CONCLUSION.
Assuredly it seemed to me that all was over; and the future a dead
blank. And for a time I was as a man stunned.
But in truth it was very far otherwise! I was fifty-five; but I was in
good health, young for my years, strong and vigorous in constitution,
and before a year had passed it began to seem to me that a future,
and life and its prospects, might open to me afresh; that the curtain
might be dropped on the drama that was passed, and a new phase of life
begun.
I had had, and vividly enjoyed an entire life, according to the
measure that is meted out to many, perhaps I may say to most men.
But I felt myself ready for another! And--thanks this time also to
a woman--I have _had_ another, _in no wise_ less happy, in some
respects, as less chequered by sorrows--more happy than the first! I
am in better health too, having outgrown apparently several of the
maladies which young people are subject to!
Of this second life I am not now going to tell my readers anything.
"What I remember" of my first life may be, and I hope has been, told
frankly without giving offence or annoyance to any human being. I
don't know that the telling of the story of my second life would
necessarily lead me to say anything which could hurt anybody. But
mixed up as its incidents and interests and associations have been
with a great multitude of men and women still living and moving and
talking and writing round about me, I should not feel myself so
comfortably at liberty to write whatever offered itself to my memory.
Ten years hence, perhaps ("Please God, the public lives!" as a
speculative showman said), I may tell the reader, if he cares to hear
it, the story of my second life. For the present we will break off
here.
But not without some words of parting kindness--and shall we say,
wisdom!--from an old man to readers, most of whom probably might be
his sons, and many doubtless his grandsons.
Especially, my young friends, don't pay overmuch attention to what the
Psalmist says about "the years of man." I knew _dans le temps_ a fine
old octo-and-nearly-nonogenarian, one Graberg de Hemsö, a Swede (a man
with a singular history, who passed ten years of his early life in the
British navy, and was, when I knew him, librarian at the Pitti Palace
in Florence), who used to complain of the Florentine doctors that "Dey
doosen't know what de nordern constitooshions is!" and I take it the
same may be said of the Psalmist. The years beyond three score and
ten need not be all sorrow and trouble. Depend upon it kindly
nature--_prudens_, as that jolly fellow, fine gentleman, and true
philosopher, Horace, says in a similar connection--kindly nature knows
how to make the closing decade of life every whit as delightful as any
of the preceding, if only you don't baulk her purposes. Don't weigh
down your souls, and pin your particles of divine essence to earth by
your yesterday's vices; be sure that when you cannot jump over the
chairs so featly as you can now, you will not want to do so; tell the
girls with genial old Anacreon, when the time comes, that whether the
hairs on your forehead be many or few, you know not, but do know
well that it behoves an old man to be cheery in proportion to the
propinquity of his exit, and go on your way rejoicing through this
beautiful world, which not even the Radicals have quite spoilt yet.
And so _à rivederci_--_au revoir_--_auf Wiedersehn_--why have we no
English equivalent better than "Here's to our next pleasant meeting!"
INDEX.
A.
Abbey, Reading, Mary Mitford's project concerning
Aberdeen, Lord, and Lord Cowley
Abrams, the Misses
Absolute, Sir A., my representation of
Ackland, Captain
Adam, Sir Frederick
Adam the forger, Dante's
Adams, John Quincy, Grattan on
Affinities Elective
Age not counted by years
Aladdin's lamp, G. Eliot wishes for
Albani, Margherita
Albèri, Signor
Albertazzi in 1840
Alinari, photographer at Florence
_All the Year Round_, contributions to
American lady at Tuileries
Americans at the Pitti Palace
anecdote of
meeting Lewes at an
America, my brother's book on
criticised by Lewes
Irish in, Grattan on
Amiens, excursion to
Ampère, his éloge at the Academy by Arago
Amphytrion, Venice as
Anacreon on old age
Antagonism with G. Eliot, subject of
Antagonist, G. Eliot as an
Antiboini, the
Antiques, modern, in _Our Village_
Antonelli, Cardinal
Apennines, Grand Duke crossing the
figure representing the, by Michael Angelo
scenery among the
Apoplexy, man dying of, anecdote of
Appony, Comte d', his receptions in Paris
April fool, Grattan an
Arago, M., at the Academy
Archduchesses, sweetness of
Archduchess Sophie
Arezzo, marshes near
Pulszky at
G. Eliot wishes to see
Aristotle's Natural Science
Army, Tuscan attitude of at the Revolution
_Arnaldo da Brescia_, Niccolini's
Arno river in flood
the
Articulation, George Eliot's
Ashley, Lord, letter from
Aspirates, Landor used to drop them
Aspirations, early
_Athenaeum_, my wife's letters in the
_Atlantic Monthly_ on Landor
Aubrey, Miss
Aumale, Duke of
Aunt, Dante's
Aural circulation, Lewes on
_Aurora Leigh_, Mrs. Browning's
Austen, Miss, Mary Mitford's idol
Austin, Alfred
Austrian troops in Florence
officers, anecdote of
Austria, Mary Mitford on
Napoleon III.'s negotiations with
Autobiography, G. Eliot on
Autograph collectors
Autolycus, his song
Auvergne, pedestrianising in
dialect of
Aylmer, Admiral
Lord
Azeglio d'Massimo, anecdote of
B.
