The obituary of the Times of January 21, 1863, records the decease of persons who had attained the following advanced ages, viz.: 92, 90, 82, 82, 82, 80, 78, 78, 76, 74, 72, 72, 72, and 70 years respectively.
Dr. Mead, grandfather of the celebrated physician and antiquary, died at Ware, in Hertfordshire, 1652, aged 148.
In Scawen's Dissertation on the Cornish Tongue, written in the reign of Charles II., is mentioned a woman recently deceased, who was "164 years old, of good memory, and healthful at her age; living in the parish of Gwithian. She married a second husband after she was 80, and buried him after he was 80 years of age.'
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A Philadelphia Correspondent of Notes and Queries, No. 213, 1853, records the death of "Aunt Polly" (Mary Simondson), near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, at the age of 126 years.
Among the legacies bequeathed to the Middlesex Hospital in 1863, was one which is deserving of special notice, inasmuch as the donor, Mr. Cropper, exhibited a singular instance of rigid economy in his personal expenditure, combined with a bountiful and almost princely benevolence towards the poor. Mr. Cropper, who was 90 years old when he died, had, it appears, survived all his relations. He was a barristerat-law, and lived in the most frugal manner in his chambers at Gray'sinn. The amount of his property at the time of his decease is estimated at about 4000l. per annum, and 10,000l. in money, the whole of which he has bestowed on London charities, selecting Middlesex Hospital as his residuary legatee.
In the Express of February 11, 1863, it is recorded: Two octogenarians, named Joseph and John Fitzwalter, brothers, lived together with their sister in a house in Parliament street for a great number of years. The brothers had been brought up to the business of lacedesigning, and the sister had acted in the capacity of housekeeper. Joseph, the elder one, was a short time ago attacked with bronchitis, under which he lingered for some time in much pain. On Wednesday last (February 4), however, he died, at the ripe old age of 84 years. The brother and sister of the deceased were much affected by his death, the brother showing excessive signs of grief. His grieving, however, was not long, for he expired in one hour after his brother. The death of two brothers, to whom she was devoutly attached, was a shock which the sister was unable to withstand; and on the morning fixed for their interment she also expired, at the age of 88 years.
Baron Maseres (page 149).
Baron Maseres long resided at Reigate, in a fine old brick mansion, about midway between the church and town. His remains rest in a vault in the churchyard towards the north-east; upon the tomb over which Dr. Fellowes has inscribed an epitaph in elegant Latinity, terminating thus: " Vale, vir optime! amice, vale, carissime; et siqua rerum humanarum tibi sit adhuc conscientia, monimentum, quod in tui memoriam, tui etiam in mortuis observantissimus Robertus Fellowes ponendum curavit, solitâ benevolentiâ tuearis."
On Sundays the Baron, bent with age, might be seen advancing up the nave of Reigate church; for he was a sound churchman, and testified his sincerity by making an Endowment for an Afternoon Sermon to be preached on Sundays, with this proviso, that, in case of non-observance of the bequest, the endowment should be given in bread to the poor. The chancels, with their faded pomp of effigied monuments, hatchments, and armorial glass, have little attraction compared with this interesting memorial of practical piety.
ADAM, Death before, 117.
Advice to the Student, 138.
Age, our Unimaginative, 239.
Ages, great, 81, 82.
Airy, Prof., 241.
Alarum, ancient, 14.
Albert, Prince Consort, Death of,
228.
Albert, Prince Consort, on the
Progress of Knowledge, 227.
Alderson, Baron, on Education,
138.
Alfred's Time-Candles, 13.
Antiquaries, long-lived, 111.
Aphorisms on Time, 2.
Archbishop Sancroft, 104.
Architects, aged, 113.
Argument, What is it? 144.
Aristotle's Philosophy, 134.
Artists, aged, 112, 113.
Authors and Artists, Working,
204.
Average of Life, 71.
BABBAGE, Mr., on Life Assurance,
71.
Bacon, Francis, on Longevity, 80.
Bailey's Records of Longevity, 96.
Baily, Francis, 208.
Banks, Sir Edward, 182.
Barrow, Sir John, 164.
Beckford, William, 189.
"Begin at the Beginning," 246.
Bentham, Jeremy, Age of, 109,110.
Bentinck, Lord George, 217.
Berry, the Misses, 92.
