INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W, Z

Addington, Easter holidays at, 179 last family gathering at, 321 liberty and leisure at, 251 non-ecclesiastical ritual at, 102 Sunday routine at, 183 Aix-les-Bains, Maggie Benson at, 321 Algeria, a tour in, 276 Algiers, visits to, 254, 276 “American nouns” and how played, 93 Anderson, Mary, a tribute to, 235 author’s meeting with, 235 Archæological researches in Greece and Egypt, et seq., 286 studies at Cambridge, 255 Athens, a representation of the Duchess of Bayswater at, 301 author in, 279, 303 royalty at a theatrical performance in, 304. Athleticism, benefits of, 149 Babe, B.A., The, 301, 302 Bambridge, Mr., as pianist, 145 his part in a performance of Haydn’s Toy Symphony, 201 Beaconsfield, Lord, offers Bishopric of Truro to author’s father, 62 Beesly, A. H., classics master at Marlborough, 155 obiter dicta of, 160 Benson, Arthur Christopher, (brother), 22 a mystical “Chapter” and its warden, 99 a nursery reminiscence of, 25 and his brother Hugh, 128 as actor: a hilarious kitchen-maid, 177 as author, 178, 320 as butterfly collector, 95 at Eton, 87, 123, 251 contributes a poem to Cambridge Fortnightly, 231 gains an Eton scholarship at King’s, 126 holiday activities of, 92 house-master at Eton, 318 piscatorial exploits of, 54 schooldays at East Sheen, 30 Benson, E. F., a fellowship examination at Eton, 114 a first in the Classical Tripos, 245 a fit of demoniacal possession, 59 a (neglected) untrained faculty for visualizing, 143 a ride with Gladstone, 271 a squirrel at prayers, 23 a trip to Switzerland, 129 an attack of jaundice, 209 an instance of his fatal habit of inversion, 28 and his brother Hugh, 128 and the food question at school, 83 applies for post in Education Office, 319 archæological studies at Cambridge: an inspiring tutor, 255 at Marlborough, 137, 196 attends children’s parties at White Lodge, Richmond Park, 86 “Benson’s lies,” 86 et seq. “Beth” on his want of tact, 107 birth of, 13 birthday celebrations at Rugby, 32 Bishop Wordsworth’s gift to, 52 boredom of Sundays at Addington, 183 botanical studies in Cornwall, 64 butterfly and moth collecting, 146 Chester, archæological exploration at, 266 childhood days: impressions of, 13 et seq. climbs the Matterhorn, 241 compulsory study in Switzerland, 135 conducts Haydn’s Toy Symphony, 201 confirmation at Marlborough, 163 Cornwall, a new home in, 62 et seq. curricula at Lincoln, 40 cycles with “O. B.,” 222 death of his brother Martin, 78 death of his sister Nellie, 252 disquieting letters from his mother, 252, 317 Dodo, publication of, 292 edits The Marlburian, 194 Empress Frederick and, 284 enjoyments during a foggy Christmas, 175 excavations at Megalopolis, 288 fails in a scholarship examination, 125 father appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, 163 first view of the Parthenon, 279 first visit to Crystal Palace, 111 friendship with Regie Lister, 305 et seq. games and school matches at Marlborough, 203 Greece, the spell of, 308 hide-and-seek at Lincoln, 35 his father, 13, 42, 62, 102 (see also Benson, Edward White) his mother, 18 et seq., 27, 29, 40, 58, 61, 102, 106 (see also Benson, Mrs.) holidays in the Lake District, 209 hoop-bowling at Marlborough, 200 in Algiers, 254, 276, 277 in Athens, 279 et seq., 303 et seq. in Egypt, 254 influence of A. H. Beesly on, 155 et seq. journeys to Truro for opening of Cathedral, 235 lacks effective ambition, 