- A
- Aberconway, Lord (John Brown & Co.), 19
- Aberdeen, Earl of, 116, 241
- — Countess of, 116
- Africa, 194
- Agnew, Sir William, 120
- Alarcon, Colonel, 130
- Albemarle, The, 213
- Alexander, Mrs. (see Hector), 92
- — Miss, 92
- Algiers, 111
- Allen, Grant, 111
- Allingham, Mr., 276
- America, 18, 100, 123, 125, 206, 292
- Anderson, Miss A. M., M.A., 294, 295
- — Mr. Percy, 47, 155
- Andrews, St., 58
- Angelo, Michael, 164
- Antrim, Countess of, 287
- Argentina, 231
- “Arms and the Man,” 260
- Arnold, Matthew, 19
- Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 176
- Ascot (Prologue, 5), 58, 253
- Assaye, P. & O. steamer, 183
- Atherton, Gertrude, 239
- Aurelius, Marcus, 271
- Austin, L. F., 69
- Australia, 145
- Avon, The, 206
- Ayrton, Mrs. Hertha, 294
- Aztec ruins, 125
- B
- Bab Ballads, 148
- Balaclava, 40
- Balfour, A. J. (Prime Minister), 87, 229
- — Lady Frances, 216
- Barlee, Miss Ellen, 42, 43
- Barrett, John, 230, 233
- Barry, J. M., 87
- Bate, Percy, 158
- Bateson, Mary, 236, 295
- — Tom, 236
- Battersea Park, 276
- Bavaria, 28
- Beale, Dorothea, 78
- Bedford, Mr. Herbert, 153
- Beecham, Sir Thomas, Mus. Doc., 297
- Beerbohm, Max, 270
- Behind the Footlights, 108, 205, 233
- Belgium, 281
- Bell, Mr. Moberly, 268
- — Miss G., 295
- Benson, 200, 203
- Berkshire, 150
- Berlin, 15, 113, 155, 257
- Bertie, Sir Francis, 252
- Besant, Sir Walter, 80
- Biarritz, 114
- Birmingham, George, 259, 277
- Bismarck, 15, 16, 17, 18
- Björnson, 51, 55
- “— Björnstjerne,” 134
- Blackett, Herbert, 354
- Blackie, Professor, 44
- Blake, Dr. Jex, 78
- Bompas, Mr., 274
- Bond, Sir Thomas, 20
- Bonne, 114
- Booth, General, 161
- Bordon, 255
- Borkum, 47
- Boston, U.S., 206
- Bothnia, Gulf of, 66
- Boughton, George, 168
- Bourchier, Arthur, 280
- Boyce, Sir Rubert, 157
- Braddon, Miss, 30, 289 (Mrs. Maxwell)
- Braille, 114
- Brampton, Bryan, 12
- Brandes, Georg, 52
- Breitmann, Hans, 31
- Bret Harte, 30, 242
- Brewster, Sir David, 19
- Broken Hearts, 151
- Bruges, 167
- Bryant, Mrs. Sophie, D.SC., 294
- — Miss Margaret, 295
- Buccleuch, Duchess of, 287
- Buckingham Palace, 97, 101, 224
- Buckinghamshire, 150, 264
- Buckland, Frank, 32, 274
- Burmah, 150
- Burne-Jones, 120
- Burns, 74
- Buszard, 40
- Butt, Clara, 216
- Byron, 74
- C
- Cacahuimilpa, Caves of, 127-9
- Caird, Mr. Patrick, 181. See Cunard
- Cairo, 150
- Calthrop, Dr., 347
- Cambridge, 111, 193, 199, 272, 296
- Camden Society, 12
- Campden Hill, 168
- Canada, 117, 123, 194, 246, 255
- Carlton, The, 280
- Carlyle, 111.
