Dorothea Beale of Cheltenham

by Elizabeth Raikes

‘Among the most treasured memories of the present writer are those of certain Sunday afternoons spent at Cheltenham with Miss Beale, her great friend, Miss Buss, and another friend who has also entered into rest. After saying the Veni Creator together we talked with perfect openness of those things we most loved and dreaded. This close personal communion with such personalities as those of our two great leaders was at once a privilege and a responsibility. Mention has been made elsewhere of Miss Beale’s reading at College prayers. Even more penetratingly beautiful was her reading on some of those afternoons. In a time of great trouble she read to us Kingsley’s St. Maura. And the pathos with which she lingered on the words, “Who ever found the Cross a pleasant bed?” made, at least on one of her hearers, an indelible impression.

‘Perhaps the words which most adequately describe her whole life are, “I have set God always before me.” She has been, and still is, to those who knew her, a true Dorothea—the gift of God.’

E. T. Day.

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INDEX

• Address to Parents, [155].
• Aitken, Miss V., [258].
• Aldrich-Blake, Dr., [357], [362], [363].
• Alston, Miss, [30], [40], [62], [79], [97], [98].
• Alverstone, Lord, [340].
• Ambleside, [333], [388].
• Andrews, Miss A., [322], [323], [340], [344], [354], [358], [359], [361].
• Angélique, La Mère, [226].
• Arnold, Miss C., [161], [173], [246], [267], [268], [280], [282], [283], [372-389].
• Asquith, Mr., [340], [341].
• Assistant Mistresses’ Association, [294].
• Astell, Mrs., [252].
• Austin’s, St. (boarding-house), [247].
• Autobiography, Miss Beale’s, [3-13].
• Balliol College, [330].
• Barlow, Sir T., [123].
• Barnes, [66], [95], [96], [99].
• Barrett, Mrs., [79].
• —— Professor, [187], [198].
• Barry, Canon, [168].
• Bartholomew, Mrs., [7].
• Bath, [343].
• Batten, Mrs., [240].
• Battenberg, Princess Henry of, [334].
• Beale, Anna, [123].
• —— Dorothea, childhood, [1-9];
• schools, [9-14];
• home life, [15], [16], [60-66];
• Queen’s College, [20-35];
• Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, [98], [115];
• as teacher, [43], [45], [127], [254-275];
• early difficulties, [128];
• Blue-book, [138];
• as principal, [276-285];
• religious faith, [73-89], [187-202], [264], [268];
• honours, [319], [323], [324], [336], [339];
• letters, [150], [161], [162], [164], [192], [196], [197], [221], [239], [246], [251], [255], [266], [267], [268], [272], [273], [280-285], [287-290], [292], [296], [304-310], [314], [328], [332], [341], [342], [350], [357], [371-419].
• Beale, Edward, [15], [130], [Appendix E].
• —— Eliza, [8], [13], [66], [79], [338].
• —— Henry, [1].
• —— Miles, [1], [2], [6], [7], [20], [38], [39], [44], [45], [48], [49], [50], [53], [54], [56], [74], [76], [132].
• —— Mrs., [2], [95], [107], [130].
• Bedford College, [135].
• —— Duchess of, [347].
• —— High School, [352].
• Belcher, Miss, [152], [182], [265], [284], [352], [404-408], [416].
• Bell, Mr., J.P., [95], [100], [102], [107].
• Bellairs, Canon, [82], [86], [89], [97], [98], [102-107], [168], [238].
• Bennett, W. Sterndale, [23], [30].
• Benson, Archbishop, [287], [290], [388].
• —— Mrs., [287], [292], [400], [419].
• —— Miss, [352].
• Bernays, Professor, [23], [Appendix A].
• Berridge, Miss, [343].
• Bidder, Miss, [343].
• Blackwell, Dr. Elizabeth, [135].
• Blackwood, Lady Victoria, [329].
• Blenkarne, Mrs., [30], [79].
• Bloemfontein, [301].
• Boarding-houses, [89], [170-175].
• Body, Canon, [182], [249], [289], [291], [330], [386].
• Bonchurch, [331], [415].
• Boyd, Dean, [85], [94], [131].
• Bradfield, [333].
• Brancker, Mr. J. H., [112], [120-124], [165], [227], [228].
• Brasseur, Professor, [23], [28].
• Bray, Mrs., [13].
• Brewer, Professor, [23], [24].
• —— Miss, [94], [107], [113], [123], [131].
