ABBOTS and Prelates, Fighting, in the

Middle Ages, 279

Adullam, the Cave, 260
Eschylus, Death of, 20
Albans, St., First Duke of, 174

Alexander the Great, and his Horse Buce-
phalus, 21

Alexandrian Library, the, 34

Alfred's acquirements, estimates of, 87
Alfred's Time Candles, 87

All Men have their Price," 247
Alphonsine Tables, the, 319

Alps, Hannibal's Passage through, 37
Ambitious Rulers, Fate of, 335
America, Discovery of, 65

American War, how it might have been
prevented, 199
Anacharsis Clootz, 256
Anacharsis, Travels of, 12

Ancien Régime, Prof. Kingsley on, 226
Ancient and Modern Oratory, estimate of, 8
Anne Boleyn, where buried, 146
Antiquarianism, Worth of, 8
Antoninus Commodus, death of, 64
Ants, Colossal, producing Gold, 19
Apollonius of Tyana, Who was he? 291
Arbela, the Battle of, 20

Arc, Joan of, was she burnt as a Witch?

220

Archæology, Præhistoric, 305

Archimedes and his Burning-lenses, 61
Aristocracy, English, Origin of, 105
Aristocracy, What is it? 105
Armada, the Invincible, 150
Arthurs, Two, and the Round Table, 84
Arundel Marble, Story of an, 324
Assassination of Thomas à Becket, 280
Assyrian Art, characteristics of, 323
Attila, King of the Huns, 62
Augustine, Mission of, 65

Aulus Gellius, and his Noctes Atticæ, 21
Authorities, Historical, Worth of, 7

BACON, Friar Roger, his Brazen
Head, 49

Baker's Chronicle of the Kings of Eng-
land, 179, 180, 181

Ballad of Fair Rosamond, 99
Ballad on Jane Shore, 128
Ballad of Robin Hood, 108

Ballad of the Wandering Jew, 44

Barnacle Goose, history of the, 334
Baron Munchausen, on, 331

of Newton, 315

Bribing Members of Parliament, 249
Britain, English Conquest of, 69
Britain, Præhistoric Kings of, 82
Britain, why called Albion, 69

British People and Carthaginians com-
pared, 45

Britons in the time of Cæsar, 83
Browne, Sir Thomas, on the "Incredibilia
of the Ancients," 41

Bucephalus, Alexander's Horse, 21
Buckle's History of Civilization in Eng-
land, quoted, 38, 40, 86, 342
Buildings, Vast, erected by Slavery, 325
Bulwer, Sir H., his account of the Duc
d'Enghien's Execution, 232

Bulwer, Sir Henry, his Historic Charac-
ters, 216, 232

Buncombe, what is it? 341

Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, critical es-
timate of, 330

Burial-place of Harold, 87

Burning Alive, error respecting, 336
Burning of Vedas Widows, 300

CESAR'S Conquest of Gaul, 32

Cæsar, Julius, Life of, by Napoleon
III., 32

Calves' Head Club, History of the, 169

Cannibalism in Europe, 84
Cannon, Were they used at Crecy? 113
Caroline, Queen of George IV., 211
Carthage, Founding of, 44
Casting Votes, memorable, 66
Cato, Character of, by Mommsen, 31
"Caucus," the term, origin of, 259
Causes, Little, and Great Effects, 4
Celts and Irish compared, 81
Celtic Population of Britain, 81
Cervantes, Birthday of, 333
Cervantes, Sketch of,
Characters of Kings, 2

Character of a Trimmer, 255

Charlemagne and his monogram, 9
Charles I., Last Words of, 168
Charles I., Martyrdom of, 167
Charles I. and his Parliament, 166

Charles II. in Adversity and Prosperity, 171
Charles II. and Sir R. Willis's Plot, 172
Charles II., Was he poisoned? 175
Charles V. and his liar, History, 10
Charles VI. of France, Tragic Tales of, 212
Charlotte Corday, Execution of, 231
Charters, signed with the Cross, 9
Charters, Spurious, on, 277
Chasles Forgeries about Newton, 316
Chances of History, I

Chelsea Hospital, Who built it? 174
Chesterfield's Letters, on, by Malone, 331
Chevy Chase or Otterbourne? 119
Christianity, Muscular, by Prof. Kingsley,

