The Whitefriars Club
Of all the institutions with which I have been associated, not one has
given me so much pleasure, or of which I feel so proud in belonging
to, as The Whitefriars Club. This Club was founded in 1865, and is
a survival of the old Bohemian life of London; it knows no sect or
politics, and its ambition is to create true fellowship amongst its
members.
The Club has a room and meets at Anderton's Hotel in that highway of
letters, Fleet Street. During the autumn and winter months it has
always been their custom to hold meetings each Friday to hear an
address from some distinguished publicist upon a subject of common
interest and importance. After the introductory speech by the guest
of the evening, the subject is open to discussion, and each member is
invited to express his views and convictions as freely as possible.
While listening to these speeches, I have often wished that reporters
had been allowed to be present, as I am sure those connected with
newspapers would have found these debates of more interest than
those taking place in a building of a greater national importance.
During the temporary retirement of our present excellent secretary,
Mr. W.N. Shansfield, I had the honour and pleasure of acting as the
Club's secretary for three years. At the end of my term of office, I
was delighted to receive a beautiful pair of candelabra as a present
from the Club, the greatly revered Lord Roberts being the guest of
the evening on this occasion. I can safely say that this presentation
was one of the most interesting events in my life, as after it had
been made, Lord Roberts rose from his seat, came round to me, shook
hands, and uttered some pleasant words of congratulation. To me the
occasion was a memorable one. There are, however, so many interesting
associations connected with this Club that I must go back to 1901, the
year of my becoming a member.
At the time of my joining the Hon. Secretary was Sir Arthur Spurgeon,
who has always been most loyal and helpful to members of the Club, and
to whom every one is deeply indebted for the interest and support he
has given to it. He it was who helped to develop the Club and made it
one of the great centres of journalistic and literary London. The Club
can never have a better or more thorough and efficient officer than the
present secretary, my good friend, Mr. W.N. Shansfield. He is always
at his post, and by his many amiable qualities greatly stimulates and
carries on the friendly intercourse at which the Club aims. Every
member of the Club is entitled to the distinction of being a Friar,
and the one who presides at our festivities is for the evening the
Prior, so that discipline and order among the Brotherhood is a foregone
conclusion.
The following toast is always given at each meeting by the Prior and
is heartily responded to by the Friars and guests present: "Friars and
Guests,--By this wine we commemorate the White Friars of old, fortified
with spirit--the spirit of admiration for their services to charity
and good learning--and sweetened by sympathy for those who, broken by
fortune, dwell in Alsatia. It is left for me, as Prior of the day, to
add the cordial--a cordial welcome to the guests of the Brotherhood
assembled at our board. Gentlemen, I bid a hearty welcome to you
all, and invite you to join with the Brothers of a gracious order in
drinking to the prosperity of the Whitefriars Club."
Among the Priors who have presided at our gatherings memory calls
up many who were leaders in the world of Literature and Journalism,
such as William Senior, Richard Whiteing, G. Manville Fenn, Sir F.
Carruthers Gould, Sir J. Foster Fraser, Sir Arthur Spurgeon, Sir
Anthony Hope, G.B. Burgin (who also edits "The Whitefriars Journal"),
Edward Clodd, Clement K. Shorter, Sir W. Robertson Nicoll and Sir
William Treloar, who have all distinguished themselves by their
aptitude and eloquence. It would be a breach of the rules of our
Order to give any account of the various nobles and gentlemen who
have honoured the Club by their presence. Sufficient to say that, be
the invited guest ever so exalted, the Club's invitation is seldom
declined. Many times I have heard from a guest what a delightful
evening he has spent and the enjoyment he has experienced in the good
fellowship which dominates the members and the proceedings of the Club.
On two occasions during the year, we have what is termed "Ladies'
Nights." This may appear strange to those who think that the monastic
order is carried out in its entirety, but I am sure the evening is
always as enjoyable to the ladies as it is to the Friars. On these
occasions, we have the toast of "Mere Man," proposed by a lady, and, as
a set off, the toast of "Sov'ram Woman," of course proposed by a Friar;
and each is equally appreciated. A volume which would be of great
interest to the public generally, might easily be compiled of extracts
from the Journals of the Club, but as it is understood by the members
that no reporters are present at our meetings, and that the proceedings
are for the members only and that no publicity is given to them, I must
not depart from this order of secrecy.
One of my early associations with the Club was on the visit of Mark
Twain to this country. He was invited to accompany some of the
members to Lambeth Palace, to hear an address from the Librarian upon
the many beautiful MSS. which the Library contained. This was most
interesting, as was also the visit to the Lollards' Tower, with its
many religious associations. After our visit to the Palace we were
invited to take tea, if I remember rightly, at the Authors' Club. Here
a number of notable authors and others were assembled to welcome the
American guest, among them being Dr. Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford, and
Canon Barnett. I was one of a group who were narrating some of their
interesting experiences, when the Rev. Canon told a story which greatly
amused his hearers and especially the members of our Club. The story
caused shouts of laughter and the Bishop held up his hands in apparent
surprise, and made some remark respecting it. I happened to suggest
that the rev. gentleman should be called to order by the Bishop, but he
again held up his hands and said, "Not in my Diocese," a retort which
caused more laughter than the story.
There is one association in connexion with the Whitefriars Club which
I shall not be breaking their rules by mentioning. This is our "Summer
Outing" in June or July, to which ladies were always invited. One
of these "Outings"--and certainly to me the one in which I found my
greatest anticipations realized--was that made to the home of our great
novelist, George Meredith, in 1902. I give, therefore, the following
sketch from notes made by myself and a small extract from the Club's
Journal.
* * * * *
It was on a cloudy, windy, but exhilarating day that a company of
"Whitefriars" started on a pilgrimage to Burford Bridge and Box Hill to
visit one of England's greatest novelists, George Meredith. The railway
journey proved far too short, as we spent the time in discussing with
some of our gifted fellow-travellers questions social and political,
one topic being "Would England become peopled by an effeminate race
should it cease to foster a jingo or warlike spirit." Needless to say,
no final discussion upon this stupendous subject was reached before
arriving at our destination. At Burford Bridge a capital lunch had
been provided, after which the Prior for the day, Mr. Robert Leighton,
proposed the health of Friar George Meredith. Other toasts were
proposed or responded to by Madam Sarah Grand, Mr. T.P. O'Connor, M.P.,
and Friar Sir Arthur Spurgeon.
After luncheon, a short walk over one of Surrey's most beautiful
hills brought us to the haven of our desires. Here, nestled under
the shade of hill and foliage, stood Flint Cottage, the charming but
unpretentious residence of Friar George Meredith.
Above the house stands the Châlet, the workshop of the great novelist,
eloquent in its stillness and solitude. In this Châlet many of his
masterpieces have been written.
Every one at some period in their lives has probably experienced that
extreme tension of feelings when they are about to realize that which
a vivid imagination has created and built up until it has become a
veritable brain picture.
We entered the grounds surrounding Flint Cottage, passing in single
file along the paths of a well-kept garden to a rustic seat in a small
meadow-like enclosure where the great novelist sat. With a hearty
shake of the hand as each visitor was introduced and a cheery word of
greeting to many an old friend, we passed before our host, then stood
about in groups or sat buoyantly expectant of what was to follow.
While waiting for the sound of a voice that will never be forgotten,
time was given to reflect upon our first impression of the man whose
name is honoured wherever English literature is known or read. To
the mind which admires all that is great in the world of reality or
imagination, it almost savours of sacrilege to attempt to describe
or analyse that which one looks up to and venerates. It is therefore
with the greatest humility that reference is here made to that lofty
embodied intelligence which until then had been known only through the
medium of George Meredith's writings.
Judging from appearances, the world-renowned novelist was quite an
ordinary-looking man of between sixty and seventy years of age. He was
dressed in a dark blue holiday suit, with a red tie, and held a grey
wideawake hat in his hand. His white but luxuriant hair partly covered
a high and noble forehead, which indexed a striking and characteristic
personality. All these details, however, were the outside man. It was
when he began to talk that our attention became riveted, for in the
deep resonant flexibility of his voice one became almost electrified.
Its penetration, as it conveyed the measured periods of the speaker,
immediately attracted attention, and a hush of expectancy stole over
the listening company. Early in the proceedings, Prior Robert Leighton
read the following address:
"Friar George Meredith,--We, members of the Whitefriars Club and our
friends, are gratefully conscious of the honour you accord to us in
permitting us a second time to call upon you here at your home. Be
assured we come to you to-day not with any feeling approaching vulgar
curiosity to invade and peep within the sanctities of your chosen
seclusion. We come with the reverence of pilgrims journeying to a
hallowed shrine; content if you do but allow us to enter at your gates
to offer you our respectful homage, to take your hand and listen for
some moments to the living voice of one to whom we individually and the
world in general owe so much.
"The work that you have done has become a part of English life and of
our own personal lives. It represents the highest blossom of the tree
of civilization, and it has come to mean so much that to-day no man or
woman can attain to a maturity of culture without having absorbed your
teaching and your spirit. You have taught us to appreciate everything
that is good in life, enhancing its sparkle and flavour. You have
sharpened our wits, polished our manners, advanced our happiness by
widening our comprehension. You have given us a new perception of the
social structure, and especially have you given us a key to the maze
and mystery of women's souls.
"You yourself, sir, in your splendid solitude, can hardly apprehend
what the name of George Meredith means to the best intelligences
of your era. It is a name honoured and venerated above all titles,
signifying to us, your disciples, the sum of all your imaginative
genius and your noble example have conferred. We, men and women
alike, who are privileged to see you to-day, are sensible of the added
understanding which comes of personal association with you, and we
shall remember the privilege as one of the most cherished benefits of
our lives."
Friar George Meredith said: "I cannot rise, but I wish to speak and
say: Ladies and Gentlemen, after a shower of honey from the busiest
bees of the bees around me, my wings are clogged, and I cannot fly. I
have no words to thank you. But look at the tops of those trees: from
that short height the measure of us is seen to be pretty equal. Each
does his work in his own way. I find so many people in different walks
that can do what I cannot do. Respect is a very great thing, but I
think we are in the habit of falling into a kind of delirium in regard
to men who after seventy years or more have made a name. We take them
as brandy--(laughter)--it is better to make a kind of dilution, and
therefore I mix a considerable amount of water with your compliments.
(Laughter.) However, I thank you heartily for coming to see me. If I
had the eloquence of that true Irishman, Mr. T.P. O'Connor, I should be
making an impression now--(laughter)--but I am only half Irish--half
Irish and half Welsh--I halt therefore rather on one leg. The Welsh are
admirable singers, but bad dancers. Mr. O'Connor would say not only the
words most appropriate, but his language would flow on, and you would
not be able to stop him. (Laughter.) I have not that gift, I can only
thank you for your kindness. (Loud applause.)"
Some of the visitors left their host to visit the Châlet, which,
judging from its dusty appearance, now rarely received a visit from
its master. This literary workshop consists of two rooms, one for
work and the other for rest and refreshment. The former contained a
well-selected library of English and foreign books, all exhibiting
the appearance of having been well used. Brockhaus's Great Lexicon
was a prominent feature in the library, which also contained first
editions of several of Meredith's own books and various autograph
presentation works from some of his literary friends. On the writing
table there were many well-used quill pens and scraps of MS., which to
the relic hunter were objects of great temptation, but reverence forbad
sacrilege. Through fear of our tiring a body which Nature has made far
too weak for such a mind, the pilgrimage had to be brought to an early
close, so with minds stimulated and trying to hold some of the wise
thoughts and expressions which had fallen from the great novelist's
lips, we returned to our hotel.
After the tea provided by our always practical secretary, a few short
and thoughtful speeches were delivered by the Prior, Sir William
Treloar and the Rev. W.J. Dawson; then, with cordial farewells and
those pleasing amenities which help so much in making such outings as
these doubly enjoyable, we journeyed back to the station and to town.
So ended what to others beside myself will always be remembered as one
of the red-letter days of our lives.
Another delightful outing was to Colchester and Constable's country.
There, we were not entertained with "Oysters and Erings Roots," but
with the historical memorials for which this town and district are
famous. After going over the Abbey, the Town Hall, and admiring the
four bronze Ravens which are supposed to be relics of the tenth
century, we drove through the Constable country, visiting "The Vale of
Dedham," passing the Elizabethan Grammar School where John Constable
was educated, "Willy Lotts House" and "Flatford Mill." During another
summer, our journey was to the Dickens country. After alighting at Sole
Street station and visiting the Leather Bottle, with its numerous
Dickens relics, and Cobham Church, we drove to Rochester and lunched at
the celebrated Bull Hotel, so humorously associated with Mr. Winkle.
Later on in the day we visited the Cathedral and Dean Hole's delightful
garden of roses.
