Belgium, letters written at the date of Waterloo, 153. Beljame, his knowledge of English, 152. Bell, Umfrey, in old letter, 323. Benevolence, priestly and feminine association therein, 195, 196. (See _Priests_, etc.) Ben Nevis, and other Scotch heights, 271. Bentinck, William, letters to, 344, 345. Betham-Edwards, Amelia, her description of English bad manners, 240, 245. Bible: faith in, 6; allusion to Proverbs and Canticles, 41; reading, 123; Babel, 159; commentaries studied, authority, 206; examples, 208; narrow limits, 211, 212; commentaries and sermons, 302. (See _Religion_, etc.) Bicycle, illustration, 15. Birds, in France, 272. Birth, priestly connection with, 184, 185. (See _Priests_, _Women_.) Black cap, illustration, 204. Blake, William, quotation about Folly and Wisdom, 31. Blasphemy, royal, 167. (See _Immorality_, etc.) Boating: affected by railways, 14; French river, 128; rich and poor, 138, 139; comparison, 154; Lever's experience, 260; mistaken judgments, 292, 293; not enjoyed, 302; sleeping, 307; on the Thames, 335; painting a boat, 359; amusement, 394-396. (See _Yachts_, etc.) Boccaccio, quotation about pestilence, 222. Bohemianism: Noble (Essay XXI.), 295-314; unjust opinions, 295; lower forms, 296; social vices, 297; sees the weakness of Philistinism, 298; how justifiable, 299; imagination and asceticism, 300; intimacy with nature, 302; estimate of the desirable, 303; living illustration, 304; furniture, mental and material, 305; an English Bohemian's enjoyment, 306; contempt for comfort, uselessness, 307; self-sacrifice, 308; higher sort, 309; of Goldsmith, 309, 310; Corot, Wordsworth, 311; Palmer, 312, 313; part of education, 313, 314; a painter's, 314. (See _Philistinism_.) Bonaparte Family, criminality of, 168. (See _Napoleon I._) Books: how far an author's own, 13; in hospitality, 142; refusal to read, 195; indifference to, 286, 287; cheap and dear, 304, 305; Wordsworth's carelessness, 311; binding, 359. (See _Literature_, etc.) Bores, English dread of, 245. (See _Intrusion_.) Borrow, George, on English houses, 145. Botany, allusion, 166. Bourbon Family, criminality of, 168. Bourrienne, Fauvelet de, Napoleon's secretary, 367. Boyton, Captain, swimming-apparatus, 290. Boys: French, 23, 24; English fraternal jealousies, 66; education, and differences with older people, 78-98 _passim_; roughened by play, 100; friendships, 111. (See _Brothers_, _Fathers_, _Sons_, etc.) Brassey, Sir Thomas, his yacht, 138, 139. Brevity, in correspondence, 324-331, 361. Bright, John, his fraternity, 68. British Museum: ignorance about, 266; library, 287; confused with other buildings, 291. (See _London_.)