_The Vicar of Wakefield_, "points" of first edition, 46, 98, 102, 127;
edition with Rowlandson plates, 46;
_She Stoops to Conquer_, 46, 103;
Johnson's story of the sale of MS. of the _Vicar_, 98, 99;
_The Traveller_, 99;
_The Deserted Village_, 102;
mentioned, 8, 24, 61, 89, 194, 303, 304, 321, 322.
GONCOURT, EDMOND DE, 94.
GORDON, GEN. SIR ALEXANDER, presentation copies of Martin's
_Life of the Prince Consort_ to, from Queen Victoria, 33, 34.
_Grammatica Groeca_, 89, 90.
GRANNISS, RUTH S., 113.
GRAY, THOMAS, _Poems_, 74:
the _Elegy_, 103;
Gen. Wolfe's copy of the _Elegy_, 107, 108;
mentioned, 156, 163.
GREELEY, HORACE, 2.
GRIFFIN, THE, on the Site of Temple Bar, 269, 284, 285.
GROLIER CLUB, bibliographies published by, 113 _ff._;
exhibitions of, 113;
mentioned, 351, 352.
GUTENBERG BIBLE, record price paid by H. E. Huntington
for, at Hoe sale, 36, 67;
mentioned, 73.
Hagen, W. H., his copy of _Paradise Lost_, 5 _n._;
sale of his collection, 102, 103, 106;
mentioned, 97.
HAMILTON, LADY EMMA, 320.
HARDY, THOMAS, _Desperate Remedies_, 11, 13, 124;
letter of, to "old Tinsley," 11, 12;
_Far from the Madding Crowd_, MS. of, 11, 13, 14;
_Under the Greenwood Tree_, 13;
_The Woodlanders_, 124;
quoted, 212.
HARRINGTON, LADY, 307, 308.
HARRISON, MR., at Theobald's Park, 288, 289.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Harry E. Widener graduated at, 345;
his collection now in keeping of, 349;
the Widener Memorial Library, 353.
HAWKINS, SIR JOHN, _Life of Johnson_, 21, 174, 214;
Boswell and, 179, 180;
mentioned, 305, 309, 317.
HAWTREY, CHARLES, 336.
HAZLITT, WILLIAM, Anecdote of Godwin, 246, 247;
mentioned, 239.
HEATH, JAMES, engraver, 184 _n._
HEMING and CONDELL, 92.
HENKELS, STAN, 57, 100.
HENRY VI, 275.
HERBERT, GEORGE, Walton's _Life_ of, 96;
_The Temple_, 97.
HERRICK, ROBERT, _Hesperides_, first edition, 7, 102, 103.
HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK, editor of Boswell, 22, 64, 153, 181, 309.
HILL, WALTER, bookseller, 44, 46, 83, 91.
HINGLEY, MR., 298.
HODGKINS, THOMAS, 239.
HOE, ROBERT, sale of his collection, 36, 92, 103, 352, 354.
HOGARTH, MARY, presentation copy of _Pickwick Papers_ in parts to, 80, 81.
HOGARTH, WILLIAM, 190.
HOLBROOK, RICHARD T., 18.
HOLLINGS, FRANK, bookseller, 33.
HOLLINGSWORTH, JOHN, 132.
HOMER, Pope's translation of, 9;
Chapman's, 102.
HOOKER, RICHARD, Walton's _Life_ of, 96.
HORNECK, MISS, 24.
HORNECK, MRS., 24.
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN, 251, 254.
HUME, DAVID, 161, 165.
HUNTINGTON, HENRY E., pays record price for Gutenberg Bible, 36;
mentioned, 71, 72, 73, 352.
HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, _Ballad of a Poor Book-Lover_ (MS.), 69.
HUTH, ALFRED, sale of his collection, 354.
HUTT, CHARLES, bookseller, 66.
HUTT, FRED, bookseller, 10, 11, 63.
HUTTON, LAURENCE, his collection of death-masks, 68;
mentioned, 69.
IAGGARD, ISAAC, 93.
IMLAY, MRS. GILBERT. _See_ Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft.
INCUNABULA, 72.
