The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes. Various

FOOLS. FORGIVENESS. FRIENDS. GRATITUDE. GHOSTS. HEROISM. HOSPITALITY. HUMANITY. IMAGINATION AND FEAR. JOHNSON. KINGS. LAWS AND LAWYERS. LIBRARIANS. MAGNANIMITY. MUSICIANS. PARLIAMENT. PATIENCE. POETS. POLITENESS. PRESENCE OF MIND. PRIDE OF RANK AND ANCESTRY. PUNCTUALITY. ROBBERS. SAILORS. SCHOOLS. SERVANTS. SIGNS. SOLDIERS. TEMPER. TIME, VALUE OF. TRAVELLING. WAR. MISCELLANEOUS.

INDEX.

       Table of Contents

      Abernethy, 26

      Abon Hannifah, 39

      Actors, 27-33

      Adam, Dr., and the Schoolboy, 106

      Affection, 1-5

      Aguesseau, D', Chancellor of France, 115

      Alban's, Duchess of, and the Sailor, 28

      Algerine Captain, 119

      Alphonsus, King of Naples, 39

      American Heroines, 135

      Amour, St., General, 1

      André, St., Marquis de, 90

      Artists, 5-9

      Astley Cooper, 26

      Atterbury, in the House of Peers, 113

      Bakers, The, of Lyons, 18

      Bailly, Miss—Escape of the Pretender, 94

      Bannister, 19

      Bautru and the Spanish Librarian, 77

      Bayard, The Chevalier, 80

      Beauvais, Ladies of, 118

      Begging, 10

      Belmont, Countess de, 45

      Benbow and the Wounded Sailor, 101

      Benevolence, 11-13

      Ben Jonson at Dinner, 21

      Bernard, Father, 88

      Bishop and Clerks, 104

      Books, 13-16

      Boufflers, Marshal, 120

      Bouille, Marquis de, 121

      Boutteville, Count de, and the Soldier, 81

      Boutibonne, M., Imaginary Accident, 58

      Breton Peasants, 48

      Brougham, Lord—Examination of a Witness, 70

      Budæus, 76

      Buffon and his Servant, 115

      Busby, Dr., and the Scholar, 106

      Cajeta, Siege of, 51

      Camden, Lord, in the Stocks, 73

      Camerons and Christians, 117

      Campo, Marquess del, and George III., 93

      Candle Light, War by, 120

      Canning and the Preacher, 125

      Carteret, Lady, and Dean Swift, 132

      Carving Accident, 90

      Catalogue Making, 15

      Chamillart the French Lawyer, 70

      Chantrey—First sculpture, 9

      Charity, 18

      Charles II. and Killigrew, 63

      Charles V. of France, 64

      Charles VI. of Austria, 122

      Charles XII. and his Secretary, 119

      Charlotte, Princess, 54

      Chatillon, Admiral, and the Beggar, 10

      Cherin, General, 109