Part 20 (1/2)

Burke on his domestic felicity, 23; describes his wife's eyes, 189.

Burleigh, Lord, advice to his son on the choice of a wife, 42.

Burmah, Young men of, cured of aversion to marriage, 12.

Bermuda, Servants in, 129.

Burns on the qualities of a good wife, 41.

Burton, Robert, for and against matrimony, 13, 14; tells of a remedy for a husband's impatience, 203; gives instances of love surviving marriage, 255-6.

Byron, Lord, tells a story of a learned Jew, 88; spoiled by his mother, 166.

Carlyle, Thomas, his inscription upon his wife's tombstone, 28; advice to the discontented, 62; cautions a servant ”abounding in grace,” 135; the way he and his wife pulled together, 218; his definition of ”holy,” 244; on dyspepsia, 246; his way of expressing sympathy, 247; birthday presents to his wife, 257-8; his remorse, 270.

Carlyle, Mrs., her advice, 49; her ”mutinous maids of all work,” 135; describes Mrs. Leigh Hunt's housekeeping, 224-5; her culinary trials, 225; ”If he would only be satisfied!” 237.

Castile, Admiral of, his saying about marrying a wife, 10.

Catacombs at Rome, Inscriptions in, 136, 261.

Celibacy has less pleasure and less pain than marriage, 10; an unnatural state, 16.

Cobbe, Miss, on the moral atmosphere of the house, 194.

Cobbett on the wretchedness of old bachelors.h.i.+p, 17; on industry in a wife, 39; ”comforts” his wife, 96; an interesting bit of autobiography, 105; a soldier's philosophy, 172; ”He never disappointed me in his life,” 241.

Conjugal felicity, Secret of, 6; largely depends on mutual confidence, 106.

Connoisseur, Hasty exclamation of a, 65.

Courts.h.i.+p, Love-making should not end with, 5, 229; people unknown to each other during, 53, 80; with lawyer's advice, 125; the tempestuous love of does not remain, 255.

_Chambers' Journal_ gives instances of matrimonial tribulation, 57.

Chesterfield on behaviour to servants, 134.

Chicago, A young lady of, 124.

Children, Only, 149; quality more to be desired than quant.i.ty of, 150; imitate their elders, 158.

China, Narrative of a journey through the south border lands of, 91.

Clarendon printing-office, 58.

Clergymen, Sons of, 173.

Clerk, A married, excuses himself, 148.