INDEX. ABANDONED engagements, 170. Abyssinian letter, The celebrated, 92. 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. humour, 95. Amherst, Lord, 201. Angularity of ladies' handwriting, 216. Anna R. to George Heriot, 98. Arithmetic, Attention to, 196. Arnold, Letters of Dr., 83. Stanley's Life of, 76. 'Artemus Ward,' 96. on Wax Figgers,' 96. Auckland, Lord, 201. Ayala, Don Pedro de, Letter of, 225. BACON, Lord, 211. Ballantyne, R. M., Letter by, 238. Beautiful woman, Letter to a, 233. Specimens of, 161, 162. - John, his three hands, 202. Biographies, Letters in modern, 76. Blackwood on the penmanship of Brit- Blemishes, Epistolary, 146, et seq. Boleyn, Anne, her last letter to Henry VIII., 16. Boswell's Life of Johnson, 76. Boy-of-genius hand, 204. Boys and girls, Letters of, 132. Breach of promise case, Scottish, 114. Bridegrooms and brides, Signatures of, 207. Brooks, Shirley, 210, 215. Brougham, Lord, 210. Brown, Rev. Dr. John, 210. Browne, Charles (Artemus Ward"), 96. 202. Burns, Robert, 61, 120, 127. to Charles K. Sharpe, 85. Carnegies, Earls of Southesk, Corre- Carpenter, Miss, to Sir Walter Scott, Cassilis, Earl of, 21. Celtic indignation, Letter illustrative of, 145. Chalmers, Rev. Dr., 210. Chambers' Journal on autography, Clandestine interviews, 169. Clarinda' to 'Sylvander,' 127. Clement VII., Pope, 38. Clergymen and begging-letters, 160. Handwriting of, 215. Clerkly hand, 213. Cobbett, William, on crossed letters, 7. False charges by, 27. Cockburn, Henry, to Mr. Bridges, 87. Colonial correspondence, 187. Condolence, Letter of, by Sir Walter Cooke, Quaint letter of Eliza, 90. Corday, Charlotte, 211. 10. Increase of, 185, 191. Courtship, Model letters for, 168. postman described by, 192. Coxe's (Archdeacon) 'Hieroglyphics,' 202. Crabbe, George, 61. Cromwell, Oliver, 211. Cuningham's edition of Walpole's Let- ters, 57. DALHOUSIE, Earl of, 209. Dalrymple, Letter of Sir Hew, 24. Darwin on handwriting, 213. Davenal, Dick, 133. to his cousin Sara, 134. 'Dear Sir' and 'Dear Madam,' 176. Deffand, Madame du, 36. 'Delay' of public officers, 11I. De Quincey on Pope's correspondence, Index. 251 Franklin, Benjamin, 61. letter-writers, 28, et seq. Frenchman and amanuensis, 202. GARRARD, Letters of Rev. George, 15. German letter-writers, 37. -'s letters, 63. Girls and boys, Letters of, 132. Goethe's correspondence, 37, 120. to his mother, 63. -'s chequered experiences, 64, et letters, 63. Gordon, Duchess of, Horace Walpole Gothic characteristics of handwriting, 212. Graduated modes of address, 177. Gray, Thomas, 210. to Rev. William Mason, 52, 53. Grecian's and deputy-Grecian's hands, 204. 'Greysteel' (Alexander sixth Earl of to his Countess, 22. Guides to letter writing, 165, et seq. Guthrie, Rev. Dr., 209. HALL, Rev. Robert, 209. on Madame de Sévigné, 32. Bad, 198, 199, 203, 215. Individualism of, 209, 21 2. Hare, Archdeacon, on Cowper's let- on italics, 152. Hastings, Marquis of, 201. Helps, Arthur, on bad handwriting, on men of business, 107. Hemans, Felicia, 62. Henry V., 207. Henry, Matthew, 210. Hereditary handwriting, 214. Heriot, Queen Anna's letter to George, Hesketh, Lady, on letter-writing, 55. to his brother, 84. Sir James Weir, 205. 'Hout awa! it's the 11th,' 189, 240. Joseph, 210. Hunt, Leigh, 210. on Lady M. W. Montagu, 48. ILLEGIBLE handwriting, 198, 199, 203, signatures, 205. Imperfect addresses, 181. Individualism of handwriting, 209, 212. Innes, Professor, on Scottish corre- 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- Jenkins, Mrs. Gedoin, on handwriting, her letter to Lord Milton, 22. on the Garrard correspondence, Knowles, Sheridan, 210. Knox, Alexander, his correspondence LACONIC French letter, 8. letters, 101, et seq. Ladies of Great Britain, Letters of, and begging-letters, 160. 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. Letter-writing, Guides to, 165, et seq. Letter-writers, Eminent, 28, et seq. Lewins' Her Majesty's Mails, 183. Lirriper's Legacy, Mrs., 135. Loans, Model applications for, 173. Louis Quatorze, Age of, 33. Lounger's Common-place Book, 233. 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. M'Lehose, Mrs., to Burns, 127. Mademoiselle, The great, 34, 223. Magisterial mantle, The, 194. Manner and matter, 221. Manuce's Italian letters, 38. Mark, Signature by, 207. Marlborough, Duchess of, 155. registers, Signatures in the, 207. Martel's Love Letters of Eminent Per- Sons, 120. Marville, Vigneul, on Balzac, 29. Mathew, Quaint letter of Father, 90. 253 Maxwells of Pollok, Correspondence Mazarin, Cardinal, 35. Means, Want of, an objection to matri- Medical practitioners, Handwriting of, 214. Medici, Cardinal de, 38. Members of Parliament, Good writing Men of business, First-rate, 107. Mendicity Society, London, 160. 'Miss' and Mrs.,' 178. Mitford, Miss, 62, 216. Mitford's correspondence of Gray, 52. Moir, David M., 210. Monck, General, 20. Money, etc., in unaddressed letters, Montagu, Correspondence of Lady contrasted with Madame de Sé- to her husband, etc., 49, 50. Montgomerie, Sir Robert, 21. More, Hannah, 62. Sir Thomas, 211. 's letters, 38. Mr. Esquire, 180. Mr. John Smith, Esq., 179. NAPIER, Sir Charles, His laconic de- Napoleon I., 205, 212. 's correspondence, 120. Nare's Heraldic Anomalies, 181. |