Milton, John, 13; a man of business, 312
Misfortune and stupidity, 317
Models of character, 434
Money, its use and abuse, 341; making and saving, 358-68
Montalembert on the Indian rebellion, 277
Moreau, General, defeat, 399 greatest in
Mother's influence, 426
Motte, La, anecdote of, 477
Mulready, artist, 189
Murat, Marshal, 17
Murchison, Sir Roderick, 180 Murray, Professor Alexander, 406
Musicians, industry of, 232
N
Napier, Sir Charles, 273; on debt, 354-5; on rectitude, 469
Napoleon and Jacquard, 72; his character, and on will, 269; as a business man, attentive to details, 325-8; as a boy, 419
Navvies, anecdote of two English, 472
Negroes and Granville Sharp, 295
Nelson, Admiral, 13; his punctuality, 323
Newton, Sir I., sayings of, 112, 119, 140, 146; his labour, 155; as a man of business, 313, 373; a dull boy, 417
Ney, Marshal, 17; generous conduct, 474
Nicoll, Robert, poet, 397
Northcote, painter, 183, 435
Note-making, 155-6
O
Observation, intelligent, 141, 151, 175
Opie, painter, 9, 146, 183
Order, importance of, 151
Owen, Richard, naturalist, 14, 157
P
Palissy, the potter, 79, 81-95
Paré, Ambrose, surgeon, 158-62
Parental example, 425
Patient labour, its results, 5, 112, 116, 123, 404
Paton, Noel, artist, 223
Peasant, a noble, 470
Peel family, the, 44, 50
Peel, Sir Robert, statesman, his cultivation of memory, 115; his truthfulness, 455
Peerages founded by tradesmen, 240; by lawyers, 255 Pergæus and conic sections, 144
Perseverance, its value and results, 83-92, 113, 118-26, 136, 152, 261, 318, 411-5; cominands success, 421
Perrier, François, artist, 192 'Perseus,' casting of, 196-8
Petty, Sir William, and the Lansdowne peerage, 250
Phipps, William, founder of the Normanby peerage, 244-50
Physical health and education, 372
Pleasure, pursuit of, 393
Politeness, 461-4
Pope, Alexander, 13, 429
Porcelain, invention of, 98
Potters, illustrious, 79
Pottery manufacture, 109, 206
Pounds, John, and Ragged Schools, 430
