George Borrow and His Circle / Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends

by Clement King Shorter

FOOTNOTES:

[261] A word that is very misleading, as no writer was ever so little the founder of a school.

[262] Although this fact was not known until 1908 when I published The Brontës: Life and Letters. See vol. ii. p. 24, where Charlotte Brontë writes: 'In George Borrow's works I found a wild fascination, a vivid graphic power of description, a fresh originality, an athletic simplicity, which give them a stamp of their own.'

[263] Theodore Watts-Dunton, Augustine Birrell, Francis Hindes Groome, and Thomas Seccombe. Lionel Johnson's essay on Borrow is the more valuable in its enthusiasm in that it was written by a Roman Catholic. Writing in the Outlook (April 1, 1899) he said:

'What the four books mean and are to their lovers is upon this sort. Written by a man of intense personality, irresistible in his hold upon your attention, they take you far afield from weary cares and business into the enamouring airs of the open world, and into days when the countryside was uncontaminated by the vulgar conventions which form the worst side of "civilised" life in cities. They give you the sense of emancipation, of manumission into the liberty of the winding road and fragrant forest, into the freshness of an ancient country-life, into a milieu where men are not copies of each other. And you fall in with strange scenes of adventure, great or small, of which a strange man is the centre as he is the scribe; and from a description of a lonely glen you are plunged into a dissertation upon difficult old tongues, and from dejection into laughter, and from gypsydom into journalism, and everything is equally delightful, and nothing that the strange man shows you can come amiss. And you will hardly make up your mind whether he is most Don Quixote, or Rousseau, or Luther, or Defoe; but you will always love these books by a brave man who travelled in far lands, travelled far in his own land, travelled the way of life for close upon eighty years, and died in perfect solitude. And this will be the least you can say, though he would not have you say it—Requiescat in pace Viator.'

[264] In Res Judicatæ 1892 (a paper reprinted from The Reflector, Jan. 8, 1888), in his Introduction to Lavengro (Macmillan, 1900), in an essay entitled 'The Office of literature,' in the second series of Obiter Dicta, and in an address at Norwich; on July 5, 1913, reprinted in full in the Eastern Daily Press of July 7, 1913.

[265] There are but three references to Borrow in Stevenson's writings, all of them perfunctory. These are in Memories and Portraits ('A Gossip on a novel of Dumas''), in Familiar Studies of Men and Books ('Some aspects of Robert Burns'), and in The Ideal House.

[266] The Spectator, July 12, 1913.

[267] On July 6, 1913, Dr. H. C. Beeching, Dean of Norwich, preached a sermon on Borrow in Norwich Cathedral, which in its graceful literary enthusiasm may be counted the culminating point of recognition of Borrow so far, when the place is considered. The sermon has been published by Jarrold and Sons of Norwich.

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INDEX

A
Aikin, Dr., quarrels with Phillips, [90].
---- Lucy, [90];
on Mrs. John Taylor, [64];
on William Taylor, [66].
Ainsworth, Harrison, Lavengro criticised by, [278].
Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain, by Bowring, [140].
André, Major, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Annals of the Harford Family, reference to Borrow in, [245].
Apologia pro Vita Sua, by J. H. Newman, [345].
Arden, F., [111].
Athenæum, The, founding of, [90];
Hasfeld's letter on Russian literature and Borrow in, [165]-166;
friendly review of The Zincali in, [227];
publishes letters from Borrow, [240];
severely criticises Lavengro, [278], [347]
and Romany Rye, [347];
reminiscences of Borrow contributed to, [315]-316;
contemptuous notice of Romano Lavo-Lil in, [361];
obituary of Borrow in, [391].
Austin, John, [64].
---- Sarah, [55].
Autobiographical Recollections of Sir John Bowring, [139].
Autobiography of Harriet Martineau, quoted, [65].
B
Baldrey, S. H., reminiscences of the Borrows published by, [416]-420.
Barbauld, Mrs., [67], [90].
Barclay, Mrs. Florence, addresses Bible Society meeting, [183]-184.
Bards of the Gael and Gaul, by Dr. Sigerson; editions published of, [408].
Baretti, Joseph, witnesses at trial of, [114].
Barron, James, on Borrow's itinerary in Scotland, [330], [331].
Bathurst, Bishop, [57], [110].
Beeching, Dr., [184];
graceful recognition of Borrow in sermon of, [437].
Belcher, pugilist, [130], [131].
Bell, Catherine, [55].
Benjamin Robert Haydon; Correspondence and Table Talk, by F. W. Haydon, [25].
Benson, A. C., verses on 'My Poet,' [312].
Best, Mr. Justice, his 'Great Mind,' [123].
Bible in Spain, The, [180], [201], [202], [289];
much sheer invention in, [136], [313];
quoted, [182]-183, [210], [238]-239;
episode of the blind girl, [192];
brings fame to Borrow, [227], [243]-244;
the title of, [237]-238;
criticisms of Mr. Murray's reader on copy of—number of copies sold—referred to in House of Commons, [243];
reviews of, [243], [250], [278];
how written, [279];
Gladstone's admiration of, [313], [397];
Cowell's opinion of, [356].
Birrell, Augustine, [237], [238];
story told by, [128];
introduction to Lavengro by, [435], [436].
Blackwood's Magazine, condemns Lavengro, [278].
Borrow, Ann, mother of Borrow [2], [6], [10], [139], [219];
life in Norwich of, [12]-17, [71];
correspondence of, [17], [33]-35, [188], [193]-196, [220];
death—inscription on tomb of, [314].
