INDEX.

ABSTRACT Sciences, the, 20S.
Acorn-gathering, 263.

Addison and 'The Spectator,' 203.
Esthetic Girl, the, 63.

Aikenhead, Mary, Reference to, 280.

Amateur Theatricals, 270.

Application, Value of, 319.

April, the Garden in, 117–119; Beauty of, 231—233; a rural Land-
scape in, 235.

Arnold, Dr., quoted, 45, 179, 180.

Ascham, Roger, quoted, 283, 284.

Astronomy, Books upon, 209.

August, Gardening in, 135-137..

'Aurora Leigh,' by Mrs. Browning, quoted, 63.

Autumn, celebrated by Abp. Trench, 140; Macdonald, 258; Keats,
259.

Autumn, saddening Influences of, 257; its Characteristics, 137-139.

'Backbiting' condemned, 38.

Bacon, Lord, his Description of a Garden, 91-95; his 'Essays,'
203.

Bain, Professor, quoted, 207.

Barrow, Dr., quoted, 177.

Baynard, Anne, Sketch of early Life of, 273-275.
Beautiful in Nature, the, Love of, 213–215.

Biography, Advantages of the Study of, 181-188.

Biography, List of best English Works of, 192-195.
Bion, his 'Lament for Adonis,' 253.

Bird, the, Daily Life of, 240-241.
Birds'-nesting, Remarks upon, 236-239.
Birds, the, Songs of, 233.

Blackcap, the, 228.

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322

Blackbird, the, 228.
Bluebell, the, 236.
Boating, 33.

INDEX.

Books, their Value as Companions, 316.

Bremer, Frederika, her Youth, 315; her love of Study, 316.
Bright, Henry, quoted, 145, 146, 156, 222, 227.

Brontë Family, the, 10.

Brontë, Charlotte, quoted, 99; her early Life, 287--294.
Brooke, Dorothea, 59.

Browning, E. Barrett, quoted, 57, 63, 98.

Browning, Robert, quoted, 79, 103.

Bullying amongst Girls, 37.

Bulwer Lytton, quoted, 98.

Burke, Edmund, quoted, 43.

Burney, Frances (Madame d'Arblay), her Novels, 171, 298.
Butterflies, 244.

Cards, a Game at, 268.

Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 73.

Carter, Elizabeth, 45.

Catharine of Siena, Incidents in the Life of, 191; Girlhood of,

276-278.

Character Sketches, 57.

Charades, 269, 270.

Chatsworth, Queen Mary's Garden at, 78.

Chaucer, quoted, 227, 253.

Cheerfulness, its social Value, 72.

Child-garden, a, described, 76, 77.

China-painting, 27.

Chisholm, Mrs., Youth of, 311-313.

Chrysanthemums, Catalogue of, 151, 152.
Clematises, List of best Kinds of, 155.

Clough, Arthur Hugh, quoted, 272, 317.

Coleridge, Hartley, quoted, 272.

Coleridge, Sara, beautiful Character of, 303; early Life of, 303-

305.

Conchology, 29.

Corisande's Garden, in 'Lothair,' 78.

Cornfield, the beauty of a, 250.

Cornwall, Barry (B. W. Proctor), quoted, 316.

Crocus, the, 211.

Country, the, various Aspects of a Year in, 216–271.

Country Life, Pleasures of, described, 211.

Courage, true, defined, 279.

Courtesy, what constitutes true, 64-66.

Cowley, Abraham, quoted, 75, 87.

Cowper, William, quoted, 159.

Curling, Game of, described, 208.

Daffodils, in Poetry, 223, 224.

Daisy, the, 227.

Dancing, as an Accomplishment, 33.

Daughter, the Girl as a, 2; in Fiction, 3; Character of, 4.
December, Gardening in, 155-158.

Delany, Mrs., her skilful Handiwork, 28; her Friendship, 51.
Deshon, Gyneth, 60.

Dibdin, Charles, quoted, 1.

Diligence, Remarks upon, 309.

Discontented Girl, the, 60.

Donkey-riding, 32.

Drawing, the Study of, 23.

Dumb Crambo, 268.

Eliot, George (Mrs. Cross), quoted, 6, 59, 80.
Elizabethan Poets, their love of Nature, 231.

Elliott, Ebenezer, quoted, 272.

Elocution, the Study of, 25.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 205.

Enmities, School-girl, 55.

Enthusiasm, the Cultivation of, 279.

Essays and Essayists, the best English, List of, 202–206.
Etiquette, Details of, 69.

Etty, the Artist, 24.

: Evelina,' Frances Burney's Novel of, 298.

Exercise, Open-air, recommended, 46.

'Eyre, Jane,' Rochester's Garden, described in, 99.

Fancy Work, for Girls, 27.

Fast Girl, the, 63.

February, Gardening in, 111-113.

Ferrier, Miss Susan, and Miss Clavering, 55.

Fiction, a Plea for the reading of, 165-168; only the best to be
studied, 168-170.

Fiction, English, Catalogue of best Writers of, suited for Girls,

170-177.

Flowers in May, 243; in June, 247; in July, 249.

Forster, John, quoted, 205.

Friends, Examples of: Susan Ferrier and Miss Clavering, Catherine
Spooner and Miss Marsh, Mary Seton and Queen of Scots, 54, 55.
Friendship, Conditions of, 54.

Friendship, School-girl, 51.

