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Höffding, H., [306] note.

Hogan, Mrs. L. E., [188], [209], [212], [215], [217].

Homer, [89], [96], [97], [108].

Hugo, Victor, [315].

Human, things, as object of laughter, [86], [122], [128], [345].

Humour (Chapter X.), definitions of, [297]; as individual, [298], [313], [324], [326]; rarity of, [298], [311], [322], [325]; origin of, [299]; reflection in, [300]–303, [324], [387], [393]; as a sentiment, [300], [307]; seriousness in, [301]–305, [314], [319], [338], [342], [387], [393], [395], [400]; blend of sad and gay in, [305], [309], [387]; kindly feeling in, [306], [307], [310], [342], [388]; corrective function of, [323], [324], [403]–405; consolatory force of, [325]–330, [342]; relation of, to wit, [354], [385], [386]; subjective and objective, in literature, [386] note, [389]; harmonising of tones in, [388], [391] (see also Philosophic Humour).

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Husbands, treatment of, in comedy, [373], [377].