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INDEX.

ABANDONED engagements, 170.
Abrupt terminations, 146.

Abyssinian letter, The celebrated, 92.
Accentuation, Erroneous, 153.
Addison's correspondence. 45.
Addison to Congreve, 46.

on letter-writing, 148.

Address, Modes of, 176.

Old styles of, 22.

Varied styles of, 180.

Addresses, Extraordinary, 182, et seq.

Imperfect, 181.

African letter, 91.

Ainsworth, Harrison, 210.

Aird, Thomas, 210.

Aldus' Italian letters, 38.

Alford, Dean, 210.

Alleghanians, Letter to the, 92.

America, Correspondence with, 187.
American courtship, 104.

humour, 95.

Amherst, Lord, 201.

Angularity of ladies' handwriting, 216.

Anna R. to George Heriot, 98.
Argyll, Duke of, 210.

Arithmetic, Attention to, 196.

Arnold, Letters of Dr., 83.

Stanley's Life of, 76.
Matthew, on Joubert, 36.

'Artemus Ward,' 96.

on Wax Figgers,' 96.

Auckland, Lord, 201.
Authors, Handwriting of, 215.
Autography, Article on, 219.

Ayala, Don Pedro de, Letter of, 225.

BACON, Lord, 211.

Ballantyne, R. M., Letter by, 238.
Balzac, Jean L. G. de, 28, 32.
Barlow, Sir George, 201.
Barrington, Bishop, on 'Hierogly-
phics,' 202.

Beautiful woman, Letter to a, 233.
Beethoven's letters, 38.
Begging-letters, 159.

Specimens of, 161, 162.
Begging-letter writer, The ideal, 163.
Bell, Rev. Dr. Andrew, 130.

- John, his three hands, 202.
Bentinck, Lord William, 201.
Berkeley to Dorset, 101.
'Best wishes,' etc., 147.
Bible, The well-read, 103.

Biographies, Letters in modern, 76.
Black Prince, 207.

Blackwood on the penmanship of Brit-
ish statesmen, 200.

Blemishes, Epistolary, 146, et seq.
Blessington, Countess of, 217.
'Blind Officers,' 182.
Boccaccio, 38.

Boleyn, Anne, her last letter to Henry

VIII., 16.

Boswell's Life of Johnson, 76.
Boyd, Zachary, 20.

Boy-of-genius hand, 204.

Boys and girls, Letters of, 132.
Bray, Mrs., 62.

Breach of promise case, Scottish, 114.
Brevity in business-letters, 108.

Bridegrooms and brides, Signatures

of, 207.

Brooks, Shirley, 210, 215.
Brontë, Charlotte, 217.

Brougham, Lord, 210.

Brown, Rev. Dr. John, 210.

Browne, Charles (Artemus Ward"), 96.
Bryant, Jacob, on 'Hieroglyphics,'

202.

Burns, Robert, 61, 120, 127.
Burke on letter-writing, 55.
Burning of letters, Punch on, 243.
Bury, Lady Charlotte, 217.

to Charles K. Sharpe, 85.

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Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, Corre-
spondence of the, 19.

Carpenter, Miss, to Sir Walter Scott,
128, 129.

Cassilis, Earl of, 21.

Celtic indignation, Letter illustrative

of, 145.

Chalmers, Rev. Dr., 210.
Chambers, Dr. Robert, 210.

Chambers' Journal on autography,

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Clandestine interviews, 169.

Clarinda' to 'Sylvander,' 127.

Clement VII., Pope, 38.

Clergymen and begging-letters, 160.

Handwriting of, 215.
Testimonials of, 160.

Clerkly hand, 213.

Cobbett, William, on crossed letters, 7.

False charges by, 27.
Cobden, Richard, 209.

Cockburn, Henry, to Mr. Bridges, 87.
Collingwood, Lord, on letter-writing,
158.

Colonial correspondence, 187.
Commonalty, Letters of the, 140.
Complexion and handwriting, 219.
'Composition letters,' 121.
Conclusions, Stereotyped, 147.
Condé, Prince de, 211.

Condolence, Letter of, by Sir Walter
Scott, 81.

Cooke, Quaint letter of Eliza, 90.

Corday, Charlotte, 211.
Correspondence, Altered character of,

10.

Increase of, 185, 191.

Courtship, Model letters for, 168.
Cowper to Lady Hesketh, etc., 56.
's correspondence, 53.

postman described by, 192.

Coxe's (Archdeacon) 'Hieroglyphics,'

202.

Crabbe, George, 61.

Cromwell, Oliver, 211.
Crossed letters, 7, 221.

