- Acting, 291-295.
- Alexander, Emperor, 272.
- Alexandria, Battle of, 253.
- Alger, J. G., on travel, 10-11.
- Allen, Ralph, 111.
- Amiens, Treaty of, 254.
- Art of the period, 8-9.
- Ashton, John, on the press-gang, 206-207;
- on feminine costume, 240.
- Austen family—
- Connections, 16.
- Genealogical table of, 326.
- Austen, Anna (niece), see Lefroy.
- Austen, Caroline (niece), on Jane’s illness, 317.
- Austen, Cassandra (sister), Jane’s attachment to, 18, 19, 31, 116, 322;
- engagement of, 19;
- Jane’s letters destroyed by, 20;
- visits to Goodnestone and Godmersham, 253, 258, 262-263;
- at Winchester, 317-319;
- letters after Jane’s death, 319-321;
- last days of, 321;
- cited—on the sea-side romance, 131-132;
- otherwise mentioned, 166-167, 303.
- Austen, Cassy (niece), 297.
- Austen, Adm. Charles John (brother), marriages of, 19, 297;
- naval career of, 19, 197, 199, 208;
- at Godmersham, 296;
- at Chawton (1816), 315;
- mentioned, 107.
- Austen, Mrs. Charles (Fanny Palmer), 19, 297.
- Austen, Edward (brother), see Knight.
- Austen, Adm. of the Fleet Francis (brother), marriages of, 19, 256;
- naval career of, 151, 196-199;
- shares the home at Southampton, 256;
- otherwise mentioned, 148, 149.
- Austen, Mrs. Francis (Mary Gibson), 256, 258.
- Austen, Mrs. Francis (Martha Lloyd), popularity of, with the Austens, 17, 256-257, 263;
- marriage of, 19, 256;
- at Bath, 254;
- at Southampton, 256-257.
- Austen, Rev. George (father), career of, 15-16;
- retirement to Bath, 212-213;
- hobbies, 213;
- income, 215;
- death, 133, 213, 223;
- characteristics, 41, 62;
- otherwise mentioned, 59, 177.
- Austen, Mrs. (mother), health of, 59-60;
- income of, 255, 256;
- at Chawton, 269;
- mentioned, 184.
- Austen, Rev. Henry (brother), marriages of, 18, 288;
- Jane’s literary affairs managed by, 18, 193, 272;
- Memoir by, prefixed to Northanger Abbey, 57-58, 194, 315;
- sponsor to Edward Cooper (junior), 118;
- Jane’s visits to, 278, 288, 298, 303;
- illness of, 303-304;
- at Chawton (1816), 315;
- in Orders, 316;
- career of, 149;
- estimate of, 278;
- cited—on Mansfield Park, 273, 276;
- otherwise mentioned, 148, 293.
- Austen, Mrs. Henry (Eliza de Feuillade), 18, 112, 278, 288.
- Austen, Mrs. Henry (Eleanor Jackson), 18, 288.
- Austen, Rev. James (brother), marriages of, 17;
- at Steventon, 212-213;
- visit to Southampton, 258;
- visit to Godmersham (1808), 260-262;
- otherwise mentioned, 194, 214.
- Austen, Mrs. James (Mary Lloyd), Jane’s attitude towards, 214, 258, 261, 318-319;
- on Harriet Moore, 262.
- Austen, Jane—
- Career—parentage and family, 15-19;
- childhood, 23, 26, 31;
- school days, 31, 32;
- home life, 71;
- early writings, 77-78;
- visits to relatives, 19, 66, 105, 119, 133, 148-151;
- offers of marriage, 129, 131;
- romance, 131, 262, 268;
- Pride and Prejudice, 176, 184-185;
- Sense and Sensibility, 185, 188-189;
- Northanger Abbey, 189, 193-194;
- removal to Bath, 212-213, 215-218;
- Green Park Buildings and Gay Street, 223;
- at Lyme, 249-251;
- visit to Godmersham (1805), 251;
- move to Southampton, 251, 254;
- visits to Eastwell and Goodnestone, 253;
- at Southampton, 257-258;
- at Chawton, 267-270;
- visits to London, 278-279, 286-288;
- theatre-going, 290, 293-295;
- at Godmersham (1813), 296;
- nursing Henry (1815), 298, 303-304;
- interview with Prince Regent’s librarian, 304-305;
- failing health, 314-319;
- last work, 316-317;
- at Winchester, 318;
- death, 319-320;
- tomb and memorials, 321-322.
