forbidden by law in, xii.
Engler, Lawrence, will of, 84;
peculiar provision in, 84.
Enigmatical will, of Rosine Barrot, 191.
Eno, Amos R., bequest to New York Chamber of Commerce for impoverished members, 219.
Epitaph, instructions for, 65;
a unique, 125, 134;
of Robert Louis Stevenson, 233;
of Thomas Jefferson, 234;
of Queen Caroline, 266;
of Dean Swift, 310.
Erasmus, Dediderius, will of, 37;
in Latin, 37;
bequest to industrious young people, 38.
Ericsson, John, his nervousness, 213, 214;
will of, 214;
his remains sent to Sweden on U. S. S. Baltimore, 214.
Eudamidas of Corinth, will of, 11;
filial and parental affection shown by, 11.
Executor, a farmer’s idea of the duty of an, 221.
Executors, of wills, 9;
trust companies as, 248.

Fabyan, Robert, curious will of, 145;
detailed instructions for tomb of, 145.
Fanatical will, of Rev. William Hill, 187.
Fanciful will, “A Last Will,” 207-209.
Fane, John, bequest for prayers for his soul, 132.
Farrar, William, will of, 231.
Farren, William, his opinion of undergraduates, 174.
Faxon, William, phonograph reproduces his singing at his funeral, 226.
Fellowes, Sir Charles, will of, 268.
Female attire, a bequest contingent on a man wearing, 169.
Fiction and Poetry, wills in, 49-72.
Fish, bequest for, for poor in Lent, 120;
annuity for poor for, 121.
Fish, Williston, author of “A Last Will,” 207-209;
beautiful sentiment expressed by, 207.
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, will of, 268, 269.
Fleming, Mr., was opposed to mustaches, 161.
Food, bequest of, for poor, 118.
Foreigners, wills of famous, 249-323.
Forgotten, John Underwood desired to be, 151.
Forrest, Edwin, will of, 364-369.
Fortunes, bequests for, honestly acquired, 170.
France, early wills in, xii;
executed by the clergy, xii.
François II., Duke of Brittany, bequest for masses, 134.
Franklin, Benjamin, will of, 369-371;
and Voltaire, 316.
Fraser, Dr., his bequest to the S. S. P. C. A., 181;
his opposition to vivisection, 181;
his dislike for funeral display, 181.
Freeman, Langton, buried in his bed in summer-house, 144;
his body mummified, 144.
Frenchman, eccentric will of a, 156;
devised fortune to people of London, 156;
desired new cooking recipes, 156;
makes restitution through insane asylum, 156;
peculiar clause in will of, regarding names of Anton and Antonie, 178.
Froissard, records will of Edward I., 24.
Fuller, Melville W., will of, 372.
Funeral, provision for, by William de Beauchamp, 23;
a pauper’s, for a wealthy man, 131;
to be “third class,” 137;
to be gay and mirthful, 140;
elaborate and costly, 149.
Funeral expenses, his, bequeathed to nephew by wealthy aunt, 124.
Furstone, Mr., bequest to any man of same name under certain conditions, 169.

Garasse’s “Doctrine Curieuse,” mentions will of Lodovico Cortusio, 140.
Garrick, David, will of, 269-271.
Garters, black and white, as a mark of respect, 173.
Gayer, John, Sir, bequest for a sermon on being saved from a lion, 169.
Gazetta del Popolo (Turin), account of will for benefit of dogs, 98.
Gebhard, Frederic, will of, 230.
Generous bequests, made with a small estate, 159.
Geneva, benefited by will of Duke of Brunswick, 260, 261.
George, Mr., makes imaginary children residuary legatees, 160.
German, peculiar request of eccentric, 156;
his ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven, 156.
Germans, wills not recognized by ancient, xii.
Gest, John M., address on “Practical Suggestions for Writing Wills,” 205-207.
Gifts, causa mortis, 8.
Gilwee, James, provides trust fund for a favorite horse, 95.
Gimcrack, Nicholas, a virtuoso, will of, 56.
Girard, Stephen, will of, 372-375.
Girard College, 372-375.
Gloves, story of the Marquis d’Aligre’s, 249.
God, Paul Duhalde’s partnership with, 194;
thankfulness to, as expressed in will of Robert North, 200-202.
Gold coins and wine, distributed at funeral of Bakhuysen, 133.
Goldfish, legacy to, 91;
flowers for their graves, 91.
Goodaker, James, bequest to provide cows for use of poor of parish, 120.
Goodman, Valentine, bequest for most indigent paupers, 111;
or for redemption of Turkish captives, 112.
Gosden, his edition of the “Journey to Beresford Hall,” quoted, 316.
Gospel, bequest for spread of the, 217.
Gossip, Duchesse D’Olonne afraid of, 150.
Gould, Jay, will of, 375.
Grainger, Robert, bequest for bread for poor, 121.
Granary Burying-Ground (Boston), last resting place of “Mother Goose,” 63.
Grant, Ulysses S., died intestate, vii.
Grates v. Fraser, 181.
Grave, bequest for flowers on, 118;
Du Châtelet desired perpendicular, 123;
Viscomte de Dijon desired people to walk over his, 123;
beneficiaries to dance on, 133;
a deep, 136;
tobacco to be planted on, 150;
acorns on, 155.
“Greater Testament, The,” by François Villon, will in, 64.
Greece, wills introduced into, by Solon, xii.
Greeley, Horace, will of, 376-378.
Green Bag, The, on wills of the novelists, 51;
account of “Mr. Meeson’s Will,” 53.
Green, Henry, four green waistcoats to be given yearly by beneficiary of, 111.
Greftulke, John Louis, fear of being buried alive, 148;
orders body embalmed and not buried, 148.
Gregory, James J. H., bequest for benefit of twins born in Marblehead, 109.
Griffen, Jesse H., desired no display at his funeral, 142;
his will written on a bill-head, 142.
Guardian, earliest known mention of, in a will, 13.

