Self, the religion of, 230-40 Serfs, emancipation of, in Russia, 110, 111 Shakespeare, William, 56, 152 Society for Ethical Culture (Berlin), 247, 248 Sound mind, the test of, 133 Stage, the, purity of, 211 Stöcker, Dr., anti-semitic agitator, reception of, in London, 193, 194, 265 Swinburne, Algernon C., 135 Symbolists, the French, 76 _ff._ Tintoretto, Giacomo, 127 Tjerulf, Norwegian composer, 177 Tolstoi, Count Leo, 108 _ff._ Tolstoi’s _Kreutzer Sonata_, 115, 116; _My Confession_, 117; _My Faith_, 117; _A Short Exposition of the Gospel_, 117, 126; _About my Life_, 117; _From the Diary of Nechljudow_, 125 Trades unions, 31 United States, the, treatment of women in, 142 Verlaine, Paul, 97 _ff._; his poem addressed to Louis II of Bavaria, 101; his “Chevaux du Bois” and “Chanson d’Automne,” 103, 104 Victoria, Dowager Empress of Germany, 146 Voltaire, Arouet, 1, 9, 223, 254 Wagner, Richard, 28, 29, 151, 184 _ff._, 194, 198 _ff._ Wagner’s _Art Work of the Future_, 209, 224 Wealth, dishonesty in the acquisition of, 267-9 William II, Emperor of Germany, 138, 299 Wolseley, Lord, 7 Women, position of, in the United States, England, and other countries contrasted, 142 _ff._ Zola, Émile, 29, 130, 274 _ff._ Zola’s _La Joie de Vivre_, 281 Transcriber's notes: This book was published anonymously and is now attributed to Alfred Egmont Hake. One "[sic]" has been placed in the index, and a presumed missing comma in the original is indicated with "[,]". The book contains a single footnote, which is placed below the relevant paragraph.