- See Sartor Resartus, 170, 276
- Carnegie, 231
- Castle, Edinburgh, 39
- Catania, 263
- Cellini, Benvenuto, 166
- Chaillu, Paul du, 273
- Charles V, 157
- Charterhouse, 103, 247
- Chelsea, 276
- Chesterton (Illustrated London News), 69
- Chicago, 125, 153, 208, 232
- China, 190, 193, 230
- Chisholm, Hugh. See St. James’s Gazette, 105, 294, 295
- Choate, Mr., 230
- Christian Scientists, 237
- Christiania, 49, 153
- Christison, Sir Alexander, 39
- — Sir Robert, 40
- Chronicle, The Daily, 74, 102
- Clarence Memorial, The, 166
- Clarke, Sir Edward, K.C., 312
- — Sir Andrew, 21
- — Miss Agnes (the late), 295
- Clifford, Mrs. W. K., 294
- Clodd, Mr. Edward, 152
- Clyde, The, 180
- College, Queen’s, Harley Street, 27, 264
- — Bedford, 294
- — Girton, 294
- — Newnham, 294
- — Somerville, 294
- Colombia, 231
- Comedy and Tragedy, 151
- Congo River, 268
- Connaught, Duke of, 100
- — Duchess of, 100
- Constable, 120
- Copenhagen, 55
- Corelli, Marie, 205, 207, 304
- Coriolanus, 203
- Corney Grain, 58
- Coronet Theatre, 203
- Courtney, W. L., 104, 105.
- See Fortnightly
- Crane, Walter, 174
- Cremation Society of England, 356
- Critchett, Sir Anderson, 44, 122
- Cromer, Lord, 229
- Crookes, Sir William, 270, 272, 274
- Crozier, Dr. Beattie, 248
- Cuba, 230
- Cunard Company (see Caird), 183, 291
- Cushmann, Charlotte (American tragedienne), 18, 19
- D
- Daisy Chain, The, 154
- Dalhousie, Earl of, 241
- Daniel Druce, 151
- Danish versus English Butter-making, 108
- Dante Society, The, 264
- Darwin, Charles, 33
- Davenport, Mr. Cyril, of the B.M., 147
- Davies, Miss Emily, 294
- Davis, Mr. William, 233
- Delbruck, Professor Hans von, 28
- Demos, 57
- Denison, Colonel George, 247
- Denmark, 50
- Devonshire, Duke of, 165, 286
- — Duchess of (see Manchester), 205
- Diaz, Madame, 125, 131
- — (President), General Porfirio, 125, 131, 224, 233, 291, 350
- Diaz, Porfirio, Seven Times President of Mexico, 109, 114
- Dickens, Charles, 18, 19, 178
- Dimsdale, Sir Joseph, 227
- Disraeli, 20
- Dot, Mrs., 281
- Drummond, Mr., 242
- Drury Lane Theatre, 214
- Dowie, John Alexander, the Prophet, 236
- Dublin, 260
- Dunsany, Lord, 257
- Dürer, Albrecht, 166
- E
- Earl’s Court Exhibition, 135, 174
- Edinburgh, 40, 44, 158, 170
- Egypt, 150
- Eliot, George, 19, 114
- Ely, Bishop of, 213
- Emerson, 31
- Emmott, Lord, 218
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 293, 297
- Engaged, 151
- England, 18
- English Review. See Harrison, 105
- Epic of Hades, 259.
- See Lewis Morris
- Erichsen, John (Uncle John), later Sir John, 11, 71, 141
- Eton, 247
- Eugenic Society, 356
- F
- Faraday, 19
- Farquharson, Dr., 288, 290
- — Joseph, R.A., 188
- Faucit, Helen, 19
- Fawcett, M. G., 216
- — Mrs., 294, 296
- Fenwick, Mrs. Bedford, 294
- Fergusson, William, 19
- Fielding, 209, 251
- — Hon. W. S., 250
- Fildes, Sir Luke, 161
- First Aid Yeomanry Corps, 251
- First College for Women, The, 108
- Finland, 21, 28, 65-7
- Fisher, Miss (the late), 295
- Foreign Office, The, 161, 283
- Forget-me-not (play), 203
- Fortnightly (see Courtney), 105
- France, 40, 121
- Frederick, Lady, 281
- Furness, Dr. Horace Howard, 239, 334
- Furniss, Harry, 117, 152, 178, 270, 302
- G
- Gainsborough, 120
- Gallery, Grafton, 158
- — Grosvenor, 42, 177
- — Modern (Venice), 158
- — National (Brussels), 158,
- and Berlin, 158
- — New, 158
- Galton, Sir Francis, 33, 34
- Garvin, J. L. (see Pall Mall), 105
- Germany, 28, 40, 114
- Gibson, Dana, 239
- Gilbert, Alfred, 165, 167, 178
- — Sir W. S., 88, 148-50, 152, 260
- Ginsburg, Dr., 313
- Girl’s Ride in Iceland, A, 108, 133
- Giuliano, Marquis de San, 154
- “Gladstone Dock,” 19
- — Mr., 19-21
- — Mrs., 19
- Glasgow, 158, 180
- Glencoe, 249
- Godwin, Mrs. (Mme. Whistler), 173
- Goodbody, Dr. Francis, 20
- — Mrs. W. F., 347
- Goodwood, 58
- Gosse, Mr. Edmund, 152
- — Lord, 297
- Gossenass, 52
- Graham, 19
- — Cunninghame, Mr., 156, 157, 259
- Grant, 67
- — Sir Arthur, of Monymusk, 41
- Gray (Elegy), 29
- Green, Sir Frederick (see Orient), 183
- Greenock, 180
- Grey, Sir Edward, 229, 284
- Grossmith, George, 58
- — Weedon, 69, 152, 270
- Grub Street, 101
- Guerbel, Count de, 201
- — Countess, 201
- Guildhall, 228
- H
- Habitant, The, 242.
- See Drummond
- Haddon, 184
- Halifax, 250
- Halifax Chronicle, 250
- Halouan, 150
- Hampton, Herbert, 161, 162, 283, 299, 343
- Hangö, 66
- Hannay, Rev. James, 259
- Harley, George, or the Life of a London Physician, 108
- Harley, Sir Robert, Knight of the Bath, 12
- — Lady Brilliana, 12 (see note), 13, 42, 50
- — Street, 11, 15, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 30, 40, 59, 264
- Harmsworth, Mr. See Lord Northcliffe, 134
- Harnack, Dr. Adolph, 28
- Harris, W. B., 157
- Harrison, Austin (see English Review), 105
- — Frederic, 131, 318
- Harrow, 103, 150, 247
- Hart, Sir Robert, 189
- Harvard House, 206
- — John, 206
- — Robert, 206
- Haselden, W. K., 270
- Hawkins, Anthony Hope, 88
- Hay, John, 229
- Hayes, Catherine, 19
- Heaton, Sir Henniker, 249
- Hekla, 38
- Hector, Mrs. (see Alexander), 92
- Hedda Gabler (play), 93
- Heinemann, Mr., 171
- Hellqvist, Carl Gustav (Swedish artist), 28
- Helsingfors, 66
- His Excellency the Governor, 152
- Hennessy, Mrs., 295
- H.M. Theatre, 155
- Hobbes, John Oliver (Mrs. Craigie), 83, 145
- Hogarth, Miss Janet (now Mrs. W. L. Courtney), 295
- Holl, Frank, 82
- Holland, Sir Henry, 19
- —, 281
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 31
- Holroyd, Sir Charles, 264
- Home (magazine), 68
- Hook, Theodore, 19
- Hooper, Dr., 297
- Hornung, E. W., 88
- Hospital, St. Thomas’s, 289
- House of Lords, 215
- Hudson Bay Company, 249
- Huggins, Lady, 295
- Humbert, Mlle., Editor of L’Éclair, 119
- Hume, Major Martin, 108, 305
- Hurlingham (Prologue, 5), 59
- Hurst Park, 59
- Hyde Park, 29, 107, 267
- Hyde Park, Its History and Romance, 109
- I
- Ibsen, 51, 93, 176, 236, 249, 260
- “Ibsen, Henrik,” 134
- Iceland, 37, 38, 43, 194
- Ida, Princess, 151
- Illinois Theatre, 233
- Inchcape, Lord (see Mackay), 279
- India, 133, 150
- Inferno, 264.