123 Lambeth and Addington, 163 et seq. lean years at school, 108 et seq. learns to swim, 56 liberty and leisure at Addington, 251 Lincoln, reminiscences of, 52 et seq. love of music, 58, 68, 112, 152 lure of the mountains, 130 meets Mary Anderson, 235 Mrs. Gladstone’s telegram announcing death of his father, 322 natural history studies of, 65, 66, 96 parental encouragement of hobbies, 57 poetical efforts of, 93, 121 Pontresina, a trip to, and his brother Hugh, 263 private schooldays, and holidays, 80 et seq. Reeve, the Rev. J. A., a pen picture of, 73 revisits Marlborough, 235 Rubicon, The, published, and adverse critiques, 296 et seq. scholarships at King’s, 230, 263 schooldays at East Sheen, 80, 108, 114 schoolfellows expelled, 89 “Sieges—the most dangerous game since the world began,” 39 Sketches from Marlborough, publication of, 232 Sundays at Lincoln and at Addington, 46, 183 Swiss mountain-climbing, 41 et seq. the charm of the sea, 56 the passing-bell at Marlborough, 209 the tragedy of a stickleback, 67 tours Normandy and Brittany, 244 Turkish delight, midnight revels, and the sequel, 115 et seq. Wellington and the beginning, 13 et seq. widening horizons of, 147 et seq. wins a foundation scholarship, 145 Benson, Edward White (father), a wet holiday in the Lake District, 209 accompanies author to Marlborough, 137 Algerian tours of, 254, 276, 277 and his son Hugh, 127 and Robert Browning, 237 and the erection of Truro Cathedral, 101 and the Lincoln judgment, 250, 253 appointed Bishop of Truro, 62 as picture-hanger, 25 becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, 163 Chancellor of Lincoln, 32 death of his eldest son, 78 dinner parties at Lambeth Palace, 237 Easter visits to Florence, 181 frequent fits of depression, 103, 105, 180 headmaster of Wellington College, 13 his death at Hawarden Church, 322 his dislike of tobacco, 238 his sternness, and the cause, 103 holiday “leisure” of, 132, 133, 210, 278 last farewell to his children, 321 love of the classics, 181 Press reviews of The Rubicon, and, 300 Queen Victoria and, 277 relentless Sundays of, 183 tour through Ireland, 321 visits Carthage, 278 Benson, Maggie (sister), 22, 25, 54, 127, 178, 275 conducts excavations of a Karnak temple, 312, 315 develops congestion of the lungs in Egypt, 317 guinea-pig rearing by, 93 her Venture of Rational Faith, 314 ill-health of, 312 in Athens, 303 prizes at Truro High School, 127 publishes Subject to Vanity, 314 researches in Chemistry, 94 trips to Algiers and to Egypt, 254, 276 Benson, Martin (brother), 22, 23, 25, 30 at Winchester, 124 death of, 78 precocity of, 75 Benson, Mrs. (mother), a stanza by, 94 and her children, 40, 106, 167 at Addington, 179 death of, 254 death of her daughter Nellie, 252 fear as her enemy, 173, 318 friendship with Mr. Gladstone, 165 her subscriptions as “honorary member,” 99, 100 how she whiled away a wet afternoon, 212 informs author of the Dodo “boom,” 294 letters to “Beth” on illness and death of her son Martin, 76, 77 religious instincts of, 78, 102, 168, 175 smokes a pipe on the Alps, 240 Benson, Nellie (sister), 22, 65, 98, 99, 251 an article in Temple Bar by, 177 an attack of pleurodynia, 209 and her father, 105 ascends the Zienal Rothhorn, 243 at Truro High School, 126 Bishop Wordsworth and, 52 death of, 252 distributes prizes at Marlborough, 206 Benson, Robert Hugh (brother), a mountain climb—and the sequel, 264 a play by, 177 as henchman