Baby Beatrice
_Backwoodsman, Young_, Mary Mitford asks about
Baden in Switzerland
Bagni Caldi at Lucca Baths
Baiae, excursion to, G. Eliot's
Balzac's suppressed play
Bamberg, Baroness Zandt at
Banagher, my brother at
Bancroft, the Historian, Grattan on
his anti-Whig politics
Bandi, the family at Florence
Barbaras, Hermolaus
Bargello, at Florence, Dante's portrait in
Baritone of our way, Lewes
Barrett, Elizabeth, at Torquay
Theodosia Garrow's appreciation of
her affection for Isa Blagden
Landor on
Mary Mitford's admiration for
Bartley, Mrs., and Mary Mitford
Bartolomei, Marchese
Bath, and W.S. Landor
Bavaria, ramble in
Bay tree, Wordsworth's
Beacon Terrace, Torquay, Mrs. Browning at
_Beata, La_, my novel, Lewes and G. Eliot on
Mrs. Carlyle on
Beatrice, my daughter, George Eliot on
Beaufort, Duke of
Belial, Bishop, Landor calls Philpotts a
Bellosguardo, at Florence
Benjamin, my mother's
Ben Jonson's superstition, Mary Mitford on
Bereavements, different
Berkeley, Grantley, and Landor
Berington's _Middle Ages_
Berti Palazzo, in Florence,
Bezzi, Signor A. and Landor
Bible, persecution for reading the
Bier, open, used in Florence
_Biglow Papers_, Lowell's
Biographies, G. Eliot on
Birmingham, my return from
Blackbird, Song of the
Black Down, Tennyson's house at
Black Forest, Leweses in the
_Blackwood's Magazine_, Mary Mitford on
Blagden, Isa, Miss
her poems
her death
note from
Lewes inquires after
and George Eliot
Blandford Square, Leweses at
Blaze de Bury, Madame
Blessington, Lady
Bob Acres, my representation of
Boboli Gardens, the, at Florence
anecdote of Lady Bulwer in
Bohemia, Grand Duke's estates in
Bologna, Grand Duke on way to
Austrians at
Bologna, "la Grassa"
Boodh, Landor on
_Book of Beauty_, Lady Blessington's
Booksellers, Landor eschews all
Bordeaux, Conversations at
Borgo, San Sepolcro, Pulszky at
Boston Consulate, Grattan on leave from
Society of, Grattan on the
"Boto," Florentine for "Voto"
Bourbonnais, travels in
Boutourlin family
Braddons, the, at Torquay
Brahman Princess, my wife's grandmother
Brest
Bretons, changes in character of
Brightness, my mother's value for
Brittany, book on
costume in
Broons in Brittany, costume of
innkeeper's daughter, at
Brougham Castle
Browning, Oscar
Browning, Robert
at Florence
his care for Landor in Florence
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, specialties of her character
letters from
her absolute truthfulness
on Napoleon III
and Theodosia Garrow
her handwriting
her death, Lewes on
on Theodosia Trollope's faculty
Bull, Rev. Mr., of Bradford
Bullock, Reuben
Bully, an Irish
Bulwer, Lord, Landor on
Bulwer, Henry, at Paris
Bulwer, Lady, at Florence
her character
anecdote of
in Boboli gardens
letters from her
Burial, manner of, in Florence
Burial, premature fear of
Burridge, Landor's landlady at Torquay
Butcher's wife, anecdote of the
Butter, not used by Tuscans
Byron
C
Cadogan, Lady Honoria
Calais, crossing to, Lewes on
Camaldoli, with George Eliot to
_Padre forestieraio_ at
Cambridge, near Boston, notable men there
Canada
Cancellieri, Francesco, his mode of writing
Canigiani family at Florence
Canino, Prince
is marched off to the frontier
his sale of his title
his personal appearance
Capstone Hill, at Ilfracombe
Caravan, _summum bonum_
Carlo, San, theatre at Naples, G. Eliot at
Carlsruhe
Carlton Hill at Penrith
Carlyle, Thomas, his description of Dickens's person
Landor on
and Anthony Trollope
Carlyle, Mrs., her description of Dickens's personal appearance
on my novel _La Beata_
Carnival at Rome
at Florence
Carey, translator of Dante, with Miss Mitford
"Casa Colonica," Tuscan
Casentino, the
Casino dei Nobili at Florence
Cathedral in Florence and Mr. Sloane
burial of priest in, anecdote of
Cavour, my wife's account of his death, George Eliot on
Cemetery, Protestant, at Florence
Champion, the, at the Pitti, anecdote of
Charming, Dr., of Boston, Grattan on
Chappell, Mr. Arthur, dinner with
Chateaubriand
Cheapness at the Baths of Lucca
Chelsea, tea at
Chiaja at Naples, G. Eliot on the
Chiana, draining marshes of
Chianti wine, price of
Chiusi, marshes near
Chorley, Henry, and Mary Mitford,
at Heckfield
Church, the, Landor on
Church, English, Dickens on the
Città di Castello, Pulszky at
Clarke, Miss (Mme. Mohl)
Clemow, Mr. and Mrs., of the Royal Hotel, Ilfracombe
Clergy, French, in 1840
Guizot on the
Clericalism at Florence
Clifden, Turbot at
_Cobler, Northern, The_, read by Tennyson
Coins in use at Florence
Coker, Mrs.
Colburn, Mr.
and Lady Bulwer
Colico on Lake Como
Collins, Wilkie, story by
dinner with
Colloquial use of a language must be learned young
Cologne
Colonna Vittoria
Commons, House of, Dickens on
_Commonwealth of Florence_, my history of the
Como, Lake of
George Eliot at
"Compagnatico." Tuscan
Composition, George Eliot's difficulty in
Composition, literary, Grattan on
_Confessor's Manual_
Congress, member of
Congresses, Italian Scientific
Conservatism forced on me
Consolation, child's, in confinement
Consul, British, at Boston, Grattan
Mr. Grattan addressed as
Consulship at Boston, Grattan on the
Consultations and plans, my mother's and mine
"Contadini," Tuscan
Convocation, Dickens on
Copper mine near Volterra
Coquerel, Athanase, his preaching
Corinne, a new
_Cornhill Magazine_
Cornish jury, verdict of
Correggio, book on, by Signor Mignaty
Correspondence of London paper
_Country Stories_, Mary Mitford's
Court Supreme, American judge, story of the
Cousin, his philosophy obsolete
Covent Garden Theatre, Mary Mitford's play at
Cowley, Lord, ambassador in Paris
Cowley, Lady, as ambassadress
Cowper's home at Olney, Mary Mitford on
Cramer, John
_Crazy Jane_, authoress of
Crime almost unknown in Grandducal Florence
Croce, Santa, church of, in Florence and Mr. Sloane
Cross, Mr., his _Life of George Eliot_
Cruikshank and Lady Bulwer
Curwen, Mr., flooding of his mine
D.
