_Achilles_,
illustration of the effects of ennui in, 38.
_Acosta_,
commendation of tobacco, by, 149.
_Address_ of Convention of Teachers and Friends of Education at Utica,
&c.,
notice of, 283.
_Alibert_, J. L.,
his Physiology of the Passions, &c., chap. XI. Ennui, reviewed, 33,
&c. See _Ennui_.
_Aristotle_,
a prey to Ennui, 43.
_Augustus II._ and _III._, Kings of Poland,
reigns of, 469.
_Auto-biography of Thieves_, 116, &c.
tests of truth in marvellous narratives, 117, 118
first commitment to prison of James Hardy Vaux, Thomas Ward, and
Vidocq, with the effect of placing young prisoners with old convicts,
119, 120
Vaux's account of a prison-ship, 121
necessity of solitary confinement, _ib._
evils from the slow operation of the law, 122
Ward's account of his first act of dishonesty, 123
his escape after horse stealing, 124
adventure of Vaux with Mr. Bilger, a jeweller, 126-128
robbery by Beaumont of the police of Paris, 128, 129
criminals the best police officers, 129
circumstances that led Vidocq to become a police officer, 130
his first capture, 131
arrest of a receiver of stolen property, 132
hazard police officers run, exhibited in the arrest of Fossard by
Vidocq, 132, 133.