George II., duelling sanctioned by, 459-injustice to his son about the German affairs, 462.
George III., unfair treatment of him in Green's History, 319-322. Girardin, Saint-Marc, Life of Jean Jacques Rousseau,' 408. Gladstone, Mr., his counsel to the Com- mons on their power of control over the public purse, 246.
Grafton, Duke of, anecdotes of, 466. Gray's poetry, Wordsworth's opinion
of, 107-the imaginative fiction of 'The Bard,' 109-Ode on Eton College,' 110-Progress of Poesy,' 111-his two great characteristics, 112-a passage in his 'Progress of Poesy' contrasted with Wordsworth's 'Power of Sound,' 119-Wordsworth's criticism on one of his sonnets, 122— his superficial defects, 126. Gray, David, the young poet, 510, 511. See Swinburne.
Greek influence in Sicily after the Norman conquest, 217.
Green's History of the English People,' 285-merits and defects, 286-288- importance of war to England, 288, 289-his views unfavourable to Mon- archy, 290, 291-arbitrary divisions of English history, 292, 293-spelling of proper names, 294-the term Anglo-Saxon,' 295-his conception of English history and its constitu- tional development, ib.-the Saxon invasion, 296-intermixture of Latin words, 298-Celtic influence, 299, 300-election of kings, 301-'revo- lutionary change' in Parliament, 303 -popular representation, 306 - power of the Lower House, 307-309 character of James I., 310-supre- macy of the Tudors, 312-Charles I.'s sense of decorum, 313-the prosecu- tion of Mountagu, 315-tax on ship- money, 318-defence of the execu- tion of Strafford, ib.-decline of the Long Parliament, 319-injustice in the treatment of the character of George III, ib.-hostility to the Church of England, 322-his violent opinions in politics and religion, 323.
Grey, Lady Jane, her treatment by her parents, 7.
Grobhair, Ebn, on the condition of the Mussulmans in Sicily during the reign of William the Good, 219–221.
Grosart, Rev. A., Prose Works of William Wordsworth,' 104.
Hall-marks, or plate-marks, 364 the Initials, 365-Leopard's head crowned, 366-Alphabetical letter, 367-the Lion passant, 370- the Britannia figure and lion's head erased, 372. See Plate.
Hastings, Lord, described by Lord Albemarle, 482.
Hatfield House, 1-an episcopal resi- dence in 1108, 2-rebuilt and beau- tified by Bishop Morton, 3-its his- torical associations, 4-appropriated by Henry VIII., 7-exchanged by James I. for Theobalds, the family seat of Lord Salisbury, 8-commence- ment of the present house, 8, 9-its oak panelling, 9-grand proportions, 11-garden, 13-collection of original papers, 14.
Haussonville, M. d', on the comparison between Mérimée and Sainte-Beuve, 171-his Life and Works of Saint- Beuve, 172.
Hawley, Gen., letters to the second Lord Albemarle, 458, 459. Herschel, Caroline, Memoir and Cor- respondence of, 323-early life in Hanover, 329-death of her father, 333-learns dressmaking, 334-pre- pares for her departure to England, 335-life in Bath, 336-removed to Datchet, 342-sweeping for comets, 343-accident to her leg, ib.-re- moval to Slough, 345-discovers her first comet, 346-leaves her brother's house on his marriage, 348- her works and laborious life, 349-leaves England on the death of her brother, 351-death, 352.
Herschel, Sir William, 326-his talent for music, 329-escapes to England, 331-organist of the parish church at Halifax, 332-removes to Bath, 333-sends for his sister, 335-mem- ber of a Philosophical Society in Bath, 336-constructs a telescope, 339-discovers the Georgium Sidus, 341-invited to Windsor and made private Astronomer to the King, 342 -removes to Datchet, ib.-to Slough 345-commences the forty-feet tele- scope, ib.-irregularity in the pay- ment of his salary, 346-marriage, 348-his catalogues of nebula, 350
-birth of his son, 351-failure of health, death, 351. Holmes, J., The British Army in 1875,' 99-its numerical weakness and prevalence of desertion, ib. Homer, the lasting pleasure of his poetry, 130-Johnson on its cha- racter, 131.
Howson, Dr., 'Before the Table,' 533. Hamlet, an instance of Mr. Sidgwick's 'extra-regarding impulse,' 506. See Utilitarianism.
