Jane Austen and Her Times - G. E. Mitton

Her life had been a happy one, free from mind worries, free from great sorrows, her affections had wide play, her tastes full development; she was happy in the love of one very near and dear, and if she missed great ecstasies, she at least had no hideous sorrows to endure in the sin or vice of those near to her. Her one great sorrow was perhaps the death of her father, but he was not young, and in the natural course of events his death cannot be called unexpected. Sunny, well-occupied, surrounded with the refinements that a sensitive mind appreciates, she lived out a life on a high uniform level. Her books supplied a motive and mainspring that otherwise might have been felt to be lacking by one so energetic. If, as has been said, happiness on earth demands “someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for,” she had all these, and much more.

TABULAR STATEMENT OF DATES OF NOVELS

Name.	Begun.	Finished.	Published.
Pride and Prejudice (First Impressions)	Oct. 1796	Aug. 1797	Early in 1813
Sense and Sensibility (Elinor and Marianne)	Nov. 1797	1798	June 1811
Northanger Abbey	1798	1803	1818
Mansfield Park	1812	Mar. 1814	July 1814
Emma	1814 or 1815	1815	Dec. 1815
Persuasion	1815 or 1816	Aug. 1816	1818

RECORD OF JANE AUSTEN’S RESIDENCES

	From	To
Steventon, Hants	b. Dec. 16, 1775	Spring 1801
Bath—
4 Sydney Terrace	Spring 1801	Autumn 1804
Green Park Buildings	Autumn 1804	1805
25 Gay Street	March 1805
Southampton	End of 1805	1809
Chawton, Hants	Autumn 1809	d. July 18, 1817

TABLE OF NEAR RELATIONS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK

(Rev.) George Austen

Cassandra Leigh

Anne Matthew

James

Mary Lloyd

Eliza de Feuillade

Henry

Eleanor Jackson

Cassandra

Fanny Palmer

Charles

Harriet Palmer

B. Lefroy

Anna

Mary Gibson

Francis (Admiral of Fleet)

Martha Lloyd

Cassy, etc.

Edward Austen-Leigh

Caroline

Jane

Edward Knight

Elizabeth Bridges

Sir E. Knatchbull Bart.

