INDEX
A
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, anecdote of, 479
Abernethy, surgeon, anecdote of, 462
Accuracy, 319
Activity, examples of, 195
Acts and consequences, 349, 427
Addison, 13, 155
Adrian VI., 14
Adversity, uses of, 349
Akenside, poet, 11
Alfieri, in youth, 418
Angelo, Michael, 140, 184, 437
Application and perseverance, 111, 115, 417-22
Arkwright, Sir R., 38-44 Arne, Dr., musician, 233
Arnold, Dr., on self-education, 370, 437; a cheerful worker, 441
Attention, habit of, 38, 115
Audubon, ornithologist, his perseverance, 118
Austria, Emperor of, anecdote of, 472
B
Babbage, on acts and consequences, 427
Bach, John Sebastian, 232
Bacon, Lord, 7, 23, 183, 314; his notes, 156; on economy, 349; on knowledge, 390
Banks, sculptor, 189
Barberini vase, the, and Wedgwood, 107
Barbers, eminent, 39
Barclay, David, merchant, his character and work, 238
Barrow, Isaac, 376; as a boy, 418
Baxter, Richard, on time, 155
Beethoven, 232, 399, 435
Bell, Sir Charles, 166
Bewick, wood-engraver, 147
Biography, its uses, 7, 436
Bird, artist, 184, 187
Birkenhead, wreck of the, 476
Blackstone, Sir William, 13
Böttgher, J. F., the potter, 79; his early life, 95; his boyish trick in alchemy, 95; his troubles, 96-103; makes red porcelain, 98; makes white porcelain, 98; his death, 103
Books, inspiration from, 437-8
Borrowing, danger of, 350
Boulton and Watt, 42
Bright, John, on frugality, 345
Brindley, engineer, 9, 386
