CARLYLE, Thomas, 274. Campbell, Thomas, 147. Catachresis, in composition, 323. Chalmers, Dr., 244. Chapman, George, 119. Character, 45; examples of: Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Chastity, 75. Chaucer, 107; Taine on, 109. Cheerfulness, 16. Chivalry, spirit of, 48. Circumlocution, 327. Cobbett, W., 269. Coleridge, S. T., 146. Companions, bad, 27; good, 29. Composition, English, 296; masters of, 297; good style in, Conduct, 65. Contentment, 39; example: Hugh Miller, 40-41. Courage, moral, 50; examples of anecdotes of Stephenson Courtesy, 12; illustrations of, from Sir W. Scott, Sydney Smith, St. Francis de Sales, Jeremy Taylor, Raleigh, Sir P. Sidney, Charles I., Bayard. Courtesy at home, importance of, 15. Cowley, Abraham, 125; essays of, 263. Crabbe, 141. Culture, physical, 335. DARWIN, Charles, 289. Davy, Sir Humphry, 286. Defoe, Daniel, 187. Dekker, Thomas, 118. Demetrius and Antigonus, anecdote of, 28. Dickens, Charles, 203. Diet, regulation of, 338. Disraeli, B. (Lord Beaconsfield), 199. Dramatists, English, 114, 120, 131. Drayton, Michael, 120. Dress, 69. Dryden, John, 130. Dignity of labour, 40. EARLY rising, 351. 66 Eliot, George" (Miss Evans, now Mrs. Cross), 200. Exclamation, in composition, 321. Exercise, necessity of, 344- FICTION, English works of: origin of, 185; writers of, 185- Filial respect, decline of, 4. Fletcher, John, 117. Ford, John, 119. Foster's essay on the "Evils of Popular Ignorance," 333. Friends, choice of, 23; examples of: Dickens and Forster, J. Kingsley and Maurice, Faraday and Tyndall, Nicholson Froude, J. A., 162. GAMBLING, 69. Generosity, 14. Gentleman, the true, 15, 30; examples of: Louis XIV., Goldsmith, Oliver, 136, 194. Gray, Thomas, 136. HAMILTON, Sir W., 252. Hazlitt, William, 270. Health, the preservation of, a duty, 337; laws of, 338. Herbert, George, 122. Herrick, Robert, 122. History, 80; English writers on, 158-172; Freeman, Prof. Home affection, value of, 8. Home duties, 7. Hood, Thomas, 151. Humility, 13. Huxley, Professor, 291. Hyperbole, in composition, 318. INDEPENDENCE, 46. Intemperance, 74. Interrogation, in composition, 321. Irony, 320. JEFFREY, Lord, 270. Johnson, Dr., 176. Jonson, Ben, 117. KEATS, John, 150. Kingsley, Charles, 198. LANDOR, W. S., 273. Language, choice of, in composition, 305. Leathes, Professor, 250. Lever, Charles, 199. Literature, English miscellaneous, 260. Livingstone, Dr., 210 INDEX. 357 Locke, John, 233- Lyall, Sir C., 288. Lyly, John, 186. Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Lord, 204. MACAULAY, Lord, 166, 179. Mandeville, Sir J., 207. Manners, good, the secret of, 13. Marston, John, 118. Marvel, Andrew, 125. Massinger, Philip, 118. Maurice, Rev. F. D., 249. Melody, in composition, 329. Metalepsis, in composition, 322. Metaphor, use of the, in composition, 310. Metonymy, in composition, 317. Mill, J. S., 253. Milman, Dean, 248. Milton, 125-130, 222. Moderation, 60; illustrations from Franklin, Nicol, Coke, Hale, Scott, Malcolm, 61-63. Moltke, Count von, his daily habits, 342. Money, value of, 67. Moore, Thomas, 178. Moore, George, story of, 35. More, Sir Thomas, 161, 174, 185. Murchison, Sir R., 289. NATURE, love of, 71. Newman, Cardinal, 246. Newton, John, 10. OBEDIENCE, 49. Objects in life, 73. Occupation, home, 20; examples from Bishop Beveridge, Orderliness, 37- Ostentation, 70. PALEY, Dr., 243. Park, Mungo, 210. Pepys, his Diary, 264. Perseverance, 57; illustrations from Sir W. Jones, Lord Kingsdown, 58, 59. Perspicuity of style, 304. Perthes, F., story of, 35. Poetry, English, 103; early writers, 104-106; Chaucer, 107; Skelton, Scotch poets, Elizabethan poets, 110; Spenser, Pope, Alexander, 131. Prolepsis, in composition, 322. QUARLES, the poet, 125. RADCLIFFE, Mrs., 195. Ray, John, 261. Reading, 79; variety in, 88; recollections of, 90; proper in, 99. Reading, a course of, 103-295. Redundancy, in composition, 327. Religion and science, their relative positions, 292. Richardson, Samuel, 189. Robertson, Rev. F. W., 249. Ruskin, John, 276. SAVONAROLA, anecdote of, 53. Science and scientific text-books, 279. Science in relation to religion, 292. Scientific study, 280; illustrations from Edward, Scheele, Seeing the world, 32. Self-culture-moral, 1; importance of, 66; mental, 77; |