Dalling, Lord, at Paris
at Florence
Dall' Ongaro, the Poet
Dante, his portrait at Florence
Deak, Pulszky's visits to
Deans, cousins of Mary Mitford
Death in the street at Florence, anecdote of
Death of Lewes's son
Deathbeds, taste for, George Eliot's
Decade of Italian Women, my book on
Decade, last of life
how to enjoy the
Decision, a momentous
D'Henin
Mdlle
her letters to my mother, _et seq._
at Tuileries ball
her death
"Dehors Trompeurs, les;" Mdlle. Mars in
_Democrat Le_, French newspaper anecdote of
Departure of the Duke from Florence
Deputies, Chamber of, opening of in 1840
at the
Desk, writing, standing at
Devonshire farmer, a
De Whelpdale, Lord of Manor Penrith
Dexter, Arthur, of Boston
Dialect, Florentine
anecdote of lady speaking
Dialect, provincial, as read by Tennyson
Dialect, George Eliot on use of
Dibden, Dr.
his preaching
Dickens, Charles, first meeting with
personal appearance of in early youth
subsequently
was near-sighted
his manner
his so-called exaggerations
his character
his opinions on Italy
on public schools
letters from
on conversation
on Gibson the sculptor
on Italian political situation
on Louis Napoleon
on Home the Medium
introduces me to my first wife
on the general elections
on the House of Commons
on the English Church
on my brothers standing for Beverley
last letter from
Dinner, going with glee to
Director of Museum, Pesth
Disaffection in Tuscany, beginning of
Doherty, John,
Doney's coffee-house at Florence
Don Giovanni, Protestant,
Douarnenez, sardine fishing, etc
Doubt of death
Doyle, Sir F., his reminiscences
Dramatic College, Royal, Dickens at
Dresden as a residence
Drinking-song, sung by Mr. Du Maurier
Duel at Baths of Lucca,
Du Maurier, Mrs.
Du Maurier, Mr. and Mrs.
Dupin, at the Chamber
Dupin and Lady Bulwer
Dyer, Lady
Sir Thomas
Dymock, Champion, at Florence
E.
Easter devotions
Edenhall in Cumberland
Luck of
Election in Ireland
General, Dickens on
in Hungary, cost of
Hungarian
Elm Court, Temple, Sergeant Talfourd's address
English Government and Tuscany
English language, George Eliot on the
Enunciation, George Eliot's
Eotvös, Baron, and Pulszky
Eremo, Sagro at Camaldoli
rule there
ride up to
inmates of
Error in post-mark, singular
Erysipelas, attack of, cured by Homoeopathy
Esterhazy, his picture gallery
Eternal City, French hated in
Everett, Ed, Grattan on
_Examiner_, the, criticism of, on my first wife's letters
Exchange of portraits
Ex-governor, pompous, and Grattan
F.
Factory legislation
Lords, leaders of
Faculty, multiform, my first wife's
"Falkland" in the _Rivals_, by Sir F. Vincent
"Falstaff House," of Dickens
Falterona, rivers rising in Mount
the mountain
Fanny Bent
Fauche, Mrs.
Fauriel, M.
Fête, National, at Florence
Field, Miss,
a favourite with Landor
returns his present of a scrap book
Fiesole, Leader's villa at
Filippo Strozzi, my book on
Finance Committee, Pesth, Pulszky on
Finden's tableaux
Fine Arts Society at Pesth, Pulszky chairman of
Finisterre, at
anecdote of
_Firenze la Gentile_
no longer such
Firing on Florence, orders for
Duke never gave such
Fisher, Harriet, my wife's half sister
her character
her death
Fisher, Harriet, her brother
always a peacemaker
her beneficent influence
Flanders, French, rambles in
Flavia, verses on, by my first wife
Flint, Mrs. and Mary Mitford
Flood in Florence
Florence decided on as a residence
departure from London for
society of
flood at
coins in use at
cheapness of life at
police at
revolution at
number of English residing at
singular social change at
social changes in, causes of
my History of
Lewes criticises
leading medical practitioner at
Florentine nobles
Municipality places a tablet to the memory of my first wife
characteristics
Flower garden, Mary Mitford's
Fonblanque, Mr. Landor on
Fontebranda fountain
Fool, April, Grattan is made an
Foreign Affairs Committee at Pesth, Pulszky on
Forster, Mr., on Dickens
his life of Landor
portraits prefixed to
Landor gives him all his works
Fortezza da Basso at Florence, Grand Duke at
in Florentine revolution
_Fortnightly Review_
France, Central, Journey through
which portion most interesting
Franchi, book by G.H. Lewes, reading
Francis, St., and Pulszky
_Fraser's Magazine_, Mary Mitford on
French hated at Rome
Frescobaldi family, at Florence
Friday receptions, my mother's in Florence
my mother's whist parties
Friends, my mother's, in youth and age
Fun, my mother's love of
G.
Gabell, Miss
Gabell, Dr., of Winchester
Galileo, new edition of work of
Milan edition of
Gambling tables at Lucca Baths
Garcia, P., in 1840
Garibaldi and Dickens
Col. Peard's judgment of
my remembrance of him
visits me at Ricorboli
his personal appearance
dispute with him, a
at Palermo
Garrow, Mr. Joseph
Landor's letters to
his musical talent
a very exacting father
his death
Garrow, Mrs.
