GENERAL INDEX.

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[N.B. ‘I’ refers to “Sylvie and Bruno,” ‘II’ to “Sylvie and Bruno Concluded.”]

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Accelerated Velocity, causes of; II. 190
Air, Cotton-wool lighter than, how to obtain; II. 166
Animal-Suffering, mystery of; II. 296
Anti-Teetotal Card; II. 139
Artistic effect said to require Indistinctness; I. 241
Asylums, Lunatic-, future use for; II. 132
Axioms of Science; II. 330
B
Badgers, the Three (Poem); I. 247
Barometer, sideways motion of; I. 13
Baron Doppelgeist; I. 85
Bath, Portable, for Tourists; I. 25
Bazaars, Charity-; II. 44
Beauty, Pain of realising; II. 337
Bed, reason for never going to; II. 141
Bees, Mind of; II. 29
Bessie’s Song; II. 76
Bible-Selections for Children; I. xiii
learning by heart; I. xiv
Black Light, how to produce; II. 341
Boat, motion of, how to imitate on land; II. 108
Books, or Minds. Which contain most Science? I. 21
Boots for Horizontal Weather; I. 14
Brain, inverted position of; I. 243
Bread-sauce appropriate for Weltering; I. 58
Breaking promises. Why is it wrong? II. 27
Bruno’s Song: I. 215
Burden of Proof misplaced by Crocodiles; I. 230
Ladies; I. 235
Watts, Dr.; do.
C
‘Care’ and ‘Don’t-Care,’ history of; II. 385
Carrying one’s self. Why is it not fatiguing? I. 169
Charity-Bazaars; II. 44
fallacies as to; II. 43
Pseudo-; II. 42
Child’s Bible; I. xiii
Sunday, in last generation; I. 387
view of Adult Life; II. 260
Present Life; I. 330
Choral Services, effect of; I. 273. II. xix
Chorister’s life, dangers of; I. 274. II. xix
Church-going, true principle of; I. 272
Competition for Scholars; II. 187
Competitive Examination; II. 184
Conceited Critic always depreciates; I. 237
Content, opportunity for cultivating; I. 152
‘Convenient’ and ‘Inconvenient,’ difference in meaning; I. 140
Conversation at Dinner-parties, how to promote: (see “Dinner-parties”)
Cotton-wool lighter than air, how to obtain; II. 166
Critic, conceited, always depreciates; I. 237
how to gain character of; I. 238
Crocodiles, Logic of; I. 230
Croquet. Why is it demoralising? II. 135
D
Darwinism reversed; I. 64
Day, length and shortness of, compared; I. 159
true length of; I. 159
Death, certainty of, effect of realising; I. xix
Debts, how to avoid Payment of; I. 131
Deserts, use for; II. 158
Dichotomy, Political, in common life; II. 198, 205, 207
Dinner-parties, how to promote Conversation at:—
Moving-Guests; II. 145
Pictures; II. 143
Revolving-Humorist; II. 145
Wild-Creatures; II. 144
Dog-King, the, (‘Nero’); I. 175. II. 58
Dog, Man’s advantage over; II. 293
reasoning power of; II. 294
‘Doing good,’ ambiguity of phrase; II. 43
Doppelgeist, Baron; I. 85
Dramatization of Life; I. 333
Dreaminess, certain cure for; I. 136
Drunkenness, how to prevent; II. 71
E
Eggs, how to purchase; II. 196
Electricity, influence of, on Literature; I. 64
Enjoyment of Life; I. 335
Novel-reading; I. 336
Eternity, contemplation of. Why is it wearisome? II. 258
Events in reverse order; I. 350
Examination, Competitive; II. 184
Experimental Honeymoons; II. 136
Eye, images inverted in the; I. 242
F
Fairies, captured, how to treat; II. 5
character of, how to improve; I. 190
existence of, possible; II. 300
presence of, how to recognise; I. 191. II. 264
moral responsibility of; II. 301
Falling Houses, Life in; I. 100
Final Causes, problem in; I. 297
Fires in Theatres, how to prevent; II. 165
Fortunatus’ Purse, how to make; II. 100
Free-Will and Nerve-Force; I. 390
Frog, young, how to amuse; I. 364
Future Life. What interests will survive in it? II. 256
G
Gardener’s Song:—
Albatross; I. 164
Argument; II. 319.
Banker’s Clerk; I. 90.
Bar of Mottled Soap; II. 319.
Bear without a head; I. 116.
Buffalo; I. 78.
Coach-and-Four; I. 116.
Double Rule of Three; I. 168.
Elephant; I. 65; II. 334.
Garden-Door; I. 168.
Hippopotamus; I. 90.
Kangaroo; I. 106.
Letter from his Wife; I. 65.
Middle of Next Week; I. 83.
Penny-Postage-Stamp; I. 164.
