ourse of time, 74; serious consequences of, 77;
among political economists, 78; illustrative anecdote of Caramuel, a
Spanish bishop, 79.

CONSTANTINE, motives of his acknowledgment of Christianity, ii. 433.

CONTROVERSIAL writings, acrimony infused into by scholars, i. 153,
and 317.

CONTROVERSY, literary, that of the Nominalists and Realists, i. 312;
between Benedetto Aletino and Constantino Grimaldi, 314; abuse
lavished on each other by learned men in, 308-320; challenges sent
on occasion of, 317.

COOKERY and cooks of the ancients, ii. 245; Epic composed in praise
of, 246; illustrative translations from Athenaeus,247-252; the
dexterity of the cooks, 253; writers on, 254; anecdotes, 255.

CORNEILLE, Peter, died in poverty, i. 32; deficient in conversation,
104; sketch of his life, 428-432.

CORNEILLE, Thomas, impromptu written under his portrait, i. 432.

CORNELIUS AGRIPPA, accused of magic, i. 27; his dog supposed to be a
demon, 28; his belief in demons, iii. 282.

CORNHERT, Theodore, a great advocate for toleration, iii. 253, and
note.

CORPUS CHRISTI plays at Chester, i. 353; at Kendal, iii. 442, and
note.

COSMETICS, use of, by the ladies of the Elizabethan age, i. 227.

COTTON, Sir Robert, his manuscript collections, iii. 316; his
character of Charles I., 456, 457.

COUNTRY gentlemen, their former habits commended, ii. 214; Lord
Clarendon's mention of his grandfather's conduct as one of the body,
ib.; their conduct created a national character, ib.

COUNTRY residence, opinion of Justice Best upon, iii. 363; James I.
recommendation of, 364; proclamations to compel a, ib.; and
proceedings in the Star Chamber against the disobedient, 365-368;
Ode upon, by Sir Richard Fanshaw, 369.

COURT of Wards and Liveries, ii. 158, note.

CRANMER, Jansenist character of, i. 373.

CREATION of the World, precise date of, i. 303.

CREBILLON, his creditors attached the proceeds of his tragedy of
Catiline, i. 405; decree of Louis XV. thereupon, 406.

CRITICS may possess the art of judging without the power of
execution, i. 407; Abbe d'Aubignac and Chapelaine quoted as
instances, ib.

CRITICISM, Periodical, see LITERARY JOURNALS, i. 12-17; sketches of
amongst the ancients, 24-27; effect of, upon authors, 409.

CROMWELL, his great political error, ii. 435; prediction of his
future