INDEX.

• Abderrhaman, Sultan, 27.
• Adversity, consolations of, 253.
• Advice, slight value of, 188;
  • effect of, 193.
• Afflictions, consolations of, 248.
• Age and youth compared, 34, 225;
  • not synonymous with wisdom, 35;
  • sorrows of, 76.
• Angelo, Michael, 78, 177, 235, 246.
• Anger, destructive to happiness, 147.
• Anthropology, its aim, 54.
• Apathy, as a calmative, 146.
• Architecture, the best, 86.
• Argument never convinces, 188.
• Aristotle, quoted, 10, 11, 13, 17, 167, 222.
• Art of happiness, the, 9, 54;
  • of pleasure, 38;
  • the aim of, 149;
  • inspirations of, 154.
• Asceticism, the blunders of, 24, 128.
• Association required, 216.

• Bacon, Lord, quoted, 51, 85, 108, 145, 217, 221, 234, 261.
• Bain, A., quoted, 41, 148, 206, 211.
• Bentham, J., quoted, 10, 27.
• Beauty, the power of, 67;
  • the ideal of, 68;
  • results of, 69;
  • the burden of, 236.
• Benevolent emotions, pleasures of, 213.
• Berkeley, Bishop, quoted, 126.
• “Blues,” how to relieve, 74.
• Books, what kind to read, 160.
• Brillat-Savarin, quoted, 133.
• Bronte, Charlotte, 189.
• Browning, Robert, quoted, 46, 267;
  • Mrs., quoted, 270.
• Bruno, Giordano, quoted, 171, 173.
• Buddha, words of, 21, 61.
• Buddhism, aspirations of, 21;
  • advice of, 143, 274.
• Burke, quoted, 215.
• Business principles, how studied, 42;
  • precepts, 124, 217.

• Calculus of probabilities, the, 93, 105.
• Chagrin, the feeling of, 193.
• Chamfort, quoted, 213.
• Chance, the laws of, 92;
  • the logic of, 94;
  • the slaves of, 103.
• Chaucer, quoted, 252.
• Cheerfulness, how cultivated, 72.
• Chief end of man, the, 175, 212.
• Child, the mind of a, 79.
• Chinese proverb, a, 80.
• Christianity, influence on position of woman, 31;
  • spirit of, 22, 275;
  • aim of, 178.
• Christian fatalism, 143;
  • doctrines, 172, 173.
• Church of the future, the, 179, 232.
• Civility, its value, 107, 223.
• Civilization, does not increase pleasure, 28;
  • motive of higher, 29.
• Climate, its influence, 88-90.
• Clothing, purposes of, 81-83.
• Coleridge, Hartley, 105;
  • S. T., 70.
• Colonna, Vittoria, 78, 235.
• Colors, their effect, 83, 90.
• Common-places admired, 192.
• Comradeship, explained, 230.
• Confidence, delights of, 218.
• Confucius, quoted, 100.
• Congenital traits, 59.
• Conscience, what it is, 209.
• Consolations of affliction, 248.
• Contentment, falsity of, 40;
  • not happiness, 22, 116.
• Conversation, rules for, 223.
• Cookery, French, 136.
• Correspondence as an art, 164.
• Cosiness, the delights of, 86.
• Country, the love of, 83, 90.
• Courage, the value of, 146.
• Cowley, A., quoted, 84.
• Criminals, psychology of, 209.
• Cromwell, anecdote of, 192.
• Culture, the true end of, 40.

• D’Alembert, quoted, 46.
• Damocles, story of, 196.
• Dante, quoted, 247.
• Death, reflections on, 261, 262.
• Decalogue, the, discussed, 208.
• Decision of character, 188.
• Demonic force, the, 107.
• Depression, fits of, how cured, 75, 254.
• Descartes, quoted, 168.
• Despair, how avoided, 260.
• Despine, Dr., quoted, 207.
• Despondency, remedies for, 74, 75, 254.
• Destiny, the rule of, 102.
• Diary, benefit of keeping, 165.
• Dinner, a well-served, 135.
• Disraeli, quoted, 161.
• Divorce discussed, 243.
• Dogmatic doctrines considered, 170, 178.
• Dress, the philosophy of, 82, 91.
• Dualism, of morals, the, 209.
• Duty as related to happiness, 206, 207, 215;
  • the sense of, 209.

• Eating as an art, 136.
• Economy, its uses, 122.
• Education, of woman, 33, 200;
  • should be free, 199;
  • the true moral, 204, 205, 212.

