English Hours

by Henry James

INDEX

• Abergavenny, [247].
• “Adam Bede,” locality of, [216], [217].
• Aldeburgh, birthplace of Crabbe, [323], [324].
• Apsley House, [20], [21].
• Arnold, Matthew, [24];
  • “The Sick King in Bokhara,” quoted, [29].
• Avon River, [90].
• Baillie, Joanna, [44].
• Banbury, [218].
• Becket, Thomas A’, his assassination at Canterbury, [149], [150];
  • his shrine, [150], [151].
• Belgravia, [15], [16]; in dog-days, [154].
• Blackheath, the Common, [168].
• Black Prince, the (see [Edward Plantagenet]).
• Blunderstone, [318], [319].
• Bonchurch, [253], [254].
• Brighton, [278];
  • gaiety of, [279].
• Broughton Castle, [219], [220].
• Browning, Robert, [51-59].
• Buckingham Palace, [21], [23].
• Bury St. Edmunds, [266];
  • ruined abbey at, [267].
• Cambridge University, famous chapel of King’s College, [264], [265].
• Cambridgeshire, Newmarket Heath, [265], [266];
  • shooting-boxes in, [266];
  • Bury St. Edmunds, [266], [267].
• Canterbury, [142];
  • the cathedral, [147-152];
  • King’s School, [148], [149];
  • where Becket was killed, [149], [150];
  • tomb of the Black Prince, [150];
  • Lady Chapel, [151];
  • the pilgrimage to, [151].
• Charing Cross, [7];
  • railway station, [42].
• Chatsworth, [87].
• Chaucer, his story-telling cavalcade, [151].
• Chelsea, [42], [43].
• Chester, ancient wall, [62-67];
  • cathedral, [66], [72-76];
  • the Rows, [67-72];
  • Anglican service, [73], [74];
  • Canon Kingsley, [73-75].
• Chichester, the cathedral, [257], [260];
  • an old market cross, [259].
• Clapham, a classic community, [178], [179].
• Climate, richness of London, [17].
• Compton Wyniates, [220].
• Coventry, charity foundations, [210], [212], [213].
• Crabbe, George, birthplace of, [323], [324].
• “Daniel Deronda,” recalled in Warwickshire, [202], [203].
• “David Copperfield,” [290];
  • retrospective pictures in, [65];
  • sleeps under a cannon at Chatham, [145];
  • his birthplace visited, [317], [318];
  • home of the Peggottys, [319].
• “Denis Duval,” locality of, [288-315].
• Devonshire, beauties of, [93], [94].
• Dickens, Charles, retrospective pictures in “David Copperfield,” [65];
  • his Gadshill house, [143];
  • recalled by talkative shopkeeper, [144];
  • background of “Oliver Twist” identified, [274];
  • birthplace of David visited, [317], [318].
• Doré, Gustave, his drawing suggested by Devon seacoast, [104].
• Dover, [142].
• Du Maurier, George, [19].
• Dunwich, a desolate seaport, [320-322];
  • ruins of, [322], [323];
  • FitzGerald’s tribute to quaintness of, [323];
  • the Priory, [326];
  • inroads of the sea, [326], [327];
  • rural merry-making, [327], [328].
• Edward Plantagenet, his tomb, [150];
  • “Fleur-de-Lis” inn named in honour of, [151];
  • in the sea-fight off Winchelsea, [310].
• Edward III, fights Spaniards off Winchelsea, [310], [311].
• Eliot, George, characters in “Daniel Deronda” suggested, [202], [203];
  • locality of “Adam Bede” and “Middlemarch,” [216], [217].
• England, its social discipline, [121], [122];
  • universal church-going, [123-125];
  • social usages, [125], [126];
  • Easter exodus from London, [126];
  • holiday spirit, [128], [129];
  • Passion Week, [130-138];
  • its people handsome, [136-138];
  • its poverty depressing, [137];
  • proletariat funeral, [138-141];
  • no public entertainments, [157-159];
  • prestige of, [170-173];
  • the Egyptian occupation, [172], [173];
  • Derby Day, [175-188];
  • the country the basis of society, [176];
  • a rural Sunday, [204], [205];
  • types of English beauty, [206-208];
  • rural scenery, [225-230];
  • an English New Year, [269-275];
  • watering-places in winter, [277-286].
• Epsom, Derby Day, [175-188].
• Exeter, the cathedral, [95-97].
• FitzGerald, Edward, tribute to Suffolk in his “Letters,” [323];
  • fond of Crabbe’s birthplace, [323], [324].
