George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 3 (of 3)

by George Eliot

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INDEX.

• "Abode of Snow," by Andrew Wilson, iii. [190].
• A breezy common, iii. [108].
• "Adam Bede," progress of, i. [338];
  • second volume finished in Dresden, ii. [42];
  • £800 offered for copyright for four years, [47];
  • its history, [48-52];
  • author's love of, [51];
  • subscription to, [59];
  • cheap edition suggested by working man, [66];
  • sale increasing, [67], [68];
  • quoted in House of Commons, [69];
  • French translation proposed, [73];
  • additional £400 from publishers, [80];
  • fourth edition (5000) sold in a fortnight, [88];
  • sixth edition, [96];
  • seventh edition (2000), [101];
  • Blackwoods propose to pay £800 above agreed price, [101];
  • 16,000 copies sold in one year, [105];
  • copyright conceded, [111];
  • third volume written in six weeks, [113].
• "Adam Bede, Junior," a sequel, advertised, ii. [104].
• "Address to the Working Men," by Felix Holt, iii. [18].
• Adler, Dr. Hermann, appreciation of Jewish character in "Deronda," iii. [207];
  • lecture on "Deronda" by, [215].
• Æsthetic teaching the highest of all teaching, ii. [318].
• Æsthetic, the, not a doctrinal teacher, iii. [237].
• Afghanistan, effect of the sad news from, iii. [278].
• "Agatha" sold to Fields & Osgood for Atlantic Monthly, iii. [63].
• Aix to Vevey, journey to, iii. [205].
• Allbut, Dr. Clifford, Leeds, iii. [41], [42].
• Allingham, William, letter to, on Midland dialect, iii. [218];
  • on his poems, [226].
• Altruism, the need of, iii. [178], [179].
• Amalfi, grand drive, ii. [153].
• America, interest in, i. [219];
  • the war in, anxiety regarding, ii. [242];
  • delight in descriptions of, iii. [115];
  • invited to visit, [118].
• Amsterdam, Jewish synagogues in, ii. [317].
• "An Inquiry concerning the Origin of Christianity," by Charles Hennell, influence of, on George Eliot, i. [68];
  • read again with admiration, [119].
• Anders, Mr., apologizes for the Liggins business, ii. [78].
• Antwerp, pictures at, i. [239], [240].
• Apennines, across the, ii. [168].
• Application, persistence in, iii. [304].
• Appreciation of Dickens's letter, ii. [6].
• Ardennes, journey to the, iii. [176].
• "Aristotle," by G. H. Lewes, ii. [271].
• "Armgart," a dramatic poem, iii. [85].
• Art, the function of, iii. [144];
  • purpose in, [144].
• Articles written by Mr. Lewes, iii. [260], [261];
  • by military men, [265].
• Ashantee War, the, iii. [157].
• Asher's cheap editions of "George Eliot," iii. [124].
• Atkinson, Mr., i. [193].
• Australia, proposed visit to, i. [221].
• Authors and booksellers, meeting of, i. [201].
• Authorship acknowledged to the Brays and Miss Hennell, ii. [83].
• Autobiography, repugnance to, iii. [221].
• Autumn, love for, i. [67]; ii. [263], [264].
• "A Word for the Germans," ii. [288].
• Aytoun, Professor, admiration of "Gilfil's Love-Story," i. [326];
  • on "Adam Bede," ii. [81].

• Bâle, a morning in, ii. [87].
• Ballot, dislike of the, iii. [49];
  • the first experiment of the, [161].
• Balzac, a saying of, iii, [41].
• Bancroft, American Minister, Berlin, on "Middlemarch," iii. [157].
• Bank of England visited, iii. [176].
• "Beata," by T. A. Trollope, ii. [239].
• Bedworth, country about, i. [5-7].
• Beesley, Professor Edmund Spencer, iii. [64].
• Bellagio and the Splügen Pass, ii. [181].
• Benisch, Dr., editor of Jewish Chronicle, iii. [216].
• Berlin, popularity of "Middlemarch" in, iii. [157].
• Berlin, visit to the Charité, iii. [77];
  • society and music at, [77];
  • increase in luxury in, [78].
• Berlin recollections: meets Varnhagen, i. [251], [252];
  • impressions of the city, [251];
  • new acquaintances, [253];
  • portrait of Kleist, [253];
  • Fräulein Solmar's salon, [253];
  • General Pfuhl, [254];
  • Baron Sternberg, [254];
  • "Lisez les Chroniques," [254];
  • Professor Gruppe, [255], [263];
  • Waagen on Goethe, [256];
  • Edward Magnus, [257];
  • celebrities, [258];
  • Professor Stahr, [258], [263];
  • Schiller's portrait, [258];
  • Rauch the sculptor, [258];
  • his atelier, [259], [260];
  • Dessoir the actor, [260];
  • "Nathan der Weise," [261];
  • Johanna Wagner, [261];
  • Gluck's "Orpheus," [261];
  • Roger and Arabella Goddard, [264];
  • Vivier anecdotes, [264], [265];
  • works of art, [265];
  • evenings in, [266];
  • table d'hôte, reading between the courses, [266];
  • work at and books read, [268];
  • translating Spinoza's "Ethics," [268];
  • remarks on books read, [270];
  • return to England, [271].
• Bethnal Green, pictures at, iii. [128].
• Biarritz, its natural beauties, iii. [2];
  • the Chambre de l'Amour, [2];
  • journey to Barcelona from, [4].
• Bible and the Liturgy of the English Church, ii. [226].