• Egotism, not individuality, 194.
• Emerson, R. W., 182.
• Emotions, pleasures from, 142.
• Energy, excessive, 113;
  • developed by affliction, 276.
• Ennui, analysis of, 44;
  • good in, 272.
• Epictetus, quoted, 19, 25, 39.
• Epicurus, quoted, 206.
• Error more agreeable than truth, 56, 167.
• “Essay on Man,” Pope’s, 54.
• Essenes, the ancient, 244.
• Esthetic emotions, the, 149.
• Ethics dissevered from happiness, 206.
• Eudæmonics, 11.
• Evidence, the study of, 43.
• Evolution, the secret of, 20;
  • strange law of, 169.
• Executive ability, what it is, 42.

• Faith, abuse of, 174.
• Fame, a doubtful pleasure, 168.
• Family traits, 60;
  • love of the, 244.
• Fear, prevention of, 39;
  • definition of, 142, 145;
  • avoidance of, 145.
• Fellowships, what they are, 228.
• Fichte, quoted, 17, 77.
• Ficinus, M., quoted, 141.
• Fifine at the fair, 46.
• Fine arts, pleasures from, 151.
• Fixed opinions, folly of, 187.
• Fontenelle, quoted, 78.
• Food-taking, as a rite, 134.
• Fox, George, 32, 232.
• Foster, John, quoted, 189.
• Friendship explained, 232;
  • rules for, 233;
  • of men and women, 235.
• Frivolity of old men, 80;
  • its usefulness, 225.
• Fuller, Thomas, quoted, 115, 131.
• Furniture, its place in life, 83.

• Gambler, the guileless, 97.
• Gamblers, superstitions of, 98;
  • true spirit of, 106.
• Games, pleasures of, 153.
• Gibbon, quoted, 27, 128.
• Goethe, quoted, 34, 102, 107, 151, 220, 276.
• Good taste, what it is, 152.
• Good and evil, how to distinguish, 213.
• Government, the use of, 198;
  • theories of, 199;
  • aim of, 204.
• Grief, inconsistencies of, 252.

• Habit, its tyrannical power, 48.
• Halevy, quoted, 129.
• Hamilton, Sir William, 57.
• Happiness, as the aim of life, 9;
  • definitions of, 15, 77, 105, 109, 167, 168;
  • the distribution of, 26;
  • in relation to health, 65;
  • in relation to beauty, 69;
  • washwoman’s ideal of, 109;
  • and success, 116;
  • how related to riches, 125;
  • complete, not attainable, 143;
  • whence derived, 195;
  • two theories of, 196;
  • independent of morality, 206.
• Hatred, as an emotion, 148.
• Hazlitt, Wm., quoted, 113.
• Health in relation to happiness, 65.
• Hearing, the pleasures of, 137.
• Hedonism, 11.
• Herbert of Cherbury, quoted, 148.
• Herder, quoted, 88, 110.
• Heredity, the laws of, 59.
• Hobbes, quoted, 162.
• Holland, Sir Henry, 161.
• Home, what makes a, 83;
  • the love of, 87.
• Homesickness, 87.
• Hope, definition of, 142, 145;
  • in disease, 73.
• House, building a, 85.
• Humanity, the ideal of, 170.
• Humboldt, W. Von, quoted, 34, 235, 244.
• Hume, quoted, 16, 26.
• Hunt, L., quoted, 268.
• Hygiene, science of, 65.

• Ibsen’s drama, 63.
• Ideal and real, relations of, 53;
  • attraction of, 67;
  • aim of art, 176;
  • ideal truth, 177;
  • of humanity, 170.
• Ignorance, the bliss of, 56.
• Imagination, the, its cultivation, 149.
• Immortality of the soul, 174, 179.
• Incivility, how to be received, 257.
• Incompatible desires, 144, 250.
• Inconsistencies of grief, 252.
• Individual, the true aim of, 183.
• Individuality, cultivation of, 181;
  • traits of, 194.
• Ingratitude, how to regard, 258.
• Insincerity has no limit, 217.
• Insurance, value of, 101.
• Intellect, pleasures derived from, 156;
  • why cold, 167.
• Intense application, danger of, 113.

• Johnson, Dr., quoted, 22, 26, 46, 65, 110, 184, 234, 241.
• Joy, a cry of nature, 20;
  • and sorrow are twins, 277.

• Kant, quoted, 16, 25, 141, 195, 206.
• Knowledge, the most useful, 40;
  • its relation to liberty, 199.

• Labor, as a source of pleasure, 110;
  • unions, their weak points, 230.
• Lamb, Chas., quoted, 162.
• Lamps, new for old, 124.
• Land, ownership of, 84.
• Leisure, its real use, 117.
• Letter-writing, 164.
• Liberty, the true, 197.
• Life, meaning of, 17, 56;
  • normal duration of, 76;
  • love of, 77.
• Literary clubs, 163.
• Littré, quoted, 39.
• Locke, quoted, 16.
• Logic of chance, the, 94.
• Longevity, how attained, 76.
• Love, of neighbor, 18;
  • the emotion of, 67, 239;
  • of money, 127;
  • and marriage, 238, 246, 247.
• Love-feasts, 134.
• Luck and its laws, 92-96;
  • value of, 106.

