"Lorenzo de' Medici, Life of," 57 Lubbock, Edgar, 42 Sir John, 41, 80 Right Hon. Sir John, 41 Sir John William, 41, 80 Sir Neville, 42 Lunacy and imaginative power, xvi Lusi, Frederick, Comte de (soldier), 37 Frederick, Comte de (statesman), 36 Spiridion, Comte de, 37 Macaulay, 24 McClintock, Alfred H., 43 Sir Francis L., 42 H.F., 43 John, Lord Rathdonell, 43 J.W.L., 43 Patience, 42 R.S., 44 Macdowall, Hay, 7 Mackenzie, Charles, 48 Sir Morell, 48 Sir Stephen, 48 "Mahrattas, History of the," 28 Manor, Lord, 8 Mariner's compass, 69 Markham, Admiral Sir Albert, 44 Sir Clements R., 44 Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin, 44 George, 45 Admiral John, 45 William (Archbishop of York), 45 William, 44 Marks applied to degree of noteworthiness, xxxvi Maskelyne, M.H.N. Story, 45 Nevil, 45 Masterman, J. Story, 46 Material on which book is based, ix Melbourne, Lord, 4 Meldola, David, 47 Raphael F.R.S., 47 Raphael (High Rabbi), 47 "Mentone, Flora of," 46 Merit, standard of, xiii "Merton Coll., Memorials of," 61 Miall, Edward, 48 Rev. J.G., 48, 82 Lewis C., 48, 82 Stephen, 48 Micrometers, machine for ruling, 75 Miers, Edward J., 49 Francis Charles, 49 Professor H.A., 49 John, 49 "Middle Ages, Close of," 41 Midleton, seventh Viscount, 61 Mill, 24 James, 64 Milner, Right Hon. Sir Frederick, 44 Milnes, R. Monckton, Lord Houghton, 50 R. Pemberton, 50 R.S., 49 "Mineralogy," 49 "Modern Science," restriction to term as used on title-page, xiii Moggridge, Traherne, 46 "Mollusca, Manual of," 79 "Monumental Effigies of Great Britain," 38 "Moon and Stars, Memoirs of Heat of," 52 Moore, Thomas, 24; "Life and Letters of," 24 Morgan, M.E. de, 55 "Mosses, British," 21 Murchison, Sir R., Biography of, 25 "Musical Grammar," 35 "Mycetozoa," 21 Monograph on, 40 Naqada, prehistoric Egyptians at, 53 "National Biography, Dictionary of," xiv "Nature," xxxi, xxxii Naucratis, Greek settlements at, 53 Nautical Almanac, 45 Nebulae, discovery of, 52 Nelson, bust of Miss Horatio, 70 Newton, Professor Alfred, 49 A.W., 50 Sir Edward, 50 F.J., 50 Lieutenant-General H.P., 50 R. Milnes, 50 William, 49 General W.S., 50 New York, tunnel under river in, 27 NOMENCLATURE OF KINSHIP, xxvi "Nonconformist," 48 Northbrook, first Baron, 4 first Earl of, 3 Norwich, Roman Catholic Cathedral at, 60 NOTEWORTHY KINSFOLK, NUMBER OF IN EACH DEGREE, xxxiii Noteworthy, use of term in present work, xiii, xiv NOTEWORTHIES, PROPORTION OF TO THE GENERALITY, xviii NOTEWORTHINESS, xi MARKED AND UNMARKED DEGREES OF, xxxv AS A MEASURE OF ABILITY, xx Noteworthiness as achieved, xix; statistically the outcome of ability and environment, xxi; in women, xxxiii; diminution of frequency of, with increase of distance of kinship, xxxix; expectation of, xxxix