Borrow, Elizabeth, [293].
---- George Henry, biographical drafts and family history of, [1]-7;
wandering childhood of, [36]-53;
schooldays and schoolfellows at Norwich of, [71]-78;
struggles and failure in London, [96]-102;
Celtic ancestry of, [364];
characteristics of, [14], [15], [161], [285], [312]-313, [316]-317, [350], [361], [393], [405]-412, [434];
agent for Bible Society, [159], [191];
facsimile of an account of the Society with, [190];
work for the Society in
—Portugal, [184]-185
—Russia, [162]-178
—Spain, [179]-214;
imprisonments of, [134], [191], [198], [222];
correspondence of, with
—Bowring, [142]-151
—Brackenbury, [198]-200
—Ford, [250]-259
—Haydon, [25]
—Jerningham, [198]
—Henrietta MacOubrey, [421]-428
—publishers of Faustus, [108]
—Secretary at War, [28]-32
—his wife, [223]-225, [261]-268, [272]-273, [319], [325]-335, [340];
Darwin asks information from, [317]-318;
handwriting of, [275];
fails to become a magistrate, [214], [313]-314;
feeling of, as regards people and language of Ireland, [50], [296]-297;
friends of later years, [389]-400;
life of, in London, [379]-388
—in Oulton Broad and Yarmouth, [304]-320;
attainments of, as a linguist, [3], [4], [51], [68], [138]-139, [412];
advertisement of, as a Professor of Languages, [409];
his ignorance of philology, [357];
literary tastes of, [2], [11], [38], [135], [344]-346, [390];
literary methods of, [240]-243, [285];
attitude towards literary men of, [317], [347], [393];
marriage of, [3], [198]-199, [220]-223, [225];
personal appearance of, [226], [260]-261, [293], [309]-311, [316]-317, [339], [385], [397]-398;
physical vigour of, [383], [419]-420;
political sympathies of, [181];
existing portraits of, [382];
pugilistic tastes of, [126]-132;
on a phase of folklore, [235]-236;
on theory of Jewish origin of the Gypsies, [308]-309;
on Spiritualism, [386];
translations by, [82], [133]-137, [187], [247], [404]-405;
travels in
—Austria-Hungary, [261]-268
—Greece and Italy, [272]-273
—Ireland, [339]-340
—Portugal, [184]-185
—Russia, [162]-178
—Scotland, [321]-330
—Spain, [179]-214
—Wales, [364]-366, [374]-378;
unfounded reports as to neglect of, when dying, [414]-415;
unrecognised genius and growing fame of, [312]-313, [435]-436;
Yarmouth rescue episode, [290]-293.
Borrow, Henry, [293].
---- John, grandfather of George Henry, [3]-5.
---- John Thomas, [4], [6], [49], [50];
Captain Borrow's love of, [8], [19];
described in Lavengro, [18]-19;
pictures by, [21];
career and death of, [19]-35.
---- Mary, [218], [219], [222], [277], [278];
correspondence with
—Ann Borrow, [365]-366
—G. H. Borrow, [157]-158, [246], [261]-274, [294], [374]-376, [379]-382
—Clarke, [216]-217
—Hake, [394]-396;
epitaph written for, by Borrow, [215];
family history of, [214]-217;
housekeeping genius of, [415];
marriage of, [157]-158, [225];
unpublished works of, [295];
death of, [383], [387].
---- Captain Thomas, [19], [20], [36], [49], [87], [293];
descent of, [2]-5;
military career of, [5]-7;
references to, in Lavengro, [8]-11;
prejudiced against the Irish, [50], [52];
pensioned off, [70];
his fight with Big Ben Brain, [126], [129].
---- William, [293].
Bowring, Sir John, collaboration with Borrow, [136];
correspondence of, with Borrow, [142]-152, [184]-186, [235], [401]-402;
described by Borrow, [141]-142;
Borrow's misunderstanding with, [290];
Borrow's relations with, [138]-152.
Boyd, Robert, [249].
Brace, Charles L., [264].
Brackenbury, Mr., letter from, to Borrow, [198]-200.
Brain, Big Ben, supposed fight between Captain Borrow and, [8], [9], [10];
career of, [129], [130].
Brandram, Rev. Mr., [159];
correspondence of, with Borrow, [171]-173, [180]-182, [189]-192, [221]-222;
letter from, to Mrs. Borrow, [188];
reproduction of portion of Borrow's letter to, [187].
Brightwell, Cecilia, letter from, to Mary Borrow, [16].
British and Foreign Bible Society, aided by the Gurneys, [62];
Borrow's connection with, [3], [133], [153]-196;
growth and procedure of, [155]-157;
sanctioned in Russia by the Czar, [156]-157;
number of bibles issued in Spain for three years up to 1913, [184];
work of, in Spain, [182]-200;
facsimile of an account with Borrow of the, [190];
breezy controversy between Borrow and the, [191].
Brodripp, A. A., [90].
Brontë, Charlotte, writes of Borrow with enthusiasm, [435].
Brontës, The, by Clement Shorter, quoted, [435].
Brooke, Rajah, [17], [71], [72].
Brown, Rev. Arthur, [40], [41].
Browne, Sir Thomas, [54].
Browning, Robert, [114].
Buchini, Antonio, Borrow's attendant in Spain, [189].
Bunsens, the invitation given to Borrow by, [245].
Bunyan, what Borrow owed to, [346].
Burcham, Thomas, [81];
letter from, to The Britannia on Lavengro, [17].
