Vindonissa, 35 Viret, reformer, 276 Visconti, the, 187 Visp, battle of, 182 Vitellius, 37 Vogelinseck, battle of, 181 Volkslieder, the, 251 Voltaire, 325; at Ferney, 326; influence, 327 Voralberg, 190 W Walchen Romaunsh, 184 Waldmann, 212, 213; his life, 222; policy, 225; conspiracy against him, 227; sentence and death, 228; compromise, 229 Waldshut feud, 204 Waldstätten, the, 3, 120, 140 Walter Fürst von Attinghausen, 120 Wart stabs Albrecht of Habsburg, 133 Wasserkirche (Zurich), 68, 224 Weiss, 349 Wengi, Nicolas von, 268 Werdenberg, counts of, 105, 176, 181; revolts, 316 Werner of Kyburg, 104 Werner Staufacher, 120 Wesen, 175, 177 West Frankish realm, 72 Westphalia, peace of, 311 Wieland, 337 William IV. of Burgundy, 95 Willisan destroyed, 169 Wimmis stormed, 162 Winkelried, 171, 173 Winkelriedstiftung, the, 415 Winterthur, 74, 132 Wyss, Prof. Georg von, historian, 69 Y Yorkshire, lake settlements in East, 12 Yverdon, 97 Z Zaeringen, house of, 95, 96; dissolution, 101 Zehngerichte (Bund), 184 Zschokke, novelist, 374, 384, 414 Zug, 142; excluded from league, 145; re-admitted, 146 Zugewandte, 180 Zum Ranft, 219 Zünfte or guilds, 225 Zuricum, 17 Zurich, 60, 66; abbey founded, 70, 75; diets, 90; Reichsvogtei, 94; attacks Winterthur, 132; joins league, defeats Austrians, 142; Lenzburgs and Zaerings, 149; a poet's corner, 155; "Mordnacht," 156; war with Schwyz, 190, 193; gives up Austrian Alliance, 197; revolts against Waldmann, 228; war with Forest, 264; religious refugees, 295; educational pre-eminence, 398; largest Swiss city, 420 "Zurichputsch," 390 Zwingli, 255; birth, 257; called to Zurich, 258; abolishes Reislaufen, 260; establishes National Church, 262; with Zurich army, 264; killed in battle, 267 The Story of the Nations. Messrs. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS take pleasure in announcing that they have in course of publication, in co-operation with Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, of London, a series of historical studies, intended to present in a graphic manner the stories of the different nations that have attained prominence in history. In the story form the current of each national life is distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes are presented for the reader in their philosophical relation to each other as well as to universal history. It is the plan of the writers of the different volumes to enter into the real life of the peoples, and to bring them before the reader as they actually lived, labored, and struggled--as they studied and wrote, and as they amused themselves. In carrying out this plan, the myths, with which the history of all lands begins, will not be overlooked, though these will be carefully distinguished from the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions.