James George, Archdeacon of Dublin, 61
  James Smyth, 61
  John, Lord Eldon, 13, 30
  Sir John, 33
  John Pendred, 60
  Ven.  Melville H., Archdeacon of Stafford, 60
  Robert Henry, 60
  Canon Thomas, 60
  Thomas (Biblical commentator), 59
  Thomas (of Queen’s College, Cambridge), 59
  William, Lord Stowell, 13, 30

“Scottish Character and Scenery, Etchings Illustrative of,” 25

Secret history of family, importance of, x

Seeley, Sir John R., 15

Sex of one child no clue of importance to that of any other child in
  same family, xxxi

Sibley, George, 71

Sidgwick, Mrs. Henry, 1

Simpson, Alfred, 5

Siphon recorder, 68

Sisters, average number of, for any person, xxxi

Social rank, effects of, in producing noteworthiness, xxi
  world, vastness of, xvii

“Soil, Physical Properties of the,” 75

Sola, Abram de, 47

Somerville, Comm.  Boyle, 78
  E.O., 78

“Sound, Theory of,” 68

Smyth, H. Warington, 46
  Major N. Maskelyne, 46

Specific kinship, forms of, xxvi; abbreviation for, xxvi

“Spectator,” 65

Spencer, Lord, 5

Spencer Stanhope, A.M.W., 54
  John, 54
  John R., 55
  Sir Walter, 55

Sports, xlii

Stafford, Archdeacon of, 60

Standard of merit used, xiii

Stanhope, John Spencer, 54

Stanley, Lord, 43

Stebbing, Rev. Henry, 62, 83
  Rev. T.R.R., 62, 83
  William, 62

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 73
  Sir Leslie, 73

Stephenson, 6

Stewart-Wilson, Charles, 10

Stirling, Anna M.D.W., 55

Stoney, Bindon Blood, 63
  Gerald, 63
  G. Johnstone, 62

Story, A.M.R., 45

Stothard, Charles A., 38

Stowell, first Baron, 13, 30

Strachey, Sir Arthur, 65
  Edward, 64
  Sir Edward, 65, 83
  George, 65
  Giles Lytton, 66
  Colonel Henry, 65
  Sir Henry (first Bart.), 64
  Sir Henry (second Bart.), 64
  Sir John, 64
  Joan Pernel, 66
  John, F.R.S. (geologist), 65
  John, Archdeacon of Suffolk, 65
  John, St. Loe, 65
  J. Beaumont, 66
  Marjorie Colvile, 67
  Oliver, 66
  Lieut.-General Sir Richard, 63, 83
  Richard, 64

Strahan, Aubrey, 67
  Charles, 67
  George, 67

Strain, severe mental, connection between this and fertility, xv

Stratification, theory of, 65

“Structural Botany, Introduction to,” 59

Strutt, Edward, Baron Belper, 24
  Hon. E.G., 68
  Jedediah, 23
  Joseph, 25
  William, 24

Strutt, John W., Lord Rayleigh, 68, 81
  Hon. Robert J., 68, 81

“Student’s Modern Europe,” 41

Success in obtaining Fellowships of Royal Society, xii; how achieved,
  xviii, xix; factors producing, xx