Burke, Edmund, [114].
Bury Post, The, account in, of lifesaving by Borrow at Yarmouth, [290].
Buxton, Sir T. F., [56].
---- Lady, [56], [58].
C
Cagliostro, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Caius, John, [71].
Campbell, Thomas, [82], [111].
Cannon, Sergeant, [5].
Canton, William, [156].
Carlyle, Thomas, [154], [163];
point of similitude between Borrow and, [377];
on Edward FitzGerald, [351];
prejudiced against Scott, [67], [108].
Celebrated Trials, Borrow's first piece of hack-work, [97];
payment made to Borrow for, [113];
distinguishing feature of, [114];
dramatic episodes in, [114]-116.
Celtic Bards, unpublished work of Borrow, [294], [404];
merits of, [408].
Chiefs and Kings, unpublished work of Borrow, [404];
merits of, [408].
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, picture by Haydon, [24].
Clarendon, Earl of, [289];
befriends Borrow in Spain, [140], [186];
career of, and services to Borrow, [210]-214;
facsimile of letter to Borrow from, [211].
Clarke, Lieutenant Henry, [216], [219].
---- Dr. Samuel, [71].
Cobbe, Frances Power, [344];
her opinion of Borrow, [154];
her story of Borrow and James Martineau, [77];
unkindly glimpses of Borrow given by—her character and works, [383]-385;
Borrow's rudeness to, [388].
Cobham, Lord, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Cockburn, Lord, on David Haggart, [46].
Coke, Lord Chief Justice, [71].
Collins, Mortimer, his appreciation of Wild Wales, [372]-373;
works of, [373].
Collinson, Robert, [383].
Combe, George, phrenological observations of, regarding David Haggart, [46].
Cooke, Robert, [361].
Cornhill Magazine, The, reviews Wild Wales unfavourably, 367.
'Corporation Feast, The,' plate of, borrowed for Life and Death of Faustus, [103].
Cowell, Professor E. C., friendship of, with FitzGerald, [354]-355;
describes interview with Borrow, [355]-357.
Cowper, poet, Borrow's devotion to, [2], [38].
Cozens-Hardy, A., [309].
Crabbe, Mrs., [419].
---- George, FitzGerald's letter to, [360].
Cribb, pugilist, [130], [131].
Croft, Sir Herbert, [115].
Crome, John, [21], [22], [56], [70].
Cunningham, Mrs., [56].
---- Allan, writes introduction in verse to Romantic Ballads; correspondence with
Borrow, [107];
encourages Borrow, [108]-109.
Cunningham, Rev. Francis, befriends Borrow with the Bible Society, [56], [62], [156], [158];
his praise of Borrow, [179], [218].
---- Rev. John W., [156], [217].
D
Dairyman's Daughter, The, extraordinary vogue of, [97];
Borrow's failure to appreciate, [155].
Dalrymple, Arthur, on schooldays of Borrow, [73]-74;
on Borrow and his wife, [225];
ridicules story of lifesaving by Borrow at Yarmouth, [291].
---- John, joins Borrow in a schoolboy escapade, [73], [75].
Darwin, Charles, facsimile of letter from, asking for information, regarding the dogs of Spain, from Borrow, [317]-318.
Death of Balder, The, translation by Borrow, [142], [295];
issued by Jarrold, [404].
Deceived Merman, The, versions by Borrow and Matthew Arnold compared, [109]-110.
Defoe, Daniel, Borrow's master in literature, [40], [135], [346].
Denniss, Rev. E. P., acrid correspondence between Borrow and, [313].
D'Eterville, Thomas, Borrow's teacher, [72]-73.
Diaz, Maria, Borrow's tribute to, [201].
Dickens, Charles, [345].
Dictionary of National Biography, article on Borrow in, [392].
Donne, W. B., letters to Borrow, [347], [361]-362;
awards high praise to Romany Rye and Lavengro, [347]-348.
Drake, William, description of Borrow by, [80].
Duff-Gordon, Lady A., [64].
Dumpling Green, birthplace of Borrow, [1], [2], [37].
Dutt, W. A., on Borrow and James Martineau, [75]-76;
on state of Oulton house after Borrow's death, [414].
E
East Dereham, described in Lavengro, [1], [38].
Eastern Daily Press, The, 'George Borrow Reminiscences' published in, [416]-420;
Miss Harvey's letter on Borrow in, [309]-311.
Eastlake, Lady, her description of Borrow, [260]-261.
Edinburgh, childhood of Borrow in, [45]-49.
Edinburgh Review, reviews Borrow's works, [227].
Egan, Pierce, [121].
Elwin, Rev. Whitwell, his estimate of Lavengro, [281], [283];
his interview with, and impressions of, Borrow, [284]-285;
letters to Borrow from, [286]-287;
reviews Romany Rye in Quarterly Review, [347];
writes obituary of Borrow in Athenæum, [391].
Enghien, Duc d', trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
English Gypsies, The, by Charles G. Leland, [233].
Essays Critical and Historical, by J. H. Newman, quoted, [345].
Examiner, The, at one time only paper read by Borrow, [402].
Excursions along the Shores of the Mediterranean, attractive glimpse of Borrow in,
202-207.
F
Fauntleroy, Henry, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [114]-115.
Faustus, translated by Borrow, [101]-106, [112], [139], [140];
burned by libraries of Norwich, [105];
criticisms on, [106].
Fell, Ralph, compiles memoirs of Phillips, [88].
