# Self-Help/Index

INDEX
A
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, anecdote of, 479
Abernethy, surgeon, anecdote of, 462
Accuracy, 319
Activity, examples of, 195
Acts and consequences, 349, 427
Addison, 13, 155
Adrian VI., 14
Adversity, uses of, 349
Akenside, poet, 11
Alfieri, in youth, 418
Angelo, Michael, 140, 184, 437
Application and perseverance, 111, 115, 417-22
Arkwright, Sir R., 38-44 Arne, Dr., musician, 233
Arnold, Dr., on self-education, 370, 437; a cheerful worker, 441
Attention, habit of, 38, 115
Audubon, ornithologist, his perseverance, 118
Austria, Emperor of, anecdote of, 472
B
Babbage, on acts and consequences, 427
Bach, John Sebastian, 232
Bacon, Lord, 7, 23, 183, 314; his notes, 156; on economy, 349; on knowledge, 390
Banks, sculptor, 189
Barberini vase, the, and Wedgwood, 107
Barbers, eminent, 39
Barclay, David, merchant, his character and work, 238
Barrow, Isaac, 376; as a boy, 418
Baxter, Richard, on time, 155
Beethoven, 232, 399, 435
Bell, Sir Charles, 166
Bewick, wood-engraver, 147
Biography, its uses, 7, 436
Bird, artist, 184, 187
Birkenhead, wreck of the, 476
Blackstone, Sir William, 13
Böttgher, J. F., the potter, 79; his early life, 95; his boyish trick in alchemy, 95; his troubles, 96-103; makes red porcelain, 98; makes white porcelain, 98; his death, 103
Books, inspiration from, 437-8
Borrowing, danger of, 350
Boulton and Watt, 42
Bright, John, on frugality, 345
Brindley, engineer, 9, 386 ​Britton, John, his early life, difficulties surmounted, 128
Brotherton, Joseph, M.P., 18, 366
Brougham, Lord, 25, 457
Brown, John, geologist, 179
Brown, Sir S., 142
Brunel, Sir I., a thoughtful observer, 142-3
Buffon, Comte de, as student, 123-5
Burney, Dr., 154
Burns, Robert, in boyhood, 418; his improvidence, 348; on worth, 349
Burritt, Elihu, 154, 373
Business men, 310-14
Business qualities of great men, 325-34
Buxton, Sir Fowell, philanthropist, 306-9; on will, 268-9, 306, 377; on mother's influence, 425; on good company, 433, 437; his cheerfulness, 440
C
Cæsarism, fallacy of, 4
Callcott, Sir A., 185
Callot, Jacques, artist, 192-3
Campbell, Lord, 13, 256
Canning, on character, 450
Carey, William, missionary, 10, 117, 283
Carlyle, Thomas, his destroyed MS., 120
Cavendish, philosopher, 23
Cecil, on method, 320
Cellini, Benvenuto, his origin, 194; his career, 194-5; statue of Perseus, 196-8
Chalmers, Rev. Dr., on honesty, 337; in boyhood, 418
Chambers, William, publisher, 407
Chantrey, Sir Francis, 12, 184; character and works, 211-4
Character is power, 385, 449, 452
Charteris, Colonel, 454
Chatterton, poet, 376, 418
Chaucer, Geof., as a man of business, 312
Cheerfulness, 116, 440
Cheeryble Brothers, 465
Chisholm, Mrs., on work and success, 429
Civility and kindness, 461
Clarke, Adam, 376
Clarkson, Thomas, philanthropist, 303-4; his immense labours, 304-5
Clay, Henry, orator. 404
Clergymen's sons, 13
Clive, Robert, 419
Clyde, Lord, 254, 271
Cobbett, William, author, 408
Cobden, Richard, 17; on thrift, 344
Cockburn, Lord, on character, 451
Coleridge, S. T., poet, 13, 396
Collingwood, Lord, on honest poverty, 367; on mean company, 433; on character, 459
Columbus, a careful observer, 143
Comic literature, 391
Constant, Benjamin, 394
Courageous working, 265
Cromwell, Oliver, on integrity 456
Cuneiform inscriptions, 121
Curran, J. P., 405
Cuvier, Baron, 151-2, 165
D
Daguesseau, Chancellor of France, 154, 437 ​D'Alembert, 12, 404
Dalton, John, 113, 153 Dargan, William, on independence, 5
Darwin, Dr., author, 154 Davy, Sir H., 12, 14, 149-50, 399, 422; on Coleridge, 151; in boyhood, 420
Deal boatmen, intrepidity of, 471
Decision, 380
