——, Jane, freshness of her work, [14]; her aim, [18], [68]; at home, [22]; her nature, [24-30]; views on love, [32]; her admirers, [35-37], [163]; her limited appeal, [43]; on novels, [50-54]; favourite authors, [56-60]; criticism of niece's work, [63-64]; limitations of subject, [16-19], [65], [112], [192], [204]; literary style, [66-70], [82-85]; choice of names, [74]; in London, [76], [242]; views of life, [41], [87], [217]; as humourist, [89], [171-172]; a "forbidding" writer, [89]; Mr. Goldwin Smith on her novels, [91]; contrasted with Peacock, [92-94]; her letters, [23], [31], [99], [121], [211-223]; declines to meet Madame de Staël, [109]; her charities, [116-117]; at balls and dances, [123-128]; Dr. Whately on her work, [135], [161], [181], [189]; views of marriage, [106], [138-140]; influenced by current philosophy, [143-149]; her fine taste, [152]; her opinion of Lady Susan, [152]; her heroines, [21], [32-33], [138-163]; their relations, [183]; her avoidance of dogmatism, [149], [193]; love for her own creations, [202]; economy of description, [205], [227], [231]; on dress, [210-219]; food, [219-224]; places—Bath, [152], [214], [240]; Chawton, [22], [153], [237]; Godmersham, [41], [223], [238]; London, [76], [242]; Lyme Regis, [160], [234-236]; Southampton, [241]; Steventon, [22], [153], [214], [234]; her literary influence, [247-250]
Austen, Mrs., [25], [29], [222], [223]
Balzac, [17], [108], [201], [209], [233]
"Barton," [102]
"Bates, Miss," [175], [219], [221]
Bath, [152], [153], [214], [240]
Batilliat, Marcel, [57]
Bazin, René, [57]
Beaconsfield, Lord, [108]