Fenn, Lady, commemorated by Cowper, and in Lavengro—books for children by, [38].
---- Sir John, author of Paston Letters, [38].
Fielding, what Borrow owed to, [346].
Fig, James, [128].
Findlater, Jane H., on the title of The Bible in Spain, [238].
FitzGerald, Edward, parallel between Borrow and,—works of, [350]-351;
character and gifts of, [351];
marriage of, [352];
letters to Borrow, [351]-355, [359]-362;
criticises Borrow's expressions, [360].
Footprints of George Borrow, by A. G. Jayne, [202].
Ford, Richard, [227], [289];
family history and fortune of, [248]-249;
anti-democratic outlook of, [249];
his tribute to Borrow—reviews The Bible in Spain, [250];
correspondence with the Borrows, [133], [250]-259;
odd sentence referring to Borrow, in a letter of, [254];
advice given to Borrow by, [148], [276];
his ideas about Lavengro, [277];
on The Zincali, [228], [229];

his work, [133], [255], [257], [258].
---- Sir Richard, creator of mounted police force of London, [248].
Fox, Caroline, [159].
Francis, John Collins, [400].
Frazer's Magazine, Lavengro condemned by, [278].
French Prisoners of Norman Cross, The, by Rev. Arthur Brown, [40].
Fry, Elizabeth, [65]-66;
connection of, with Bible Society, [155];
the courtship of, [56]-57.
G
Garrick, David, [114].
'George Borrow Reminiscences,' by S. H. Baldrey, quoted, [416]-420.
George Borrow's Letters to the Bible Society, [162]-163.
George Borrow; The Man and his Work, account of Borrow's Cornish journey in, [294].
Gibson, Robin, [47].
Gifford, William, [99];
letter from, to Borrow, criticising a friend's play, [410]-412.
Gill, Rev. W., letter to Borrow from, [301].
Gypsies, language of, studied by Borrow, [3], [4];
Borrow's description of Hungarian, [265].
Gladstone, W. E., his admiration of The Bible in Spain, [313].
Glen, William, Borrow's friendship with, [162]-163.
Gould, J. C., [85].
Graydon, Lieutenant, a rival of Borrow in Spain, [189];
Borrow's attack upon, [191].
Groome, Archdeacon, his memories of Borrow's schooldays, [80].
---- F. H., gipsy scholar, [43];
writes introduction to Lavengro, [435];
reviews Romano Lavo-Lil, [232], [233]-234;
works of, [234].
Grundtvig, Mr., Borrow's translations for, [147], [149].
Gully, John, career of, [131].
Gunn, Rev. J., [414].
Gurdons, the, subscribe to Borrow's 'Romantic Ballads,' [110].
Gurney, Miss Anna, letter from, to Mrs. Borrow, [240]-241;
Borrow cross-examined in Arabic by, [316].
---- Daniel, [58].
---- John, [55]-56.
---- Joseph John, connection of with great bank, [56]-58;
and with Bible Society, [155];
his praise of Borrow, [179].
Gurneys, the, at Norwich, [55]-62;
subscribe to Borrow's 'Romantic Ballads,' [110].
Gurneys of Earlham, The, by A. J. C. Hare, quoted, [56].
Gypsies of Spain, The. See Zincali, The.
H
Hackman, Parson, trial of, in Borrow's volumes, [115].
Haggart, David, [20];
story of, [45]-48;
trial and execution of—verses written by, [49].
Hake, Egmont, article of, in Dictionary of National Biography, on Borrow, [392];
his reminiscence of Borrow, [397].
---- Dr. T. G., [74], [291];
on Lavengro, [278], [389], [390]-391;
his intimacy with Borrow, [389]-397;
relations of, with the Rossetti family, [389];
asperities of, when speaking of Borrow, [391], [392], [393];
memoir of, in the Athenæum, [391].
Hamilton, Duke of, [129].
Handbook for Travellers in Spain, by Richard Ford, [133];
Borrow's blundering review of, [255], [257];
Maxwell's praise of, [258].
Hare, Augustus J. C., [56].
Hares, the, [110].
Harper, Lieutenant, [32].
Harvey, Miss Elizabeth, her impressions of Borrow, [309]-312;
letters to Mrs. MacOubrey from, [429]-431.
Harveys, the, [110].
Hasfeld, John P., [244], [289];
Borrow's correspondence with, [163]-168;
high praise of Targum by, [408].
Hawkes, Robert, [25], [111];
painting of, [23]-24.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, suggestion of, as to gypsy descent of Borrow, [6], [12], [13].
Haydon, Benjamin, [111];
career of, [24]-27;
correspondence of, with Borrow, [25], [135]-136.
Hayim Ben Attar, Moorish servant of Borrow, [197], [222];
Borrow's precautions in repatriating, [306]-309.
Hazlitt, William, on prize-fighting, [126]-127.
Heenan, pugilist, [128].
Herne, Sanspirella, second wife of Ambrose Smith, [42]-43.
Hester, George P., writes to Borrow on possible connection between Sclaves and Saxons,
348-349.
Highland Society, the, Borrow's proposal to, [136]-137.
Hill, Mary, [48].
Historic Survey of German Poetry, by William Taylor, [68].
History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, by William Canton, [156].
Hooper, James, letter from Professor Cowell to, [355]-357.
Howell, State Trials of, [112], [113].
Howitt, Mary, her appreciation of Wild Wales, [369].
Hudson, pugilist, [130].
Hungary in 1851, glimpse of Borrow in, [264].
Hunt, Joseph, trial and execution of, [121]-123.