Garrow, Judge
Garrow, Theodosia
her position in her family
her fortune and prospects
her personal appearance
her ancestors
in Rome
her Church opinions
as an inmate
at the "Braddons,"
her appreciation of Miss Barrett
and Landor
Genoa, fishing near
La Superba
George Eliot. _See_ Lewes, Mrs.
Germany, Lewes's in
Ghosts of memory
Gianchetti and whitebait
Gibson the sculptor
Dickens on
Giglio, Via del, at Florence
Gilchrist, Dr., dinner given by
Giotto's tower at Florence
anecdote concerning
G.H. Lewes on
Giusti, the poet, and Grand Duke of Tuscany
my first wife's translations from
Gladstone, his age, G. Eliot on
when a High Tory
"Glass beads for savages,"
Glee, going to dinner with
Gore House
Gothard, St. over the, Lewes's journey
Gothic architecture, Mary Mitford on
Grand Duke of Tuscany
anecdote of
exit of, from Tuscany
Grand Duchess Florentini, burial of
Grant, General
Granville, Lord
his receptions in Paris
Grattan, T.C., consul at Boston
letters from
his message to me
blank, no prize, Grattan
prepares new edition of _Highways and Byeways_
writes in _North American Review_
endeavours to promote peace between England and America
speaks of his seared heart
pessimism as often deceptive as optimism
not a fertile writer
his advice to my mother as a writer
visits Washington
doubts respecting his conduct as consul
writes on Ireland
proposes various travels
resolves to give up punning
his repartees
Grattan, Mrs
Graves, Miss, at Florence
Green tea and laudanum, effects of
Gregory XVI. a Camaldolese
beans annually sent to
Grey goose quill work, Grattan on
Greys, cousins of Mary Mitford
Grisi in 1840
Guidi Casa, visits to
Guizot on the French clergy
"Gush" and Mary Mitford
Gyöngyös in Hungary, election for
H
Haddon Hall
Haine, Notre Dame de la
Hahnemann's favourite pupil
Halifax
Hall, Mr. Horace, and Mr. Sloane
Hall, Alfred, and family at Florence
Haller, Dr., of Berlin
on Lewes's philosophic work
Hamilton, Mr., Minister at Florence
Hamilton, Captain, author of _Cyril Thornton_
his boat on lake
Handwriting, Mary Mitford's
Hare, Landor's friend
Harrison, American President
Harrow days, old
Hatred, Our Lady of
Hebraist, learned
Heckfield, Mary Mitford at
Heenan the pugilist
Heidelberg
Heights, Witley
Hennell, Miss Sara, Mrs. Lewes to
Heretics, persecution of
Hermolaus, Barbarus
Hervieu, M., his portrait of my mother
High Church opinions, my sister's
_Highways and Byeways_, Grattan's
new edition of
Hill, Herbert, Southey's nephew
Hill, Theodosia, in _Our Village_
Hill, Frances, in _Our Village_
Hill, Joseph, Cowper's cousin
_History of Philosophy_, G.H. Lewes's
_History of Florence_, my, G.H. Lewes's criticism of
Hoche, General, his daughter, anecdote of
Hobhouse, Edward, at Florence
Hofwyl, Lewes's at
Holland, society of, Grattan on
Holland, Lord, Minister at Florence
anecdote of
saved my mother's life
Lady
Homoeopathic cure of erysipelas
_Household Words_, my contributions to
Hügel, Baron
Hume, Mr., the "Medium," Dickens on
Humour, that of George Eliot
that of Lewes, different
my mother's sense of
Hungarian politics, Pulszky on
elections
Hungarians, Pulszky proud of the
Huntingford, Bishop of Hereford
his handwriting
Hustings, fall of
I.
Ilfracombe, visit to
Royal Clarence Hotel, at
Impudence, Irish, notable case of
Independenza, Piazza, dell', in Florence
Index, the Roman Catholic
Indian hand, my first wife's
Influenza and tragedy, Mary Mitford suffers from
Inghirami Marchese
Intimates, my mother's, in youth and age
_Ion_, Sergeant Talfourd's
Ireland in 1841
Grattan on
Irish in America, Grattan on the
Italy, my mother's book on
takes to political thinking
J.
James, G.P.R., Lander's friend
Jealousy, professional, at Florence
Joy, Mr., of Boston
Joyce's Inn, dinner at
Judge Story, Grattan on
K.
Kenyon, Mr.
and Landor
his poems, Landor on
Landor on
and Miss Mitford
Kenyon, Mr. Edward, and Miss Mitford
his munificence
Keppel Street days, old
Killeries, excursion to
Kingstown, landing at
Kirkup, Seymour, and Signor Bezzi
L.
