INDEX.
Reading edition
Abbotsford, 66;
the author’s visit to, 67 et seq.; 81.
“Abou-ben-Adhem,” 152.
“Adam Bede,” 287.
“Adonais,” 232.
Ainsworth, W. H., 283.
“Alastor,” 221.
Alison, Rev. Archibald, 84.
“Anacreon,” Moore’s, 154.
“Ancient Mariner, Rime of the,” 56.
Arnold, Dr., his experience with the young princes, 118.
Aylmer, Rose, 129.
“Battle of Blenheim, The,” 9.
“Battle of Hohenlinden,” Campbell’s, 53.
“Battle of Ivry, The,” 264.
Beaconsfield, Lord. See Disraeli.
Blackwood’s Magazine, 42; 46; 52.
Blessington, Lady, 174 et seq.;
her many fascinations, 176;
her downfall, 186; 242; 259; 264.
“Border Minstrelsy,” Scott’s, 60.
Boswell, Gifford’s satire on, 115.
Bowles, Caroline, 23.
Bowles, William Lisle, 248.
Brougham, Henry, 87;
his connection with the Edinburgh Review, 88;
becomes Lord Chancellor, 89;
his manner in Parliament, 90;
his fervid oratory, 108, note;
his many quarrels, 109;
his death, 110; 113;
his famous defence of Queen Caroline, 124; 177;
his criticism of Byron, 193; 255; 265.
Brown, Dr. Thomas, his connection with the Edinburgh Review, 107, note.
Browning, Robert, 288.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward L., 178; 254.
Byron, Lord, 56;
his satire on Scott, 78;
Leigh Hunt’s quarrel with, 144;
his opinion of Moore, 161;
compared with Moore, 162;
his break with George IV., 168;
leaves England, 188;
his family history, 190;
his boyhood, 191;
his controversy with Brougham, 193;
his unfortunate marriage, 201 et seq.;
in London, 206;
separates from his wife, 209;
leaves England, 212;
his foreign tour, 214;
meets Shelley, 216;
Shelley’s influence on, 222;
in Italy, 223;
his scepticism, 224;
at Shelley’s funeral, 235;
his character, 239, 240;
sails for Greece, 242;
his death, 246; 249.
“Caleb Williams,” 219.
Campbell, Thomas, his primness, 52;
his first poem, 54;
his clear field in 1799, 56;
his work in prose and poetry, 58;
compared with Scott, 61; 82.
Canning, George, 166.
Carlyle, Thomas, his mildness towards Southey, 19;
his criticism of Scott’s work, 75; 288.
Caroline, Queen, marries the Prince, 121;
separates from her husband, 122;
her trial, 124.
Chalon, A. E., 183.
Charlotte, Princess, 122.
Chaworth, Mary, Byron’s poem to, 193; 250.
“Childe Harold,” 195; 238.
Cochrane, Lord, 282.
Cockburn, Lord, his account of Jeffrey, 93.
Coleridge, Hartley, his home, 4;
Southey’s letter to, 8.
Coleridge, S. T., his separation from his wife, 8;
his intercourse with Southey, 11;
with Southey at Greta Hall, 15;
chafes at Southey’s odes, 18;
compared with Southey, 20; 56.
“Confessions of an Opium Eater, The,” 34.
Croker, John Wilson, 116;
his criticism of Macaulay, 277.
“Croker Papers, The,” 18, note; 279.
“Daniel Deronda,” 287.
De Quincey, Thomas, his home, 4;
Robinson’s description of, 28;
his early years, 29;
settles near Grasmere, 31;
his affection for Catharine Wordsworth, 32;
his marriage, 34;
his laudanum drinking, 35;
his “Reminiscences,” 37;
last years and death of, 38, 40;
his assertion as to the appreciation of Wordsworth in 1802, 56, note.
Derwent Water, 2; 5; 6.
“Devereux,” 178.
Dickens, Charles, his caricature of Leigh Hunt, 147.
“Disowned, The,” 178.
Disraeli, Benjamin, his foppishness, 179;
his antecedents, 180 et seq.;
his literary work, 182 et seq.;
his ability as Lord Beaconsfield, 186; 201.
“Doctor, The,” Southey’s, 20.
“Don Juan,” 224, 239.
D’Orsay, Comte, 178, 180, 186.
Dwight, Timothy, 12.
Edinburgh Review, founded by Smith and Jeffrey, 86.
“Endymion,” 230.
Erskine, William, 80.
Examiner, The, 142.
“First Gentleman of Europe, The,” 165.
Fitzherbert, Mrs., 120 et seq.
Fox, Charles, 96.
Francesca da Rimini, Leigh Hunt’s, 148.
“Frankenstein,” 250.
Franklin, Benjamin, 143.
Gamba, Count, 242.
“Gebir,” Landor’s, 129.
