Acting, 291-295. Alexander, Emperor, 272. Alexandria, Battle of, 253. Alger, J. G., on travel, 10-11. Allen, Ralph, 111. Amiens, Treaty of, 254. Art of the period, 8-9. Ashton, John, on the press-gang, 206-207; on feminine costume, 240. Austen family— Connections, 16. Genealogical table of, 326. Austen, Anna (niece), _see_ Lefroy. Austen, Caroline (niece), on Jane’s illness, 317. Austen, Cassandra (sister), Jane’s attachment to, 18, 19, 31, 116, 322; engagement of, 19; Jane’s letters destroyed by, 20; visits to Goodnestone and Godmersham, 253, 258, 262-263; at Winchester, 317-319; letters after Jane’s death, 319-321; last days of, 321; _cited_—on the sea-side romance, 131-132; otherwise mentioned, 166-167, 303. Austen, Cassy (niece), 297. Austen, Adm. Charles John (brother), marriages of, 19, 297; naval career of, 19, 197, 199, 208; at Godmersham, 296; at Chawton (1816), 315; mentioned, 107. Austen, Mrs. Charles (Fanny Palmer), 19, 297. Austen, Edward (brother), _see_ Knight. Austen, Adm. of the Fleet Francis (brother), marriages of, 19, 256; naval career of, 151, 196-199; shares the home at Southampton, 256; otherwise mentioned, 148, 149. Austen, Mrs. Francis (Mary Gibson), 256, 258. Austen, Mrs. Francis (Martha Lloyd), popularity of, with the Austens, 17, 256-257, 263; marriage of, 19, 256; at Bath, 254; at Southampton, 256-257. Austen, Rev. George (father), career of, 15-16; retirement to Bath, 212-213; hobbies, 213; income, 215; death, 133, 213, 223; characteristics, 41, 62; otherwise mentioned, 59, 177. Austen, Mrs. (mother), health of, 59-60; income of, 255, 256; at Chawton, 269; mentioned, 184. Austen, Rev. Henry (brother), marriages of, 18, 288; Jane’s literary affairs managed by, 18, 193, 272; Memoir by, prefixed to _Northanger Abbey_, 57-58, 194, 315; sponsor to Edward Cooper (junior), 118; Jane’s visits to, 278, 288, 298, 303; illness of, 303-304; at Chawton (1816), 315; in Orders, 316; career of, 149; estimate of, 278; _cited_—on _Mansfield Park_, 273, 276; otherwise mentioned, 148, 293. Austen, Mrs. Henry (Eliza de Feuillade), 18, 112, 278, 288. Austen, Mrs. Henry (Eleanor Jackson), 18, 288. Austen, Rev. James (brother), marriages of, 17; at Steventon, 212-213; visit to Southampton, 258; visit to Godmersham (1808), 260-262; otherwise mentioned, 194, 214. Austen, Mrs. James (Mary Lloyd), Jane’s attitude towards, 214, 258, 261, 318-319; on Harriet Moore, 262. Austen, Jane— _Career_—parentage and family, 15-19; childhood, 23, 26, 31; school days, 31, 32; home life, 71; early writings, 77-78; visits to relatives, 19, 66, 105, 119, 133, 148-151; offers of marriage, 129, 131; romance, 131, 262, 268; _Pride and Prejudice_, 176, 184-185;