English Hours

INDEX

• Abergavenny, 247.
• “Adam Bede,” locality of, 216, 217.
• Aldeburgh, birthplace of Crabbe, 323, 324.
• Apsley House, 20, 21.
• Arnold, Matthew, 24;
  • “The Sick King in Bokhara,” quoted, 29.
• Avon River, 90.
• Baillie, Joanna, 44.
• Banbury, 218.
• Becket, Thomas A’, his assassination at Canterbury, 149, 150;
  • his shrine, 150, 151.
• Belgravia, 15, 16; in dog-days, 154.
• Blackheath, the Common, 168.
• Black Prince, the (see Edward Plantagenet).
• Blunderstone, 318, 319.
• Bonchurch, 253, 254.
• Brighton, 278;
  • gaiety of, 279.
• Broughton Castle, 219, 220.
• Browning, Robert, 51-59.
• Buckingham Palace, 21, 23.
• Bury St. Edmunds, 266;
  • ruined abbey at, 267.
• Cambridge University, famous chapel of King’s College, 264, 265.
• Cambridgeshire, Newmarket Heath, 265, 266;
  • shooting-boxes in, 266;
  • Bury St. Edmunds, 266, 267.
• Canterbury, 142;
  • the cathedral, 147-152;
  • King’s School, 148, 149;
  • where Becket was killed, 149, 150;
  • tomb of the Black Prince, 150;
  • Lady Chapel, 151;
  • the pilgrimage to, 151.
• Charing Cross, 7;
  • railway station, 42.
• Chatsworth, 87.
• Chaucer, his story-telling cavalcade, 151.
• Chelsea, 42, 43.
• Chester, ancient wall, 62-67;
  • cathedral, 66, 72-76;
  • the Rows, 67-72;
  • Anglican service, 73, 74;
  • Canon Kingsley, 73-75.
• Chichester, the cathedral, 257, 260;
  • an old market cross, 259.
• Clapham, a classic community, 178, 179.
• Climate, richness of London, 17.
• Compton Wyniates, 220.
• Coventry, charity foundations, 210, 212, 213.
• Crabbe, George, birthplace of, 323, 324.
• “Daniel Deronda,” recalled in Warwickshire, 202, 203.
• “David Copperfield,” 290;
  • retrospective pictures in, 65;
  • sleeps under a cannon at Chatham, 145;
  • his birthplace visited, 317, 318;
  • home of the Peggottys, 319.
• “Denis Duval,” locality of, 288-315.
• Devonshire, beauties of, 93, 94.
• Dickens, Charles, retrospective pictures in “David Copperfield,” 65;
  • his Gadshill house, 143;
  • recalled by talkative shopkeeper, 144;
  • background of “Oliver Twist” identified, 274;
  • birthplace of David visited, 317, 318.
• Doré, Gustave, his drawing suggested by Devon seacoast, 104.
• Dover, 142.
• Du Maurier, George, 19.
• Dunwich, a desolate seaport, 320-322;
  • ruins of, 322, 323;
  • FitzGerald’s tribute to quaintness of, 323;
  • the Priory, 326;
  • inroads of the sea, 326, 327;
  • rural merry-making, 327, 328.
• Edward Plantagenet, his tomb, 150;
  • “Fleur-de-Lis” inn named in honour of, 151;
  • in the sea-fight off Winchelsea, 310.
• Edward III, fights Spaniards off Winchelsea, 310, 311.
• Eliot, George, characters in “Daniel Deronda” suggested, 202, 203;
  • locality of “Adam Bede” and “Middlemarch,” 216, 217.
• England, its social discipline, 121, 122;
  • universal church-going, 123-125;
  • social usages, 125, 126;
  • Easter exodus from London, 126;
  • holiday spirit, 128, 129;
  • Passion Week, 130-138;
  • its people handsome, 136-138;
  • its poverty depressing, 137;
  • proletariat funeral, 138-141;
  • no public entertainments, 157-159;
  • prestige of, 170-173;
  • the Egyptian occupation, 172, 173;
  • Derby Day, 175-188;
  • the country the basis of society, 176;
  • a rural Sunday, 204, 205;
  • types of English beauty, 206-208;
  • rural scenery, 225-230;
  • an English New Year, 269-275;
  • watering-places in winter, 277-286.
• Epsom, Derby Day, 175-188.
• Exeter, the cathedral, 95-97.
• FitzGerald, Edward, tribute to Suffolk in his “Letters,” 323;
  • fond of Crabbe’s birthplace, 323, 324.
