SHEHEREZADE, the Queen in _The Arabian Nights_ who saved her life by relating the tales of _The Thousand and One Nights_ to her husband, Sultan Schariar of India, 41. SIEGFRIED, one of the heroes of _The Nibelungenlied_ who is foully slain by Prince Hagen, 45. SMOLLETT, TOBIAS, an English novelist who wrote _Humphrey Clinker_ and _Roderick Random_, 60. SOCRATES, 36. SOPHOCLES, _OEdipus_, 31. SOUL OF THE BIBLE, THE, a condensed version of the Old and New Testaments which will be found useful by Bible students, 11. STORY OF MY HEART, THE, an eloquent book by Richard Jefferies in which the spiritual aspirations of a self-educated young man are vividly described, 32. STRAYED REVELER, A, one of Matthew Arnold's finest lyrical poems, 32. STANLEY, HENRY M., his autobiography records the great work done by a poor foundling whose spirit in boyhood was nearly crushed by cruelty, 53. STELLA, the pet name given by Dean Swift to Esther Johnson, a young woman whom he immortalized by his journal, written for her amusement, 129, 130, 131. SWIFT, JONATHAN, Dean of St. Patrick's, one of the greatest of English writers and author of _Gulliver's Travels_, 129, 130. TALE OF A TUB, THE, a vitriolic satire in verse by Swift, 130. TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, an English statesman and author and patron of Swift, 129. TENNANT, DOROTHY, widow of Stanley, who edited his _Autobiography_, 53. UTTOXETER, a Staffordshire town where Dr. Johnson did penance for harsh words spoken years before to his father, 123. VANESSA, the name given by Swift to Esther Vanhomrigh, a brilliant pupil who fell in love with him and was ruined, like "Stella," 129, 130. VEDDER, ELIHU, the American artist who illustrated the _Ruba'iyat_, 82. VIRGIL, difficulty in translating his work, 33. Story of the _AEneid_, 35, 36. WAGNER, RICHARD, his great operas drawn from the principal incidents of _The Nibelungenlied_ and allied Norse epics, 45, 46. WOODBERRY, GEORGE E., his opinion that Dante is untranslatable, 85. YAHOO, in _Gulliver's Travels_ a race of slaves with the form of men but with none their of virtues, 131. HERE ENDS COMFORT FOUND IN GOOD OLD BOOKS, BEING A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON GREAT BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS, BY GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH. PUBLISHED BY PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY AND PRINTED FOR THEM BY THEIR TOMOYE PRESS IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN HENRY NASH IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED & ELEVEN * * * * * TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: Minor punctuation corrections have been made without comment. Corrected spelling on p. 46, "Sigura" to "Sigurd" (Sigurd the Volsung, by William Morris). Added page number (82) to "Index" listing for "VEDDER, ELIHU" on p. 171. Word Variations: