chased the presbytery, and died at Lytham, Dec. 16, 1873, aged 71.
WALTER, William Joseph, born July 2, 1786, son of Samuel Walter, of Midhurst, Sussex, and his wife Mary Philip; admit, on Triple Trust for Lond. District, May 25, 1800; left, and was at St. Edmund s College, Old Hall, March, 1806-Oct., 1807, and again from Jan., 1808-Dec., 1809, as a master; subsequently devoted himself to literature, and the following publications appear under his name: (1) "The Two Martyrs; or, The Triumph of the Christian Religion. By F. R. de Chateaubriand. Transl. by W. J. Walter." Lond., 1812, 2 vols., 8°.; ib., 1819, 8°.; ib., 1822, 2 vols. 8°.—(2) "The Mass; or, a Series of Historical and Practical Instructions on the Prayers and Ceremonies that compose the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar. Translated from the French of M. J. D. Cochin." Lond., 1814, 12°.; ib., 1815, 2 vols. 12°.—(3) "Letter from Rome, addressed to M. de Fontanes, by the Viscomte de Chateaubriand. Translated." Lond., 1815, 8°.—(4) "An Account of a MS. of Ancient English Poetry entitled Clavis Sciential; or, Bretayn s Skyll-Kay of Knawing, by John de Wageby, Monk of Fountain's Abbey." Lond., 1816, 8°.—(5) "St. Peter s Complaint, and other Poems, by the Rev. Robert Southwell. Reprinted from the edition of 1595, vith Important Additions from an original MS., and A Sketch of the Author s Life. By W. Jos. Walter." Lond., Keating, Brown & Co., 1817, 8°., pp. xxxii 127.—(6) A translation of Zauberfloete s II Flauto Magico. Lond., 1819, 12°.—(7) A translation of G. G. de Rossi's Il Tancredi. Lond., (1820?), 12°.—(8) " Othello, a Tragic Opera. Transl. from the Marquis Berio." Lond., 1822, 12°.—(9) "Adelina." Translated. Lond., 1825, 8°.—(10) "Medea in Corinth." Translated. Lond., 1826, 12°.—(11) "The Prose Works of Robert Southwell; containing Mary Magdalen's Funeral Tears, Triumphs over Death, and An Epistle of Comfort, &c. Edited by W. Jos. Walter." Lond., 1828, 12°., forming Part II. of " Select Beauties of Early Catholic Literature.—(12) "Sir Thomas More; His Life and Times, illustrated from his own writings, and from contemporary docu ments." Lond., Dolman, 1839, 8°., forming Vol. I. of The Catholic Family Library; 2nd edit., ib., 1840, sm.
