The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes - Various

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      Child and Goat, 103

      China Ware, 129

      Christmas Pudding Extraordinary, 20

      Clerambault and La Fontaine, 126

      Cobbler of Leyden, The, 114

      Cochrane, Sir John, 46

      Cochrane, Lord, 56

      Coleridge's "Watchman", 107

      Coleridge and his Dinner Companion, 126

      Conjugal Affection—French Troops in Italy, 4

      Cornwallis, Admiral, and the Mutineers, 105

      Crimean Captain, 111

      Curran

       and Dr. Boyse, 40 and the Jockey, 67 and the Farmer, 69 his Witty Replies, 70

      Cuvier and his Visitors, 116

      Day, Thomas, and Sir W. Jones, 72

      Deaf and Dumb Mother, 1

      Denon and Defoe, 16

      Dey of Algiers and Admiral Keppel, 104

      Dickens—Origin of "Boz", 15

      Dictionaries, 14

      Dieppe Pilot, 43

      Dinners, 19-22

      Doctors, 22-27

      Domat, Judge, and the Poor Widow, 11

      Douglas, The, 47

      Drama, The, 27-33

      Dreaming, 129

      Drummond, Provost, 52

      Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Pitt—a Dispute in Bed, 86

      Duncan, Admiral, 121

      Duty, 34

      Duval, the Librarian, 77

      Edinburgh—Spoiled Street, 130

      Erskine and Lord Kellie, 126

      Erskine, Legal Anecdotes of, 67-68

      Eveillan, Archdeacon of Angers, 57

      Faithful Depositary, 37

      Faithful Domestic, 36

      Falkland, Lord, and the House of Commons, 86

      Family Sacrifice—French Revolution, 4

      Fear of Death, 58

      Fenelon, Archbishop—his Humanity, 56

      Fidelity, 35-37

      Fielding, Sir J., and the Irishman, 71

      Filial Affection—French Boy, 2

      Fletcher, of Saltown, and his Footman, 113

      Fontenelle, 37, 38

      Fools, 38

      Foote, the Actor, 33

      Forgiveness, 39

      Fouché and Napoleon, 91

      Francis I. and his Fool, 38

      Frederick the Great

       and the Page, 61 and the Soldier, 62 and the Deserter, 62 his Arguments, 62

      French

       Curate—Forgiveness, 39 Peasant Girl, 45 Officer in Flanders, 77 Officer in Spain, 77 Servant at Noyon, 95 of La Vendée, 91

      Friends, 40

      Gainsborough—Picture of the Pigs, 6

      Garrick and Rich, 33

      Garrick and Sir J. Reynolds, 115

      Gendarmes and Priest, 91

      George

       I. and the Lieutenant, 121 II. and the Dutch-Innkeeper, 64 and the Court Martial, 122 III. —Punctuality, 64 Carbonel the Wine Merchant, 65 The Horse Dealer, 66 Memorial to a Servant, 66 Treatment of a Caricature, 66 and Lord Lothian, 102

      Ghosts, 42

      Gibbet, Sight of a, 117

      Gin versus Drugs, 25

      Glynn, Dr., and the Magpie, 12

      Gonsalvo de Cordova, 119

      Goldsmith's Marlow, 32

      Gooch, Sir W., and the Negro, 90

      Gratitude, 40

      Gregory, Dr., a Militiaman, 38

      Granby, Marquis of, and the Lord-in-Waiting, 108

      Grancé, Count de, and the Cannon Ball, 112

      Grenadier, French, 121

      Grog, 103

      Guise, Colonel, 24

      H., Letter, Use of, 14

      Haddock, Admiral, 102

      Handel, 82

      Hanging Judge, The, 73

      Hanway, Jonas, and the Coachman, 107

      Hawker, Colonel, and the French Officer, 77

      Haydn, 84

      Heavy Play, A, 28

      Heber's Palestine, 14

      Henderson and the Actor, 113

      Henri IV. and D'Aubigné, 40

      Heroism, 43

      Hill,

       Sergeant, 75 Rowland, 101

      Hogarth—Picture of the Red Sea, 9

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