(1621-1688).

105:11. de Condé, Prince "The Great Condé." A celebrated French general. 91:3. Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684). A celebrated French dramatist; author of Le Cid, Horace, etc. 108:30.

Coromandel. A portion of the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula. 83:32.

Cossacks. A warlike people of southern Russia, usually serving as light cavalry. 152:12. Covent Garden Theater. In Bow Street, London; built 1731. 53:3.

Lady

a

Coventry, (1733-1760). Maria Gunning, famous Irish beauty who married the sixth earl of Coventry. 174:31. Coventry, Thomas. Lord Keeper,

or official custodian of the great seal, 1625. 67:8. Cowper, William (1731-1800). A celebrated English poet.

An

He began writing late in life, publishing nothing except a few hymns before 1781. 161:21. Crabbe, George (1754-1832). English poet, author of The 225:27. Village, 1783, etc. Crébillon, Prosper (1674-1762). A French tragic poet, and member of the Academy. He lived for the most part in poverty. 108:14.

Crébillon the Younger (ClaudeProsper, the son of Prosper). A French novelist who depicted the social vices of his time. 139:28.

Crewe, Lady (d. 1818). A fashionable beauty, and friend of

Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802). An English naturalist (grandfather of Charles Darwin) who versified his scientific learning in The Botanic Garden, Loves of the Plants, etc. 162:11. De gustibus non est disputandus (properly disputandum). "About tastes there is no disputing." 71:5.

Della Crusca. The "Della Cruscans" were a group of sentimental English versifiers, including Robert Merry, James Boswell, Mrs. Piozzi, and others, who originally met in Florence about 1785. They took their name from the Florentine Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the Chaff), an association for the purification of the Italian language and literature. 162:6. Democritus. "The Laughing Philosopher." An ancient Greek philosopher of cheerful disposition. 187:19.

Diatribe of Doctor Akakia. This lampoon, in Voltaire

which

posed as Doctor Akakia (a
Greek word meaning "without
malice") was publicly burned
in Paris, but was republished
by Voltaire. 114:29.
Dilly, Charles (1739-1807). A
London publisher and book-
seller. He published Boswell's
Life of Johnson. 197:17.
Dodsley, James. A London

bookseller who edited a col-
lection of English poems in
1782. 72:31.

Douw, or Dow, Gerard (1613-
1675). A noted Dutch painter
of scenes from common life.
173:31.

Dunciad, The. A satirical poem
by Pope, directed against con-
temporary writers (1712; en-
larged form, 1728-29). 49:24;
114:14.

Dundas, Henry (1742-1811). A

Scotch statesman, friend of
William Pitt the Younger.
202:17.

Dundas, Sir Lawrence. A Com-
missary to the British army
in Germany, who made a
great fortune out of his of-
fice. 58:1.

Elector. One of the princes
who, under the Holy Roman
Empire, had the right of elect-
ing the emperor. 62:9.
Elwes of Meggott, John (1714-
1789). A wealthy Englishman
who was not avaricious, but
who had a marked aversion
to spending money on his
personal wants, and whose
name became a byword for
penury. 221:15.

Erskine, Thomas (1750-1823). A
British jurist and orator;
called to the bar in 1778; en-
tered parliament 1783. 161:24.

Eugene, Prince. An Austrian
general, of French birth, who
distinguished himself in the
war of the Spanish succes-
sion. 69:9.

Euphuism. A highly artificial
style of writing and speaking
that was cultivated for a short
period during the reign of
Elizabeth. The name is de-
rived from Lyly's Euphues, the
Anatomy of Wit (1579). 230:16.
Evelyn, John (1620-1706). A sec-
retary to the Royal Society,
and a virtuoso, who left
memoirs in the form of a
diary. 204:2.
Exeter Hall. A building in the
Strand, London, used for re-
ligious and miscellaneous as-
semblies. 226:35.

Exons. Officers of the British

court in command of the yeo-
men of the royal guard. 205:8.
Eylau. A town in East Prussia

where in 1807 Napoleon fought
a bloody but indecisive battle
against the Russians and
Prussians. 80:27.

False Delicacy. A comedy by
Hugh Kelly, produced by Gar-
rick at Drury Lane in 1768.
51:10.

Falstaff, Jack. The wild com-
panion of Prince Hal. For
his repudiation by Hal, see
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part
II, Act V, sc. v. 75:33.
Female Quixote, The (1752). A
novel by Mrs. Charlotte Len-
nox, meant to ridicule the ro-
mantic school of Scudéry.

231:19.
Femmes Savantes, Les. "The
Learned Women." A comedy
by Molière. 186:13.

prelate and author. His works include The Adventures of Telemachus. Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, is the type of a model son. 75:26. 140:21.

See note on

Ferney. 139:21. Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). An English novelist; author of Tom Jones, Amelia, etc. 161:13; 183:27.

First Consul. The title assumed by Napoleon in 1800. 215:9. Fleury, André (1653-1743). A French statesman and prelate; prime minister. 82:35. Fontenelle (1657-1757). A French philosopher, poet, and miscellaneous writer. 45:33. Fontenoy. A village in Belgium; the scene of the costly victory of the French under Saxe over the allied forces led by the Duke of Cumberland, 1745. 83:26.

Foote, Samuel (1720-1777).

A

dramatist and actor who played comedy parts at Drury Lane, the Haymarket, and elsewhere. 218:10.

Franklin (or Francklin), Thomas (1721-1784). A professor of Greek, chaplain to the Royal Academy, and miscellaneous writer. 184:25.

