mentioned, 180.
Temple Bar, in the author’s book-plate, 61;
the western boundary of the “City,” 267;
history of, 274 ff.;
the first structure, 275-279;
the second, built by Wren in 1670 and after, 279-281;
demand for its removal, 281, 282;
iron spikes on, 282;
taverns surrounding, 282, 283;
lessening importance of, 283, 284;
last functions in which it played a part, 284;
removed in 1877, 284;
purchased by Sir H. Meux, and removed to Theobald’s Park, 286;
a visit to, described, 286-290.
Temple, The, 274.
Tennyson, Alfred, sketch of, reading Maud, 26, 27;
mentioned, 283.
Terry, Ellen, 129.
Thackeray, William M., copy of Vanity Fair presented by, to Henry Reed, 19;
sketch for illustration of Vanity Fair, 48, 49;
Vanity Fair, in parts, 78, 251, 252;
sentence written in his copy of Cowper’s The Task, 347;
copy of Henry Esmond, presented by, to Charlotte Brontë, 347;
mentioned, 250, 253.
Theobald’s Park, Temple Bar now set up at, 286 ff.
Thomson, James, The Seasons, copy of, presented by Lord Byron to F. W. Webster, 29.
Thrale, Henry, marries Hester L. Salusbury, 191;
their ménage, 191 ff.;
parties at Streatham, 194,
the brewery, 195;
described by his wife, 196, 197;
elected to Parliament, 197;
his table among the best in London, 198;
business troubles, 202;
advised by Johnson, 202, 203;
death, 203;
mentioned, 186, 189.
See Thrale-Piozzi, Hester Lynch.
Thrale, Hester Lynch. See Thrale-Piozzi.
Thrale, “Queenie,” 198.
Thrale-Piozzi, Hester Lynch, Lyford Redivivus (MS.), 16, 17;
Psalmanazar’s Memoirs inscribed by Johnson to, 31, 32;
her copy of the Dictionary, 63, 202;
Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, 174, 214;
and Boswell’s Johnson, 178, 179;
her qualities, in general, 187, 188;
her pedigree, 188, 189;
birth, early years and education, 189, 190;
marries Thrale, 191;
their ménage, 191 ff.;
her one duty, 192;
Johnson introduced to, 192;
beginning of their long-enduring familiar intercourse, 193, 194;
relations with Thrale, 196, 197;
her numerous progeny, 197;
business ability, 197, 204;
life at Streatham, 199 ff.;
Johnson’s verses to, 201;
coexecutor with Johnson of Thrale’s estate, 203;
sells the brewery, 204, 205;
acquaintance with Piozzi, 207, 209;
verses to Piozzi, 210;
engaged to him, 210;
Johnson’s violent letter to, and her reply, 211, 212;
marries Piozzi, 212, 213;
effect of Johnson’s death on, 213, 214;
Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, 215;
other works published by, 216;
Baretti’s attack on, 216;
builds Brynbella, 217;
busy with her pen, 218;
Thraliana, 218;
Journal of a Tour in Wales, MS. of, 218-221;
Macaulay’s “silly phrase” concerning, 221;
modern opinion of, 221;
her influence on Johnson, 221;
literary taste, 222;
her copy of Boswell’s Johnson, 222;
death of Piozzi, 223;
last days, at Bath, 223, 224;
death and burial, 224;
last words on, 224, 225;
mentioned, 155, 161, 181.
Thurlow, Edward, Lord, 162.
Tinker, Chauncey B., Dr. Johnson and Fanny Burney, dedication copy, 62;
mentioned, 42, 158, 210.
Titanic, steamship, loss of, 343, 344, 355.
Tregaskis, James, bookseller, 30-32.
Trent, William P., 100.
Trollope, Anthony, quoted, 75;
The MacDermots of Ballycloran, and The Kellys and the O’Kellys, 111, 124;
his novels considered, 111, 112, 251 ff., 257 ff.;
later criticism of, 249, 250;
his simplicity, 253;
his autobiography, quoted, 253, 265;
his plots, 255;
Can You Forgive Her?, 255;
Orley Farm, 255, 256, 257;
Phineas Redux, 255;
the photographer par excellence of his time, 260;
his clerical gallery, 260;
Mrs. Proudie, 261, 262;
his autobiography, 262;
suggested order of reading his novels, 263;
a typical Englishman, 264;
effect of the war on the England he wrote of, 266.
Trollope, Henry M., 262.
Tyburn, execution of Dodd at, 315-317.

