Edward, Prince of Wales, birth, iv. 216; visits Wales, iv. 227
Elcho, Lord, 8th Earl of Wemyss, ii. 86, 336
Electricity, for lighting, i. 72; iv. 194; telegraph, i. 72; underground railways, iii. 199
Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, visits Ireland and England, iii. 221; assassinated, iv. 32
Ellenborough, 1st Earl of, and Indian Mutiny, ii. 4
Emigration, remedy for discontent, i. 57; female, scheme for, i. 58; attitude of _P._ towards, iii. 108
_Enfant Prodigue_, ii. 285 _ill._; iii. 347
English, travellers abroad, manners, ii. 333 _seq._; tourists in France, iii. 278
English-speaking nations, proposed federation of, iii. 204
Entertainments and Royalty, ii. 192 _seq._
Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover, i. 192, 193
_Essays and Reviews_, ii. 101, 109 _seq._, 111
Etiquette, social, survivals of, in manners and speech, iv. 252
Eugénie, Empress, i. 263; ii. 19, 175; criticized, ii. 192
Executions, public, patronized by nobility, i. 216, 220
Exeter Hall, i. 81; ii. 71, 244, 309; philanthropy, ii. 52
Exhibition of 1851, i. 40; opening described, i. 42; praise for Queen and Prince Consort, _ibid._; dinner for workmen suggested, i. 43; _Mr. P.'s_ Industrial, _ill._, i. 41; Exhibition of 1862, ii. 73
Exhibitions in the 'eighties, iii. 287 _seq._
Extravagance, in social functions, iv. 242, 243; dress, iv. 243; uniforms, iv. 243
Eyre, E. J. (Governor of Jamaica), ii. 25, 81, 99
Fairy tales in education, ii. 128 _seq._; iii. 146 _seq._
Farm labourers, i. 17, 19; ii. 47-8; iii. 72-3, 89; iv. 116-18; grievances, ii. 48
Farragut, D. G., American admiral, ii. 22
Farren, Nellie, actress, iii. 354; at Gaiety Theatre, iii. 287; benefit of, iv. 320
Fashions, i. 258 _seq._; ii. 320-38; iii. 304-16; facial adornments, ii. 326 _seq._; influence on high art, ii. 332; approximation of male and female, iii. 304 _seq._; iv. 262, 263; opposite extremes, iii. 309; fur coats and boas, iii. 312; ladies' balloon sleeves, iv. 266; bolero coats and Russian blouses, _ibid._; skirts becoming shorter, iv. 268; effect of motoring on dress, _ibid._; bathing dresses, iv. 269; Directoire costume revived, _ibid._; reduction of materials, iv. 271; old and new fashion plates, iv. 271; "Harem" skirts, iv. 272. _See also_ Uniforms.