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 Britton, John, his early life, difficulties surmounted, 128

Brotherton, Joseph, M.P., 18, 366

Brougham, Lord, 25, 457

Brown, John, geologist, 179

Brown, Sir S., 142

Brunel, Sir I., a thoughtful observer, 142-3

Buffon, Comte de, as student, 123-5

Burney, Dr., 154

Burns, Robert, in boyhood, 418; his improvidence, 348; on worth, 349

Burritt, Elihu, 154, 373

Business men, 310-14

Business qualities of great men, 325-34

Buxton, Sir Fowell, philanthropist, 306-9; on will, 268-9, 306, 377; on mother's influence, 425; on good company, 433, 437; his cheerfulness, 440

, fallacy of, 4

Callcott, Sir A., 185

Callot, Jacques, artist, 192-3

Campbell, Lord, 13, 256

Canning, on character, 450

Carey, William, missionary, 10, 117, 283

Carlyle, Thomas, his destroyed MS., 120

Cavendish, philosopher, 23

Cecil, on method, 320

Cellini, Benvenuto, his origin, 194; his career, 194-5; statue of Perseus, 196-8

Chalmers, Rev. Dr., on honesty, 337; in boyhood, 418

Chambers, William, publisher, 407

Chantrey, Sir Francis, 12, 184; character and works, 211-4

Character is power, 385, 449, 452

Charteris, Colonel, 454

Chatterton, poet, 376, 418

Chaucer, Geof., as a man of business, 312

Cheerfulness, 116, 440

Cheeryble Brothers, 465

Chisholm, Mrs., on work and success, 429

Civility and kindness, 461

Clarke, Adam, 376

Clarkson, Thomas, philanthropist, 303-4; his immense labours, 304-5

Clay, Henry, orator. 404

Clergymen's sons, 13

Clive, Robert, 419

Clyde, Lord, 254, 271

Cobbett, William, author, 408

Cobden, Richard, 17; on thrift, 344

Cockburn, Lord, on character, 451

Coleridge, S. T., poet, 13, 396

Collingwood, Lord, on honest poverty, 367; on mean company, 433; on character, 459

Columbus, a careful observer, 143

Comic literature, 391

Constant, Benjamin, 394

Courageous working, 265

Cromwell, Oliver, on integrity 456

Cuneiform inscriptions, 121

Curran, J. P., 405

Cuvier, Baron, 151-2, 165

, Chancellor of France, 154, 437