DOUCE, Francis, and his collections, 662.
DRAMAS, primitive, 339--352.
DRAMATIC TASTE in the time of Charles II., 550, 551.
DRAMATISTS of the reign of Elizabeth, 516--528.
DRAYTON, proud of theatrical praise, 621; his poetical works,
581--589.
DRUIDS, the, 1--11.
DRYDEN and his criticisms on Shakespeare, 554--556.
"ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY," by Richard Hooker, 439--450.
EDWARD THE SIXTH, character of, 323.
ELIZABETH, Queen, studies under Ascham, 359--363; objects to religious
pictures, 366; her popular politics, 370--380; her sensitiveness to
public opinion, 379; compares herself to Richard II., 380; her varied
orthography, 382; fears to be thought a poetess, 672.
ELPHINSTONE writes words as pronounced, 389.
ELYOT, Sir Thomas, and his "Boke of the Governor," 268--275.
ENGLAND, derivation of the name, 25.
ENGLISH priestly colleges abroad, 424.
ENGRAVING on copper, invention of. 206.
EPIGRAMS, books of, 676.
ESSEX, Earl of, introduced to Queen Elizabeth as an opponent of
Rawleigh, 596; his incompetence as a general, 600; his disgrace and
death, 602.
FABULOUS early history of Britain, 1.
FABYAN'S Chronicle, 243--249.
FAIRIES disbelieved, 416.
FARMER, Dr., his annotations on Shakespeare, 567.
FINIGUERRA discovers the art of engraving for printing, 206.
FISH, S., and his "Supplication of Beggars," 741.
FLORENCE, first public library at, 663.
FLUDD, the occult philosopher, 642--649.
FOREIGN CRITICISM and its value, 417.
FOXE'S Book of Martyrs popularized, 374.
FRANKLIN contemplates spelling by sound. 388.
FREEDOM of the press, 756.
FRENCH words derived from Latin, 97, _n._; ordered to be solely used
for law, 125.
FRIENDSHIP a romantic attachment in the days of Elizabeth, 451.
FUST'S first printed Bible, 204.
GAMMER GURTON'S Needle long considered the first English comedy,
507--509.
GENTRY, rise of, 371.
GHOSTS, controversies concerning, 419.