this letter against his fourth Avatar. This is a bold hand-the writer is no beggar. Yes, he is, an impudent beggar. Signs himself Aristarchus, and says that he has read my writings with a disgust he cannot describe (who asked him?), and that he has no doubt that in my black heart I find echoes of all the sentiments of my objectionable characters. Very well, that's no business of his'n. A pink note. Ah! that was a sell, a cruel sell. The handwriting so pretty, and all so dainty, and I thought—of course if it had been so I should have answered her in a fatherly manner, and sent her 'Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his Daughters' but it was an invitation to examine the enclosed list of prices of coals at the Slaterubble Colliery. Hang her, foul collier!' Such tricks, however, defeat themselves, for I would sooner burn blue-books and missionary reports all the evening than coals advertised so treacherously. Hm! wheels. INDEX. 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. Argyll, Duke of, 210. Arithmetic, Attention to, 196. Arnold, Letters of Dr., 83. '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. Bible, The well-read, 103. 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. Boyd, Zachary, 20. Boy-of-genius hand, 204. Boys and girls, Letters of, 132. Breach of promise case, Scottish, 114. Bridegrooms and brides, Signatures Brooks, Shirley, 210, 215. 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 Chalmers, Rev. Dr., 210. writing, 196. Clandestine interviews, 169. 'Clarinda' to 'Sylvander,' 127. Clement VII., Pope, 38. Clergymen and begging-letters, 160. Handwriting of, 215. Cobbett, William, on crossed letters, 7. False charges by, 27. Cobden, Richard, 209. Cockburn, Henry, to Mr. Bridges, 87. Colonial correspondence, 187. Condolence, Letter of, by Sir Walter Cooke, Quaint letter of Eliza, 90. Corday, Charlotte, 211. IO. Increase of, 185, 191. Courtship, Model letters for, 168. postman described by, 192. Coxe's (Archdeacon) 'Hieroglyphics,' 202. Crabbe, George, 61. Cuningham's edition of Walpole's Let- ters, 57. Cuvier, 211. DALHOUSIE, Earl of, 209. Dalrymple, Letter of Sir Hew, 24. Darwin on handwriting, 213. Date in letters, Importance of, 188. Davenal, Dick, 133. to his cousin Sara, 134. 'Dear Sir' and 'Dear Madam,' 176. Deffand, Madame du, 36. 'Delay' of public officers, 111. De Quincey on Pope's correspondence, Index. Duff-Gordon, Lady, contrasted with | Franklin, Benjamin, 61. Lady M. W. Montagu, 62. Dunbar's Social Life in Former Days, 251 Fraser, William, his Works illustrative letter-writers, 28, et seq. 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 |