George III., loses his reason, 17, note;
Scott’s allusions to, 77; 118.
George IV., appointed Regent, 17;
his friendliness toward Sir Walter Scott, 78;
his later laxity, 119;
his unfortunate situation, 120;
ascends the throne, 123;
last days of, 165.
“Gertrude of Wyoming,” 54; 57.
Gifford, William, 114 et seq.; 163.
Godwin, Mary, elopes with Shelley, 220.
Godwin, William, 219.
Gordon, General, 186.
Gore House, 177.
Grasmere, 4.
Greta Hall, 15.
Greville, Charles, 166.
Hallam, Arthur, Tennyson’s lament for, 173.
Hallam, Henry, his serenity, 171;
contrasted with Hazlitt, 172, 173; 177.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, his account of Leigh Hunt, 146.
Hazlitt, William, his cynicism, 168;
his friendship with the Lambs, 169;
his strenuous personality, 170.
Helvellyn, Mt., 4, 5.
Holland, Lady, 96; 213; 264.
Holland, Lord, 96.
Horner, Francis, 86.
“Hours of Idleness,” 193.
Hucknall-Torkard, 247.
Humphreys, David, 12.
Hunt, Isaac, 143.
Hunt, John, 142.
Hunt, Leigh, imprisonment of, 142;
his American blood, 143;
his first writings, 144;
his pretty phrases, 145;
his easy methods of living, 147;
his poetry, 148 et seq.;
his opinion of Moore, 161; 163;
compared with Hazlitt, 170;
compared with Shelley, 228;
his friendship for Shelley, 234;
at Shelley’s funeral, 235; 269.
“Idler in Italy, The,” Lady Blessington’s, 175.
“Imaginary Conversations,” Landor’s, 16, note; 132.
Ingersoll, Robert, 224.
“In Memoriam,” 173; 232.
“Irish Avatar, The,” Byron’s, 168.
“Isle of Palms, The,” John Wilson’s, 42, 45.
James, G. P. R., 283.
“Japhet in Search of a Father,” 281.
Jeffrey, Francis, his association with Sydney Smith, 85, 86;
his criticism of Southey and Wordsworth, 92;
marries Miss Wilkes, 94;
becomes Lord Jeffrey, 95; 113.
Jersey, Lady, 213.
“Julia de Roubigné,” Mackenzie’s, 84.
Keats, John, his school days, 229;
publishes “Endymion,” 230;
goes to Italy, 231;
his death, 232, 233.
Keble, John, 254.
“Kehama, The Curse of,” Southey’s, 13.
“Kenilworth,” 73.
Keswick, 3; 8.
Knight, Charles, 253.
Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, 263.
“Lady of the Lake, The,” 65.
Lake Country, The, 1 et seq.
“Lalla Rookh,” 153;
great success of, 157.
Lamb, Charles, 12;
his opinion of Southey, 16, note;
his friendship with Hazlitt, 169.
Lamb, Mary, 169.
Landor, Walter Savage, 16; 18; 20; 56;
his lack of popularity, 125 et seq.;
his fondness for the country, 127, 128;
his “Gebir,” 129;
goes abroad, 131;
in Italy, 132 et seq.;
his genius for skimming, 135;
his domestic troubles, 136, 137;
his old age and death, 139;
strange contrasts in, 165;
compared with Byron, 188; 228.
Lang, Andrew, 71; 280.
Lansdowne, Lord, 255; 265.
“Laon and Cythna,” 225.
“Last Days of Pompeii, The,” 179.
“Lay of the Last Minstrel, The,” 60;
Byron’s satire on, 78.
“Lays of Ancient Rome,” 263.
Lockhart, J. G., his work on the Quarterly Review, 47;
quotation from Lang’s “Life” of, 71;
Scott’s dying words to, 81; 280.
“Lycidas,” 232.
Lytton, Lord, 180. See also Bulwer-Lytton.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, his ancestry, 260;
at the university, 262;
his first writings, 263;
supports the Reform Bill, 265;
finishes his “Lays of Ancient Rome,” 267;
in Parliament, 270;
his great History, 272;
elevated to the peerage, 275;
his death, 276.
Macaulay, Zachary, 261.
Mackenzie, Henry, 84.
Mackintosh, Sir James, his political career, 104;
failure of his literary plans, 105 et seq.
“Man of Feeling, The,” Mackenzie’s, 84.
“Manfred,” 215.
Markham, Dr., 118.
“Marmion,” 61.
Marryat, Frederick, goes to sea, 281;
his books, 282.
Mavrocordatos, 243.
Melbourne, Lord, 256; 265.
“Midshipman Easy,” 281.
Milbanke, Miss, 203, 204; 250.
Milbanke, Sir Ralph, 206.
