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Bugloss, viper's. See Blue-weed.

Building-stone, softness of British, 26.

Bullfinch, notes of, 129.

Bumblebee, 17-19, 195.

Bunting, indigo. See Indigo-bird.

Burns, Robert, the Scotch love of, 48; quotation from, 135, 225.

Buttercup, 16, 165, 196.

Calopogon, 172.

Campion, bladder, 171.

Canterbury, 10, 11; the cathedral of, 11-13.

Cardinal. See Grosbeak, cardinal.

Carlyle, James, father of Thomas Carlyle, 55, 59, 60, 69-71, 73.

Carlyle, Mrs. James, 55, 61.

Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, 221-223.

Carlyle, Thomas, quotations from, 25, 49, 50, 58, 60, 61, 71, 73, 75, 204, 206-209, 211, 215-217, 219, 223-226, 228-232, 234, 236-238, 240, 241, 246-248, 251, 254-259, 266; residences of, 49-51, 54, 55; the grave of, 56, 57; at the graves of his father and mother, 57, 58; his reverence and affection for his kindred, 58; his family traits, 58, 59; his love of Scotland, 59, 60; his affection for his mother, 61; an old road-mender's opinion of, 67; his style, 71, 75; his connection with Irving, 72; an indomitable worker, 73-75; his house in Chelsea, 199, 200; a call on, 200-202; on Scott, 201, 202; his correspondence with Emerson, 203, 204, 208-210; his friendship with Emerson, 203, 204; compared and contrasted with Emerson, 203-210, 212; his magnanimous wrathfulness, 203, 204; a man of action, 207; a regal and dominating man, 211, 212; as an historical writer, 213, 214; his power of characterization, 214, 215; his vocabulary of vituperation, 216, 217; not a philosopher, 217, 218; his struggle against odds, 218-220; his unselfishness, 220, 221; his relations with his wife, 221-223; his passion for heroes, 223-226, 232-234; his glorification of the individual will, 226; his earnestness, 227; a master portrait-painter, 228-232; the value he set on painted portraits, 232; his hatred of democracy, 232-251; his large capital of faith, 251-253; his religious belief, 251-257; his attitude of renunciation, 255, 256; his search for the truth, 256, 257; his egoism, 258; value of his teaching, 258-266; his isolation of soul, 262-264; his mission, 265; his Oliver Cromwell, 211, 212; his Frederick the Great, 211-217, 242.

Carlyle family, the, 56-61, 67, 70, 71.

Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis), notes of, 117, 120, 125, 129.

Cathedrals, Canterbury, 11-13; images in, 15; soil collected on the walls of, 21; Rochester, 21; St. Paul's, 182.

Catskill Mountains, contrasted with the mountains of Scotland, 7; scenery in, 38; the valleys of, 149.

Cattle, of the Scotch Highlands, 25.

Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing (Ampelis cedrorum), notes of, 115.

Celandine, 172.

Celts, the, 45.

Chaffinch, or shilfa, 133, 134, 191; song of, 79, 90, 95, 129, 133, 134; nest of, 65, 190.

Chat, yellow-breasted (Icteria virens), 117; song of, 117, 120, 125.

Chewink, or towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), notes of, 118, 120, 125, 129.

Chickadee (Parus atricapillus), notes of, 129.

Chiffchaff, notes of, 95, 143.

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