Details, importance of, 352
Dick, Robert, geologist, 180
Difficulty, uses of, 400-6
Diligence indispensable, 21
Discoveries not accidental, 139
Dishonest gains, 337-8
Disraeli, Benjamin, 24, 27; on Cobden's influence, 426
Douglas, anecdote of the, 435-6
Drake, Sir F., Admiral, 13; character of, 479
Drew, Samuel, shoemaker and metaphysician, 130; his origin, 130; his career, 131-2; his studies, 132-3; his writings, 135; on frugality, 344-5. 377,437
Drinking, vice of, 357
Dunces, illustrious, 306, 373, 417-22
E
Economy and independence, 347-50
Edgeworth, Mr., 35, 432
Edwardes, Colonel, 13, 278
Edwards, Thomas, Banff, 10
Eldon, Lord, his career, 257
Erskine, Lord, his notes, 156; on conduct, 453
Etruscan pottery, 79
Etty, William, 183; as a worker, 217
Example, power of, 423-4, 429, 435
F
Faraday, Professor, 12, 150
Ferguson, astronomer, 147, 377
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 468
Flaxman, John, sculptor, 108, 183; his life and works, 204-5; his wife, 208; his 'Anatomical Studies', 228
Foley Peerage, the founder of, 241
Foster, John, 10, 112
Fox, C. J., 19; his painstaking, 319, 398
Francis, Emperor, 472
Franklin, Benjamin, and electricity, 144, 437; his integrity, 452
Franklin, Sir John, his tenderness, 473
French generals risen from the ranks, 16
Fuller, Andrew, 376
G
Gainsborough, painter, 183, 187
Galileo's observing faculty, 142
Galvani and electricity, 144
Genius, definition of, 112, 146
Genteel life, 354
Gentleman, the true, 449, 467, 473
Gentleness, influence of, 460, 478
Geology, discoveries in, 171-81 ​Gesner, naturalist, 14
"Getting on," 388
Gibson, John, artist, 9, 222
Gifford, Wm., 10, 147
Good, Dr. Mason, 153
Government and individual action, 2-3
Grant, Ulysses, in boyhood, 419
Grant, William and Charles, 464
Grote, Mr., historian, 313
Guthrie, Rev. Dr., and John Pounds, 430
H
Habits, importance of good, 457-8
Hale, Sir Matthew, as a student, 155
Hall, Dr. Marshall, his discoveries, 167
Handel, musician, 434-5
Hanway, Jonas, philanthropist, 288-93
Hardinge, Lord, 13, 254
Harvey, and the circulation of the blood, 162
Hastings, Warren, 13, 271-2
Hawkswood, Sir John, to Haydn, musician, 14, 434
Haydon, on debt, 351-2
Hazlitt, on business, 310
Health of great men, 374-6
Heathcoat, John, M.P., inventor of bobbin-net machine, 50, 56-65
Heilmann, Joshua, invention of the combing machine, and its value, 74-8
Heroism, true, 474-7
Herschell, astronomer, 11; his discoveries, 168
Hobson, Admiral, 10
Hoche, General, 16
Hodson of Hodson's Horse, 279, 441; on health, 372
Hogarth, Wm., painter, 187-8
Home influence, 424 Honesty the best policy, 333-36
Honour, the gentleman's sense of, 468
Hook, Rev. Dr., on work, 116
Hope a helper, 117, 440
Horner, Francis, his father's advice, 348; on good company, 433, 451
Howard, John, 287, 420
Humbert, General, 16
Hume, Joseph, his work and perseverance, 136; on high living, 353
Hunter, John, anatomist, 9, 14, 113-4; his patient industry, early life, and career, 156-8, 386, 398
Hunter, William, anatomist, 157
I
Immortality in this world, 427
Impatience, 380-1
Independence, how secured, 347
India, Englishmen in, 475
Indian rebellion, 275-7
Indian swordsman, 274
Individualism and freedom, 1-4; its influence, 7
Industry, results of, 113; industry and success, 183-5; industry and the peerage, 238; industry honourable, 359-62
Integrity, importance of, 452
Inventors, benefits to society, 34
J
Jackson, Stonewall, in boyhood, 419
Jackson, Wm., self-taught musician, 233-7
Birken Jackson, W., Birkenhead, 20
Jacquard, inventor, 65-9
Jenner, Dr., discoverer of vaccination, 163
Jerrold, Douglas, on comic literature, 391
Jervis, Admiral, on debt, 353-4
Johnson, Andrew, President of the United States, 11
Johnson, Dr., on observation, 141; on genius, 146; on impatience, 380; on looking at the bright side, 459
Jones, Inigo, 9, 183
Jonson, Ben, 9
K
Kemp, George, architect, 219
Kepler, 12, 112
Knowledge and goodness, 383
L
Labour a blessing, 33
Labourers' sons, distinguished, 9
Lammenais' opinion on will, 267
Langdale, Lord, 259-61; on mother's influence, 426-7
Lansdowne, Marquis of, on Malesherbes, 433
Lansdowne peerage, the, 250
Late learners, 416
Lawrences, the, in India, 277
Layard, Austen, his perseverance, 13, 122
Learning and wisdom, 385
Lee, Professor, linguist, 9, 147; his perseverance, 413
Lee, Rev. Wm., inventor of stocking-loom, 50-5
Leyden, John, his perseverance, 411-2
Lindsay, W. S., 19
Linnæus, naturalist, 312
Literary culture, 384
Livingstone, Dr., missionary, 10, 284-7
Locke, John, on debt, 352
Loom, the Jacquard, 72
Lorraine, Claude, painter, 189-90
Loudon, landscape-gardener, 129
Loyola, Ignatius, 378, 438
Luddites, the, machine-breakers, 62
Lyndhurst, Lord, defence of Heathcoat's patent, 60; on difficulty, 403
Lyons silk industry, 73
Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer, 26
M
Malesherbes, M. de, 433
Malthus, D., on exercise, 371-2
Manners, their influence, 461-2
Mansfield, Lord, lawyer, 255, 302
Martin, John, artist, 184, 217-8
Massena, Marshal, 17
Mather, Cotton, his essays, 437
Melbourne, Lord, and Moore's son, 314
Mendelssohn on criticism, 399
Method, 320
Meyerbeer, musician, 233
Mill, John Stuart, 4, 313
Miller, Hugh, geologist, his origin, 22; on work as a teacher, 33, 177, 240, 264; on drink, 356 ​Milton, John, 13; a man of business, 312
Misfortune and stupidity, 317
Models of character, 434
Money, its use and abuse, 341; making and saving, 358-68
Montalembert on the Indian rebellion, 277
Moreau, General, defeat, 399 greatest in
Mother's influence, 426
Motte, La, anecdote of, 477
Mulready, artist, 189
Murat, Marshal, 17
Murchison, Sir Roderick, 180 Murray, Professor Alexander, 406
Musicians, industry of, 232
N
Napier, Sir Charles, 273; on debt, 354-5; on rectitude, 469
Napoleon and Jacquard, 72; his character, and on will, 269; as a business man, attentive to details, 325-8; as a boy, 419
Navvies, anecdote of two English, 472
Negroes and Granville Sharp, 295
Nelson, Admiral, 13; his punctuality, 323
Newton, Sir I., sayings of, 112, 119, 140, 146; his labour, 155; as a man of business, 313, 373; a dull boy, 417
Ney, Marshal, 17; generous conduct, 474
Nicoll, Robert, poet, 397
Northcote, painter, 183, 435
Note-making, 155-6
O
Observation, intelligent, 141, 151, 175
Opie, painter, 9, 146, 183
Order, importance of, 151
Owen, Richard, naturalist, 14, 157
P
Palissy, the potter, 79, 81-95
Paré, Ambrose, surgeon, 158-62
Parental example, 425
Patient labour, its results, 5, 112, 116, 123, 404
Paton, Noel, artist, 223
Peasant, a noble, 470
Peel family, the, 44, 50
Peel, Sir Robert, statesman, his cultivation of memory, 115; his truthfulness, 455
Peerages founded by tradesmen, 240; by lawyers, 255 Pergæus and conic sections, 144
Perseverance, its value and results, 83-92, 113, 118-26, 136, 152, 261, 318, 411-5; cominands success, 421
Perrier, François, artist, 192 'Perseus,' casting of, 196-8
Petty, Sir William, and the Lansdowne peerage, 250
Phipps, William, founder of the Normanby peerage, 244-50
Physical health and education, 372
Pleasure, pursuit of, 393
Politeness, 461-4
Pope, Alexander, 13, 429
Porcelain, invention of, 98
Potters, illustrious, 79
Pottery manufacture, 109, 206
Pounds, John, and Ragged Schools, 430 ​Poussin, Nicolas, artist, 140, 198-202
Priestley, Dr., 148