_La Beata_, my novel, George Eliot on
Lewes on
Lablache in 1840
"Lady" for wife, used by Landor
Laffarge, Madame
Lake of Como, George Eliot at
Lamartine, cited
Landor, Walter Savage
at Siena
circumstances under which he left England
his character
personal appearance
last days at Florence
anecdote of
his deafness
dropped his aspirates
threw his dinner service out of window
his vivacity of manner
his objection to scattering his photograph
letters to Mr. Garrow
offers to let his villa at Florence
his extravagant exaggerations
anger respecting Lieutenantcy of Monmouth
abuses the Whigs
at a breakfast at Milman's
and Mary Mitford
Land's End, the
Landseer, Edwin
Langdale, Little, Wordsworth's lines on
Lanleff, Temple of
_Lascia Passare_ extraordinary
Laudanum and green tea, effects of
La Vernia
ride to
_forestieria_, &c,
night-lodging at
Layard, visit to Dickens
and G.P. Marsh
Leaf, turning over a new, Grattan on
"Lenten Journey," my
Leopoldine laws at Florence
Le Roi, Madame, anecdote of
Letters, my first wife's in the _Athenaeum_
Lewes, G.H., my first acquaintance with
a delightful companion
his incessant care for his wife
his anxiety about Mrs. Lewes's fatigue
his fourth visit to Italy
as a _raconteur_
at the house of the American Minister
his adieu to me about my novel
happier than previously
last adieu to him and Mrs. Lewes
his saying of George Eliot's person and constitution
his literary influence on George Eliot
his faith in her powers
his insistance on her superiority to him
his delight in talking of her
letters from him and George Eliot
letter criticizing my novel _La Beata_
his remarks on Mrs. Browning's death
visits Malvern
his criticism of my _Marietta_
his ill health
_Fortnightly Review_, his editing of
at Tunbridge Wells
his _History of Philosophy_
in the Black Forest
at a pantomime
on crossing to Calais
on my corresponding with a London paper
death of his son
no biography of
his special advantages in writing on philosophy
photograph of him
Lewes, Mrs. excursion to Camaldoli
her cheerfulness under fatigue
her sensitiveness to all matters of interest
passes the night in the cow-house
at La Vernia
her fourth visit to Italy
her intellectual power
consideration for others
as a companion
her Catholic tolerance
would have been an admirable confessor
not happy
subsequently more so
her sense of humour
my visit to her at Witley
her growth
optimism in her case
her articulation
her love for a drinking song
her improved health
last adieu to her and Lewes
her personal appearance
her likeness to Savonarola
to Dante
her voice
and mode of speaking
her opinion of Lewes's scientific attainments
Bohemianism in Lewes pleasant to her
letters from her and Lewes
questions concerning Florentine history, letter on
her remarks on my novel _La Beata_
speaks of her interest in deathbeds
her handwriting
on letter-writing
her Sunday musical evenings
her poor state of health
at Venice
difficulties in composing
in the Black Forest
wishes to see Arezzo and Perugia
at Naples
as an antagonist
and my second wife
her affection for Lewes's son
her wishes concerning her husband
after her husband's death
on her husband's photograph
Lewes, Charles
Liberalism, my mother's
_Life and Mind, Problems of_, G.H. Lewes's book on
Lilies, scarlet, American
Lima, river
Lira, Tuscan
Literature, English, biographies in
"Loggia," Tuscan, picture of afternoon in a
Lombard nobles
Lombardy under the Austrians
_London Quarterly_ on G.H. Lewes
Longfellow and Sir G. Musgrave
Lorraine, ramble in
Lottery, Italian, scheme of
Louis Philippe, history of reign of
his hobby
Louis Philippe opens French Chambers
his grief at death of Duc d'Orleans
anecdote of
his wealth
his debts
his reign, character of
Lowell, his _Biglow Papers_, read by him
L.S.D, origin of our
Lucca, Scientific Congress at
Lucca Baths
journey thither from Florence
English Church at
tragedy at
_La Industriosa_
Lucca, Duke of
at the Baths
his protestantizing tendencies
his English chamberlains
opposed to duelling
by his chamberlain's dying bed
Lucchesi, character of
Lucerne, visit to the Garrows at
"Luck of Edenhall"
"Lung' Arno," at Florence
Luscombe, Bishop, his preaching
anecdote of
Lydia Languish played by Madame di Parcieu
M.
Macaulay, Landor on
_Macchiavelli, Life of_, Villari's
"Macchie" in Italian landscape
Macleod, Col., at Penrith
Macready and Mary Mitford
and G.H. Lewes
plays _Ion_ for his benefit
M'Queen, Col. Potter
Madiai, the story of the
Magazines, writing in, Mary Mitford on
Mahomet, Landor on
Malcontenti, Via dei, Florence
Malvern, Mr. and Mrs. Lewes's visit
Manelli, family at Florence
Mannheim
Manual for Confessors
_Marietta_, my novel, criticized by Lewes
Mario, Jessie White
Mario, Alberto
Marriage, my first, opposition to
imprudence of
performed in Florence
Mars, Madame, in _Les Dehors Trompeurs_
Marsellaise, in 1840
Marsh, G.P., American Minister to Italy
dean of the diplomatic body
his work, _Man in Nature_
letter from him
difficulty with the Italian Ministry
his death
and G. Eliot
Mrs. Marsh
and G. Eliot
at Rome
Martineau, Miss, her American book
"Mason, George," Mary Mitford inquires about
Massy, Dawson
Master of Foxhounds, Irish
Mazzinists, Col. Peard on
Medical practice, and whist
_Medici, Catherine de, Girlhood of_, my book on
Medici, General, his departure from Genoa
Mediterranean, the
Melanie, Princess Metternich
letter from
exchange of portraits
Melbourne, Lord, his family, Landor on
Member of Congress
"Memories, Palace of," verses by my first wife
Ménage and Ménagerie
"Mercato in," Italian phrase
Merimée, M.
Messenger, King's
Metternich, influence of, on my mother
Princess, influence of
Mezzeria system in Tuscany
Michael Angelo, his figure representing the Apennine
_Michael Armstrong_, novel by my mother
Mignaty, Signora
Mignaty, Signor
Mignet, M.
Milan, Scientific Congress at
Milk not used by Tuscans
Milman, Landor breakfasts with
Lander's criticism on
quits incumbency at Reading
Minerva Hotel, Rome, Lewes's at
Mitford, Mary
her personal appearance
letters from
her handwriting
an aristocratic Whig
remarks on Owen, of Lanark
and Captain Polhill
her opera
on writing in magazines
her hopes for her tragedy
her hatred of puffery
anxious to go to London for the performance of Talfourd's _Ion_
necessity for travelling with a maid
her father
her cousins
writes a novel for Saunders and Ottley
her belief in sympathies
opinions on Austria
admiration for Gothic architecture
purposes a novel on Reading Abbey
her _Country Stories_
her admiration for Miss Barrett
her garden
sends wild flowers to the Sedgwicks
Carey, translator of Dante, visits her
her "gush"
Misericordia, the Florentine
origin of
dress of
members of
proceedings of
anecdotes of
Roman
Modena, frontier line between it and Lucca
political feeling at
under the Este dukes
"Modern Antiques" in _Our Village_
Mohl, Jules, at Madame Récamier's
anecdote told by
his great work
character of
Madam, life of, by K. O'Meara
note from
Monasteries, sites of
Monday Popular Concerts, at the
Monmouth, Deputy Lieutenantcy of
Montalembert, Dickens's remarks on
Mont Cenis, crossing in February
Moore, Thomas, Landor on
Monthlies, writing in, Mary Mitford on
Moses, Landor on
Mountains, last look on the
Movement of mind towards Conservatism
Mowatt, Mrs.