- Characteristics—
- Appearance, 58.
- Asperity, 129.
- Cheerfulness, 58, 129, 324.
- Critical faculty, 185.
- Fastidiousness, 129, 132.
- Health, 58-59.
- Humour, 1, 181.
- Narrowness of vision, 50, 254.
- Penetration and grasp of detail, 1, 9, 49, 81, 95, 129, 132, 318.
- Practicality, 58.
- Selective faculty, 311.
- Superficiality, 58.
- Vivacity and wit, 123, 129.
- Comparison of, with Fanny Burney, 87, 97;
- with George Eliot, 100-101;
- with Charlotte Brontë, 103-104;
- with Maria Edgeworth, 181-182.
- Estimates of, unfavourable, 128.
- Portrait of, at 15, 32;
- later, 57.
- Austen-Leigh, James Edward (nephew), birth of, 194;
- name of Leigh assumed by, 17, 216;
- Memoir of Jane Austen by, 17;
- memorial brass inserted by, 321;
- quoted—on Steventon, 13, 14;
- on Jane’s popularity with children, 23;
- on Jane’s accomplishments, 32-33;
- on furniture, 63;
- on Jane’s early writings, 78;
- on the Coopers, 118;
- on minuets, 126;
- on the sea-side romance, 131-132;
- on the home at Southampton, 255;
- on Henry Austen, 278;
- on Persuasion, 314-315, 317;
- cited—on minuet-dancing, 223;
- letters in the Memoir, 249, 276;
- The Watsons in the Memoir, 251;
- cancelled chapter of Persuasion in the Memoir, 315.
- Baillie, Joanna, 172.
- Balls—
- Bath, at, 222-225.
- Country, 119-120.
- Dances at, 121 (see also Dancing).
- Dress at, 124-127;
- masculine, 126.
- Etiquette of, 121-123.
- Evelina, account in, 121-123.
- Formality of, 121.
- Partners at, 121-123.
- Bateson, Mary, cited, 238.
- Bath—
- Abbey, 219.
- Assembly Rooms, 220-221.
- Austens’ removal to, 212-213, 215-218;
- house in Sydney Place, 219;
- table of residences, 325.
- Balls at, 222-225.
- Characteristics of the town, 219.
- House-hunting in, 215-218.
- Nash’s renovation of, 220-221, 247-248.
- New Guide on, 224.
- Pump Room, 219-220.
- Society of, reproduced in Northanger Abbey, 189-190.
- Besant, Sir Walter, quoted—on eighteenth-century morals, 95;
- on franking of letters, 113-114;
- on wigs, 235-236.
- “Blue-stocking,” origin of epithet, 7.
- Boothby, Capt. Charles, quoted, 156-157.
- Brabourne, Lord, family of, 18, 301;
- cited—on the Coopers, 117-118;
- on Fanny Knight, 270;
- quoted—on Godmersham, 251-252, 261.
- Brasbridge, Joseph, cited, 114.
- Bridges, Harriet, see Moore.
- Bridges, Louisa, 148, 149.
- Bridges, Marianne, 253.
- Brontë, Charlotte, compared with George Eliot, 100-102;
- with Jane Austen, 103-104.
- Brydges, Sir Egerton, on Jane’s appearance, 57.
- Burnet, Bishop, quoted, 47.
- Burney, Fanny, works of, 86-87, 97;
- Macaulay’s criticism of, 164-165;
- Walpole’s criticism of, 165;
- lively environment of, 164;
- cited—on the Court, 305-306.
