INDEX.
ABERDARE, Lord, on loss by strikes
Advancement of self is advancement of society
Aiton, Dr., an example of thrift
Akroyd, Edward, founds Provident Society and Penny Savings Bank
and his workpeople
and Penny Banks
Ambition, use of
Amusement, meaning and use of
Arithmetic, necessary for domestic economy
Ashburton, Lord, on home economy
Ashworth, Messrs., and their workpeople
Author's mother, an example of thrift
Avarice, differs from economy
BACON, on limits of economy
his improvidence
Bargain-buying, bad economy of
Baxendale, Joseph
on punctuality
and Pickford and Co.
and railways
his maxims
Bewick, the engraver
Bilston Savings Bank
Brassey. T., on English work-men
Brewster, D., on education
Briggs and Son, and co-operation
Bright, John, on the wages of the working classes
Brutus, and usury
Buchan, Earl of, an example of thrift
Building Societies
at Birmingham
at Leeds
at Padiham
at Burnley
Burnley, Building Society at
Burns, and debt
Byron, and debt
CAMPBELL, Dr., the missionary
Canova, humble origin of
Capital, the result of industry and thrift
advantage of, to workmen employed
Carlyle, T., on manufacturers
his letter to Whitworth
on public charities
Carrington, Lord, and Pitt
Cato, the elder, and usury
Chadwick, Edwin, sketch of his life
his Sanitary Idea
and Poor Law Inquiry
and the Sanitary Movement
and General Board of Health
on thriftlessness
Chantrey, F.
Charities, public
Christianity, its establishment
Civilization, and thrift
slow progress of
and healthy homes
Class, exclusiveness of
Cleanliness, must be taught
Cobbett, W., on Savings Banks
Cobden, R., on self-help
Cold, the parent of frugality
Comfort, and the art of living
Competition, use of
Cooking, good and bad
Co-operation, the secret of social development
and the middle classes
and working classes
Fishery
tin-mining
at Hull
at Leeds
at Rochdale
at Over Darwen
at Northampton
at Padiham, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds
and life assurance
and friendly societies
and factories
Corbett, J., on ignorance of domestic economy
Crallan, and lessons on thrift
Crossley, Francis, and Halifax Park
Crossley, John, sketch of his life
his wife
his work
DANTZIC, Duke of
Davis, John, on debt
Debt, evils of
sympathy with
and great men
Debtors, celebrated, Bacon, Pitt
Melville, Fox
Sheridan
De Retz, Mirabeau, Lamartine, Webster
Hunter, Vandyck
Hayden
Cowper, Marlowe, Greene, Peele
Lovelace, Butler, Wycherley, Fielding, Savage
Chatterton
Steele
Goldsmith
Byron
Foote
De Foe
Scott
Deeds, not words
Denison, Edward, on providence
on London poor
on thrift
on thrift in Guernsey
Derby, Lord, on progress
Derby Penny Bank
De Retz, Cardinal
Dirt, a degradation
Dolland, industry of
Donne, Dr., his charity and thrift
Donough, J., tombstone of
Dress, extravagance in
Drill, the magic of
Drink, money spent on
the Great Sin
and unhealthy homes
Duncan, H., and Savings Banks
ECONOMY, _see_ Thrift
Education, power of
is capital
advantage of
in Germany
Elcho, Lord, on miners' wages
Elegance at home
Elliot, Sir G., and miners
England, one hundred years ago
English charities
English workmanship
Englishmen, industry and improvidence of
Extravagance, prevalence of
FAILURE, self-sought
Farnham Penny Bank
Fast living, tendency to
Felkin, on workmen's savings
Ferguson Charity, the
Ferguson, the astronomer
Flaxman, the sculptor
Flowers, use of
Foote, and debt
Forster, W.E., on Lister
Fox, Head, and Co., and cooperation
Fox, C.J., and debt
Franklin, B., on thrift of time
on self-imposed taxes
his industry
Friendly societies
defects of
working of
objections to
improvement of
Funerals, extravagance of
GENEROSITY, and economy
Girard Charity, the
Ghent, School Bank at
Gibbon, on Fox
Goethe, on individualism
Goldsmith, O., and debt
Good manners, art of
among working classes
Good taste, economy of
and comfort
