New York, council of, on luxury, 138_n._ Nottingham lace, 170. Novara, battle of, 77. Obedience, to what we dislike, 1857 _pref._ Obstinacy of great men against the public, 137-8. Overwork, decried, 11. Oxford Museum, Sir T. Deane on the, 32. Painter, poverty of early years, 100. " prices paid to a, 98. Panics, commercial--_e.g._, 1857, 151. Paper, necessity of good, for water-colour art, 43. Parable, The Ten Talents, its practical application, 114-15. Parents, noble delight of pleasing one's, possible only to the young, 27. Paris, destruction of, 1870-1, 168. Parish relief, no more _infra dig._ than State pensions, 129. Patents, no, but private inventions to be publicly rewarded, 113. Patriotism, what, 81. Pensions, are Government alms, 129. Peterborough, Bishop of, paper read at Metaphysical Society, 176, 183, 185. Photography, as a means of providing art-models, 164. " collections of Florentine Gallery photos, _ib._ Pictures, copies of, to be made, but not to be bought, 90. " dealers, and old pictures, 85. " destruction of, 69. " galleries, in all great cities, 91. " " their supervision and curators, 93. " pictorial method of education, 106 _seq._ " price of, 101, 38. Pictures, price of, _continued_:-- " " effect of high prices on artists and on art, 97 _seq._ " " by living artists, shows not value, but demand, 101. " " by dead and living masters, 103. " " modern prices, 38. " " of oil and water-colour, 102 _n._ " " to be limited but not too cheap, 66, 95-6. " private possession of, its value, 93-4. " purchase of, private buyers to buy the works of living artists, the public those of dead, 103, 94, 5. " " for ostentation, 101. " " the government to buy great works, 89. " restoration of, notes of, to be kept for reference, 94 _n._ " " in Italy, 85. " sale of a picture, its politico-economical effect, 132 _n._ " studies for, tracings, and copies of, to be kept, 90 _seq._ Pisa, architecture at, 76. " Campo Santo, The, 82. Plate, changes of fashion in, deplored, 45. " gold and silver to be gradually accumulated, not melted down and remodelled, 46. Ploughing, boys to learn, 128. Political economists, their thrift, 89. " Economy, modern books on, 1857 _pref._ " " the aim of true, 145. " " is citizen's economy, 1857 _pref._ " " definition and true meaning of, 132 _n._ " " first principles of, simple but misunderstood, 1857 _pref._ " " its questions to be dealt with one by one, 38. " " study of, to be accurate, if not deep, 1857 _pref._ " " secrecy in trade bad, 110 _seq._ " " _See_ s. Economy. Politics, English, 82. " European, 1848, 1857, 80. " _See_ s. Conservatism, Liberalism. Poor, the, their right to State education and support, 127. Poor, the, _continued_;-- " are kept at the expense of the rich, 127 _n._ " to be taken care of, 118.