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"Scots Brigade, The Papers
relating to the," 273
Scott, Sir Walter, 91, 130, 181,
195, 274
SCOTTISH HISTORY, 273, et seq.:

The publications and work of
the Scottish History Society,
273; the history of the Stuart
family after the abdication of
James II., 277; the history of
Scotland in the eighteenth-
century, 281; a "kodak "
view of our own times, 284
"Scottish History, The Byeways
of," 277

Scottish History Society, The, 284

Seymour, Sir Edward, and

Burns, 595

Shackleton, Miss, and Burke,
26

Shakespeare, 35, 52, 66, 68, 129,
158
Shelley, 130

Solemn League and Covenant,
the, 85
Sophocles, 158
Southey, 130

Spectator, the, 94

SPORT, 307, et seq.: Turf re-
form and the Jockey Club
rules, 308; advice to those
about to take to the turf, 309;
the lessons of experience, 309;
the penalties of success, 310;
the misery of running second,
312; turf friendship a compen-
sation, 313; the amusements
of the turf do not lie on the
racecourse, 314; "the horse
of the century," 315; the
Gimcrack Club and its
founder, 317; the vitality of
sport, 319

Stanhope, a bookish statesman,
153
Steele, 94

Stephen, Sir Fitzjames, 215, 216
Stephen, Sir James, 215
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS,

89, et seq.: Burford Bridge
and the Hawes Inn, 90; his
style, 92; his spirit of irony,
93; his dramatic, realistic
power of imagination, 95;
"the Master of Ballantrae"
96; "Treasure Island,” 97 ;
the need of memorials, 98;

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meteorical, providential ap-
pearance, 76; the biography of
Blind Harry, 78; a man of
the people, 80; a man of vast
political and military genius,
81; a source of inspiration to
his countrymen, 82; his legacy
to Scotland, 83; the man of
destiny, 84; his services to
Scotland a service to the
whole Empire, 86
Wallace, Mr., and Burns, 64
Walpole, 159

a bookish statesman, 154
Washington, 84
Waterloo, 291
Wauchope, General, 117
Webster, 92

"Wedderburn, The Accompt
Book of," 273
Welby, Lord, 213

Welldon, Rev. J. E. C., 293

Wellington, the Duke of, 50, 213,

291
Wenlock, Lord, 309
Wetherby, Mr., 308
"What shadows we are," 20
Whittington, Dick, 128
Wolseley, Lord, 294
Wood, Sir Evelyn, 207
Wordsworth, 92, 130
Wordsworth and Chatterton, 12
WORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES,
THE, 235, et seq.: The pre-
dominance of outdoor sport,
235; muscle and brains, 237;
the art of thinking, 238; the
Press an enemy of indepen-
dent thinking, 238; public
libraries a counter-irritant to
intellectual apathy, 240; the
difficulty of selection in read-
ing, 241; the librarian as a
"taster" of books, 242

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