- Byron, 173.
- Cage, Lewis, 148, 149.
- Camilla, 165.
- Campbell, Thomas, 173.
- Caps, 230-232.
- Card games, 5, 127.
- Cecilia, 86, 87, 97, 165, 176.
- Charades, 264.
- Chawton Cottage, Austens’ home at, 266-270.
- Chawton House—
- Acquisition of, by Edward Knight, 17.
- Lawsuit concerning, 128, 297.
- Value of, 255, 297.
- Cheverels of Cheverel Manor, The, 8, 65, 67, 77;
- travelling described in, 154-155.
- Children—
- Books for, 28.
- Jane’s attitude towards, 23-24;
- her popularity with, 23;
- her delineation of, 24-27.
- Treatment of, 22, 27.
- Churches, 38-39.
- Clarence, Duke of (William IV.), 307.
- Clarentine, 168.
- Clarke, Mr., 304-305.
- Clergy—
- Examination of, for Orders, 46-47.
- Jane’s references to, 43.
- Livings of, 42.
- Position of, 34-37, 44-45.
- Types of, 40-43.
- Coaches, 156-158, 282.
- Coals and coal mines, 64-65.
- Cœlebs in Search of a Wife, estimate of, 167;
- quoted, 27, 30;
- cited, 96.
- Coleridge, 173.
- Comedy of Jane Austen, character of, 1, 88.
- Cooper, Dr., 117, 119.
- Cooper, Edward, 117-118.
- Cooper, Jane (Lady Williams), 118.
- Country Clergyman—cited, 40.
- Country gentlemen, 91.
- Cowper, William, Jane’s partiality for, 14, 58, 169, 170, 258;
- quoted—on the clergy, 37, 40;
- on condition of labourers, 74.
- Crabbe, 170-171, 293.
- Dancing, 121, 123-124, 126-128;
- the waltz, 121;
- the minuet, 126, 223;
- the quadrille, 127-128, 149;
- the Boulangeries, 149.
- Deportment, 121.
- Dobson, Austin, cited, 186, 189;
- quoted, 316.
- Dockwra, William, 109-111.
- Dress—
- Academic, 239.
- Ball, 125-127.
- Caps, 230-232.
- Cloaks, 240.
- Excesses in, 229-230.
- Fabrics, 241-242;
- cost of, 242-243.
- Feminine costumes, 73, 239-241.
- Fruit-wearing, 229.
- Headgear, 230-234;
- feathers, 125, 232, 234, 283;
- wigs, 235-236, 239.
- Hoops, 244.
- Jane Austen’s lack of reference to, in the novels, 4;
- particular description of, in a letter, 243.
- Masculine, 126, 245-247.
- Mamaloucs, 231.
- Night-caps, 232-233.
- Nomenclature of, 243.
- Pelisses, 241.
- Pockets, absence of, 244.
- Scantiness of, 240.
- Edgeworth, Maria, works of, 87;
- Emma presented to, 172;
- Jane Austen compared with, 181-182.
- Education of girls, 29-31.
- Eighteenth-century period, scope of, 3.
- Eliot, George, Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen compared with, 100, 101.
- Emma—
- Characters of, 308-310;
- children, 24, 26;
- clerical character, 43, 48;
- Mrs. Bennet, 61;
- Harriet, 139-142.
- Date of, 98.
- Dedication of, 163, 305, 307.
- Length of, 80.
- Love depicted in, 136.
- Personal appearance of heroine in, 57.
- Persuasion compared with, 313.
- Pride and Prejudice compared with, 99, 308-310.
- Scott’s review of, 134-135, 310-311.
- Otherwise mentioned, 69-70, 83-84, 91, 97, 115, 135.
- Entertainments, 120.
- Evelina, 87, 164, 186;
- cited, 121-122.
- Fairchild Family, The—cited, 28-29.