- See Dante Society
- Intellectual Development (see Crozier), 248
- Iolanthe, 149, 151
- Irving, Sir H., 149, 161
- — Ethel, 281
- Italy, 40, 202, 263
- J
- Jackson, General, 40
- Jameson, Dr., 265
- Japan, 230, 255
- John Glayde’s Honour (play), 112
- Judas (Prologue, 6)
- K
- Kekewich, Mr. Justice, 314
- Kelvin, Lord, 161
- Kemble, Mrs., 19
- Kendal, Mrs., 189, 204
- Killowen, Lord Russell of, 314
- Kiel, 49
- Kimberley (Relief of), 117
- King Edward VII, 98, 121, 161, 227, 248, 254
- — George V, 167, 284
- Kingston, Miss Gertrude, 152
- Kinloch, Sir John, 58
- Kingsley, Charles, 273
- — Miss Mary, 272, 273
- — Dr. Henry, 273
- Kipling, 242
- Knowles, James Sheridan, 18
- “Koh-i-noor” (diamond), 99
- Königin Augusta Garde, The, 257
- Korsör, 49
- L
- Labouchere, 173
- Lady of Guadaloupe (Patron Saint of Mexico), 125
- Ladysmith (Relief of), 117
- Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 274
- Lapland, 70, 194
- Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 250, 252
- Lavery, John, 155, 156, 158, 270
- Legation, 195
- Lehmann, Liza, 153
- Leighton, Sir Frederick, P.R.A., 145
- Leith, 37
- Leland, Charles Godfrey, 30, 31, 32
- Lemieux, Hon. Rodolphe, K.C., 254
- Le Moine, Sir James, 241
- Lemmens-Sherrington, 58
- Lemon, Mark, 19
- Leslie, General K. H., 40
- Lesseps, 233
- Lewis, Thomas Taylor, M.A., 12 (see note)
- Leyland, Mr., 169
- Leys, 51
- Lichtenfelde, 113
- Li Ching Fong, Lord (Chinese Minister), 188
- Liebig, Baron Justus von, 18, 28
- Li Hung Chang, 189
- Lindsay, Sir Coutts, 156
- — Violet, 177
- Linton, Lynn, Mrs., 89
- Liverpool, 18, 19, 125
- Liverpool Post, 72
- Lloyd George, 253
- London, 150, 154, 202
- Londonderry, Marquis of, 286
- Lorimer, John, A.R.A., 147
- — J. H., 340
- Lourdes, 125, 135
- Lover, Samuel, 18, 19
- Low, Sydney, 31
- Lowe, Miss, 44
- Lowell, J. R., 31
- Lucy (now Sir Henry), 289
- Lugard, Lady, 295
- Lusitania, The, 183
- Luxembourg, The Paris, 158
- M
- Macbeth, Lady, 200
- Macdonald, Sir W., 247
- — College, The, 247
- Mackay, Sir James (see Lord Inchcape), 279
- Mackennall, Bertram, 167
- MacWhirter, John, 345
- Madrid, 157
- Mail, The Daily, 102
- Man and Superman, 258
- Manchester, 177-202
- — Duchess of (see Devonshire), 205
- Mann, Adolph, 33
- Mansion House, 118, 264
- Maple Leaves, 241
- Marconi, 270
- Marshall, Captain Robert, 152
- Master Builder, The, 176
- Maud, Mr. Cyril, 153
- Maugham, Mr. S., 280
- Maurier, George du, 82
- Maxim, Sir Hiram, 33, 270
- Maxse, L. J. (see National Review), 105
- Maxwell, Mrs. (see Braddon), 289
- May, Phil, 167
- McCarthy, J. H., 88
- Mendelssohn, 297
- Mexico, 15, 38, 123, 125, 194, 291
- Mexico as I Saw It, 108, 131, 256
- Meynell, Mrs. Wilfrid, 294
- Milan, 202
- Millais, Lady, 188
- Miller, Mr. W. C., 51
- Milton Centenary, The, 264 (Paradise Lost, 265)
- Model Mothers, 134
- Mohammed, 146
- Montaigne, 76
- Montreal, 242, 247, 249, 253