• Bromby, Bishop, [82], [86], [94], [115], [119], [132].
• —— Rev. G., [222], [224].
• Brown, Miss M., [276], [314].
• —— Dr. Morton, [168].
• Bruce, Miss, [243], [342].
• Bryant, Mrs., [348].
• Bryce, Sir J., [141], [325].
• —— Commission, [294], [325].
• Buckoll, Miss, [68].
• Budge, Professor, [355].
• Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, [336].
• Burney, Fanny, [83].
• Burrows, Mrs., [237].
• Burton, Canon, [37].
• Buss, Miss, [23], [24], [25], [27], [61], [123], [133], [135], [143], [145], [168], [169], [172], [174], [292], [293], [321], [323], [331], [382], [408].
• Caines, Miss, [170], [291], [338], [402].
• Caird, Dr. Edward, [378], [392].
• Cambray House, [90], [92], [108], [126].
• —— —— School, [246], [247].
• Cambridge, [330].
• Cardew, Dr., [359].
• Carpenter, Dr., [135].
• —— Mr. Lant, [413].
• Carter, Miss, [404], [407].
• Casterton, [33], [35], [36-61], [63], [66], [100], [175].
• Catherine, St., of Siena, [226].
• Charles, Mr. Justice, [173].
• Chart, the, [126], [261].
• Cheltenham, [66], [81], [82], [291], [337].
• —— College, [86].
• Child-Study Association, [295].
• Child, Dr., [235].
• Church Schools’ Company, [294].
• Clark, Rev. S., [24].
• Clarke, Miss Margaret, [180], [183], [282], [330], [331], [401], [408].
• Clewer, [134], [251].
• Close, Dean, [84], [85], [89], [100], [103], [131].
• Clough, Miss, [347].
• Coates, Mr., [411], [412].
• Cock, Rev. T. A., [24], [26], [29].
• Collet, Mrs. Mark, [400].
• Colson, M. Théodore, [112].
• Complin, Dorothea M. See [Mrs. Beale].
• —— Elizabeth, [2], [5].
• Compton, Bishop, Lord Alwyne, [234].
• Comyn, Dr. S. E., [87], [98], [105].
• Cooper, Mrs., [403].
• Corbet, Rev. R., [196], [197].
• Corbett, Miss, [241].
• Cornwallis, Archbishop, [3].
• Cornwallis, Caroline F., [2], [4], [5].
• —— Mrs., [2], [3].
• —— Rev., [2], [3].
• Coulson, Mrs., [113].
• Council, Ladies’ College, [163], [168].
• Cowan Bridge, [41].
• Cowley House, [330].
• Crawford, Annette Bear, [309].
• Creighton, Bishop, [242].
• Crosby Hall, [6], [11], [12].
• Curling, Dr. and Mrs., [96], [105].
• Daldy, Dr., [73].
• Davenport, Mrs., [23].
• Davies, Miss E., [137], [140], [143], [145].
• Davis, Rev. L., [17].
• Day, Miss E., [404], [Appendix F].
• —— Mr. Philip, [242].
• Degree, Edinburgh University, [339].
• De Morgan, Mr., [135].
• Denton, Rev. W., [42], [73], [76].
• Diary, Miss Beale’s, [70], [79], [105], [107], [181], [185], [189], [191], [195], [233], [255], [292], [330].
• Dobson, Rev. W., [87].
• —— Mr. Austin, [340].
• Dove, Miss, [327].
• Draper, Miss, [329].
• Drummond, Miss, [407].
• Dufferin, Lord, [329].
• Dunn, Mr. W., [168].
• Durham, [343].
• —— University, [324].
• Eaton, Miss, [123].
• Edinburgh, [339], [341].
• Edmonds, Miss, [284].
• Eliot, George, [379].
• Ellicott, Bishop, [89], [169], [206], [234], [349], [392].
• Elwall, Miss, [66], [79], [96].
• Endowed Schools’ Commission, [133], [136-145].
• Evans, Archdeacon, [42], [50].
• Examinations, [114], [124], [146], [153], [231].
• Fairbairn, Dr., [326].
• Fallières, M., [323].
• Fauconberg House, [169], [170], [291].
• Fermi, Miss, [360].
• Fielden, Mrs., [319].
• Fitch, Sir Joshua, [137], [138], [167], [284], [413].
• Fitzmaurice, Colonel, [87].
• Fliedner, Pastor, [66].
• Flower, Sir William, [319].