Mozzi family at Florence
Mulgrave, Lady
Municipality, Florentine, place a tablet to the memory of my first wife
Municipalities, rivalry between
Murder at Florence, anecdote of a
Murder, singular method of
Murray, John, of Albemarle Street
Museum, National, at Pesth
Museum, British, George Eliot reading at
Musgraves of Edenhall
Sir George
and the Holy Well
and Longfellow
walks with
Lady
Mutton, no more good
N.
Naples, Scientific Congress at
under the Bourbons
compared with Torquay
the Lewes's at
G. Eliot on quarters at
Napoleon, Louis, Dickens on
his Italian policy, Mrs. Browning on
W.S. Landor writes on
Nemours, Duc de, anecdote of
his grief for his brother's death
Nerli family at Florence
"Netto dispecchio," query of George Eliot respecting the phrase
Neuilly, body of Duc d'Orleans lying at
Niagara
Niccolini, the poet, my first wife's translations from
in his old age
a disappointed man
Nicholson, Dr., of Penrith
walks with
Nicholson, Dr. Wm., of Penrith
Nihilist, opinions of a
appearance of a
Noble, name of Landor's grandmother
Northampton, Lord
_North American Review_, Grattan writes in
_Northern Cobbler_, the, read by Tennyson
Northernhay, at Exeter
Novels, my
Novel-writing, Mary Mitford on
Nunziatina, Via, in Florence
Nurse and child, picture of
Nymzevitch, ex-chancellor of Poland, anecdote of
O.
Oastler, Mr.
Oberland, the
O'Connell's health drunk at Boston
Octroi of London
Officer, Austrian and Tuscan mob, anecdote of
Ogles, cousins of Mary Mitford
Old school, practitioner of the
Olney, Cowper's residence at, Mary Mitford on
Olympus for forgotten authors
O'Meara, Miss K., on Jules Mohl
Opera, Mary Mitford's
Optimism in George Eliot
Orleans, Duke of
his death
grief of royal family for
anecdote of
Ostend
Osteria, near Lucca baths, scene at
_Our Village_, last volume of
Owen, Mrs., of Lanark, Miss Mitford on
P.
Packing and Sitz baths
Paddington, Bishop Luscombe at
"Padre forestieraio" at Camaldoli
plans for his holiday
Padua "la dotta"
Paige, Mr., of Boston, Grattan on
Paige, Mrs.
"Palace of Memories," verses by my first wife
Pan, God, Mrs. Browning's poem on
morality of
Pantomime, Lewes at a
Papal Legion, the
Parcieu, Madame de, as Lydia Languish
Paris, second visit to
residence at
lodgings, cost of
society in 1840
as a permanent residence
_Paris and the Parisians_, my mother's book, Mary Mitford on
Parma, Duke of, his death
Parma, political feeling at
Partington, Mr., my uncle
Pasolini, Count and Countess
Passerini, Palazzo, at Florence
Patrick's, Saint, day, Grattan on
_Paul the Pope and Paul the Friar_, my book on
Paynter, Fred
Peard, Colonel
letters from
Pelago in the Val d'Arno
Antonio da
Penini, Browning's son, at Siena
anecdote of
Penna de la Vernia
origin of word
appearance of
Penrith, at
my sister's confinement at
house at
Pepe, General, his marriage
my mother's intimacy with
Pergola Theatre at Florence, prices at
habits and manners at
crush room at
Persecution of heretics
Persiani in 1840
Perugia, G. Eliot wishes to see
at
Pesth, museum at
ladies of
University
Museum
_Philosophy, History of_, Lewes's
Philpotts, Bishop of Exeter, Landor on
anecdote of
Phlebotomy _versus_ port wine
_versus_ whist
Photograph, Landor's
Physician, Princess Metternich's
Piastre, Landor fined one
Piazza del Duomo at Florence, café in
Piazza dell' Independenza at Florence
"Piazza in," Italian phrase
Picardy, ramble in
Picnics at Florence
Pigott, Edward, and G. Eliot
Pisa, Congress at
region between it and the sea
Pistoja, mountains in the
Pitti Palace, presentations, anecdote of
_versus_ Vatican
Pitti Palace, balls at
suppers at
Grand Duke at
Duchess at
Dowager Duchess at
Pitti Palace, the, at Florence
Pius IX., anecdote of
line on
Place Vendôme
Plantation bitters, G.H. Lewes recommends
Plowden, Mr., at the baths of Lucca
his duel with the Duke's chamberlain
Plunkett, Mr., Minister at Florence
Poem by Theodosia Trollope
Pointer, French, anecdote of
Polhill, Captain, and Mary Mitford
Police at Florence under the Grand Duke
Political opinion, Parisian, in 1840
Politics, Street, in Paris
an affair of the heart
Ponte Vecchio at Florence in danger
the
Ponte at baths of Lucca
Pontifical government, my first wife's hatred of
Populace, Florentine, anecdote of
violence of
"Por' Santa Maria," in Florence
Port wine _versus_ phlebotomy
Portugal, destruction of monasteries in, Mary Mitford on
Post-mark, singular error in
Potatoes, cost of
Power, Miss, Lady Blessington's niece
Power, lost in the _President_
Prato Vecchio, town in the Apennines
osteria at, 272
Pratolino, picnics at
Medician villa
view from
Premature burial, fear of
Prescott, the historian, Grattan on
"President," the, a fatal title
Pretender, Young, Mary Mitford's story of the
Priest, rescuing the
burial of, in Florence Cathedral
Priory, the, Mrs. Lewes at
_Problems of Life and Mind_, G.H. Lewes's book on
Proby, Mrs., as Mrs. Malaprop
Procter, Mr., his poetry, Mary Mitford on
Prolétaire, French
Promise, my, to my mother
Protestant cemetery at Florence
Provincialism, affected
Tuscan
_Psychology, Study of_, Lewes's book on the
Puffery, Mary Mitford on
Pulszky, Franz
his talk
his villa at Florence
letters from
our tobacco parliament
and Deak
and Baron Eotvös
on Hungarian politics
his children
at Vienna
his multifarious occupations
visit to, at Pesth
Pulszky, Madame
Punning, Grattan abandons
"Puseyite," my sister a
Q.
