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.

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.

phics,' 202.

to Charles K. Sharpe, 85.

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,

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, 111.

De Quincey on Pope's correspondence,
39.

Derby, Late Earl of, 200, 209.

Letters of the Earl of (Common-
wealth), 18.

Designations, Confusion regarding, 178.
Destruction of letters, 195.

Dickens, Charles, 210, 215.

163.

on the ideal begging-letter writer,

School-boy letters by, 135.

Dishington, Rev. Andrew, 25.
'Divine pebble,' 125.

Doddridge, Philip, 210.

Domestic servants, Model letters for,
172.

Doree v. Dean, 113.
Dorset, Countess of, 100.

her pithy letter, 100.
Dorset to Berkeley, 101.

Dryden's translation of Voiture's letters,
30.

Dufferin, Lady, Letter by, 239.
Duff-Gordon, Lady, 62.

- her Letters from Egypt, 62.

251

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.

to a grandchild, 137.

his reply to applications for sub-
scriptions, 175.

Jenkins, Mrs. Gedoin, on handwriting,
218.
Jennings, Sarah, 155.
Jerrold, Douglas, 215.
Jewsbury, Miss, 62.

Johnson, Boswell's Life of, 76.
on Addison's style, 45.

on epistolary style, 155, et seq.
on the charity of the two sexes,

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.

15.

on the Garrard correspondence,

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,' 10.

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.

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.

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-

253

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.