United States, book-shops in, 36 ff.
“Unspeakable Scot, The,” The First Stone, 51.

Van Antwerp, William C., 86, 93, 96, 106, 346.
Vanbrugh, Irene, 337.
Victoria, Princess Royal, 284.
Victoria, Queen, inscribed copy of Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort presented by, to Gen. Sir A. Gordon, 33, 34;
mentioned, 284.

Wainewright, T. G., 333.
Wales, Prince of (afterward George IV), 232.
Wales, Prince of (afterward Edward VII), 284.
Waller, Lewis, 336.
Walpole, Horace, The Castle of Otranto, 231;
mentioned, 181, 299.
Walton, Izaak, The Compleat Angler, 7, 95, 96, 98, 248;
his Lives of Donne, etc., 96;
mentioned, 286, 287.
Watts, Isaac, 190.
Webster, Frances W., copy of Thomson’s The Seasons presented by Lord Byron to, 29.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 284.
Wells, Gabriel, bookseller, 51, 52, 110, 166.
Westcote, Lord, 194.
Whistler, James, Pennell collection of his works, 94;
and Wilde, 324, 328.
White, W. A., 72, 75.
Widener, George D., 344, 345.
Widener, Mrs. George D. See Rice, Mrs. Hamilton.
Widener, Harry Elkins, his collection given to Harvard University by his mother, 48;
sketch of his life, 343, 345;
lost on the Titanic, 344, 355;
devotion to, and knowledge of, books, 344, 345;
as a book-collector, 345, 346;
some of his treasures, 346 ff.;
Stevenson collection, 348;
personality and characteristics, 348, 349;
and the Grolier Club, 350;
his ambition to be remembered in connection with a great library, 352, 353;
at the Huth sale, 354;
his last purchase, Bacon’s Essaies, 354, 355;
mentioned, 19, 73, 75, 86.
Widener, Peter A. B., 350.
Widener Memorial Library, 93, 112, 353.
Wilde, Constance, 328.
Wilde, Oscar, on poetry and Pope, 10;
presentation copy of Moore’s Pagan Poems to, 49, 51;
advancing value of first editions of, 49;
multiplicity of books about him, 49, 51;
The Importance of Being Earnest, 89, 334, 337;
bibliography of, 114;
Beardsley’s caricature of, 114, 319;
lectures in U.S., 318, 325, 327;
personal appearance, 318;
difficulties of discussing him, 320;
his place in literature as influenced by his character, 321, 322;
Dorian Gray, 322, 329-331;
early life, 322, 323;
leads the “æsthetic cult,” 323, 324;
at Oxford, and in London, 323, 324;
Poems (1881), 324, 325;
The Duchess of Padua, 327;
The Woman’s World, 329;
fairy tales, 331;
The Soul of Man under Socialism, 332, 333;
Pen, Pencil, and Poison, 333;
his poems, 333, 334;
his dramatic works—Lady Windermere’s Fan, 335;
A Woman of No Importance, 335, 336;
An Ideal Husband, 336, 337;
Salome, 337;
success of the plays, 338;
his downfall, 338, 339;
in prison, 338;
De Profundis, 338, 339;
effect of his reputation on his works, 339, 340;
in Paris under assumed name, 340;
The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 340;
death, 341;
Robert Ross and, 341, 342;
mentioned, 292.
Wilde, Oscar, Three Times Tried, 49.
Wilde, Willie, 49.
Wilde, Lady (“Speranza”), 322.
Wilkes, John, 179.
Wilson, Woodrow, Constitutional History of the United States, with inscription, 125, 126.
Winchester Cathedral, 95.
Wolfe, General James, sale of his copy of Gray’s Elegy, 107, 108.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, becomes Godwin’s mistress, 232, 233;
marries him, 233, 228.
See Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Woodhouse, James, 192, 193.
Wordsworth, William, his copy of Endymion, 7, 29, 106;
mentioned, 38, 133.
Wren, Christopher, builds new Temple Bar, 279, 280.
Wykeham, William of, 95.
Wynne, Maurice, of Gwydir, 189.