The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes. Various
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Budæus, 76
Buffon and his Servant, 115
Busby, Dr., and the Scholar, 106
Cajeta, Siege of, 51
Camden, Lord, in the Stocks, 73
Camerons and Christians, 117
Campo, Marquess del, and George III., 93
Candle Light, War by, 120
Canning and the Preacher, 125
Carteret, Lady, and Dean Swift, 132
Carving Accident, 90
Catalogue Making, 15
Chamillart the French Lawyer, 70
Chantrey—First sculpture, 9
Charity, 18
Charles II. and Killigrew, 63
Charles V. of France, 64
Charles VI. of Austria, 122
Charles XII. and his Secretary, 119
Charlotte, Princess, 54
Chatillon, Admiral, and the Beggar, 10
Cherin, General, 109
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
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
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