Studies in Contemporary Biography

by Viscount James Bryce Bryce

Iddesleigh. See [Northcote]
Ireland—
Anglo-Irish Protestants, [229–30]
Church disestablishment in, [113], [187], [273], [407], [419], [442], [449] and [note]
Disraeli’s attitude towards, [56–57], [67]
Green, J. R., views of, regarding, [141]
Home Rule, views regarding, of
Acton, [384];
Bowen, [356];
Bright, [455 note];
Freeman, [272];
Gladstone, [272], [414], [447];
Godkin, [375]
Land Bill of 1881, [425], [442–43]

James, Henry, [129]
Jessel, Sir George—
Cairns compared with, [180], [193]
career of, [171]
judicial methods of, [174–75], [179–181], [194]
mental powers of, [173], [181–82]
parliamentary manner of, [172]
quickness of, [173], [176], [183], [193]
Jews—
bigotry towards, [183]
Cambridge scholar, anecdote of, [319 note] 485
concentration, power of, possessed by, [23] and [note]
conservatism of, [25 note]
detachment of, [19–20]
distinctions gained by, [171]
practicality of, [182]
satirical powers of, [45]
Jowett, [113], [150]

Kelvin, Lord, [184]
Kipling, Rudyard, [129]

Lawrence, Lord, [184]
Lightfoot, Bishop, [199–200], [209], [290]
Louis Napoleon, [55], [64], [98]
Lowe, Robert—
biography of, [293 note]
Cairns compared with, [188]
career of, [293–95], [299–300]
characteristics of, [301–304]
Disraeli and, [34], [302]
eclipse of fame of, [293], [300]
educational work of, [294–95], [304–305]
Gladstone compared with, [293], [299], [429], [435];
antagonism to Gladstone, [295];
in Gladstone’s Cabinet, [299]
Oxford, at, [301 note 2]
rhetorical power of, [296–97]
shortsightedness of, [300–301]
Utilitarianism of, [304]
Lyndhurst, Lord, [29]

Macaulay, [139], [169], [270], [274], [281], [427], [428] and [note 2]
Macdonald, Sir John A., [422]
Maclennan, John F., [320]
Magee, Archbishop, [112], [199], [429]
Manning, Cardinal Henry Edward—
biography of, [260–61]
career of, [250–51]
characteristics of, [251–54], [261]
conversions effected by, [255]
Infallibilist cause, work for, [256]
interests and sympathies of, [257–61]
speeches of, [255]
Maurice, F. D., [134], [408]
Mellish, Lord Justice, [176–79]
Meredith, George, [116], [122]
Mill, John Stuart, [61], [78 note], [93], [304]
Monk, Bishop, [197]
Mugwumps, [375] and [note]

Napoleon Bonaparte, [238]
Napoleon, Louis, [55], [64], [98]
Nation, The, [365], [368], [371–73], [378]
Newman, Cardinal, [251–52], [428 note 1], [467]
Newnham College, Cambridge, [329–330]
Nonconformists—
Disraeli’s dislike of, [8], [52]
Education Act (1870) resented by, [15]
Fraser’s attitude towards, [202], [206–208] and [note]
Gladstone trusted by, [401]
Green’s dislike of, [134]
Northcote, Sir Stafford (Lord Iddesleigh)—
biography of, [211 note]
career of, [212–13]
characteristics of, [213], [222–23], [225–26]
Gladstone compared with, [435]
parliamentary abilities of, [214–16], [218]
Novels, types of, [122]

O’Connell, Daniel, [6], [8], [248]
Oliphant, Mrs., [116]
Oratory—
elevation in, [433]
reputation for, nature of, [427]
Oxford—
Green, T. H., on municipal council of, [98–99]
Thackeray’s candidature for, [120]
Oxford University—
Tractarian movement in, [252], [264 note], [406]
training at, characteristics of, [408], [467]

Palmer, Roundell (Lord Selborne), [176], [191–92], [294]
Palmerston, Lord, [13], [28], [49], [57], [98], [294]
Parliament. See [House of Commons]
Parnell, Charles Stewart—
biography of, [227 note]
career of, [228–29]
family of, [227]
leadership, aptness for, [248]
moral courage of, [239]
parliamentary tactics of, [218–19], [244];
knowledge of procedure, [242–43]
passion and self-control of, [240]
Phœnix Park murders, demeanour after, [236], [238]
Pigott affair, attitude towards, [239] 486
practicality of, [230–33]
pride of, [233], [235–38]
self-confidence of, [224], [236], [238]
speeches of, [241–42]
unscrupulousness of, [237–38]
unsympathetic manner of, [190]
views of, [245–46]
Peel, Sir Robert—
caution of, [408–409], [452]
death of, [10]
Disraeli’s conduct towards, [28] and [note]
his view of, [55]
financial policy of, [441–42]
Gladstone compared with, [411], [439], [455], [475]
separation of, from Conservatives, [9], [61]
speeches of, [428]
Pitt, William, [429], [435], [439], [442], [476]
Popular Government, Sir H. Maine’s, cited, [309 note]
Psychical Research Society, [331–32]
Pusey, Dr., cited, [80]

Rhodes, Cecil, [246]
Rolt, Lord Justice, [191–92]
Roman Catholic Church. See under [Church]
Russell, Lord, [13], [28], [57], [295]

Salisbury, Lord, [186], [247], [295], [456]
Saturday Review—
Bowen’s contributions to, [360]
Freeman’s contributions to, [285]
dissociation from, [275]
Green’s contributions to, [133], [135–137], [153]
Schoolmasters, types of, [343], [346]
Schools Inquiry Commission, [200–201]
Scott, Sir Walter, [123], [125]
Scottish temperament and characteristics, [315], [403–405]
Selborne, Lord. See [Palmer, Roundell]
Sherbrooke, Viscount. See [Lowe, Robert]
Sidgwick, Henry—
career of, [327–29]
characteristics of, [338–42]
impartiality of, [334]
literary preferences of, [338]
psychical research, interest in, [331–332]
views of, philosophical and political, [335–37]
women’s education promoted by, [329]
Sidgwick, Henry—
works of, [332–34], [338]
Skene, Mr., cited, [158]
Smith, Professor Goldwin, [76], [281]
Smith, R. Bosworth, quoted, [349–50]
Smith, Prof. Robertson—
Acton, Lord, and, [387]
career of, [311–12], [315], [318–320]
characteristics of, [323–25]
ecclesiastical trial of, [313–16]
Encyclopædia Britannica, work on, [312–14]
versatility of, [322]
works of, [320–21];
characteristics of, [321]
Stanley, Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn—
career of, [70]
characteristics of, [71], [73], [77], [82–84]
debating power of, [77]
Disraeli and, [81]
family of, [69–70]
Green influenced by, [132], [137]
literary work of, [71–74]
politics of, [78]
sermons of, [76–77]
theological position of, [80–81]
Tait, attitude towards, [113]
otherwise mentioned, [164–65], [205–206]
Statesmanship, necessary qualifications for, [46]
Stevenson, R. L., [129]
Stubbs, Bishop, [138], [160], [289–90], [453 note]
Suffrage extension—
Disraeli’s view of, [52], [57–58], [67–68], [310]
Lowe’s opposition to, [295–98], [305–306]
results of, [306–309]