Quadruple Alliance, the
_Quarterly, London_, on G.H. Lewes
Quattro Fontane, Via della
Quincy Adams, John
Queen of the Adriatic, monograph on
Queen's health not drunk at Boston
_Queen, British_, the, steamship
Queen of the Baths, Lucca
Queen, the, should be Pope, says Landor
Quotations, Landor on
R.
Rachel, Mademoiselle, in _Cinna_
her specialties
in _Marie Stuart_
in _Adrienne_
Railways, social effect of
the Lewes's wish to avoid
Ratcliffe, Mrs. anecdote of
Ratisbonne, M., his conversion
Ravenna, scene of a novel of mine
Reading, visits to
Reading Abbey, Mary Mitford's project concerning
Récamier, Madame, talk in her salon
and Lady Bulwer
Refinement, its connection with wealth, Mary Mitfoid on
Refugees, political, in Florence
Regicides, would-be
Religion in France in 1840
Repartee, Grattan takes to
_Review, Fortnightly_
_North American_,, Grattan writes in
Revolution at Florence
entirely bloodless
orders to fire on the city in the
Rialto, on the
Richie, Mrs.
Richelieu, Duc de, anecdote of
Ricorboli, my villa at
_Rienzi_, Mary Mitford's
Ristori, Madame, in _Mirra_
_Rivals, The_, acted at Florence
Riviera, the, Whitebait on
_Rizpah_, read by Tennyson
_Road to Ruin, The_, Arthur Vansittart in
"Roba usata,"
Robbins, English, clergyman at Florence
Roberts, Captain of the _President_
Rogers, Landor on
at Milman's breakfast
_Rôle_, Liberal, profession of
Rome "la Eterna,"
Romagna under the Pope
Romagnoli, the
Rome as a residence
takes no part in scientific congresses
winter in
_Romola_, George Eliot's, faults of
merits of
Romuald, Saint
Rossi family at Florence
Rousseau
Rubini in 1840
Rule and example
Russells, cousins of Mary Mitford
S.
Sagro Eremo, the, at Camaldoli
rule there
ride up to
inmates of
Sainte-Beuve, cited
Saint Francis, sisters of the Order
Saint Patrick's Day, Giattan on
Sams or Sands? Miss Mitford asks
Sanctuaries, Tuscan
San Carlo Theatre at Naples, George Eliot at
San Gallo gate at Florence
Sainta Maria Maggiore in Rome
San Niccolò gate of Florence
Sanscrit dictionary, if wanted
Sardine fishing
_Saturday Review_, George Eliot on
Saunders and Ottley publish novel for Mary Mitford
Savonarola in George Eliot's _Romola_
likeness of George, Eliot to
Savoy, tour in
Saws, Tuscan, for children
Sayers the pugilist
Sciatica, attack of
Scientific Congresses, Italian
Scrivelsby Manor
Seal, old, Landor loses his
Sedgwick Miss, Mary Mitford on
Theodore asks for English wild flowers
Segni, the historian
Serchio, river
upper valley of
Servite Monastery on the Apennines
Sestri di Ponente, fishery at
whitebait at
Sevestre, Lady
Sir Thomas
Shaftesbury, Lord
Shakespeare's superstition, Mary Mitford on
Shedden, Mr.
Shinner, Elizabeth, her death
Sicily and South Italy, Col. Peard on
departure of volunteers for
Siena, Mrs. Browning at
always Conservative
_Siren, A_, my novel
advice of Lewes concerning
Sledges on Mont Cenis
Sloane, Mr. at Florence
and Grand Duke
his Friday dinners
Smith, Sydney
his manner in the pulpit
Sophie, Austrian Archduchess
Sorrows, two greatest of my life
Soult, English frenzy about
at the Chamber of Deputies
Southampton, Landor goes to
Southey, Landor on his marriage
Landor on
Spain, destruction of monasteries, Mary Mitford on
"Specchio, netto di," query of George Eliot concerning
Standing to write
Stanley, Ed., Landor on
State prisons in Austria
Sterne quoted
Stephens, Mr., preacher
Stewart, Miss Rosa
Stisted, Mrs.
was Queen of the Baths
her harp playing
brings her husband's body from Rome
Colonel
his death
and bunal
"Stornelli," Tuscan
my first wife's translations from
Story, Judge, Grattan on
Story, the Misses, at Penrith
Charlotte
Sugaring jam tart, Lewes on
Sultana, my first wife's grandmother
Sunshine, George Eliot's, in London
Superstition, local
Suppers at the Pitti Palace
Supreme Court, American, Judge Story of the
Surrey, G. Eliot's home in
Swedenborgianism
Switzerland, Baden in, cured my sciatica
travel in
Sympathies, Mary Mitford's belief in
Szecseny, in Hungary, election for
T.