Fanny

Edward

George

Other sons and daughters

Lord Brabourne, and others

INDEX

Acting, [291-295].
Alexander, Emperor, [272].
Alexandria, Battle of, [253].
Alger, J. G., on travel, [10-11].
Allen, Ralph, [111].
Amiens, Treaty of, [254].
Art of the period, [8-9].
Ashton, John, on the press-gang, [206-207];
on feminine costume, [240].
Austen family—
Connections, [16].
Genealogical table of, [326].
Austen, Anna (niece), see Lefroy.
Austen, Caroline (niece), on Jane’s illness, [317].
Austen, Cassandra (sister), Jane’s attachment to, [18], [19], [31], [116], [322];
engagement of, [19];
Jane’s letters destroyed by, [20];
visits to Goodnestone and Godmersham, [253], [258], [262-263];
at Winchester, [317-319];
letters after Jane’s death, [319-321];
last days of, [321];
cited—on the sea-side romance, [131-132];
otherwise mentioned, [166-167], [303].
Austen, Cassy (niece), [297].
Austen, Adm. Charles John (brother), marriages of, [19], [297];
naval career of, [19], [197], [199], [208];
at Godmersham, [296];
at Chawton (1816), [315];
mentioned, [107].
Austen, Mrs. Charles (Fanny Palmer), [19], [297].
Austen, Edward (brother), see Knight.
Austen, Adm. of the Fleet Francis (brother), marriages of, [19], [256];
naval career of, [151], [196-199];
shares the home at Southampton, [256];
otherwise mentioned, [148], [149].
Austen, Mrs. Francis (Mary Gibson), [256], [258].
Austen, Mrs. Francis (Martha Lloyd), popularity of, with the Austens, [17], [256-257], [263];
marriage of, [19], [256];
at Bath, [254];
at Southampton, [256-257].
Austen, Rev. George (father), career of, [15-16];
retirement to Bath, [212-213];
hobbies, [213];
income, [215];
death, [133], [213], [223];
characteristics, [41], [62];
otherwise mentioned, [59], [177].
Austen, Mrs. (mother), health of, [59-60];
income of, [255], [256];
at Chawton, [269];
mentioned, [184].
Austen, Rev. Henry (brother), marriages of, [18], [288];
Jane’s literary affairs managed by, [18], [193], [272];
Memoir by, prefixed to Northanger Abbey, [57-58], [194], [315];
sponsor to Edward Cooper (junior), [118];
Jane’s visits to, [278], [288], [298], [303];
illness of, [303-304];
at Chawton (1816), [315];
in Orders, [316];
career of, [149];
estimate of, [278];
cited—on Mansfield Park, [273], [276];
otherwise mentioned, [148], [293].
Austen, Mrs. Henry (Eliza de Feuillade), [18], [112], [278], [288].
Austen, Mrs. Henry (Eleanor Jackson), [18], [288].
Austen, Rev. James (brother), marriages of, [17];
at Steventon, [212-213];
visit to Southampton, [258];
visit to Godmersham (1808), [260-262];
otherwise mentioned, [194], [214].
Austen, Mrs. James (Mary Lloyd), Jane’s attitude towards, [214], [258], [261], [318-319];
on Harriet Moore, [262].
Austen, Jane—
Career—parentage and family, [15-19];
childhood, [23], [26], [31];
school days, [31], [32];
home life, [71];
early writings, [77-78];
visits to relatives, [19], [66], [105], [119], [133], [148-151];
offers of marriage, [129], [131];
romance, [131], [262], [268];
Pride and Prejudice, [176], [184-185];
Sense and Sensibility, [185], [188-189];
Northanger Abbey, [189], [193-194];
removal to Bath, [212-213], [215-218];
Green Park Buildings and Gay Street, [223];
at Lyme, [249-251];
visit to Godmersham (1805), [251];
move to Southampton, [251], [254];
visits to Eastwell and Goodnestone, [253];
at Southampton, [257-258];
at Chawton, [267-270];
visits to London, [278-279], [286-288];
theatre-going, [290], [293-295];
at Godmersham (1813), [296];
nursing Henry (1815), [298], [303-304];
interview with Prince Regent’s librarian, [304-305];
failing health, [314-319];
last work, [316-317];
at Winchester, [318];