345

Dido, Story of, 45, 335
Diogenes, his Sayings and Doings, 22
Dispersion of Ancient Manuscripts, 71
Domesday Book and its Partialities, 70
Don Quixote and the Inquisition, 278
Dragon of St. George, legend of the, 46, 47
Dragons and Dragon-slayers, 47
Druidical Circles, on, 306

Du Haillan, the French Historian, auda-
city of, 218

Dunstan, St., and the Goldsmiths' Com-
pany, 48

Dunstan, St., and his Miracles, 47

EDWARD II. and Berkeley Castle, 112

Egypt, its Monuments and History, 14
Elizabeth and Charles I., Ages of, 160
Elizabeth, Queen, French Portrait of, 150
Elizabeth, Queen, Scandal against, 151
Elizabeth, Queen, and Mary Queen of
Scots, 153

Engineering Miscalculation, 320
England, the Historic Church of, 298
England, Maritime Supremacy of, 252
England, the Queens of, 75

English Rebellion, Leaders of the, 342
Englishman's Knowledge of his Country's
History, 78

Eustache de St. Pierre, and the Burgesses
of Calais, 115

Execution of Charlotte Corday, 231
Execution of Deacon Brodie, 302
Execution of the Duc d'Enghien, 232
Execution of Louis XVI., 231

346

George III., different estimates of, 199
George III, what drove him Mad, 205
George IV. and his Queen, 211
George, St. and the Dragon, 45

Gil Blas and Télémaque, Kingsley on, 329,

330

Gildas, Who was he? 73

Glastonbury, St. Dunstan at, 47

Godstow and Rosamond's Bower, 96, 97
Gower, the poet, and the Sutherland
Family, 122

Great Men, their share in History, 10
Grand Monarque, Louis XIV., estimates
of, 224, 226

Great Rulers in History, Macaulay on, I
Great Events from Little Causes, 61-68
Greece invaded by Xerxes, 26
Greek Art, Falkener on, 319
Greek, a new Language, 19
Greeks, the Modern, 270
Guillotin, history of the, 303

HABEAS Corpus Act, how obtained, 258

Haman and Mordecai, fortunes of, 301
Hannibal's Vinegar Passage through the
Alps, 37

Hanno and the Carthaginians, Cruelties
of, 36

Harold, Burial-place of, disputed, 87
Henrietta Maria, and her reputed penance
to Tyburn, 161

Henry IV. and the Jerusalem Chamber, 124
Henry VIII, Reign of, by Froude, 139
Heraldry, Worth of, 10

Herodotus, various abuse of, 23
Herodotus, the Father of History, 22
History Chances of, 1

History, Great Rulers in, by Macaulay, 1
History, Modern, difficulty of writing, 6
Historical Authorities, Worth of, 7
Historical Lore in the French Senate, 242
Hobbes, Hostility to his writings, 285
Homer's Battles, and his imitators, 17
Homeric Poems, Froude on the, 16
Homeric Theories, review of, 17
Hook, Dean, his account of Thomas à
Becket, 281

Hopkins, the Witchfinder, his fate, 302
Houbraken's Heads, authenticity of, im-
pugned, 324

Hume's History of England, worth of, 7

"IFS," absurdity of a series, in History, 6
"Ifs" of History, the, 3-7

Improvers of Mankind, who are they? 308
Incredibilia of the Ancients, by Palæpha-

Jane Shore, Story of, 126
Jeffreys, Judge, defence of, 181
Joan of Arc, was she burnt as a Witch, 220
John, King, vindicated, 101

John of Leyden, Story of, 286

July, the great political month of, 245

KATHERINE, QUEEN, and Henry
VIII., first-born of, 145

Katherine's, St., Hospital and Queen Char
lotte, 193

Kings, Characters of, 2

Kings and Pretenders, their fortunes, on,
178

Kings, Two Tippling, 157

Kingston, Sir W., his jocular cruelty, 137
Knight Templars, Treatment of, 93

LA

ABYRINTH of Crete described, the, 53
La Cloche, Son of Charles II., 173
Landor's Epigram on George III., 200
Lardner, Dr., on Worcester's Steam-en-
gine, 314

Lateran, origin of the, 298

Leaders of the English Rebellion, 342
Legend of the Cross, 60
Legitimacy and Government, 261
Lighting, Inventions in, 327
Lion King, Story of the, 99.
Locomotion, improvements in, 328
Locomotive, Invention of the, 320
Louis XI., of France, Cruelties of, 223
Louis XIV., of France, real Character
of, 224

