Maud, the Empress, 49.

Melville, H. D. (Viscount), 156.

Mill, John, 80.

Mill, John Stuart, 370.

Milton, John, 45.

Molesworth, Sir W. (Bart.), 285.

Monk, Geo. (Duke of Albemarle), 75, 379.
Monmouth, Geoffrey of, 6.
Montfort, Simon de, 335.

Montgomerie, A. W. (Earl of Eglinton),
328.

Montgomery, Robt., 284.
Moore, Thomas, 237.
More, Sir Thomas, 40, 538.
Morton, John, 8.

Murphy, Robert, 282.

NELSON, Horatio, 133, 381.

Nepos, Cornelius, 405.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 116.
Nicholl, Robert, 329.

North, Frederick (Lord), 155.

North, Sir F. (Baron Guildford), 79.
Norway, Maid of, 336.

ODO, 5.

Osborne, Sir Thomas, 78.
Otway, Thomas, 80.

Overbury, Sir Thomas, 50, 169, 338.
Ovid, 365.

PALEY, William, 156.

Peel, Sir Robert (Bart.), 239.
Pembroke, Earl of, 6.
Penn, William, 80.

Pepys, Samuel, 78.

Perceval, Spencer (Rt. Hon.), 196.
Philip II. of Spain, 50.

Philippa of Hainault (Queen), 49.
Pindar, 410.

Pitt, William, 159.

Plato, 406.

Plautus, 406.

Pope, Alexander, 118.

Pretender, Old (J. F. E. Stuart), 16.
Pretender, Young (C. E. Stuart), 16.
Priestly, Joseph, 155.

QUEKETT, John Thos., 329.

RALEIGH, Sir Walter, 42, 131.
Rainsay, Allan, 118.
Richard I., 292.
Richard II., 444.

Richard (Duke of York), 336.
Ridley, Nicholas, 41.

Robertson, Fredk. Wm., 330.

Robertson, Wm., 121.

Russell, Wm. (Duke of Bedford), 76.
Russell, Wm. (Lord), 79.

SALLUST, 365.

Saville, Geo. (Marquis of Halifax), 77.
Scott, John (Earl of Eldon), 158.
Scott, Sir W. (Bart.), 200.

Scott, Wm. (Lord Stowell), 158.
Seneca, 409.

599

Seymour, Edward (Earl of Hertford), 41.
Shakespeare, William, 43.

Sharp, James, 76.
Sidney, Sir Philip, 42.
Smith, Adam, 121.
Smollett, Tobias, 121.
Somerset (Duke of), 7.
Sophia of Hanover, 491.
Sophocles, 408.

Southey, Robert, 201.

Spencer, Edmund, 42.

Spenser, Chas. (Earl of Sunderland), 117.
Spenser, John, 77.

St. John, Henry (Viscount Bolingbroke),
117.

Stanhope, James (Earl), 117.

Steele, Sir Richard, 117.
Stephen, 491.

Stewart, Dugald, 159.

Stewart, Robert (Lord Castlereagh), 198.
Stirling, John, 283.

Strabo, 410.

Stuart, Arabella, 418.

Stuart, John (Earl of Bute), 120.

Suckling, Sir John, 45.

Swift, Dr. Jonathan, 117.

Sydney, Algernon, 76, 212.

WALPOLE, Horace (Earl of Orford), 120.・
Walpole, Sir Robert (Earl of Orford), 91,
118,295, 587.

Walsingham, Sir Francis, 42.
Walsingham, Thomas, 8.

Warbeck, Perkin, 249, 295, 560.
Wellesley, Sir A. (Duke of Wellington),
52, 197.

Wentworth, Charles W. (Marquis of Rock-
ing ham 155.

Wentworth, Thomas (Earl of Strafford),
75, 339, 560.

William the Conqueror, 377, 559.
William II., 491.

William III., 169, 417.

Williams, John (Ab Ithel), 326.
Willmott, Robert Aris, 285.
Wilson, James, 282.

Wolsey, Sir Thomas, 15, 40, 294.
Wordsworth, William, 199.
Wotton, Sir Henry, 43.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 78.
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 41.
Wycliffe, John, 6, 336.

XENOPHON, 406.

YOUNG, Edward, 118.

Absence of mind, anecdotes of, 508, 509.
Amalgamation of the two branches of the
profession,

erroneous views entertained by advo-
cates for, 316.

education of students the chief point to

be considered, 316, 317.

majority of profession not in favour of,
317, 318.

which course of study should be pursued,
318.

injurious to both branches, ib.