• Fontenay-aux-Roses, [322], [324].
• Forster, Mr., [138].
• Frankfort, [334].
• Fraser, Bishop, [409].
• —— Mrs., [129], [160].
• Frederick, the Empress, [81], [333].
• Freedom of Cheltenham, [336].
• French, Bishop, [330].
• Froebel Society, [294].
• Galloway, Miss, [342].
• Garnier-Gentilhomme, Mme., [320].
• Garrett, Miss, [135].
• Gedge, Rev. W. W., [168].
• George III., [82].
• Gilbert, Miss E., [23].
• Giles, Miss A., [344], [415-419].
• Girls’ Public Day-School Company, [123], [145], [166].
• Girton, [146].
• Gladstone, Mr., [134].
• —— Miss H., [305].
• Gleichen, Countess F., [334].
• Gloucester, [335], [367].
• —— Dean of, [219], [366].
• Gore, Miss, [360], [362], [399], [410].
• Governesses’ Benevolent Institution, [18], [19].
• Grahamstown, [301].
• Grant, Sir Ludovic, [340].
• Granville, Lord, [168].
• Green, Mr. T. H., [138].
• Greene, Mrs., [58], [102].
• Gresham Lectures, [12].
• Gretton, Miss, [352].
• Grey, Mrs. William, [140], [141], [145], [166], [172], [241], [304], [308], [383].
• Griffith, Mrs., [218].
• Grzywacz, Fräulein, [344], [360].
• Guernsey, [350].
• Guild, the, [213-221].
• —— —— Plays, [332], [355].
• —— —— Settlement, [221-225].
• Gull, Sir William, [123].
• Gurney, Mrs. Russell, [197], [198], [330], [387], [400].
• —— Rev. Alfred, [387].
• —— Miss M., [168].
• Guyon, Mme., [226].
• Hackett, Miss Maria, [7], [146].
• Hall, Dr. Stanley, [295].
• Harraden, Miss B., [205].
• Harris, Dr., [325].
• —— Hon. and Rev. C., [95].
• Harrison, Miss J., [152], [205].
• Hartland, Mr. N., [87], [93-95], [105], [120], [122].
• Hay, Mrs., [239].
• Hayes, Mrs., [24].
• Head-mistresses’ Association, [292], [293].
• —— Conference, [351], [404], [418].
• Helen’s, St., Church, Bishopsgate, [2], [8].
• —— —— (boarding-house), [170], [247].
• Hibbert-Ware, the Misses, [403].
• Hilda, St., [226], [234].
• Hilda’s, St., Association, [243].
• —— —— College, Cheltenham, [177], [227], [231], [235].
• —— —— East, [242], [331], [342], [356].
• —— —— Hall, Oxford, [235-240], [324], [388].
• —— —— Work, [243], [250], [251], [252].
• Hinton, James, [182], [186].
• History of the Ladies’ College, [205].
• Hitchin, [146].
• Holden, Rev. H. A., [87].
• Holland, Canon Francis, [125], [284].
• Hopkins, Miss Ellice, [186], [307], [308].
• House of Education, [333].
• Hullah, Mr. John, [23].
• Hutchinson, Canon, [338].
• Hyde Court, [1], [130], [182], [183], [185], [418].
• Illingworth, Rev. Dr., [330], [347].
• Ince, H., Outlines, [71], [73], [104].
• International Congress of Education, [320].
• Jackson, Bishop, [67].
• —— Rev. T., [69].
• Jervis, Rev. C., [84].
• Jex-Blake, Dean, [161], [167].
• —— Miss, [23].
• Johnson, Miss A., [410].
• —— Sir S., [345].
• Jowett, Dr., [329], [392].
• Jubilee of Ladies’ College, [348].
• Kaiserwerth, [64], [66-69].
• Kensington Society, [156].
• Ker, Miss F., [215], [239], [346].
• Keyl, Miss, [349].
• Kindergarten, [91], [244-246], [248].
• King, Miss, [23].
• Kingsley, Rev. C., [23], [24].
• Kirby Lonsdale, [40].
• Kitchin, Dean, [234], [238].
• Knight, Professor, [187].
• Kynaston, Canon, [168].
• Ladies’ College, [81], [82], [86], [109-130], [135], [157];
• new buildings, [158-163];
• constitution, [167], [169];
• extensions, organ, etc., [211], [212];
• Princess Hall, [331];
• science wing, [348].
• Lady Margaret Hall, [235], [237].
