EDUCATION, National, State responsibility for, ignored till 1833, 133; Samuel Whitbread earliest promoter of, 134; proposes foundation of National Schools for, in 1809, 134; scheme of, brought forward by Lord Brougham, 1820, 134; first grant towards, in 1833, 133; Lord Melbourne's attempt to include Roman Catholics in benefit of grant for, in 1839, 134; Andrew Bell and Joseph Lancaster, first promoters of a general and practical scheme for, 1836, 133; previously left to be dealt with by Church of England and other religious bodies, 133. EDUCATION, Private, by reading and by lectures, compared, 373. EGLINTON, Earl of, pre-eminence of, in early Victorian era, 3. ELIOT, George, influence of Herbert Spencer on, 334; and through her on language of literature, 334. ENDOWED Schools Act, 1874, objects of, 138; work accomplished by, 139. ENDOWED Schools Commission, now merged in Charity Commission, 162. EPPING Forest, Crown rights over, sold in 1842, 17; declared a public pleasure ground, 1882, 17. ETON, example of social evolution of Victorian era, 169; not injuriously affected by the 'new rich,' 169; expenses of education at, not increased, 170; lessons learnt at, which books cannot teach, 171; Latin verses, things of the past at, 171; honours at Oxford and Cambridge during last forty years, 173; social discipline of, shared with Harrow, 175; successes of, boys direct from school in Civil Service examinations, 177; at Woolwich and Sandhurst, 177; public opinion at, favourable to work at school, 178; new workshops at, for use of school, 178; study of natural science at, 178; classics and mathematics not displaced at, 178. ETONIANS, distinguished, of Victorian era, 171-3; the 12th Earl of Derby, the most typical of, 178. EVOLUTION, the sociological feature of Victorian era, 169. EXETER School, connection of, with Cambridge University extension system, 192. EXPLORATIONS, at Pompeii, 331; and at Babylon and Nineveh, 331; effects of, on Roman and Biblical histories, 331. EXPORTS, English, stationary during early part of century, 17; rapid increase of, on discoveries of gold, 1848-55, 23; value of, for the twenty-five years preceding repeal of the Corn-laws, 1885 millions, 44; succeeding repeal, 3031 millions, 44; for last twenty-five years, 1871-96, 6290 millions, 44. F FALKNER, J. Pascoe, founder of Melbourne, alive in 1866, 25. FARADAY, and the Prince of Wales, 323; laboratory of, at Royal Institution, 323. FARREN, the, family a race of actors, 215; Percival, at Haymarket Theatre, 215; William, 215. FAUCIT, Miss Helen, now Lady Martin, 215; Shakesperian impersonations of, 215; abiding influence exercised by, on the profession, 215. FERRIER, Dr, his work in connection with the brain, 395.