• Fletcher, John, born at Rye, [309].
• Fog, London, [32], [33], [35], [131], [272].
• Foster, Birket, [327].
• Gladstone, William Ewart, speech on Egyptian occupation, [173].
• Glastonbury, [115], [116];
  • ruined abbey of, [115-117].
• Green Park, [21-23].
• Greenwich, [43];
  • dining at, [161-163];
  • river excursion to, [164], [165];
  • observatory and park, [166].
• Grosvenor Place, [21].
• Haddon Hall, [83-87].
• Hampstead, [43], [44].
• Hastings, [277];
  • a little London, [278], [279];
  • inns and hotels, [280-284];
  • a quiet retreat, [285], [286].
• “Henry Esmond,” lines from, recalled, [5], [6];
  • its Kensington setting, [44].
• Hyde Park, [18];
  • the Row, [19], [20];
  • the Corner, [20-23], [46];
  • in dog-days, [153].
• Ilfracombe, [97-101].
• “Ingoldsby Legends,” an incident suggests, [5].
• Isle of Wight, detestable railways of, [251];
  • Ryde, [251];
  • Ventnor, [251-253];
  • Bonchurch, [253], [254];
  • Shanklin, [254].
• Johnson, Samuel, first glimpse of Temple Bar, [79];
  • birthplace, [78-83].
• Jones, Inigo, [167].
• Kenilworth, [198-201].
• Kensington Gardens, enchanting vista in, [18].
• Kingsley, Charles, discourse at Chester, [74], [75].
• Lichfield, Dr. Johnson’s birth-house, [78];
  • cathedral, [79-83];
  • Haddon Hall, [83-87];
  • Chatsworth, [87].
• Liverpool, first impression of, [2], [3], [5];
  • journey from, to London, [3-5].
• London, first impressions of, [1], [4], [7], [8];
  • St. Paul’s, [4];
  • Morley’s Hotel, [4], [5];
  • Temple Bar, [5];
  • Ludgate Hill, [6];
  • Strand, [6], [7];
  • Charing Cross, [7];
  • Piccadilly, [7], [8];
  • its immensity an advantage, [8-13];
  • creeds and coteries, [11];
  • home of human race, [13];
  • headquarters of English speech, [14];
  • absence of style, [15];
  • accident of style replaces intention, [16], [17];
  • parks, [16-25];
  • rural impressions, [18], [19];
  • rustic walk from Notting Hill to Whitehall, [18-25];
  • Hyde Park, [19-22];
  • Hyde Park Corner, [20];
  • Grosvenor Place 21;
  • Apsley House, [20], [21];
  • Green Park, [21-23];
  • Buckingham Palace, [21-23];
  • levelling tendencies of London life, [25-28];
  • beautiful women the great admiration, [28];
  • liberal hospitality, [29];
  • cultivation of the abrupt, [29], [30];
  • lights and shades, [31-36], [134];
  • holidays, [34];
  • railway stations, [37], [38];
  • bookstalls, [38], [39];
  • Thames River, [40-43];
  • Hampstead, [43], [44];
  • Kensington, [44];
  • the Season, [45-51];
  • Easter exodus, [126-128];
  • Passion Week, [130-138];
  • architectural ugliness, [133], [134];
  • people of the slums, [137];
  • proletariat funeral, [138-141];
  • the Tower, [142], [143];
  • dog-days in, [153-161];
  • no “public fund” of amusement, [157-159];
  • tramps, [160], [161];
  • convivial gatherings, [162-164].
• Ludgate Hill, [6].
• Ludlow, a charming old town, [240];
  • provincial society at, [241-243].
• Lynton, [102-104].
• Mayfair, mind of, residences of, [15], [16].
• “Middlemarch,” locality of, [216], [217].
• “Mill on the Floss,” retrospective pictures in, [65].
• Milton, John, [14].
• Monmouthshire, April in, [245], [246];
  • the Skirrid, [246], [247];
  • Abergavenny, [247];
  • a mediæval church, [247-249];
  • feudal manors, [249], [250].
• Newmarket Heath, [265], [266].
• Notting Hill, rustic walk to Whitehall, [18-25].
• North Devon, [93-105];
  • Exeter Cathedral, [95-97];
  • beauties of Ilfracombe, [97-101];
  • Lynton, [102-104];
  • Somerset, [104], [105].
• Odger, George, radical agitator, his funeral, [138-141].
• “Oliver Twist,” visit to a workhouse recalls, [274].
