Ballads, book of one hundred, extract from, 15, 7.

Baptistery of Florence, 15, 18.

Baron, meaning of the word, 15, 6;
reasons for decline of baronial power, 15, 9;
relation to clerk and peasant, 18, 11.

Bastile, fall of the, a typical fact, 15, 9.

Bedford, Duke of, his costly purchase, 4, 12.

Begging letters, their significance, 1, 4.

Bell at Lucca, inscription on, 18, 6;
bells at Florence, 21, 5.

Benevolent persons, the fatallest mistake of, 9, 6.

Bible, influence of the style of its English translation, 10, 5.

Bill-sticking at Florence, 21, 6.