Sovereignty of the seas, ii. 79-81.
Spanish Etiquette, instances of its absurdity, i. 194.
Spanish Poetry, i. 100; remarks on and illustrative quotations of, 101; translation of a madrigal found in a newspaper, 102.
Speed, the historian, suspicions of his originality, ii. 445.
Spenser, Fuller’s character of, i. 379.
Spiders, influence of music on, i. 272; admired as food, ii. 355, note.
Stanzas to Laura, i. 230.
Starching, origin of, i. 227.
Steevens, George, the Puck of commentators, iii. [296]; account of his literary forgeries, [297], [298]; the story of Milton and the Italian lady attributed to, [299]; his motives for omitting the Poems from his edition of Shakespeare, [301]; his trick on the antiquary Gough, [303], [304].
Stephens, Robert, the printer, his family and their works, i. 76, note; divided the Bible into chapter and verse, iii. [433].