ABERNETHY's opinion of enthusiasm,
ABSTRACTION of mind in great men,
133-136.
ACTORS, traits of character in great,
ADRIAN VI., Pope, persecutes literary
men, 18.
ESTHETIC Critics, 282.
AKENSIDE on the nature of genius, 30.
ALFIERI, childhood of, 32; loneli-
ness of his character, 96; excited
by Plutarch's works, 141.
ANGELO, Michael, illustrates Dante,
21; his ideas of intellectual labour,
85; his reason for a solitary life,
111; his picture of battle of Pisa
destroyed by Bandinelli, 158; his
elevated character, 252; his letter
to Vasari describing the death of
his servant, 375.
ANTIPATHIES of men of genius, 160-
163.
ANXIETY of genius, 74; of authors
and artists over their labours, 80-
88.
ARISTOPHANES, popularised by a false
preface, 287.
ART FRIENDSHIPS, 209-210.
ARTISTS, "Studies," or first thoughts,
131; their mutual jealousies, 156-
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, its interest, 295.
BARRY the painter, his love of ancient
literature, 23; his general enthu-
siasm, 60; his rude eloquence, 107.
BAILLET and his catalogue, 352.
BEATTIE describes the powerful ef-
fect on himself of metaphysical
study, 147.
BIRCH, Dr., and Robertson the His-
torian, 342-350.
BOCCACCIO's friendship for Petrarch,
212-214.
BOOK COLLECTORS, 227-231.
BOOKSELLERS, the test of public opi-
nion, 194.
BOSIUS, his researches in the Roman
catacombs, 144.
BOYLE on the disposition of child-
hood, 31; his advertisement against
visitors, n, 113; his idea of a lite-
rary retreat, 188.
BRUCE the traveller disbelieved, 78.
BUFFON gives a reason for his fame,
BUONAPARTE revives old military
tactics, 266.
BURNS's diary of the heart, 71.
BURTON, his constitutional melan-
choly, 220.
BUNYAN a self-taught genius, 60.
BYRON'S loneliness of feeling, n., 96.
CALUMNY frequently attacks genius,
185.
CANTENAC and his autobiography,
CARACCI, the, their unfortunate jea-
lousies, 157.
CASTAGNO murders a rival artist, 157.
CHARLES V., friendship for Titian,
253; Robertson's life of, 341.
CHATELET, Madame de, a female
philosopher and friend of Voltaire,
CHATHAM, Earl of, his constancy of
study, 96.
CHENIER a literarv fratricide, 173.
CICERO on youthful influence, 32.
CLARENDON, his love of retirement,
111.
COACHES, their first invention,359.
COAL, its first use as fuel, 362.
COMA VIIGL, a disease produced by
study, 147.
COMPOSITION, its toils, 80-81.
CONTEMPORARY criticism, frequently
unjust, 75.
CONVERSATIONS of men of genius,
99-109; those who converse well
seldom write well, 104.
COTIN, Abbé, troubled by wealth, 188.
CRACHERODE, Rev. C. M., his collec-
tions of art and literature, n., 13.
CRITICISM not always just, 65-75.
CURRIE, his idea of the power of
CUVIER'S discoveries in natural his-
tory, 145.
DANTE, his great abstraction of mind,
134.
DEATHS of literary men, 243.
DEPRECIATION, theory of, 160.
DIARIES, their value, 122.
DISEASE induced by severe study, 147.
DOMENICHINO poisoned by rivals, 158.
DOMESTIC Novelties at first con-
demned, 355-364.
DOMESTIC life of literary men, 173-
DREAMS of eminent men, 127-128.
DROUAIS an enthusiastic painter, 153.
ENGLAND and its tastes, 264.
FAMILY affection an incentive to
FENELON'S early enthusiasm for
Greece, 151.
FIRST STUDIES of great men, 55-59;
first thoughts for great works, 129
-133.
FORKS, when first used, 356.
FRANKLIN, Dr., notes the calming of
the sea, 133; his influence on
American manners, 272.
FUSELI'S imaginative power, 151.
GALILEO invents the pendulum, 132.
GALVANISM first discovered, 133.
GESNER recommends a study of lite-
rature to artists, 22; on enthusiasm,
154; his wife a model for those of
literary men, 206–208.
GLEIM and his portrait gallery, 211.
GOLDSMITH contrasted with John-
son, 294.
GOLDONI Overworks his mind, 147.
GOVERNMENT of the thoughts, 117.