Gabrielli, Catarina

(1730-1796). An Italian singer, famous for her prodigality and eccentricity. She refused to appear before a London audience, though a later and lesser Gabrielli (Françoise, "La Gabriellina") sang for several seasons there about 1786. 169:2. Galt, John (1779-1839). A nov

elist who portrayed the hu

mors of Scottish country life; author of Annals of the Parish, etc. So long as he kept to the lowly life and dialect of his characters, he was successful. 226:35.

Garrick, David (1717-1779). A celebrated English actor, manager of Drury Lane Theater, and friend of Dr. Johnson. 168:6.

Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794). A

great English historian, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 183:9. Gideon. The fifth judge of Israel.

He was a leader of his people in the defeat of the Midianite host (Judges viii. 10). 145:6.

Godfrey of Bouillon (1061-1100). A leader of the first Crusades. 150:35.

Godwin, William (1756-1836). An English political writer, and author of the once popular novel, Caleb Williams (1794). 162:10.

Golden Bull. A bull, or edict, issued by Charles IV at the Diet of Nuremberg, 1356, determining the method of electing German emperors. 70:27. Gold Stick in Waiting. An of

ficial of the royal household, who bears a gilt stick on state occasions. See the article on the "Royal Household" in the Encyc. Britannica. 203:29. Goodman's Fields. A London theater of the 18th century, made famous by David Garrick, 164:2.

Gosport, Mr. A character in Miss Burney's Cecilia. The account of the sect of "jargonists" is in Book IV, Chapter II. 230:14.

Greville, Fulke. The most fa-
mous member of the Greville
family was the first baron, a
friend and biographer of Sir
Philip Sidney. 164:24.
Grosvenor Square. A fashion-
able square in West London.
167:16.

Grotius (Hugo) and Tillotson

(John). Theological writers
of Holland and England re-
spectively. 74:5.

Grub Street, London. Now Mil-

ton street; formerly noted as
the abode of poor writers.
114:13.

Gustavus II. Adolphus. King
of Sweden, 1611-1632. Though
a Protestant, the French, at
the instigation of Cardinal
Richelieu, formed an alliance
with him in his opposition to
the encroachments of the Ger-
man Emperor. 120:14.

Hailes, Lord. Sir David Dal-

rymple, a Scottish judge. Dr.
Johnson revised his Annals of
225:25.
Scotland, 1776.
Hampstead. A suburb of Lon-
don, formerly noted for its
mineral springs and as a so-
cial and literary center. 179:20.
Hapsburg. A German princely

family. Its reign extended
from Rudolph I in 1273 to the
death of Charles VI in 1740.
77:27.

Harpagon. A miser in Molière's

comedy, L'Avare. 112:1.
Harrel. A character in Miss
Burney's Cecilia; one of the
guardians of the heroine, who
borrows money from her, gam-
bles it away, and commits
suicide. 194:6.

Hayley, William (1745-1820). A
mediocre English poet. 136:12.
Henriade. An epic poem by
Voltaire, intended to set forth
the crime of war undertaken
in the name of religion. 68:29.
Heraclitus. A Greek philosopher
of ancient Ephesus, who lived
a life of solitary meditation,
but who did not deserve the
title of "The Weeping Philoso-
pher" which has been tradi-
tionally given to him. 187:20.
Hippocrene. A fountain on Mt.
Helicon, sacred to the Muses;
hence, inspired poetry (Ma-
caulay's quotation marks are
manifestly intended to throw
doubt on the inspiration).
136:2.
Howard, Sir George (1720?-
1796). British commander of
a brigade in Germany during
the Seven Years' War. 145:35.
Hume, Joseph (1777-1855). A
politician and army surgeon
in the East India service; a
strong advocate of retrench-
ment in public expenditure.
96:9.

Hussar. A light-horse trooper,
originally Hungarian, armed
with saber and carbine. 88:19.

I forewarn thee, etc. From Mil-
ton's Paradise Lost, II, 810-
814. 113:1.

Keith, George. See 102:2.
Kelly, Hugh (1739-1777). A bar-
rister and playwright; author
of False Delicacy, A Word to
the Wise, etc. 53:15.
Kenrick, William (1725?-1779).

A miscellaneous writer who
took pleasure in libelling suc-
cessful authors and actors.
182:27.

King-at-arms. An officer hav-
ing jurisdiction over heralds
(used metaphorically by Ma-
caulay). 216:17.
Klopstock, Friedrich (1724-1803).

A noted German poet and
dramatist. 190:28.
Kotzebue, August F. F. von
(1761-1819). A prolific German
writer of cheaply emotional

comedies, who ruled the Ger-
man stage about the end of
the 18th century. 162:7.

A

La Clos, Pierre (1741-1803).
French general and writer of
licentious novels. 139:28.
La Fayette, Marquis de (1757-
1834). A celebrated French
general and statesman; served
in the American revolutionary
army; was a member of the
National Assembly of France,
1789. 215:5.

Lake Leman. The French name
of the Lake of Geneva, Switz-
erland. 117:6.

Lambert, Daniel (1770-1809). The
most celebrated example of
corpulency on record; he
weighed 756 pounds. See "Cor-
pulence" in the Encycl. Britan-
nica. 217:21.

Langton, Bennet (1737-1801). A
Greek scholar and member of
Dr. Johnson's Literary Club.
184:20.

Languish, Miss Lydia, and Miss
Sukey Saunter. Characters in
Sheridan's The Rivals; indo-
lent young women devoted to
novel-reading. See the play,
Act I, sc. 2. 181:31.
Lauriston, Marquis de (1768-
1828). A French marshal, dip-
lomatist, and minister, charged
with bearing to London the
ratification of the Treaty of
Amiens. 215:4.

Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-
1830). A celebrated portrait
painter, president of the Royal
Academy. 217:28.
Lives of the Poets.

Dr. John-

son's last important work,
1779-1781. 60:4.

Lorenzo de' Medici. A cele-

brated Florentine statesman