• Fletcher, John, born at Rye, 309.
• Fog, London, 32, 33, 35, 131, 272.
• Foster, Birket, 327.
• Gladstone, William Ewart, speech on Egyptian occupation, 173.
• Glastonbury, 115, 116;
  • ruined abbey of, 115-117.
• Green Park, 21-23.
• Greenwich, 43;
  • dining at, 161-163;
  • river excursion to, 164, 165;
  • observatory and park, 166.
• Grosvenor Place, 21.
• Haddon Hall, 83-87.
• Hampstead, 43, 44.
• Hastings, 277;
  • a little London, 278, 279;
  • inns and hotels, 280-284;
  • a quiet retreat, 285, 286.
• “Henry Esmond,” lines from, recalled, 5, 6;
  • its Kensington setting, 44.
• Hyde Park, 18;
  • the Row, 19, 20;
  • the Corner, 20-23, 46;
  • in dog-days, 153.
• Ilfracombe, 97-101.
• “Ingoldsby Legends,” an incident suggests, 5.
• Isle of Wight, detestable railways of, 251;
  • Ryde, 251;
  • Ventnor, 251-253;
  • Bonchurch, 253, 254;
  • Shanklin, 254.
• Johnson, Samuel, first glimpse of Temple Bar, 79;
  • birthplace, 78-83.
• Jones, Inigo, 167.
• Kenilworth, 198-201.
• Kensington Gardens, enchanting vista in, 18.
• Kingsley, Charles, discourse at Chester, 74, 75.
• Lichfield, Dr. Johnson’s birth-house, 78;
  • cathedral, 79-83;
  • Haddon Hall, 83-87;
  • Chatsworth, 87.
• Liverpool, first impression of, 2, 3, 5;
  • journey from, to London, 3-5.
• London, first impressions of, 1, 4, 7, 8;
  • St. Paul’s, 4;
  • Morley’s Hotel, 4, 5;
  • Temple Bar, 5;
  • Ludgate Hill, 6;
  • Strand, 6, 7;
  • Charing Cross, 7;
  • Piccadilly, 7, 8;
  • its immensity an advantage, 8-13;
  • creeds and coteries, 11;
  • home of human race, 13;
  • headquarters of English speech, 14;
  • absence of style, 15;
  • accident of style replaces intention, 16, 17;
  • parks, 16-25;
  • rural impressions, 18, 19;
  • rustic walk from Notting Hill to Whitehall, 18-25;
  • Hyde Park, 19-22;
  • Hyde Park Corner, 20;
  • Grosvenor Place 21;
  • Apsley House, 20, 21;
  • Green Park, 21-23;
  • Buckingham Palace, 21-23;
  • levelling tendencies of London life, 25-28;
  • beautiful women the great admiration, 28;
  • liberal hospitality, 29;
  • cultivation of the abrupt, 29, 30;
  • lights and shades, 31-36, 134;
  • holidays, 34;
  • railway stations, 37, 38;
  • bookstalls, 38, 39;
  • Thames River, 40-43;
  • Hampstead, 43, 44;
  • Kensington, 44;
  • the Season, 45-51;
  • Easter exodus, 126-128;
  • Passion Week, 130-138;
  • architectural ugliness, 133, 134;
  • people of the slums, 137;
  • proletariat funeral, 138-141;
  • the Tower, 142, 143;
  • dog-days in, 153-161;
  • no “public fund” of amusement, 157-159;
  • tramps, 160, 161;
  • convivial gatherings, 162-164.
• Ludgate Hill, 6.
• Ludlow, a charming old town, 240;
  • provincial society at, 241-243.
• Lynton, 102-104.
• Mayfair, mind of, residences of, 15, 16.
• “Middlemarch,” locality of, 216, 217.
• “Mill on the Floss,” retrospective pictures in, 65.
• Milton, John, 14.
• Monmouthshire, April in, 245, 246;
  • the Skirrid, 246, 247;
  • Abergavenny, 247;
  • a mediæval church, 247-249;
  • feudal manors, 249, 250.
• Newmarket Heath, 265, 266.
• Notting Hill, rustic walk to Whitehall, 18-25.
• North Devon, 93-105;
  • Exeter Cathedral, 95-97;
  • beauties of Ilfracombe, 97-101;
  • Lynton, 102-104;
  • Somerset, 104, 105.
• Odger, George, radical agitator, his funeral, 138-141.