• Bible reading, iii. [302].
• Bickley, country-house at, iii. [152].
• Birthday greetings, iii. [47].
• Bishop Steignton, visit to, i. [185].
• Blackie, Professor, Edinburgh, letter of sympathy from, ii. [111], [113].
• Blackwood's Magazine on "Adam Bede," ii. [70].
• Blackwood, John, his favorable opinion of "Amos Barton," i. [302];
  • accepts it for "Maga," [304];
  • receives kind letter from author, [307];
  • cautions regarding "huddling up stories," [319];
  • not enthusiastic about "Janet's Repentance," [326];
  • calls on Lewes, and George Eliot reveals herself, ii. [10];
  • letter from George Eliot on artistic combination, [31];
  • offers £800 for copyright of "Adam Bede" for four years, [47];
  • letter to, regarding Liggins, [73];
  • his liberal treatment of George Eliot, [102];
  • proposals for "Mill on the Floss," [110];
  • concedes copyright of "Adam Bede," [111];
  • suggests title of "Mill on the Floss," [112];
  • letter from author on finishing "Mill on the Floss," [114];
  • letter to, from George Eliot at Berne, [182], [183];
  • do. from Florence, [218];
  • offers £5000 for "Felix Holt," [308];
  • letters to, about "Spanish Gypsy," iii. [16], [26];
  • about Scott Commemoration, [97];
  • "Middlemarch," [103];
  • his favorable impressions of "Middlemarch," [106];
  • letter to, from Homburg, [123];
  • New Year's greetings from George Eliot, [138];
  • letter on "Middlemarch," [153];
  • on another book simmering in her head, [157];
  • on corrected edition of "Spanish Gypsy," [161], [162];
  • letter to, with volume of poems, [164];
  • on printing of "Deronda," [190], [191], [197];
  • on re-reading "Romola," [217], [218];
  • offers for second ten-years' copyright, [230];
  • letter to, declining invitation to Strathtyrum, [237];
  • on her continued ill-health, [244];
  • his death, [276].
• Blackwood, Major, his opinion of "Amos Barton," i. [306];
  • hopeful about the "Scenes," [342];
  • calls on Lewes, and suspects identity of George Eliot, [342];
  • letter regarding the Liggins affair, ii. [81];
  • letter from author on "Mill on the Floss," [167].
• Blackwood, William, his favorable news of "Clerical Life," ii. [116];
  • letter to, on Mr. Lewes's illness, iii. [239];
  • on "Theophrastus Such," [254], [263], [271].
• Blanc, Louis, anecdote of, i. [195].
• Bodichon, Madame, discovers author of "Adam Bede," ii. [77];
  • letters to: on artistic combinations, [93];
  • on Mrs. Gaskell's letter, [107];
  • the rewards of the artist, [107];
  • on settling in London, [198];
  • on religious forms and ceremonies, [205];
  • on the necessity of sympathy, [268];
  • on her Spanish tour, iii. [4];
  • on cheerfulness, [172];
  • on "Deronda," [198];
  • on woman's work, [208];
  • on her illness, [225];
  • on improvement in health, [252];
  • letter regarding "Lewes Studentship," [267];
  • letter announcing her marriage, [283];
  • on sympathy with marriage, [289].
• Bohn, Madame, visit from, ii. [293].
• Bologna, its pictures and churches, ii. [169];
  • the leaning towers, [170].
• Bonham-Carter, Miss, letter to, from Madame Bodichon, iii. [264].
• Bonheur, Rosa, her pictures, i. [333].
• Books belong to successive mental phases, ii. [211].
• Books read at Malvern, 1861, ii. [228-230], [234-236].
• Books read, with remarks on, i. [268-271], [322], [341], [344]; ii. [58], [299]; iii. [25], [41], [68], [71], [72].
• Booksellers and authors, meeting of, i. [201].
• Bookstalls, literary taste at, iii. [51].
• Brabant, Miss, i. [85].
• Bracebridge, Mr., and Liggins, ii. [99].
• Bray, Charles, his work, "The Philosophy of Necessity," i. [67];
  • influence of his opinions, [68];
  • words of affection in time of depression, [135];
  • letter to, on rumors of authorship, ii. [13].
• Bray, Mrs., letters to: on favorite books, i. [86];
  • reading and music, [87];
  • poetry of Christianity, [93];
  • chameleon-like nature, [158];
  • orthodox friends, [162];
  • anxiety for letters, [164];
  • need of encouragement, [165];
  • life in Geneva, [169], [170];
  • Christmas wishes, [174];
  • severe winter, [175];
  • yearning for friends at home, [175];
  • a singular advertisement, [195];
  • Westminster reviewers, [199];
  • love for music, [202];
  • feels well and "plucky," [207];
  • in Edinburgh again, [211];
  • pleasant travelling, [213];
  • a Saturday's work, [214];
  • work in the Strand, [215];
  • domestic grievances, [229];
  • view of union with Mr. Lewes, [235];
  • on careless cooking, [316];
  • on the charms of Richmond Park, [326];
  • unbelief in others' love, [337];
  • authorship acknowledged to, ii. [83];
  • recollections of journey of 1849, [191];
  • asking for music, [241];
  • on her "Physiology for Schools," [267];
  • on writing poetry instead of novels, iii. [31];
  • on happiness in recovery, [313].
• Bremer, Frederica, i. [188], [190].
• Brewing interest in Parliament, the, iii. [188], [189].
• Brewster, Sir David, i. [190].
• Bridges, Dr., Leeds, iii. [42].
• Bright on Ireland, iii. [56].
