fect of, on
animals, 272-274.

MUTILATIONS commonly practised in the middle ages, ii. 311.

MYSTERIES, ANCIENT, bibliographical note of such as are printed, i.
352, note; one still performed in Bavaria, i. 360, note.

MYSTERIES and Moralities introduced by pilgrims, i. 352;
subsequently distinguished characters actors in, 353; performed in
open plains, ib.; indulgence granted to frequenters of, ib.; at
Chester, ib.; singular anecdotes concerning a mystery, 354;
specimens from French mysteries, 355; observations of Bayle and
Warton on, 357; distinguished from each other, ib.; specimen of a
morality, 358; moralities allegorical dramas, ib.; passion of Rene
d'Anjou for, 360; triple stage used for representation of, 361;
anecdote relating to an English mystery, ib.; morality of "Love and
Folly," 362; at Kendal, Yorkshire, iii. 442; usually performed in
the festival of Corpus Christi, ib., note.

NAMES, anecdotes relating to, and to their effect on mankind, ii.
65-75; orthography of proper, ii. 237-239; names of our streets,
239-243.

NAMES, significance of Roman, ii. 75, note.

NARDI, his history of Florence, iii. 181.

NATURAL PRODUCTIONS resembling artificial compositions, i. 244-246.

NEAL, his account of the Nonconformists, iii. 240.

NEEDHAM, Marchmont, the great patriarch of newspaper writers, i.
158; short account of, ib.

NEOLOGY, or the novelty of new words and phrases, remarks on, iii.
23; Neological Dictionary proposed by Lord Chesterfield, 26; not
always to be condemned, 27; examples of the introduction of various
new words in French and English, 28-32; the term "fatherland"
introduced by the author, 31; picturesque words, 32.

NERLI, Philip, his "_Commentarj de Fatti Civili_," iii. 182.

NEWCASTLE, Margaret, Duchess of, celebrated among literary wives, i.
327-337; her account of her husband's mode of life, ii. 38, 39.

NEWSPAPERS, forged, and used unsuspectingly by historians, i. 156,
note.

NEWSPAPERS, originated in Italy, i. 155; called Gazettas, ib.; first
a Venetian, published monthly, ib.; circulated in manuscript, ib.;
prohibited by Gregory XIII., ib.; first English, 156; much used by
the English during the Civil Wars of Cromwell, and notices of these,
157-159; origin of, in France, 160; first daily one after the
Restoration, ib.; only one daily, in the re