- Moore, Mary, 281
- Moriarty, 261
- Morley, Lord, 279
- Morocco, 38, 159
- Morris, Mr. Edward, 208
- — Clara, 233
- — Sir Lewis, 258
- Mountains, Thüringian, 114
- Mühlberg, Dr. von (German Ambassador), 15
- Munich, 155, 158
- Murchison, 40
- Murray, Mrs., 184, 289
- — Willie, 185
- Murray’s Magazine, 103
- Museum, British, 15, 134, 155, 179
- — South Kensington, 156
- Muspratt, James, of Seaforth Hall, 18, 19
- — Emma (daughter), 19
- Mussoorie (N.W. India), 133
- Muttlebury, Colonel, C.B., K.W., 40
- My Inner Life, 248.
- See Crozier
- N
- Nansen (Prologue, 6), 50, 54
- Nansen at Home, 134
- Napoleon, 67
- National Review (see Maxse), 105
- National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 216
- Newton, Sir Alfred, Lord Mayor of London, 118
- New Vagabond Club, 256
- New York, 125, 202, 232, 291
- Niagara, 125
- Nice, Consulate at, 201
- Nordeau, Max, 223
- Norfolk, Duke of, 284
- Northcliffe, Lord (see Harmsworth), 134
- Norway, 49
- — Queen of, 56
- Nova Scotia, 250
- O
- Oberammergau Passion Play, The, 108
- Observer, The, 102
- O’Neil, Mrs., 295
- Orchardson, Sir William Q., 147, 334
- Orient Line, 183.
- See Green
- Orpen, William, 270
- Osborne, 130
- Ottawa, 246
- Oudin, Eugène, 58
- P
- Palace of Truth, The, 151
- Pall Mall Gazette (see Straight), 73, 95, 105, 150, 285
- Panama, 231, 233
- Panes, Miss, 295
- Pankhurst, Miss Christabel, 216
- Paradise Lost. See Milton, 265
- Paradise Regained “ “
- Paris, 49, 58, 102, 153, 171, 202
- Parker, Sir Gilbert, 248, 256, 289
- Parkin, Dr., 247
- Partridge, Mr. Bernard, 152
- Pasteur, 49, 102
- “Peacock Room,” 169
- Pennell, Mrs. E. K., 30
- Pennsylvania, 31
- Petersburg, St., 66, 201
- Petersen, Ilef, 51
- Philadelphia, 125, 158
- Philippines, The, 230
- Phillips, Mrs. Alison, 295
- — J. S. R. (see Yorkshire Post), 105
- Philpotts, Miss B., 295
- Physicians, Royal College of, 21
- Pinafore, H.M.S. (play), 148
- Pinakothek, The (Munich), 158
- Pinero, Sir A. W., 152, 270
- Pittsburg, 158
- Plains of Abraham, 253
- Polar Expedition (Prologue, 6)
- Pond, Major, 214
- Portland, Duke of, 286
- Preussische Jahrbücher (Political magazine), 114
- Prince Imperial, 42
- Propert, Mr. Lumsden, 152
- Punch (see Owen Seaman), 105, 215, 295
- Pygmalion and Galatea, 151
- Pyhakoski, 67
- Q
- Quebec, 125, 241
- — Literary and Historical Society, 241
- Queen, The, 73, 102
- Queen Alexandra, 98, 99
- — Catherine, 200
- — Eleanor, 200
- — Elizabeth, 118
- — Mary (present Queen), 284
- — Victoria, 100, 117, 130, 161
- Querétaro, 134
- R
- Raeburn, 120
- Railway, Canadian Pacific, 249
- Ramsay, Sir William, 270, 274
- — Lady, 274
- Ranelagh (Prologue, 5), 59
- Red River, 244
- Reid, E. T., 270
- — Sir George, 249
- — Sir Hugh Gilzean, 119
- — Whitelaw, Mr., 207, 230
- Rhodes Scholarship Trust, 247
- — Cecil, 265
- Riddell, Mrs. H. J. (novelist), 68, 81, 85, 88, 89
- Right of Way, The, 256.
