English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 4: The Later Georges to Victoria - Donald Grant Mitchell

[87] Memoirs and Correspondence, 1885.

[88] Lang’s Lockhart, p. 42, vol. ii.

[89] Frederick Marryat, b. 1792; d. 1848; R. N., 1806; Commander, 1815; resigned, 1830. Frank Mildmay, 1829; Midshipman Easy, 1836; Peter Simple, 1837; Jacob Faithful, 1838; Life, by his daughter, Florence, 1872.

[90] Diary in America, by Captain F. Marryat, 1839.

[91] William Harrison Ainsworth, b 1805; d. 1882. Rookwood, 1834—chiefly notable for its wonderful description of Dick Turpin’s ride—upon Black Bess—from London to York. Tower of London, 1840.

[92] G. P. R. James, b. 1801; d. 1860. Richelieu (first novel), 1829; Darnley, 1830; One in a Thousand, 1835; Attila, 1837. His books count far above a hundred in number: Lowndes (Bohn) gives over seventy titles of novels alone. What he might have done, with a modern type-writer at command, it is painful to imagine.

INDEX.

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].