Lord Campbell's opinion on the practice
in a solicitor's office, 319.

few men would rise to the greatest
eminence, ib.

difficulty of appointing judges, ib.

a man seldom excels in two branches of
a profession, ib.

Barristers and solicitors, what endowments
are essential to those aspiring to be-

Brains quantity or quality,

reason for treating of the subject, 275.
large head no indication of power of,
276.

man's superiority over other living things
consists principally in the quality of,
ib.
phrenology a true science, ib.

one quality may counterbalance another,
ib.

mental faculties as arranged by phreno-
logists, ib.

quality, not quantity, essential to true
greatness, 277.

Classics, modern,

French, 70, 234.

algebra, 70, 234.

Greek, 70, 234.
chemistry, 71.
German, ib.
mechanics, ib.

natural history, ib.

study of geography, 71, 232.

comparison of the preliminary examina-
tions at the Law Institution and College
of Surgeons, 231.

experience even more valuable than
knowledge, 232.

impossible to understand style of an
examination without long acquaint-
ance with it, ib.

erroneous impression as to "coaching,"
ib.

questions anticipated, 234.
Common sense,

no endowment so essential to lawyers as,
358.

lawyers possess it in a greater degree
than others, ib.

experience produces, 359.

solicitors have more opportunity than
barristers of gaining experience, ib.

Conversation, men of genius deficient in,
English not remarkable for brilliant, 459.
accounted for, ib.

great men expected to introduce subjects
for, 460.

taciturnity not always synonymous with
wisdom, ib.

great men who were silent among
strangers, 460, 461.

Courts of justice, accommodation for law
students in,

knowledge of practical working" of
courts of justice necessary for the law
student, 530,

seats for students in, ib.

difficulty in obtaining admission into,
530, 531.

Courts of law, railing in,

Coke's style, 507.

his conduct to Raleigh, Essex and Bacon,
ib.

revived by Judge Jeffreys, ib.

who first to teach a due respect to cri-
minals, ib.

Debating societies. See Erskine Debating
Society,

advantages of, 189, 437, 477.

Education, the advantage of,
imparts a polish to a man, 359.
failure to pass an examination no test of
a man's abilities, 360.

a person's knowledge best tested by
asking questions of no ordinary nature,
ib.

value of special tuition, 360, 361.
good education always discernible, 361.
university men unable to pass examina-
tions without special preparation, ib.
value of "home-breeding," ib.
Educational works, review of,

Adams' "Elements of the English Lan-
guage," 35.

Angus "Handy-Book of the English
Tongue," 36.

Cornwell's "Geography," ib.
Stewart's "Compendium of Modern
Geography," ib.

Collier's British History," ib.
"Student's Hume," 37.

Barnard Smith's and Colenso's "Arith-
metics," ib.

Todhunter's "Euclid” and “Algebra,”
ib.

general remarks, ib.

English language, lectures on,

a composite language, 37.
its beauties, ib.

an imported language, ib.

English language, lectures on-continued.
German most closely connected with, 38.
invasions of the Jutes, Angles and
Saxons, ib.

Anglo-Saxon, basis of, ib.

Saxon words superseded by foreign
words, 39.

introduction of words from the Arabic,
. Hindoo and other languages into, ib.
Anglo-Saxon, Latin and Greek prefixes
and affixes in, 73.
diminutives, 74.

great value of a knowledge of, ib.
Celtic elements in, 114.

words introduced under Christianized
Saxons into, 115.

foreign words retaining original plural
suffixes, ib.
Anglo-Norman, ib.

Erskine Debating Society,
its institution, 477.

annual dinner, June 1874..509.
Examinations, special preparation for,
one way of attaining an object, 320.
"prepared" students know more than
"unprepared, 320, 321.

value of special tuition for, 321.
ignorance of students sent up from pub-
lic schools, ib.

"honor lists" misleading, 321, 322.
value of early education, 322.
knowledge of minute details useless, ib.
candidates sent up from schools often

more fortunate than well-educated, ib.
value of "test" examinations, ib.

French, remarks on the study of,
system" necessary, 154.
how to study, ib.

speaking with Frenchmen, ib.
"repetition" necessary, ib.

Genius, inequalities of, 532.

course pursued by great writers and
poets, 533.

Byron and Dryden, ib.

Genius, men of, deficient in conversation.
See Conversation, &c., 459.

Imagination, the power of, 323.

Inns of Court, incorporation of and pro-
posed law university,
Lord Selborne's bills, 504.
project premature, ib.
Lord Cairns' suggestion, ib.

"tests" adopted by Inns of Court and

Law Institution are satisfactory, ib.
failure of some men to rise to eminence
does not rest with Inns of Court, 505.

free lectures practically useless, ib.