Hugo's, Victor, acquaintance with Sainte-Beuve, 175-his Cénacles,'
Hume's, Joseph, campaign of 1822, 226.
Imagination, its force described by Pascal, 108.
Jade, the working of, in Kashgar, 432.
James I., his character, 34-physical courage, 35-described in Green's History, 310.
Johnson, Esther, 49. See Stella.
Kalmaks, the, 429-their funeral rites, 430-mode of salutation, ib. Kashgar, its history, 418- Chinese rule, 419-territory, 425. Keppels, the, their ancestors of Guelder- land, 448-450-Arnold Joost van Keppel accompanies William III. to England, 450-created Earl of Albe- marle, ib. his winning manners, 451-sent to Holland, 453-comes back to attend the King's death-bed, ib. -returns to Holland and takes his seat in the States-General, 454- conducts the attack on Mortaigne, ib. his defeat at Denain, 455- death, 456-his son William Anne succeeds, ib. - serves at Dettingen and Fontenoy, 456, 457-at Cullo- den, 458-at Laufeld, 459-Knight of the Garter and ambassador to Paris, 460; death, 461-George, third Earl, ib.-his successful expedition against Havannah, 462-Commodore
Macaulay, Lord, his caricature of Swift.
49. Macgregor's, Colonel, Central Asia," 443.
Malouet's Memoirs, two remarkable incidents of the Old Régime, 405. Manuscripts, Collection of, at Hatfield House, 14-17.
Marie-Antoinette, anecdote of her dis- like to etiquette, 396.
Markham's Narrative of Bogle's and Manning's Journeys to Tibet, 443. Marmontel's character of the second Lord Albemarle, 461.
Maskelyne, Dr., his 'Nautical Al- manac,' 159.
Massey's Log for estimating the dis- tance run by a ship, 145. Mercator's Projection, 138-charts, 146.
Merchant Shipping and further legis- lation, 250-repeated attention of Parliament to the subject, 251-light- houses multiplied, 252-the former and present state of British ships and seamen compared, 253-increase of our Merchant Navy, 254, 255— growth of our British Mercantile Marine compared with that of foreign countries, 256, 257-traffic through
the Suez Canal, 257-comparison of the estimation in which our ships are held at foreign ports at the present time and before the repeal of the Navigation Laws, 259, 260- condition of the British merchant officers thirty years ago and now, 260, 261-of the British seamen, 262 -favourable report of the crews of steamers, ib.-seamen's wages, 263 -Report of the Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, 264-the loss of ships and of lives at former periods compared with the latest, 265-diffi- culty of procuring accurate statistics, 265-267-returns of wrecks, 268-272 -compulsory official survey in some countries, 273-conclusions on the state of the British Merchant Navy, ib.-prevention of loss of life and property at sea, 274-boats, life-belts, and life-buoys, 278-reasons against Government control and inspection, 279-284.
Merv, its important position and ruined state, 439.
Morgan, Lady, anecdotes of, 486, 487. Morris' Life and Death of Jason,' 519. See Swinburne.
Mountagu, Dr., his prosecution by the House of Commons, 315, 316. Mudge's chronometers, 163. See Navi- gation.
Mussulmans, toleration of the, in Sicily after the Norman Conquest, 218.
Napier's logarithms, 138-diagram,
Napoleon I., anecdote of, on his death- bed, 480.
Navigation and nautical astronomy, modern methods in, 137-Mercator's Projection, 138- -logarithms intro- duced by Lord Napier, ib.-the cross- staff, 139-the reflecting quadrant, 140-dead reckoning and the log- book, 142-'error' of the compass, 143-Napier's diagram,' 144-Mas- sey's log, 145-Mercator's charts and plane charts, 146-rise and fall of tides, 147-a 'day's work' on board ship, ib.-working a traverse, 148- latitude and longitude, 149-know- ledge of astronomy required, ib.- the zenith, 150-and meridian, 151 declination of the sun, 151, 152— variation in the motion of the sun, 153-discovery of the latitude, 154-
156-difficulty of finding the longi- tude, 156-161-lunar observation, 161-method by chronometer, ib.- Harrison's timepiece, 162-quarrels among the astronomers and watch- makers, 163-number of chrono- meters in use, 164-effect of tem- perature on chronometers, ib.-dia- grams of the sun's altitude, 166- nautical formula for the observation of latitude and longitude at sea, 167 -standard of nautical education, 168-the Board of Trade examina- tions, 169. Non-intervention, its present policy, 93 -effect on Denmark, 94, 95.