Louis XIV. and Napoleon, a parallel, 235
Louis XVI., Execution of, 231
Louis XVIII., the Reign of, 243
Luke, St., not a Painter, 49
Luke St., Picture attributed to, 49
Luther, Fables about, 296

Luther and Transubstantiation, 295

330

Macaulay on Great Rulers in History, 1
Magna Charta, outline of, 104
Maiden, the, and Halifax Gibbet, 302, 303
Majorities, small, 358

Man upon the Earth, 306
Manners, History of, 324

Manuscripts, Ancient, Dispersion of, 71

Marlborough, Duke of, his Avarice, 185

Marlborough, Duke of, his Victories, 185

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, her Ec-
centricities, 186

Mary, Queen, Character of, 148

Mary, Queen of Scots, her chances, 6
Mary, Queen of Scots, Character of, 154
Mary and Elizabeth, and the Reforma-
tion, 6

Mayfield and St. Dunstan's relics, 48
"Measures, not Men," political, 261
Melbourne, Viscount, the Minister, 213
Methodism. origin of, 67

Methodism, Relics of its Founders, 289
Middle Ages, Corrupt History of, 38-40

Middle Ages, Fighting Abbots and Pre-

lates in, 279

Middleton's Life of Cicero, 32
Milton, Popularity of, estimated, 329
Misrepresentations, Historic, 74
Mogul, the Great, Portrait of, 336
Mohammed, Portrait of, 297

Money cost of War, estimated, 265
Monk, General, his Marriage, 173

Moral of Monarchy, by Jeremy Taylor, 3
More, Sir Thomas, and the Butlership of
Lincoln's-inn, 137

Morganatic Marriages, on, 273
Mythology, Modern, 333

NABOB, Character of the, 274

Napoleon I., Cost of his Wars, 240
Napoleon 1. and Louis XIV., a parallel,

235

Napoleon I. at St. Helena, 304
Napoleon I., character of, 237
Napoleon I., short-sightedness of, 236
Napoleon I., his Star of Destiny, 235
Napoleon I., Thiers on, 238
National Debt, on the, 247
Nava! Fights, fortunes of, 61
Nell Gwyn, her several Houses, 175
Nelson, Lord, Character of, by Lord Hol-
land, 200

Newcastle, Duke of, his vagaries, 188
New Forest, and the Death of William
Rufus, 61

Newton, Sir Isaac, his Apple-tree, 315
Newton, fallacies, frauds, and forgeries,
respecting, 315, 317

Newton's Principia characterized, 317
Nicknames, Political, by Cobbett, 216
Nicknames, Political, 263

Nine Worthies, the, 53

Norman Kings, Character of, 94

Northumberland, Earls and Dukes of, 121

OAK, Wearing

on the 29th of May, 172
O'Connell, Daniel, Memory of, 276
Oratory, Ancient and Modern, estimated, 8
Order of the Garter, conferring, 347
Order of the Garter, Origin of, 114
Orleans Family, the, 244
Orleans, the Maid of, 221

Owen, Prof., on the Saving of the Capitol
of Rome, 29

PALMERSTON, VISCOUNT, Ances-
try of, 214
Pantheism, What is it? 292
Paper-mill, the first in England, 135
Parr, Lady Katherine, and Burning for
Heresy, 147

Panics, Invasion, of 1847-8, and 1851, 267
Pauses, questionable consequences of, 6
Paris, city, origin of, 39

Partington, Mrs., and her Mop, 256
Pascal and Newton question, 316

Pepys, the Diarist, his mistakes about
Shakspeare and Butler, 329

Personal Motives and Pretended Patrio-

tism, 79

Philosophers, Old, Horace Walpole on, 314
Phrases, Historical, by Herr Büchmann, 339

Pigeons, Keeping, in France, 228
Pitt and the Pittites, 204
Pitt as a War Minister, 203
Plato sold as a Slave, 15
Poisoner, Pope Alexander VI.,
Poisoner, Saint-Croix, 301

302

347

Political Hate, a page of, 201
Pope's Toe, origin of Kissing, 298
Potwallopers, origin of, 255
Præhistoric Archæology, on, 305
Prerogative of the Crown supposed, 250
Prince of Wales's Feathers, origin of, 110
Prince of Wales, the First, where born, 111
Prophesies and Guesses, remarkable, 254
Prophecy-ridden Princes, 294
Puritans, Who were they? 285
Pythagoras, and the Transmigration of
Souls, 290