- See Sir G. Parker.
- “Ring,” The, 155
- Riviera, The, 201
- Roberts, Lord, 152
- — Mr. Russell, 157
- Robertson, Mr. Forbes, 152, 270
- — Professor James, 117, 246
- Rodd, Sir Rennell, 331
- Rodin, 259
- Rogers, Catherine, 206
- Rome, 154, 263
- Roosevelt, Mr., 219, 224, 239
- Root, Elihu, 233
- Rothenstein, Will, 157
- Rottenburg, Dr. von, 15, 16, 17, 18, 114
- Royal Academy (London), 158
- Royal Artillery, 149
- Royal Geographical Society, 135
- Rue du Bac, Paris, 171
- Ruskin, 275
- Russia, 66, 155
- Russo-Turkish War, 20
- S
- Salisbury, Lord, 161, 283, 286
- Sandown (Prologue, 5), 58
- Sandwich, 58
- San Francisco, 232
- San Giuliano, Marquis di, 263, 326
- Santley, Sir Charles, 33
- Sartor Resartus. See Carlyle, 111
- Saunders, Sir Edwin, 51
- Savoy, The, 149
- Schlesinger, Miss, 295
- Schmalz, Herbert, 145
- Schopenhauer, 65
- Scotland, 45, 137, 157, 276
- Seaman, Owen (see Punch), 105
- Second in Command, 152
- See, König, 28
- Selfe, Colonel, R.A., 304
- Semon, Sir Felix, 15
- Seton, Thompson, 239, 270
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest, 314
- Shakespeare, 202, 261
- Shaw, Mr. Bernard, 257, 260
- — Mrs. Bernard, 259
- — Mr. Norman, 168
- Shelley, 4
- Siam, 231
- Sicily, 194, 263
- Siddons, Sarah, 200
- Sidgwick, Mrs. Henry, 295
- Silent Sisterhood, The, 114
- Smiles, Samuel, 74
- Smith, Goldwin, 248
- — Miss A. L., 295
- — Miss Maria Constance, I.S.O., 294
- Smollett, 209
- Society for the Blind, 29
- Soldiering in Canada (see Denison), 247
- Solomons, Solomon J., 270
- Somers Town Club, 29
- Songs of Two Worlds, 259
- Southampton, 182
- Southwark, 206
- Spiers, Phené, 170
- Staite, W. G., 277
- Stanley, H. M., 265
- Stanley, Lady Alice, 287
- Starey, Mrs., 29
- Stefansson, J., 52
- Sterling, Madame Antoinette, 18, 58
- — Mrs., 19
- St. James’s Gazette (see Chisholm), 105
- St. James’s, Court of, 193, 263
- — Theatre, 112
- St. Lawrence, 241
- St. Martin’s Town Hall, 214
- Stockholm, 28
- Strachey, Lady, 294
- — Miss, 216
- Straight, Sir Douglas, 105.