• “Oliver Twist,” visit to a workhouse recalls, 274.
• Oxford, 41;
  • at Commemoration, 189-196;
  • typifies union of science and sense, 261;
  • Trinity College, 261-264.
• “Pall Mall Gazette,” 176.
• Pall Mall, 32, 33.
• Piccadilly, 7, 8, 14, 21;
  • funeral procession on, 130, 140;
  • the “White House,” 177.
• Portsmouth, untidy and prosaic, 255, 256;
  • Nelson’s “Victory,” 256, 257.
• “Punch,” 7.
• Queen Anne, statue of, 6.
• Rembrandt, pictures at Warwick Castle, 90.
• Rochester, the Dickens country, 143-145;
  • Watts’s shelter, 144;
  • the cathedral, 145-147.
• Ryde, 251.
• Rye, locality of “Denis Duval,” 288-315;
  • old shipyards, 304, 306;
  • old gardens, 304-306;
  • haunt of artists, 306-308;
  • birthplace of Fletcher, 309;
  • landscape beauties, 313-315;
  • Romney Marsh, 314.
• St. Leonards, 278, 285.
• St. Paul’s, cathedral of, 4.
• Salisbury, the cathedral, 117, 118;
  • Stonehenge, 118, 119;
  • Wilton House, 119, 120.
• Scott, Sir Walter, 290;
  • locality of “Woodstock,” 221, 222.
• Serpentine, bridge over, 17, 18.
• Shakespeare, William, 14;
  • Warwickshire his country, 88, 213, 214;
  • his clowns, 201;
  • Dame Quickly’s ale-house identified, 201;
  • a garden setting for his comedies, 216.
• Shanklin, 254.
• “Sir Roger de Coverley,” visualized at Porlock, 105.
• Skirrid, the, 246, 247.
• Somerset, 104, 105.
• Stokesay, 236;
  • the castle, 237-240.
• Stonehenge, 118, 119.
• Strand, first walk in, 6;
  • Exeter Hall, 6, 7.
• Stratford, 201;
  • ideal home for a scholar, 214;
  • a modern house in, 215.
• Suffolk, locality of “David Copperfield,” 317-319;
  • Dunwich, 320-330;
  • Aldeburgh, 323, 324;
  • Wesselton, 325, 326.
• Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 323.
• Temple Bar, 5;
  • Dr. Johnson’s first glimpse, 79.
• Thackeray, William Makepeace, locality of “Denis Duval,” 288-315;
  • “Lovel the Widower,” 288;
  • Adventures of Philip, 288;
  • “Henry Esmond,” 289;
  • “The Roundabout Papers,” 295, 296.
• Thames River, 15;
  • beauties of, 40-42;
  • penny steamboats on, 142, 164, 165.
• Vandyck, Anthony, pictures at Warwick Castle, 90, 91;
  • portraits at Wilton House, 119, 120.
• Ventnor, 251-253.
• Warwick, 89;
  • the castle, 89-91;
  • Leicester’s Hospital, 210-212.
• Warwickshire, 87, 88;
  • centre of English life, 197;
  • Kenilworth, 198-201;
  • an old rectory, 201-207;
  • a Sunday in, 204, 205;
  • pretty girls of, 207, 208;
  • conservatism of, 208-210;
  • charitable institutions, 210-213;
  • Stratford, 214, 215;
  • Broughton Castle, 219, 220;
  • Compton Wyniates, 220;
  • Wroxton Abbey, 222, 223.
• Wells, the cathedral, 107-112;
  • the close, 112;
  • Bishop’s Palace, 113, 114;
  • beautiful church of St. Cuthbert, 114;
  • Glastonbury Abbey, 115-117.
• Wesley, John, his last sermon at Winchelsea, 309.
• Wesselton, 325, 326.
• Westminster, impressive towers of, 18, 23.
• Westminster Abbey, Browning in, 51-59;
  • Easter service at, 135.
• Winchelsea, locality of “Denis Duval,” 288-315;
  • inroads of the sea, 302;
  • her great church, 302, 303;
  • plans for expansion, 303, 304;
  • Wesley’s last sermon preached at, 309;
  • sea-fight with Spaniards in, 310;
  • atmospheric and colour effects at, 312, 313.
• “Woodstock,” its locality, 221, 222.
• Woolwich, walk from Blackheath to, 168;
  • the common, 169;
  • military college and arsenal, 169;
  • feelings inspired by, 170-173.
• Wroxton Abbey, 222, 223.
• Wye River, 83.