INDEX
Acton, John Edward Emerich Dalberg, Lord—
career of, [382–84]
characteristics of, [399]
critical taste of, [390]
family of, [382]
history, view of, [391–92];
view of study of, [394–95]
learning of, [386–89], [392]
liberty, history of, projected by, [395–96]
libraries of, [388–89] and [note]
political opinions of, [384]
style of, [396–97]
thoroughness of, [390], [393–95]
University work of, [397–98]
writings of, [395]
American Civil War, [55], [57], [90] and [note]. See also [United States]
Arnold, Dr., [343], [346]
Austen, Jane, [127]
Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord—
Cairns valued by, [186–87]
career of, [3–16]
characteristics of—
ambition, [21–22], [26], [30–31]
bonhomie, [32], [34]
courage, [11], [25–26], [65]
cynicism, [30], [40–41]
debating power, [47]
intellectual congruity, [35–38], [42]
loyalty, [33]
self-confidence, [21], [26], [50], [65], [224]
tactical adroitness, [48–50]
tenacity, [11], [15], [23–24], [60], [65]
Eastern policy of, [140], [275–76], [300], [356]
education of, [39]
epigrammatic phrases of, [41–42]
estimates regarding, [1–2];
foreign, [54], [58]
family of, [3]
Gladstone compared with, [418], [429], [465];
contrasted with, [422];
Gladstone’s attitude towards, [455–56]
influence of, [66–68]
literary works of, [4–5], [18–19], [29], [31–33], [35], [41], [43–45], [52 note];
quoted, [21 note], [25 note], [41], [50 note], [55]
Lowe and, [34], [302]
Northcote appreciated by, [21], [218]
political views of, [6–8];
foreign policy of (see also above, Eastern policy), [15], [56], [59], [67]
Stanley and, [81]
suffrage extension, policy of, [305–306], [309–10], [442]
otherwise mentioned, [107], [171], [220]
Bentinck, Lord George, [9]
Bishops—
change in type of, [196–98]
House of Lords, presence in, [112]
industry of, [199]
influence of, [100–101], [103]
Bismarck, Prince, [54]
Black, J. Sutherland, [311 note]
Bowen, Edward Ernest—
biography of, [343 note]
career of, [345–46]
characteristics of, [360–62]
death of, [355]
games, attitude towards, [351–52]
influence of, [350];
views regarding, [353–54]
military history, fondness for, [357–58] 482
political interests of, [355–57]
school songs of, [343 note], [359–360]
teaching methods of, [346–47], [349–350], [354–55]
training of teachers, views on, [348]
travel, fondness for, [358]
walking tours of, [355]
Bowen, Lord, [345], [359]
Bright, John, [30], [98], [304], [428–29], [443], [455 note]
Bradlaugh, Mr., [437]
Brooke, Rev. Stopford, quoted, [135–137]
Brooks, Dr. Phillips, [209], [381]
Brougham, Lord, [64], [428]
Browning, Robert, [39], [126]
Burke, Edmund, [410], [427–28], [440]
Burney, Miss, [127]
Cairns, Hugh M’Calmont, Earl—
American Civil War, attitude towards, [57]
career of, [184–86]
characteristics of, [184], [188–91]
Disraeli compared with, [47]
Gladstone compared with, [429]
Jessel compared with, [180], [193]
judicial gifts of, [192–93]
legal manner of, [191–92]
Mellish and, [176–78]
parliamentary reform opposed by, [307]
political partisanship of, [187], [194–195]
religious views and interests of, [185–86], [193–94]
Cambridge—
Jewish scholar at, [319 note]
Sidgwick at, [327] seq.
Smith, W. R., at, [319]
Canterbury,
importance of See of, [101–105];
qualifications of archbishops of, [105–107]
Carlyle, Thomas, [40], [87], [92], [126], [277], [461]
Celtic temperament, [403], [405]
Chancery Bar, [170];
famous trio at, [191]
Chancery Courts, [181–82]
Charity Organisation Society, [133]
Church, Dean, [251–52]
Church—
Anglican—
disestablishment of, [114–15], [141]
possibilities before, [209–10]
Stanley’s view of, [78–79]
Tractarian movement in, [252], [264 note], [406]
Roman Catholic—
adaptability of, [259]
Infallibilist claims of, [256], [385]
modern research, attitude towards, [317]
Clark, George T., quoted, [266–67]
Clough, Miss A. J., [329]
Clough, Arthur Hugh, [338]
Cobden, Mr., quoted, [429–30]
Collins, Wilkie, [116]
Copleston, Dr. (Bishop of Llandaff), [197]
Creighton, Bishop, [289], [387]
Dalgairns, [251]
Dante, [468–69], [471]
Darwin, Charles, [457], [471–72]
De la Démocratie, Schérer’s, cited, [309 note]
Delane, Mr., [422]
Democracy and the Organisation of Political Parties,
Ostrogorski’s, cited, [309 note]
Denison, Archdeacon, [133], [271 note]
Derby, Lord, [10], [12], [28], [47], [57], [198], [429], [470]
Dickens, Charles, [123], [127]
Disraeli. See [Beaconsfield]
Dissenters. See [Nonconformists]
Döllinger, Dr. von, [383], [385], [392]
Dupanloup, Archbishop, [209], [385]
Eastern Question (1876), [140], [275–276], [300], [356], [419]
Editors,
types of, [363–64];
temptations of, [370], [380–81]
Eliot, George, [124], [328]
Equity Courts, [170], [173]
Essays and Reviews, [113], [317]
Essays on Reform, cited, [307] and [note]
Evening Post, The, [365], [374–76]
Forster, W. E., [234], [239] and [note]
Fox, Charles James, [428–29], [435]
France, novelists of, [129]
Franchise extension. See [Suffrage]
Fraser, James, Bishop of Manchester—
biographies of, [196 note]
career of, [196], [200–201]
characteristics of, [204–205]
