Literary Byways

by William Andrews

Index.

Ainsworth, W. H., [88]
Alfreton, staked at Cards, [107]
American Novelists, [65]
Andersen, H. C., [20], [68]
Andrews, Henry, [206-212]
Argosy, [29]
Arnold, Sir Edwin, [23]
Austen, Jane, [67]
Appleby, [215]
Bacchanalian toasts, [124]
Balloon Tytler, [12]
Balzac, [14-16]
Barnes, editor of The Times, [54]
Beaconsfield, Earl of, [59-60]
Bells, Rhymes on, [104], [106]
Benwell Hall, [222]
Beresford, James, [68]
Beverley, [32], [101]
Bills of Fare, [114], [115-116]
Biographical Romance: Swan’s Strange Story, [222-227]
Blackwood’s Magazine, [13]
Blair’s “Sermons,” [72]
Bloomfield, Robert, [73], [81]
Bolas Magna, [201]
Books, Southey’s love of, [19]
Boswell, [7]
Braddon, Miss, [31-34]
Bradstreet, Anne, [143-148]
Brewer, Dr., [57-58]
Briscoe, J. Potter, on Miller’s Works, [196-198]
Bristol, Procession of Nayler at, [219]
Brooks, Henry M., [133]
Brontë, Charlotte, [69-71]
Browning, Robert, [64]
Buchan’s “Domestic Medicine,” [72]
Burleigh, Lord of, [199]
Burns, Robert, [11], [91], [92], [98], [116-118]
Butler, author of “Hudibras,” [77-78]
Butler, Professor, on Scrap-books, [131-133]
Byron, Lord, [20], [50], [51], [73], [82], [84], [85]
Campbell, Thomas, [55]
Cards, [107]
Carlyle, T., [2-3], [16]
Catherine, Spelling of, [150-151]
Cecil, Henry, [199]
Celebrated Songs of Scotland, [11]
Chalk, Lines on, [95]
Chambers’s Journal, [34]
Charles II., letter to, [231]
Chepstow, [219]
Christian’s View of Death, [171]
Civil War, [213]
Common Place-Book, Sala’s, [38-41]
Compiler of “Old Moore’s Almanac”: Henry Andrews, [206-212]
Cornhill Magazine, [25], [34]
Cornwall, Barry, [21]
Cooper, Thomas, [187]
Cottage Countess, The, [199-205]
Cowper, [81]
Crabbe, [51-52]
Curious American Old-Time Gleanings, [131-142]
Curiosities of the Lottery, [139-140]
Days of the Spinning Wheel, [140]
Daudet, A., [28-29]
“Declined with Thanks,” [67-75]
Derbyshire rhymes, [100], [102], [106], [107], [108]
De Quincey, [1]
Dickens, Charles, [26-27], [58]
Dictionary, Johnson’s, how compiled, [4-7]
Diving bell, [230]
Dress v. Dinner, [92]
Duck, Stephen, [79-80]
Duel, [85]
Ducking stool, [137]
Earliest American Poetess: Anne Bradstreet, [143-148]
Ears cropped, [136], [137]
Earnings of Authors, [43-66]
East Ardsley, [213]
Edgeworth, Miss, [21]
Editor’s poverty, [9]
Elegy written in a country churchyard, [45-46]
Eliot, George, [27], [62-63]
“Encyclopædia Britannica,” [7-12]
English Folk Rhymes, [100-109]
Epigrams on Authors, [76-89]
Fergusson, Robert, [90]
Fielding, [48]
Fisherman’s Funeral, The, [182]
Flowers of the Forest, [161]
Foote, S., [229]
Fox, Geo., [214]
French Epigrams, [76]
Frieston, [206]
Gallows, [136]
Gay, [46]
German Epigrams, [76]
Gibbon, [56]
Glazier’s Toast, [129]
Globe Tavern, Dumfries, [98]
Gloucestershire Rhyme, [108]
Goldsmith, [46-47]
Gordon Riots, [80]