death, [319-320];
tomb and memorials, [321-322].
Characteristics—
Appearance, [58].
Asperity, [129].
Cheerfulness, [58], [129], [324].
Critical faculty, [185].
Fastidiousness, [129], [132].
Health, [58-59].
Humour, [1], [181].
Narrowness of vision, [50], [254].
Penetration and grasp of detail, [1], [9], [49], [81], [95], [129], [132], [318].
Practicality, [58].
Selective faculty, [311].
Superficiality, [58].
Vivacity and wit, [123], [129].
Comparison of, with Fanny Burney, [87], [97];
with George Eliot, [100-101];
with Charlotte Brontë, [103-104];
with Maria Edgeworth, [181-182].
Estimates of, unfavourable, [128].
Portrait of, at 15, [32];
later, [57].
Austen-Leigh, James Edward (nephew), birth of, [194];
name of Leigh assumed by, [17], [216];
Memoir of Jane Austen by, [17];
memorial brass inserted by, [321];
quoted—on Steventon, [13], [14];
on Jane’s popularity with children, [23];
on Jane’s accomplishments, [32-33];
on furniture, [63];
on Jane’s early writings, [78];
on the Coopers, [118];
on minuets, [126];
on the sea-side romance, [131-132];
on the home at Southampton, [255];
on Henry Austen, [278];
on Persuasion, [314-315], [317];
cited—on minuet-dancing, [223];
letters in the Memoir, [249], [276];
The Watsons in the Memoir, [251];
cancelled chapter of Persuasion in the Memoir, [315].
Baillie, Joanna, [172].
Balls—
Bath, at, [222-225].
Country, [119-120].
Dances at, [121] (see also Dancing).
Dress at, [124-127];
masculine, [126].
Etiquette of, [121-123].
Evelina, account in, [121-123].
Formality of, [121].
Partners at, [121-123].
Bateson, Mary, cited, [238].
Bath—
Abbey, [219].
Assembly Rooms, [220-221].
Austens’ removal to, [212-213], [215-218];
house in Sydney Place, [219];
table of residences, [325].
Balls at, [222-225].
Characteristics of the town, [219].
House-hunting in, [215-218].
Nash’s renovation of, [220-221], [247-248].
New Guide on, [224].
Pump Room, [219-220].
Society of, reproduced in Northanger Abbey, [189-190].
Besant, Sir Walter, quoted—on eighteenth-century morals, [95];
on franking of letters, [113-114];
on wigs, [235-236].
“Blue-stocking,” origin of epithet, [7].
Boothby, Capt. Charles, quoted, [156-157].
Brabourne, Lord, family of, [18], [301];
cited—on the Coopers, [117-118];
on Fanny Knight, [270];
quoted—on Godmersham, [251-252], [261].
Brasbridge, Joseph, cited, [114].
Bridges, Harriet, see Moore.
Bridges, Louisa, [148], [149].
Bridges, Marianne, [253].
Brontë, Charlotte, compared with George Eliot, [100-102];
with Jane Austen, [103-104].
Brydges, Sir Egerton, on Jane’s appearance, [57].
Burnet, Bishop, quoted, [47].
Burney, Fanny, works of, [86-87], [97];
Macaulay’s criticism of, [164-165];
Walpole’s criticism of, [165];
lively environment of, [164];
cited—on the Court, [305-306].
Byron, [173].
Cage, Lewis, [148], [149].
Camilla, [165].
Campbell, Thomas, [173].
Caps, [230-232].
Card games, [5], [127].
Cecilia, [86], [87], [97], [165], [176].
Charades, [264].
Chawton Cottage, Austens’ home at, [266-270].
Chawton House—
Acquisition of, by Edward Knight, [17].
Lawsuit concerning, [128], [297].
Value of, [255], [297].
Cheverels of Cheverel Manor, The, [8], [65], [67], [77];
travelling described in, [154-155].
Children—
Books for, [28].
Jane’s attitude towards, [23-24];
her popularity with, [23];
her delineation of, [24-27].
Treatment of, [22], [27].
Churches, [38-39].
Clarence, Duke of (William IV.), [307].
Clarentine, [168].
Clarke, Mr., [304-305].
Clergy—
Examination of, for Orders, [46-47].
Jane’s references to, [43].
Livings of, [42].
Position of, [34-37], [44-45].
Types of, [40-43].
Coaches, [156-158], [282].
Coals and coal mines, [64-65].