Bidder, George, the engineer, 186.
Birch, Alderman, 200.
Blake, Captain, 174.
Books for the Young, 141.
Booth, David, 205.
Brassey, Thomas, 185.
Britton, John, Rise of, 207, 208.
Brodie, Sir Benjamin, note, 59, 60.
Brougham, Lord, 214, 215, 216.
Brougham, Lord, on Oratory, 170.
Bruce, John, on Longevity, 83.
Brunel, I. K., 182, 183.
Brunel, Sir I. M., 181.
Buckingham Family, the, 193, 194.
Buffon, on growing Old, 77.
Burke, Oratory of, 169.
BUSINESS-LIFE, 152-217.
Business, Men of, 174.
Byron, Lord, 206.
CARLYLE'S Signs of the Times, 11.
Centenarians in 1800, 101.
Chambers, Robt., on Old Age, 99.
Chantrey the Sculptor, 209.
Character the best Security, 176.
Chatham, Lord, 170.
Cheyne, Dr., on Old Age, 109.
Childhood's Pastimes, 72.
Children, Young, Teaching, 120.
Circumstances and Genius, 238.
Civic Hospitalities, 203.
Civic Worthies, 199.
Clark, "King of Exeter 'Change,"
189.
Clark, Chamberlain, 95, 208.
Classics, Dr. Arnold on, 124.
Clergy, Great ages of, 104, 105.
CLOCKS AND WATCHES: Anne
Boleyn's Clock, 35; Cannon
Clock, 37; Chronometers, 37;
Clocks striking twice, 32; Elec-
tric Clocks, 39; Harrison's im-
provements, 36; Horologe, 29;
Horse-Guards Clock, 31; Ken-
sington palace, 36; Minute-
Jacks, 33; Pendulum Experi-
ments, 38; Rabelais on, 29; St.
Dunstan's Clock, 32, 33; St.
James's-palace Clock, 31; St.
Magnus Clock, 32; St. Paul's
Cathedral Clock, 31, 35; St.
Paul's, Covent-garden, Clock,31;
Scott and Shakspeare on, 30;
Watch, to choose, 39; Watch,
Lord Herbert to his. 40; Watch-
face at Somerset - house, 36;
Water-clocks, 30; Westminster-
palace Clock, 30, 35.
Colburn, Henry, 197.
Coleridge, note, 62.
Coleridge, Sir John, on Education,
130, 140.
CONCLUSION, 250-256.
Consolation in growing Old, 76.
Cooper, Durrant, on great ages in
Yorkshire, 97.
Cornaro, Great age of, 92.
Court letter, Model, 165.
Courtesies, Small, 221.
"Cramming," 132.
Cubitt, Thomas and William, 185,
186.
Cunningham, Allan, 210.
Cuvier on Life, 65.
DAVY, Sir H., on Time, 8, 9.
Day and Martin's Blacking, 194.
Death before Adam, 116.
Death, Eloquent, 256.
Death, Preparatory to, 115.
Debating Society, 169.
Demosthenes' Oratory, 166, 167.
Denisons, the, 196.
Desmond, Old Countess of, 88.
Dials: see Sun-Dials.
Dickens, Charles, and Yorkshire
Schools, 141.
Diplomatic Handwriting, 166.
Discipline, Practical, 132.
Disraeli, Isaac and Benjamin, 211,
212.
Distance reckoned by Time, 16.
EARLY RISING: Albert, Prince
Consort, 51; Burgess, Bishop,
47; Burghley, Lord, 41; Cam-
bridge University, 41; Chatham,
Lord, 47; Cobbett, William,
48, 49, 50; Coke, Sir Edward,
42; Cooper, Sir Astley, 47;
Doddridge, 45; Eton College,
41; Gibbon, 46; Kant, 46;
Ken, Bishop, 42, 43; Rubens,
44; Thomson, the poet, 46;
Webster, Daniel, 50; Wesley,
John, 44, 45.
Earthly existence, Future of the
Human Race, 117.
Ease of Mind, 250.
Education Alarmists, 140.
Education, the best, 137.
Education, Business of, 123.
Education at Home, 121.
Education, Liberal, 126.
Education, Unsound, 128.
Education, What is it? 119.
Educations, Two, 131.
Energy, Worth of, 154.
Engineers, aged, 112.