• Brittany, trip to, ii. [296].
• Broadstairs, delight with, i. [205].
• Brodie, Sir Benjamin, iii. [80].
• Brontë, Charlotte, life of, i. [317].
• Brooks, Shirley, delighted with "Adam Bede," ii. [70].
• "Brother Jacob" written, ii. [199].
• "Brother and Sister," sonnets, iii. [70].
• Brougham, Lord, a delicious non sequitur, i. [214].
• Brown, Dr. John, sends "Rab and his Friends" to author of "Adam Bede," ii. [60];
  • kindly letter in reply, [60].
• Brown, J. C., "Ethics of George Eliot's Works," iii. [266].
• Browne, Dr., chemist, Edinburgh, i. [195].
• Browning, first visit from, ii. [249];
  • "Elisha," iii. [56].
• Browning, Mrs., her "Casa Guidi Windows", ii. [243].
• Buchanan, Robert, his "David Grey," ii. [273].
• Buckle, personal dislike to, ii. [47].
• Buckle's "History of Civilization," i. [341], [345].
• Buckle's ideal not George Eliot's, ii. [220].
• Bulstrode, new view of, iii. [133].
• Bunyan, reading again with pleasure, ii. [105].
• Burne-Jones, Edward, letter to, on the function of art, iii. [144].
• Burne-Jones, Mrs., iii. [29];
  • letter to, on the serious view of life, [172];
  • on her illness, [185];
  • on Christmas plans, [232];
  • on her sense of depression, [239].
• Burton, Mr., wishes to take portrait, ii. [273];
  • his picture of a knight in armor, [277].
• Burton, Sir Frederick, Director of the National Gallery, ii. [240].
• Byron, a vulgar-minded genius, iii. [72].

• Call, Mr., author of "Reverberations and other Poems," i. [335].
• Calvinism, a libel on, iii. [88].
• Camaldoli, expedition to, ii. [221].
• Cambridge, a visit to, iii. [147];
  • a group of "Trinity" men, [147].
• Cambridgeshire, visit to, iii. [299].
• Caricature, a bastard kind of satire, iii. [228].
• Caritas, the highest love, ii. [252].
• Carlyle, Mrs., pleasant letter from, ii. [7];
  • her conception of George Eliot, [8].
• Carlyle, on the Glasgow artisan, i. [55];
  • eulogium on Emerson, [140];
  • "Life of Sterling," [189];
  • anecdotes of, [190], [257];
  • his denunciation of the opera, [192];
  • letter to George Eliot on "Frederic," [343];
  • G. A. anxious he should read her novels, ii. [63].
• "Carlyle's Memoirs," ii. [208].
• Catholicity of judgment, iii. [307].
• Cavour, Count, ii. [122], [143].
• Cerebellum, function of the, i. [210].
• Chapman, Mrs., on Harriet Martineau, iii. [220].
• Charade party, failure of, ii. [287].
• Charity of the Apostle Paul, the, ii. [251].
• Chart of Ecclesiastical History, i. [45].
• Cheap books, opinion of, iii. [154].
• Cheap edition of "Adam Bede" suggested by working man, ii. [66].
• Cheap editions of novels, arrangements for, iii. [10].
• Cheap music in England, ii. [81].
• Cheerful, now uniformly, iii. [172].
• Chiem See, journey by, ii. [34].
• Childhood's real feelings, i. [91].
• Child's idea of God, a, i. [153], [154].
• Chills, spiritual and physical, iii. [120].
• Chioggia, journey to, ii. [177].
• "Christianity and Infidelity," Baillie Prize Essay, i. [311].
• Chronological order in writing, ii. [211].
• Church-going resumed, i. [82].
• Clark, Sir James, pleasant evening with, i. [222];
  • meeting with, [226], [230].
• Clark, W. G., late public orator at Cambridge, ii. [240];
  • visit to, at Cambridge, iii. [24];
  • resigns his oratorship, [74].
• "Clerical Tutor," discouraged to proceed with, i. [336].
• Club criticism of "Amos Barton," i. [308].
• Coaching days, i. [7].
• Cobbe, Miss, her introduction to Theodore Parker, ii. [253].
• Cobden, disappointed with, i. [196].
• Cologne, journey to, i. [267].
• Colossians, Epistle to the, i. [51].
• Combe, George, friendship with, i. [186];
  • on the Westminster, [204];
  • visit to, in Edinburgh, [211].
• Comprehensive Church, one, iii. [175].
• Comte and his critics, ii. [224];
  • admiration of, [224];
  • delight in his "Politique," iii. [2].
• Comte's "Discours Préliminaire," ii. [264].
• Comte's works, reading, iii. [302].
• Conceptions of new work, iii. [233].
• Confidence, desire for, i. [128].
• Conformity, letter to J. W. Cross on, iii. [155].
• Congreve, Mrs., letters to, ii. [82], [84], [141];
  • visits George Eliot in London, [232];
  • letter to, on Thornton Lewes's illness, iii. [63];
  • leaves for India, [132];
  • returns to Europe, [145];
  • letter to, after marriage with Mr. Cross, [292];
  • invited to Cheyne Walk, [314].
• Congreve, Richard, ii. [62], [67], [73];
  • friendship of Mr. and Mrs., [76], [80];
  • Christmas Day with, [110];
  • his lectures on Positivism, iii. [12];
  • his article Huxley on Comte, [58].
• Conolly, Dr., i. [233].
• Conscience in work, iii. [27].
• Conservative reaction, on the, iii. [143].