IRVING, HENRY, 129, 268.
IVES, BRAYTON, his copy of Shelley's _Queen Mab_, 108.
JAMES I, 278, 280, 287.
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, 58.
JELLICOE, SIR JOHN (Viscount), 291.
JOHNSON, HENRY, 213.
JOHNSON, JOHN G., 42.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL, on poetry and Pope, 10;
holograph prayer of, 22;
many prayers written by, 22;
_Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland_, 23, 24;
letter to Mrs. Horneck, 22;
and Mrs. Davies, 31;
Psalmanazar _Memoirs_, inscribed by, to Mrs. Thrale, 31, 32;
_Prologue Spoken at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane_, 42, 43;
and the author's book-plate, 60, 61;
Mrs. Thrale's copy of the _Dictionary_, 63;
letter to the Thrales, 63;
his letters considered, 63, 64;
his story of the sale of the MS. of _The Vicar of Wakefield_, 98;
translator of Lobo's _Abyssinia_, 125;
_The Prince of Abissinia (Rasselas)_, 125, 206, 207;
and Jonson, 145;
Macaulay's representation of, 147;
first meeting with Boswell, 150, 151;
what his fame owes to Boswell, 151, 152;
his advice to Boswell, 166;
on Boswell's _Corsica_, 170;
effect of his death on Boswell, 173;
Mrs. Thrale's _Anecdotes_, 174;
Hawkins's _Life_ of, 174;
need of an index to his _dicta_, 176, 177;
on Boswell, 181;
introduced
to the Thrales by Murphy, 192;
growth and long continuance of the intimacy, 193;
their first and greatest lion, 194, 195;
practically a member of the Thrale household, 197, 198;
his "menagerie of old women," 198;
at Streatham, 199, 200;
verses to Mrs. Thrale, 201;
business adviser to the Thrales, 202;
executor of Thrale's estate, 203, 204;
Streatham portrait of, 204, 205;
presentation copy of _The Prince of Abissinia_ to Mrs. Thrale, 206, 207;
violent letter to Mrs. Thrale on her engagement to
Piozzi, and her reply, 211, 212;
effect of his death on Mrs. Thrale-Piozzi, 213, 214;
author's imaginary meeting with, 273, 274;
his efforts to obtain a reprieve for Dr. Dodd, 306 _ff._;
letter of ghostly counsel to Dodd, and prayer for him, 311, 312;
writes "gallows speech" for Dodd (undelivered), 313, 314, 317;
on public executions, 317;
mentioned, 5, 52, 76, 80, 111, 114, 130, 155, 184, 187, 188,
189, 208, 215, 218, 221, 222, 226, 260, 268, 278, 282,
303, 321, 342.
_See_ Boswell, James; Dodd, William; Thrale-Piozzi, Hester Lynch.
JONES, INIGO, 278.
JONSON, BEN, 145, 282.
JORDAN, DOROTHEA, 133.
JOWETT, BENJAMIN, 185.
KARSLAKE, FRANK, 103.
Keats, John, _Endymion_, Wordsworth's copy of, 7, 29, 106;
_Poems_ (1817), presentation copies of, 18, 104, 106, and _n._, 122;
his copy of Spenser's _Works_, presented by Severn, 24, 25;
influence of Spenser on, 25;
rarity of books from his library, 25;
prices of MSS. of his works, 101;
_To the Misses M---- at Hastings_ (MS.), 105, 106 _n._;
_Lamia_, 106;
_The Eve of St. Agnes_, 355.
KELLY, FRANCES MARIA, relations with Lamb, 129-144;
as an actress, 129, 130;
Lamb's admiration for, 130, 131;
his offer of marriage, 132 _ff._, 138 _ff._;
the original of his "Barbara S----," 135;
Lamb's earlier letters to, 136-138;
her reply to his offer of marriage, 142.
KEMBLE, JOHN PHILIP, 130, 235, 236.
KENNERLEY, MITCHELL, 103.
KING, EDWARD, 354.
KINGSLEY, CHARLES, 253.
"KNOCKOUT, THE," at London auctions, 102, 103.
LABOUCHERE, HENRY, _Truth_, 28.
