Seymour, Lord, 19. 
Shakespeare, 207. 
Sharp, “Conversation,” 29. 
Sheil, 106. 
Sidmouth, Lord, 64. 
Simeon, Charles, 91. 
Singleton, Archdeacon, 163, 167 seq. 
Slave Trade, 199. 
Smith, Sydney—­ancestry, 1.
  birth, 2.
  schooldays, 2.
  life at Winchester, 3 seq.
  goes to Normandy to perfect his French, 9.
  enters New College, Oxford, 9. 
  Fellow, 9.
  straitened circumstances, 9.
  choice of a profession, 12.
  ordained Deacon, 13. 
  Priest, 14 n. 
  Curate of Netheravou, 13.
  tutor to Hicks-Beach family, 17.
  goes to Edinburgh, 17.
  sermons at Charlotte Chapel, 18 seq.
  publishes volume of sermons, 19, 21.
  marriage, 22.
  children, 23.
  founds the Edinburgh Review, 24.
  leaves Edinburgh for London, 27.
  forms various friendships, 29.
  lectures at the Royal Institution, 31.
  Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, 33.
  various duties in London, 39.
  increasing prominence, 39.
  preferred to the living of Foston-le-Clay, 41.
  Peter Plymley’s Letters, 43.
  life at Foston-le-Clay, 79 seq.
  visits his friends in Edinburgh, 88.
  scheme of study at Foston, 89.
  Persecuting Bishops, 91.
  attack on Bishop March, 91.
  efforts on behalf of Catholic Emancipation, 106 seq. 
  Rector of Londesborough, 110.
  Letter to the Electors on the Catholic Question, 112.
  improved financial condition, 112.
  visit to Paris, 122.
  promoted to prebendal stall at Bristol Cathedral, 125.
  severs his connection with the Edinburgh Review, 125.
  preaches sermon on “Gunpowder Treason,” 129.
  death of his eldest son, 130.
  moves to Combe Flozey, Somerset, 131.
  Speech to the Freeholders on Reform, 138. 
  Canon of St. Paul’s, 145.
  presented at Court, 146.
  leads a less strenuous life, 149.
  official relations with St. Paul’s, 152.
  life in London, 159.
  marriage of his eldest daughter, 161.
  goes to Paris again, 162.
  summit of his social fame, 163.
  Letters to Archdeacon Singleton, 163, 167.
  inherits a fortune from his brother, 176.
  publishes reprint of articles in Edinburgh Review, 177.
  decreasing health, 189.
  last illness and death, 192.
  as father, 131, 161.
  preacher, 19, 86, 96-105, 110, 123, 129, 130, 134, 153 seq.
  politician, 21, 22, 29, 40, 42, 84, 136 seg., 147 seq., 167, 199.
  lecturer, 31 seq.
  letter-writer, 80, 123, 124, 126, 189, 190.
  pastor, 79 seq., 110, 135 n., 141.
  student, 89, 207.
  motives in writing, 27.
  philosophical attainments, 33 seq.
  versatility, 33, 81, 195.
  methods of writing, 84, 90, 133.
  a rapid reader and reviewer, 90.
  style, 194.
  humour, 195-198.
  occasional coarseness, 197.
  controversial methods, 197-199.