Serpent, characteristics of a, 102; its wisdom, _ib._ " anecdote of, and author, 101. Servius, quoted on the Halcyon, 191. Shadow, "folly looks at her own," 40. Shakespeare, on mimetic art, 39. " his chemical, anatomical, substantial, and ideal aspects, 44. " as a subject of science and art, _ib._ _Quoted_:-- Hamlet iii. 1. "Arms against a sea of troubles," 204. " v. 1. "Here hung those lips that I have kissed," &c., 157. Macbeth i. 3. "The earth hath bubbles, &c.," 137. Mids. Night's Dream v. i. "The best in this kind are but shadows," 39, 148. Shell, meaning of the word, 230. Shepherd boy, carving dog, 88. Shield, forms and use of a, 224. " Greek and Gothic, 230. " meaning of, in heraldry and etymology, 230. Sight, accurate, to be acquired, 112. " author's controversy with physiologist on, 99. " author's sight tired, 112. " clear, so far as kind, _ib._ " growth of educated, 176. " index to nobility of nature, 110. " kinds of, physical and moral, 108. " mathematical power of, 111. " not mechanical, but spiritual, 99. " noble and ignoble, 122. " Plato's definition of, 97. " power of metric, 112. " source of all knowledge in art, 172. " spiritual, 111. " weariness, effect of, on metric power of, 112. Silurian system of geology, 160. Simonides quoted on the Halcyon, 192. " " the "wisdom of calm," 199. Simplicity in estimate of one's own work, 53. " quoted also, 199. Sin, the unforgiveable, 169. Sirens, knowledge of the, 100, 108, 168. " song of, 74, 75, 78. Skiddaw, 199. Skill, tenderness, the basis of high, 77. Skull, man's, and an eagle's, 155 seq. Skye-terrier painted by Reynolds, 151. Sky-lark, the, 56. Social Science meeting (1869-70), 63. Socrates in Lucian's dialogue on the Halcyon, 194. Solar force, 100. Sophia, or σοφίa, Lect. I. " Aristotle's definition of, 9 seq., 90. " eternal and universal, 23. " faculty of recognition and choice, 30. " higher forms of, 27-28. " modesty of true, 30-31. " prudence, and contrasted, 26. " ruling spirit, 20. " sway over wise art and science, 37. " unselfishness of true, 29, 31. Sophocles' Trachiniæ, 199. σωφροσύνη, 68, 90. Sovereign, English (coin) and St. George, 117. " heraldry of art (1870-1880), 235. Spain, chivalry of, led by the Cid, 240. Sparrow, the "percher" of birds, 188. Spear, proper form of a, 224. Species, modern theories on, 34. Sport, English ideas of, 178. Sport, _continued_:-- " love of killing birds, its meaning, 175. Squire, derivation of word, 230. Stars, their value to artist and scientist, 124. Star-gazing, probable conditions of, by two girls, 26.