of, 310

Anatomy, difficulty of study, 116

Ancients, incorrect use of word, 146
-- and moderns compared, 255

Application and opportunities, 244

Arabia, use of coffee, 40

Archimedes in the bath, 310
-- at Syracuse, 539

Aristocracy, liberal and illiberal, 358
-- unwritten religious law of, 366
-- and democracy, 341
-- spirit of, in reading, 472

Arnold, Dr., quoted, 144, 535
-- definition of religion, 271
-- intellectual force, 278

Arnold, Matthew, "Self-dependence" quoted, 458

Art of reading, 211
-- of resting, 455

Artist, idea of happy marriage, 289

Artistic conception of black coats, 249

Artists, drudgery of, 75
-- poor critics, 95

Arts, practical pursuit of, 498

Assimilating power of brain, 162

Assimilation, power of, 167

Association of ideas, 168

Atheism, popular construction, 272

Athenian education, 117

Attraction of the future, 255

Author in mortal disease, to an, 53
-- and tradesman compared, 236
-- his advice about notes, 167
-- his study described, 551

Authors, dependence upon private means, 232
-- young, eagerness of, 419
-- selfishness of, 471
-- condition since Goldsmith's time, 509

Authorship, privilege of, 341

Available knowledge, 115

Baker, Sir Samuel, and wife, 302

Balzac's method in literature, 421

Barbarian notions, return to, 356

Bargeman's wife, example of, 417

Basis, moral, the, 67

Baudelaire, Charles, quoted, 85

Beckford, Mr., author of "Vathek," 215
-- two thousand slaves labor for, 218

Beer, use of, 36

Belgian school of painting, 73

Bixio, Alexandre, death-bed, 53

Black coats artistic at dinner table, 249

Blessing of good, cheap literature, 244

Boar-hunt, the author at, 46

Bodily exercise, neglect of, 48

Body and brain, close connection, 21

Book-making differs from literature, 83

Books and newspapers, 470

Bossuet, 232

_Bourgeoisie_, low condition, 367

Brain and body, close connection, 21

Brain work unfavorable to digestion, 34

"Bramleighs, The," quoted, 501

Bruno, Giordano, passion for philosophy, 79
-- constant work of, 541

Buckland, Mrs., 303

Bunyan, results of solitude, 411

Burns, quoted, 353
-- separation from culture, 353
-- injustice of, 354

Byron, cause of his death, 21
-- aristocra