The House of the Seven Poor Travellers fascinated us greatly, as here
we were shown Dickens' signature when he spent the night getting
material for his Christmas story of the "Seven Poor Travellers." We
also inspected the outbuildings in which he and the other travellers
slept. Among other journeys of very great interest, was one by train
to Oxford and from thence by boat up the Thames to Goring: the scenery
through which we passed is well known for its bewildering beauty.
Most interesting to me, as I happened to be at the time the Hon.
Secretary, was our pilgrimage to Hatfield House. Upon arriving at
Hatfield House and being received with a kindly shake of the hand by
the Countess of Salisbury, she showed us through the rooms in which
are located many wonderful historical treasures. More especially to be
admired was the collection of arms, many of which had been captured
from the Spanish Armada. The great library and the wonderful pictures
by Holbein, Van Dyck, Reynolds, and others, fascinated us all, but
perhaps the most interesting were the various relics connected with
Queen Elizabeth: the oak-tree under which she was seated when the news
came of Queen Mary's death and of her own accession to the throne; the
cradle once occupied by Elizabeth; and a pair of her silk stockings,
and a garden bonnet which she wore when walking in the surrounding
woods.
On leaving Hatfield House we drove over to St. Albans, where we visited
the old and delightful Cathedral, rich in its historical associations,
and, after an enjoyable dinner at one of the hotels, returned home
with minds full of the events which have helped to make the greatness
of England.
I might mention other delightful "outings" and events, but those which
I have given show the many fascinating episodes associated with the
Whitefriars Club.
INDEX
Agricultural Hall, 47
Alexandra Palace, 41
"Alice in Wonderland," 75
"A.L.O.E.," 76
Amberley School (Glos.), 14 _et seq._
American Copyright, 92
"Annual Register," 184
Appleton & Co., 93
Arber, Edward, 169 _et seq._
"Argosy, The," 74
Arnold, E., 86
Arnold, Matthew, 153
Arnold, Mr. W.H., 160
"Arthur Bonnicastle," 92
Ashenden Press, 190
Asquith, Right Hon. H.H., 128
Astley's Theatre, 39, 40
"Aunt Judy's Magazine," 74
Authors' Club, 204
Ave Maria Lane, 57, 178
Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 115, 183
Balfour, Lord, 126, 137
Ballantyne, R.M., 76
Baring-Gould, Rev. S., 76
Barnett, Canon, 204
Baxter, Richard, his "Saints Rest," 67, 174-5
Baxter, Mr. Wynne, 130
Baynes' "Lyra Anglicana," 58
Beaconsfield, Lord, 120, 124
Beale's "Sixpenny Library," 73
Beecher, Henry Ward, 58
"Belgravia," 74
Bellew, Rev. J.C.M., 44
Bennett, A.W., 83
Bennett, J., 83
Bentley & Son R., 84, 174, 177, 181
Bentley's "Standard Library," 73
Bible: Caxton Celebration Edition, 96
Bible: Revised Version, 93
Biblical Cabinet, The, 66
Bickers, Messrs., 181
Bickersteth, Rev. Edward, 65-6
Bickersteth, Rev. Robert, 66
Blackmore, R.D., 91
Blackwood & Sons, William, 77
Blake, William, 194
Blondin, 41
Bohn's "Libraries," 73, 181
Bonar, Rev. Horatius, 64
Book Auction Sales, 175 _et seq._
Booksellers' Association, 110, 138 _et seq._
Booksellers' Provident Institution, 131 _et seq._
Booksellers' Provident Retreat, 131 _et seq._
Booksellers' Society, London, 142