Hyde, Dr. Douglas, Irish scholar, [51];
success of Love Songs of Connaught by, [408].
I
Ida of Athens, judgment of Phillips on, [93].
Illustrated London News, The, [94];
Borrow's contribution to, on Runic stone, [301]-303.
Image, W. E., last survivor of Borrow's schoolfellows, [77].
In Gipsy Tents, by F. H. Groome, [43].
Ireland, Borrow's early years in, [49]-53;
his feelings as regards people and language of, [296]-297.
Iris, The, editing of, [67].
J
Jackson, John, pugilist, [127].
Jane Eyre, cruelly reviewed by Lady Eastlake, [260].
Jay, Elizabeth, on happy married life of the Borrows, [225].
---- George, Borrow on yacht of, [419]-420.
Jenkins, Mr. Herbert, [136], [148], [378], [387], [415].
Jerningham, Sir George, letter from, to Borrow, [198];
Borrow's complaints to, [212].
Jessopp, Dr., on Borrow as a pupil at the Grammar School, [72];
his admiration of Borrow, [314]-315.
Joan of Arc, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Johnson, publisher, his offers for The Wild Irish Girl, [92].
---- Catharine B., [361].
---- Dr. Samuel, [114];
on Ireland and Irish Literature, [51];
his kindness for pugilists, [127].
---- Tom, his fight with Brain, [129].
---- Lionel, his essay on Borrow, [435].
Jones, Ellen, on Borrow's pronunciation of Welsh, [378].
Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, [41], [44].
Jowett, Rev. Joseph, Secretary of the Bible Society, [62];
correspondence of, with Borrow, [162], [170]-171, [175].
Judgment of Solomon, painting by John Borrow, [21].
K
Kæmpe Viser, translation by Borrow, [143]-144.
Keate, Dr., [174].
Kerrison, Alladay, [84];
invites John Borrow to join him in Mexico, [27].
---- Roger, [84], [101];
Borrow's correspondence with, [85], [153].
---- Thomas, [84].
Kett, Robert, [54].
Kings and Earls, unpublished work of Borrow, [404];
merits of, [408].
Kingsley, Charles, [345].
King, Thomas, owner of the Borrow house in Willow Lane—descent of, from Archbishop Parker, [16]-17.
---- —— junior, career of—marries sister of J. S. Mill,—Burcham's allusion to, [16]-17.
---- Tom, conqueror of Heenan, [128].
Klinger, F. M. von, responsible for Borrow's first book—works of, [104].
Knapp, Dr., Life of Borrow by, [5] and passim;
purchases half the Borrow papers, [241].
L
Lambert, Daniel, gaoler of Phillips, [89].
Lamplighter, racehorse, Borrow's desire to see, [316].
Lang, Andrew, his onslaught on Borrow, [391].
Laurie, Sir Robert, [17].
Lavengro, appreciations of, [228]-230, [278], [389], [391];
autobiographical nature of, [1], [4], [6], [8], [10], [11], [52], [58]-62, [81], [83]-84, [96]-97, [279], [285]-
286, [379];
copies of, sold, [279], [287]-288;
criticisms and reviews of, [278]-279, [281], [347];
Donne on some reviewers of, [361]-362;
facsimile of first manuscript page of, [282];
greatness of, unrecognised in Borrow's lifetime, [312]-313;
original manuscript title-page of, [280];
preparation of manuscript of, [276]-277, [397];
Thurtell referred to in, [116]-117.
Leicester Herald started by Phillips, [88]-89.
Leland, Charles Godfrey, correspondence of, with Borrow, [230]-232;
his books—tribute to Borrow, [233].
Letters from Egypt, by Lady A. Duff-Gordon, [64].
Letters from George Borrow to the Bible Society, [159], [162], [163], [169];
valuable information in, [180]-181;
interesting facts revealed in, [241]-242;
quoted, [174], [175].
Letters of Richard Ford, [248], [249];
Borrow's mistake in reviewing, [255].
Life and Adventures of Joseph Sell, Borrow's story of the writing of, [102].
Life of Borrow, by Dr. Knapp, [5], [6], [8], and passim;
glimpse of Ann Perfrement's girlhood in, [13];
gruesome picture of circumstances of Borrow's death—strongly denounced by Henrietta MacOubrey, [414].
Life of B. R. Haydon, by Tom Taylor, [24], [25].
Life of David Haggart, by himself, [46].
Life of Frances Power Cobbe as told by Herself, glimpses of Borrow in, [383]-384.
Life of George Borrow, by Herbert Jenkins, [387], and passim;
valuable information in, [180]-181;
quoted, [261], [378].
Life of Howard, [90].
Life of Sir James Mackintosh, quoted, [64]-65.
Lights on Borrow, by Rev. A. Jessopp, D.D., quoted, [72].
Lipóftsof, worker for Bible Society, [169], [173].
Literary Gazette, The, reviews of Borrow's works in, [106], [227].
Lloyd, Miss M. C., [383].
Lofft, Capell, [90].
Lopez, Eduardo, [202].
---- Juan, Borrow's tribute to, [201]-202.
Love Songs of Connaught, by Dr. Hyde, success of, [408].
M
Macaulay, Zachary, connection of, with Bible Society, [155].
MacColl, Mr., [392].
Mace, Jem, [128].
Mackay, William, his impressions of Borrow related by, [316]-317.
MacOubrey, Dr., [335], [414], [415];
status and accomplishments of, [420];
pamphlets issued by, [421];
illness and death of, [431]-432.