LAMB, CHARLES, autograph letter to Taylor & Hessey, 28;
receipt for copyright of _Elia_, 28, 74;
_Elia_, presentation copy of, 28;
_Prose Works_ (1836), 37;
_Letters_ (1837), 37;
_Elegy on a Quid of Tobacco_, 38, 39 _n._, 40;
in the Cosens MSS., 38, 39, 41;
birth and growth of the author's interest in, 52, 53;
his burial-place, 53;
his house at Enfield, 53;
_Old China_, 68;
as book-collector and book-lover, 68;
admiration for Miss Kelly, 130 _ff._;
_Dream Children_ reminiscent of her, 130, 131;
resurrection of his letter offering marriage to her, 132 _ff._;
sonnet to her, 133;
on Blue-stockings, 134;
"Barbara S----," 134, 135;
writes Epilogue to Godwin's _Antonio_, 235;
describes its first performance and damnation, 236, 237;
his copy of the play-bill, with comments, 237;
on Mrs. Godwin, 239, 240;
_bon mots_ of, 241;
mentioned, 7, 48, 89, 112, 122, 129, 222, 239, 330.
_See_ Kelly, Frances Maria.
LAMB, CHARLES and MARY, _Tales from Shakespeare_, 7, 239.
LAMB, MARY, and her brother's courtship of Miss Kelly, 136, 138, 141, 142;
mentioned, 38, 53, 239.
LAMBERT, WILLIAM H., sale of his collection, 48.
LAMBTON, SIR HEDWORTH, assumes name of Meux and inherits
Lady Meux's estates, 288, 289;
on active service in the late war, 291 and _n._
_See_ Temple Bar.
LEE, HARRIET, courted by Godwin, 234.
LEECH, JOHN, illustration for _A Christmas Carol_, 116; 78.
LEVASSEUR, THÉRÈSE, 165.
LEWES, GEORGE HENRY, 176.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, 333.
LINNELL, JOHN, his Blake collection, 82.
_Lippincott's Magazine_, 329.
LIVINGSTON, LUTHER S., 48, 49, 75, 97, 103.
LLOYD, CONSTANCE, Marries Wilde, 328.
LOBO, FATHER, his _Abyssinia_ translated by Dr. Johnson, 125.
LOCKE, JOHN, 91.
LOCKE, WILLIAM J., _The Belovèd Vagabond_, 91.
LOCKER-LAMPSON, FREDERICK, his copy of the first folio of Shakespeare, 93;
and of the _Compleat Angler_, first edition, 96;
mentioned, 346.
LONDON, the great market of the world for collectors' books, 8 _ff._;
and Dickens, 10;
bookshops of, 13 _ff._;
Stow's _Survay_ of, 32, 274, 275;
changes in, 66, 268, 269;
preëminence of, as a book-market, passing to New York? 71;
Aggas's pictorial map of, 274;
the plague and the great fire, 279.
_London_, a poem, 32.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, 10.
LOWELL, AMY, 222.
LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL, 7, 154, 185.
LOWTHER, KATHERINE, and Gen. Wolfe's copy of Gray's _Elegy_, 107.
LUCAS, EDMUND V., 132, 133.
LUD GATE, 277.
MACAULAY, HANNAH MORE, 146.
MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD, his essay on Boswell's
_Johnson_ criticized, 145 _ff._
MACLISE, DANIEL, presentation copy of Dickens's _The Haunted Man_, to, 116.
MACPHERSON, JAMES, 211.
MACREADY, WILLIAM C., presentation copies to, of _Oliver Twist_, 44, 46, 47,
_American Notes_, 116,
and _The Cricket on the Hearth_, 116.
MACROBIUS, _Saturnalia_, 90.
MADISON, JAMES, 58.
MAGDALEN HOUSE, Dodd chaplain at, 298, 299.
MAGGS, THE BROTHERS, booksellers, 66, 103.
MANGIN, EDWARD, _Piozziana_, quoted, 17.
MANSFIELD, WILLIAM MURRAY, EARL OF, 307.
MARLBOROUGH, SARAH, DUCHESS OF, 278.
