Family, A "large little," [149];
what constitutes a large, ibid.;
government of, [182]-3.
Fanshawe, Sir Richard, and his wife, [107]-9.
Faraday on his marriage, [256].
Farmer, country, a, Remark of, [83];
story of, [204].
Farrar, Archdeacon, on non-appreciation, [3].
"Faults are thick where love is thin," [61];
difficult to find fault well, [207].
Financier, Saying of the French, [245].
Flaxman, sculptor, and his wife, [25]-6.
Foote, Sam, and his mother, [167].
Franklin, Benjamin, approves of marriage, [16];
afraid of luxury, [121];
answers the question, "Of what use is it?" [146];
on "Idle Silence," [194].
Fry, Mrs. Elizabeth, A wish of, [261].
Fuller on domestic jars, [5];
on the obedience of a wife, [99].
Furnishing, its importance, [113];
A safe rule in, [115]:
its expense, [118].
Garfield, President, U.S., reverenced boys, [190].
Garth, Sir Samuel, Anecdote of, [251].
Girl, Question of a little, [205].
Goethe and his mother, [163];
turned every affliction into a poem, [198].
Gough, temperance orator, gives the case of an American convict, [111].
Graphic, The, Case quoted from, [110].
Gray the poet grateful to his mother, [164].
Green, John Richard, the historian, his life prolonged by his wife, [96].
Guizot, his estimate of domestic affections, [23].
Hall, Robert, preacher, reproves a young mother, [170];
"I never lived with her!" [223];
his brave patience, [253].
Hall, Mr. S. C, on the fifty-fourth anniversary of his marriage, [259].
Hamilton, Sir William, greatly assisted by his wife, [27].
Hare, Mrs., Saying of about her husband, [4].
Happiness, A natural genius for, [199];
the most powerful of tonics, [247].
Hawthorne, Story of, [95].
Helps, Sir Arthur, quoted, [67].
Henderson, Sir Edmund, on civility, [184].
Hill, Roland, his practical view of religion, [186].
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, describes the effect of an headache, [246].
Home, a school of manners, [190];
the real happiness of, [192], [200], [202].
Honeymoon, The, "above the snowline," [81];
in winter, [82];
halcyon period, [84];
two opposite opinions about, quoted, [85].
Hood, his gratitude to his wife, [27].
Housekeeping, Knowledge of, [38], [227].
Huber worked with the eyes of his wife, [26].
Humour, Good, has a magical power, [229].
Hunt, Leigh, his happiness in his wife and children, [11];
saying of, [224].
Husbands, absentee, [94], [240];
may be too much at home, [95];
the management of, [230]-2;
as much to blame as wives, [236];
often fail to express love, [237];
the duties of, [217], [237], &c.
Hutchinson, Colonel, his generosity to his wife, [123];
his message to her, [262].
Huxley, Professor, on the "educational abomination of desolation," [174].
Incumbent, A Hampshire, on blunders made in the Marriage Service, [87].
Insurance, Life, [124].
Irishman, The, his reason for disagreeing with his wife, [6];
sayings of, [55], [203], [219].
Jameson, Mrs., [101].
Jealousy, amusing case of, [104];
incompatible with love of the highest kind, [106].
Jerrold, Douglas, a comment of, [48];
defines the shirt of Nessus, [125].
Jews, Anecdotes of, [56], [88].
Johnson, Dr., his estimate of marriage, [16], [32];
his journey to Derby to be married, [74];
his definition of the honeymoon, [80];
"Ignorance, Madam," [102];
influence of little things upon happiness, [114];
on spending money, [120]-1;
answers the question, "Would you advise me to marry?" [143];
"Ay, sir, fifty thousand," [213];
a wife should be a companion, [228];
on sickness, [246];
"Tetty," [263].
Keats, [92].
Kemble, Frances, on feminine fashion, [145];
on domestic economy, [224].
Kingsley, Canon, sketch of as a father, [175]-8;
letter to his wife, [254].
Lady, Story of a deaf and dumb, [152];
a Scotch, [9], [71], [90];
an old, on the loss of children, [153].
Laird, A Scotch, answer of, to his butler, [230].
Lamb, Charles, and his sister, [94];
on children, [152].
Landels, Dr., describes a husband, [92].
Lansdell, Dr., tells of an ancient Russian custom, [99];
of a convict servant, [133].
"Laugh and be well," [199].
Leg, a well-formed and a crooked, [61].
Legend, An old heathen, [232].
Levite, An humble-minded, [187].
Little things, effect of, on happiness, [4], [7], [193], [241].
Locke, John, on keeping accounts, [125].
Longfellow, his lines to a child, [154].
Lottery, Is marriage a? [43].
Luther, his estimate of marriage, and of his wife, [16], [23];
letter to his little boy, [180]-1.
Macaulay, Lord, at home, [242].
Macdonald, George, his lines on "The Baby," [160].
Maginn, his answer, [126].
Martineau, Harriet, and her servants, [135].
Maurice, Rev. F. D., answer of, [98].
Mayoralty of Paris, Marriage at, [73].
Milan, Cathedral of, inscriptions over the doorways, [269].
Mill, John Stuart, dedication of his essay "On Liberty," [29].
Minister, A Scotch, [10], [43], [67], [76], [119], [215], [255].
Money, Do not marry for, [35];
necessary for marriage, [119];
we should be careful but not penurious, [122];
"Spent it all," [123];
a wife's allowance, [124].
Monotony makes men fractious, [205].
Moore, Sir John, on the lottery of marriage, [43].
More, Sir Thomas, his home, [69].
Morton, Sir Albert, grief of his wife for him, [262].
Mothers, true and false love of, [167];
their instruction never lost, [168].
Nabal and Abigail, [59].
Nagging often caused by ennui, [230].
Napier, Sir Charles, benefited by hard work, [249].
Napier, Lady, the literary helper of her husband, [27].
Napoleon Buonaparte on mothers, [162];
referred to, [173].
Nasmyth, James, his married life, [256].
Necker, Madame, Anecdote of, [49].
Nursery-maid, Rejoinder of a, [150].
Orkneys and Shetland, The, a writer on, [264].