Apparatus, simplicity of, 127-131. Arrow, Sir Frederick, anecdote by, 127. Astley's Theatre, adventure at, 20. Athenæum Club, 21, 153. Atoms, or centres of force? 143. Autograph persecution, 86. B. Barlow, Rev. John, 57; incident at his house, 68. Barnard, F., anecdotes by, 81, 84, 131. Barnard, Miss Jane, 58. Barrett, W. F., reminiscences by, 72, 138, 142. Blacksmith's shop, 40, 79. Blaikley's painting, 35. Bollaert, William, 19. Bores, 44. British Association, 40. C. Carpenter, Dr., anecdote by, 107. Character of Faraday, 60. Charitable gifts, 75. "Chemical Manipulation," 52; quotations from, 126, 127. Chemical Society, 59. Children and Faraday, 32, 35, 69. Churchyard at Oberhofen, 119. City Philosophical Society, 11, 17. Close, Captain, anecdotes by, 87, 88. Colliery explosion at Haswell, 133. Committees, 42, 114. Continent, visits to the, 12, 38. Correspondence, 48. Crosse, Mrs. A., visit of, 89. D. Daniell, Professor, 64. Davy, Sir Humphry, 7, 8, 16, 17, 67; his safety-lamp, 16. De la Rive, A., 76; sketches by, 139, 146, 170. Deacon, Mrs., recollections by, 38. Discoveries, value of, 146, 166. Domestic affection, 79. Dumas, sketches by, 66, 145, 171. E. Education, views on, 97, 101-104. Electrical machines, primitive, 3, 129. Enthusiasm, 62. Experiment, love of, 127, 137. Explosions, 10. F. Faithfulness, 61. Faraday, Michael, his birth, 1; apprenticed to a bookseller, 2, 61; begins to experiment, 3, 4; attends Tatum's lectures, 3; Davy's, 7; becomes journeyman bookbinder, 8; engaged by Davy, 8, 9; his attempts at self-improvement, 11, 12, 20; travels on the Continent, 12; gives his first lecture, 17; writes his first paper, 17; assists Professor Brande, 19; his amusements, 20, 40, 42; marries, 24; gives courses of lectures, 26; appointed Fullerian Professor, 27; his income, 27, 75; accepts lectureship at Woolwich, 29; becomes scientific adviser to Trinity House, 29; his usual day's work, 31; his Friday evenings, 33; his juvenile lectures, 35; his Sunday engagements, 35; his Wednesday meetings, 37; his visits to the country, 38; his correspondence, 48; his publications, 52; his honours, 53, 173; declines presidentship of Royal Society, 54; refuses and accepts pension, 55; resigns his appointments, 56, 57; his last illness, 57; his death, 59. Faraday's father, 1, 25, 40, 61, 79. " mother, 1, 25. Field, Cyrus, 152. Firmness with gentleness, 81. Force, a Proteus, 147. Foucault, visit to, 66. Friday evenings at the Royal Institution, 26, 33, 150. Fuller, John, 27. Funeral, 59. G. Giessbach Falls, 119. Government and Science, 110. Graham, Professor, 59, 132. Gymnotus, 116. H. Hampton Court, house at, 56.