• Oxford, [41];
  • at Commemoration, [189-196];
  • typifies union of science and sense, [261];
  • Trinity College, [261-264].
• “Pall Mall Gazette,” [176].
• Pall Mall, [32], [33].
• Piccadilly, [7], [8], [14], [21];
  • funeral procession on, [130], [140];
  • the “White House,” [177].
• Portsmouth, untidy and prosaic, [255], [256];
  • Nelson’s “Victory,” [256], [257].
• “Punch,” [7].
• Queen Anne, statue of, [6].
• Rembrandt, pictures at Warwick Castle, [90].
• Rochester, the Dickens country, [143-145];
  • Watts’s shelter, [144];
  • the cathedral, [145-147].
• Ryde, [251].
• Rye, locality of “Denis Duval,” [288-315];
  • old shipyards, [304], [306];
  • old gardens, [304-306];
  • haunt of artists, [306-308];
  • birthplace of Fletcher, [309];
  • landscape beauties, [313-315];
  • Romney Marsh, [314].
• St. Leonards, [278], [285].
• St. Paul’s, cathedral of, [4].
• Salisbury, the cathedral, [117], [118];
  • Stonehenge, [118], [119];
  • Wilton House, [119], [120].
• Scott, Sir Walter, [290];
  • locality of “Woodstock,” [221], [222].
• Serpentine, bridge over, [17], [18].
• Shakespeare, William, [14];
  • Warwickshire his country, [88], [213], [214];
  • his clowns, [201];
  • Dame Quickly’s ale-house identified, [201];
  • a garden setting for his comedies, [216].
• Shanklin, [254].
• “Sir Roger de Coverley,” visualized at Porlock, [105].
• Skirrid, the, [246], [247].
• Somerset, [104], [105].
• Stokesay, [236];
  • the castle, [237-240].
• Stonehenge, [118], [119].
• Strand, first walk in, [6];
  • Exeter Hall, [6], [7].
• Stratford, [201];
  • ideal home for a scholar, [214];
  • a modern house in, [215].
• Suffolk, locality of “David Copperfield,” [317-319];
  • Dunwich, [320-330];
  • Aldeburgh, [323], [324];
  • Wesselton, [325], [326].
• Swinburne, Algernon Charles, [323].
• Temple Bar, [5];
  • Dr. Johnson’s first glimpse, [79].
• Thackeray, William Makepeace, locality of “Denis Duval,” [288-315];
  • “Lovel the Widower,” [288];
  • Adventures of Philip, [288];
  • “Henry Esmond,” [289];
  • “The Roundabout Papers,” [295], [296].
• Thames River, [15];
  • beauties of, [40-42];
  • penny steamboats on, [142], [164], [165].
• Vandyck, Anthony, pictures at Warwick Castle, [90], [91];
  • portraits at Wilton House, [119], [120].
• Ventnor, [251-253].
• Warwick, [89];
  • the castle, [89-91];
  • Leicester’s Hospital, [210-212].
• Warwickshire, [87], [88];
  • centre of English life, [197];
  • Kenilworth, [198-201];
  • an old rectory, [201-207];
  • a Sunday in, [204], [205];
  • pretty girls of, [207], [208];
  • conservatism of, [208-210];
  • charitable institutions, [210-213];
  • Stratford, [214], [215];
  • Broughton Castle, [219], [220];
  • Compton Wyniates, [220];
  • Wroxton Abbey, [222], [223].
• Wells, the cathedral, [107-112];
  • the close, [112];
  • Bishop’s Palace, [113], [114];
  • beautiful church of St. Cuthbert, [114];
  • Glastonbury Abbey, [115-117].
• Wesley, John, his last sermon at Winchelsea, [309].
• Wesselton, [325], [326].
• Westminster, impressive towers of, [18], [23].
• Westminster Abbey, Browning in, [51-59];
  • Easter service at, [135].
• Winchelsea, locality of “Denis Duval,” [288-315];
  • inroads of the sea, [302];
  • her great church, [302], [303];
  • plans for expansion, [303], [304];
  • Wesley’s last sermon preached at, [309];
  • sea-fight with Spaniards in, [310];
  • atmospheric and colour effects at, [312], [313].
• “Woodstock,” its locality, [221], [222].
• Woolwich, walk from Blackheath to, [168];
  • the common, [169];
  • military college and arsenal, [169];
  • feelings inspired by, [170-173].
• Wroxton Abbey, [222], [223].
• Wye River, [83].