NATHANIEL See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

PARKER See also:

• NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS (1806-1867)
• WILLIS, THOMAS (1621-1675)

WILLIS (1806-1867)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American author, was descended from See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867)
• WILLIS, THOMAS (1621-1675)

Willis, described as a " Puritan of considerable distinction," who arrived in New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England about 163o and settled in See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . Nathaniel See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker was the eldest son and second See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of Nathaniel Willis, a newspaper proprietor in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 18o6 . After attending Boston See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school and the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy at See also:

• ANDOVER

Andover, he entered Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1823 . Although he did not specially distinguish himself as a student, university See also:

• LIFE

life had considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the development of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and furnished him with much of his See also:

• LITERARY

literary material . Immediately after leaving Yale he published in 1827 a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poetical Sketches, which attracted some See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, although the critics found in his verses more to blame than to praise . It was followed by Fugitive See also:

• POETRY

Poetry (1829) and another volume of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse (1831) . He also 1 He had been consecrated See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, also by See also:

• SERGIUS, ST

Sergius, on a previous visit in 692 . contributed frequently to magazines and See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals . In 1829 he started the American . Montkly See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, which was continued from See also:

• APRIL

April of that See also:

• YEAR

year to See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1831, but failed to achieve success . On its discontinuance he went to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe as See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign editor and correspondent of the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

Mirror . To this See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal he contributed a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of letters, which, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Pencillings by the Way, were published at See also:

• LONDON

London in 1835 (3 vols.; See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, 1836, 2 vols.; and first See also:

• COMPLETE

complete edition, New York, 1841) .

Their vivid and rapid sketches of scenes and modes of life in the old See also:

• WORLD

world at once gained them a wide popularity; but he was censured by some critics for indiscretion in See also:

• REPORTING

reporting conversations in private gatherings . Notwithstanding, however, the small affectations and fopperies which were his besetting weaknesses as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man as well as an author, the See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace, ease and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic finish of his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style won See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general recognition . His " Slingsby Papers," a series of magazine articles descriptive of American life and See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure, republished in 1836 under the title Inklings of Adventure, were as successful in England as were his Pencillings by the Way in See also:

• AMERICA

America . He also published while in !England Melanie and other Poems (London, 1835; New York, 1837), which was introduced by a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface by See also:

• BARRY
• BARRY, ELIZABETH (1658—1713)
• BARRY, JAMES (1741—1806)
• BARRY, SIR CHARLES (1795-1860)
• BARRY, SIR REDMOND (1813-188o)
• BARRY, SPRANGER (1719-1777)

Barry See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall (See also:

• PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER (1787–1874)

Procter) . After his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Stace, daughter of General See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Stace of See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, he returned to America, and settled at a small See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate on See also:

• OSWEGO

Oswego See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, just above its junction with the Susquehanna . Here he lived off and on from 1837 to 1842, and wrote Letters from under a See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge (London, 184o; first complete edition, New York, 1844), the most charming of all his See also:

• WORKS

works . During a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short visit to England in 1839-184o he published Two Ways of Dying for a See also:

• HUSBAND

Husband . Returning to New York, he established, along with George P . See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

Morris, a newspaper entitled the Evening Mirror . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of his wife in 1845 he again visited England . Returning to America in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1846, he married See also:

• CORNELIA (end cent. Bc.)

Cornelia See also:

• GRINNELL

Grinnell, and established the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press, afterwards named the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home Journal . In 1845 he published Dashes at Life with a See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

Pencil, in 1846 a collected edition of his See also:

• PROSE

Prose and Poetical Works, in 1849 Rural Letters, and in 185o Life Here and There .

In that year he settled at Idlewild on the See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson See also:

• RIVER

river, and on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of failing See also:

• HEALTH

health spent the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his life chiefly in retirement . Among his later works were See also:

• HURRY (or URRV), SIR JOHN (d. 165o)

Hurry-Graphs (1851), Outdoors at Idlewild (18J4), Ragbag (1855), See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul Fame (1856), and the Convalescent (1859), but he had survived his See also:

• GREAT

great reputation . He died on the 2oth of January 1867, and was buried In See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• AUBURN
• AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured)

Auburn, Boston . The best edition of his verse writings is The Poems, Sacred, Passionate and Humorous, of N . P . Willis (New York, 1868); 13 volumes of his prose, Complete Prose Works, were published at New York (1849-1859), and a Selection from his Prose Writings was edited by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry A . Beers (New York, 1885) . His Life, by Henry A . Beers, appeared in the series of " American Men of Letters " the same year . See also E . P . Whipple, Essays and Reviews (vol. i., 1848) ; M .

A. de See also:

• WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823)
• WOLFE, JAMES (1727-1759)

Wolfe See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe, American Bookmen (New York, 1898) .