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■WACHENHUSEN. 234 WACO. SMC?!, im liirkischcn Lager (1855), and those of later campaigns in Tagebitch rom italieiiischen Krieij.iscliauplatze (1859), Halbmoiid vnd Dop- peladlcr (ISdO) . Freischaren und Royalistcn (3d ed. 18G7), lor den Diippeler Schan::c>i (1804), Tuf/rbiich vom ostcrreichischen Kriegsschauplatz (6th ed. 18G7), and Tagehiich vom franzbsischen Kriegsschauplatz (1871), all of which form a faithful and spirited history of these modern campaigns. In the meanwhile he had lived re- peatedly in Palis, where he wrote Das neue Paris (1855),' Die Frauen des Kaiserreichs (7th ed. 1872). and a trip through Spain to Africa he described in Reisehilder aiis Spanien (1857). He also published several novels and tales, notably Rom iiiid Sahara (3d ed. 1867), Vnter dem v:eis- sen Adhr (2d ed. 1885). based upon the Polish insurrection of 18(33, Die hleiche Griifin (6th ed. 18'J4). but his most interesting worlcs are his memoirs, which appeared under the title Aits bewcgtc, Lcbcn (2d ed. 1895). WACHSMUTH, vaGs'nuit, Gottlieb (1784- 1866). A German historian, born at Hildesheim. After studying philology- and theology at Halle, lie taught in various positions at JIagdeburg, Zerbst, and Halle until 1820, wlien he was called as pro- fessor of history to Kiel. Thence he went to Leipzig in 1825, and there publislied his most im- portant work, Historische Darstelhingen aus der Oeschichte der ncuern Zeit (1831-39), besides llellenisehe Altertumslcunde (2d ed. 1843-46) ; Fiii-opiiisehe Sittengeschichte (1831-39); (!e- schichle Frankreichs im RevoliitionszeitaUcr (1840-44); AUgcmeine Kvlturgeschichte (1850- 52); Geschichte dcntscher NatioiialitUt (1860- 62). and many others. WACHT AM RHEIN, viiot Uin rin. Die (Ger., The Watch on the Rhine). A famous German patriotic song, the words by Max Schneekenburger (1819-49). and the music by Karl Wilhelm (1815-73). The song was written in 1840, when the left bank of the Rhine seemed tlireatened by France. The music, which is a part-song for men's voices, was composed and fir.st sung in 1854. WACHTEL, viiG'tel, Theodor (1823-93). A German dramatic tenor, born in Hamburg. He was the son of a livery-stable keeper, and for a period after his father's death carried on the business for himself. His firsc important ap- pearance outside his own country occurred in London in 1862, when he was at once accepted as one of the world's greatest dramatic tenors. After this he made many successful tours. In the United States he first appeared at the Xew York Stadt-Thcater (1871), and again in 1875. He possessed a voice of singular volume and bril- liancy, which, owing to the perfection of his method and training, permitted the most exact- ing demands upon it. Singularly enough, with all liis advantages and qualifications, his one at- tempt in Wagnerian opera (Leipzig, 1876) was a complete failure. His greatest successes were in th<' I'ostiUnn de Longjumrau. La dame hiavrhe, Trovalnre, Martha, William Tell, and I,rs llvgnrnotx. WACHUSETT (wa-chu's6t) MOUNT. An isolated iiionadiiock in the central jiart of Massa- chusetts, 7 miles southwest of Kitchburg (Map: Massachtisett.s, D 2). Its altitude is 2108 feet, and its summit afTords a fine view. WACKENKODER, vak'en-r.VdC-r, WiLnELM Heixrich (1773-98). A German autlior of the Komuiitic school. He was born at Berlin, and was educated at the universities of Erlangen and Giittingen. While a schoolboy he became the friend of Ludwig Tieck. and was closely associ- ated with him till his death. Tieck con- tributed one or two sketches to his friend's Eerzensergiessungen eines liiitistUebenden Klos- terbruders (1797), and after his death published two works which were the fruit of their joint authorship : Franz Stertibalds n'anderungen (1798) and Phantasien iiber die Kunst (1799). In these books the two young men expressed for the first time the principles of aesthetics which were to govern the Romanticists. Consult "Tieck und Wackenroder." edited by .T. Minor in Kiirschner's Deutsehe Sationallitteratur, vol. cxliv. (Berlin, 1882-99). WACKEKNAGEL, viik'er-nli'gd, J.Kon (1853 — ). A Swiss Hellenist and comparative lihilologist, son of Wilhelm Wackernagel, liorn in Basel, and educated there, in Giittingen, and in Leipzig. He became professor of Greek at Basel in 1881 and in 1902 was called to Gottingen. Wackci'nagel's publications include : Der TJr- sprung des Brahmanisniiis (1877); Das Deh- nungsgesetz der griechisehen Komposita (1889), an historical sketch of humanistic study in Switzerland, and the very important but incom- plete Altindisehe Grammatik, vol. i. (1895). WACKERNAGEL, Wilhelm (1806-69). A German scholar, born and educated at Berlin. In 1833 he was called to the LTniversity of Basel and in 1835 was made professor of German lan- guage and literature there. He was primarily a student of Germanics, though he wrote uiucli on other subjects. His works include: Deutsehes Lesebuch (1835-36); an edition of the i^ehica- benspiegel (1840): AUfranziisische Lieder und Lciche (1846); and Geschichte der deutschen Littcratur (1848-56). In 1873 appeared Poctik, Rhetorik und Stilistil;, and in lS7(i his Alt- deutsche Predigten und Gebete, both edited by associates of Wackernagel. WA'CO, or HUECO. A small tribe of Cad- doan stock (q.v. ) formerly residing on the middle Brazos River, about the present town of Waco, Texas, which takes its name from them. Like all the other tribes of the stock, they were agricultural and sedentary, living in conical houses of grass laid over a framework of poles, and cultivating an abundance of corn and pump- kins, in addition to the meat supply obtained from the bufi'alo. In 1855, with several other small tribes, they were gathered upon a reserva- tion near Fort Belknap, liut were driven oiT by the Texans, and in 1859 were removed to a new reservation estal>lislied nortli of the Washita, near the present Anadarko, Okla., where they be- came incor])orated with the Wicliita (q.v.), whom they resemble except for a slight dialectic differ- ence. During the Civil War they fled to Kansas, where they sufl'ered greatly from disease and famine. They are still resident with the Wicliita upon the same reservation, recently thrown open to settlement, but have been rediiceil by disease and removals from an estimated 400 in 1804 to al)out one-sixth that number. WACO. The county-seat of McLennan County, Tex., 238 miles northwest of Galveston; on the