parentage, pp. 55-56.
birth, pp. 2, 56.
his name, pp. 2-4.
travelling with his father’s regiment, pp. 56-57.
at Pett, pp. 21, 56.
at Hythe, pp. 22, 56.
at Canterbury, p. 56.
at Dereham, pp. 56, 57.
at Norman Cross, and first meeting with Gypsies, p. 57.
at school at Dereham, Huddersfield and Edinburgh, p. 57; at Norwich Grammar School, p. 59; at the Protestant Academy, Clonmel, pp. 59-60; again at Norwich Grammar School, pp. 60, 61-64.
plays truant, pp. 13, 64.
breakdown in health at sixteen, pp. 32, 65.
articled to a solicitor at Norwich, p. 65.
frequents Taylor’s circle, pp. 66-72.
reads in the library of Norwich guildhall, p. 73.
publishes translations, pp. 73-80.
has another illness, p. 81.
goes to London, p. 81.
compiles “Celebrated Trials” and publishes translations and articles, p. 85.
ill again: leaves London and begins wandering, p. 96.
poisoned by Mrs. Herne, p. 70; meets Isopel Berners, id.
at Norwich in 1826, p. 112; in London in same year, id.
at Norwich in 1827, p. 113.
in London in 1829 and 1830, id.
at Norwich in 1830, p. 117.
meets Mrs. Clarke, 1832, p. 125.
interview with the Bible Society in same year, id.
sent to St. Petersburg, July, 1833, pp. 130-131.
travels to Novgorod and Moscow, p. 133.
leaves Russia in 1835, p. 133.
after a month in England, sails for Lisbon in November, 1835, p. 134.
crosses into Spain early in 1836, reaches Madrid, and returns to London in October, p. 135.
returns to Spain at the end of a month, p. 137.
quarrels with the Society, and is recalled in 1838, pp. 140-141.
returns to Spain at end of the same year, p. 141.
journeys to Tangier and Barbary in 1839, p. 143.
becomes engaged to Mrs. Clarke, p. 144.
leaves Spain finally in April, 1840, p. 145.
marries Mrs. Clarke, id.
settles at Oulton, p. 147.
publication of “The Zincali” in 1841, p. 147.
publication of “The Bible in Spain” in 1842, p. 166.
re-editions and translations of “The Bible in Spain,” p. 200.
his fame and popularity, id.
is not made a J.P., p. 201.
restless and unsatisfied, p. 202.
travels again in 1844, p. 203.
settles in England, p. 204.
writes “Lavengro,” p. 205.
publication of “Lavengro” in 1851, p. 212.
moves to Yarmouth in 1853, p. 207.
publication of “The Romany Rye” delayed, p. 212.
his annoyance at the criticisms of “Lavengro,” pp. 212, 253-254.
tours in Cornwall in 1853, p. 264.
in Wales in 1854, pp. 265-268.
in the Isle of Man in 1855, pp. 268-269.
in Wales in 1857, pp. 269-272.
in Scotland in 1858, pp. 272-273.
settles in London in 1860, p. 273.
visits Ireland in 1860, p. 273.
publication of “Wild Wales” in 1862, p. 275.
in Scotland and Ireland in 1866, p. 273.
in Sussex and Hampshire in 1868, p. 274.
meets Leland in 1870, pp. 308-309.
publication of “Romano Lavo-Lil” in 1874, p. 309.
anecdotes of Borrow ætat. 60-70, pp. 312-315.
leaves London and goes to Oulton in 1874, p. 315.
is often in Norwich, id.
death in 1881, p. 316.
(ii.) Character:—
appearance, pp. 55, 56, 61, 70, 105-106 (at twenty-two), 201-202 (at forty), 308 (at eighty).
portraits, pp. 105, 112, 204.
manners, pp. 170-172.
habits as a child, pp. 56, 60.
self-centred, p. 1; reserved and solitary, p. 70; melancholy, pp. 85, 110, 112, 117; mysterious and impressive, pp. 12-13, 19, 167; sensitive, p. 86
attacks of “horrors,” pp. 34, 98, 117 sqq., 131.
surly and ill-tempered in middle life, pp. 208, 209.
kindness to animals, pp. 210-211.
passion for horses, pp. 60, 107-109, 192, 203.
dislike of smoking, pp. 116, 315; and other prejudices, pp. 297-298.
attitude towards vagrants and criminals, pp. 258-263.
patriotism, pp. 214, 227-228.
religious belief, pp. 24, 30-31, 33, 50, 56-57, 71, 81, 114, 122-123, 126, 127-129, 168-169, 175, 218, 242, 299-300.
his memory, pp. 29-30, 70, 75.
(iii.) Characteristics as a Writer:—
collection and choice of material, pp. 20, 163-165, 218.
personality and observation, p. 148.
descriptive power, pp. 173-180.
vocabulary, pp. 226, 242.
use of the marvellous and supernatural, p. 85.
treatment of facts, pp. 2, 5, 12-13, 25, 27, 32, 35, 36, 39, 50-51, 93, 94, 95, 180, 188, 228-229.
use of dramatic re-appearances, pp. 11, 93, 185, 189-190, 229-230, 233, 254, 321.
love of mystery and romance, pp. 12, 193-194, 196, 217-218, 227, 320, 321.
final estimate, pp. 317-322.
(iv.) Literary Development:—
his imagination stimulated by Danish relics, p. 23.
his reading, pp. 40-51, 77-79, 85.
character of his early work, pp. 74-75, 77, 79-80, 117.
(v.) Knowledge of Languages:—