Cuningham's edition of Walpole's Let-

ters, 57.
Cuvier, 211.

DALHOUSIE, Earl of, 209.
Marquis of, 201, 209.

Dalrymple, Letter of Sir Hew, 24.
Dalzell of Binns, General, 20.
Danton, 211.

Darwin on handwriting, 213.
Date in letters, Importance of, 188.
A corrected, 189.

Davenal, Dick, 133.

to his cousin Sara, 134.
Dead-letter Office, 185, 189.

'Dear Sir' and 'Dear Madam,' 176.
'Dearest Wife,' 177.

Deffand, Madame du, 36.

'Delay' of public officers, 11I.

De Quincey on Pope's correspondence,

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Franklin, Benjamin, 61.
Fraser, William, his Works illustrative
of Scottish correspondence, 19.
French letter, Laconic, 8.

letter-writers, 28, et seq.

Frenchman and amanuensis, 202.
's views on handwriting, 221.
Friendly epistle, The, 5.
Friendship, Sterne on, 69.
Friends, Dr. Johnson on old, 78.
Friends in Council, 198.

GARRARD, Letters of Rev. George, 15.
Garrick, David, 61, 209.
George IV., 212.

German letter-writers, 37.
Gibbon, Edward, 61.

-'s letters, 63.

Girls and boys, Letters of, 132.
Gladstone, William E., 210.
Glasgow, Signature of Lord, 206.
Glengarry, Sleat's pithy letter to, 100.
Godwin, Mrs., 61, 217.

Goethe's correspondence, 37, 120.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 61.

to his mother, 63.

-'s chequered experiences, 64, et
seq.

letters, 63.

Gordon, Duchess of, Horace Walpole
on, 60.

Gothic characteristics of handwriting,

212.

Graduated modes of address, 177.
Graham, Sir James, 210.
Graphic epistle, 149.

Gray, Thomas, 210.

to Rev. William Mason, 52, 53.
's correspondence, 51.

Grecian's and deputy-Grecian's hands,

204.

'Greysteel' (Alexander sixth Earl of
Eglinton), 20.

to his Countess, 22.

Guides to letter writing, 165, et seq.
their miscellaneous contents, 167.
Guizot, M., 210.

Guthrie, Rev. Dr., 209.

HALL, Rev. Robert, 209.
Hallam on Balzac, 29.

on Madame de Sévigné, 32.
Handwriting, 195, et seq.

Bad, 198, 199, 203, 215.
Character from, 217.
Hereditary, 214.

Individualism of, 209, 21 2.

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Hare, Archdeacon, on Cowper's let-
ters, 54.

on italics, 152.

Hastings, Marquis of, 201.

Helps, Arthur, on bad handwriting,
198, 199.

on men of business, 107.

Hemans, Felicia, 62.

Henry V., 207.

Henry, Matthew, 210.

Hereditary handwriting, 214.

Heriot, Queen Anna's letter to George,
98.

Hesketh, Lady, on letter-writing, 55.
"Hieroglyphics,' 202, 213.
Highlander's address, 184.
Hill, Sir Rowland, 185.
'Hints on letter-writing,' 175.
Hodgson, Mr. Richard, 205.
Hogg, James, 210.

to his brother, 84.

Sir James Weir, 205.
Hofacker on handwriting, 214.
Holograph letter, Early, 207.
'Honoured sir,'' Madam,' etc., 176.
Hood, Thomas, to Mary Elliot, 138.
Hook, Theodore, 210.
Hotham, Lord, 205.

'Hout awa! it's the 11th,' 189, 240.
Howell, Letters of James, 15.
Humboldts, Letters of the two, 38.
Hume, David, 61.

Joseph, 210.

Hunt, Leigh, 210.

on Lady M. W. Montagu, 48.

ILLEGIBLE handwriting, 198, 199, 203,
213, 215.

signatures, 205.

Imperfect addresses, 181.
Indignant epistles, 27, 145.

Individualism of handwriting, 209,

212.

Innes, Professor, on Scottish corre-
spondence, 19.

Interpreters of handwriting, 217.

Invitation, Unanswerable, 206.

Irish addresses, 183.

population in Scotland, 208.

Irving, Edward, 209.

Italian letter-writers, 38.

JACQUEMONT, Victor, 37.

James Iv., Character of, 225.

Jebb, Correspondence of Bishop, 150.

Jeffrey, Lord, 61.

to a grandchild, 137..

his reply to applications for sub-
scriptions, 175.