Cœlebs in Search of a Wife, estimate of, [167];
quoted, [27], [30];
cited, [96].
Coleridge, [173].
Comedy of Jane Austen, character of, [1], [88].
Cooper, Dr., [117], [119].
Cooper, Edward, [117-118].
Cooper, Jane (Lady Williams), [118].
Country Clergyman—cited, [40].
Country gentlemen, [91].
Cowper, William, Jane’s partiality for, [14], [58], [169], [170], [258];
quoted—on the clergy, [37], [40];
on condition of labourers, [74].
Crabbe, [170-171], [293].
Dancing, [121], [123-124], [126-128];
the waltz, [121];
the minuet, [126], [223];
the quadrille, [127-128], [149];
the Boulangeries, [149].
Deportment, [121].
Dobson, Austin, cited, [186], [189];
quoted, [316].
Dockwra, William, [109-111].
Dress—
Academic, [239].
Ball, [125-127].
Caps, [230-232].
Cloaks, [240].
Excesses in, [229-230].
Fabrics, [241-242];
cost of, [242-243].
Feminine costumes, [73], [239-241].
Fruit-wearing, [229].
Headgear, [230-234];
feathers, [125], [232], [234], [283];
wigs, [235-236], [239].
Hoops, [244].
Jane Austen’s lack of reference to, in the novels, [4];
particular description of, in a letter, [243].
Masculine, [126], [245-247].
Mamaloucs, [231].
Night-caps, [232-233].
Nomenclature of, [243].
Pelisses, [241].
Pockets, absence of, [244].
Scantiness of, [240].
Edgeworth, Maria, works of, [87];
Emma presented to, [172];
Jane Austen compared with, [181-182].
Education of girls, [29-31].
Eighteenth-century period, scope of, [3].
Eliot, George, Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen compared with, [100], [101].
Emma—
Characters of, [308-310];
children, [24], [26];
clerical character, [43], [48];
Mrs. Bennet, [61];
Harriet, [139-142].
Date of, [98].
Dedication of, [163], [305], [307].
Length of, [80].
Love depicted in, [136].
Personal appearance of heroine in, [57].
Persuasion compared with, [313].
Pride and Prejudice compared with, [99], [308-310].
Scott’s review of, [134-135], [310-311].
Otherwise mentioned, [69-70], [83-84], [91], [97], [115], [135].
Entertainments, [120].
Evelina, [87], [164], [186];
cited, [121-122].
Fairchild Family, The—cited, [28-29].
Fashion (see also Dress)—
Bare necks, [220], [240].
Excesses of, [229-230], [240], [244].
Hair-dressing, [233-236], [239].
Ferrier, Miss, [82], [98], [174].
First Impressions, see Pride and Prejudice.
Flirtation, [119], [129-130].
Food, prices of, [70-71], [77].
Foreign affairs, outline of, [49-56], [253-254], [259-260], [270-272], [297-298].
Fox, George, [247], [259].
French Revolution and Reign of Terror, [50-53].
Furniture, [63].
Gardening, [71-72].
Garrick, David, [161], [291], [292].
Gas, [284-285].
Geography of the period, [6-7].
George III., King, [94], [235], [305-306].
Gibson, Mary (Mrs. F. Austen), [256], [258].
Gloucester, Duke of, [253].
Godmersham—
Acquisition of, by Edward Knight, [17], [148].
Description of, [251-252].
Temple Plantation, [261].
Goodnestone, visits to, [253].
Gordon, Duchess of (1791), [56].
Gosse, Edmund, on eighteenth-century literature, [169].
Grosley, M., quoted—on English breakfasts, [66];
on wages, [72];
on coaching, [157-158];
on King George III., [235];
on London, [280-281], [283-286];
on the stage, [291-292].
Hair-dressing, [231], [233-234];
feathers, [125], [232], [234], [283];
wigs, [235-236], [239];
powder, [237-239].
Hastings, Warren, [56].
Hats and bonnets, [234].
Hatton, George, [253].
Highwaymen, [158-160].
Hill, Constance, cited, [46].
Hill, Rowland, [109], [111].
Housekeeping, [65].
Inchbald, Mrs., [172].
India, affairs of, [55-56].
Ireland, union of, with England, [55].
Jackson, Eleanor (Mrs. H. Austen), [18], [288].
Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries—quoted, [92].
