qtteccty (l^r.L') weru 

 translated into French and (icrinan ; of the tornu-r, 

 meant lor young girls, us were most of her books, 

 f>(K),<HKJ coliie.- are said to have IK-I-II sold in ten veal's. 

 The French critic. Taine, read it and in his Histnni nf 

 Kiii/Huh Literature refers to it as a striking example. 

 that Knglish and Ami-ricaii imvelists are " not artists 

 but moralists. It is only in a I'mtcstnut country," he 

 says, "that you will find a novel entirely occupied in 

 ing the progress of moral sentiment in a child 

 nf twelve." Hut MM Warner wrote, bookaofothef 



kinds. Aiiiirii-nit Fenmle. 1'ntrtntixiii, a prir.e 

 appeared in IS.'jL', and 'flic L<nr anil tlir Trxtimmii/. a 

 compilation front Scripture, in is. r i:i. Among her later 

 fictions were Tlir Ilillx >>'' tin' S/nitnniic. (IS'iii), Tltf. 

 t.;,,Uf,i Ladder (\M2), The Ol.l /l./mrt (l.st;;j), Mil- 



/Miiiriir //.)( I SC.l). and l>'tix;/ (\>-> 



Her sister. ANNA WAKSKII. born in New York city, 

 wrote originally under the name of "Amy I*iihrnp." 

 l)nlliirxiiiiil < 'nits appeared Is-.")^. M,/ /.'/<>,'/,'/> . 

 (1865), ,SV.//v'< -.A Vhiewr Hnll (ft voU., 1S7I), The. 

 Fourth Watch(\ffl$), The Of/nrM and a 



small volume of \Yuf<ir!nii lli/mim (ISi'.'.i). Some of 

 her translatidi;.- from the (jerman appealed without 

 name in lli;nnts </ t/te Church MiKtaut (lS6f), which 

 she compiicd. In conjunction with her sister Susan 

 she produced /.'/'- n .i/o/,/././;/im/'- c Itaoh- Shelf (b vols. , 

 1S:1H- ( .I). -V"V " '0, which had a lar;-, 



and II !ls7i'). be.-ides the Ward A'.r/_(3 



vols.. IW'iS), and others of a religions character or in- 

 tended for juvenile readers. The publications of the, 

 sisters were oil eu ill two volumes ; the character was 

 rather edifying than intellectual, and tlie earlier ones 

 had the larger share boih of literary merit and popu- 

 Kroni about lsi',1) the sisters lived on Con- 

 stitution Island in the Hudson, near West I'uint. 



WAUKI'N. (Hirvr.KMTii KKMIU.E (I83O' 

 2-eneral, was born at Cold Sprinir. N. Y. , Jan. 8, 



.oid graduated at West point in 1S.W 

 signed to the corps id topographical engineers, ho wart 

 employed in surveys in the West, and was the fir?t to 

 explore the district of the HIaek Hills. For four 



iL':ii:ed iii the ei.nsiruetioii of a map 

 of the 1 trans Mississippi region, and contributed to th 



Httilriiiil l,'i /inrtx. Exptnratiotitintl 

 Coiinti-i/. anil othir government piil'lieatioiis. He \\.is 

 id' ncitliemalii-s at \\ e-i point trmu 

 is.V.t loiliebeginiiinir of the civil war. which he entered 

 as lieiileiKitii-eiil.nl' I nt a /oiiave regiment, the Fifth 

 N. Y. At Hig Hethel be hvi.tidit off the l.dy of Lieut . 



iliebie. Becoming nilimel Ang. '.']. he was for somu 



til m ployed ill the eeii-truel-on dipaitmelil at 



Washington. After scrviir.- bcl.irc Yoll'tnwn. he was 

 in May. ISi,:.', ].'.,,.] i., rum iianl of the 'fhinl brigado 

 of Sykcs' divi-ioii nf I'ortcr'n Cf^pn (the l-'i'lh). at I ho 

 extreme rk'i ' 



insof that campaign, and at (Jaines 1 Mill, when) 

 he was slightly wmin , 1 the brevet of lieu- 



tenant-colonel in the regular army and the commission 

 of brigadier-general of volunteers. He went safely 



