iii. 403

Watson's 'History of Philip II.,' translated by Mirabeau, ii. 225

Watt, James, his invention of the steam-engine, iii. 402. His discovery of the composition of water, and the method employed, 403

Wealth, effects of climate, food, and soil on the accumulation of, i. 41. Effects of wealth on the existence of an intellectual class, 42. Physical causes by which the creation of wealth is governed, 42 _et seq._ Laws of the distribution of wealth, 51. Interest, profits, and wages, 52. Causes of the unequal distribution of wealth in India in all ages, 72-77

Weather, alleged effect of gloomy, on the love of suicide, i. 220 _note_

Wellington, Duke of, his character as a warrior and statesman, i. 201, 202

Welsh, John, story of, and the Popish mocker, iii. 212

Werner, A. G., character of his method of geological speculation,