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, Jane’s partiality for, [58], [169];
Fanny Burney influenced by, [164-165];
wigs of, [236];
otherwise mentioned, [164], [171].
Kean, Charles, [294-295].
Kemble, [291].
Kensington Gardens, [288-289].
Kent, Duke of, [307];
letter of, to Mr. Creevy, [94].
Kentish Country House, A—cited, [182-183].
Knatchbull, Lady (Fanny Catherine Knight) (niece), Jane’s attachment to, [18], [252], [270], [288];
shopping with, [287];
letter to, on marriage, etc., [298-301];
Cassandra’s letters to, after Jane’s death, [319-321];
estimate of, [260-261], [263];
marriage and family of, [18], [301];
mentioned, [19].
Knight, Mr., presents Steventon to George Austen, [16];
adopts Edward Austen, [17], [148];
mentioned, [59].
Knight, Mrs., [17], [148], [261].
Knight, Edward (brother), adopted by his cousin, [17], [148];
marriage of, [18];
Jane’s visits to (1796), [148-151];
(1805), [251-252];
(1808), [260-261];
lawsuit concerning Chawton, [128], [297];
family of, [252];
offers Chawton Cottage to his mother, [266];
otherwise mentioned, [133], [255], [287], [293], [303].
Knight, Mrs. E. (Elizabeth Bridges), [133], [148];
death of, [260], [262-263].
Knight, Edward (nephew), [150], [263-264], [296].
Knight, Fanny (niece), see Knatchbull.
Knight, George (nephew), [263-264], [296].
Labourers—
Condition of, [73-75].
Wages of, [76].
Lackington (bookseller), [114].
Lady Susan, [99].
Landor, W. S., [239].
Langdale, Lord, quoted—on travel, [10];
on night-caps, [233].
Latournelle, Mrs., [31].
Lefroy, Mrs. Benjamin (Anna Austen) (niece), at Chawton, [269];
novel-writing by, [301-302];
marriage of, [302];
cited, [131-133];
mentioned, [17].
Lefroy, Tom, [107], [119], [129-130].
Leigh, Rev. Thomas (grandfather), [16], [118].
Leigh-Perrot, Mrs., [119], [216].
Letters of Jane Austen—
Contemporary events, lack of reference to, [5], [9].
Date of earliest published, [106], [117].
Pettiness in, [214-215].
Style of, [107].
Letters of the period—
Carriage of, [109-111].
Cost of transmission of, [109], [111], [114], [116].
Fetching of, [115-116].
Form of, [108].
Franking of, [112-115].
Importance of, as news-carriers, [6].
Style of, [106-107].
Liston, [293], [294].
Literature of the period—
Leading works of, classified, [171-174].
Novels, see that title.
Lloyd, Martha, see Austen, Mrs. F.
London of the period—
Coaches in, [282].
Dangers of, [283-284].
Dirt of, [281-282].
Extent of, [279-280].
Fogs of, [285].
Kensington Gardens, [288-289].
Lighting of, [284-285].
Paving in, [280-282].
Postage arrangements in, [109-110].
Press-gang in, [207].
Rent, etc., in, [286].
Shops in, [286].
Streets in, [285].
Theatres in, [290-292];
private, [193],
Watchmen in, [284].
Love, [135-139], [146-147].
Lyme, [249-251].
Macaulay, Lord, quoted—on Jane Austen’s art, [84];
on novels previous to Miss Burney’s, [86];
on Miss Burney’s environment, [164];
on her work, [164-165].
Mail-coaches, [111-112].
Mansfield Park—
Characters of, [210-211], [273-275];
children, [26-27];
clerical characters, [43-46];
Fanny Price, [314].
Date of, [98].
Education described in, [29-30].
Minuet described in, [126].
Publication of, [277].
Scene of, [257], [275].
Second edition of, [311].
Writing of, [270], [273].
Otherwise mentioned, [4], [62], [82-83], [104], [145], [256], [310].
Marriage—
Jane Austen’s view of, [137], [144-146].
Modern attitude towards, [139].
Marriage, [82], [98], [174].
Matches, sulphur, [64].
Mathews, Charles, [293], [294].
Meal times, [65-67], [162].
Meals, [68].
Mitford, Miss, description of Jane Austen given to, [128];
list of books read by, [168-169];
publication of Our Village by, [174];