Moore, Thomas, 56; 101;
his acquaintance with Leigh Hunt, 153;
his success in society, 154;
his impressions of America, 155;
his domestic relations, 158;
his great reputation, 160;
his melodious songs, 164; 177.
More, Mrs. Hannah, 29, 261.
“Murder as a Fine Art,” appears in Blackwood’s, 37.
Murray, John, 78;
starts The Quarterly, 114; 160; 205.
New Monthly Magazine, The, 58.
Newman, Cardinal, 254.
Newspapers, marvellous increase in circulation of, from 1836 to 1838, 254.
Newstead Abbey, 189.
“Noctes Ambrosianæ,” 31; 42.
“North, Christopher,” 40 et seq., 269.
O’Connell, Daniel, 184.
“Old Mortality,” 73.
Paine, Thomas, 143.
Peel, Sir Robert, 166; 255; 259; 265; 271.
“Pelham,” 178.
Penny Cyclopædia, The, 253.
Penny Magazine, The, 253.
“Peter Bell,” Lamb’s and Robinson’s opinions of, 27.
“Peter Simple,” 282.
“Pleasures of Hope, The,” 54.
“Political Justice,” 219.
Pusey, Dr., 254.
Quarterly, The, founding of, 114.
Quarterly Review, The, 16.
“Queen Mab,” 221.
Reform Bill, The, 100; 253.
“Revolt of Islam, The,” 225.
“Rienzi,” 179.
Robinson, Henry Crabb, his friendship with Southey, 23, 24;
his “Diary and Reminiscences,” 26; 264.
“Roderick the Goth,” Southey’s, 14.
Rogers, Samuel, 177.
Ruskin, John, 287.
Rydal, 3.
Scott, Anne, death of, 70.
Scott, Charles, death of, 70.
Scott, Sir Walter, 47;
his boyhood, 59;
his first poems appear, 60;
compared with Campbell, 61;
his marriage, 65;
genealogy of, 72, note;
the charm of his stories, 73 et seq.;
his love of pageantry, 77;
his management of the Edinboro’ reception to the King, 79;
his visit to the Mediterranean, 80;
his death, 81; 82;
his opinion of Gifford, 116;
his admiration for Moore, 161; 168.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, his early life, 216;
his marriage and unhappiness, 218;
elopes with Mary Godwin, 220;
meets Byron, 221;
his influence on Byron, 222;
his scepticism, 224, 228;
his death and pagan burial, 235;
his character, 236.
Smith, Goldwin, 65; 183.
Smith, Sydney, settles in Edinboro’, 84;
assists in founding The Edinburgh Review, 86;
goes to London, 96;
his ministerial career, 97 et seq.;
his famous “Dame Partington” simile, 100;
his wit, 102;
his praise of Moore, 161; 177; 264.
Southey, Robert, 5 et seq.;
his early life, 11 et seq.;
settles at Keswick, 14;
appointed Poet Laureate, 18;
compared with Coleridge, 20;
refuses a baronetcy, 22;
death of, 24; 56;
meets Landor at Como, 131; 168; 177;
Shelley’s acquaintance with, 218;
Byron’s satire on, 224; 228.
Staël, Madame de, 106; 215.
Stamp Tax, The, effect of its reduction on the newspapers, 254.
Stanley, Lord, 91.
Stewart, Dugald, 48; 84.
Story, W. W., Landor’s connection with, 139.
Strawberry Hill, 261.
Swan Inn, The, 4.
“Talisman, The,” 73.
Tennyson, Lord, his grief at the death of Arthur Hallam, 172;
his dramas, 223; 288.
Thackeray, W. M., 287.
“Thalaba,” 13;
profits on, 15.
Thrale, Madame, 115.
“Tintern Abbey,” Wordsworth’s, 62.
Trelawney, E. J., 235; 242.
Trumbull, John, 144.
Victoria, Queen, beginning of her reign, 167;
her accession, 255;
her marriage, 257; 287.
“Vision of Judgment, A,” 224.
“Vivian Grey,” 182.
Wellington, Duke of, 166; 255.
West, Benjamin, 144; 245.
Wilkes, John, 94, note.
William IV., 81;
his nerve and pluck, 167;
his lack of ceremony, 252;
some events of his time, 253, 254.
“William and Helen,” Scott’s, 60.
Wilson, James, 41, note.
Wilson, John, 31; 36;
his character, 40, 41;
his writings in Blackwood’s, 42, 46;
his diaries, 44;
becomes a professor, 48;
his success, 50; 82.
Windermere, 2 et seq.
“Wishing Gate, The,” 4.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 220.
Wordsworth, Catharine, 32.
Wordsworth, Dorothy, 43, note.
Wordsworth, William, his opposition to railways, 3;
his grave, 4;
his attitude toward Southey’s odes, 18;
his account of Southey’s last years, 23; 30; 31; 32; 56;
his unlikeness to Scott, 61 et seq.; 168; 228.