[Faraday recorded these lists of papers from The Spectator,The Idler and The Rambler in CPB. They are reprinted here for the sake of what they suggest about Faraday's literary interests.]

Faraday's index to The Spectator

[For the first two entries, Faraday gave a brief title; in the second, he noted only the numbers of the papers, so I have added an indication of the topics.]

595 On false taste

626 Novelty

385 [On friendship]

471 [On hope]

593 [On dreams]

626 [Novelty as a spur to intellectual endeavour]

Faraday's index to The Idler

[Faraday left the rest of the page in CPB blank, evidently intending to add to this brief list. The note on the subject of each paper is Faraday's.]

22. Improvement

23. Friendship

36. On Composition or Style

38. Imprisonment

43. Procrastination

Faraday's index to The Rambler

[The numbers and brief titles are Faraday's records; the longer titles in square brackets are taken from the edition in The Works of Samuel Johnson, ed. Arthur Murphy, 12 vols. (London: Nichols et al., 1816), vols. 4–6.]

17 Uncertainty of life [The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the passions]

13 Secrecy [The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying secrets]

28 Fancied virtue [The various arts of self-delusion]

29 Prescience [The folly of anticipating misfortunes]

31 Pertinacity of opinion [The defence of a known mistake highly culpable]

185 Forgiveness of injuries [The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. The meanness of regulating our conduct by the opinions of men]

64 Friendship [The requisites to true friendship]

70 Moral Virtue [Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not always abandoned]

72 Good nature [The necessity of good humour]

74 Peevishness [Peevishness equally wretched and offensive.