Chats in the Book-Room

by Horace N. Pym

The Index

"Studious he sate, with all his books around,

Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound;

Plunged for his sense, but found no bottom there;

Then wrote, and flounder'd on, in mere despair."

—Pope.

• America. Humours of a voyage to, [18].

• Baxter, Robert. His hospitality, [53].
• Bedford Town and Schools, [73].
• Binders and their work, [41].
• Bradley, A. G. Life of Wolfe, [10].
• Bright, John. Letter from, [134].

• Calverley, C. S., [2].
• Charles II. and Lord Northesk, [101].
• Christie's. A sale at, [11].
• Christie's. Lyne Stephens sale, [148].
• Coleridge, Hartley. Letter from, [129].
• Combe Bank, [109].
• Craze, modern. For work, [48].
• Cunarder. On board a, [18].
• "Cynical Song of the City," [50].

• Dickens. On over-work, [48].
• Dobson, Austin, [63].

• Ethie Castle and its ghost story, [104].

• Fox, Caroline. John Bright's letter to, [134].
• Fox, Mrs. Charles, of Trebah, [128].
• Fox, Mrs. Charles, and Hartley Coleridge, [129].
• Foxwold and its early train, [51].
• French Revolution of 1848, [85].

• Gainsborough's portrait of Wolfe, [8].
• Ghost story at Ethie, [104].
• Gosse, Edmund. Poem by, [61].
• Grain, R. Corney. Sketch of, [3].
• " " His charity, [4].
• " " Letter from, [6].
• Guthrie, Anstey. Bon-mot of, [52].

• Hamilton's parodies, [123].
• Holmes, Oliver Wendell, [59].
• Humours of an Atlantic voyage, [18].

• "Jane will return." A true story, [119].
• Jerrold, Douglas. Drawing of, [68].

• Laureateship, The, [58].
• Lehmann, R. C. Poem by, [78].
• Letter from John Bright, [134].
• " " Hartley Coleridge, [129].
• " " Charles II., [101].
• " " R. Corney Grain, [6].
• " " Lord Lauderdale, [102].
• " " John Poole, [83].
• " " John Ruskin, [137].
• " " G. A. Sala, [69].
• Longfellow. Extract from, [117].
• Lyne Stephens, Mrs., [144].
• " " Sketch of her life, [145].
• " " Her art collections, [147].
• " " Thackeray's sketch of her, [145].
• " " Her death, [154].
• " " Her funeral sermon, [155].
• " " Great sale at Christie's, [148].
• Lytton, Robert, Lord. Poem by, [60].

• Manning, Cardinal, [109].
• Manning, Charles John, [109].
• Mayhew, Horace, [67].
• Meadows, Kenny. Drawing of, [68].

• Newgate. Visit to, [34].
• Northesk, Lord, and Charles II., [101].

• Parody. An unknown one, [123].
• Payn, Mr. James. His lay-sermons, [126].
• Poets who are not read, [115].
• Poole, John. Letter from, [83].
• Portland, Duke of, and his books, [42].
• Portraits of Mrs. Lyne Stephens, [159].
• Punch. Memorials of, [66].
• " Portraits of writers to, [66].

• Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Portrait by, [11].
• Ruskin, John. Letters from, [137].

• Sala, G. A. Letter from, [69].
• " " Picture by, [69].
• Sales at Christie's, [11], [148].
• Schools, Bedford, [73].
• Ségur, Marquis de. Portrait of, [143].
• Sheridan, R. B. Portrait of, [11].
• Stevenson, R. L., [77].
• Stories. American, [18].
• Scott, Canon. Sermon by, [155].
• Symon, Arthur. Poem by, [63].

• Texts, inappropriate, [55], [56], [57].
• Thackeray's description of Mrs. Lyne Stephens, [145].

• Westerham. Birthplace of Wolfe, [9].
• Wolfe, General. Portrait of, [9].
• Woods, Mr. Thomas H., [13].
• Work, modern. Craze for, [48].

• Z---- sale of pictures, [15].

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The Reader (loquiter).

"Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door;

Sir, let me see your works and you no more!"

—Pope.