MacOubrey, Henrietta, [155], [195], [216], [363], and passim;
on Borrow, [81];
Borrow's tribute to, in Wild Wales—her devotion to Borrow, [413];
unfounded stories of her neglect of Borrow, [414]-416;
correspondence of, [421]-431;
death of—inscription on tomb of, [432];
charitable bequests of, [431]-432.
Man, Isle of, Borrow's expedition to, [296]-303;
his investigations into the Manx language, [298]-299;
the Runic stone, [300]-303.
Marie Antoinette, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Martelli, C. F., his memories of Borrow, [86].
Martineau, David, [63].
---- Dr. James, on supposed gypsy descent of Borrow, [12]-13;
impressions of, as schoolfellow of Borrow, [62], [71], [74]-77.
---- Gaston, [63].
---- Harriet, [63];
on Borrow's connection with the Bible Society, [153]-154.
Matthew, Father, [66].
Mavor, Dr., school-books issued by, [94].
Maxwell, Sir W. S., praises Ford's book, [258];
criticises Lavengro, [278].
Meadows, Margaret, [63].
---- Sarah, [63].
Memoir of the Life and Writings of William Taylor of Norwich, A, by J. W. Robbards, [66].
Memoirs of Fifty Years, by T. G. Hake, [166], [390].
Memoirs of John Venning, [160].
Memoirs of Lady Morgan, quoted, [62].
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Sir Richard Phillips, [88].
Memoirs of Vidocq, translated by Borrow, [136].
Mendizábal, Borrow's interview with, [186], [214].
Men of the Time, biographical drafts drawn up by Borrow for, [3]-5.
Meyer, Dr. Kuno, Irish scholar, [51];
work of, in Irish literature, [408].
Mezzofanti, [209].
Miles, H. D., his defence of prize-fighting, [127].
Mill, John Stuart, Thomas King marries sister of, [16]-17.
Mitford, Miss, [25].
Moira, Lord, [89].
Mol, Benedict, [202], [239].
Montague, Basil, his reference to Mrs. John Taylor, [64]-65.
Monthly Magazine, The, [67], [69], [90], [113];
Borrow's work on, [97].
Moore, Thomas, [91].
More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, visit to gypsy encampment described in, [43].
Morgan, Lady, works of, published by Phillips, [91]-93.
Morrin, killed by David Haggart, [48].
Morris, Lewis, Welsh bard, [371].
---- Sir Lewis, letter to Borrow, [371]-372.
Mousehold Heath, historical and artistic associations of, [42], [54].
Mousha, introduces Borrow to Taylor, [83];
figures in Lavengro, [83]-84.
Murray, John, publishes The Zincali, [226]-227;
Borrow's relations with, [342]-343;
correspondence of Borrow with, [313], [342]-343.
---- Hon. R. D., [200].
Murtagh, Irish friend of Borrow—figures in Lavengro, [49]-52.
Museum, The, [89].
N
Nantes, Edict of, Borrow's ancestors driven from France by Revocation of, [4], [12], [63].
Napier, Admiral Sir C., [202].
---- Col. E., [138];
interesting account of Borrow by, [202]-207.
Nelson, Lord, a pupil of Norwich Grammar School, [71].
Newgate Calendar, edited by Borrow, [5], [112], [113].
Newgate Lives and Trials, Borrow's work on, [100].
Newman, Cardinal, influenced towards Roman Catholicism by Scott, [345].
New Monthly Magazine, The, [126].
New Testament, edited by Borrow in Manchu and Spanish, [3].
Ney, Marshal, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Nicholas, Thomas, [293].
Norfolk, Duke of, [89].
Norman Cross, French prisoners at, [7], [45];
Borrow's memories of, [40]-45.
Northern Skalds, unpublished work of Borrow, [404];
merits of, [408].
Norwich, [54], [86];
Borrow's description of, [82]-83;
satirised by Borrow, [103].
Novice, The, favourite book of William Pitt, [91]-92.
O
O'Connell, Daniel, Borrow's desire to see, [316].
Oliver, Tom, pugilist, [131].
Once a Week, Borrow contributes to, [387].
Opie, Mrs., [56].
Oracle, The, quoted, [129].
Orford, Col. Lord, [27], [31];
Ann Borrow's letter to, [33]-34.
Outlook, The, Lionel Johnson on Borrow in, quoted, [435]-436.
Overend and Gurney, banking firm, [57]-58.
Owen, Goronwy, Borrow's favourite Welsh bard, [377]-378, [407].
Owenson, Sydney. See Morgan, Lady.
P
Pahlin, [209].
Painter, Edward, pugilist, [131].
Palgrave, Sir Francis, letter to Borrow from, [108].
---- R. H. I., letters to Mrs. MacOubrey from, [431].
Palmer, Professor E. H., gypsy scholar, [232].
Park, Mr. Justice, [123].
Parker, Archbishop., pupil at Norwich Grammar School, [71].
---- Archbishop (temp. Queen Elizabeth) descent of Thomas King from, [16].
Paterson, John, work of, for Bible Society in Russia, [156].
Pennell, Mrs. Elizabeth Robins, her biography of Leland, quoted, [230]-231.
Perfrement, Mary, grandmother of Borrow, [2], [13].
---- Samuel, grandfather of Borrow, [2], [12]-13.
Personal and Family Glimpses of Remarkable People, by E. W. Whately, quoted, [385].
Peter Schlemihl, translated by Bowring, [141].
Petrie, George, correspondence of Borrow with, [336]-338.