Rattlesnake; I. 83.
Sister’s Husband’s Niece; I. 78.
Vegetable-Pill; I. 106
Ghosts, treatment of, by Shakespeare; I. 60
in Railway-Literature; I. 58
Weltering, Bread-sauce appropriate for; I. 58
Girls’ Shakespeare; I. xv
Government with many Kings and one Subject; II. 172
Graduated races of Man; I. 299
Guests, Moving-; II. 145
H
Happiness, excessive, how to moderate; I. 159
Heaven inconceivable to those on Earth; II. 260
Honesty, Dr. Watts’ argument for; I. 235
Honeymoons, Experimental; II. 136
Horizontal Weather, Boots for; I. 14
Horses, Runaway, how to control; II. 108
Hot Ink, use of; II. 357
Houses, Falling, Life in; I. 100
Humorist, Revolving; II. 145
Hunting, Morality of; I. xx, 318; II. xviii
Hymns appealing to Selfishness; I. 276
I
‘Idle Mouths’; II. 37
‘Imponderal’; II. 166
‘Inconvenient’ and ‘Convenient,’ difference in meaning of; I. 140
Indistinctness said to be necessary for Artistic effect; I. 241
Ink, Hot, use of; II. 357
Instinct and Reason; II. 295
Inversion of Brain; I. 243
images on Retina; I. 242
J
Jam-tasting; II. 150
Jesting in Letter-writing, how to indicate; II. 117
K
‘King Fisher’ Song; II. 14
Knocking-down, some persons not liable to; II. 54
L
Ladies, Logic of; I. 235
Least Common Multiple, rule of, applied to Literature; I. 22
Letter-writing, how to indicate Jesting in; II. 117
Shyness in; II. 115
Life, adult, Child’s view of; II. 260
Dramatization of; I. 133
Future, What interests will survive in it? II. 256
how to enjoy; I. 335
in Falling Houses; I. 100
reverse order; I. 350
Present, Child’s view of; I. 330
Light, Black, how to produce; II. 341
Literature as influenced by Electricity; I. 64
Steam; I. 64
for Railway; I. 58
treated by rule of Least Common Multiple; I. 22
‘Little Birds’ (Poem); II. 364, 371, 377
‘Little Man’ (Poem); II. 265
privilege of being; I. 299
Liturgy, Choral, effect of; I. 273
Logic of Crocodiles; I. 230
of Ladies; I. 235
of Dr. Watts; do.
requisites for complete Argument in; I. 259
Loving or being loved. Which is best? I. 77
Lunatic-Asylums, future use for; II. 132
Lunatics out-numbering the Sane, result of; II. 133
M
Man, advantages of, over the Dog; II. 293
graduated races of; I. 299
Little, privilege of being; I. 299
Maps, best size for; II. 169
‘Matilda Jane’ (Poem); II. 76
‘Megaloscope’; II. 334
Minds, or Books. Which contain most Science? I. 21
Money, effect of increasing value of; I. 312
playing for, a moral act; II. 135
Morality of Sport; I. xx, 318. II. xviii
Moral Philosophy, teachers of. Which are most esteemed? II. 181
Moving-Guests; II. 145
Pictures; II. 143
Music, how to get largest amount of in given time; I. 338
Why is it sometimes not pleasing? II. 156
N
‘Nero’ the Dog-King; I. 175. II. 58
Nerve-Force and Free-Will; I. 390
Nerves, slow action of; I. 158
Novel-reading, how to enjoy; I. 336
O
‘Obstruction,’ Political, in common life; II. 203
‘Onus probandi’ misplaced by Crocodiles; I. 230
Ladies; I. 235
Dr. Watts; do.
‘Opposition,’ Political, in common life; II. 200
P
Pain, how to minimise; I. 337
Paley’s definition of Virtue; I. 273
Parentheses in Conversation, how to indicate; I. 251
Passages, Selected, for learning by heart; I. xv
Payment of Debts, how to avoid; I. 131
‘Peter and Paul’ (Poem); I. 143
Philosophy, Moral. What kind is most esteemed? II. 181
Phlizz, a visionary flower; I. 282
fruit; I. 75
nurse-maid; I. 283
Pictures, how to criticize; I. 238
Moving; II. 143
‘Pig Tale’ (Poem); I. 138; II. 366, 372
Planets, small; II. 170
Playing for money, a moral act; II. 135
Pleasure, how to maximise; I. 335
Plunge-Bath, portable, for Tourists; I. 25
Poems, first lines of:—
‘He stept so lightly to the land’; I. 291
‘He thought he saw an Albatross’; I. 164
an Argument’; II. 319
a Banker’s Clerk’; I. 90
a Buffalo’; I. 78
a Coach-and-Four’; I. 116
an Elephant’; I. 65; II. 334
a Garden-Door’; I.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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