- Fashion (see also Dress)—
- Bare necks, 220, 240.
- Excesses of, 229-230, 240, 244.
- Hair-dressing, 233-236, 239.
- Ferrier, Miss, 82, 98, 174.
- First Impressions, see Pride and Prejudice.
- Flirtation, 119, 129-130.
- Food, prices of, 70-71, 77.
- Foreign affairs, outline of, 49-56, 253-254, 259-260, 270-272, 297-298.
- Fox, George, 247, 259.
- French Revolution and Reign of Terror, 50-53.
- Furniture, 63.
- Gardening, 71-72.
- Garrick, David, 161, 291, 292.
- Gas, 284-285.
- Geography of the period, 6-7.
- George III., King, 94, 235, 305-306.
- Gibson, Mary (Mrs. F. Austen), 256, 258.
- Gloucester, Duke of, 253.
- Godmersham—
- Acquisition of, by Edward Knight, 17, 148.
- Description of, 251-252.
- Temple Plantation, 261.
- Goodnestone, visits to, 253.
- Gordon, Duchess of (1791), 56.
- Gosse, Edmund, on eighteenth-century literature, 169.
- Grosley, M., quoted—on English breakfasts, 66;
- on wages, 72;
- on coaching, 157-158;
- on King George III., 235;
- on London, 280-281, 283-286;
- on the stage, 291-292.
- Hair-dressing, 231, 233-234;
- feathers, 125, 232, 234, 283;
- wigs, 235-236, 239;
- powder, 237-239.
- Hastings, Warren, 56.
- Hats and bonnets, 234.
- Hatton, George, 253.
- Highwaymen, 158-160.
- Hill, Constance, cited, 46.
- Hill, Rowland, 109, 111.
- Housekeeping, 65.
- Inchbald, Mrs., 172.
- India, affairs of, 55-56.
- Ireland, union of, with England, 55.
- Jackson, Eleanor (Mrs. H. Austen), 18, 288.
- Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries—quoted, 92.
- Johnson, Dr. Samuel, Jane’s partiality for, 58, 169;
- Fanny Burney influenced by, 164-165;
- wigs of, 236;
- otherwise mentioned, 164, 171.
- Kean, Charles, 294-295.
- Kemble, 291.
- Kensington Gardens, 288-289.
- Kent, Duke of, 307;
- letter of, to Mr. Creevy, 94.
- Kentish Country House, A—cited, 182-183.
- Knatchbull, Lady (Fanny Catherine Knight) (niece), Jane’s attachment to, 18, 252, 270, 288;
- shopping with, 287;
- letter to, on marriage, etc., 298-301;
- Cassandra’s letters to, after Jane’s death, 319-321;
- estimate of, 260-261, 263;
- marriage and family of, 18, 301;
- mentioned, 19.
- Knight, Mr., presents Steventon to George Austen, 16;
- adopts Edward Austen, 17, 148;
- mentioned, 59.
- Knight, Mrs., 17, 148, 261.
- Knight, Edward (brother), adopted by his cousin, 17, 148;
- marriage of, 18;
- Jane’s visits to (1796), 148-151;
- (1805), 251-252;
- (1808), 260-261;
- lawsuit concerning Chawton, 128, 297;
- family of, 252;
- offers Chawton Cottage to his mother, 266;
- otherwise mentioned, 133, 255, 287, 293, 303.
- Knight, Mrs. E. (Elizabeth Bridges), 133, 148;
- death of, 260, 262-263.
- Knight, Edward (nephew), 150, 263-264, 296.
- Knight, Fanny (niece), see Knatchbull.
- Knight, George (nephew), 263-264, 296.
- Labourers—
- Condition of, 73-75.
- Wages of, 76.
- Lackington (bookseller), 114.
- Lady Susan, 99.
- Landor, W. S., 239.
- Langdale, Lord, quoted—on travel, 10;
- on night-caps, 233.
- Latournelle, Mrs., 31.
