Elizabeth,  Queen  of  England,
saying  of,  287.
j   Emerson,  R.  W.,  his  style,  24  ;

on  property  in  thought,  231  ;

his  defination  of  a  great  man,

236.
English  language,  the,  its  fitness

for   literary  composition,  47,

48;  its  rapid  spread,  58;  should

welcome  needed  new  words  ;

293.
Epicurus,  his  egotism,  79.
Erring,  the,  a  plea  for,  185-191;

too  harshly  judged,  ] 86-189  ;

their  temptations,  186.
Excellence,  its  drawbacks,  101,

108,  109  ;  negative,  109.
Exercise,  71,  195.
Fat  men,  celebrated,  124,  125  ;
their  good  nature,  122.
Fatness,  its  advantages  and  dis
advantages,  118-126;  punished
by  the  Spartans,  125,  126;  re
lieved  by  the  Krenzbrunnen
waters,  125.
Fontenelle,  his  treatment  of  cri
ticisms,  98.
Fools,  155-162;  why  they  offend
us,  155;  why  happy,  156, 157;
their  social  advantages,  157,
]58  ;  essential  to  society,  157;
make  the  best  reformers,  159
160  ;  as  tireside  companions,
160  ;  born,  not  made,  162 ;
Charles  Lamb  on,  156.
Foster,  John,  his  preparation
for  writing,  32.
Fox,  Charles  James,  anecdote
of,  134.
Frederick  the  Great,  anecdote
of,  98  ;  his  reply  to  D'Alem-
bert,  98.
French,  the,  their  style,  17,  18  ;
their  faults,  19.
Froude  James  Anthony,  his
style,  23.
306


INDEX.
Fuller,  Thomas,  D.D./his  mem
ory,  146;  his  rales  for  improv
ing  the  memory,  153.
Galen,  197.
Genius,  receptive,  9,  230  ;  its
modesty,  77-89  ;  not  ignorant
'  of  its  powers,  86,  87  ;  its  in
firmities,  113,  114;  often  tardy
in  its  development,  221  ;  a
debtor  to  its  predecessors,  238,
239.
Gentility,  difficulty  of  defining
it,  257.  258 ;  its  requisites,
264,  265,  266  ;  defined  by
negatives,  264,  265 ;  divided
and  sub-divided  by  women,
265  ;  repose  a  mark  of  it  267 ;
cannot  be  put  on  at  will,  269.
