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WILLIAMSPORT 377 WILMINGTON staff of the "Examiner," in 1881. Later he was a member of the editorial staff of the "Graphic." In 1891 he founded "Black and White." He wrote "Life of Thomas Carlyle" (2 vols., 1881), and many articles on travel, automobiling, and other topics. He is particularly well known, however, for the many stories written in collaboration vdth his wife, Alice Muriel (Livingston) William- son. The latter was born at Livingston Manor House, N. Y. Their joint pub- lications include "The Lightning Con- ductor"; "The Princess Passes"; "My Friend the Chauffeur"; "Lady Betty Across the Water"; "The Car of Des- tiny"; "Rosemary in Search of a Father"; "The Motor Chaperon"; "Scar- let Runner"; "Set in Silver"; "The Motor Maid"; "Lord Loveland Discovers America"; "The Golden Silence"; "The Princess Virginia"; "The Guests of Her- cules"; "The Heather Moon"; "The De- mon"; "The Love Pirate"; "It Happened in Egypt"; "Secret History"; "The Shop Girl"; "The Lightning Conductress"; "The War Wedding"; "Crucifix Corner." WILLIAMSPORT, a city and county- seat of Lycoming co., Pa.; on the Sus- quehanna river, and on the Philadelphia and Reading, the New York Central, and the Pennsylvania railroads; 94 miles N. of Harrisburg. It is a popular summer resort, surrounded by high hills and attractive scenery. Here are a United States Government building, Dickinson Seminary for Girls, high school, public libraries, Home for the Friendless, hos- pital, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks. National, State and other banks, numerous churches, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The industries include rubber works, a silk mill, lumber mills, iron furnace, carriage factories, sewing machine works, paint, soap, glue, and furniture factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 31,860; (1920) 36,198. WILLIMANTIC. a city of Windham CO., Conn.; on the Willimantic river, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford, the New England, and the Central Vermont railroads; 32 miles S. E. of Hartford. It contains numerous churches, an academy. State Normal Training School, convent, Dunham Hall, public libraries, waterworks, electric lights, National and savings banks, and several newspapers. The river here falls 100 feet and affords abundant power. There are extensive manufactures of spool cotton, cotton, silk, and woolen goods, silk machinery, tinware, iron- ware, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,230; (1920) 12,330. WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER, an American author; born in Portland, Me., Jan. 20, 1806; was educated at Boston, Andover, and Yale College; em- ployed by S. P. Goodrich (Peter Parley) to edit "The Legendary" (1828) and "The Token" (1829); established the "American Monthly Magazine," which was merged in the "New York Mirror"; traveled in France, Italy, Greece, Euro- pean Turkey, Asia Minor, and finally England; returned to America in 1837, and afterward edited "The Home Jour- nal." His numerous published writings include "Pencillings by the Way" (1835); "Inklings of Adventure" NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS (1836) ; "Loiterings of Travel" (1839) ; "People I Have Met" (1850) ; "Famous Persons and Places" (1854) ; "Outdoors at Idlewild" (1854) ; "The Convalescent, His Rambles and Adventures" (1859). He died near Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1867. WILMERDING, a borough of Penn- sylvania, in Allegheny co. It is on the Pennsylvania railroad. Its industries include foundries and machine shops of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Pop. (1910) 6,133; (1920) 6,441. WILMINGTON, a city of Delaware, the county-seat of Newcastle co. It is on the junction of the Delaware, Chris- tiana, and Brandywine rivers, and is on the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Philadelphia and Reading