• Making a living considered, 114.
• Mal des montagnes, the, 89.
• Malaise, the seat of, 72.
• Malloch, quoted, 223.
• Man, the science of, 54;
  • in art and science, 150;
  • evolution of, 169;
  • chief end of, 175, 212;
  • very human, 228.
• Many-sidedness of character, 190.
• Marriage, effect on woman, 32;
  • various forms of, 240;
  • French system of, 242;
  • unhappiness in, 243.
• Meditation as a pleasure, 162.
• Melancholy, causes of, 272.
• Men who outlive themselves, 77.
• Mill, J. S., quoted, 32, 158, 244.
• Milton, J., quoted, 244.
• Minor arts, the, 151.
• Mirabeau, quoted, 197.
• Misanthropy, causes of, 194.
• Mission of the species, the, 191.
• Mitchell, Weir, quoted, 80.
• Moderation, the rule of, 129.
• Money and how made, 122;
  • the love of, 127, 226.
• Morality, explained, 195;
  • not identical with happiness, 206;
  • no general code of, 207;
  • motive in, 214.
• Moral life not the highest aim, 175, 212;
  • sense, distinct from morality, 209;
  • pleasures of the, 209.
• Motherhood, its attraction, 240.
• Muscular sense, the, 130.
• Music, enjoyment of, 137.
• Mutuality of interests, 229.

• Nature, is equitable, 62, 80;
  • the charms of, 138;
  • emotions excited by, 150;
  • peculiarities of, 154, 155.
• Necessity and chance, as arbiters of destiny, 58.
• Newton, Sir Isaac, 116, 184.
• Novalis, quoted, 134, 178.
• Novel reading as a narcotic, 168.

• Obstinacy, 187.
• Occupations of necessity and choice, 109.
• Odors, the power of, 132.
• Old age, its false claims, 34, 35;
  • how attainable, 75, 76;
  • considered, 79;
  • coveted, 261.
• Opinion, its might, 186.
• Ordinary people, preferable, 220.
• Over-conscientiousness, 114.
• Over-sensitiveness, pains of, 185.

• Pain, profitless, 39;
  • relations to pleasure, 16, 55, 263, 266;
  • as an antidote, 257;
  • more natural than pleasure, 271.
• Paley, quoted, 26.
• Pascal, quoted, 10, 45, 93, 109.
• Peace the reward of virtue, 215.
• Penn, William, quoted, 88.
• Periodicity, the law of, 48, 267.
• Perseverance, how useful, 116, 186.
• Personality, the joy of, 182.
• Personal liberty, attacks on, 199.
• Philosophies, the folly of, 142.
• Philosophy and Happiness, meanings of, 54.
• Piety and morality, 175;
  • as the last passion, 180.
• Pindar, quoted, 267.
• Places, love of, 87.
• Plato, quoted, 9, 10, 19, 34, 203, 247, 261, 263.
• Platonic friendships, 235.
• Play, measure of its value, 117.
• Pleasure, definitions of, 15, 80, 264;
  • and pain, how connected, 16, 55, 263, 265, 277;
  • from reflection, 162.
• Pleasure-pain sensation, the, 266.
• Pleasures, relative value of, 21;
  • sources of, 24.
• Plot-interest, as a pleasure, 152.
• Poetry, pleasure of reading, 161;
  • of science, 177.
• Polygamy, injurious results of, 241.
• Politeness, its value, 222.
• Politics, why avoided in society, 226.
• Polycrates, story of, 97.
• Pope, quoted, 54.
• Poverty, the worst of, 127.
• Prayer, the universal, 118;
  • refreshes the mind, 180.
• Property, as an incentive, 118.
• Pursuit, the emotions of, 153;
  • of happiness, explained, 54;
  • conclusion of, 278.
• Puzzles and riddles, pleasure of, 158.

• Quakers, the, 176, 179, 232.
• Quincy, Thomas de, quoted, 201.

• Racial characteristics, 60.
• Rasselas, quoted, 12, 110.
• Reading, as an enjoyment, 139;
  • rules for, 159.
• Reason and religion, 177.
• Recamier, Madame, her friendship, 235.
• Recreations, the best, 115.
• Reflection, pleasure from, 162.
• Religion, happiness from, 169, 172;
  • unhappiness from, 171, 173;
  • true spirit of, 175;
  • of the future, 176, 179, 232;
  • why not mentioned in society, 226.
• Remorse, the pains of, 147.
• Reserve, value of, 189;
  • a help to reputation, 226.
• Resignation, the virtue of, 259.
• Respectability, the revolt against, 45, 46.
• Revenge, as a pleasure, 148.
• Riches, effective and productive, 120;
  • disappointments of, 126.
• Risk, the emotions of, 153.
• Room, the living, 83.
• Rothschild, Baron, opinion of, 99.
• Rousseau, quoted, 28, 84.
• Rules for happiness, why studied, 54.
• Ruskin, J., quoted, 187.

