iii. 83;

on thoughts of death, 99, 100; on Lord Lytton's Indian experiences, 281.

Lytton, Hon. Robert (now Lord Lytton), on pronunciation in "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 52; explanation of errors, 52.

Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, letter from, thanking author of "Adam Bede," ii. 74, 75; visit from, 115; criticises "Adam Bede," 115; his criticisms of "Maggie," 190.

Macaulay, interest in, i. 142.

Mackay's "Progress of the Intellect" reviewed, i. 183; extracts from, 183-185, 190.

"Macmillan," article on "The Mill on the Floss" in, ii. 212.

Macmillan, Mr., his proposal for volume on Shakespeare, iii. 231.

Madrid, the Gallery, iii. 9.

Madonna di San Sisto, first impression of, ii. 43.

Main, Mr., collector of "The Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings of George Eliot," iii. 103; opinions of, 105.

Maine, Sir Henry, on Lewes's "Physiology," iii. 267.

Malvern, trip to, ii. 228; improved health from, 230, 231.

"Man's Nature and Development," i. 187.

"Marie of Villefranche," by Miss Mary Cross, iii. 100.

Marriage, possibilities in, iii. 181.

Marriage, the ideal, iii. 142.

Martineau, Harriet, "The Crofton Boys," i. 93; meeting with, 94, 193; invitation from, 197; article on "Niebuhr," 203; visit to, at Ambleside, 212; respect for her, ii. 103; her autobiography, iii. 214, 219.

Martineau, James, i. 192; critique of Kingsley's "Phaethon," 219; on Sir William Hamilton, 223; invitation from, 54; "Comte," 55.

Martineau, Maria, her death, ii. 274.

"Masculine woman," dislike of the, iii. 308.

Masson, Mr., on Recent Philosophy, ii. 298.

Mathematics, her love for, iii. 305.

Matlock, recollections of, iii. 47.

Maurice, Frederick, generous tribute from, ii. 259.

Mazzini, asked to write on "Freedom _v._ Despotism," i. 194; his speeches, 198.

Mazzini Fund, the, ii. 294.

Mazzini's death, iii. 113.

"Meliorist," the word, iii. 217.

Memorial article on author of "Thorndale," iii. 126.

Mendelssohn's "Letters," iii. 84.

Mental characteristics described, i. 84.

"Middlemarch," writing introduction, iii. 69; reading for, 71, 72; the design of, 99; anticipations of, 103; first part published, 104; French and German interest in, 112; delayed by ill-health, 113; £1200 from Harpers for reprint, 114; finished, 121; reviewed in _Blackwood's Magazine_, 130; new edition called for, 153; number sold in 1873, 160; December, 1874, 20,000 sold, 180.

Milan, the Ambrosian Library, ii. 180; the "Brera," 180; Church of San Ambrogio, 181; the "Luini" pictures, iii. 288.

Military men, articles by, iii. 265.

Mill, John Stuart, his "Autobiography," iii. 158.

"Mill on the Floss," first volume finished as "Sister Maggie,"