Tablet, monumental, to my first wife
Taffy, Lady Bulwer's dog
Talfourd, Sergeant, Mary Mitford's friend
his _Ion_
franks Mary Mitford's letters
Tamburini, in 1840
Taylor, Jeremy
Telesio, works of
Tennyson, visit to
his reading
Teste, at the Chamber
"Testor inferos,"
Thackeray, W.M., his dictum about humour
Theatres in London and abroad, G.H. Lewes on
Theatricals, private, at Florence
Thibeaudeau, President
Thiers, M.
anecdote of
flatters the masses
and Lady Bulwer
Thorn, Colonel
_Three Clerks, The_, my brother's novel, Mrs. Browning on
Three Mile Cross, Miss Mitford's residence
_Three Peers, The_, by Lady S--, Lady Bulwer on
Tiber, river
Tirley, Sir John, married to my sister
_Times_, the, on Italian politics
Tito in George Eliot's _Romola_, merit of
Token, meaning of the term
Torquay, Landor at
compared with Naples
Torrens, Mr., as Sir Lucius o'Trigger
Tory, process of becoming a
Mary Mitford becomes a
Tours in France
Townsend, C.H.
Traditions of Landor in Florence
Travel, books of
Treguier in Brittany
Trewhella, Mr.
Trooper, Austrian, falls in streets of Florence
Trollope, Beatrice, my daughter, poem on, by her mother
her mother's worship of
early discipline of
Trollope, Cecilia, my sister, winters in Rome
Trollope, General Sir Charles, at Venice
his membership of the Congress at Venice
Trollope, Theodosia, my first wife, her death
her intellectual and moral qualities
influence of race on
Mrs. Browning on her multiform faculty
her musical talent
her talent for language
poem by
her landscape painting
her opinions
her hatred of the Pontifical Government
her social preferences
her rule of life
as a daughter-in-law
Trollope, Frances, my mother, winters in Rome
as Mrs. Malaprop
serious illness of, was wrongly treated
was my inseparable companion
her intense power of enjoyment
her last days
my brother Anthony's mistaken judgment of
portrait of, for Princess Metternich
attacked by erisypelas
her death
my promise to her, the keeping of
Trollope, Anthony, my brother, in Ireland
walk at the Killeries
his standing for Beverley, Dickens on
his criticism on Mrs. Browning
his _Three Clerks_, Mrs. Browning on
dines with G.H. Lewes
with Carlyle
comes to see me at Baden
his letter to my wife
his autobiography, a passage in
his mistaken judgment of my mother
Trollope, T. Adolphus, early literary work
a born rambler
taste for sermons
offends Wordsworth
first book
early habits of rambling
book on Brittany
second visit to Paris
preparation of house at Penrith
visit to Ireland
plans and consultations
acquaintance with Dickens
building a house
_Daily News_ correspondent
first marriage, opposition to
imprudence of
first meeting with future wife
with her at Venice
first marriage
book on _Tuscany in 1849 and 1859_
acts Sir Anthony Absolute
three Thespian avatars
literary work at Florence
writes novels good and bad
knowledge of Italian
visits Pesth
visits to Landor
visits Camaldoli with Lewes and his wife
talk with her
receives her and Lewes
visits them at Witley
visit to Tennyson, at Black Down
my conversatism
attack of sciatica
closeness of association with my mother
my political opinions
sorrows come upon me
keeping my promise to my mother
end of first life
beginning of second life
Troops, Tuscan, and the Revolution
Tuckerman, Mr., American writer
Tuileries, _bal monstre_ at
suspected conspiracy at
Tunbridge Wells, G.H. Lewes at
Turrite Cava, gorge of
Tuscan cities, wedding trip among
Stornelli, my first wife's translations from
Tuscans, not progressive
Tuscany and Papal States
condition of, in 1840
Duke of, his justice
Grandducal, disliked at the Vatican
Tyrol, ramble in
U.
Upper Arno, the valley of the
V.
Vallombrosa
Van Buren politics, Grattan on
Vansittart, Arthur
Varchi, the historian
Vatican, Dickens on the
Vein, opening of a
Venice as a residence
autumn at
Scientific Congress at
magnificent reception of the Congress
under the Austrians
George Eliot at
glass and child
Venetian ambassadors, reports of
Verey's in Regent Street, Dickens at
Dickens's "God speed" dinner at
Via Nazionale in Rome
Vienna Exhibition
Mr. E. Kenyon at
Villa, the, at Lucca Baths
Villafranca
_Village, Our_, last volume of
Villages on hills around Baths of Lucca
mode of keeping time at
Villani, the historian
Villari, Professor Pasquale
Linda
"Villino Trollope," at Florence
my study in the
Vincent, Sir Francis, at Florence
Visconti, Mademoiselle
Visits, two important
Vol-au-vent, true pronunciation of
Volterra, copper mines near, and Mr. Sloane
Volunteers, Colonel Peard on, 223
W.
Wackerbarth, Mr., High Church curate
Walker and Wood, Memoirs of Bradford
Walter, Madame
Ward, Baron, his extraordinary career
anecdote of
Warwickshire, Landor goes to
Washington, Grattan's visit to
Watts, portrait of Lady Holland by
Webster, Mr., of Boston, Grattan on Mrs.
Wellington Street, No. 20, visits to
West India, Book on, Anthony's
Whig, aristocratic
Whigs, the, Landor on
Whist and medical practice
White, Linda
Whitebait and Gianchetti
Whittaker, Mr., Mary Mitford's publisher
Wife, my second, and G. Eliot
Wills, Mr., dinner with
Winchester, Dr. Gabell of
Wise, Mr.
Wiseman, Cardinal, in Casa Sloane
Witley, the Heights
Wood, Mr., of Bradford
and Walker, Messieurs
"Woonderful," favourite word with Landor
Wordsworth, visit to
his recitation of his own lines
manner of reciting
his eldest son's misfortune
Work the great consoler, Lewes on
X.
Ximenes, Palazzo, in Florence
Y.
York Street, in
return to
house in given up
"Young Backwoodsman," Mary Mitford asks about
"Young Pretender, the," Mary Mitford's story of
Z.
Zandt, Baroness