Grey, Margaretta, on occupation of ladies
Greenock Penny Bank
Greg, W.B., on savings of working classes
Gregory, O., on self-taught working men
Griffiths, on pursuit of money
Grundy, Mrs., fear of
Guizot, on English Charities
Guy's Hospital
HALIFAX PENNY BANK
Happiness in old age
Health, pleasures of, 315; injuries
to. 316-7
Heriot's Hospital, 309
Herschel, his industry. 77
Hill, Rowland, and Savings
Banks, 149-50
Hogarth. 80
Home and civilization. 321; and
children. 322; ignorance
concerning, 323-4; reform,
340-1
Huddersfield Savings Bank, 154
Hull Anti-Mill Society, 102
Hume, H., and thrift, 68
Hume, J., on tone of living, 17
Hunter, J., and debt, 269
Hutton, Dr., 73
IDLENESS, wretchedness of, 6
Ignorance is power, 57-9
Improvidence, _see_ Thriftlessness
Inchbald, Mrs., on thrift, 65
Incomes of the working classes,
41-9
Independence of a good mechanic,
50
Individualism, 72-3
Industry, _see_ Labour
JOHNSON, S., on economy, 19;
on poverty, 20; on Savage,
272; his poverty, 282-3; on
debt, 283
Jonson, B., and poverty, 271
KEPLER, and poverty, 268
Knowledge, acquired by labour, 6
LABOUR, leads to wealth, 2; is
never lost, 3; a necessity and
pleasure, 4; St. Paul on, 6;
gives knowledge, 6; and progress,
7; of English workmen,
36; and thrift, 96, 184;
makes the man, 160
Laing, S., on good manners in
France, 368
Lamartine and debt, 267
Lancaster, J., and Sunday schools
Land and Building Societies
Leeds, Industrial Society
Permanent Building Society
Life assurance, advantages of
working of
at a penny a day
Life, uncertainty of
Lister, of Bradford
Little things, importance of
Living, art of
Loan Societies
Lough, the sculptor, sketch of his life
Luck, means good management
does not make men
Lytton, Lord, on money
on public charities
MACAULAY, on Pit
Macdonald, A.
Manchester, Bishop of, on agricultural labourers
Manchester Co-operative Bank
Unity of Odd Fellows
Marlborough, Duke of, his penuriousness
Marriage, responsibility of
makes economy a duty
imprudent
Masters, influence of
want of sympathy between men and
Means, living beyond
Mechanics' Institutes
Melville, Lord, and debt
Method, a masculine quality
value of
Middle class, co-operation among
Mill, J.S., on combination
on dollar-hunters
Miller, Hugh, on thrift
his industry
Milton, J., and poverty
Mirabeau, and debt
Misery, caused by greed and improvidence
of the man of nothing but money
Money, represents independence
mistake as to power of
worship of
accumulation of
dissipated by the third generation
Montaigne, on debt
Mortality, laws of
Moses, a sanitary reformer
NAPIER, C., on debt
Nasmyth, J., sketch of his life
his active leisure
National prosperity is not real prosperity
Navvy's Home, a failure
Newman, on debt
Nightingale, F., and soldiers' savings
No, ability to say
Nobody to blame
Norris, on miners
Northampton Co-operative Society
ORDER
Overcrowding
Over Darwen Co-operative Society
PADIH AM, Co-operative Cotton-mill
Building Society
Pastoral life, a myth
Peabody benefaction, the
Penny a day, power of a
Penny Bank, Akroyd's
at Greenock
at Halifax
at Glasgow
at Farnham
Pennies, taking care of the
Physiology, should be taught
Pickford and Co., _see_ Baxendale
Pictures, use of
Pitt, and debt
Post Office Savings Banks
Pounds, John, and Ragged Schools
Poverty, not a disgrace
sharpens wits
the skeleton in the closet
Preston Savings Bank
Primogeniture, Right of, causes struggle for wealth
Prodigality, _see_ Thriftlessness
Progress and labour
of individuals and nations
Prosperity, leads to greater expenditure
Punctuality, Baxendale on
a household quality
QUECKETT,on Penny Banks
Quentin Matsys, industry of
RAGGED SCHOOLS and Penny Banks
foundation of
Ramsay, Allan
Ready-money transactions
Reform of Number One
of home
Republican millionaires
Respectability, abuse of
Rich man, the troubles of the
Richardson, S.