GRAY'S excitement in composing
verse, 141.
GUIBERT, his great work on military
tactics, 265.
HABITUAL PURSUITS, their power
over the mind, 302-304.
HALLUCINATIONS of genius, 148;
realities with some minds, 150.
HAYDN, his regulation of his time,
92.
HELMONT'S (Van) love of study, 152.
HERBERT of Cherbury, Lord, ques-
tions the Deity as to the publication
of his book, 148.
HOBBES, theory to explain his terror,
150.
HOGARTH, attacks on, n. 87.
HOLLIS, his miserable celibacy, 201.
HONOURS awarded literary men, 249
-258.
HORNE (Bishop), his love of literary
labour, 135.
HUME the historian, his irritability,
86; unfitted for gay life, 99; gives
his reason for literary labour, n.
177; endeavours to correct Ro-
bertson, 342.
HUNTER, Dr., fraternal jealousy, 156.
HYPOCHONDRIA, its cause and effect,
150.
IDEALITY defined, 137; its power,
138-154.
INCOMPLETED books, 350-355.
INDUSTRY of great writers, 125.
INFLUENCE of authors, 267-270;
273-277.
INTELLECTUAL nobility, 250.
IMITATION in literature, 305-307.
IRRITABILITY of genius, 70, 86-88.
ISOCRATES' belief in native character,
32.
JAMES I., a critical disquisition on the
character of, 385-455.
JULIAN, Emperor, anecdotes of, 97.
JEALOUSY in art and literature, 154—
159; of honours paid to literary
men, 251.
JOHNSON, Dr., defines the literary
character, 12; his moral dignity,
192; his metaphysical loves, 200;
anecdotes of him and Goldsmith,
294.
JUVENILE WORKS, their value, 67.
LABOUR endured by great authors,
75; a pleasure to some minds, 176
-177.
LETTERS in the vernacular idiom, 375
-379.
LINNÆUS sensitive to ridicule, 75;
honours awarded to, 191.
LITERARY FRIENDSHIP, 209–217.
LITERATURE an avenue to glory, 248.
LOCKE'S simile of the human mind,
25.
MANNERISTS in literature, 293.
MARCO POLO ridiculed unjustly, n. 79.
MATRIMONIAL STATE in literature
and art, 198-208.
MAZZUCHELLI a great literary his-
torian, 352.
MEDITATION, value of, 129.
MEMORY, as an art, 120, 122.
MENDELSSOHN, Moses, his remarkable
history, 61-64.
MEN of LETTERS, their definition, 226
-238.
METASTASIO a bad sportsman, 38;
his susceptibility, 140.
MILTON, his high idea of the literary
character, 12; his theory of genius,
25; his love of study, 135; sacri-
fices sight to poetry, 152.
MISCELLANISTs and their works, 282
-286.
MODES OF STUDY used by great men,
MOLIERE, his dramatic career, 310-
325.
MONTAIGNE, his personal traits, 223.
MORE, Dr., on enthusiasm of genius,
MORERI devotes a life to literature,
152.
MORTIMER the artist, his athletic
exercises, 39.
MURATORI, his literary industry, 351.
NATIONAL tastes in literature, 260.
NECESSITY, its influence on literature,
193-194.
OBSCURE BIRTHS of great men, 248
OLD AGE of literary men, 238-244.
PECULIAR habits of authors, 119
-120.
PEIRESC, his early bias toward litera-
ture, 234; his studious career, 235.
PERSONAL CHARACTER differs from
the literary one, 217-226.
PETRARCH's remarkable conversation
on his melancholy, 68; his mode of
life, 114.
POPE, his anxiety over his Homer,
81; severity of his early studies,
POUSSIN fears trading in art, 193.
POVERTY of literary men, 186; some-
times a choice, 188-190.
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE of life want-
ing in studious men, 183-185.
PRAYERS of great men, 146.
SELF-IMMOLATION of genius to la-
bour, 152.
SELF-PRAISE of genius, 162-170.
SERVANTS, a dissertation on, 364-
374.
SHEE, Sir M. A., relations of poetry
and painting, n., 21.
SHENSTONE, his early love, 199.
SIDDONS, Mrs., anecdote of, 137.
SINGLENESS of genius, 245-247.
SOCIETY, artificial, an injury to ge-
nius, 90.
SOLITUDE loved by men of genius,
35-40; 109-115.
STEAM first discovered, 133.
STUDIES of advanced life, 241-243.
STERNE, anecdotes of, 332-340.
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