quoted—on M. St. Quintin’s, [31-32];
on the waltz, [121];
on morning calls, [162];
on Waverley, [173];
on Pride and Prejudice, [181-182];
on Kean, [295];
cited—on Self Control, [167];
on the Chawton lawsuit, [297].
Mitford, Mrs., recollections of Jane Austen by, [128].
Montagu, Mrs., [7].
Moore, Mrs. (Harriet Bridges), at Godmersham, [261-262];
mentioned, [148], [149], [253].
Moore, Sir J., [265].
Moore, Thomas, [173].
Morals, [94-95].
More, Hannah, fêting of, [161];
popular estimate of, [172];
plays by, [162-163];
quoted—on Mrs. Montagu, [7];
on children, [27];
on mail-coaches, [112];
on abolition of letter-franking, [114-115];
on dress, [243];
cited—on fruit-wearing, [229-230];
Cœlebs in Search of a Wife, see that title.
Morning calls, [162].
Mothers as depicted by Jane Austen, [60-62], [89-90], [188].
Mourning, [253].
Murray, Mr., [310-312].
Names, female, [90].
Napoleon Bonaparte, [53-54], [253-254], [259-260], [271], [297], [298].
Nash, Beau, [220-223], [247-248].
Navy—
Bounties, system of, [206].
Captains accompanied by their families, custom of, [296].
Corruption in, [204].
Hardships of, [201-205].
Interest, abuse of, [208-209].
Mutiny in, [209-210].
Officers’ careers in, [201].
Press for, [206-207].
Prize-money in, [207-208].
Victories of, [199-200].
New Guide, The—quoted, [224], [246-247].
Night-caps, [232-233].
Northanger Abbey—
Ball described in, [225-226].
Biographical Memoir prefixed to, [58], [90], [194].
Date of, [98].
Estimates of, [189], [193].
Local colour in, [227].
Preface to, by Jane Austen, [194].
Publication of, [315].
Publisher’s neglect of, [193], [251].
Scene and characters of, [189-193].
Otherwise mentioned, [4], [13], [43], [47], [82], [88], [119], [124], [145],
224-225, [247].
Novelists prior to Jane Austen, [85].
Novels of Jane Austen (see also separate titles)—
Character the main feature of, [4], [102].
Characters of, [91-92];
children, [24-27];
mothers, [60-62], [89-90], [188];
male characters, [186], [210-211];
secondary characters, [308].
Comedy of, [1], [88].
Humanity of, [81], [84].
Humour of, [81].
Individuality of, [323].
Modernity of, [5].
Refinement of, [94-95].
Religion, lack of mention of, [90].
Scenery ignored in, [14].
Selective art exhibited in, [82], [95], [311].
Style of, [97].
Tabular list of, [325].
Novels of the period—
Character of, [85-86], [168].
Gosse’s classification of, [169].
Jane Austen’s reading of, [166].
Omnibuses, [282].
Our Village, [174].
Palmer, Fanny, see Austen, Mrs. C.
Papendick, Mrs., quoted—on plate and services, [69];
on hair-powder, [238];
on dress, [231], [241].
Parish visiting, [73].
Perrot, see Leigh-Perrot.
Persuasion—
Characters in, [210-211];
Anne Elliot, [314].
Date of, [98].
Estimate of, [313].
Local colour in, [227-228].
Love depicted in, [137-138].
Publication of, [315].
Scene of, [249-250], [314].
Writing of, [312], [314-315].
Otherwise mentioned, [24], [62], [90], [208], [224-225], [296].
Petrel (ship sloop), [198-199].
Plate and services, [68-69].
Pollock, Mr., cited, [92], [310].
Porter, Jane, [166].
Post office, development of, [109-111], [115].
Post-boys, [111].
Powys, Mrs. Philip Lybbe (Caroline Girle), [117], [119];
quoted—on Steventon inn, [12];
on Holkham, [67];
on an evening party, [127];
on highway robbery, [160];
on boy officers, [209];
on Bath balls, [223-224];
on Southampton, [257];
on Wedgwood’s, [287];
on medical treatment, [303].
Pride and Prejudice—
Characters of—Mr. Collins, [35-36], [183-184];
Elizabeth, [58], [81], [95-96], [123], [178-180], [182];
Darcy, [179-181];
Jane Bingley, [288].
Date of, [98].
Emma compared with, [308-310].