Oak, the celebrated, at Hatfield, 4, 5. Oxus, derivation of the word, 421.
Palmerston's, Lord, letter to Count Persigny on the tenacity of English soldiers, 475.
Pamir expedition, the, 434. Parliament and the public moneys, 224-no important reduction during the last ten years, 225-constant increasing expenditure, 226-Lord Liverpool's ministry, 227-a con- trolling State-authority not administrative authority, 228- yearly estimates, 229-efficiency of the Committee of Public Accounts, 231-necessity of Parliament super- vision, 231, 238-two illustrations, 231-the Appropriation Acts, 234– special emergencies, 236-estimate," 'saving,' and 'deficiency,' 237- primary authority of the Treasury, 238-vote of ratification, 239- hazard attending any change in the receipt and disbursement of money, 240-excess demands by the Board of Works, 241-intricacy of the Estimates, 243-votes for the Army and Navy supply, 244-annual grant devoted to Science and Art, 245- Mr. Gladstone's advice, 246-the abrupt dissolution of 1874, 247-sup- plementary estimates, ib.
Pascal's eloquence on the force of imagination, 108-his weakness and his strength, 194.
Pater, Mr., the representative critic of the Romantic School, 132.
Pepys's consternation at the rumour of a Committee of Inquiry, 231. Plate and Plate Buyers, 353-Bishop Fox's plate at Corpus Christi Col- lege, 356-Wykeham's crosier, ib.— Thomas à Becket's Grace Cup, 358 -the Anathema Cup at Pembroke College, 359-early English plate, 359-362-beauty and finish of it, 363-hall-marks, 364-371-Queen Anne plate, 372-quantity melted during the Great Civil War, 373- William III.'s Standard, 374-the Britannia Standard, 374-the five marks, 375-mints, 376-forgeries, 378-383-punishments for making false or debased plate, 379-381- transpositions or additions, 381-383 -caution in buying, 383-Caroline or Queen Anne plate, 384. Plimsoll, Mr., ' Our Seamen,' 250-his enthusiastic benevolence, 274-his assertions never proved, 276. See Merchant Shipping.
Poet, the necessary qualifications for a,
Port Royal' by Sainte-Beuve, 191- Mère Angélique on the Jour du Guichet,' 192-the miracle of the Holy Thorn, 193.
Prussian Army, the, its too great pres- sure on the springs of industry, 84- the tribute of blood,' 89.
Public Accounts Committee, the, 232. Pugilism, encouragement of, in the be- ginning of the century, 472.
Quadrants, Hadley's, 139-Davis', ib. Queen Anne plate, 372. See Plate.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his peculiar cha- racter, 31, 32-intrigues with Cob- ham, 32-their implication in the 'Bye Plot,' 33-his betrayal of Cob- ham, 34.
Raper's, Lieut., Navigation,' 160- directions for lunar observations, 161. Reeve's, Henry, translation of M. de Tocqueville's 'L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution,' 386.
Richmond, Countess of, her gifts of plate to Christ's College, Cambridge, 360. Roger, King of Sicily, described by the Monk of Telesia,' 213.
Rosetti's poems criticised by Swin- burne, 515. Rousseau's influence over Frenchmen and French women, 409-effect of the publication of the 'Héloïse,' 410- contradictions in his writings, 411. Russian aggression, its prevention, 441, 412.
Sainte-Beuve's canon of criticism, 43- Life and Writings,' 170-influence as a critic, 171-compared with Mérimée, b.-birth, 172-parents, 173-anatomical studies at Paris, 174-mental struggle between faith and reason, 175-adopts literature as a profession, ib.-his interview with Victor Hugo, 176—becomes a member of Le Cenacle,' ib. -his articles in the Globe,' 177-‘Joseph Délorme,' 178, 179-'Les Rayons Jaunes,' 180-his ugliness, 181-his verses deficient in refinement, ease, &c., 182-his friends' enthusiastic admiration, 182, 187- Les Consola- tions,' 183-cause of his change of opinions, 185-his 'Volupté,' 186— connection with the 'National,' 189 intimacy with Carrel, 190-retort on Lamennais, 191-work on 'Port Royal,' 192-character of Pascal, 194 -Pensées d'Août,' 194 — contri- butions to the Revue des deux Mondes,' 195-friendship with Mme. d'Arbouville, 196-recognises the genius of George Sand, 197- the Revolution of February 1848, 198-lectures at Liege, 200-202– 'Causeries du Lundi,' 203 - -Pro- fessor of Latin poetry in the College of France, 205-named Senator, 207 -article on the Life of Cæsar,' ib.- death and funeral, 210-his mixed, indefinite character, ib. Sericulture in Kashgar, 433. Sheep, their carrying power, 431. Shipwrecks, 251. See Merchant Ship- ping.