energy of, [202] 483
Fraser, James, Bishop of Manchester—
influence of, [206]
new Episcopal type created by, [196], [210]
personality of, [203–204]
popularity of, [202], [206]
ritualist illegalities, attitude towards, [208]
science, attitude towards, [207]
views of, [206–207]
Freeman, Edward Augustus—
biography of, [262 note]
career of, [262–63]
friendships of, [290]
Green influenced by, [137]
historical work,
merits of, [276–84];
style of, [286–87]
humour of, [287]
interests of, [264–67], [271–72]
kindliness of, [278], [291]
literary preferences of, [269–70]
methodical ways of, [285]
military history, fondness for, [357]
Oxford work of, [287–89]
political views of, [272–75]
simplicity and directness of, [270–71], [275]
Trollope and, [120], [271] and [note]
works of, [267], [284–86], [291–92]
Froude, J. A., [271 note]
Gardiner, S. R., [357];
quoted, [274]
Gibbon, [133], [169], [281], [284]
Gladstone, William Ewart—
Acton, Lord, relations with, [383], [399]
Alabama claims, action regarding, [444], [446], [449], [451]
American Civil War, attitude towards, [57]
career of, [412]
characteristics of—
breadth and keenness of interests, [400], [413], [459]
caution, [409], [414], [419], [447], [453]
complexity of nature, [400], [409–410], [412]
conservatism, [401], [439]
constructive power, [439–41]
conversational powers, [461]
courage, [447] and [note], [451 note]
courtesy, [423] and [note], [455–456], [461]
dignity, [457]
emotional excitability, [405], [410–411], [433–34]
humour, [460]
impulsiveness, [401], [405], [421], [447]
independence, [418–19], [450]
ingenuity, [404], [416–17], [430–31], [466]
insight into character, [453]
intensity, [402], [405], [426], [435], [450], [453], [460], [462]
loyalty, [455]
magnanimity, [457], [477]
memory, [404], [424], [459]
for faces, [423]
open-mindedness, [416], [452], [454]
oratory, [411], [426–39], [463]
over-subtlety, [407], [432], [448], [452]
patriotism, [450–51]
pride, [416], [420], [423], [452], [455], [474], [477]
religious disposition, [472–75]
views, [401], [406–407]
reserve:
political, [409], [414–15], [419], [452]
personal, [424], [475–476]
Scottish temperament, [403–405]
self-confidence, [224]
simplicity, [453], [458], [461], [475]
sincerity, [401]
temper, [455–56]
tranquillity, [462]
voice, [430], [436–38]
Disraeli and, [11], [33], [35]
estimates of, [411], [417], [448]
continental, [444]
family of, [403]
foreign affairs, attitude towards, [443–46], [458]
Freeman’s appointment by, [263]
High Church appointments of, [198]
home life of, [462], [474], [477]
Home Rule Bill of (1886), [272]
Homeric studies and views of, [401], [465–68]
hostility to, [304]
literary activities of, [401], [458], [462–68]
Lowe compared with, [293], [299], [429], [435]
Lowe’s antagonism to, [295]
Lowe in Cabinet of, [299]
mistakes of, [449]
Northcote and, [212], [216]
Oxford training of, [406–408] 484
parliamentary abilities of, [420–21], [424–26]
Parnell’s resentment against, [239–240], [247]
Peel’s influence on, [10], [409], [452]
poetry, attitude towards, [471]
quoted, [56]
Reform Bill of, [13], [442]
scholarship of, [468]
science, attitude towards, [407–408], [470]
suffrage qualifications, proposed reduction of, [308 note]
theological views of, tinging political, [473]
otherwise mentioned, [67], [113], [179], [187], [221], [260]
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence—
career of, [365–66]
courage of, [370–71]
geniality of, [376]
humour of, [368–73]
independence of, [364], [369], [381]
influence of, [378–80]
sincerity of, [367], [373], [380]
style of, [367–68], [373]
Tammany, attitude towards, [374] and [note]
views of, [366–67], [370], [374–76]
Green, John Richard—
biography of, [131 note]
career of, [131–34]
conversation of, [165–66]
eloquence of, [166]
gifts and qualities of, [146], [151–52], [154], [160–62], [164–67]
ill-health of, [138], [141–46]
interests of, [151], [154–57]
letters of, [131 note], [152–53]
literary work of—
Saturday Review articles, [133], [135–37], [153];
historical, [138–39], [142–45], [155], [158–60], [163–64];
characteristics of, [139–40], [150], [152–53], [157–65], [167–69]
military history, fondness for, [357]
political activity of, [140–41]
views of, [134]
Green, Prof. Thomas Hill—
career of, [85]
characteristics of, [86–91]
civic activities of, [98]
influence of, [95–97], [99]
literary works of, [92–94], [98]
political keenness of, [95], [97]
views of, [93], [97], [335]
otherwise mentioned, [265], [268], [278]
Hardy, Gathorne, [213]
Hardy, Thomas, [116]
Healy, T. M., [443]
Henry VIII., [271 note]
Herodotus, [149–51]
Historians—
qualifications of, [146–48], [156], [277]
two classes of, [149]
History, Freeman’s view of, [268], [274]
Hodgkin, Dr. Thomas, [357]
Holker, Sir John, [453 note]
House of Commons—
character of, [48]
erroneous sketches of, [121]
lawyers in, [172]
leadership of, [217], [424]
occasional detachment of, from popular sentiment, [51]
power of, declining, [308–309]
rhetoric unpopular with, [296]
Huxley, [207]