• Laing, Rev. D., [17], [20], [23], [24], [25], [28], [135].
• Lancaster, Mrs., [62-65], [67], [95], [97], [102], [250], [303].
• Lane, Miss, [362].
• Laurie, Miss, [410].
• —— Professor, [341].
• Leckhampton, [169], [333], [386].
• Lewis, Miss Wolseley, [266], [284], [332].
• Lloyd, Mrs., [112].
• Loan Fund, [230], [231].
• London, Bishop of, [248].
• —— Institution, [11].
• —— University, [338].
• Londonderry, Lord, [348].
• Longe, Mr. F. D., [168].
• Louch, Miss, [295], [387].
• Lowe, Mr., [165].
• Lumby, Miss A., [294], [346].
• Lyttelton, Lord, [168].
• M’Causland, General, [168].
• Mace, Mrs., [115], [404].
• Mackenzie, Prebendary, [6], [7], [42], [72], [76], [126], [146].
• Mackintosh, Sir J., [24].
• Magazine, Ladies’ College, [186], [203-210].
• Magrath, Rev. Dr., [348], [366].
• Manchester, [136].
• Mangnall’s Questions, [141], [340].
• Margaret’s, St., Bethnal Green, [241].
• Maria Grey Training College, [176].
• Marlborough, [416].
• Marriott, Mr. T., [168].
• Martin, Miss, [23], [407].
• Mason, Canon, [290], [305].
• Mason, Miss C., [295], [333].
• Maurice, Professor F. D., [20-24], [27], [28].
• Mayfield House, [225], [240], [241].
• Medd, Canon, [233].
• Mellish, Miss, [350].
• Merchant Taylors’ School, [15].
• Merritt, Mrs. Lea, [346].
• Michaelis, Mme., [245].
• Middleton, Mr. J., [162], [168].
• —— Mrs., [186].
• Milner, Miss E., [136].
• Missionary Study Circle, [301].
• Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, [304].
• Monroe, Mrs. E. H., [320].
• Monteagle, Lady, [24].
• Moyle, Mrs., [243], [419].
• Mugliston, Miss H., [219].
• Mulcaster, Miss, [94].
• Murray, Miss, [18], [19].
• Music-teaching, [110-112].
• National Education Association, U.S.A., [324].
• —— Vigilance Association, [308].
• Newcastle, [342].
• Newman, Miss C., [223], [224], [240], [310].
• —— Miss M., [176], [177], [227], [411].
• —— Francis, [195].
• —— J. H., [195].
• Nicolay, Rev. C. F., [25], [28], [114].
• Nightingale, Miss F., [67], [135].
• Nixon, Miss, [320], [411].
• Norman, Mr., [336].
• Northcote, Sir S., [138].
• Oakeley, Sir H. E., [248].
• Oeynhausen, [69], [344], [357].
• Officier d’Académie, [323].
• Oliver, Rev. J., [64].
• Ormerod, Miss, [340].
• Osborne, Mrs., [342].
• Overwork, [153], [278].
• Owen, Mrs. J., [168], [174], [186], [206], [213], [298], [299], [303].
• —— Mr. S., [124], [125].
• Paidologist, The, [295].
• Parents’ Educational Union, [295].
• Paris, [320], [329].
• Parratt, Sir W., [211].
• Parry, Miss, [26].
• Pearce, Colonel, [175].
• Phillipps, Miss L. March, [168].
• Piper, Miss, [136].
• Plumptre, Dean, [23], [26], [29], [33], [34], [35], [37], [39], [42], [56], [57], [72], [95].
• Plunket, Mr. W. L., [329].
• Procter, Mrs., [90], [92].
• —— Miss, [90], [92], [93], [94], [113], [115], [116], [164].
• —— Adelaide, [23].
• Pullen, Professor, [12].
• Pusey, Dr., [134].
• Queen’s College, [19-35], [131], [135].
• Radley, [330].
• Ramabai, Pundita, [299], [300], [301], [305].
• Reid, Mr., [135].
• —— Miss M., [410].
• Rein, Dr., [387].
• Retreats, [286-291].
• Reynolds, Mrs., [243].
• —— Miss, [97].
• Richardson, Miss M., [78].
• Riddle, Rev. A. E., [132].
• Ridley, Miss A., [169], [293].
• Rix, Mr. and Mrs., [363].
• Robertson, Rev. F., [86].
• Robinson, Mrs. C., [221], [255], [352]. See [Miss C. Arnold].
