Brontë, Charlotte, her St. John, in Jane Eyre, 196. Brothers: divided by incompatibility, 10; English divisions, 63; idiosyncrasy, 64; petty jealousy, 65, 66; love and hatred illustrated, 67; the Brights, 68; money affairs, 69; generosity and meanness, 70; refinement an obstacle, 71; lack of fraternal interest, 74; riches and poverty, 77. (See _Boys_, _Friendship_, _Sons_, etc.) Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc de, his noble life, 209, 210. Buildings, literary illustration, vii. Bulgaria, lost to Turkey, 278. Bull-fights, women's presence, 180. (See _Cruelty_.) Bunyan, John: choice in religion, 173; imprisoned, 181. Business: affecting family ties, 64, 67; affecting letter-writing, 342, 343; Letters of (Essay XXIV.), 354-369; orally conducted or written, 354-357; stupid agents, 358, 359; talent for accuracy, 360; acknowledging orders, 361; apparent carelessness, one subject best, 362; knowledge of drawing important to explanations on paper, 363, 364; acquaintance with languages a help, 364; commercial slang, 365; indolence in letter-reading has disastrous results, 366-369. (See _Correspondence_.) Byron, Lord: on Friendship, 30; Haidée, 39; marriage relations, 46, 48-50, 55-57; as a letter-writer, 345-349; careless rhymes, 400. Calumny: caused by indistinct ideas, 292; in letters, 370-377. Cambridge University, 275, 276. Camden Society, publication, 318. Cannes, anecdote, 235. Cannon-balls, national intercourse, 160. (See _Wars_.) Canoe, illustration, 15. Card-playing: incident, 128, 129; French habit, 273; kings, 289; laborious, 397. Carelessness, causing wrong judgments, 293. Caste: as affecting friendship, 4; not the uniting force, 9; French rites, 16; English prejudice, 19; sins against, 22; among authors, 46-56; kinship of ideas, 67; ease with lower classes, 64; really existent, 124, 125; loss through poverty, 136; among English travellers, 240-242, 245, 246. (See _Classes_, _Rank_, _Titles_, etc.) Cat, drawing by a child, 364. Cathedrals: drawing a French, 23, 24; imposing, 189, 190, 192. Celibacy: Shelley's experience, 34; in Catholic Church, 120; clerical, 198-201; of old maids, 379-382. (See _Clergy_, _Priests_, _Wives_, etc.) Censure, dangerous in letters, 352, 353. Ceremony: dependent on prosperity, 125, 126; fondness of women for, 197, 198; also 187-195 _passim_. (See _Manners_, _Rank_, etc.) Chamberlain, the title, 137. Chambord, Count de, restoration possible, 254, 255. Channel, British, illustration, 14. Charles II., women's influence during his reign, 181. Charles XII., his hardiness, 308. Chaucer, Geoffrey, on birds, 272. Cheltenham, Eng., treatment of Dissenters, 19. Chemistry, illustration, 3.