"Bookseller, The," 140, 143
Booth, L., 84
Boston's "Crook in the Lot," 67
Bosworth, Thomas, 141
Bradbury, Evans & Co., 83
Braddon, Miss, 76, 83, 84, 92
Brassey, Lord, 137
Brewer, E.C., "Guide to Knowledge," 71
Bright, John, 45
"British Almanac and Companion," 84
"Broadway, The," 74
Brook, Mrs. Carey, 76
Brockhaus, F., his "Great Lexicon," 213
Brontë, Charlotte, 91
Browning, Mrs. E.B. 88
Browning, Robert, 88
Bryce, Lord, 137
Bucknell, Mr., 19, 20
Buffon, George, his "Natural History," 184
Bunyan, John, 174
Burgin, G.B., 202
Burns, Robert, 194
Butter's "Spelling Book," 72
Byron, Lord, 88
Cadell & Davies, 182
Caine, Mr. W.S., 127
Caine, Sir T. Hall, 85
Cambridge University Press, 87, 94
Campbell, Lord, 139
Camps' Library, The, 104
Caradoc Press, 191
Carnegie Trust, 129
Carpenter, Bishop, 67
Cassell & Co., 84
Catalogues of Books, The term, 171 _et seq._
Caxton Celebration, 97
Caxton, William, 100, 138
Chatto & Windus, 83, 86, 89, 181
"Child's Guide to Knowledge, The," 71
Christian Biography, The Library of, 66
Christian Classics, Pickering's, 67
Christian's Fireside Library, The, 66
Churchill, A. & J., 174
City Temple, 44
Clark, Mr. John, 19, 26, 28-9
Clark, Mrs., 26
Clavel, Robert, 178
Clodd, Edward, 202
Colburn, H., 83
Colenso, Bishop, 71
Collins & Son, W., 85, 174
Collins, Wilkie, 91
Constable & Co., 86, 183
Constable, John, R.A., 214
Cooper, Sidney, 75
Copyright, 92
Cornwell's "Geography," 71
"Cottage Library," 73
Cowper, William, 73, 115
Craik, Mrs. (Miss Muloch), 16, 92
Creed Lane, 57
Cremorne Gardens, 41
Crockett, S.R., 91
Crosby, Benjamin, 113-4
Crosby, Lockwood & Co., 114
Crystal Palace, 41
Cummings, Dr., 25, 26, 58
"Daily Courant," 174
Dale, Rev. R.W., 45
Dalziel, The Brothers, 75
Daniel's Press, Canon, 191
Dante, 190
Darton & Harvey, 39, 182
Darwin, Charles, his "Origin of Species," 90
Dawson, George, 26
Dawson, Rev. J.W., 213
Day & Sons, W., 83
Dent, J.M., 86
Derby, The, 48-9
Dickens, Charles, 50, 76, 91, 214-5
Dilke, Sir Charles, 127
Doré, Gustave, 74
Dove Press, 191
Doyle, Richard, 75
Drury Lane Theatre, 33
Du Chaillu, Paul, his "Land of the Midnight Sun," 186
Duckwork & Co., 86
Dulac, Edmund, 190
Early Closing Association, 119, 120
Edward VII, 49, 134, 136
Elementary Education Act, 79
Eliot, George, 76
"Encyclopædia Britannica," 106, 136, 184
"Enquire Within," 83
Eragny Press, 191
Erckmann-Chatrian, 80
"Essays and Reviews," 69, 90
Essex House Press, 191
"Everyman's Library," 86
Family Prayers, 70
Farringdon Street, 192 _et seq._
Faulkner & Co., C.W., 119
Fenn, G. Manville, 202
Figuier, 80
Finsbury Park, 42
Fisher, Mr. Paul Hawkins, 21
Forster, Rt. Hon. W.E., 79, 124
"Fortnightly Review, The," 74, 106
Foster, Birket, 74
Fraser, Sir J. Foster, 202
Free Libraries, 105, 129
Frowde, H., 87
Gatty, Mrs., 76
George V, 130, 135
George, Right Hon. D. Lloyd, 128
Gilbert and Sullivan, 26
Gilbert, Sir John, 75
Gladstone, Right Hon. W.E., 63, 69, 97; 124-5, 192
"Good Words," 74
Gore, Canon, 69
Gould, Sir F.C. Carruthers, 202
Gouldburn, Dean, 63
Grace's Court, 57
Grand, Madam Sarah, 206
Grant, James, 76
Greenaway, Kate, 75
Griffin, C., 84
Griffith & Farran, 83
Griffiths, William, 80
Groombridge & Co., 83
Grossmith, George, 26
Grote, George, 139
Guthrie, Dr., 58
Hall, Rev. Newman, 64
Hamilton, Rev. James, 64
Hamilton Adams & Co., 142, 186
