Elizabeth, Queen, Secret-Book of, 269.
Elm, the beautiful Warwickshire, 69.
England, conservative, 141;
yet the foundations of its aristocracy crumbling, 141.
English, the, forgetful of defeats, 4;
their character, massive materiality of, 23;
secret of their practical success, 42;
impostors betrayed by pronunciation of "been," 44;
their integrity, 51;
their love of high stone fences and shrubbery, 69, [371];
curious infelicity of, 100;
like to feel the weight of the past, 111;
the very kindest people on earth, [305];
their insular narrowness, [306];
their inability to enjoy summer, [367];
original simplicity of, [379];
eager to know their weight, [402];
women not beautiful, [406];
their contempt for fine-strained purity, [408], [409];
their tendency to batter one another's persons, [482].
English crowds, unfragrant, [397], [398].
English post-prandial oratory, [555], [579].
English village, fossilized life of an, 93.
English weather, 5, [366]-[368].
Englishman, a middle-aged, personal appearance of, [542].
Epitaphs: illegible, on English gravestones, 84;
moss-embossed, 85;
forlorn one on John Treeo, 86, 87.