• Contemporary fiction, iii. [183].
• Continent, start for, visiting Fontainebleau, Plombières, iii. [149];
  • three months' trip to the, [205].
• Continental tour, six weeks' journey to Baden, etc., iii. [37];
  • St. Märgen, [37];
  • peasant proprietors in the Black Forest, [38].
• Continental trip with the Brays, i. [150].
• Coquelin's acting, iii. [263].
• Correggio's Madonnas, ii. [43].
• Correspondence, views on, i. [134].
• Country, delight in the, iii. [154].
• Country districts, remoteness of, i. [5].
• Country-house, visions of a, ii. [61].
• Country life, monotony of, i. [25];
  • enjoyment of, ii. [275].
• Country quiet, the benefits of, iii. [110].
• Critical attitude, the, iii. [79].
• Criticism, sensibility to, ii. [63].
• Critics, indifference to opinions of, iii. [224].
• Cross, J. W., first meeting at Rome with George Eliot, iii. [59];
  • meet again at Weybridge, [71];
  • letter to, on buying a house, [131];
  • on conformity, [155];
  • on depression, [187];
  • on effect of her writing, [204];
  • on Tennyson, [229];
  • letters to, after Lewes's death, [250-252];
  • his engagement, [279];
  • his marriage, [282];
  • illness in Venice, [294].
• Cross, Miss Eleanor, letter to, iii. [276];
  • on her engagement to Mr. Cross, [279];
  • on her marriage tour, [283].
• Cross, Miss Elizabeth D., "An Old Story and other Poems," iii. [15].
• Cross, Miss Florence, letter to from Milan on the enjoyment of travel, iii. [286].
• Cross, Miss Mary, her "Marie of Villefranche," iii. [100];
  • letter to, on gift of a vase, [166].
• Cross, Mrs., letters to, accepting invitation to Six-Mile Bottom, iii. [121];
  • letter to, from Homburg, [122];
  • on return home, [125];
  • on journey abroad, and country-house at Bickley, [152];
  • on the pleasures of the country, [154];
  • on Christmas invitation, [158];
  • on silence of the country, [167].
• Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, dinner with, iii. [236];
  • their simple manner, [236];
  • guests at table, [236].
• Cruikshank, George, i. [202].
• Cumming, article on, in the Westminster, i. [277].

• D'Albert, M. and Mme. See Durade.
• Dallas, Mr., an admirer of "Adam Bede," ii. [64].
• Daniel, the prophecies of, i. [122].
• "Daniel Deronda," writing, iii. [180];
  • fear for MS. being burned, [190];
  • anticipations of, [193], [194];
  • public interest in, [199], [214];
  • finished, [204];
  • Jewish element in, [211].
• Darwin's "Origin of Species," ii. [104], [105], [108].
• Dawson, Mr. George, lecturer, i. [129]; ii. [233]; iii. [165].
• Dean Ramsay, letter from, with his "Reminiscences of Scottish Life," ii. [320].
• Death, imagining the nearness of, iii. [170].
• "Debasing the Moral Currency," iii. [266].
  • in old friends, [245].
• Delight in the country, iii. [154];
• Depression from damp, iii. [187].
• Derbyshire, memories of, iii. [47].
• Deutsch, his article on the Talmud, iii. [18].
• "Deutscher Novellenschatz," iii. [96].
• "Development of Industries," effect of, ii. [281].
• Development of religion, iii. [62].
• Dialect in "Adam Bede," ii. [72]; iii. [219].
  • letter from, ii. [2];
  • recognizes woman's hand in "Clerical Life," [3];
  • dines at Wandsworth, [102];
  • asks for a story for "All the Year Round," [104];
  • his death, iii. [82];
  • his "Life" by Forster, [104].
• Dickens, Charles, meeting with, i. [201];
• Dinah Morris, the character of, ii. [49].
• Dinner at Greenwich, with Blackwood, Colonel Stewart, Colonel Hamley, and Mr. Skene, ii. [222].
• Discontent of the young, iii. [213].
• Discouraged with her writings, ii. [86].
  • his theory of races, [124];
  • funeral oration on the Duke of Wellington, [215].
• D'Israeli's "Tancred," i. [118], [123];
• Distrust of her own knowledge, iii. [305].
• "Divina Commedia," reading the, with Mr. Cross, iii. [259].
• Dorking, fourth visit to, ii. [254].
• Doyle, Mr., iii. [74].
• Drama, trying a, ii. [280].
• Drawbacks to living abroad, iii. [203].
• Drawings from "Romola," iii. [166].
  • Holbein's "Madonna," [42];
  • the "Sistine Madonna," [43];
  • the Correggios, [43];
  • Murillo's "St. Rodriguez," [43];
  • Dutch and Flemish pictures, [44];
  • Veronese, [44];
  • the theatres and concerts, [45].
• Dresden: end of vol. ii. of "Adam Bede" written, ii. [42];
• Druce, Mr., visit to, at Sevenoaks, iii. [297].
• Dulwich Picture-gallery, ii. [79].
  • residence with, [165];
  • their household, [166];
  • affection to, [173];
  • paints her portrait, [178];
  • visits England, [181];
  • wished to translate the "Scenes," ii. [109];
  • two days with, [186];
  • translates the "Scenes," [187].
• Durade, M. d'Albert, i. [164];
• Dürer, Albert, his paintings, ii. [24].
• Dutch translation of George Eliot's novels, iii. [139].
• Dutch and Flemish pictures in Dresden, ii. [44].
• Dwelling on faults, abstention from, iii. [89].