Engineers and Mechanicians, emi-
English Character, the, 153.
FAMILY Portraits, 219.
Farming, Scientific, 187.
Fate, Waywardness of, 246.
Flood, Mr., Oratory of, 170.
Flourens, M., on Longevity, 79.
Floyer, Sir John, his age, 108.
Fontenelle, on growing Old, 78,
103.
Fortunes, Large, 188.
Fox, C. J., 249.
Fox, C. J., Oratory of, 167.
Friends, How to Keep, 220.
Friendships, Lasting, 221.
GARRICK'S Talent predicted, 248.
Generations, Passing, 68-71."
Geology in Education, 135.
Gibson, Sidney, on Longevity, 82.
Good Man's Life, the, 253.
Grace, Dr. Whately on, 121.
Greatness, Test of, 156.
Grief and old Age, 108.
Growing to the spot, 103.
Grub-street and Criticism, 110.
HALLER on Age, 79.
Handwriting, Character in, 145.
Hardwicke, Dowager Countess of,
91.
Hard workers long livers, 106.
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 90.
Herschel, Sir John, 240.
Hill, Thomas, 205.
Historians, long-lived, 111.
Historic Traditions through few
Links, 82.
History and Geography, Teach-
ing at Home, 121.
Home, Love of, 218.
Home Thoughts, 225.
HOME TRAITS, 218-226.
Hook, Theodore, 247.
Hooke's Magnetic Watch, 14.
Hour-glass, the, 27, 28, 29.
How, Hon. Chas., on Life, 68.
Hudson, "the Railway King,"
196.
Humanity to Animals, 123.
Humility and Self-Improvement,
244.
JOURNALISTS, Ages of, 111.
KEITH, Viscountess, Great age of,
92.
Kelly, Alderman, 202.
Ken, Bishop, and Early Rising,
42, 43.
Knowledge, too much, 151.
Knowledge and Wisdom, 139.
LANSDOWNE, the late Lord, on
Public Speaking, 169.
Lawyers, aged, 111.
Length of Days, 80, 97.
Letter-writing, 148.
Life of Man, 251.
Life-a River, 65.
Linwood, Miss, her great age, 91.
Liverpool, Lord, Origin of, 163.
Locke, Joseph, the engineer, 184.
London, long life in, 101.
Long Livers, noted, 96.
Long Services, 107.
Longevity and Diet, 92-95.
Longevity, Female, 88-92.
Longevity and Localities, 96-102.
Lord Mayors of London, 199.
Lytton, Sir Bulwer, on Office, 161.
Lytton, Sir Bulwer, on Oratory,169.
MACAULAY, Lord, 213, 226.
Marshall, Sir Chapman, 202.
Marvels of the Universe, 240.
Maseres, Baron, and Anti-New-
tonian, note, 149, 258.
Mathematics, Lord Rosse on, 133,
134.
Mechi, Alderman, 187, 203.
Memory, What is it? 75.
Method in Books, 150.
Midhurst, Great ages at, 101.
Misadventure, Colonial, 235.
Montaigne on Education, 139.
More, Hannah, 74.
Morison, James, 195.
Morris, Capt., Great age of, 95.
Morrison, James, M.P., 198.
Musical Composers, aged, 112.
NEGROES, aged, 113, 114.
Nelson, his boyhood, 248.
OFFICIAL Life, 161.
Official Qualifications, 164.
Old Man, the Happy, 114.
Opportunity, 174.
Oxford, Great ages in, 100.
PAINTERS, aged, 112.
Parr, Old, Diet of, 93.
Parry, the Arctic Navigator, 249.
Patten, Margaret, great age of, 89.
Peel, Sir Robert, 235.
Periods of Rest, 15.
Phillips, John Pavin, on Longe-
vity, 83.
Phillips, Sir Richard, the Vege-
tarian, 69, 94.
Philosophers, Great ages of, 102,
103.
Physiognomy, Sir David Brewster
on, 242.
Pianoforte-making, Fortune by,
Pirie, Alderman Sir John, 202.
Pitt, his political Life predicted,
248.
Pleasures of the Imagination late
in Life, 73.
Poets, aged, 111.
Poetry of Time, 1-8.
Polite Writing, True Tone of, 223.
Predictions of Flowers, 255.
Present and the Past, 238.