MARSHALL, ARCHIBALD, 251.
MARSHALL, JOHN, 58.
MARSHALL, JOSHUA, 281.
MARTIN, SIR THEODORE, _Life of the Prince Consort_,
inscribed presentation copy of, to Gen. Sir A. Gordon, 33, 34.
MARTIN, MRS., Letter of Mrs. Browning to, 26.
MARY, Queen of George V, 267, 270.
MASON, STUART, _Bibliography of Oscar Wilde_, 114.
MASON, WILLIAM, _Elfrida_, Boswell's copy of, 159, 163.
MATHEW, CAROLINE, 25.
MATHEW, GEORGE FELTON, poem of Keats addressed to, 25; 106 _n._
MATTHEWS, BRANDER, _Ballads of Books_, 69.
MEIRS, RICHARD WALN, 68.
MELMOTH, SEBASTIAN, name assumed by Wilde in Paris, 340.
MEREDITH, GEORGE, _Modern Loves_, inscribed to Swinburne, 121;
mentioned, 250.
MEUX, SIR HEDWORTH. _See_ Lambton, Sir Hedworth.
MEUX, LADY HENRY, makes Sir H. Lambton her heir, 288, 289.
MEUX, SIR HENRY, buys Temple Bar and sets it up at Theobald's Park, 286.
MILLARD, EVELYN, 337.
MILLETT, MAUDE, 336.
MILTON, JOHN, _Paradise Lost_, first edition, with
first title-page, 5 and _n._, 6, 87, 102, 103;
_Lycidas_, 103, 354.
MONTAGU, ELIZABETH, 194, 200, 204.
MONTGOMERIE, MARGARET. _See_ Boswell, Margaret.
MOORE, GEORGE, _Memoirs of My Dead Life_, proof-sheets of, 49, 50;
_Literature at Nurse_, and _Pagan Poems_, presentation copies of, 49, 51;
_Flowers of Passion_, 87;
quoted, on the Griffin, 285.
MORAN, E. R., 347.
MORE, HANNAH, 153, 154, 194.
MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT, acquires Boswell's letters to Temple, 158;
mentioned, 71, 98, 351, 352.
MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER, 150 _n._
MORRIS, WILLIAM, 331.
MUDIE'S LENDING LIBRARY, 49.
MURPHY, ARTHUR, introduces Johnson to the Thrales, 192, 193.
NEILSON, JULIA, 336.
NELSON, HORATIO, LORD, 320, 321.
NEW YORK, and the rare-book market, 71.
NEWTON, A. EDWARD, book-plate of, 60, 61;
visit to Auchinleck, 181-184;
imaginary meeting with Dr. Johnson, 273, 274;
visit to Theobald's Park (Temple Bar), 286-290.
NORTH, ERNEST D., bookseller, 46, 52.
_Oration in Carpenter's Hall_ (Philadelphia), 58.
_Original London Post_, _Robinson Crusoe_ published serially in, 101.
OSBOURNE, S. LLOYD, 112.
OSGOOD, CHARLES G., 60, 61, 176, 177.
PAINE, THOMAS, 229, 230, 231.
PAOLI, PASCAL, 156, 165, 166, 169, 170.
PATER, WALTER, quoted, on Wilde's comedies, 334.
_Patissier, François, Le_, 88.
PATTERSON, JOHN M., 168.
PAUL, C. KEGAN, 247.
PEARSON, MR., bookseller, 21-23.
PEMBROKE, MARY (SIDNEY) HERBERT, COUNTESS OF, 346.
PEMBROKE COLLEGE (Oxford), 22.
PENN, WILLIAM, 58.
PENNELL, ELIZABETH ROBINS, _Our House_, presentation
copy of, to the author, 32, 94, 328.
PENNELL, JOSEPH, 94, 328.
PEPYS, SAMUEL, 158.
PERCY, HUGH (Bishop), 179.
PERCY, MRS., presentation copy of _Rasselas_ to, 125.
PERKINS, MARY. _See_ Dodd, Mary.
PHELPS, WILLIAM LYON, on Trollope, 250, 251, 258.
