Wales, Henry Ware, J. R. L.’s tribute to, ii. 403-406. Walker, James, president of Harvard College, i. 376; urges J. R. L. to attend Faculty meetings, 395. Walton, Isaak, J. R. L. on, ii. 389. “Wanderer,” yacht, i. 440. Ward, Nathaniel, ii. 367. _Washers of the Shroud, The_, ii. 33. Washington, early visit of J. R. L. to, i. 19. Washington, George, takes command of American army, i. 2; his headquarters, 3. Watertown, Massachusetts, the home of the Whites, i. 76; temperance celebration at, 88. Watts-Dunton, Theodore, on J. R. L.’s characteristics, ii. 293. Waverley Oaks, J. R. L.’s early rambles to, i. 19. Webster, Daniel, J. R. L. hears him plead, i. 67; attitude toward, on part of anti-slavery men, 201; article on, by J. R. L., and poem on, by Whittier, 201; J. R. L. treats elaborately, 220-227; characterized by Sydney Smith, 221; as a writer, ii. 365. Webster, John, J. R. L. on, ii. 354. “Wedgwood’s Dictionary” reviewed by J. R. L., i. 433. “Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, A,” reviewed by J. R. L., i. 292. Weimar, J. R. L. visits, ii. 271. Weiss, John, contributor to the _Standard_, i. 193. Wells, William, J. R. L.’s schoolmaster living in Fayerweather house, i. 3; carries forward the traditions of English scholarship, 22, 23. Wells, Mrs. William, J. R. L. recalls the kindness of, i. 23. Welsh, James, ii. 332, note. Wendell, Barrett, on Lowell as a teacher, i. 392, 394, 395. _What will Mr. Webster do?_, i. 220. “Where will it End?” by Edmund Quincy, ii. 2. Whipple, Edwin Percy, i. 411. Whist Club, i. 271; holds its last meeting, ii. 407. Whitby, J. R. L.’s fondness for, ii. 356. White, Abijah, father of M. W., i. 76; characterized by J. R. L., 76; death of, 177; his estate, 177; which proves less than expected, 182. White, Maria, J. R. L. makes the acquaintance of, i. 76; his first impressions of her, 77; her portrait by Page, 79; appears in a vision to J. R. L., 80; and at commencement, 80; her confession of love, 82; embodied in _A Year’s Life_, 82-86; the type to which she belonged, 87; “Queen of the May” at a temperance festival, 88; a member of the Band, 89; a poet, 90; encourages J. R. L. to print, 93; her attitude towards the _Pioneer_, 108; characterized by C. F. Briggs, 120; her influence over J. R. L., 121; veiled under poetic names in poems, 126; her transcendentalism, 129; letter of, to C. F. Briggs, 129-132; criticises title of Briggs’s journal, 130; her views on the marriage rite, 131, 132; makes a cover design for _Conversations_, 132; is married to J. R. L., 150. _See_ Lowell, Maria White.