Gore, Mrs., [17-18]
Grant’s Memoirs, [66]
Greek Epigrams, [76]
Gray, [21], [45-46]
Greengrocer’s Toast, [129]
“Guide to Science,” [57]
Hadden, J. Cuthbert, [64]
Hamerton, P. G., [35], [36]
Hall, Dr. Spencer T., [188]
Harte, Bret, [65]
Hatter’s Toast, [129]
Hayley, [48]
Hedon, [101]
Historical value of newspapers, [131]
Historical works, [56-57]
Holderness, In, [184]
Homer, [76-77]
Hood, E. P., [88]
Hook, Theodore, [83], [85]
Hull, Stage, Miss Braddon on, [31];
Rhyme, [103];
Shakespearean Festival, [111];
Burns’ Club, [116-118];
Literary Club, [118-119];
Mrs. Jno. Hunter born at, [160]
Hung in chains, [138]
Humour in prison, [138-139]
Hunter, Dr. John, [162-165]
Hunter, Mrs. John, [160-175]
Inn rhymes, [94], [95], [96], [98]
“Jane Eyre,” [69]
Jeffrey, Lord, [85]
Johnson, Dr. S., [4-7], [43], [46], [47]
Keats, [25]
Keble’s “Christian Year,” [73-74]
Kentish Rhymes, [108]
Kidnapping, [222]
Knocking of feet in Churches, [135]
Lady Mayoress of York, [103]
Laidlow, William, [13]
Lake Poets, [81]
Lamb, Charles, [230]
Lancashire rhymes [105], [107]
Lang, Andrew, [41-42]
Leechfield, [102]
Lingard’s History of England, [56]
Lincolnshire rhymes, [103], [104], [105], [106]
London rhyme, [103]
Longfellow, [63-64]
Lord Mayors of York, [103]
Lost with all Hands, [180]
Lotteries, [139-140]
Lowell, J. R., [65]
Loyal and Patriotic Toasts, [121-122]
Ludicrous blunders, [74]
Lytton, Bulwer, [59], [89]
Macaulay, Lord, [56-57]
Mansfield, Lord, [80-81]
Martineau, Miss, [16]
Masonic Toasts, [124]
Miscellaneous Toasts, [127]
Miller, A., [6]
Miller, Joe, [80]
Miller, Thomas, [186-198]
Milton, John, [44];
epigram on, [45]
Monument in Greyfriars’ to Mary Pyper, [175]
Moore, Francis, [212]
Moore, Thomas, [52-54], [85], [86]
Mordaunt, [228]
Musicians’ Toasts, [128-129]
My Mother bids me bind my Hair, [161]
Myton Rhyme, [103]
Naval and Military Toasts, [122-123]
Nayler, James, the Mad Quaker, [213-221]
New England Sunday, [133]
Newington Church, [105]
Newton, Sir Isaac, [78]
Norfolk rhymes, [101]
Norwich rhyme, [102]
Nottingham Public Library, Miller’s books in, [196-198]
Old Fountain, The, [192]
Old Moore’s Almanac, [206-212]
Olden Times Series, by Henry M. Brooks, [133-142]
Oliphant, Mrs., [50]
On seeing two little girls present a flower to a dying person, [173]
Ouida, [63]
“Paradise Lost,” [44]
Pawnbroker’s Toast, [129]
Payn, James, [34-35], [60]
Playful Poet: Miss Catherine Fanshawe, [149-159]
Playing at cards for towns, [107]
Phillips, Sir Richard, [73]
Phonographic curiosity, [232]
Pillory, [136];
Nayler in the, [220]
Poem in imitation of Wordsworth, [151]
Poet and Novelist of the People: Thomas Miller, [186-198]
Poet of the Fisher-Folk: Mrs. Susan K. Phillips, [176-185]
Poet of the Poor: Mary Pyper, [167-175]
Poetical Graces, [90-93]
Poetry of Toast Lists and Menu Cards, [110-119]
Poetry on Panes, [94-99]
