Delane, 62

Denmark, Queen of, 9

“Dental Anatomy, Manual of,” 70

“Dental Surgery,” 71

Dentists Act, 71

Descendants, direct, xxxii

De Vries, xlii

Devonshire, geology of, 26

De Winter, Admiral, 30

Dickens, illustrations to, 56

Dickinson, John, F.R.S., 20
  John, 21

“Dictionary of National Biography,” xiv

Dillwyn, Lewis Weston, 46

Diminution of frequency of noteworthiness with increase of distance
  of kinship, xxxix

Dundas and Wilson, 8
  Sir David, 8
  David, 8
  George, 8
  John, 8
  Lord, 8
  Ralph, 7

Duff, vide Grant Duff

Duncan, Adam, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 30

Durham, Bishop of, 4
  Lord, 65

“Ecce Homo,” 15

Eccentricity in families of able scientific men, xvi

“Economist,” 51

Edgeworth, R.L., 24

“Edinburgh Encyclopaedia,” 11

“Education, Memoirs on,” 13

Egerton, Right Hon. Sir Edwin, 45
Egypt, 4

Elias, Ney, 26

Eldon, first Earl of, 13, 30

“Electrical Testing, Handbook of,” 38

“Electrical Review,” 38

Eminence, degrees of, in “noteworthy” persons, xxxv

“Encyclopaedia Britannica,” xiv

Energy as a factor in success, xviii

“England and Normandy, History of,” 51
  Number of counties of, xii

“English Men of Science,” xiii

“Environment,” xx
  Nature of, xxi; relation between this and ability in producing
  noteworthiness, xxi-xxv

“Etymological Dictionary,” 19

Eugenics, vii, xli, 22

Evans, Anne, 20
  Arthur Benoni, 20
  Arthur J., 20, 80
  Sir John, 20, 80
  Lewis, 20
  Sebastian, 20

Excursion trains, 33

Exhibition buildings in Hyde Park, 24

Expectations of noteworthiness, xxxix

Express trains, 33

Faraday, Michael, 56

“Farm, The Chemistry of the,” 75

Farrer, Lord Herschell, 13

Fathers of F.R.S., xl

“Fauna of the Deep Sea,” 32

F.R.S., reasons for selecting, as subject for inquiry, xiii;
  circulars sent to, xxviii; number of replies sent to circulars,
  xxix

Fellowship of Royal Society, distinction of, xi; material value of,
  xi; number of candidates for, xi
“Ferrier, Life of,” 29

Fertile relatives, number of in each degree, xxxii

Fertility, connection between, and severe mental strain, xv

Finger-prints, identification by, 22

Fisher, Sir George, 67

Fitzgerald, Professor G. Francis, 63
  Professor Maurice, 63

Fletcher, Harriet, 57
  Maria, 57