The Index
Reading edition
"Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound; Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then wrote, and flounder'd on, in mere despair."
—Pope.
America. Humours of a voyage to, 18.
Baxter, Robert. His hospitality, 53.
Bedford Town and Schools, 73.
Binders and their work, 41.
Bradley, A. G. Life of Wolfe, 10.
Bright, John. Letter from, 134.
Calverley, C. S., 2.
Charles II. and Lord Northesk, 101.
Christie's. A sale at, 11.
Christie's. Lyne Stephens sale, 148.
Coleridge, Hartley. Letter from, 129.
Combe Bank, 109.
Craze, modern. For work, 48.
Cunarder. On board a, 18.
"Cynical Song of the City," 50.
Dickens. On over-work, 48.
Dobson, Austin, 63.
Ethie Castle and its ghost story, 104.
Fox, Caroline. John Bright's letter to, 134.
Fox, Mrs. Charles, of Trebah, 128.
Fox, Mrs. Charles, and Hartley Coleridge, 129.
Foxwold and its early train, 51.
French Revolution of 1848, 85.
Gainsborough's portrait of Wolfe, 8.
Ghost story at Ethie, 104.
Gosse, Edmund. Poem by, 61.
Grain, R. Corney. Sketch of, 3.
" " His charity, 4.
" " Letter from, 6.
Guthrie, Anstey. Bon-mot of, 52.
Hamilton's parodies, 123.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 59.
Humours of an Atlantic voyage, 18.
"Jane will return." A true story, 119.
Jerrold, Douglas. Drawing of, 68.
Laureateship, The, 58.
Lehmann, R. C. Poem by, 78.
Letter from John Bright, 134.
" " Hartley Coleridge, 129.
" " Charles II., 101.
" " R. Corney Grain, 6.
" " Lord Lauderdale, 102.
" " John Poole, 83.
" " John Ruskin, 137.
" " G. A. Sala, 69.
Longfellow. Extract from, 117.
Lyne Stephens, Mrs., 144.
" " Sketch of her life, 145.
" " Her art collections, 147.
" " Thackeray's sketch of her, 145.
" " Her death, 154.
" " Her funeral sermon, 155.
" " Great sale at Christie's, 148.
Lytton, Robert, Lord. Poem by, 60.
Manning, Cardinal, 109.
Manning, Charles John, 109.
Mayhew, Horace, 67.
Meadows, Kenny. Drawing of, 68.
Newgate. Visit to, 34.
Northesk, Lord, and Charles II., 101.
Parody. An unknown one, 123.
Payn, Mr. James. His lay-sermons, 126.
Poets who are not read, 115.
Poole, John. Letter from, 83.
Portland, Duke of, and his books, 42.
Portraits of Mrs. Lyne Stephens, 159.
Punch. Memorials of, 66.
" Portraits of writers to, 66.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Portrait by, 11.
Ruskin, John. Letters from, 137.
Sala, G. A. Letter from, 69.
" " Picture by, 69.
Sales at Christie's, 11, 148.
Schools, Bedford, 73.
Ségur, Marquis de. Portrait of, 143.
Sheridan, R. B. Portrait of, 11.
Stevenson, R. L., 77.
Stories. American, 18.
Scott, Canon. Sermon by, 155.
Symon, Arthur. Poem by, 63.
Texts, inappropriate, 55, 56, 57.
Thackeray's description of Mrs. Lyne Stephens, 145.
Westerham. Birthplace of Wolfe, 9.
Wolfe, General. Portrait of, 9.
Woods, Mr. Thomas H., 13.
Work, modern. Craze for, 48.
Z---- sale of pictures, 15.
The Reader (loquiter).
"Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door; Sir, let me see your works and you no more!"
—Pope.
