"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
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;
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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