• Rooke, Mr. T. M., [168].
• Rowand, Miss, [359], [361], [362], [402].
• Rowley, Miss, [33].
• Rücker, Sir A., [340], [341].
• Ruskin, Mr., [136], [137];
• letters, [207-212], [314-318].
• Russell, Major-General, [334].
• Ryan, Sir E., [168].
• Saintsbury, Professor, [341].
• Salazaro, Signora Zampini, [320].
• Samuelson, Lady, [320].
• Saumerez, Lord de, [89].
• Scholarships, [175], [176], [230], [239].
• Self-Examination Questions, [73], [Appendix C].
• Sélincourt, Mr. de, [416].
• Selwyn, Miss, [176].
• Sewell, Miss E., [135], [136], [358], [415].
• —— Mrs., [15].
• Shannon, Mr. J. J., [347].
• Shepheard, Rev. H., [53], [57], [58], [96], [99], [103], [105].
• —— Mrs., [58].
• Shields, Mr. F., [315], [416].
• Shireff, Miss, [145], [305].
• Shorthouse, Mr. S., [209].
• Simeon, Rev. C., [84].
• Sinclair, Miss M., [205].
• Smith, Mrs. Ashley, [215-218], [411].
• —— Rev. Charles, [330].
• —— Professor G. A., [342].
• Soames, Miss, [227].
• Social Science Congress, [138], [146], [147], [155], [156], [166], [409].
• Somervell, Mrs. A., [320].
• Somerville College, [235].
• Soulsby, Mrs., [290].
• —— Miss, [327], [328].
• Stanley, Lady, of Alderley, [24].
• —— Hon. Lyulph, [321].
• Stanton, Rev. V. H., [289], [290], [292].
• Stepney, Bishop of, [356], [367].
• Stevenson, the Misses, [342].
• Stirling, Miss, [345], [346].
• Stoke, [190].
• Storrar, Dr., [144], [168].
• Storrs, Mr., [146].
• Story, Dr., [342].
• Strettel, Rev. A. B., [25].
• Strong, Miss L., [301], [328], [338], [401], [404], [408].
• Stroud, [1], [388].
• Stubbs, Bishop, [238].
• Sturge, Miss, [360], [361], [365], [408].
• Sudeley Castle, [392].
• Swanwick, Miss A., [393].
• Symonds. Rev. W., [6].
• Synge, Miss B., [205].
• Tait, Miss, [419].
• Tallents, Mrs., [349].
• Teachers’ Guild, [294].
• Temple, Bishop, [138].
• Tennyson, Alfred, [19], [137].
• Textbook of General History, [66], [70], [73], [95], [99], [104], [261], [Appendix B].
• Thompson, Miss, [212].
• Tiesset, M. and Mademoiselle, [113].
• Training of Teachers, [29], [86], [151], [176], [228], [229], [231], [246], [249], [277], [289], [409].
• Trench, Dean, [23], [24], [67], [95].
• Trimmer, James, [3].
• —— Sarah, [3].
• Tuke, Sir John Batty, [340].
• Twining, Miss, [24], [65].
• Vaccination, [335].
• Verrall, Mr. H., [165], [167], [168].
• —— Miss A., [241].
• Victoria, Queen, [334], [338], [367].
• Vincent, Miss, [58], [99].
• Wantage, [13], [299].
• Wardell, Miss, [23].
• Webb, Bishop, [302].
• —— Mr. S., [387].
• Wedgwood, Mrs., [25], [43].
• —— Miss, [22], [350].
• Welldon, Miss, [245].
• Wellington, Duke of, [83], [108].
• Wells, Mrs., [239], [403].
• Westcott, Bishop, [206].
• Weston, Miss Agnes, [310].
• Widgery, Mr., [321].
• Wilderspin, Miss, [246].
• Wilkinson, Bishop, [186], [281], [286], [374], [377], [378], [380], [382], [383], [385].
• Wilson, Rev. C., [40], [41], [58], [102].
• —— Mr. E. T., [168].
• Winkworth, Miss C., [168].
• Withiel, Mrs., [294].
• Wood, Lady Page, [24].
• —— Miss S., [152], [400], [408].
• Woodchester, [331], [338].
• Woodhouse, Mrs., [354], [404].
• Wordsworth, Miss, [347].
• Work and Play, [326-329].
• Working Men’s College, Cheltenham, [297].
• Worsley, Rev. E., [335], [357].
• Wright, Dr., [319].
• York, [343].

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