Hampton Court, 50
Hampton, Dame Alice, 12
Hannay's Almanac, 56-7
Harcourt, Sir William, 137
Hardwick, 84
Hardy, Thomas, 84, 91
Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth, 178
Harrup, G., 86
Harte, Bret., 83
Hatchards, 186
Hatfield House, 215, 216
Havergal, Francis Ridley, 65
Hawker's "Daily Portion," 70
Hearn, Tom, 46
Heenan, J.C., 22, 23, 38
Heinemann, W., 85
Helmore, Mr., 24
Helmore, Rev. T., 24
Her Majesty's Theatre, 37-8
Highbury Barn, 41
Highbury Congregational Church, 45
Hodder & Stoughton, 86
Holywell Street, 192
"Home and Colonial Library," 73
Hope, Sir Anthony, 202
Horsman, Edward, M.P., 22
Hospital Fund, King Edward's, 134 _et seq._
Hotten, J. Camden, 83, 89
Houghton, A.B., 75
Houlston & Wright, 83
Howitt, William and Mary, 76
Hughes, Arthur, 75
Hugo, Victor, 80
Humphreys, Noel, 75
Hunt, W., 83
Hurst & Blackett, 73
Hutchinson & Co., 86
Huxley, Professor, 44, 45, 90
Iddesleigh, Lord, 122
Ivy Lane, 57
Janes, Rev. John Angell, 64
Jay, Rev. W., 64
Jenkins, H., 86
Johnson's "Dictionary," 184
Johnson, Joseph, 115, 182
Keats, John, 88
Keble, John, 69
Keith, Dr., 99
Kelmscott Press, 190
Ken, Bishop, his "Divine Love," 67
Kent & Co., W., 81, 186
Kingsley, Charles, 76, 91
Kit's Coty House (Kent), 50
Knight, Charles, 84, 147
Lady's Closet Library, The, 66
Lamb, Charles, 193-4
Lambe's "Constitutional Diseases," 18
Lambeth Place, 204
Lane, John, 86
Langford, J.A., "The Praise of Books," 197
Lardner, Nathaniel 66
Lardner's "Scientific library," 73
Laurie, T. Werner, 86
Law, C., 183
Law, William, his "Serious Call," 67
Layton, C., 93
Leighton, Robert, 206, 209
Leighton, T., 75
Lever, Charles, 91
Lewes, G.H., 74
Library of Puritan Divines, 67
Liddon, Canon, 44
"Line upon Line," 72
London County Council, 126, 128, 130
"London Society," 74
Longfellow, H.W., 73, 88
Longmans, Green & Co., 77, 83, 177, 179, 181-2
Lyall, Edna, 92, 93, 94
Lytton, Lord, 91
Macduff, Rev. J.R., 62-3
McGregor, John, 120
Mackay, Mr. Charles, 19
MacKenzie, Mr. A.W., 129
Mackintosh, W., 83
Macmillan & Co., 84, 140-1, 177, 181
Macmillan, Sir Frederick, 144
Magazines, 73
Magee, Archbishop 67
Marconi, Chevalier, 121 _et seq._
Marriott, Miss, 32
Marsh, Miss, 64
"Mary Powell," 76
Mary, Queen, 135
Masters, J., 83
Mathews, Elizabeth, 184
Maurnan, Joseph, 183
Mavor, William F., his "Voyages and Travels," 184
Maxwell, John, 83
Melrose, A., 86
Menken, Adah Isaacs, 38
Meredith, George, 84, 91, 205 _et seq._
Merriman, H.S., 91
Methuen & Co., 85
Miles, Messrs. John, Frederick and William, 55, 115
Miles, John, 80, 115
Milford, Humphrey, 87
Millais, Sir J.E., 75
Miller, Hugh, 76
Miller, W., 183
Milman, Dean, 139
Milner, Joseph, 66
Milner, Lord, 127
Milton, John, 88, 174
Minchinhampton Common, 12
Montgomery, James, 66
Moore, George, 86
Moore, Thomas, 73
Morley, Lord, 127
Morris, Lewis, 88
Morris, W., 88, 190
Moxon, E, 27, 83, 88, 89, 174
Mozley, Henry, 182
Mozley, J. & C., 84
Mudie's Library, 186
Muloch, Miss. _See_ Mrs. Craik.
Murray & Highley, 182
Murray, John, 84, 181-2
Nash, Eveleigh, 86
Nelson & Son, T., 77, 84
Newbery, John, 83
Newby, J.C., 83
Newgate, 36
Newgate Market, 77
Newman, Cardinal, 69
New Vagabond Club, 131
Nicholl, Sir W. Robertson, 202
Nicholson, John, 178
Nimmo, J.C., 83
"Nineteenth Century, The," 106
Northcote, Sir Stafford. _See_ Iddesleigh.