Haggard, H. Rider, “Mr. Meeson’s Will,” 53.
Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrymple), will of, 271.
Hair, weird custom relating to, of widow, 241.
Hall, John, bequest to provide turkeys for Easter love-feast, 120.
Halley, E. J., his will full of unique bequests, 163.
Halliday, Robert, bequest for promotion of brotherly love, 114.
Hamerton, Sir Richard, will of, 33.
Hamilton, Alexander, will of, 378, 379;
duel with Aaron Burr, 379, 380.
Hamilton, Lady, and Lord Nelson’s will, 280, 281.
Hampton, William, bequest of Interest Tables, 173.
Hand, Countess of Loudoun directs that her, be cut off, 125.
Harding, Robert, annuity for poor to buy cuttings of fish in Lent, 121.
Harper, Frederic, bequest for pet cat, 102.
Harper’s Weekly, on property rights of women, 75-78.
Harriman, Edward H., will of, 381.
Harris, Lundy H., unusual inventory filed by wife of, 226, 227.
Haskett, William J., his bequest to the New York Press Club, 186.
Hastings, Charles, the unique will of, 172.
Hastings, Charles, Sir, desired no coffin, 155;
his grave to be planted with acorns, 155.
Hatch, Rufus, advice to children in will of, 217.
Hatch, Thomas, bequest for marriage fees of poor couples, 113.
Haughery, Margaret, monument to, 213;
her work for charity, 213.
Hawley, General, drafted his own will out of hatred for lawyers, 167.
Hazlitt, William, on will making, in “Table Talk or Original Essays,” 49-51.
Heart, disposition and bequests of, 21, 23;
of Count De Ovies to be sent to Spain, 123;
of Sieur Boby to be removed and buried, 129;
of Dr. Ellerby to be preserved, 129.
Hedges, John, will of, in rhyme, 65.
Heemskirk, Martin, bequest for annual dowry for a young girl of his native village, 133;
conditional on beneficiaries dancing on his grave annually, 133.
Heidelberg Library, Luther’s will in, 42.
Height, beneficiaries must be tall in, 161.
Helloin, M., buried in his bed as Death found him, 143.
Henry II. (England), will of, in “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry III. (England), will of, in “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry IV. (England), will of, in “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry V. (England), will of, in “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry VI. (England), will of, in “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry VII. (England), will of, 37;
opposed to pomp and ceremonial, 37;
will in “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry VIII. (England), will of, 43;
great testamentary powers conferred on, 43;
found in Nicholas’s “Testamenta Vetusta,” 43.
Henry, Patrick, will of, 381-386.
Henterus, his exact copy of Luther’s will, 42.
Heviant, Thomas, singular bequest for prizes for riding pigs, 102.
Hickington, William, will of, in rhyme, 66.
Highway, bequest for repair of, 31, 32.
Hill, William, fanatical will of, 187;
his religious belief, 187.
History of wills, 1;
a Roman invention, 2;
difficulty of making proper, 2;
making of, an important act, 2;
defects in, 2;
legality of, important, 3;
fallacies regarding, 3;
distinction between words in, 3;
illustration of improper phrasing, 4;
general framework of, 5;
proper time to make, 6;
gifts to charitable and kindred institutions in, 7;
legal advice in making, 8;
witnesses to, 8;
provision for children in, 8;
trust provisions in, 9;
executors of, 9;
codicils to, 9;
planning of, 9;
duplicates of, 9.
Holbein, Hans, will of, 42;
found in St. Paul’s Cathedral archives, 43.
Hollis, Thomas, peculiar instructions for burial of, 148.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, will of, 386.
Holybrande, William, kindness to widow enjoined by, 83.
Home, heirs must remain at, 84.
Homer, cites will of Telemachus, 11.
Hood, Thomas, will of, 272.
Hook, Major, his original method of prolonging an annuity, 185.
Hopkins, Johns, will of, 387;
anecdote of, 410.
Hopkins, Stephen, will of, 387, 388.
Horace, mentions wills, xii.
Horse, will in favor of a, 94.
Horse-racing, contingent bequest for, 176.
Horses, testators, to be shot, 93;
bequest to twelve, 94;
hospital for, in Marseilles, 97;
to be shot the day after owner’s funeral, 131;
complication over bequest of black and white, 178.
Hospital, for Idiots, money bequeathed for, by Dean Swift, 311.
Houston, Sam, will of, 388, 389.
Howard, Samuel D., will of an entombed miner, 238, 239.
Howden, Lord, will of, 272, 273.
Howe, Julia Ward, will of, 389, 390.
Humorous will, not without malice, 179;
suggested by Puck, 220, 221.
Hungerford, Lady Joane, will of, 31;
provides for three thousand masses, 31;
torches to be held by poor women suitably clothed, 32;
provides for mourning for her family, 32.
Hunnis, William, will of, in rhyme, 70.
Hunter, Caroline, legacy to a parrot, 93.
Hunter, Elizabeth, annuity to pet parrot, 92.
Huntingdon, John, devise to provide white peas for poor, 122.
Huntington, Collis P., his directions as to investments, 219.
Hurst, Edward, peculiar requirement as to marriage of son, 89.
Husband, two hundred dollars for a, 78;
a contrite, 81;
must not remarry, 228.
Husbands, duty of, to make wills, 75.
Husbands, wives, and children, 73-90.