• Schopenhauer, A., quoted, 44.
• Science, the love of, 166;
  • the aim of, 176;
  • and religion, 177;
  • of man, the, 54, 68.
• Security, how obtained, 196.
• Self-abnegation, 24.
• Self-admiration, 191.
• Self-complacency, 192.
• Self, conception of, 17;
  • the lord of, 61.
• Self-conceit corrected, 186.
• Self-consciousness, 17, 20, 52.
• Self-control, 24.
• Self-distrust, appropriate, 194.
• Self-education, principles of, 36.
• Self-publication, 226.
• Self-realization, 17, 56.
• Self recognition, 204.
• Self-revelation not self-publication, 226.
• Self-reverence, 189.
• Self-sufficiency, 47.
• Senancour, de, quoted, 43.
• Seneca, quoted, 19.
• Sensation the sense of existence, 140.
• Senses, the pleasures of, 128.
• Sex, origin of, 60.
• Shakespeare, quoted, 50, 51, 62, 100, 103, 118, 121, 122, 157, 241, 277.
• Sight, the pleasures of, 138.
• Sincerity, importance of, 189.
• Singularity, what it is, 192.
• Small-talk, its value, 224.
• Smell, the pleasures of, 132.
• Smith, Adam, quoted, 210.
• Smith, Sydney, quoted, 141, 201.
• Social organization, the, 196.
• Socialists, the dreams of, 115, 183.
• Society, the basis of good, 219;
  • maxims for success in, 220;
  • the aim of, 220;
  • the justice of, 227.
• Socrates, quoted, 54, 86, 208, 263.
• Solitude, its uses, 204.
• Sophocles, quoted, 214.
• Sorrow, as an educator, 273, 279, 280.
• Sorrows of age, 76.
• Spencer, H., quoted, 10, 36, 202.
• Spinoza, quoted, 16, 17, 155.
• State and individual, the relations of, 48.
• Steele, quoted, 193, 269.
• Success, what it is, 116;
  • from failure, 259.
• Suffering, the education of, 273.
• Suicide, easy, 261.
• Sympathy, whence to seek, 233, 236, 260.

• Table-talk, rules for, 141.
• Talleyrand, quoted, 223.
• Tasso, quoted, 70.
• Taste, the pleasures of, 133-137.
• Tears, their use, 251.
• Temperaments, the four, 71.
• Tennyson, quoted, 202, 277, 278.
• Thoreau, H., 35, 40.
• Time, its value, 124, 142;
  • relation to happiness, 272.
• Tobacco, the pleasure of, 133.
• Tolerance of others, 187;
  • of pain and sorrow, 254.
• Touch, the pleasures of, 131.
• Truth, the search for as a pleasure, 156, 165;
  • the spirit of, 166;
  • alone gives happiness, 214;
  • ideal, 177;
  • gives freedom, 199.

• Unhappiness, the removal of, 22, 248;
  • as a habit, 252;
  • in marriage, 243.
• Uniforms, the value of, 82.
• Unknown, the, 53.
• Urbanity, value of, 56.

• Variety in dress, 82;
  • to be sought, 47;
  • the rule of, 130.
• Vauvenargues, quoted, 211.
• Veracity a relative matter, 190.
• Virtue, its relation to happiness, 206, 211;
  • and vices, relations of, 214.

• Waitz, Th., quoted, 28, 32.
• War, destructive to virtues, 215.
• Ward, L. F., quoted, 10.
• Wealth, its meaning, 119.
• Weather, how it affects us, 81, 88.
• White race, higher sensation in, 63.
• Whitman, Walt., quoted, 78, 140, 179, 182, 191, 194.
• Will, motives of the, 16;
  • to strengthen, 255.
• William of Normandy, his wit, 100;
  • his birth, 102.
• Woman, unfavorably placed for securing happiness, 30;
  • education of, 33, 200;
  • physical training of, 66;
  • her clothing, 82, 91;
  • intellectual pleasures of, 158;
  • lack of justice, 33, 205;
  • her attraction for man, 237, 240.
• Work, measure of its value, 117;
  • its healthful action, 255.
• World, the, as our country, 90.

• Xavier de Maistre, 83.

• Youth not the happiest period of life, 34, 76;
  • misanthropy of, 194;
  • compared with age, 76, 80, 225.

• Zola, E., quoted, 109.