• Dying in harness, on, iii. [141].
• Dyspeptic troubles and their cure, ii. [288].

• Early death, thoughts on, ii. [290].
• Edinburgh criticisms more favorable than London, ii. [64].
• Edinburgh, enjoyment of, i. [211];
  • visit to Craigcrook, [212].
• Editor's life, i. [215], [221].
• Education of Women, iii. [27];
  • the higher, [146].
• Effect of talking of her own books, ii. [85].
• Effect of writing, the, iii. [306].
• Egotism, cure for, i. [128].
• "Elijah," delight in hearing, i. [112], [118].
• Ellis, Mr. and Mrs., i. [191].
• Emerson, first meeting with, i. [139];
  • Carlyle's eulogium on, [140];
  • his "Man the Reformer," ii. [196].
• Empire in France, the, iii. [168].
• Englefield Green, delightful week at, ii. [244].
• English, attitude of the, towards Orientals, iii. [212];
  • ignorance of the Jews, [212].
• English domestic life versus German, i. [271].
• English and French working classes, difference between, i. [131].
• "Englishwoman's Journal" on the Infant Seamstresses, ii. [97].
• Enjoying the thought of work, ii. [219].
• Enriched with new ideas after journey to Italy, ii. [182].
• "Ethics of George Eliot's Works," by J. C. Brown, iii. [266].
• Evans, Christiana (sister), married to Mr. Edward Clark, surgeon, i. [22];
  • relations between the sisters, [22], [23];
  • her husband's death, [216];
  • plans for her family, [217];
  • letter to her brother Isaac regarding, [318];
  • visit to her sister, ii. [96].
• Evans, Isaac (brother), recollections of his sister, i. [11];
  • her susceptibility to terror, [12];
  • their happy childhood, [12];
  • his marriage, [61];
  • renewed correspondence with his sister on her marriage with Mr. Cross, iii. [287];
  • notice of his family, [287].
• Evans, J. C., offers £1000 for a story for American periodical, ii. [94].
• Evans, Mrs. Samuel (aunt), the Dinah Morris of "Adam Bede," i. [33].
• Evans, Robert (father), his career, i. [1], [2];
  • removed to Griff, [2];
  • influence of his ideas on his daughter, [4];
  • his position, [8];
  • his wife, partly represented in Mrs. Poyser, [10];
  • her death, [22];
  • removal to Foleshill Road, Coventry, [61];
  • strong disapproval of his daughter's religious views, [75];
  • she visits her brother at Griff, [79];
  • regrets her impetuosity, and returns to Foleshill, [81];
  • his illness, [100];
  • visits Dover with his daughter, [107];
  • trip to Isle of Wight, [120];
  • illness increases, and visits St. Leonards, [135];
  • returns to Coventry, [139];
  • his death, [148].
• Evidence, the value of, iii. [109].
• Evil-speaking, contrition for, i. [141].

• "Fables," by Lord Lytton, iii. [162].
• Fairness and pity, where necessary, iii. [228].
• Fame in dreams, ii. [89].
• Family reunion, iii. [268]; joys, iii. [286].
• Faraday, letter from, acknowledging presentation copy of "Clerical Life," ii. [9].
• Farming, an epoch in, iii. [271].
• Faucit, Helen, admiration of, i. [222].
• Faults, abstention from dwelling on, iii. [89].
• "Faust," reading in the original, iii. [303].
• Faux, David, Confectioner (Brother Jacob), written, ii. [199].
• Fawcett, Henry, articles on Strikes by, ii. [194].
• "Fawn of Sertorius," i. [108].
• Fechter in "Hamlet," ii. [225];
  • his "Othello," [232].
• Feeling old for her years, ii. [193].
• "Felix Holt," writing commenced, ii. [290];
  • reading for, [292];
  • Blackwood offers £5000 for, [308];
  • pains taken with, [309];
  • finished in excitement, [311];
  • final instalment received from Blackwood, iii. [13];
  • payment for copyright, [13].
• Feminine characteristics, iii. [310], [311].
• Ferrier, Mr., translates Kaufmann's article on "Deronda," iii. [216].
• Feuerbach, translation of, published; first and only time her real name appeared in print, i. [233].
• Fiction, contemporary, iii. [183].
• Fiction-reading condemned, i. [36].
• Fiction-writing, first mention of, i. [296];
  • how I came to write, [298-300].
• First authorship, i. [42].
• First novel, i. [298];
  • title of, [299].
• Flemish and Dutch pictures in Dresden, ii. [44].
• Florence: view from Fiesole and Bellasguardo, ii. [155];
  • the Duomo and Campanile, [156];
  • the palaces and libraries, [157];
  • the Loggia di Lanza, [158];
  • Santa Maria Novella, [158];
  • Santa Croce and the Carmine, [159];
  • the frescoes, [159]; S. Maria Novella, [160];
  • San Michele, the shrine, [160];
  • the Uffizi Gallery, [161];
  • and pictures, [162];
  • Pitti pictures, [162];
  • paintings at the Accademia, [163];
  • Galileo's tower, [164];
  • Michael Angelo's house, [165], [166].
• Flower, Mr., i. [191].
• Fontainebleau, visit to, iii. [150].
• Forster, W. E., his article on Slavery, i. [218];
  • "Life of Dickens," iii. [104].
• Foster, Professor Michael, his draught of conditions for Lewes scholar studentship, iii. [267], [269].
• France, the Empire in, iii. [168].
• Franco-German war, iii. [86], [92].
• Franklin, Miss Rebecca, her school at Coventry, i. [17];
  • her death, iii. [149].