Pride and Meanness, 224.
Profession, Choice of, 157.
Progress of Knowledge, 227, 229.
Public Speaking, 166.
Pursuit, Want of, 152.
QUAKERS, Great ages of, 106.
Scientific Progress, 229.
Scotland, Longevity in, 98, 99.
Scott, Sir Walter, 211.
Scott, Sir W., on Presidency, 173.
Sculptors, aged, 113.
Self-dependence, Mr. Sharp on,
159.
Self-formation, 131.
Shaw, Sir James, 200.
Shoreditch, St. Leonard's, and
Longevity, 80.
Short-hand, Antiquity of, 147.
Sidmouth Peerage, the, 162.
Sinclair, Sir John, on Long Life,
96.
Smith, Sidney, on Education, 131.
Soldiers, Great ages of, 105.
Somers, Lord, Omen to, 247.
Southey, on English Style, 147.
Southey, Letters of, 206.
SPIRIT OF THE AGE, 227-243.
Spring-time of Life, 66.
Stanhope, Lord, on the Progress
of Knowledge, 230.
Statesmen, aged, 111.
Steele, on the Choice of a Profes-
sion, 158.
Stephenson, George and Robert,
178, 179.
Stothard, the Painter, 112.
Strahan, William and Andrew,
the Printers, 191, 192.
Strangford, Lord, on Time, 11.
Style, English, 147.
Suffolk, Great ages in, 99.
SUN-DIALS: Bowles, Canon, on,
17, 18, 24; Boyle, Robert, on,
22; Bremhill, 17, 18; Hall, Bi-
shop, on, 25; Lamb, Charles,
on, 21; London, Inns of Court,
20; Mackay, Charles, Lines by,
26; Mottoes for Dials, 24; Mary
Queen of Scots' Dial, 27; Ox-
ford, 17; Pyramids of Egypt, 25;
Ring Dials, 23; Seven Dials, 21,
22; Temple, 21; Whitehall, 19.
Surgeons, aged, 111.
TALKERS, Profuse, 57.
Teaching, Unsound, 128.
Telford, the engineer, 179.
Thackeray, W. M., 226.
Tilt, the late Charles, 176.
TIME, ART OF EMPLOYING:
Aguesseau, 55; Boyle, Robert,
58; Brodie, Sir Benjamin, 59;
Coke, Sir Edward, 53; Cole-
ridge, 61; Curran and Grattan,
62; Elizabeth, Queen, 55; Eras-
mus, 54; Fuller, 52; George
III., 58; Hale, Sir Matthew,
56; Harrington, Sir John, 58;
Johnson, Dr., 53; Jones, Sir
W., 53; More, Sir Thomas, 64;
Paley, 59; Sandwich, Lord, 58;
Scott, Sir Walter, 61; South,
Dr., 53; Sterne, 59; Thomson,
the poet, 59; Wellington, Duke
of, 63; Woodhouselee, Lord, 55.
Time's Garland, by Drayton, 6.
Time and Eternity, 64.
Time and Improvement, 231.
Time, Management of, 244.
Time, Measurement of, 12-15.
Time, painted by the Poets, 1-8.
Time, Past, Present, and Future, 9.
Time-balls, London and Edinburgh,
Time-wasters, 57.
Trade, the nobility of, 189.
Trade and Philanthropy, 243.
Translation, Free, 150.
Truth, Speaking the, 234.
Twenty Years, First, of Life, 67.
Tying-up Thoughts, 62, 63.
VEGETARIANS and Long Life, 94.
WAITHMAN, Alderman, 201.
Walker, Jas., the Engineer, 186.
Ware, the Architect, 174.
Watson, Bishop, note, 136.
Wear and Tear of Public Life,
217.
Webster, Dr., on Longevity, 91.
Wellington, Duke of, his boyhood,
248.
Wellington, Duke of, 63, 64, 234,
235.
Widows, aged, 90.
Wilson, Professor, 216.
Wire, Alderman, 203.
Wood, Sir Matthew, 200.
Woodstock, Great ages in, 100.
World's Cycles, 256.
WORLD-KNOWLEDGE, 244-249.
Wrecks of Time, 7.
Writing, Art of, 149.
Writing, Learning, 147.
YORKSHIRE Schools, 141.
Youth, Tenderness of, 122.
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