Edison, Thomas A., ii, 238; xi, 196; xii, 21; prophecy of, regarding 20th century, i, 320; mother of, i, 321; birthplace of, i, 323; early life of, i, 324; first invention of, i, 325; success of, i, 328; some inventions of, i, 329; appearance of, i, 330; humor of, i, 337; position of, in history, i, 341; age of, i, 345; Leonardo compared with, vi, 41; on science, xi, 386; quoted, vi, 41. Editors, managing, characterized, vi, 315. Educated man, the, xii, 127. Educated men, the five greatest, i, 341. Education, v, 11; vii, 314; viii, 203; of children, ix, 224; definition of, i, 341; formula of, x, 202; getting an, vii, 285; Hegel on, vii, 322; Victor Hugo on, xi, 203; Charles Lamb on, ii, 214; object of, x, 200; science of, viii, 100; Herbert Spencer on, viii, 324; xi, 171; John Tyndall on, xii, 346. Edwards, Rev. Jonathan, iii, 176; influence of, vii, 237; theology of, viii, 179. Egotism, v, 242; vi, 25. Egotism in literature, vi, 273. Egotist, the, vi, 49. Egyptian civilization, x, 17. Egypt, the cradle of mystery and miracle, x, 75; in the time of the Pharaohs, x, 17. _Eighteen Hundred Seven_, Meissonier, iv, 142. Elba, Napoleon's exile in, ii, 181. _Elective Affinities_, Goethe, xiii, 228. Electricity, Edison regarding future of, i, 320; Spencer's discoveries in, viii, 359. Electric pen, invention of, i, 329. _Elegy on Sir Anthony Van Dyck_, Cowley, iv, 172. _Elegy, The_, Gray, v, 126. Elemental conditions, v, 88. _Elementary Physiology_, Huxley, xii, 327. Elgin marbles, iv, 318; vi, 13; vii, 13. Eliot, George, ii, 239; v, 49; early life of, i, 50; birthplace of, i, 52; acquaintance of, with Herbert Spencer, i, 56; marriage, i, 57; appearance of, i, 63; home of, i, 63; grave of, i, 64; estimate of Jane Austen, ii, 254; on Botticelli, vi, 69; favorite book of, ix, 376; on the art life of Florence, vi, 90. Elizabeth, Queen of England, iv, 81; visit at Kenilworth, i, 304. Elks, Order of, x, 77. Ellis, Charles M., and Theodore Parker, ix, 297. Ellis, F. S., and William Morris, v, 29. Ellsworth, Oliver, chief justice, iii, 248. Elocution, H. W. Beecher on, vi, 187; viii, 54. Elzevirs, the, publishers, iv, 55, 65. Emancipated men, xiv, 246. Emancipation of women, ii, 70. Embankment, the London, i, 77. Emerald Isle, the, ii, 95.