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WALLENSTEIN. 267 WALLFLOWER. Irish odifcr nnnicd Dcvoitux with a nunibor of soldiers broke into the house whore Wallenstein hud taken u]i his quarters and slew him with a pike thrust in tlie breast. Jlis estates were con- liscated by the Kuiperor. Wallenstein had much of the ability of the statesman as well as the soldier. Hj was more liberal than his age and tcderant iu religious matters, having no convic- tions of his own. He was unseni]iul(ius, and his ability was curiously afl'ected by a supcirstilioua faith in astrology, which he had stu<lied deeply in Italy. There is a large amount of literature, both history and fiction, relating to Wallen- stein. Much of it is controversial. Schmid, "Die Wallcnsteinlitteratur," in M iilciluiKjcn di'n Teic'nis fiir Gcscli'whle der Deutsclien in Biikmen (Prague, 1878, 1882, 1884), mentions 80G titles. Consult: Ranke, (jtrnchichii; IIk/Zck- steins (Leipzig, 1880), the classic biography; FOrster, Brief e Wallrnsteins (Berlin, 1828-2!)) ; id., Albrccht von n'allenstcin (Potsdam, IS.'U) ; id., Wallcns'teins. Process (ib., 1844) ; Ilallwich, Wallensteins Ende, rinfiedruckte liriefe und Ale ten (ib., 1879) ; Gindely, Waldstein iriihrend seines emten Generdhiis. 1G2.')-1G30 (Prague, 1880) I and a reply to Ilallwich, Zur Rcurtheilung dcs k. Generals A. von Waldalein (ib.. 1887) ; Piilek, Bcitriige zur Gcschichle, Wallensteins (ib., 18S(1) ; Wittich, "Zur Geschichte Wallensteins," in Sybel's Historischc Zeitschrift (1892-93). See Thirty Ye.rs' War. WALLENSTEIN TRILOGY. A name ap- plied to three famous plays liy Schiller based on the career of the Austrian General Wallenstein. The newly built theatre at Weimar was opened with Wallensteins Laijer ( Wallenstein's Camp) on October 12, 1798; Die Piceoloniini (q.v. ) was |iresented on .Tanuarv -'iO, 1799, and Wallensteins Tod (Wallenstein's "Death) on April 20, 1799. The first of the plays gives a vivid picture of the wild life of the soldiery in tlie Thirty Years' War. In the Piccolomitii, Wallenstein appears in the midst of his ambitious schemes, relying on the devoted army, but surrounded by treacherous friends in the pay of the Emperor. Wallensteins Tod depicts his alliance with the Swedes and the final catastrophe of his murder. WALLER, -n-ol'ler, Edmund (1606-87). An English poet, born at Coleshill, in Buckingham- shire. jSIarch 3, 1000. He was sent to Eton, and thence to King's College. Cambridge (1020). He seems to have left the university without a de- gree. It appears that at the age of eighteen ( perhaps earlier) he obtained a seat in Par- liament for Amersham. After the death of his wife (1034), Waller courted Dorothy Sidney, eldest daughter of the second Earl of Leicester, whom lie commemorated in verse under the name of Sacharissa. In the Long Parliament Waller joined the party of his cousin Hamp- den, but when the attack was made on StralTord and the episcopacy (1041) he began to move toward the Royalist side and was soon won over. In 1643 he was appointed by Par- liament one of the commissioners to negoti. ate with King Charles, then at Oxford. On this occasion he was drawn into a plot to se- cure the city of London for the King. Some of his colleagues were hanged. He himself was fined flO.bOO and banished the kingdom (No- vember, 1044). After an exile of seven years. Vol. XX.— 18. spent mostly in i<'rance. Waller was pardoned, November, 10.51. Kcturning to England, he now gave his support to the Commonwealth, and was subsequently apjiointed a commissioner of trade (105.5). After the Restoration he was elected to Parliament for Hastings (1001), and continued a niend)er <lown to his death. He died at Beaconsfield, the family estate in Bucking- liamshire, Octol)cr 21, 1687. Three editions of his collected poems appeared in 1645, and new editions with added poems were frequent after the Restoration. The heroic couplet he reduced to an art. Waller has long since ceased to inter- est a wide public, but he lives for a few perfect little poems, such as the song begiiming "Go, lovel}' rose," and the lines "On a Girdle." Con- sult his J'oents, edited by J. T. Drury (Mu.ses' Library, London, 1893) ; and E. A. Gosse, Seven- teenth Century Htudies (new ed. 1897). WALLER, Fr.xk (1842—). An American architect and artist, born in New York City and educated at the Free Academy there. In 1870 he went to Rome and studied inider John Chapman for one year. The year following he traveled in Egypt, making many studies and sketches. He was one of the incor])oriitors of the Art Stu- dents' League and was its first president (187.5). Among his paintings are "Tombs of the. Caliphs" (1874), "Caravan on the Desert" (1878), "Tem- ple of Korn," "Eventide, Venice" (1883), and "Hop Picking" (188.5). He wrote Report on Art ScliiKils ( 1879) for the Art Students' League, and the first report of the League (1886). WALLER, Sir William (c.1597-1608) . A Parliamentary general, son of Sir Thomas Wal- ler, lieutenant of Dover. He studied at Magda- len Hall, Oxford, and became a soldier of fortune. When the English Civil War began, he entered the Parliamentary army as colonel of a regi-. ment of horse; comnumded a force that captured Portsmouth and gained nvimerous other successes; took Malmesbury on March 21, 1043; captured 1000 of the Welsh army two days later; but was defeated at Roundwa}- Down. He was given another army and gained several successes, Init in .Tune, 1644, was defeated by King Charles at Cropredy Bridge. In the early part of 1645 he led the expedition for the relief of Taunton. The Self-Denying Ordinance put an end to his military career, and he then became one of the Presbyterian leaders in Parliament; gained the enmity of the army; and in l(i47 fled to France. Returning to England, he supported the proposed treaty with the King, and in Decendjer. 1648, was imprisoned on a charge of having instigated the Scots to invade England. He was later active in negotiating for the return of Charles II.; in February. 1000. sat in the Long I'.irlia- ment ; was a meml)er of the last council of state; promoted the calling of a free Parlia- ment; and sat in the Convention. A Vindica- tion of the Character and Conduct of Sir William Waller, written by himself, was published posthumously in 1797. WALL-EYED PIKE. See Pike-Peech ; and Plate of Pei!C!ii:s of North America. WALL-EYED POLLACK. See Pollack. WALLFLOWER tCheiranfhus) . A genus of lierbs or shrubby biennials and perennials of the natural order Cruciferie, characterized by