Chapter 38

_Robert Elsmere_, its popularity, 30.

Roberts, Lord, 136, 142, 163, 319.

Rodney, Admiral, 115.

Roman Catholic Church, its polity compared with the Greek, 410. Inheritor of Imperial tradition, 432.

Roman Empire, its frontier policy, 292; also 400, 420, 430, 441.

_Roman Naturaliste_, by Brunetière, 25.

Rousseau, J. J., 212.

Sagas, 163, 168.

Sainte-Beuve, 194.

Say, Léon, 16.

Scotch common sense philosophy, 215.

Scotsman, the, in fiction, 109.

Scott, Michael, 8.

Scott, Sir Walter: Head of modern romantic school of fiction, 5. Abandoned poetry for prose, 6. Transferred dialogue from the drama to the novel, 108. His historical insight, 115. His descriptions of fighting, 103, 172, 190, 385. Quoted, 200.

Shakespeare, 39, 108, 198, 287, 380, 385. Quoted, 171, 275.

Shamil, see 'Frontiers,' 303, etc.

Shelley, 179, 185, 287. His letters, 44. Quoted, 207, 290. Comparison with Swinburne, 264. Swinburne's admiration, 288.

Shintoism, 443.

Shorthouse, J. H., 9.

Smollett, 111.

South African War, 176.

Southey, Robert, 41, 43, 62, 73, 206. Carlyle's description, 64. Type of Conservatism, 229.

Sovereignty, Territorial, a modern idea, 412.

Spenserian stanza, Byron's admiration for, 197.

Stanley, Dean, see 'Letter-writing.'

Stendhal, 87, 141.

Sterne, Laurence, 89.

Stevenson, R. L., see 'Letter-writing,' also 9, 116.

Surtees and the Sporting Novel, 26.

Swift, 89, 99. Thackeray's description, 103.

Swinburne, A. C., 69. On Byron, 183, 191, 207.

=Swinburne, Characteristics of his Poetry=, 263-290. Swinburne's predecessors and contemporaries, 263. Earlier poems, _Atalanta in Calydon_, _Chastelard_, 267. _Poems and Ballads_, published and withdrawn, 268; reissued with reply to critics, 272. _Songs and Ballads_, war upon theology, 273. _Songs of the Four Seasons_, 275. _A Midsummer Holiday_, 276. Love of the sea and of his country, 277. His power of musical phrasing, 279. His attitude to eminent contemporaries, 282. His dramas, 285. Concluding remarks: his high aspirations and his defects, 288.

Taeping rebellion, 423.

Taoism, 423, 438, 440.

Tchetchnia, in the Caucasus, 295, etc.

Tennyson, 38, 69, 174, 184, 194, 199, 266, 268, 286, 289, 374. Quoted, 205, 209, 287, 288. Absence of rhyme in 'Tears, idle tears,' 281. Swinburne's tribute, 282.

Thackeray, W. M., 23, 26, 141.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace=, 76-120. Lady Ritchie's biographical contributions, 76. Brief sketch of his life, 78. Early works, _Yellowplush Papers_, etc., 79. His rare qualities first shown in _Barry Lyndon_, 83. His defence of taking a rogue for hero, 86. _Vanity Fair_, his irony and pathos, 89. His merciless war on snobbery, 90. His pictures from military life, 91. _Pendennis_, a novel of manners, 93. Tendency to moralise, 95, 106, 110. _Esmond_, 96. Thackeray as historical novelist contrasted with Scott, 97, 103. _The Virginians_, 104. _The Newcomes_, a return to the novel of society, 109. Tendency to caricature, 111. _Denis Duval_, 112. Classification of his works as historical novels and novels of manners, 115. His character, religion and influence, 117.

Thiers, opposed to war of 1870, 353, etc.

Thorburn's _Bannu_, 163.

Tolstoi, 8, 101, 154.

Tractarians, 257. Walpole's account of, 372.

Trollope, Anthony, 24.

Turgot, 214.

=Utilitarians, The English=, 210-262. Objects of Mr. Stephen's history, 210. A system with a practical aim, 211. Its influence on government, 213. Philosophy of Reid and Stewart, 215. Bentham's doctrines, 216. Brief account of his life, 218. Mr. Stephen's criticisms, 221. Bentham's neglect of history, 223. James Mill, 225. Attitude to the Church, 226. His 'Essay on Government,' Macaulay's attack, 227. Position of Southey and Coleridge, 229. English and Greek theories of the State, 231. Criticism of Malthus and Ricardo, 234; and of James Mill, 238. John Stuart Mill, his life and training, 241. His doctrines and policy, 243. His _Political Economy_, 246. His later writings criticised, 248. _The Subjection of Women_, 251. Mill's theology, 253. Opposition to Utilitarianism, 256. Mr. Stephen's position, 259.

Voltaire, 206, 274.

Vorontzoff, Russian General, 307, 310.

Walpole, Horace, 3, 37, 50.

=Walpole, Sir Spencer=, 368-376. His literary bent as an historian, 369. His method described by himself, 371. His treatment of ecclesiastical controversies, 372. Comparison with Lecky, 375.

Waterloo in Scott and Byron's verse, 172, 190.

'Waverley' Novel, 28, 97. See 'Scott.'

Wellington, Duke of, 92, 165.

Werther, Prussian minister at Paris, 348.

Whately, _Historic Doubts_, 14.

Wolfe, General, 104.

Wordsworth, William: His letters, 37, 43. Described by Carlyle, 64. Criticised by Byron, 188. Also 49, 177, 181, 199, 277.

Yermoloff, General, 298.

Zola, 15, 33.

Zoroaster, 400, 413.

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