Eton, boating and cricket surprising to foreigners, 3; associated with social distinction, 57, 59 Etty, prejudiced against French art, 413 Europe, considered by Orientals as one nation, 421; evidence of Mr. Palgrave, _ib._; differences between England and France, 422. See Variety in Britain and Variety in France Euryalus, his affection for his mother, 47 Exhibitions, public, English in the provinces superior to those in France, 34 F Factory population in England, its deterioration, 13 Faith, two meanings, custom and conviction, 159; sacrifice the test of sincerity, 160; example of a young Frenchman, _ib._; devotion of Catholic sisters, 161; an Anglican saint, 163; an Anglican layman, 164; a Catholic and Protestant, 165; political and social convictions, 166 Family influence in France, 43; undervalued in England, 44; love of sons for mothers in France and England, 47; coolness of the affections in England, 49; their culture in France, 50; decay of reverence in France, 54; dispersion of middle-class families in England, 69 Farmers in France, their opposition to hunting, 12 Fawcett, Mr., love of riding and skating after his blindness, 3 Fencing, practised in France, 6 Feelings. See Education of Field sports, difference between France and England in game-preserving, 10; game in France, 11; deer and wild boar, _ib._; French hunting, _ib._ Flaxman, his illustrations of Homer appreciated in France, 411 Foreign policy, its continuity in England, 98; unpatriotic in France, _ib._ Foreigners, impartial treatment of, viii; ridiculous or wicked, x; their difficulties in society, 25 Formalism, distinct from hypocrisy, 167; prevalence in the Church of England, _ib._; among atheists, 168; in England and France, 169; at marriages and funerals, _ib._; of philosophical Anglicans, 171; association with ritualism, 175; weakening effect on faith, 177 Fortoul’s ministry, introduced the “_bifurcation_” into French schools, 29 France. See Variety in France, desire for rest, 135; no ritualist party, 176; her sympathy with Gordon at Khartoum, 202; feeling about war, 203. See French and English