Idiots, Hospital for, see Insane Asylum.
Idol, devise of lands to an, held valid, 241, 242.
Illegitimate children, school for, 162;
having, a bar to inheritance, 189.
Illiterate wills, 188.
Imber, Luke, directs that he be buried in an old chest, 124.
Indian slaves, valuation of, in tobacco in colonial times, 231.
Infidel, wishes of an, ignored by relatives, 132.
Ingalls, John James, will of, 390, 391.
Ingersoll, Robert G., address on Decoration Day, 211.
Insane Asylum, French lawyer makes restitution through, 156;
provided for in will of Swift, 311.
Inscription, see Epitaph.
Interest, bequest for best dissertation on putting money out at, 228.
Interest Tables, bequest of, as incentive to economy, 173.
Interment, see Burial.
Inventory, an unusual, 226, 227.
“Iris,” by Pinero, will in, 54;
widow forbidden to remarry, 54.
Irish, an Englishman’s bequest for whiskey for the extermination of the, 182.
Irish Law Times, comments on oldest written will, 12.
Irving, Washington, will of, 391, 392.
Italian nobleman, revengeful will of, 81.

Jackett, Will, will of, in rhyme, 67.
Jackson, Andrew, will of, 392-394.
Jackson, Helen Hunt, her desire to be buried on Cheyenne Mountain, 234.
Jackson, Jonathan, bequest for cats’ home, 101.
Jackson, Luke, devise for the preaching of sermons, and for the poor, 109.
Jacob, makes earliest known reference to testamentary disposition, 10;
will of, 11.
James, Jefferson G., eccentric will of, 235;
his aversion to European travel, 235.
Jay, John, will of, 395.
Jefferson, Joseph, will of, 396, 397.
Jefferson, Thomas, his grave on the crest of Monticello (“Little Mountain”), 234;
his epitaph, 234;
monument to, 234;
will of, 397-400.
Jekyll, Dr., see “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
Jerome, Jerome K., humorous description of wills, 54.
Jewelry, bequest of, by Sennacherib, 13.
Jewess, will of rich, provided that her body be taken to Jerusalem for interment, 144.
Jilted lover, unique will of a, 230.
Job, said to have left a will, xii;
will of, 10.
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 387.
Johns Hopkins University, 387.
Johnson, Cora, had a small estate, but made generous bequests, 159.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, will of, xiii, 273, 274;
letter of, to Lord Chesterfield, 274, 275.
Johnston-Wood, Harriette M., on property rights of women, in Harper’s Weekly, 75-78.
Jolly Testator Who Makes His Own Will, The, 209, 210.
Jones, Charles, bequest for an hospital for 12 poor men of Pullhelly, 105.