Political Toasts, [126]
Pope, [46], [78]
Popular Song Writer: Mrs. John Hunter, [160-175]
Prayer by proxy, [92]
Prescott, [72]
Printer’s troubled by authors, [16]
Professional Toasts, [128]
Proud Preston, [105]
Punning Toasts, [125]
Purlwell Hall, [97]
Pyper, Mary, [167-175]
Quakers punished, [137];
Mad Quaker, [213-221]
Quin, [229]
Rabbits, Grace on, [27]
Reade, Charles, [27-28]
Redeeming Friars, [223]
Rich, [229]
Richardson, Professor C. F., [146]
Richter, J. P., [2-3]
Riddle on the letter H., [153-154]
Rhyming grants of land, [100-101]
Robertson’s “History of Scotland,” [56]
“Robinson Crusoe,” [67]
Rose, Sir George, [87]
Roxburghe Club, [127-128]
Royston, [208]
Ruskin, John, [63]
Sala, G. A., [36-41]
Sandon, rhyme at, [95]
Scrap-books, [131-133]
Scarborough rhymes, [109]
Schmidt, [231]
Schoolmaster’s Toasts, [128]
School books, [55]
Scolds, punished, [137]
Scott, Sir Walter, [12-13], [48-50], [73], [82-83]
Scots’ Magazine, [8]
Selling bells, Rhymes on, [104]
Sentimental Toasts, [126]
Servant of God, [172]
Seymour, Digby, [87]
Shakespeare’s fortune, [44]
Shakespearean Quotations, [111-115]
Shelley, [22]
Shoemaker’s Toast, [129]
Short Letters, [228-235]
Slave-trade, [140-142]
Sleeping in meeting-house, Punishment for, [135]
Smedley, F., [230]
Smellie, William, [7-8]
Smith, Albert, [86]
Smith, Sydney, [229]
Smollett, [56]
Somerville, Mrs., [21]
Somerset rhymes, [103]
Southey, [19-20], [21], [82]
Spires of Churches, [106]
Sporting Toasts, [125]
St Andrews’ University, [90]
Sterne, [71]
Stoves, introduction into churches, [134]
Stowe, Mrs., [71]
Strange and curious punishments, [135]
Sunday in New England, [133]
Swan’s Strange Story, [222-227]
Swift, Dean, [79]
Tennyson, Lord, [14], [64], [118-119], [199]
Tercentenary Banquet at Stratford-on-Avon, [114]
Thackeray, W. M, [27], [58], [87]
Theodore, King of Corsica, [78]
Thompson, Town Clerk of Hull, [87-88]
Times, The, editorship refused by Southey, [19]
Toasts and Toasting, [120-130]
Tongue bored with a hot iron, [220]
Travelling on Sunday, [133]
Trollope, Mrs, [18-19]
Trollope, A., [1], [24-25], [60-62]
Trollope, T. A., [18]
Tytler, Joseph, [8-12]
Ugley, rhyme on, [106]
Vegetarian graces, [93]
“Vicar of Wakefield,” [46]
“Vice Versa,” [72]
Vyse’s Spelling-Book, [55]
Wakefield, [213], [214]
Warner, Miss, [71]
Warren, Samuel, [68], [87-88]
Waterloo, [83-84]
Weather rhymes, [108]
Wellington, Secretary to the Duke of, [233]
Wesley, Rev. S., [93]
Whipping, [135], [220]
Whitby Bells, [185]
White, H. K., [81]
Wilberforce, Bishop, [26]
Wilson, Professor, [13-14]
Wood, Mrs. Henry, [29-31]
Worcestershire Rhymes, [109]
Wolfe, Charles, [74-75]
Words, meaning of, [6]
Wordsworth, W., [22-23], [82]
York Theatre, [96]
Yorkshire pane rhymes, [94], [95], [96], [97];
Rhymes, [103-109];
Poets, [176].

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