PICKWICK, MR., Seymour's original drawing of, 346.
PINERO, SIR A., 335.
PIOZZI, GABRIEL, copy of Johnson's _Prince of
Abissinia (Rasselas)_ presented to, by Mrs. Thrale, 206, 207;
his acquaintance with Mrs. T., 207-209;
becomes engaged to her, 210;
their marriage, 212, 213;
his death, 223;
mentioned, 194, 214, 217.
PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH. _See_ Thrale-Piozzi, Hester Lynch.
PLAGUE, THE, in London, 279.
POPE, ALEXANDER, his _Homer_, 9;
Dr. Johnson, and O. Wilde, on, 10;
mentioned, 89.
PRESENTATION BOOKS, 107.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, 68.
PRINTS, collecting, 4;
inlaying, 57.
PSALMANAZAR, GEORGE, _Memoirs_, association
copy of, 31;
Johnson and, 31, 32.
_Punch_, 120, 335.
PYNSON, RICHARD, 91.
QUARITCH, BERNARD, the Napoleon of booksellers, 15;
his catalogues, 87 _ff._;
mentioned, 7, 76.
QUARITCH, BERNARD ALFRED, a worthy son of his father, 15;
on Widener, 353, 354;
mentioned, 8, 71, 98, 103.
QUIN, JAMES, 190.
RADCLIFFE, ANN, 253.
_Ralph Roister Doister_, 89.
RANSOME, ARTHUR, _Oscar Wilde_, 49.
READE, CHARLES, 253.
REDWAY, W. E., manager of Hollings's, 33.
REED, HENRY, Copy of _Vanity Fair_ presented to, by Thackeray, 19.
REMBRANDT, H. VAN RIJN, 152.
REVELEY, MRS., 232.
REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA, dedication copy of Boswell's _Johnson_ to, 18;
mentioned, 153, 156, 181, 184 _n._, 194, 200, 347.
RICE, MRS. HAMILTON, builds Widener Memorial Library, 353;
mentioned, 48, 112, 346.
ROBERTS, _The Holy Land_, 5.
ROBINSON, MARY DARBY ("Perdita"), 232.
ROBINSON, HENRY CRABBE, 37.
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, 329.
ROSENBACH, A. S. W. ("Rosy"), bookseller, 41-44;
quoted, on Widener, 348;
his catalogue of Widener's Stevenson collection, 348;
mentioned, 71, 75, 80, 106, 109.
ROSS, ROBERT, quoted, 114;
and Wilde, 341, 342.
ROSSETTI, DANTE G., his sketch of Tennyson reading _Maud_, 26, 27;
inscription to Swinburne, 106.
ROSSETTI, W. M., 26.
ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES, 165.
RUDD, MARGARET, _Anecdotes of the Life and Transactions of_, 81.
RUG-COLLECTING, 3, 4.
RUSKIN, JOHN, 323, 331.
RUSSELL, E. F., 110.
SABIN, FRANK, 24, 25.
SABIN, F. T., bookseller, 24, 54, 66, 87.
ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover Square, 303.
ST. PAUL'S, London, thanksgiving service in, 267, 268;
rebuilt by Wren after the great fire, 279.
SALUSBURY, HESTER LYNCH. _See_ Thrale-Piozzi, Hester Lynch.
SALUSBURY, SIR JOHN, 189.
SALUSBURY, MRS. JOHN, 190.
SALUSBURY, JOHN PIOZZI, 206, 207, 223, 224.
SANDYS, LORD, 194.
_Saturday Review_, quoted, on Wilde's poetry, 325.
SCHELLING, FELIX, _Elizabethan Drama_ and other books, 62;
mentioned, 296.
SCOTT, SIR WALTER, _The Heart of Midlothian_, 256;
mentioned, 111.
SESSLER, CHARLES, bookseller, 44, 46, 47, 116.
SEVERN, JOSEPH, copy of Spenser's _Works_ presented by, to Keats, 25.
SEYMOUR, ROBERT, original drawings for _Pickwick Papers_, 346.
