HEWETT, hVt, Waterman Thomas, American Germanic scholar: b. Miami, Mo., 10 Jan. 1846. He was graduated from Amherst College in 1869, studied in Europe and was professor of German language and literature at Cornell University from 1870 to 1910, when he became professor emeritus. He has resided in Europe since 1913, in Oxford since 1914. He has been general editor of Macmillan's 'German Classics) since 1895, and beside frequent con tributions to periodicals has published among other works 'The Friesian Language and Lit (1879) ; 'The University of Leiden' (1881) ; 'University Administration> (1882); 'The Aims and Methods of the Collegiate Study of the Modern Languages) (1884); 'The Present Condition of Instruction in the Mod ern Languages in American Colleges> (1885); 'The House of Orange' (1885)'Introduction to the Life and Genius of GOethe) (1886) ; 'Wilhelm Scherer> (1887); 'The Mutual Rela tions of Colleges and High Schools) (1887); 'The Revised Constitution of the Netherlands' (1887) ; 'The Study of Modern European Lit erature in America' (1887) ; 'Ministers and Sovereign in Germany> (1888); 'Homes of the German Poets) (1889). 'History of Cornell
University' (1894) ; 'Matthias de Vries and his Contributions to Netherland Philology> (1895) ; 'University Life in the Middle Ages> (1898); 'Sources of Goethe's Printed Text' (1898); 'The Historical Use of the Relative Pronouns in English Literature) <1904); .(Cor nell University: A History> (3 vols., 1905); and editor of 'A German Reader) (1899); Goethe's 'Hermann and Dorothea>• (1891) ; same for colleges and high schools (1907); 'Bibliography of the Writings of Goldwin Smith' (1916).