Irrigation and religion, ix, 278. Irving, Henry, ii, 237; at Harvard University, xiv, 177; Seneca compared with, viii, 56; on success, viii, 345. Irving, Washington, iv, 218; vi, 316; John J. Astor and, xi, 221; on the Jews, viii, 207; quoted, i, 293. "Isaac Bickerstaff," pseudonym of Dean Swift, i, 149. Isaiah, the Prophet, i, 317. Israelites, or Children of Israel, ii, 140; x, 21. Italian Renaissance, the, xiii, 210. Italy, senility of, iii, 232. Itineracy, Wesley on the, ix, 48. Jacks and Jennies, xi, 20. Jackson, Andrew, iii, 190, 210, 221. Jacqueminot roses, ii, 241. James I, iv, 189; Claudius compared with, viii, 58. James, Henry, on Edwin Abbey, vi, 311; on Verdi, xiv, 291; on Tyndall, xii, 358. Jameson, Mrs., quoted, iv, 159. _Jane Eyre_, Charlotte Bronte, i, 240; ii, 94, 108. Jansen, Cornelius, painter, v, 122. Japanese art, vi, 349. Jay, John, home of, at Rye, N. Y., iii, 233; legal training of, iii, 236; Samuel Adams regarding, iii, 240; governor of N. Y., iii, 247; his religious nature, iii, 249; genius of, iii, 250; referred to, ii, 77; iii, 89; typical Huguenot, iii, 232. Jealousy, artistic, vi, 176, 275; Gainsborough's freedom from, vi, 150. Jefferson, Thomas, education of, iii, 55; appearance of, iii, 55; friends of, iii, 58; Patrick Henry and, iii, 61; as a lawyer, iii, 63; member of Virginia legislature, iii, 65; marriage of, iii, 68; governor of Virginia, iii, 70; member of Colonial Congress, iii, 70; daughter of, iii, 71; home of, at Monticello, iii, 70; death of wife of, iii, 71; opposition of, to Hamilton, iii, 72; mission to France, iii, 72; humor of, iii, 73; President of U. S., iii, 75; achievements of, iii, 75, 177; Thomas Arnold compared with, x, 241; John J. Astor and, xi, 221; Fenelon compared with, xiii, 353; Stephen Girard and, xi, 96; Patrick Henry and, vii, 283; on Patrick Henry, vii, 293; Alexander von Humboldt and, xii, 147; John Jay compared with, iii, 250; James Madison and, iii, 54; Thomas Paine and, ix, 160, 170; quoted, xi, 380; Socrates compared with, xi, 97. Jeffrey, Francis, Lord, v, 181. Jeffrey, the tribe of, v, 78. Jersey, island of, i, 195. Jerusalem, referred to, ii, 140. Jesuits, referred to, iv, 89. Jesus of Nazareth, influence of, viii, 204; Thoreau on the character of, vii, 316. _Jewish Bride_, Rembrandt, iv, 73. Jews, the, xi, 127; Alexander the Great on the, viii, 95; in England, ii, 77; expulsion of, from Spain, viii, 207; Washington Irving on, viii, 207; legal disabilities of, v, 187; orthodox, viii, 221; Thomas Paine on the, ix, 165; rational, viii, 221. Jiu jitsu, v, 319. Joan of Arc, iii, 28; iv, 241. Job, i, 247; the Book of, x, 30; humor of, i, 238. Johnsonese, v, 146.