to a mystical “Chapter,” 99 as preacher, 320 at Cambridge, 250 attached to Eton Mission, Hackney Wick, 318 “Beth” and, 211 childish piety of, 101 early journalistic efforts of, 93 family caricatures by, 210 his father and, 127 joins the Roman church, 102, 319 lays a stone for erection of Truro Cathedral, 101 propagandist novels by, 320 skating in a fog, 176 studies at Llandaff, 318 takes orders, 102 wins a scholarship at Eton, 210 Berne, a day and night at, 129 “Beth” (see Cooper, Elizabeth) Bird’s-nesting in Cornwall, 65 Biskra, a Royal bereavement: news received at, 277 Bosanquet, R. Carr, 226 Bramston, Miss, as authoress, 41, 42 in Cornwall, 76 Braun, Miss, 75 “Brewing” at Marlborough: function described, 140 Browning, Oscar, 45, 221 et seq. contributes a poem to Cambridge Fortnightly, 231 his At-Homes at Cambridge, 224 Browning, Robert, author’s meeting with, 237 Bubb, Mr., Clerk of Works of Truro Cathedral, 101 Burton, Willie, 60, 61 Butterflies and moths, holiday collection of, 95, 146 Calverley, Charles Stuart, 259 Cambridge Fortnightly, the, 232 Cambridge University: author at, 213 et seq. King’s College, 213 Canterbury, Archbishop of (see Benson, Edward White) Capri, a visit to, 321 Carter, Mrs., organist of Kenwyn Church: a boyish romance, 68 Carthage, a visit to, 278 Cathedral, the first post-Reformation, 100 “Chapter,” a mystical, 99 Chemistry, holiday researches in, 94 Chester, archæological researches at, 267 “Chitchat” literary society, 226 Clarence, Duke of, and “O. B.,” death of, 222, 276 Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece (afterwards King “Tino”), 283 Cooper, Elizabeth (“Beth”), 15, 18, 22, 33, 36, 38, 42, 74, 96, 107, 128, 321, 322 and Hugh Benson, 18, 127 and the Archbishop, 221 games at Addington, 251 her love for Mrs. Benson, 211 Mrs. Benson’s letter announcing illness and death of Martin, 77, 78 Copeland, May, 60 Cornwall, the charms of, 62 Crawford, Lady, entertains Archbishop and Mrs. Benson, 180 Crystal Palace, the, first visit to, 111 Cunningham, Dr., a story of, 228 Daily Chronicle, the, an unfavourable review of The Rubicon in, 299 Decemviri Debating Society, the, 229 Deir-el-Bahari, archæological explorations at, 310, 314 Delphi, French excavations at, 289 Dickinson, G. Lowes, 231 Dodo, Lucas Malet’s frank letters on, 291 publication of, 292 read by Mrs. Benson and by Henry James, 272 the infancy of, 178 Dörpfeld, Dr., and Miss Maggie Benson, 303 and the fourth century Greek theatres, 288 Duchess of Bayswater, a representation of, in Athens, 304 Easedale Rectory, a wet holiday in, 209 East Sheen, author’s schooldays at, 80 et seq. Edgar, Mr., headmaster of Temple Grove School, 114 a bad report from, 117 Edhem Pasha, 281 Egerton, Sir Edwin, 285 and Miss Maggie Benson, 303 as host, 308 Egypt, visits to, 254, 308 Epidaurus, a visit to, 289 Eton, a second failure for scholarship at, 125 Arthur Benson at, 87, 124, 250, 318 Etretat, holidays at, 86 Fal, the, bathing in, 100 Ford, Lionel, headmaster of Harrow, 226 Frederick, Empress, and author, 284 Friendships of schoolboys, how made and how retained, 151 Fry, Roger, and the Cambridge Fortnightly, 231 Geoghehan, Mr., fourth form master at East Sheen school, 83 George V (then Duke of York) dines at Lambeth Palace, 238 (then Prince of Wales) and the death of the Duke of Clarence, 277 George, King of Greece, 281 an audience with, 282 and his sister’s hat, 288 George, Prince (of Greece), 284 