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SOME OF THE^/ARBLERS 



* 



Black and White 



Creeping Warbler 



Golden-Winged Warbler 



KHatrd Subject*. The following warblers 

 are given specific treatment in these volumes : 

 Chat Redstart- 



Oven Bird Stonechat 



WARD. This word, in its origin, is a mere 

 variant of guard, and in several of its meanings 

 the relationship of the two terms is evident. 



(1) In law, a ward is a minor who has been 

 placed under a guardian, or responsible person 

 whose legal duty it is to protect the minor's 

 rights. The father is the child's natural 

 guardian, but if a child has property and has 

 no father, the courts are privileged to appoint 

 a guardian. In these circumstances the ward 

 must obey his guardian; he cannot marry or 

 embark on any business enterprise without the 

 consent of the latter, nor can he bring suit 

 against his guardian, even if he feels that his 

 rights are not being protected. In such a case, 

 however, he may file a complaint with the 

 court, and the court will call the guardian to 

 account. In most instances, wardship ceases 

 with in ni-i ILT; in any case, it ceases when the 



I becomes of age. 



(2) In politic*, the term ward is applied to 

 one of the divisions of a city. In olden times 

 such divisions were constituted for purposes of 

 protection or guarding, but to-day they owe 

 thr>ir existence to governmental conditions. A, 

 village or a town becomes a city largely be- 

 cause it desires, through divisions into wards, 

 to secure for each part of its population a just 



: sentation in the council or other legisla- 



tive body. Each ward elects to this body usu- 

 ally two aldermen, who make it their dut> 

 see that in all the activities of the city the dis- 

 trict which they represent is given due consid- 

 eration. 



WARD, ARTEMUS. See BROWNE, CHARLES 

 FARRAR. 



WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844- 

 1911), an American novelist, bora in Boston. 

 When she was but four years old her father was 

 made professor of homiletics in the theological 

 seminary at Andover, Mass., and in that vil 

 she grew up. Her education was received in 

 private schools and from her father, who used 

 to discuss with her subjects far beyond the 

 comprehension of most girls of her age. After 

 leaving school she devoted herself for several 

 years to mission work in a factory settlement 

 near her home, and the inflm -nco of this work 

 is seen in many of her books. 



In 1864 a war story, A Sacrifice Consumed, 

 appeared in Harpers Magazine, and from that 

 nine* on she was a frequent contributor to that 

 periodical. Gates Ajar, \\huli was issued in 

 1868, was her most popular story. It centered 

 about the question of life after death, and 

 received much adverse criticism; but about 

 100,000 copies were sold in thr United States, 

 and more than that number in England, \\ 



ich, German, Dutch and Italian editions 

 \v.ro issued. Her other works include Jack th, 

 Fisherman, A Silent Partn.r. A Singular Lijc, 

 Story oj Art* and Dr. Zay. marriage 