• Freethinkers, little sympathy with, as a class, ii. [249].
• French and English working classes, difference between, i. [131].
• French revolution of 1848, i. [129].
• Froude's "Shadows of the Clouds," i. [146].
• Fuller, Margaret, her Journal, i. [198].
• Function of art, the, iii. [144].
• Furnishing, on troubles of, ii. [267].
• "Futile Lying," letter on, ii. [290].

• Gambler, a girl, iii. [124].
• Garibaldi at the Crystal Palace, ii. [276].
• Gaskell, Mrs., suspected to have written "Adam Bede," ii. [82];
  • letter from, [102];
  • expresses admiration of "Scenes" and "Adam Bede," [107].
• Gaskell's, Mrs., "Ruth," i. [219].
• Geneva, life at Campagne Plongeon, i. [151-157];
  • Genevese preachers, [153], [154];
  • Fête of Navigation, [157];
  • effect of change of life, [159];
  • plans for lessons, [160];
  • Baronne de Ludwigsdorff, [161];
  • home remembrances, [170];
  • beauty of scenery, [171];
  • delight in town life, [171];
  • the Juras, [178];
  • last days in, [179].
• Genevese preachers, i. [153], [154].
• Genoa, the cathedral, ii. [124].
• George Eliot.—1819-37:
  • Birth at Arbury farm, i. [1];
  • removal to Griff, [2];
  • anecdotes of father, [9];
  • character of mother, [10];
  • at Dame's school, [10];
  • at Miss Lathom's school at Attleboro, [11];
  • happy childhood, [12];
  • first books read, [13];
  • first journey to Staffordshire, [15];
  • Miss Wallington's school at Nuneaton, [15];
  • writes out "Waverley," [16];
  • favorite books, [17];
  • charade-acting, [17];
  • riot at Nuneaton, [20];
  • first letter to Miss Lewis, [21];
  • mother's illness and death, [22];
  • housekeeper at Griff, [24];
  • life and studies there, [24].
• 1838-41:
  • First visit to London, i. [28];
  • religious asceticism, [29];
  • nineteenth birthday, [32];
  • religious objections to music, [32];
  • religious reflections, [34];
  • besetting sin, ambition, [35];
  • objections to fiction-reading, [36];
  • first poem, [42];
  • books read and studies pursued, [44];
  • German lessons begun, [45];
  • chart of ecclesiastical history, [46];
  • Italian studies, [49];
  • dislike to housekeeping work, [50];
  • reads Isaac Taylor, [51];
  • visits Birmingham to hear "Messiah," [53];
  • translates German poem, [54];
  • her reading, [57];
  • removal to Foleshill Road, Coventry, [59].
• 1841-46: Coventry life, i. [61];
  • mental depression, [64];
  • friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Bray, [67];
  • reads Charles Hennell's "Inquiry," [67], [68];
  • effect of this book, [74];
  • gives up going to church, [75];
  • family difficulties, [79];
  • regrets her impetuosity, [81];
  • resumes going to church, [82];
  • intimacy with Miss Sara Hennell and Mr. and Mrs. Bray, [83];
  • attitude towards immortality, [84];
  • excursion to Stratford and Malvern, [85];
  • meets Robert Owen, [86];
  • studies German and music, [86], [87];
  • opinion in regard to conformity, [89];
  • translation of Strauss's "Leben Jesu," [90];
  • despair about publication of Strauss, [94];
  • trip to the Highlands, [97].
• 1846-49:
  • Strauss translation published, i. [107];
  • classical books wanted, [108];
  • suspected of novel-writing, [108];
  • reading Foster's life, [109];
  • thoughts on Jesus at Emmaus, [110];
  • a child's idea of God, [111], [112];
  • visits London and hears "Elijah," [112];
  • re-reading Hennell's "Inquiry," [119];
  • visit to Isle of Wight with father, [120];
  • admiration of Richardson, [121];
  • delight in George Sand's "Lettres d'un Voyageur," [122];
  • dislike to Jews, [125];
  • supremacy of Hebrew poetry, [125];
  • admiration of Roberts and Creswick, [127];
  • opinion of Mr. Dawson the lecturer, [129];
  • sympathy with revolution, [130];
  • France and England contrasted, [131];
  • sympathy with nonconformity, [133];
  • visit to St. Leonards, [135];
  • father's illness, [135];
  • mental depression, [136];
  • how to be overcome, [136];
  • admiration of Louis Blanc, [137];
  • recovery from depression, [138];
  • opinion of "Jane Eyre," [138];
  • meets Emerson, [138];
  • again suffering from depression, [141];
  • contrition for evil-speaking, [141];
  • reading Macaulay's "History," [142];
  • bodily suffering, [143];
  • on the influence of Sand's and Rousseau's writings, [143], [144];
  • writes review of the "Nemesis of Faith," [145];
  • translates Spinoza's "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus," [147];
  • father's death, [148].
• 1849-50:
  • Goes abroad with Mr. and Mrs. Bray, [150];
  • Geneva, life at Campagne Plongeon, [151], [152];
  • prophetic anticipation of position seven years later, [158];
  • effect of change of life, [159];
  • plans for lessons, [160];
  • finds apartments in Geneva, [164];
  • enjoyment of society, [165];
  • need of encouragement, [165];
  • life in Geneva, [169], [170];
  • yearning for friends at home, [170];
  • remarks on translations of Spinoza, [172];
  • desire for a woman's duty, [173];
  • portrait by M. d'Albert, [178];
  • remarks on education of children, [179];
  • leaving Geneva, [180].
