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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Twysden, Talbott. /'fillip, Thackeray. A. public 

 officer. 



Tybalt. Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare. Nephew of 

 Lady Capulet, slain by Romeo. 



Ulrica. Ivanhoe, Scott. An old witch. 



Una. The faery Queene, Spenser. The personification 

 of Truth. 



I'ncas. The Last of the Mohican, Cooper. A Mohi- 

 can chief. 



Uncle Toby. Tristram Shandy, Sterne. A noble 

 veteran, the real hero of the story. 



Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe. A pious 

 and unfortunate slave, the hero of the novel. This book 

 added more converts to the abolition party than any 

 other factor. It is the most remarkable an'd effective 

 American work printed. ^ 



Varden, Dolly. Barnaby Rudge, Dickens. The hej- 

 oine of the story. 



Vathek. Vathek, Beckford. The hero of Beckf ord's 

 remarkable novel. 



Vernon, Di. Rob Roy, Scott. The heroine of the 

 novel. 



Vholes. Bleak House, Dickens. A crafty lawyer. 



Viola. Twelfth Xight, Shakespeare. A sweet little 

 lady in love with Orsino. 



Virgilia. Coriolanus, Shakespeare. Wife of Corio- 

 lanus. 



Virginia. Paul and Virginia, St. Pierre. Heroine 

 of the novel. 



Vivian. Idyls of the King, Tennyson. The mistress 

 of Merlin, the Enchanter. 



Wadman, Widow. Tristram Shandy, Sterne. The 

 lady who seeks to decoy Uncle Toby into matrimony. 



Wamba. Ivanhoe, Scott. A clown. 



Wardle, Mr. Pickieick Papers, Dickens. A jolly 

 country gentleman, friend of Mr. Pickwick. 



Weg'g, Silas. Our Mutual Friend, Dickens. The vil- 

 lain ol the noyel. 



Weller, Tony and Samivel. Pickwick Papers, 

 Dickens. Father and son; the latter, Mr. Pickwick's 

 serving man, is undoubtedly the most original and most 

 humorous creation of Dickens' exuberant fancy. 



Werther. Sorrows of Werther, Goethe. Hero of the 

 tale. 



Western, Squire and Sophia. Tom Jones, Fielding. 

 Father and daughter, the latter the heroine of the 

 novel. 



WhiBkerandos, Don Ferolo. The Critic, Sh'-rldan. 

 The lover of Tilburina. 



Wickfield, Agnes. Da rid Copprrfield, 7>i<-f,> n*. 

 Heroine of the novel. 



Wild, Jonathan. Jonathan Wild, Fii-lding. A 

 famous highwayman, and afterwards a noted thief- 

 taker of London. 



Wildair, Sir Harry. The Constant Couple, and Sir 

 Harry Wildair, Farniihnr. The hero of both plays. 



Wilfer, Bella, T.aviiiia, Reginald, and Mrs. Our 

 Mutual Friend, Dickens. One of the most entertaining 

 family groups in English fiction. The first is the 

 charming heroine of the novel. Lavinia is her abom- 

 inable sister ; Reginald, her angelic papa ; while the 

 somber background is made by" the gloomy mamma, 

 whose other name in the family is The Tragic Muse. 



Wilfrid. Rokeby, Scott. Hero of the poem. 



Williams, Caleb. Caleb Williams, Godwin. The 

 hero of a very remarkable novel. 



Wimble, Will. Spectator, Adilison. Pseudonym for 

 Thomas Morecraft. 



Winkle, Rip Van. Sketch Hook, Trrina. The im- 

 mortal sleeper of the Catskills. 



Wishfort, Lady. The Way of I/if World, Ci<-/r< M. 

 Heroine of the play. 



Worldly Wiseman, Mr. Pili/riin'a 1'rogress, Bun- 

 yan. One of Christian's difficulties. 



Wray, Enoch. The Village, Crahbe. A noble old 

 man. 



Wren, Jenny. Our Mutual Frit-mi. />;</.< ;<s. The 

 dolls' dressmaker. 



Wronghead, Sir Francis. The Provoked Husband, 

 Vanburgh. Hero of the play. 



Yorlck. Tristram Shandy, Sterne. A jester de- 

 scended from the Yorick whose history is told by 

 Hamlet. 