QUEENS of England, the, 75

RALEIGH, Sir Walter, on the Scaffold,

157

Raleigh, Sir Walter, in the Tower, 156
Rape of the Bucket, Origin of, 65
Rebellion, English, Leaders of the, 42
Reformation, Progress of the, 295
Relics, imaginary worth of, 288
Retributive Justice, Instances of, 301 304
Revolutions, a Sufferer by, 262

Richard Cœur de Lion, Death of, 130
Richard III., autograph of, scarce, 130
Richard III., his Bedstead at Leicester, 132
Richard III., errors respecting, 80
Richard III., Sir T. More's account of, 130
Richard III., Walpole's Historic Doubts

on, 129

Richelieu, Cardinal, Character of, 227
Roasting an Abbot, 138

Robin Hood, Who was he? 106
Rodney, Lord, in difficulties, 201
Rome, Early History of, 27

Rome, how the Capitol was saved, 28
Rome, the Mistress of the World, 30
Rome under the Oligarchy, by Mommsen,

34

Roman Empire, the, 31

Round Table and the Two Arthurs, 84
Round Towers of Ireland, Dr Petrie on, 325
Royalty deduced from a Tub-woman, 170
Russia, French Invasion of, 240

"SADDLE Letter" and Charles I., 165
St. Christopher, Legend of, 334
Scandal against Queen Elizabeth, 151
Science and Superstition, Prof. Kingsley
on, 309

Scots Greys at Waterloo, 209
Seeking a place, 269

Semiramis, the Assyrian Queen, 61
Shakspeare and Cervantes, Birthday of, 333
Shakspeare and his Commentators, 331
Ship-money, amount of, 66
Shoreditch, ancient account of, 128
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, fate of, 182
Siege of Troy, account of the, 26

Sights that I have seen," by Dutens, 271
Soliman the Second, his butcheries, 27

"Stone Age, the," explained, 308
Story of an Arundel Marble, 324
Story of Fair Rosamond, 94

Story of Jack and the Beanstalk, 57
Story of Jack the Giant-Killer, 55
Story of Jane Shore, 126
Story of John of Leyden, 286

Story of Katherine of Arragon, and her
two Marriages, 144

Story of the Lion King, 99
Story of Tom Hickathrift, 58
Story of Tom Thumb, 58

Story of the Wandering Jew, 42

Story of the "Vengeur du Peuple," 229
Stuart, House of, English Adherents of, 177
Stuart, House of, its Strange Fortunes,
176

Supremacy of the Sea, Froude on, 252

TALLEYRAND, Secret of his Success,

241

Vizier, imprisoned, escape of, 67
Voltaire's Universal History, 13

UTRECHT, Treaty, Signing of, 257

WALPOLE, Horace, his account of
Lord Mayor Beckford, 196

Walpole, Horace, on the Characters of
Kings, 2

Walpole, Horace, his Historic Doubts on
Richard III., 128, 30

Walpole, Horace, on the Travels of
Anacharsis, 12

Walpole, Sir Robert, and "All Men have
their Price," 248

Wandering Jew, Story of the, 42
Wandering Jew in London, 43

Wapshotts of Chertsey, and their holding,

the, 93

War, Money cost of, 264

Wars, odd causes of some, 63, 64
Wars of the Roses, 122

Washington, popular error respecting, 68
Waste of Life, 264

Water, Composition of, who discovered it?
310

Waterloo, Defeat of the Imperial Guard
at, 246

Waterloo, French Colours taken at, 208
Watt and Cavendish, and the Composition
of Water, 310

What is Buncombe? 341

Whitehead, the Poet Laureate, 198
Whitewashing Reputations, 80

William the Conqueror and the New
Forest, 90

William Rufus, death of, 91
William Tell, a Fable, 51
Wilkes triumphant, 198

Wilson, Sir Robert, as a politician, 213
Window, the cause of a War, 64

Wolfe, General, and the Expedition to
Quebec, 192

Wolsey, Cardinal, not a Butcher's Son, 142
Wolsey, Cardinal, his Rise and Fall, 143
Worcester, Marquis of, and the Steam-

engine, 313

Worth of Antiquarianism, 8
Worth of Heraldry, 10

Worthies, the Nine, who were they? 53
Writing History, various modes of, 10
Writing History for the Stage, 11
Wyat, Sir Thomas, his Breakdown, 147

XERXES, his Exploits and his End, 26