Jenkins, Mrs. Gedoin, on handwriting,

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her letter to Lord Milton, 22.
'Kind regards,' etc., 147.
Kingsley, Rev. Charles, 210.
Knight, Charles, his Half-hours with
the Best Letter-writers, 104.

on the Garrard correspondence,
15.

Knowles, Sheridan, 210.

Knox, Alexander, his correspondence
with Bishop Jebb, 150.

LACONIC French letter, 8.

letters, 101, et seq.

Ladies of Great Britain, Letters of,
18.

and begging-letters, 160.
Handwriting of, 216.

La Harpe, 36.

Lamb, Charles, 61.

on handwriting, 204.

to P. G. Patmore, 70.

L'Art de juger du Caractère des

Hommes sur leur Ecriture, 220.

'Last words,' IO.

Lauzun, M. de, 34.

Lawyers, Handwriting of, 215.

Legible handwriting, 197, 203.
'L. E. L.,' 62, 216.

Letter-writing, Guides to, 165, et seq.

Letter-writers, Eminent, 28, et seq.

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Lewins' Her Majesty's Mails, 183.
Lindsay, Lord, 210.

Lirriper's Legacy, Mrs., 135.
Livingstone, Dr., 210.

Loans, Model applications for, 173.
Lockhart's Life of Scott, 76.
Long Sentences, 153.

Louis Quatorze, Age of, 33.

Lounger's Common-place Book, 233.
Love-letters, 112, et seq.

Model, 168.

Lowe's Beauties of French Litera-

ture, 34.

Luther, Martin, 211.

Lyttleton, Lord, 215.

Lytton, Lord, 210.

MACAULAY, Lord, 209.

-'s estimate of Walpole, 58.
Macdonald of Sleat to Glengarry, 100.
Mackenzie, Lord Lindsay's Memoir of
Lady Anna, 6.
Mackintosh, Sir James, 209.
Maclean, Mrs., 62.

M'Lehose, Mrs., to Burns, 127.
Macleod, Rev. Dr. Norman, 209.
'Madam' and 'Sir,' 176.
Madeleine Smith, 113.

Mademoiselle, The great, 34, 223.

Magisterial mantle, The, 194.
Maintenon, Madame de, 36.
Male epistles, 6.

Manner and matter, 221.

Manuce's Italian letters, 38.

Mark, Signature by, 207.

Marlborough, Duchess of, 155.
Marriage, A contemplated, 34, 223.

registers, Signatures in the, 207.
Marsh, Miss, her English Hearts and
English Hands, 141.

Martel's Love Letters of Eminent Per-

Sons, 120.
Martineau, Miss, 216.

Marville, Vigneul, on Balzac, 29.
Mary Queen of Scots, 220.
Mason's Biography of Gray, 52.

Mathew, Quaint letter of Father, 90.
Matilda of Scotland, 18.
Matrimonial letter, 14.

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Maxwells of Pollok, Correspondence
of the, 19.

Mazarin, Cardinal, 35.
Mazzini, Giuseppe, 210.

Means, Want of, an objection to matri-
mony, 171.

Medical practitioners, Handwriting of,

214.

Medici, Cardinal de, 38.

Members of Parliament, Good writing
of, 202.

Men of business, First-rate, 107.
Mendelssohn's letters, 38.

Mendicity Society, London, 160.
Mercantile hand, 204.
Meteorological letters, 148.
Michael Angelo, 38.
Milbanke, Miss, 131.
Miller, Hugh, 210.
Milton, Lord, 21.
Minto, Lord, 201.

'Miss' and Mrs.,' 178.

Mitford, Miss, 62, 216.

Mitford's correspondence of Gray, 52.
Mix, Rev. Stephen, to Mary Stoddard,
105.

Moir, David M., 210.

Monck, General, 20.

Money, etc., in unaddressed letters,
186.

Montagu, Correspondence of Lady
Mary Wortley, 48, 147..

contrasted with Madame de Sé-
vigné, 48.

to her husband, etc., 49, 50.
Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton, Cor-
respondence of the, 19.

Montgomerie, Sir Robert, 21.
Montmerqué's (De) edition of Madame
de Sévigné's letters, 33.
Montrose, Marquis of, 20.
Moore and Scott, 177.
Moore on love-letters, 112.
Moral, 221.

More, Hannah, 62.

Sir Thomas, 211.
Mozart to his cousin, 138.

's letters, 38.

Mr. Esquire, 180.

Mr. John Smith, Esq., 179.
'My dear Sir,' etc., 177.

NAPIER, Sir Charles, His laconic de-
spatch, 106.

Napoleon I., 205, 212.

's correspondence, 120.

Nare's Heraldic Anomalies, 181.

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