- Lefroy, Mrs. Benjamin (Anna Austen) (niece), at Chawton, 269;
- novel-writing by, 301-302;
- marriage of, 302;
- cited, 131-133;
- mentioned, 17.
- Lefroy, Tom, 107, 119, 129-130.
- Leigh, Rev. Thomas (grandfather), 16, 118.
- Leigh-Perrot, Mrs., 119, 216.
- Letters of Jane Austen—
- Contemporary events, lack of reference to, 5, 9.
- Date of earliest published, 106, 117.
- Pettiness in, 214-215.
- Style of, 107.
- Letters of the period—
- Carriage of, 109-111.
- Cost of transmission of, 109, 111, 114, 116.
- Fetching of, 115-116.
- Form of, 108.
- Franking of, 112-115.
- Importance of, as news-carriers, 6.
- Style of, 106-107.
- Liston, 293, 294.
- Literature of the period—
- Leading works of, classified, 171-174.
- Novels, see that title.
- Lloyd, Martha, see Austen, Mrs. F.
- London of the period—
- Coaches in, 282.
- Dangers of, 283-284.
- Dirt of, 281-282.
- Extent of, 279-280.
- Fogs of, 285.
- Kensington Gardens, 288-289.
- Lighting of, 284-285.
- Paving in, 280-282.
- Postage arrangements in, 109-110.
- Press-gang in, 207.
- Rent, etc., in, 286.
- Shops in, 286.
- Streets in, 285.
- Theatres in, 290-292;
- private, 193,
- Watchmen in, 284.
- Love, 135-139, 146-147.
- Lyme, 249-251.
- Macaulay, Lord, quoted—on Jane Austen’s art, 84;
- on novels previous to Miss Burney’s, 86;
- on Miss Burney’s environment, 164;
- on her work, 164-165.
- Mail-coaches, 111-112.
- Mansfield Park—
- Characters of, 210-211, 273-275;
- children, 26-27;
- clerical characters, 43-46;
- Fanny Price, 314.
- Date of, 98.
- Education described in, 29-30.
- Minuet described in, 126.
- Publication of, 277.
- Scene of, 257, 275.
- Second edition of, 311.
- Writing of, 270, 273.
- Otherwise mentioned, 4, 62, 82-83, 104, 145, 256, 310.
- Marriage—
- Jane Austen’s view of, 137, 144-146.
- Modern attitude towards, 139.
- Marriage, 82, 98, 174.
- Matches, sulphur, 64.
- Mathews, Charles, 293, 294.
- Meal times, 65-67, 162.
- Meals, 68.
- Mitford, Miss, description of Jane Austen given to, 128;
- list of books read by, 168-169;
- publication of Our Village by, 174;
- quoted—on M. St. Quintin’s, 31-32;
- on the waltz, 121;
- on morning calls, 162;
- on Waverley, 173;
- on Pride and Prejudice, 181-182;
- on Kean, 295;
- cited—on Self Control, 167;
- on the Chawton lawsuit, 297.
- Mitford, Mrs., recollections of Jane Austen by, 128.
- Montagu, Mrs., 7.
- Moore, Mrs. (Harriet Bridges), at Godmersham, 261-262;
- mentioned, 148, 149, 253.
- Moore, Sir J., 265.
- Moore, Thomas, 173.
- Morals, 94-95.
- More, Hannah, fêting of, 161;
- popular estimate of, 172;
- plays by, 162-163;
- quoted—on Mrs. Montagu, 7;
- on children, 27;
- on mail-coaches, 112;
- on abolition of letter-franking, 114-115;
- on dress, 243;
- cited—on fruit-wearing, 229-230;
- Cœlebs in Search of a Wife, see that title.
- Morning calls, 162.
- Mothers as depicted by Jane Austen, 60-62, 89-90, 188.
- Mourning, 253.
- Murray, Mr., 310-312.
- Names, female, 90.
- Napoleon Bonaparte, 53-54, 253-254, 259-260, 271, 297, 298.
