Wesley, John, choice in religion, 173. (See _Methodism_.) Westbrook, Harriett, relation to Shelley, 46, 47, 97. Westminster Abbey, mistaken for another building, 291. White, Richard Grant, story, 277. Whist, selfishness in, 397. William, emperor of Germany, table customs, 103. Wine: connection with hospitality, 101-103, 121; traders in considered superior, 133; ignorance about English use, 268, 269, 270; port, 273; concomitant of wealth, 297, 298; simile, 367. (See _Table_, etc.) Wives: a pitiful confession, 41; George Eliot's position, 45, 46; relations to noted husbands, 47-62; dread of a wife's kindred, 73; unions made by parents, 94-98; destroying friendship, 115, 116; tired, 144; regard of Napoleon III., 225; old letters, 322; gain from post-cards, 329, 330; privacy of letters, 350; Montaigne's letter, 251, 252. (See _Marriage_, _Women_, etc.) Wolf, priestly, 203. Wolseley, Sir Garnet, victory, 222, 223, 229. Wood, French use of, 272. Women: friendship between two, viii, ix; absorption in one, 33; beauty's attraction, 33, 38, 39; passion long preserved, 40; relations to certain noted men, 44-62 _passim_; sisterly jealousy, 65; governed by sentiment, 69; adding to home discomfort, 75, 76; English incivility, 106; French incivility to English, and defence, 106; social acuteness, 130; Priests and Women (Essay XIII.), 175-204; dislike of fixed rules, 175; persuasive powers, ruling society, 176; dependence, advisers, 177; _love_, 178; gentleness, 179; sympathy with persecution, 180; harm of both frivolity and seriousness, 181; injustice of female sex, anxiety for sympathy, 182; sensitiveness, 183; services desired at special times, 184; motherhood, 185; consolation, 186; æsthetic nature, 187; fondness for show, 188; dress, 189; churches, 190; worship in music, 191; eloquence, 192; eager for the right, 194; obstinacy, 195; association in benevolence, 196; love of ceremony, 197; festivals, 198; confidence in a clergyman, 199; marriage formerly disapproved, _clergywomen_, 200; relief in confession, 201, 202; gentlewomen's letters, 205, 206; French, among strangers, 242, 243; want of analysis, 280; strong theological interest, 377-380; old maids, 379-382; gentlewomen, 381, 382; not interested in sporting talk, 399. (See _Marriage_, _Wives_, etc.) Word, power of a, 118. Wordsworth: indebtedness to the poor, 22; on Nature's loyalty, 30; instance of his uncleanness, 311. Work, softens solitude, 31, 32. Working-men. (See _Lower Classes_.) World, possible enjoyment of, 303. Worship: word in wedding-service, 62; limited by locality, 171-174; musical, 191; expressions in letters, 321. Writing, a new discovery supposed, 336.