• 1850-54: Return to England, [181];
  • reviews Mackay's "Progress of the Intellect" in Westminster, [184];
  • assistant editor of Westminster Review, [186];
  • introduced to Mr. Lewes, [189];
  • intimacy begins, [192];
  • help in despondency, [198];
  • growing intimacy with Mr. Herbert Spencer, [201];
  • dislike of scrap-work, [203];
  • visit to Edinburgh, [211];
  • an editor's life, [214], [215];
  • ill with rheumatism, [218];
  • interest in America, [219];
  • growing intimacy with Mr. Lewes, [221], [232];
  • contemplates publishing "The Idea of a Future Life," [229];
  • union with Mr. Lewes, [234], [235];
  • letter to Mrs. Bray, [235], [236].
• 1854-55:
  • Visits Antwerp with Mr. Lewes, i. [239];
  • extracts from journal, [239] et seq.;
  • Weimar, i. [240-251];
  • Berlin recollections, [251-268];
  • work at Weimar and Berlin, [268];
  • remarks on books read, [268-271];
  • return to England, [271].
• 1855-57:
  • Articles written, i. [275];
  • effect of article on Cumming, [278];
  • reading on physiology, [279];
  • miscellaneous writing, [280];
  • Spinoza's "Ethics," translation finished, [281];
  • wishes not to be known as translator, [283];
  • articles on Young and Riehl, [286];
  • tendency to scientific accuracy, [287];
  • naturalistic experiences, [288];
  • first mention of fiction-writing, [296];
  • "how I came to write fiction," [298];
  • correspondence about "Amos Barton," [300];
  • "Mr. Gilfil's Love-story" begun, [305];
  • Blackwood's high admiration of the story, [307];
  • name of George Eliot assumed, [309];
  • artistic bent, [310];
  • Caterina and the dagger scene, [313];
  • trip to the Scilly Isles, [313];
  • social life at St. Mary's, [316];
  • on conclusions of stories, [319];
  • Jersey recollections, [319-322];
  • Mr. Liggins, [323];
  • opinions of "Mr. Gilfil's Love-story," [324], [325];
  • happiness in her life, [328];
  • Blackwood's opinion of "Janet's Repentance," [329];
  • haunted by new story, [334];
  • "Adam Bede" begun, [337];
  • receives £120 for first edition of "Clerical Life," [337];
  • unbelief in others' love, [337];
  • sympathy with individuals, [339];
  • objection to theism, [339];
  • evening studies, [342];
  • Major Blackwood suspects identity of George Eliot, [324];
  • review of the year 1857.
• 1858:
  • The Times reviews of "Scenes of Clerical Life," ii. [1];
  • letter from Charles Dickens, recognizing woman's hand, [3];
  • from Froude, [3];
  • from Mrs. Carlyle, [7];
  • reveals herself to John Blackwood, [10];
  • visit to Germany, [14-46];
  • progress with "Adam Bede," [32];
  • latter half written, [42];
  • description of life at Dresden, [45];
  • history of "Adam Bede," [48-52];
  • retrospect of year, [55].
• 1859-60:
  • Reading up for "Mill on the Floss," ii. [58];
  • letter to John Blackwood on "Adam Bede," [58];
  • wishes Carlyle to read her novels, [63];
  • awakening to fame, [68];
  • Mr. Liggins said to be author of "Adam Bede," [71];
  • finished the "Lifted Veil," [75];
  • reveals herself to Brays as author of "Adam Bede," [83];
  • trip to Switzerland, [87];
  • fourth edition (5000) of "Adam Bede" sold in a fortnight, [88];
  • receives £800 beyond bargain for success, [102];
  • 16,000 sold in one year, [107];
  • Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, [115];
  • "Mill on the Floss" finished, [116];
  • start for Italy, [116].
• 1860:
  • First journey to Italy, ii. [120];
  • Rome, first sight of, [126];
  • description of Naples, [144], [145];
  • visit to Pompeii, [148];
  • Florence, [155];
  • first mention of Italian novel, [168];
  • Venice, [172];
  • home by Berne and Geneva, [181];
  • enriched with new ideas, [182].
• 1860-61:
  • "Mill on the Floss" success, ii. [185];
  • sitting to Lawrence for portrait, [194];
  • independence secured, [203];
  • the queen's admiration of "Mill on the Floss," [203];
  • success of "Silas Marner," [214];
  • second journey to Italy, [216];
  • hopeful about future work, [220];
  • began "Romola," [230];
  • studying for, [235], [236].
• 1862-65:
  • Begins "Romola" again, ii. [238];
  • offered £10,000 for "Romola" for the Cornhill, but idea given up, [244];
  • £7000 accepted under new terms, [245];
  • the effect of writing "Romola," [255];
  • continued ill-health, [256], [258];
  • letter from Frederick Maurice, [259];
  • third visit to Italy, [278];
  • trying a drama, [280];
  • retrospect of year 1864, [282];
  • "A Word for the Germans" written, [288];
  • "Felix Holt" begun, [290];
  • readings, [292];
  • expedition to Brittany, [296];
  • retrospect of 1865, [299].
• 1866:
  • Mr. Harrison's legal help in "Felix Holt," ii. [303], [304], [310];
  • offered £5000 for "Felix Holt" by Blackwood, [308];
  • visit to Holland and Germany, [312];
  • "The Spanish Gypsy" taken up again, [317];
  • reading for, [321];
  • start for Spain, [324].
