Vaccination, strange dread of, ii. 317.
Vallancey’s Collectanea, curious error in, i. 326, note.
Vanbrugh, the architect of Blenheim, got a power from Lord Godolphin to contract in the Duke of Marlborough’s name, iii. [104]; produces the power, [106]; his depositions, ib.; attempt of the Duchess of Marlborough to charge the debts of Blenheim on, [108]; conduct of the Duchess towards, [109]; discovery of his origin, [110], [111].
Varchi, Benedetto, his “Storie Florentine,” iii. [183]; remarks of Mr. Merivale on, ib., note.
Varillas, his fictitious work on the Reformation, i. 132, note.
Vasari’s History of Artists, not entirely written by himself, iii. [131].
Vatican, library of, i. 4.
Vaucanson, his mechanical figures, iii. [284], note.
Vaudevilles, origin of the name, ii. 148.