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM, folios and quartos, 67, 72;
_Hamlet_, first quartos of, 72;
_Venus and Adonis_, early editions of, 72;
_Titus Andronicus_, 72;
the first folio, 92, 93, 346;
_Poems written by Wil. Shakespeare, Gent._ (1640), 346;
mentioned, 43, 117, 152, 296.
SHAW, G. BERNARD, 323, 324.
SHELLEY, MRS. HARRIET, deserted by Shelley, 242;
her death, 244.
SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, _Frankenstein_, 231.
_See_ Godwin, Mary W., 2d.
SHELLEY, PERCY B., _Queen Mab_, presentation copy of,
to Mary W. Godwin, 108;
and Godwin, 242;
elopes with Mary W. Godwin, 242;
marries her, 244;
death, 245, 355;
mentioned, 7, 228.
SHERARD, ROBERT H., biographer of Wilde, 340.
SHERIDAN, RICHARD B., 130, 334.
SIDDONS, SARAH, 130, 194.
SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP, _Arcadia_, Countess of Pembroke's copy of, 346.
SKELTON, JOHN, _Poems_, 102, 103.
SMITH, ADAM, 162.
SMITH, GEORGE D., bookseller, 36 _ff._, 58, 71, 73, 96, 106, 115.
SMITH, HARRY B., his "Sentimental Library," 136;
mentioned, 346.
SMITH, SIDNEY, engraver, 61.
SMITH, SYDNEY, 8.
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 83.
SMOLLETT, TOBIAS, 297.
SOTHEBY'S AUCTION ROOMS, 101, 354.
SOUTHEY, ROBERT, _Life of Nelson_, 320;
mentioned, 38, 39 and _n._, 41, 321.
SOUTHWARK, Thrale brewery in, 191, 195.
SPENCER, GEORGE, MARQUIS OF BLANDFORD, 70.
SPENCER, GEORGE JOHN, EARL, 70.
SPENCER, WALTER, bookseller, 27, 28, 53, 54, 66.
SPENSER, EDMUND, copy of his _Works_ presented to Keats by Severn, 24, 25;
his influence on Keats, 25;
mentioned, 177.
SPOOR, J. A., 48.
STANHOPE, PHILIP, pupil to Dr. Dodd, 301.
_See_ Chesterfield, fifth Earl of.
STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE, 5, 64, 185.
STERNE, LAURENCE, _A Sentimental Journey_, 81;
mentioned, 298, 304.
STEVENSON, ISOBEL S., 112.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS, _Inland Voyages_, inscribed copy of, 109;
_A Child's Garden of Verses_, unique copy of, 109, 110, 111;
prices of first editions of, 110, 112, 113;
_The New Arabian Nights_, 110;
his popularity, 111;
_Penny Whistles_, 112;
Widener's collection of his works, 112, 348, 349;
_Vailima Letters_ (holographs) 348;
_Memoirs of Himself_ (MS.), privately printed by H. E. Widener, 348, 349;
_Treasure Island_, 348, 349;
mentioned, 7, 185.
STOKE POGES CHURCH YARD, 74.
STOKER, BRAM, _Dracula_, 231.
STOW, JOHN, _Survay of London_, first edition, 32;
quoted, 274, 275.
STRAHAN, GEORGE, 22.
STREATHAM PARK, the Thrales' country seat, 192, 194, 195, 196;
life at, described by Fanny Burney, 199 _ff._;
closed, 209;
reopened, 215, 216.
STRONG, ISOBEL STEWART, 348.
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS, 55.
SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR. _See_ Gilbert and Sullivan.
SUNDAY, "BILLY," 292.
SURTEES, R. S., his sporting novels, 49, 77.
SWINBURNE, ALGERNON C., _Poems and Ballads_, first edition, 11;
inscription to, by Rossetti, 106;
Moore's _Modern Love_, inscribed to, 121;
mentioned, 262.
TALFOURD, THOMAS NOON, _Final Memorials of Charles Lamb_, 37, 38.
TAYLOR AND HESSEY, 28, 74.
TEMPLE, REV. WILLIAM J., Boswell's letters to,
history of the collection, 157, 158;
extracts from the letters, 158-165;
his letters to B. not preserved, 159;
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.