Rochdale, co-operative corn-mill
Equitable Pioneers Society
Roebuck, J.A., on the working classes
Rural districts, unwholesome condition of
ignorance in
Russell, Lord, on self-imposed taxes
Ruthven Savings Bank
SALADIN, on wealth
Salamanca, Jose de, on love of gold
Salt, T., sketch of his life
founds Saltaire
and his workpeople
Saltaire
Sanitary science
Savings Banks
the first
at Ruthven
used by domestic servants
used most where wages are lowest
used by soldiers
military
at Bilston
Penny
school
increase of
Post Office
statistics of
Savings, _see_ Thrift
Scholarship in the School of Mines
Scotch charities
Scott, W., and debt
Self-help, means self-respect
Sharp, W.
Sheridan, and debt
Sikes. C.W., on thriftlessness
on Savings Banks
and Post Office Savings Banks
sketch of his life
Slavery, in Britain
in England
in Scotland
Smith, Joseph, starts a Savings Bank
Smith, Sydney, and poverty
Society, living up to higher
Socrates, on thrift
Southey, his industry
Spinoza, and poverty
Steele, R., and debt
Steen, Jan, and debt
Stephenson, George
Sterne, and poverty
Stone, on public charities
Strikes, losses by, 47, 98-100
Sully, Duke of, on economy, 93
Sympathy between masters and
men, want of, 180-83
Tact, want of, 95
Tassie, sculptor, 80
Taxes, self-imposed, 39
Taylor, J., on reputation of man
of money, 294
Thrift, origin and definition of,
1; an acquired principle, 8;
gives Capital, 10; is within
reach of all, 11-3; of time,
12; needs common sense. 13;
needs a beginning, 14; is a
duty, 14; in youth, 18; is
practical, 19; dignity of, 20;
in Guernsey, 35; object of,
65; is Order, 66; of upper
classes, 67; rules for, 89;
limits of, 90; is a dignity and
satisfaction, 93; is conservative,
107-8; and building
societies, 109; of Frenchmen
and Belgians, 115; of private
soldiers, 133-5; lessons
in, 145-6; of great generals,
192; of French workmen,
231-2; leads to Charity, 286
Thriftlessness, of savages, 2; of
nations, 9; of individuals, 10;
selfishness of, 14; dependence
of, 16; cruelty of, 17,112; in
prosperous times, 26, 30; of
English workmen, 36-7, 41-57,
91, 139
Tottenham Savings Bank, 127
Trades Unions, 99-100
Typhus, a preventible disease,
335
UNCIVILIZED condition of the
poor, 32
VENTILATION
WAGES of working classes
Wakefield, P., and Savings Banks
Walker, Robert
Walpole, Horace, on bargains
Walter, J., on pride in work
Washington, G., and slaves
Waterlow, S.
Watt, James
Wealth, by labour
and poverty
Wellington, Duke of, on military Savings Banks
Wesley J., his account-keeping
Whitworth, J., and co-operation
Winckelmann
Woman, influence of
Women, require to be taught physiology
domestic economy
arithmetic
cooking
Working-men, definition of
thriftlessness of
wages of
extravagance of
want of self-respect among
neglect opportunities
want knowledge
co-operation among
strikes among
their ability to save
do not much _use_ the Savings Banks
Wycherley, and debt