Germany, Crown Princess of, and Oscar Browning, 222 Giles, Mrs., her day-school and the scholars, 41, 60 Gimmelwald, arrival at, 133 Gladstone, Mrs., a fateful telegram from, 322 Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., a dissertation on blotting-paper squeezes, 267 and the Chester archæological researches, 261 friendship with Mrs. Benson, 166 Golf on the snow and in a fog, 176 Goodhart, Arthur, at King’s College, 226 Greece, the Court of, 283 author in, 286 et seq. the spell of, 308 Greek theatres, German theory regarding, 286 Guinea-pigs reared by Maggie Benson, 93, 94 Halsbury, Lord, at Lambeth Palace, 167 Handel Festival at Crystal Palace, 110, 113 Hare, Thomas, 86 Harrison, Mrs. (“Lucas Malet”), reads Dodo, 290 Hatasoo, Queen, and Sen-mut, 316 Hawarden, author interviews Mr. Gladstone at, 267 Gladstone’s tribute to Mrs. Benson at, 166 Hawarden Church, tragic death of the Archbishop in, 323 Headlam, Walter, at King’s College, 226 Henry VI, and King’s College, Cambridge, 213 Hobbies as a preservative of youth, 58 Image in the Sand, The, 311 Irish tour of the Archbishop and Mrs. Benson, 321 Irving, Harry, recitations at Marlborough Penny Readings, 202 James, Henry, earlier and later works of, 272 reads Dodo, 272 James, Monty, Provost of Eton, as mimic, 226, 229 readings from Dickens by, 229 Jungfrau, the, an ascent of, in thick snow, 249 first glimpse of, 130 Karnak, excavations in the temple of Mut, 312 Kenwyn Church and its organist, 72 Kenwyn Vicarage, 63 King, Dr., Bishop of Lincoln, trial of, 250 King’s College, Cambridge, a notable life-fellow of, 221 eccentric, Fellows of, 214 et seq. glee-singing at, 217 life at, 226 et seq. the chapel, 233 Lake district, the, a wet holiday in, 209 Lambeth Palace, dinner parties at, 237 Mrs. Benson as hostess at, 164 Leigh, Augustus Austen, Vice-Provost of King’s, 216 Lincoln and early emotions, 32 et seq. and demoniacal possession, 52 et seq. Sundays at, 45 the Cathedral, 45 et seq. trial, the, Archbishop Benson and, 249, 253 Lister, Regie, and a theatrical performance in Athens, 304 author and, 306 his genius for friendship, 305 Llandaff, Hugh Benson at, 318 Luxor, a stay at, 310 Lyttelton, Alfred, the secret of his popularity, 305 “Malet, Lucas” (see Harrison, Mrs.) Mann, Dr., 234 Marie, Princess (of Greece), 284 Markham, Admiral, and a theatrical performance in Athens, 304 Marlborough College, an indulgent house-master, 194 author at, 137 author promoted to sixth form, 190 life at, 138 Penny Readings at, 201 the racket-court, 158 unsuccessful scholarship examination at, 125 Marlburian, the, 199 Mary, Princess, Duchess of Teck, a children’s party at White Lodge, 86 Matterhorn, ascent of: a perilous descent, 241 Megalopolis, archæological excavations at, 288 Middleton, Professor, and his love of archæology, 255 et seq. Miles, Eustace, a hoop-bowling run with author, 200 a unique alliance with author, 196 his aptitude for study, 243 Mill, John Stuart, 86 Mommsen, Professor, and the Chester archæological researches, 267 Mountain-climbing, 131, 241 et seq. Murren, lawn tennis at, 134 Mycenæ, a visit to, 289 Myers, F. W., an original verse by—and a parody, 261 Naville, M., his explorations at Deir-el-Bahari, 313 Newberry, Mr., and the Karnak excavations, 313 Nicholas, Prince (of Greece), 284 Nixon, J. E., Latin prose lecturer, 216, 231 et seq. Nocton expeditions to, 55 “O. B.” (see Browning, Oscar) Okes, Dr., Provost of King’s, 