- Nash, Beau, 220-223, 247-248.
- Navy—
- Bounties, system of, 206.
- Captains accompanied by their families, custom of, 296.
- Corruption in, 204.
- Hardships of, 201-205.
- Interest, abuse of, 208-209.
- Mutiny in, 209-210.
- Officers’ careers in, 201.
- Press for, 206-207.
- Prize-money in, 207-208.
- Victories of, 199-200.
- New Guide, The—quoted, 224, 246-247.
- Night-caps, 232-233.
- Northanger Abbey—
- Ball described in, 225-226.
- Biographical Memoir prefixed to, 58, 90, 194.
- Date of, 98.
- Estimates of, 189, 193.
- Local colour in, 227.
- Preface to, by Jane Austen, 194.
- Publication of, 315.
- Publisher’s neglect of, 193, 251.
- Scene and characters of, 189-193.
- Otherwise mentioned, 4, 13, 43, 47, 82, 88, 119, 124, 145,
- 224-225, 247.
- Novelists prior to Jane Austen, 85.
- Novels of Jane Austen (see also separate titles)—
- Character the main feature of, 4, 102.
- Characters of, 91-92;
- children, 24-27;
- mothers, 60-62, 89-90, 188;
- male characters, 186, 210-211;
- secondary characters, 308.
- Comedy of, 1, 88.
- Humanity of, 81, 84.
- Humour of, 81.
- Individuality of, 323.
- Modernity of, 5.
- Refinement of, 94-95.
- Religion, lack of mention of, 90.
- Scenery ignored in, 14.
- Selective art exhibited in, 82, 95, 311.
- Style of, 97.
- Tabular list of, 325.
- Novels of the period—
- Character of, 85-86, 168.
- Gosse’s classification of, 169.
- Jane Austen’s reading of, 166.
- Omnibuses, 282.
- Our Village, 174.
- Palmer, Fanny, see Austen, Mrs. C.
- Papendick, Mrs., quoted—on plate and services, 69;
- on hair-powder, 238;
- on dress, 231, 241.
- Parish visiting, 73.
- Perrot, see Leigh-Perrot.
- Persuasion—
- Characters in, 210-211;
- Anne Elliot, 314.
- Date of, 98.
- Estimate of, 313.
- Local colour in, 227-228.
- Love depicted in, 137-138.
- Publication of, 315.
- Scene of, 249-250, 314.
- Writing of, 312, 314-315.
- Otherwise mentioned, 24, 62, 90, 208, 224-225, 296.
- Petrel (ship sloop), 198-199.
- Plate and services, 68-69.
- Pollock, Mr., cited, 92, 310.
- Porter, Jane, 166.
- Post office, development of, 109-111, 115.
- Post-boys, 111.
- Powys, Mrs. Philip Lybbe (Caroline Girle), 117, 119;
- quoted—on Steventon inn, 12;
- on Holkham, 67;
- on an evening party, 127;
- on highway robbery, 160;
- on boy officers, 209;
- on Bath balls, 223-224;
- on Southampton, 257;
- on Wedgwood’s, 287;
- on medical treatment, 303.
- Pride and Prejudice—
- Characters of—Mr. Collins, 35-36, 183-184;
- Elizabeth, 58, 81, 95-96, 123, 178-180, 182;
- Darcy, 179-181;
- Jane Bingley, 288.
- Date of, 98.
- Emma compared with, 308-310.
- First Impressions the original title of, 99, 176.
- Improbability in, 187.
- Opinions on—by Sir W. Scott, 182;
- by Miss Mitford, 181-182;
- by Jane Austen, 184-185.
- Publication of, 276-277.
- Publisher’s refusal of, 177.
- Social caste in, 92-93.
- Otherwise mentioned, 58, 81-82, 124, 128, 145.
- Prince Regent, Emma dedicated to, 163, 305, 307;
- librarian of, 304-305;
- character of, 306-307;
- home of, 286.
- Radcliffe, Mrs., 88, 172, 189.