Phillips, Lady, [90].
---- H. W., portrait of Borrow by, [382].
---- Sir Richard, [27], [69], [100];
early days of, [87]-88;
imprisonment of, [88]-89;
knighted, [94];
books published by, [90]-95;
relations of, with Borrow, [96]-100.
Phrenological Observations, etc., by George Combe, [46].
Picts, the, Borrow on, [336]-337.
Pilgrim, John, Borrow's visits to, [417]-420.
Pinkerton, literary hack, [88].
Pischel, Professor Richard, criticises Borrow's etymologies, [344].
Playfair, Dr., [387].
Pope, influence of, on Borrow, [407].
Pott, Dr. A. F., gypsy scholar, [232], [233].
Prayer Book and Homily Society, Borrow's correspondence with,

[176]-177.
Prize-fighting, Borrow's taste for, [11], [82], [126]-132.
Probert, witness against Thurtell, [121].
Prothero, Rowland E., [248], [249].
Purcell, pugilist, [130]-131.
Purland, Francis, companion of Borrow in schoolboy escapade, [73]-75.
---- Theodosius, [73]-75.
Pushkin, Alexander, Russian poet, translated by Borrow, [178].
Q
Quarterly Review, The,
review of Lavengro in, [281];
of Romany Rye in, [347].
R
Rackham, Tom, [79].
Rackhams, the, [110].
Raising of Lazarus, picture by Haydon, [24].
Randall, pugilist, [130].
Reay, Martha, murdered by Hackman, [115].
'Recollections of George Borrow,' by A. Egmont Hake in Athenæum, quoted, [397].
Reeve, Mr., on scene in Oulton house after Borrow's death, [414].
---- Henry, [64].
Res Judicatæ, by Augustine Birrell, [436].
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [114].
Richmond, pugilist, [130].
---- Legh, connection of, with Bible Society, [155].
Rights of Man, Phillips charged with selling, [89].
Robbards, J. W., writes memoir of William Taylor, [65]-66.
Robertson, George, [47].
Romance of Bookselling, by Mumby, [87].
Romano Lavo-Lil, manuscript of, [295];
published by Murray, [404];
reviews of, [232], [233], [234], [361].
Romantic Ballads, translation from the Danish by Borrow, [106]-111, [112], [139], [140].
Romany Rye, The, [4], [125], [141]-142, [305];
appreciations of, [228]-230, [234]-235, [349], [354], [391];
autobiographical nature of, [279]-280, [285]-286;
Borrow embittered by failure of, [347];
characters in, [343];
defects of Appendix, [344]-345;
facsimile of page of manuscript of, [346];
identification of localities of, [343]-344;
philological criticism of, [344];
preparation of manuscript of, [341];
quoted, [189];
reviews of, [347], [349].
Ross, Janet, [64].
Rowe, Quartermaster, [17].
Rubáiyát, Fitzgerald's paraphrase, [350];
quoted in original and translated, [353]-354;
Tennyson's eulogy of, [358].
Rye, Walter, [119].
S
St. Petersburg, Borrow in, [162]-178.
Sampson, John, eminent gypsy expert—extraordinary suggestion, of, regarding Borrow, [343];
criticises Borrow's etymologies, [344].
Sam the Jew, pugilist, [130].
Samuel, A. M., Lord Mayor of Norwich—presents Borrow house to Norwich, [16].
Sayers, Dr., [64].
---- Tom, pugilist, [130].
Scott, Sir Walter, [68];
Borrow's prejudice against, [19], [108], [344];
influence of, on J. H. Newman, [345];
Taylor's influence on, [66];
interest of, in Thurtell's trial, [121];
writings of, admired by Borrow, [344].
Scroggins, pugilist, [130].
Seccombe, Thomas, introduction to Lavengro by, [125], [435].
Servian Popular Poetry, by Bowring, [140].
Sharp, Granville, connection with Bible Society of, [155].
Shaw, G. B., his kindness for the pugilist, [127].
Shelton, pugilist, [130].
Sidney, Algernon, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Sigerson, Dr., Irish scholar, [51];
success of Bards of the Gael and Gaul, by, [408].
Simeon, Charles, connection with Bible Society of, [155].
Simpson, William, Borrow articled to, [79]-81;
described by Borrow, [80]-81.
Skepper, Anne, [157], [215], [216], [219].
---- Breame, [156], [157], [219].
---- Edmund, [215], [219].
---- Edward, [157].
Sleeping Bard, The, translation by Borrow, [137];
his mistakes in, [357];
refused by publishers, [322], [402], [404], [406], [408], [410];
printed at his own expense, [322].
Smiles, Samuel, on publication of The Zincali, [226]-227.
Smith, Ambrose, the Jasper Petulengro of Lavengro, [41]-45.
---- Fāden, [42].
---- Thomas, [44].
Songs from Scandinavia, translation by Borrow, [136];
prospectus of, [145];
future publication of, [406]-407;
page of manuscript of, [411].
Songs of Europe, metrical translation by Borrow, [294], [404].
Songs of Scotland, by Allan Cunningham, Borrow's appreciation of, [109].
Southey, Robert, affection of, for William Taylor, [66];
on death of Taylor, [69].
Spalding, Frederick, [351].
Spectator, The, point of view of criticism of Borrow of, [437];
reviews Wild Wales, [367].
Sphere, The, article on Borrow and Martineau in, [75]-76.
State Trials, [112]-113.
Stephen, Sir J. Fitzjames, [217].
---- Sir Leslie, [99].
