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Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments

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By Louise Imogen Guiney
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The volume begins with edited memoranda and a selection of correspondence that reconstruct his life, ideals, and character, accompanied by editorial notes on missing letters, anonymized names, and facsimile pages; illustrations supplement the narrative. A second, independent section gathers contemporary essays and reviews assessing his intellectual affinities and relation to the Oxford religious movement, presenting varied critical perspectives. Together the parts offer a portrait shaped by personal documents and public appraisal, combining biographical reconstruction, candid editorial commentary about gaps in the record, and critical reflection on his place in Anglican religious debates.

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  • Ward, William George, of Balliol College, Oxford, “Ideal” Ward, leader of the Oxford “extremists,” the chief exponent of the Church principles of the Tractarian Leaders, 325, not on the scene at the time of R. H. F.’s death, 335, the effect on him, of the ‘Remains,’ 225, his own statement on this point made to Pusey, 282, 283.
  • Ward, Wilfrid, in ‘William George Ward and the Oxford Movement,’ on R. H. F.’s connection with the latter, 282.
  • ‘Watchman, The,’ poem by Newman, in ‘L. Apostolica,’ indicative of the impulsion given by R. H. F., 402-3.
  • Watson, Joshua, letter of Rev. H. J. Rose to, cited on Rogers’ criticism of the ‘Remains,’ 309 note.
  • ‘Weakness of Nature,’ poem by R. H. F., 111-2, additional stanza to, 404.
  • Weekes, H., sculptor of the statues of the Oxford Martyrs’ Memorial, 337.
  • Wellington, Duke of, Testimonial to, when Chancellor of Oxford University, condemnation of, by R. H. F., 190.
  • Wesley, Rev. John, 119.
  • Wesleyan system, the, R. H. F. on, 172,
  • West Indies, (see Barbados and other islands under their names) religious prospects of, R. H. F. on, 1835., 169, and on the kind of clergy needed in, 150.
  • Westmacott, Sir R., the Painter, 394.
  • ‘What is home, you silly, silly wight?’ poem by R. H. F., 318.
  • Whately, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, and Blanco White, 195 & note.
    • his definition of the Church, 250.
    • his anti-donnish ways, at Oriel, 40 & note.
    • and other Oriel Fellows not First Class men, 35.
  • Whatelian school at Oxford, as opposed to the Keble school, 322.
  • Whewell, Rev. W., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 103 & note.
  • Whiggery and Puritanism, R. H. F. on, 133.
  • White, Rev. Joseph Blanco, at Oriel, his influence on R. H. F. and his special friends, 46-7.
    • his change of faith, 195 note, and R. H. F.’s review on, in the ‘British Critic,’ 186, 187, 195.
  • Wilberforce, Henry, Vicar of East Farleigh, 35 note, 198.
  • Wilberforce, Robert Isaac, (elder brother of H. W. and S. W.), friend of R. H. F., brief summary of his career, 35 note; pupil of Keble, at Southrop, 22, 235, 320, elected to an Oriel Fellowship, 35 note, end of his Tutorship at, 62, his profundity of mind, 70 note.
    • letters to, from R. H. F., 46, 51.
    • Newman’s invitation to, to join him at Littlemore, 63.
    • results of his admiration for Cologne Cathedral, etc., 394-5.
    • temperament of, 40 & note.
  • Wilberforce, Rev. Samuel, afterwards Bishop of Oxford, his attitude to the Oxford Martyrs’ Memorial, 337.
    • his engagement and R. H. F.’s congratulations, 31, his wife and her sisters, 145 note, 160 note, 190 note.
    • his review of ‘L. Apostolica’ and special praise of R. H. F.’s contributions, 204.
    • visit to, at Brighstone in the Isle of Wight, of R. H F., 85 note.
    • cited on R. H. F.’s melancholy, 252, and on the ‘Remains,’ 408.
  • Wilberforce, William, the Emancipator, and his successor, 139 note; his remarkable sons, 35 note.
  • William I., King of Holland, his political difficulties alluded to, by R. H. F., 69.
  • William III., the Jurors of his reign, R. H. F.’s attitude towards, 258.
  • William IV., new difficulties in the relation between Church and State introduced in the reign of, 113.
  • ‘William George Ward and the Oxford Movement’ by Wilfrid Ward, cited on R. H. F. and his connection with the latter, 282.
  • Williams, Jane, sister of Isaac, wife of Ven. Sir George Prevost, 43 note, 322.
  • Williams, Mrs. Isaac, née Caroline Champernowne, 322.
  • Williams, Rev. Isaac, a friend of the Froudes, 9, 102, 116, 185.
    • bad health of, 127, 158, 162 note.
    • a bad sailor, 28.
    • companion of R. H. F. in Cumberland in 1826., 43, 312.
    • contributions of, to ‘L. Apostolica,’ 404.
    • curacy of, and poetical works by, 43 & note, second curacy at Windrush, 322 & note.
    • instigator of daily service at S. Mary’s, Oxford, 149 note.
    • influence of, on Keble, 22.
    • joint pupil of Keble, with R. H. F., 235, 320.
    • his love affair, 160 & note, his wife, 322.
    • love of Newman for, 167.
    • Oxford Tutorship of, 322.
    • and the ‘Remains,’ publication of extracts from R. H. F.’s letters suggested by, 205.
      • reasons given to, by Newman on the publication of the book, 325.
      • translation by, of the motto to the book, 207.
    • on Archdeacon Froude, 322.
    • visit of, to Devonshire, with R. H. F., 321.
    • views of, as described by Newman, 305 note.
    • cited
      • (in ‘Thoughts on Past Years’), on R. H. F.’s connection with the Oxford Movement, 326.
      • on R. H. F.’s resemblance to Hamlet, 252, 324.
      • on R. H. F.’s uniqueness, 222.
      • on his first impressions of Newman, 322-3.
      • on his Oxford and Southrop friendship with R. H. F. and his colleagues, 320.
  • Willis and Reding, (in ‘Loss and Gain’), see 181 note.
  • Wilson, Rev. R. F., curate to Keble, as characterised by R. H. F. misquoting Keble, 188, Keble’s disclaimer, 192.
    • letter to Newman, on R. H. F.’s failing health, 1835., 188, one from Newman, on the people as the fulcrum of Church power, 102 note.
    • cited on the difficulties in the editing of the ‘Remains,’ 211.
  • Wiseman, Dr., afterwards Cardinal, head of the English College in Rome, 101.
    • interview with, of R. H. F. and Newman on the relation between Protestantism and the Church of Rome, 101, 103, 179, 288, 304, 343 note.
    • letter from, to A. P. de Lisle on the Oxford Movement, 343-4 note.
    • remark to, of Canon B. Smith, on the Oxford attitude towards Catholic practices, 224.
    • cited (in ‘Essays on Various Subjects’), on R. H. F.’s connection with the Oxford Movement, 338.
      • on R. H. F.’s visit to him in Rome, with Newman, 343 note.
  • Wordsworth, William, the poet, birthplace of, 60.
    • his face an exception to Coleridge’s generalisation as to the expression of men of genius, 116.
    • his offer to revise the ‘Christian Year,’ 30.
  • Wren, Sir Christopher, and his adoption of the classic form for S. Paul’s Cathedral, 96.
  • Wye, river, Keble’s expedition up, with R. H. F., referred to, 43.