- Residences of Jane Austen, table of, 325.
- Roads, state of, 75, 116, 151-154.
- Rogers, Samuel, Pleasures of Memory published by, 173;
- omnibus story of, 282;
- quoted—on novels, 168;
- on hair-powdering, 239;
- cited—on head-dresses, 234;
- on Fox, 247;
- on executions, 284.
- Romance, Scott’s plea for, 134-135.
- Rowling, life at, 148-150.
- St. Vincent, Battle of, 200.
- Scott, Sir W., review of Emma by, 134-135, 310-311;
- authorship of Waverley imputed to, 173;
- cited—on Pride and Prejudice, 182.
- Secker, Archbishop, cited, 35, 38.
- Sedan chairs, 282-283.
- Self Control, opinions on, 167-168.
- Selwyn, George, cited, 283-284.
- Sense and Sensibility—
- Anonymous issue of, 163.
- Characters of—children, 24-26;
- Elinor, 136;
- male characters, 86-187;
- minor characters, 188.
- Date of, 98.
- Estimate of, 189.
- Improbability in, 187.
- Letter form of, 185.
- Marriage, views on, depicted in, 142-144.
- Origin of, 78.
- Publication of, 268, 272-273.
- Revision of, 270.
- Title of, 177.
- Otherwise mentioned, 26, 43, 47, 61-62, 83, 89, 91, 135, 136, 308.
- Servants, wages of, 72-73.
- Seward, Anna, 172.
- Sheridan, R. B., old age of, 164;
- plays of, 172.
- Sherwood, Mrs., 28, 31.
- Shopping, 286-287.
- Siddons, Mrs., 292.
- Sloane, Sir Hans, 279.
- Social England—cited, 238.
- Society of the period, entrée of, 161.
- Southampton, 251, 254.
- Southey, Robert, 173.
- Stephens, Miss, 293, 294.
- Steventon Rectory—
- Description of, 12.
- Sale of furniture of, 218.
- Situation of, 12-14.
- Style of the eighteenth century, 97, 258.
- Swords, wearing of, 124-125, 282.
- Tea, price of, 77.
- Téméraire, mutineers on, 209.
- Theatres, 290-292;
- private, 293.
- Thompson, Capt. Edward, on the navy, 202-203
- Thomson, Richard, quoted, 156.
- Tilsit, Peace of, 259.
- Times of the period—
- “Baby officers” satirised in, 209.
- Dress fashions satirised in, 125, 244.
- Form of, 107-108.
- Kensington Gardens exit advocated by, 288-289.
- Press-gang’s activities described in, 206-207.
- Private theatres mentioned in, 293.
- Tips, 150-151.
- Trafalgar, Battle of, 257.
- Travel—
- Conditions of, 9-11.
- Ladies, by, 159.
- Methods of—post, 151, 158-159;
- by waggon, 153-154;
- by private chaise, 154-155;
- by coach, 155-158.
- United States of America, secession of, 56.
- Vicar of Wakefield, The—cited, 34.
- Walpole, Horace, letters of, 108, 113;
- death of, 171;
- quoted—on churchgoing, 39;
- on the French Revolution, 51;
- on village merry-makings, 75-76;
- on highway robbery, 160;
- on Fanny Burney, 165;
- on the Duke of Clarence, 307;
- cited—on Twickenham, 115;
- on dress, 245.
- Watsons, The, 66, 99, 251;
- child character in, 26.
- Wedgwood, 287.
- Whateley, Archbishop, quoted, 84, 87, 189.
- Wigs, 235-236, 239.
- Winchester, 78, 317-319, 321.
- Women, advancement in position of, 7.
- Wordsworth, William, 173.
- York, Duke of, post office the monopoly of, 109-110;
- robbed by highwaymen, 160;
- character of, 306.
- Young, Arthur, quoted—on French clergy, 37;
- on roads, 152;
- cited—on food prices, 70;
- on wages, 73, 76.