Johnson, Dr., his estimate of marriage, 16, 32; his journey to Derby to be married, 74; his definition of the honeymoon, 80; "Ignorance, Madam," 102; influence of little things upon happiness, 114; on spending money, 120-1; answers the question, "Would you advise me to marry?" 143; "Ay, sir, fifty thousand," 213; a wife should be a companion, 228; on sickness, 246; "Tetty," 263.
Keats, 92.
Kemble, Frances, on feminine fashion, 145; on domestic economy, 224.
Kingsley, Canon, sketch of as a father, 175-8; letter to his wife, 254.
Lady, Story of a deaf and dumb, 152; a Scotch, 9, 71, 90; an old, on the loss of children, 153.
Laird, A Scotch, answer of, to his butler, 230.
Lamb, Charles, and his sister, 94; on children, 152.
Landels, Dr., describes a husband, 92.
Lansdell, Dr., tells of an ancient Russian custom, 99; of a convict servant, 133.
"Laugh and be well," 199.
Leg, a well-formed and a crooked, 61.
Legend, An old heathen, 232.
Levite, An humble-minded, 187.
Little things, effect of, on happiness, 4, 7, 193, 241.
Locke, John, on keeping accounts, 125.
Longfellow, his lines to a child, 154.
Lottery, Is marriage a? 43.
Luther, his estimate of marriage, and of his wife, 16, 23; letter to his little boy, 180-1.
Macaulay, Lord, at home, 242.
Macdonald, George, his lines on "The Baby," 160.
Maginn, his answer, 126.
Martineau, Harriet, and her servants, 135.
Maurice, Rev. F. D., answer of, 98.
Mayoralty of Paris, Marriage at, 73.
Milan, Cathedral of, inscriptions over the doorways, 269.
Mill, John Stuart, dedication of his essay "On Liberty," 29.
Minister, A Scotch, 10, 43, 67, 76, 119, 215, 255.
Money, Do not marry for, 35; necessary for marriage, 119; we should be careful but not penurious, 122; "Spent it all," 123; a wife"s allowance, 124.
Monotony makes men fractious, 205.
Moore, Sir John, on the lottery of marriage, 43.
More, Sir Thomas, his home, 69.
Morton, Sir Albert, grief of his wife for him, 262.
Mothers, true and false love of, 167; their instruction never lost, 168.
Nabal and Abigail, 59.
Nagging often caused by _ennui_, 230.
Napier, Sir Charles, benefited by hard work, 249.
Napier, Lady, the literary helper of her husband, 27.
Napoleon Buonaparte on mothers, 162; referred to, 173.
Nasmyth, James, his married life, 256.
Necker, Madame, Anecdote of, 49.
Nursery-maid, Rejoinder of a, 150.
Orkneys and Shetland, The, a writer on, 264.
Parents, who should and who should not be, 144; rules for, 182.
Pasteur, M., his marriage, 74.
Payn, Mr. James, asks "Where is the children"s fun?" 174.
Perthes, Caroline, and her husband, 238, 256.
Pitt, his butcher"s bill, 120.