- See Pall Mall Gazette
- Stratford, 202, 206
- Strathcona, Lord, 249
- Suez, 233
- — Canal, 279
- Suffragists, Women, 215
- Sunny Sicily, 109
- Suomi, 65
- Sutherland, Sir Thomas, 180
- Sutro, 112
- Swan, Sir Joseph, 270, 275, 278
- Sweden, 50
- Sweethearts, play by W. S. Gilbert, 68, 151
- Switzerland, 40
- T
- Tadema, Sir L. Alma-, 279, 281
- Talleyrand, 31
- Tangier, 38, 111, 157
- Tatler, The, 102
- Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, 131
- Telegraph, The, 74
- Temple Bar, 132
- Templetown, Viscount, 117, 290
- Tennyson, 177
- Tents of Shem, 112
- Territorials, The, 251
- Terry, Ellen, 177, 204
- Thackeray, 19, 179
- Thiersch, Julie, 28
- — Maler, 28
- Thompson, Mrs. W., 343
- Thring, Life of Edward, 247.
- See Dr. Parkin.
- Through Finland in Carts, 108
- Times, The, 106
- Tittoni, 331
- Tolstoi, 59
- Toronto, 247
- Torop, Sophus, 49
- Tower of London, 97
- Trafford, George, 114
- Tree, Sir Herbert, 27, 70, 93, 149
- — Lady, 27, 78, 79
- — Viola, 27
- Treloar, Sir William, 119
- Trübner, Nicholas (publisher), 30
- Turner, 120
- Twain, Mark, 239
- Tweedie, Alec, 29, 37
- Tweedie, Ethel (fishing boat), 186
- Tweedie, Mrs. Alec, 21, 54, 82, 92, 104, 114, 131, 138, 175, 180, 216, 232, 280, 294, 295, 304, 322, 325
- — Dr. Alexander, F.R.S., 39
- — Sir John, 122
- Twining, Louisa, 78
- Two Orphans, The, 233
- Tyndall, 19
- U
- Ulysses, 155, 264
- United States, 124, 206, 224
- University, London, 149
- — College Hospital, 261
- V
- Vaughan, 49
- Vauxhall (People’s Palace), 214
- Vedrenne and Barker, 203
- Velasquez, 156, 157
- “Volumnia,” 200
- W
- Waldorf Theatre, The, 232
- Wales, Prince of (Albert Edward), 146, 177
- — — George (now George V), 284
- — Princess of (now Queen Mary), 284
- Walter, John (see The Times), 106
- War, Crimean, 150
- — Transvaal, 117
- Ward, Miss Geneviève, 161, 199, 202, 310
- — Mrs. Humphry, 88, 262, 304
- Warsaw, 201
- Washington, 125, 173, 229, 231
- Watts, R.A., 85, 120, 174
- Wedderburn, Sir William, 289
- Welby, Miss, 295
- Wellington, 67
- West Indies, 150
- Weston, Miss Jessie, 295
- Whistler, James McNeill, 168, 170, 173, 175
- — Mme., 172
- Whitehall, 165, 283
- White House, 224
- Whiteing, Richard (Prologue, 6)
- White Star Line, 291
- Wicked World, 151
- Wier, Colonel John, 232
- Wiggin, K. D., 239
- Wilde, Mrs. (Miss A. M. Clay), 295
- William III, 284
- Wilton, Q.C., 108
- Wimbledon, 58
- Winchilsea, Earl of, 214
- Winchester, Marquis of, 287
- Windsor, 166
- Winter Jaunt to Norway, A, 108
- Wirgman, Blake, 146
- Wolseley, General, 243
- Woodhall Spa, 54, 227
- X
- Xochicalco, 130
- Y
- Yorkshire Post (see Phillips), 105
- Z
- Zansig, Mme., 216
- Zimmern, Miss A., 295
- Zion City, 236
About This Book
The memoir collects reminiscences and informal essays by a widowed writer covering more than a decade of her life, moving from childhood and girlhood into married life, widowhood, and professional work. It blends personal anecdote with practical reflections on journalism, bookmaking, and the literary scene, plus travel sketches of Norway, Mexico, Iceland and North America. Interludes consider painters, sculptors, theatre, social customs such as public and private dinners, and observations on women’s roles. Arranged in themed chapters and jottings, the book mixes candid domestic detail, cultural commentary, and portrait sketches of contemporaries, concluding with reflective notes on work, adversity, and memory.