• 1867:
  • Journey to Spain, iii. [1];
  • learning Spanish, [3];
  • letters from Spain, [4-9];
  • return to the Priory, [9];
  • two months' visit to North Germany, [14];
  • acquaintance with Mrs. Cross and family, [15];
  • "Address to the Working Men," [19].
• 1868:
  • Month's visit to Torquay, iii. [25];
  • "Spanish Gypsy" finished, [29];
  • notes on the "Spanish Gypsy," [30];
  • on the writing of poetry instead of novels, [36];
  • six weeks' journey to Baden, [37];
  • meditating subject of Timoleon, [49];
  • retrospect of the year, [50];
  • cheap edition of novels, [51].
• 1869-72:
  • Poem on "Agatha," iii. [55];
  • writing "How Lisa Loved the King," [56];
  • fourth visit to Italy, [57];
  • religion of the future, [62];
  • "Sonnets on Childhood" finished, [65];
  • the phenomena of spiritualism, [67];
  • the Byron scandal, [72];
  • "Legend of Jubal" begun, [73];
  • letter on the Positivist problem, [75];
  • visit to Germany, [76];
  • three days' visit to Oxford, [80];
  • growing dislike of migratory life, [82];
  • "Armgart" begun, [85];
  • industrial schemes, [90];
  • visit to Petersfield, [94];
  • visit from Tennyson, [99];
  • delight in intellectual activity, [101];
  • reception of "Middlemarch," [103];
  • Foster's "Life of Dickens," [104];
  • "Middlemarch" finished, [121];
  • a month's visit to Homburg, [122];
  • a girl gambler, [124];
  • memorial article on author of "Thorndale," [126];
  • "Maga" on "Middlemarch," [130].
• 1873-75:
  • Reception of "Middlemarch," iii. [138];
  • Dutch translation of novels, [139];
  • German reprints, [140];
  • visit to Cambridge, [147];
  • visit to the Master of Balliol, [149];
  • nine weeks' trip to the Continent, [150];
  • another book simmering in her thoughts, [157];
  • retrospect of 1873, [160];
  • cheaper edition of novels, [162];
  • "Legend of Jubal" published, [167];
  • journey to the Ardennes, [176];
  • sales of her books, [180];
  • value of early religious experience, [182];
  • not satisfied with "Deronda," [193];
  • depression in finishing, [194].
• 1876-78:
  • Public interest in "Deronda," iii. [199];
  • Mrs. Stowe's admiration of "Deronda," [202];
  • letter to J. W. Cross, [204];
  • trip to the Continent, [205];
  • Jewish appreciation of "Deronda," [209];
  • Dr. Adler's lecture on, [216];
  • Mrs. Stowe and the Byron case, [221];
  • appreciation of Tennyson, [229];
  • gaining strength at Witley, [231];
  • meets Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, [236];
  • visit to Oxford, [236];
  • Mr. Lewes's ill-health, [239];
  • reception at the Priory, [241];
  • Mr. Lewes's last illness and death, [245-247].
• 1879-80:
  • First weeks of loneliness, iii. [249];
  • announcement of "Theophrastus Such" delayed, [252];
  • project of Physiological Studentship, [254];
  • dissatisfied with "Theophrastus," [254];
  • letter to J. W. Cross asking counsel, [258];
  • reception of "Theophrastus" by the public, [263], [264];
  • serious renal attack, [265];
  • conditions for the studentship, [267];
  • renewed interest in social news, [270];
  • Dr. Roy appointed to studentship, [275];
  • death of John Blackwood, [276];
  • engagement to Mr. Cross, [279];
  • married at St. George's, Hanover Square, [283];
  • left for the Continent, [283];
  • letters from France and Italy, [284-294];
  • Mr. Cross's illness in Venice, [294];
  • arrival in England, [295];
  • recurrence of illness, [300];
  • recovery of strength, [313];
  • settled in Cheyne Walk, [313];
  • first appearance of sore throat, [315];
  • letter to Mrs. Strachey (unfinished), [316];
  • sudden death, [316].
• German editions of "Middlemarch," iii. [114].
• German poem, translation of, i. [54].
• German reading, iii. [124].
• German Revolution of '48 caused by real oppression, i. [258].
• German translation of "Adam Bede," ii. [116];
  • first volume received, [116].
• Germans, Vivier's anecdotes of, i. [264], [265];
  • domestic life of, [271].
• Germany, North, journey to, iii. [14];
  • places revisited and new scenes, [15].
• Germany, second visit to, 1854:
  • Munich, ii. [14-34];
  • Ischl, [37];
  • Vienna, [38];
  • Prague, [40];
  • Dresden, [45];
  • Leipzig, [46].
• Germany, visit to, in 1854;
  • extracts from journal: Weimar, i. [240];
  • Berlin, [251], [252].
• Gift of a vase from Miss Mary Cross, iii. [166].
• Girl gambler, a, iii. [124].
• Girton College scheme, iii. [18].
• Goethe on Spinoza, ii. [298].
• Goschen, Mr., dinner with, iii. [236];
  • meets Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, [236].
• Got's acting, iii. [101].
• Granada, the Alhambra, iii. [7];
  • view from, [8].
• Grand Chartreuse, expedition to the, iii. [285].
• Grandcourt and Lush, iii. [200].
• Grandison, Sir Charles, i. [121].
• Green, Professor T., iii. [149].
• Ground of moral action, iii. [178].
• Gurney, Mr. Edmund, iii. [147].
• Gurney, Rev. Archer, on "Scenes of Clerical Life," i. [324].
• Guthrie, Dr., address by, i. [230].