INDEX
- Algiers, Campbell’s visit to, [130].
- Altona, Campbell at, [58].
- Anderson, Dr Robert, [30], [37], [43], [67].
- Annals of Great Britain, The, [75].
- Battle of the Baltic, The, [64].
- Boulogne, Campbell settles at, [139].
- Campbell, Alexander, poet’s father, [10-13], [67].
- ——, Alison, poet’s son, [90], [99].
- ——, Archibald, poet’s grandfather, [10].
- ——, Margaret, poet’s niece, [136], [137].
- ——, Mrs, poet’s mother, [13], [99].
- ——, Mrs, poet’s wife, [80], [113], [119].
- Campbell, Thomas, ancestry, [9];
- birth, [11];
- at Grammar School, [15];
- his love for the classics, [16];
- first verses, [17], [18];
- at Glasgow University, [20-32];
- his professors, [20];
- his fellow-students, [21];
- early turn for satire, [24];
- first visit to Edinburgh, [25];
- becomes a tutor, [27], [32];
- falls in love, [29], [34];
- second visit to Edinburgh, [36];
- becomes a clerk, [37];
- is introduced to literary society of capital, [37];
- his first literary commission, [39];
- ‘Pleasures of Hope’ published, [43];
- Continental travels, [51-62];
- first visit to London, [62], [66];
- returns to Edinburgh, [68];
- visits Dr Currie at Liverpool, [70];
- settles in London, [77];
- his marriage, [81];
- first child born, [83];
- takes up house at Sydenham, [85];
- his opinion of publishers, [89];
- gets a Government pension, [91];
- his ‘Gertrude of Wyoming’ published, [94];
- introduced to Princess of Wales, [100];
- lectures at Royal Institution, [100];
- visits Paris, [102];
- lectures at Liverpool and Birmingham, [106], [107];
- visits Holland and Germany, [109];
- founds London University, [115];
- elected Lord Rector Glasgow University, [117];
- active interest in Polish cause, [126];
- visits Algiers, [130];
- settles at Boulogne, [139];
- his death, [139];
- his appearance, [29], [37], [141];
- social habits, [143];
- not a society man, [78], [145];
- as a conversationalist, [146];
- his letters, [148];
- his temper, chivalry, kind-heartedness, [149];
- love of children, [150];
- politics, [151];
- religious views, [151];
- literary tastes, [152];
- place as a poet, [154].
- Campbell, Thomas Telford, poet’s son, [83], [105], [112].
- Child and the Hind, The, [137].
- Cora Linn, [133].
- Currie, Dr, [70], [77], [84].
- Exile of Erin, The, [60].
- Gertrude of Wyoming, [94].
- Glasgow in Campbell’s young days, [14].
- Glasgow University, Campbell Lord Rector of, [116].
- Glenara, [98].
- Hamburg, Campbell in, [52], [58], [115].
- Hohenlinden, [57], [62].
- Holland, Lord and Lady, [66].
- Kant’s Philosophy, Campbell on, [61].
- Kemble, J. P., [67], [71].
- Klopstock, [52].
- Last Man, The, [113].
- Lawrence, Sir Thomas, Campbell’s projected Life of, [123].
- Letters from the South, [130].
- Leyden, John, [38], [63].
- Lines on leaving a Scene in Bavaria, [64].
- Literary Union (The) founded, [122].
- Lochiel’s Warning, [72].
- London University founded by Campbell, [115].
- M’Cann, Tony (‘Exile of Erin’), [60].
- Mackintosh, Sir James, [66].
- Marryat, Captain, [125].
- Melrose Abbey, Campbell on, [75].
- Metropolitan Magazine, Campbell’s editorship of, [125].
- Minto, Lord, [69].
- Murray, John, publisher, [88], [93].
- Napoleon, Campbell on, [67], [79].
- Neukomm Chevalier, [126].
- New Monthly Magazine, Campbell’s editorship of, [111], [123].
- O’Connor’s Child, [98].
- Paul, Hamilton, [21], [32].
- Petrarch, Campbell’s Life of, [135].
- Pilgrim of Glencoe, The, [137].
- Pleasures of Hope, The, [42-48].
- Poland, Campbell’s interest in, [126].
- Ratisbon, Campbell at, [53], [110].
- Redding, Cyrus, [111].
- Reid, Dr Thomas, [12], [15].
- Richardson, John, [55].
- Rogers, Samuel, [67].
- Scenic Annual, [133].
- Schlegel, A. W., [103], [110].
- Scottish Monastery, Ratisbon, [53], [54].
- Shakespeare, Campbell’s edition of, [134].
- Siddons, Mrs, [67];
- Campbell’s Life of, [128].
- Soldier’s Dream, The, [64].
- Specimens of the British Poets, [84], [89], [93], [107].
- St Leonards, Lines on the View from, [125].
- Telford, Thomas, [71], [72], [77], [83], [130].
- Theodric, [114].
- Turner’s drawings for ‘Pleasures of Hope,’ [133].
- Watt, Gregory, [22], [86].
- Wounded Hussar, The, [40].
- Ye Mariners of England, [64].
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