Sicily, the Norman Kingdom in, 211– conquest of, compared with that of England, 212-character of William the Bad, 213-federative principle of the foundation at Melfi, 215— political and social position of the Greek and Mussulman subjects, 216- religious toleration, 219, 220-archi- tecture, 222.
Simonneau, M., on the European Armies, 81.
Stella, early acquaintance with Swift, 49 becomes his pupil, 50-'The Journal,' 65. See Swift. Stoliczka, Dr., geologist of the Mission to Yarkund, his premature death, 428.
Strafford, defence of his execution by Mr. Green, 318.
'Swift, Jonathan, Life of,' by John Forster, 42-peculiarity of his birth and early education, 44-affection for his mother, 45-received into Sir W. Temple's house, 46-ac- quaintance with Stella,' 49-takes orders, 50-his 'Battle of the Books,' 51-habit of punning, 52-made Vicar of Laracor, ib. -his peculiar bequest, 53-Tale of a Tub,' 54— his prose styles, 56-gives the first impulse for building Queen Anne's fifty new churches in the metropolis, 57-intimacy with Addison, ib.- the Bickerstaff and Partridge jest, 58, 59-his change of party, 60- determination of the Harley Ministry to gain him, 63-Journal to Stella, 65-his little language,' 66-oppro- brious epithets, 67-Dean of St. Patrick's, 69-disinterested zeal for the Church, 73-clerical champion for Ireland and first successful agi- tator, 75-his wit and humour, 76— conduct to women, 77-79. Swinburne, A. C., 'Essays and Studies,' 507-influence of the coterie, 508- criticises the young poet, David Gray, 510, 511-remarks on L'Homme qui rit,' 512, 513-contrast of the pathos between the scene in The Antiquary' and that in 'Les Tra- vailleurs de la Mer,' 514, 515- Rosetti's poems, 515-518- Morris' speech of Medea, 519, 520-Michael Angelo's painting, 522-524-affec- tation the distinguishing charac- teristic of a coterie, 524.
Taine, H., on the Old Régime in France, 386-provincial liberty in Brittany and Languedoc, 388-taxa- tion of the peasantry and exemption
of the nobles, 390-sale of judicial offices, titles of nobility, &c., ib.- corvées on the peasantry, 391- Rousseau's anecdote of a French peasant, 393-French Court life and etiquette in the Grand Monarque's time, 396-passion for amateur dra- matic performances, ib.- -a supper party described, 398-contrast of town and country, 399, 400- the droit d'ainesse, 400- oppression of the peasants, 402, 403-immorality and libertinism, 406-the two philo- sophies of Voltaire and Rousseau, 407-the Contrat Social,' 411. 'Tale of a Tub,' by Swift, when written, 51-its main drift, 54.
Terentieff, Col., his misrepresentations about England, 442.
Tibet, Narrative of Bogle's Mission to, 443 origin of the name, 444-ex- ports, 447.
Todd, A., on Parliamentary Govern- ment in England,' 226, 250.
Tudors, the true cause of their supre- macy, 312.
Utilitarianism and morality, 488-the recognition of happiness as the final fruit of all good action, 489-extra- regarding impulses, 490, 491-the psychological doctrine and the ethi- cal doctrine, 492-conflicting im- pulses, 493-intuitive and reflective judgment, 495, 496-the aim of ethics, 498-instinctive morality, 500 - instances of the vital, spiritual impulse, 502.
Utrecht, Bishop of, his cruel fate, 449.
Wakhan, the State of, its poor con- dition, 437-ruby mines, ib.-popu- lation, 438.
Waterloo, Battle of, described by Lord Albemarle, 476–479.
Wellington, Duke of, anecdotes of, 475 -in Dublin, 483.
William III.'s fondness for the Earl of
Albemarle, 450-his grants of estates to him, 452-accident and death, 453. 'Wordsworth, William, Prose Works of,' 104-his want of instinct and humour, 105-'Apology for the
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