WILSTACH, John Augustine (wil'-stack), author, born in Washington, D. C., 14 July, 1824. He was educated in a military and academical institute that was taught by Ormsby M. Mitchel, and in Cincinnati college, studied law, and began practice in 1850. From 1852 till 1862 he was a master in chancery. In 1867 he was sent to the Paris universal exposition as commissioner for Indiana, and from that year till 1872 he was commissioner of immigration for the same state. He has devoted his attention to philological studies, and has made the only complete translation of the works of Virgil into English verse, with various readings and notes (Boston, 1884). He also published a review of the literature relating to Virgil under the title of "The Virgilians" (1884). More recently he has prepared a poetical translation of the "Divine Comedy" of Dante Alighieri, with notes and illustrations (1888), and a volume of criticism entitled " Dante, the Danteans, and Things Dantean" (1889). Mr. Wilstach has invented a new character (in) to represent the Greek diphthong eu, which was first used in typography in his translation of the "Divina Commedia." He has almost completed a free translation of the entire Bible from the original languages.--His son, Joseph Walter, author, born in Lafayette, Indiana, 28 June, 1857, was educated at St. John's college, Fordham, New York, studied law, and established himself in practice at Lafayette, Indiana He has made a translation of some of the "Odes" of Horace (printed privately, New York, 1883), and, besides review articles, has published a " Biography of Count Charles d'Alembert" (1885).