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 Milton, John, 13; a man of business, 312

Misfortune and stupidity, 317

Models of character, 434

Money, its use and abuse, 341; making and saving, 358-68

Montalembert on the Indian rebellion, 277

Moreau, General, defeat, 399 greatest in

Mother's influence, 426

Motte, La, anecdote of, 477

Mulready, artist, 189

Murat, Marshal, 17

Murchison, Sir Roderick, 180 Murray, Professor Alexander, 406

Musicians, industry of, 232

, Sir Charles, 273; on debt, 354-5; on rectitude, 469

Napoleon and Jacquard, 72; his character, and on will, 269; as a business man, attentive to details, 325-8; as a boy, 419

Navvies, anecdote of two English, 472

Negroes and Granville Sharp, 295

Nelson, Admiral, 13; his punctuality, 323

Newton, Sir I., sayings of, 112, 119, 140, 146; his labour, 155; as a man of business, 313, 373; a dull boy, 417

Ney, Marshal, 17; generous conduct, 474

Nicoll, Robert, poet, 397

Northcote, painter, 183, 435

Note-making, 155-6

, intelligent, 141, 151, 175

Opie, painter, 9, 146, 183

Order, importance of, 151

Owen, Richard, naturalist, 14, 157

, the potter, 79, 81-95

Paré, Ambrose, surgeon, 158-62

Parental example, 425

Patient labour, its results, 5, 112, 116, 123, 404

Paton, Noel, artist, 223

Peasant, a noble, 470

Peel family, the, 44, 50

Peel, Sir Robert, statesman, his cultivation of memory, 115; his truthfulness, 455

Peerages founded by tradesmen, 240; by lawyers, 255 Pergæus and conic sections, 144

Perseverance, its value and results, 83-92, 113, 118-26, 136, 152, 261, 318, 411-5; cominands success, 421

Perrier, François, artist, 192 'Perseus,' casting of, 196-8

Petty, Sir William, and the Lansdowne peerage, 250

Phipps, William, founder of the Normanby peerage, 244-50

Physical health and education, 372

Pleasure, pursuit of, 393

Politeness, 461-4

Pope, Alexander, 13, 429

Porcelain, invention of, 98

Potters, illustrious, 79

Pottery manufacture, 109, 206

Pounds, John, and Ragged Schools, 430