Friendship: supposed impossible in a given case, viii, ix; real, x; how formed, 4; not confined to the same class, 5; affected by art and religion, 6; by taste and nationality, 7, 8; by likeness, 8; with those with whom we have not much in common, 9, 10; affected by incompatibility, 10; Byron's comparison, 30; affecting illicit love, 41; akin to marriage, 48; elective affinity, 75; Death of (Essay VIII.), 110-118; sad subject, no resurrection, definition, 110; boyish alliances, growth, 111; personal changes, 112; differences of opinion, 113; of prosperity, financial, professional, political, 114; habits, marriage, 115; neglect, poor and rich, 116; equality not essential, acceptance of kindness, new ties, 117; intimacy easily destroyed, 118; affected by wealth (Essays IX., X.), 119-147 _passim_; by language, 149; between Priests and Women (Essay XIII.), 175-204 _passim_; formed with strangers, 251; leads to misunderstood opinions, 287, 288; disturbed by procrastination, 317; Letters of, (Essay XXIII.), 336-353; infrequency, 336; obstacles, 337; the sea a barrier, 338; aid of a few words at New Year's, 339; death-like silence, 340; charm of manner not always carried into letters, 341; excluded by business, 342; cooled by reproaches, 343; all topics interesting to a friend, 344; affection overflows in long letters, 345-351; fault-finding dangerous, 352, 353; journeys saved, 360. (See _Association_, _Companionship_, _Family_, etc.) Fruit, ignorance about English, 269, 270. Fruition, pleasure of, 400. Fuel, French, 272. Furniture: feminine interest in, 187; regard and disregard (Essay XXI.), 295-314 _passim_; Goldsmith's extravagance, 310. (See _Women_.) Gambetta, his death, 225. Game: in England, 267, 268, 270; elephant and hippopotamus, 392. (See _Sports_.) Games, connection with amusement, 385, 397. (See _Cards_, etc.) Garden, illustration, 9. Gascoyne, William, letters, 318, 319. Generosity: affecting family ties, 69, 70; of a Philistine, 301. Geneva Lake, as seen by different eyes, 230, 231. Genius, enjoyment of, 303. Gentility: Genteel Ignorance (Essay XVIII.), 253-263; an ideal condition, 253; misfortune, 254; French noblesse, 255; ignores differing forms of religion, 256, 257; poverty, 258; inferior financial conditions, 259, 260; real differences, 261; genteel society avoided, 262; because stupid, 263. Geography: London Atlas, 274; work of Reclus, 291. (See _Ignorance_.) Geology, allusion, 166. (See _Science_.) George III., colonial tenure, 279. Germany: models of virtue, 208; hotel fashions, 244; a Bohemian and scholar, 304-306. German Language, English knowledge, 245.