First Impressions the original title of, [99], [176].
Improbability in, [187].
Opinions on—by Sir W. Scott, [182];
by Miss Mitford, [181-182];
by Jane Austen, [184-185].
Publication of, [276-277].
Publisher’s refusal of, [177].
Social caste in, [92-93].
Otherwise mentioned, [58], [81-82], [124], [128], [145].
Prince Regent, Emma dedicated to, [163], [305], [307];
librarian of, [304-305];
character of, [306-307];
home of, [286].
Radcliffe, Mrs., [88], [172], [189].
Residences of Jane Austen, table of, [325].
Roads, state of, [75], [116], [151-154].
Rogers, Samuel, Pleasures of Memory published by, [173];
omnibus story of, [282];
quoted—on novels, [168];
on hair-powdering, [239];
cited—on head-dresses, [234];
on Fox, [247];
on executions, [284].
Romance, Scott’s plea for, [134-135].
Rowling, life at, [148-150].
St. Vincent, Battle of, [200].
Scott, Sir W., review of Emma by, [134-135], [310-311];
authorship of Waverley imputed to, [173];
cited—on Pride and Prejudice, [182].
Secker, Archbishop, cited, [35], [38].
Sedan chairs, [282-283].
Self Control, opinions on, [167-168].
Selwyn, George, cited, [283-284].
Sense and Sensibility—
Anonymous issue of, [163].
Characters of—children, [24-26];
Elinor, [136];
male characters, [86-187];
minor characters, [188].
Date of, [98].
Estimate of, [189].
Improbability in, [187].
Letter form of, [185].
Marriage, views on, depicted in, [142-144].
Origin of, [78].
Publication of, [268], [272-273].
Revision of, [270].
Title of, [177].
Otherwise mentioned, [26], [43], [47], [61-62], [83], [89], [91], [135], [136], [308].
Servants, wages of, [72-73].
Seward, Anna, [172].
Sheridan, R. B., old age of, [164];
plays of, [172].
Sherwood, Mrs., [28], [31].
Shopping, [286-287].
Siddons, Mrs., [292].
Sloane, Sir Hans, [279].
Social England—cited, [238].
Society of the period, entrée of, [161].
Southampton, [251], [254].
Southey, Robert, [173].
Stephens, Miss, [293], [294].
Steventon Rectory—
Description of, [12].
Sale of furniture of, [218].
Situation of, [12-14].
Style of the eighteenth century, [97], [258].
Swords, wearing of, [124-125], [282].
Tea, price of, [77].
Téméraire, mutineers on, [209].
Theatres, [290-292];
private, [293].
Thompson, Capt. Edward, on the navy, [202-203]
Thomson, Richard, quoted, [156].
Tilsit, Peace of, [259].
Times of the period—
“Baby officers” satirised in, [209].
Dress fashions satirised in, [125], [244].
Form of, [107-108].
Kensington Gardens exit advocated by, [288-289].
Press-gang’s activities described in, [206-207].
Private theatres mentioned in, [293].
Tips, [150-151].
Trafalgar, Battle of, [257].
Travel—
Conditions of, [9-11].
Ladies, by, [159].
Methods of—post, [151], [158-159];
by waggon, [153-154];
by private chaise, [154-155];
by coach, [155-158].
United States of America, secession of, [56].
Vicar of Wakefield, The—cited, [34].
Walpole, Horace, letters of, [108], [113];
death of, [171];
quoted—on churchgoing, [39];
on the French Revolution, [51];
on village merry-makings, [75-76];
on highway robbery, [160];
on Fanny Burney, [165];
on the Duke of Clarence, [307];
cited—on Twickenham, [115];
on dress, [245].
Watsons, The, [66], [99], [251];
child character in, [26].
Wedgwood, [287].
Whateley, Archbishop, quoted, [84], [87], [189].
Wigs, [235-236], [239].
Winchester, [78], [317-319], [321].
Women, advancement in position of, [7].
Wordsworth, William, [173].
York, Duke of, post office the monopoly of, [109-110];
robbed by highwaymen, [160];
character of, [306].
Young, Arthur, quoted—on French clergy, [37];
on roads, [152];
cited—on food prices, [70];
on wages, [73], [76].

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