there, ii. 185.

Gnomes. (_See_ the Rosicrucians.)

Godfrey of Bouillon, his achievements in Palestine (_engraving_),
ii. 21-24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38, 39, 42, 46, 48.

Gold, sought by the Alchymists. (_See_ Alchymists.)

Gottschalk, a leader of the Crusaders, ii. 15, 20.

Gowdie, Isabel, her confession of witchcraft, ii. 136.

Grafton's Chronicle, account of Peter of Pontefract, i. 235.

Greatraks, Valentine, his wonderful cures, i. 269-272.

Great Seal of Edward I. (_engraving_), ii. 97.

Gregorian chant, its merit tested by the ordeal of fire, ii. 266.

Guise, the Duke of, his attempt to poison Gennaro Annese, ii. 202.

Guizot, M., his remarks on the Crusades, ii. 51.

Gustavus Adolphus an alchymist, i. 187.

Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, besieges Acre, ii. 69.

Hair, its length influenced by religious and political prejudices;
legislative enactments, i. 296;
short hair of the Normans (_engraving_), i. 297, 303;
St. Wulstan's antipathy to long hair, 297;
Serlo cuts off the hair of Henry I. (_engraving_), 296, 298;
Louis VII. and his queen, 299;
William "Longbeard," 300;
Roundheads and Cavaliers, 301;
Peter the Great taxes beards, 301.

Hale, Sir Matthew, _portrait_ of, ii. 148;
his belief in witchcraft, 157.

Hamilton, Duke of, his duel with Lord Mohun, ii. 290.

Harcouet, his receipt for the Elixir Vitae, i. 103.

Harley, Earl of Oxford, the originator of the South-Sea Company,
_portrait_ of, i. 46.

Haroun al Reschid, the Caliph, his encouragement of Christian pilgrims,
ii. 3.

Hastings, recent belief in witchcraft there, ii. 187.

Hatton, Lady, her reputation for witchcraft; her house in Hatton Garden,
(_engraving_), ii. 186.

"HAUNTED HOUSES," popular belief in, ii. 217-238;
a house at Aix la Chapelle, cause of the noises discovered, ii. 218;
alarm caused by a rat, 219;
the monks of St. Bruno, their trick to obtain the haunted palace of
Vauvert, 220;
houses at Tours and Bordeaux, 221;
the story of Woodstock Palace, 222;
Mr. Mompesson's house at Tedworth, 224;
the "Cock Lane Ghost," history of the deception; believed in by the
learned (_engravings_), 228;
the Stockwell ghost, 234;
Baldarroch farm-house, 235;
effect of education and civilisation, 238.

Hawkins, Mr., _engravings_ from his Collection of Caricatures, i. 29, 44.

Haygarth, Dr., his exposure of Perkins's "Metallic Tractors," i.