Stevenson, R. L., perfunctory references to Borrow in writings of, [436].
Stoddard, Mr., Burcham's reference to, [17].
Story, A. T., reminiscences of Borrow by, [385]-387.
Struensee, Count, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes, [113].
Stuart, Mrs. James, [73].
Suffolk, Duke of, [64].
Summers, William, [184].
Swan, Rev. William, [169].
T
Talisman, The, translation by Borrow, [178].
Targum, translation by Borrow, [3], [297];
high praise of, [165]-166, [177], [178], [408];
facsimile of a poem from, [403].
Taylor, Anne, describes Borrow's appearance, [293].
---- Baron, Borrow's meeting with, [210].
---- Dr. John, [63].
---- John, [63].
---- Mrs. John, [55];
Basil Montague on, [64]-65.
---- Richard, [63].
---- Robert, [293].
---- Tom, author of Life of B. R. Haydon, [24], [25].
---- William, [55], [70];
dialogue in Lavengro between Borrow and, [8]-9, [83]-84;
gives Borrow lessons in German, [81]-82;
gives Borrow introductions to Phillips and Campbell, [84];
his love of paradox, [75];
influence of, on Borrow, [65];
Harriet Martineau on, [65]-66;
his friends and literary work, [66]-69;
correspondence with Southey, [67]-68;
his testimony to Borrow's knowledge of German, [101].
Taylors, the, at Norwich, [55], [63]-69.
Tennyson on enthusiasm for Lycidas, [278];
his eulogy of FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát, [358].
Thackeray, W. M., Borrow's attitude towards, [347], [393];
on Edward FitzGerald, [351];
Hake's severe reference to, [393].
Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, Critic, by James Douglas, quoted, [394].
Thompson, T. W., article of, on Jasper Petulengro, [44].
---- W. H., [357].
Three Generations of Englishwomen, by Janet Ross, [64].
Thurtell, Alderman, [120], [125].
---- John, [82], [111];
trial of—glimpses of, in Borrow's books, [116]-125;
great authors who have commented on crime of, [118].
Timbs, John, [111];
stories told by, [94], [95].
Tom of Bedford, pugilist, [131].
Treve, Captain, [17].
Turkish Jester, The, by Borrow, [295];
issued by Webber, [404].
Turner, Dawson, [243], [279].
---- Ned, pugilist, [130].
Twelve Essays on the Phenomena of Nature, Phillips anxious to produce in a German dress, [96].
Twelve Essays on the Proximate Causes, Borrow unable to translate into German— published in German, [99].
U
Universal Review, The, [99];
Borrow's work on, [97].
Upcher, A. W., contributes reminiscences of Borrow to the Athenæum, [316].
Usóz y Rio, Don Luis de, letters from, to Borrow, [207]-209.
V
Valpy, Rev. E., Borrow's schoolmaster—story of Borrow being flogged by, [73]-78.
Venning, John, work of, in Russia—befriends Borrow, [160]-161.
Victoria, Queen, visits gypsy encampment, [43].
Vidocq, [261];
memoirs of, translated by Borrow, [136].
W
Wahrheit und Dichtung, opening lines of, compared with those of Lavengro, [1].
Walks and Talks about London, [94];
story told of Phillips in, [95].
Walling, R. A. J., biography of Borrow by, [294]-295.
Walpole, Horace, on Mr. Fenn, [39].
Wanton, S. W., letter to Borrow from, [299]-300.
Waterfield, Mrs., [64].
Watts-Dunton, Theodore, criticism of Borrow's work, [347], [392];
description of personal appearance of Borrow, [397]-398;
friendship with Borrow, [317];
on intimacy between Borrow and Hake, [389]-391;
introduction to Lavengro by, [435], [436];
on Borrow's loyalty in friendship, [312];
on poetic gifts of Borrow, [406];
reminiscences of Borrow, [398]-400;
sonnet written by, [400].
Weare pamphlets, [120]-121.
---- William, murder of, [121], [122].
Webber, Borrow's books bought by, [414].
Westminster Review, [140].
Whately, Archdeacon, description of Borrow by, [385].
Whewell, Dr., [285].
Wilberforce, William, connection of, with Bible Society, [155].
Wilcock, Rev. J., his impressions of Borrow, [338]-339.
Wild Irish Girl, The, the publication of, [91], [92].
Wild Wales, [4], [6], [221], [383], [413];
appreciations of, [356], [360], [369], [372]-373;
comparative failure of, [367], [373];
comparison of, with Borrow's three other great works, [376]-377;
facsimiles of two pages from Borrow's pocket-books, and of title-page of manuscript, [365], [368];
high spirits of, [378];
Lope de Vega's ghost-story referred to in, [369];
reviews of, [367];
time taken to write, [366].
Wilhelm Meister, quoted, [154].
William Bodham Donne and his Friends, Borrow described in, [361].
Williams, Lieutenant, [32].
---- J. Evan, letter from Borrow to, on similarity of some Sclavonian and Welsh words, [369]-371.
Wolcot, Dr., [90].
Woodhouses, the, [111].
Wordsworth, Borrow's estimate of, [346]-347.
Wormius, Olaus, [82].
Wright, Dr. Aldis, [357], [363].
Y
Young Cottager, The, by Legh Richmond, extraordinary vogue of, [97].
Z
Zincali, The, work by Borrow, [3], [4], [42], [118];
reference to Borrow's travels in, [135];
criticisms of, [227]-229;
number of copies of, sold, [244];
editions of, issued, [226]-227.