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, Sir Ralph, anecdote of, 479

Abernethy, surgeon, anecdote of, 462

Accuracy, 319

Activity, examples of, 195

Acts and consequences, 349, 427

Addison, 13, 155

Adrian VI., 14

Adversity, uses of, 349

Akenside, poet, 11

Alfieri, in youth, 418

Angelo, Michael, 140, 184, 437

Application and perseverance, 111, 115, 417-22

Arkwright, Sir R., 38-44 Arne, Dr., musician, 233

Arnold, Dr., on self-education, 370, 437; a cheerful worker, 441

Attention, habit of, 38, 115

Audubon, ornithologist, his perseverance, 118

Austria, Emperor of, anecdote of, 472

, on acts and consequences, 427

Bach, John Sebastian, 232

Bacon, Lord, 7, 23, 183, 314; his notes, 156; on economy, 349; on knowledge, 390

Banks, sculptor, 189

Barberini vase, the, and Wedgwood, 107

Barbers, eminent, 39

Barclay, David, merchant, his character and work, 238

Barrow, Isaac, 376; as a boy, 418

Baxter, Richard, on time, 155

Beethoven, 232, 399, 435

Bell, Sir Charles, 166

Bewick, wood-engraver, 147

Biography, its uses, 7, 436

Bird, artist, 184, 187

Birkenhead, wreck of the, 476

Blackstone, Sir William, 13

Böttgher, J. F., the potter, 79; his early life, 95; his boyish trick in alchemy, 95; his troubles, 96-103; makes red porcelain, 98; makes white porcelain, 98; his death, 103

Books, inspiration from, 437-8

Borrowing, danger of, 350

Boulton and Watt, 42

Bright, John, on frugality, 345

Brindley, engineer, 9, 386 Rh