Katherine of Aragon, will of, 39.
Kelley, Eugene, tribute to his friend in will of, 217, 218;
preferences in charitable bequests, 218.
Kennerley, Mitchell, his tribute to his deceased wife, 211, 212.
King, W. R. Smee’s delusion that he was the son of a, 190.
Kingston, Duchess of, see Chudleigh.
Kinsett, William, an early believer in cremation, 127.
Klaës, Mr., known as the “King of Smokers,” 200;
his bequests of pipes and tobacco, 200;
tobacco and smoking utensils in his coffin, 200.

Lalanne, M., a pauper’s funeral for a wealthy man, 131.
Lamb, Charles, quoted on Izaak Walton, 316.
Lancaster, Dukes of, wills of, 25.
Lane, Richard, bequest for church music, 162.
Langland, William, the will in “Vision of Piers Plowman,” 63.
Lantern, to be lighted all night, 105, 106.
Last Will and Testament, Importance of the, 1-9.
Laughter, the heartiest, to indicate the principal heir, 140.
Launde, Sir Robert, will of, 25.
Laurens de la Barre, du, Adolphe-Théodore-Ange, bequest for marriage portion to girls of republican opinions, 108.
Law-suit, as affecting the heirs of Chief Justice Marshall, 407.
Lawyers, General Hawley’s dislike for, 167.
Lawyer’s Best Friend, 209.
L. C., annuity in will of, for stray dogs, 98;
annuity for favorite dog, 98.
Lee, Robert E., will of, 401, 402.
Legal advice, desirability of, 8.
Leland Stanford Junior University, 428.
Lent, bequest for fish for poor in, 120;
annuity for fish for poor in, 121.
“Lesser Testament, The,” by François Villon, will in, 64.
Letters, of husband and children to be placed in coffin of Anna Margaret Birkbeck, 140.
Lewes, George Henry, will of, 276.
Libel, an instance of testamentary, 181.
Library, the Pepysian, 294;
of Richelieu, 300;
of Izaak Walton, 319;
of John Quincy Adams, 327;
of Thomas H. Benton, 337;
of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 362;
of Edwin Forrest, 366;
of Thomas Jefferson, 399;
of James Madison, 406;
of Alexander Stephens, 431;
of Martin Van Buren, 434.
Lick, James, will of, 402, 403.
Lincoln, Abraham, died intestate, vii.
Ling, John, unique will of, 78.
Lion, bequest for a sermon in gratitude for being saved from a, 169.
Literary works, clauses in wills referring to:
in will of Florence Nightingale, 282, 287;
in will of Mark Twain, 349;
in will of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 362;
in will of Horace Greeley, 376;
in will of Washington Irving, 391;
in will of James Madison, 406;
in will of James Monroe, 408;
in will of Daniel Webster, 450;
in will of J. G. Whittier, 451, 452.
Loans, to poor people provided by will of Peter Burns, 103.
Logan, James, on William Penn’s will, 293.
London, people of, heirs of eccentric Frenchman, 156.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, quoted, on Florence Nightingale, 281;
will of, 403, 404.
Loss of wills, 252, 268, 271, 302, 304, 305.
“Lost Dauphin,” remorse of Duchesse d’Angoulême for the, 242.
Loudoun, Countess of, directs that her hand be cut off and buried, 125.
Love, Alice, will of, 35;
bequest of her wardrobe, 35.
Lungs, of Dr. Ellerby to be preserved, 129.
Luther, John B., “anticipating the past” in his will, 90.
Luther, Martin, will of, 41;
uncertainty concerning authenticity of, 41;
Van Proet’s comment concerning, 41;
Seckendorff’s remarks on, 41;
copy of, by Henterus, 42;
Ranke’s researches regarding, 42;
original in Heidelberg Library, 42;
his confidence in his wife, 41.

McElroy, Robert J., pathetic will of, 168.
McKinley, William, last prayer of, 222, 223;
will of, 404.
Madison, Dolly P., will of, 405.
Madison, James, will of, 405-407.
Mai, Cardinal, discovers and publishes will of Job, 10.
Maid-servants, bequest to encourage long service by, 110.
Malevolent will, a, 88.
Malicious will, of Dr. Dunlop, but with much humor, 179.
Maliciousness, in wills, 251, 289-291.
Manney, Sir Walter, will of, 29;
a penny for the poor at his funeral, 29.
Manuscript, disposition of, by Virgil, 16.
March, Amy Curtis, will of, in “Little Women,”