Yseult. Tristram and Ysritlt, Matthew- Arnold. \ 

 Cornish heroine of the olden time. 



7adoc. Absalom and Achitophel, Dryden. I 

 nym for Sancrof t, Archbishop of Canterbury. 



"Zanoni. Zanoni, Bitlwer. The mystical hero of the 

 novel. 



Zeluco. ZehuM, Dr. J. Moore. The prodigal hero of 

 the novel. 



Zobeide. Arabian Nights. The wife of the great 

 Haroun al Raschid. 



Zadig. Zadig, Voltaire. The Babylonian hero of the 

 novel. 



Zophiel. Paradise Lost, Milton. A swift-winged 

 cherub. 



Zuleika. The Bride of Abydos, Byron. Heroine of 

 the poem. 



LITERARY PSEUDONYMS. 



A. L. O'. E. ( = .4 Lady of 

 England) Charlotte Maria Tucker. 



Adder, Max Chas. Heber Clark. 



Alexander, Mrs Mrs. A. F. Hector. 



Anstey, F. F. Anstey Guthrie. 



Atlas (' World") Edmund" \ 



Bab W.S.Gilbert. 



Bede, CutJibert Rev. Edw. Bradley. 



Bell, Acton Anne Bronte'. 



Bell, Currer Charlotte Bronte. 



Bell, Ellis Emily Jane Bronte. 



Bibliophile, Jacob Paul'Lacroix. 



Bickerstaff, Isaac Dean Swift and Steele in 



TaWf. 



Biglow, Hosea J. Russell Lowell. 



Billings, Josh Henry W. Shaw. 



BonGattltier Sir Theodore Martin ami W. 



E. Aytoun. 



Boz Chas. Dickens. 



Breitmann, Jlan* Chas. G. Leland. 



Carmen, Sylva Queen of Roumania. 



Conway, Hugh F. J. Fargus. 



Cornwall, Barry B. W. Procter. 



Crayon, Geoffrey Washington Irving. 



' Danbury Neirmnan J. M. Bailey. 



Elia Charles Lamb. 



Eliot, George Mrs. Mary Ann fi 



Evans). 



Ettrick Shepherd James Hogg. 



Fern, Fanny Mrs. Sara P. Parton. 



I Graduate of Oxford John Ruskin. 



| Greenwood, Grace Mrs. Lippincott. 



Greville, Henry Mme. Durand. 



H. H. Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson. 



Hamilton, Gail Mary Abigail Dodge. 



Harland, Marion Mrs. M. V. Terhm. 



Hawes). 



Historicus Sir W. Vernon Harrourt. 



Jean Paul J. P. F. Richter. 



Kerr, Orpheus ( ' R. H. Newell. 



Knickerbocker, Dit-drich Washington Irving. 



L. E. L Letitia E. Landon. 



/.' . J man Violet Paget. 



Loti, Pierre . . Julien Viand. 



Li/alt. Ed,,a Ada Ellen Bayly. 



)IaMan<1, Thomas R. Buchanan. 



Mai' t. /. Hi-it -i Mrs. Harrison./'.'- KingslcyV 



Mathers, Helen Mrs. Reeves (/->'< Matthews). 



Mi // j;///. on; a Earl of Lvtton. 



Milli r, ./'"/"'/' C. H. Miller. 



Nasby, Petroleum, V D. R. Locke. 



North, Christopher Prof. John Wilson. 



(yUowd, Cornelius Charles Lever. 



Oaili-y, Gavin J. M. Barrie. 



Old Humphrey G. Mogridge. 



Omnium, Jacob Matt. Jas. Biggins. 



Opium Eater T. De Quincey. 



Optic, Olii-cr Wm.T. Adams. 



O r Kell, Ma. r Paul Blouet. 



Ouida Louise de la Rame. 



J Douglas JerroUl. 



V j A. T. Quiller ( 'mii-h. 



{Sam. G. Goodrich ; 

 W.Martin: 

 G. Mogridge; 

 W. Tegg; 

 J. Bennett. 



Phiz Hablot K. Browne. 



Pindar, Peter John Wolcot. 



! Plymley, Peter Sydney Smith. 



! Prout, Father F. S. Mahony . 



0'iirinus Dr. Dollinsrer. 



Rob Roy John Macgregor. 