216 Olga, Queen, 283 and Dodo, 304 Olympia visited by author, 289 Pain, Barry, his parody in Cambridge Fortnightly, 231 Pall Mall Gazette reviews author’s Rubicon, 297 Pan-Anglican conference at Lambeth: a story of, 239 Parker, butler at Truro, 127 Parody and parodists, 260 Penny Readings at Marlborough, 201 Perran, picnics at, 100 Petrie, Professor, visits to, 314 Pharsala, battle of: Edhem Pasha’s epigram of, 281 Photography, first efforts at, 95 “Pirates”—the game described, 96 Pitt Club, Cambridge University, 226 Piz Palu, a horrible experience on the, 263 Poetry, author’s early efforts in, 93, 121 “Poetry games,” 93 Pontresina, an unpleasant adventure at, 263 Press-cuttings, unfavourable, 297 Printing press, a primitive, 94 Prior, Mr., of East Sheen school, 83 Racket Court, Marlborough College, 161 Rawlings, Mr., first form teacher at East Sheen school, 83 Reeve, Rev. J. A., reminiscences of, 73 Riffel-Alp, climbing: a perilous descent, 241 Riseholme, enjoyable days at, 53 Rotten Row, exercise in, 164 Rubicon, The, publication of: Press reviews, 296 Russell, Mrs., author’s music-teacher, and a tribute to, 80, 111 St. James’s Budget and The Rubicon, 299 St. Mary’s Church, Truro, 100 St. Paul’s Cathedral, Passion music at, 112 Saturday Magazine, the, 56, 92, 176 a Swiss edition of, 243 Savernake Forest, butterfly collecting in, 146 Schilthorn, the ascent of, 134 Sen-mut, Egyptian architect, 316 Sermon paper, a new use for, 92, 177 Sharpe, Mr., objects to hoop-bowling, 200 Sidgwick, Arthur (uncle), 30 Sidgwick, Henry (uncle), an astronomical poem by, 93 visits Wellington, 30 Sidgwick, Mrs., 18, 30 Sidgwick, William (uncle), 30 Skating under difficulties, 176 Skegness, a visit to, 56 Standard the, a review of author’s Rubicon, 297 Staunton Prize, the, conditions of, 146 Stephen, J. K., as parodist, 257 death of, 263 inaugurates the “T. A. F.,” 328 personality of, 259 Sundays at Addington, 183 at Lincoln, 44 Switzerland, holidays in, 129 “T. A. F.,” the, at Cambridge, 229 Tait, Lucy, a tour in Algeria, 276 her devotion to Mrs. Benson, 254 Teck, Duchess of (see Mary, Princess) Teck, Duke of, a cigar and a squib, 86 Temple, Bishop (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury), 56 Tennant, Miss Margot, 266 Tennyson, Alfred Lord, at Lambeth Palace, 238 Thothmes, King, and the temple hieroglyphic inscriptions, 316 Thun, lake of, 130 Tobogganing under difficulties, 175 Torquay, summer holidays at, 56 Toswill, Mr., a zealous Alpinist, 240 “Trojan Queen’s Revenge, The,” and its author, 156 Truro, author’s father appointed Bishop of, 62 erection of the Cathedral at, 100 Truro Cathedral, opening of, 235 Tuck, Mrs., 75 Vanity Fair reviews The Rubicon, 297 Vaughan, Dean, of Llandaff, 318 Victoria, Queen, and the Archbishop’s Algerian tour, 277 and the see of Truro, 62 Vintage, The, how and where written, 311 Voltaire, M., French master at East Sheen, 80, 83 Waldstein, Dr., 255 Waterfield, Ottiwell, and his private school at East Sheen, 80 et seq. as elocutionist, 80, 109 Waterfield, Mrs., 110, 111 Wellington College, and its headmaster, 13 the dining-room, 23 Westminster, Duke of, an interview with, 266 White Lodge, Richmond Park, children’s parties at, 86 Wilde, Oscar, a tale of, 300 Wordsworth, Bishop, of Lincoln, 52 Wordsworth, Mrs., and family, 52 Wordsworth, William, Jim Stephen’s parodies of, 260 World, The, on The Rubicon, 307 Zienal Rothhorn, the, author’s ascent of, 243