Promptitude, importance of, 321, 380, 447
Pugin, architect, 218
Punctuality, importance of, 126, 323
Purpose, force of, 263
R
Ramus, Pierre, 15
Randon, Marshal, 18
Rawlinson, Sir Henry, his perseverance, 121
Reading to bad purpose, 382
Rectitude of the gentleman, 468
Respectability, true, 366
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 13, 183-6, 208, 377, 403
Ricardo, David, 313
Riches and worth a temptation to ease, 23, 365, 368
Robbia, Lucca della, sculptor, 80
Robertson of Brighton, on reading, 382; on kindness, 460
Robinson, Judge, and Curran, 406
Romilly, Sir Samuel, 25, 410, 437
Rosa, Salvator, 183
Ross, Dr., on intent men, 377
Rosse, Lord, 23
Russell, Earl, 24; on character, 450-1
S
St. Vincent, Lord, 254
Saxony, Elector of, and Böttgher, 96
Scheffer, Ary, artist, 202-4
Scott, John (Lord Eldon), 257
Scott, Sir Walter, 13; a patient worker, 125-7, 148, 313; on self-education, 369; his athletic sports, 375; his boyhood, 418
Self-culture, 369-70, 389
Self-denial, 343, 479
Self-help, spirit of, 1-6
Self-respect, 387
Shakespeare, 9, 312
Sharp, Granville, philanthropist, 294-304; a cheerful man, 440; on character, 455
Sharples, James, artist and blacksmith, 224-31
Sheridan, H. В., 418
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 10, 11
Sinclair, Sir John, his public usefulness, his energy, his works, 442-48
Slaves in England, 297
Smcaton, James, engincer, 13, 35, 373
Smith, Dr. Pye, 156
Smith, William, geologist, his knowledge, 170-7
Soult, Marshal, risen from the ranks, 17; loot in Spain, 333
Southcy, Robert, 13; on abused powers, 391; his industry, 396
Spencer, poet, as man of business, 312
Spinoza, 312
Steam-engine, invention of, 35
Stephen of Colonna, saying of, 453
Stephenson, George, 11; perseverance, 120, 153, 373, 386; his play, 420
Sterling, J., 442
Stone, Edmund, 148, 377
Stothard, painter, 147
Stowell, Lord, 257
Strutts of Derby, 42, 252 ​Sugden, Sir E., 255
Suwarrow on will, 269-70
Sydenham, saying of, 433
T
Taglioni, labours of, 115
Tailors, distinguished, 10
Taylor, Jeremy, 8; on idleness, 372
Tempters of youth, 356-7
Tenterden, Lord, 8, 256-7
Thierry, Augustin, his noble character, 395
Thrift, 343-6
Thornburn, R., artist, 222
Thoroughness, 378
Time, value of, 154, 321, 324
Titian, his industry, 185
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 29-30
Tools, education in use of, 373-4
Trifles, attention to, 140, 143, 318, 325, 425
Truthfulness, 455
Turner, artist, 8, 183, 190-1
V
Vaucanson, inventor, 69-71
Vauquelin, chemist, 15
Vicissitudes of families, 239
Victor, Marshal, 17
Vincent, Earl St., on debt, 353-4
W
Walker, author of 'Original,' on will, 265
Washington, George, 399
Watt, James, 11, 35-8; his perseverance, 121; a thoughtful observer, 142; 373
Weavers' sons, illustrious, 10
Wedgwood, Josiah, 79; character and reputation, 103-10, 207
Wellesley, Marquis of, his rectitude, 469
Wellington, Duke of, 254, 270, 400; a business man, his honesty, 325, 328-34; on accounts, 352; as a boy, 419; on Sir R. Peel, 455; his rectitude, 468
West, Benjamin, painter, 147, 183, 186
Wilkie, Sir David, 13, 147, 183; his industry, 214
Will, power of, 266-70
Williams, John, missionary, 283
Wilson, Professor, 13, 375
Wilson, Richard, artist, 13, 183, 186
Wisdom, 385
Wolff, Dr., inspired by Xavier, 438
Wollaston, Dr., 13, 146
Worcester, Marquis of, and steam-power, 23, 145
Wordsworth, Wm., poet, 13; on self-reliance, 28, 313
Work, a necessity, 123, 216, 393
Wright, Captain, 91st Highlanders, 477
Wright, Thomas, philanthropist, 360, 368
X
Xavier, Francis, missionary, 280-3
Y
Yates, PEEL & Co., 46-50
Young, Dr., philosopher, 13, 118, 141