Amateurism, [134]

Ampère, profoundly scientific, [278]
— anecdote of, [287]

Amusement, necessity of, [454]

Analytical observation, value of, [310]

Anatomy, difficulty of study, [116]

Ancients, incorrect use of word, [146]
— and moderns compared, [255]

Application and opportunities, [244]

Arabia, use of coffee, [40]

Archimedes in the bath, [310]
— at Syracuse, [539]

Aristocracy, liberal and illiberal, [358]
— unwritten religious law of, [366]
— and democracy, [341]
— spirit of, in reading, [472]