Games, for Girls, 31, 268, 269.

Garden, a Child's, described by Sir H. Taylor, 76; Queen Mary's,
at Inch-Mahome, 77.

Garden, the, Literary Associations of, 79; Robert Browning on, 79 ;
George Eliot, 80; Shakespeare, 81; Sir William Temple, 82;

Pope, 83; Shenstone, 86; Cowley, 87; Andrew Marvell, 89;
Milton, 89; John Keats, 90; Lord Bacon, 91–96; Homer,
97; Mrs. E. B. Browning, 98; Lord Lytton, 98; Charlotte
Brontë, 99; Tennyson, 100, 104; Miss Mitford, 101; Shelley,
102; Robert Browning, 103.

Garden, the, Pleasures of, 107.

Garden, the, Work in, for January, 110, 111; February, 111-113;
March, 113-117; April, 117-119; May, 119–125; June,
126-131; July, 131-135; August, 135-137; September,
138-145; October, 145-149; November, 149-155; Decem-
ber, 155-158.

Gardening, Pope's Theory of, 85; Shenstone's, 86.
Gaskell, Mrs., 26.

Gentleness of Manners, 65.

Gentlewoman, the, Characteristics of, 281, 282.

Girl, the, at Home, 1; her position in the Family, 2; as a Daugh-
ter, 2-5; as a Sister, 6-10; various Types of, 4-13; in her
leisure Hours, 17; Idle versus Industrious, 17, 18; at School,
35, et seq.; as a Letter-writer, 47; Individuality of, 57; Preco-
city of, 58; in Fiction, 59, et seq.; Esthetic, 63; Theological,
63; Fast, 63; Mechanical, 63; Dancing, 63; Courteous, 6+;
Ideal of, 317, 318.

Gladioli, 125.
Glass-painting, 27.

Goldsmith, Oliver, quoted, 204.

Grasses, various Kinds of, 249.

Grey, Lady Jane, early Years of, 282-284; Death of, 285; her
Letter to her Sister, 286, 287.

Hannay, James, quoted, 174.

Harvest-time, the, Pleasures and Customs of, 254-257.

Helps, Sir Arthur, quoted, 73, 167, 169.

Hemans, Mrs., quoted, 306; in her Girlhood, 305-307.

Herbaceous Plants, Catalogue of, 144, 145.

Herbert, George, quoted, 51.

Herrick, quoted, 224, 227, 248.

Herschel, Caroline, quoted, 190; early years of, 298-300; Sisterly

Affection of, 300.

Herschel, Sir John, quoted, 185, 186.

Heywood, Thomas, quoted, 1.

History, English, List of best Works of, 181-183.

History, Value of Study of, 177; Pleasures of Reading, 178-181.
Home-culture, 17; Music and Singing, 18-21; Pianoforte-play-
ing, 22; Drawing and Painting, 23; Elocution, 25.

Home-decoration, 27.

Home, the Girl at, 1; conduct of Girls at, 12.

Homer, quoted, 97.

Hood, Thomas, quoted, 253.

Houghton, Lord, quoted, 172.

Howitt, William, quoted, 140, 141, 149, 229, 230, 237, 238, 262.

Hunt, Leigh, quoted, 126, 127.

Hyacinths, Cultivation of, 147, 148, 238, 262.

Ideal Girl, the, 11, 56, 318-320.

Idle Girl, the, 17.

Inchbald, Mrs., early Life of, 296–298.

Inch-Mahome, Queen Mary's Garden at, 77.

Indoor Games, for Girls, 31.

Industry, Commendation of, 18.

Ingelow, Jean, quoted, 223, 228.

Jameson, Mrs., quoted, 281.

January, Gardening in, 110-111; Aspect of the Country in, 216.

Jefferies, Richard, quoted, 122, 138.

Johnson, Dr., as seen in Boswell's Biography, 188.

Jones, Agnes, 3.

Jonson, Ben, quoted, 17, 19, 30.

Joubert, quoted, 318.

July, Gardening in, 131-135; the Country in, 251-252.

June, Gardening in, 126–131; Aspect of the Country in, 245-247.

Keats, John, quoted, 90, 259, 266, 267.

Kingsley, Charles, quoted, 24-42.

Körner and his Sister, 7.

'Ladies' Calling,' the, quoted, 4.

Lamb, Charles, quoted, 264.

Leasowes, the, Shenstone's Garden at, 86, 87.

Leaves, Ferns, and Flowers, Preservation of, 28.

Leisure Hours, the Girl in her, 17.

Letter-writing, Remarks upon, 47.

Lives of great Men and Women, their Lessons, 187, 188.
Longfellow, quoted, 73, 189.

Lowell, J. R., quoted, 205, 206.

'Ludlow, My Lady,' 26.

Lytton, Lord, his Sketches of English Maidens, 61, 62.

Macaulay, Lord, and his Sisters, 8.

Macaulay, Lord, quoted, 171.

Macdonald, George, quoted, 135, 136, 258.

Mackay, Charles, quoted, 212.

Maidenhood, graces of, 67-72; Longfellow's Poem on, 73, 74.

March, Gardening in, 113–117.

Marsh, Miss Catherine, early life of, 308; her Excellence as a Phi-
lanthropist, 308; her Conversation with a 'Navvy,' 309, 310.

Martineau, Harriet, early Life of, 295, 296.