Nunn, James, 114
O'Connor, T.P., M.P., 206, 212
Old Bailey, 31-2
Old Moore's Almanac, 55
Oliphant, Mrs., 92
Osborne, Thomas, 177 _et seq._
Oxenden, Ashton (Bp. of Montreal), 58, 63-4
Oxford Bible Warehouse, 77
Oxford University Press, 77, 87, 93
Paley, William, his "Evidences," 67
Parker, Dr., 43-4
Parkinson, Thomas, 175
"Parlour Library," 73
Paternoster Row, 57, 77, 178 _et seq._
Paternoster Square, 77
Patti, Carlotta, 40
"Peep of Day", 72
"Penny Cyclopædia, The," 84
"Pepys's Diary," 171
Perks, Sir Robert, 121
Phelps, Samuel, 33
Phillips, Sir Richard, 182
"Pickering's Christian Classics," 67
Pinder, Peter, 184
Pinnock's "Catechisms," 71
Pinwell, G.J., 75
Playgoers' Club, 131
Pope, Alexander, 185
"Practical Christian's Library," 67
Priestley, Joseph, 115
Publishers Association, 110, 144 _et seq._
"Publishers' Circular," 145
Pusey, Dr., 69
Quaritch, Bernard, 181
Rackham, Arthur, 190
Radcliffe, Ann, her "Mysteries of Udolpho," 184
"Railway Library," 73
Reade, Charles, 91
Reader, Mr. William, 177
Reeves, Sims, 40
Reid, Captain Mayne, 76
Ritchie, Lord, 124-5
Rivington & Co., 83, 179, 182
Roberts, Lord, 200-1
Robinson, G. & J., 114, 183
Rochester Cathedral, 50, 215
Rosebery, Lord, 126
Rose Cottage (Mrs. Craik's residence), 16
Routledge & Sons, George, 181
Ruddiman, Thomas,his "Rudiments," 183
Ruffhead, Owen, his "Statutes," 18
"Run and Read Library," 73
Russell, Lord John, 22
Ryle, Rev. J.C., 76
Sacred Family Library, 67
Sadlers Wells Theatre, 32-3
St. Albans, 216-7
St. George's Chapel, 51
St. Paul's Cathedral, 41, 44, 57
Santley, Kate, 40
Saunders & Ottley, 83
Sayers, Tom, 22-3
Scotcherd & Letterman, 183
Scott, Sir W., 76, 194
Scrope, G. Poulet, M.P., 22
Seeley & Burnside, 181
Seeley, Sir J.R., his "Ecce Homo," 69
Select Library of Fiction, 73
Selous, 75
Selwyn & Blount, 86
Senior, William, 202
Sewell, Mrs., 76, 92
Shakespeare, 174, 185, 189, 194
Shakespeare, Cassell's edition of, 33-4
Shakespeare, Globe edition of, 140-1
Shakespeare, his "Hamlet," 32 _et seq._
Shaylor, Joseph, his contributions and publications, 106-7
Shansfield, Mr. W.N., 199, 200
Shelley, P.B., 88
Sheraton, Thomas, his "Cabinet Makers' Drawing Book," 184
Shorter, Clement K., 202
Sidgwick & Jackson, 86
Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 52 _et seq._, 80, 81, 112 _et seq._, 186
Smiles, Samuel, 76
Smith & Son, W.H., 186
Smith, Dr. Pye, 66
Smith, Dr. William, his "Educational Works," 71, 186
Smith, Elder & Co., 84
Smith, J. Russell, 83
Smith, Sir Christopher, 121
Smithfield, 35, 36, 46
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 72
Southey, Robert, 66
Spencer, Herbert, 90
"Spiritual Library, The," 67
Spurgeon, Rev. C.H., 43, 64
Spurgeon, Sir Arthur, 200, 202, 206
Stalker, Mr., 114
"Statesman's Year Book, The," 72
Stationers' Hall, 56, 94, 169 _et seq._
Stationers' Hall Court, 45, 53 _et seq._, 81, 82, 116 _et seq._
Stationers, Worshipful Company of, 133
Stockdale, J., 182
Stoke Newington, 128 _et seq._
Strahan, A., 84, 88
Stroud Valley (Glos.), 11 _et seq._
Stubbs, Dr., Bp. of Oxford, 204
"Sunday Magazine, The," 73
Suttaby, R. & A., 84
Sutton's "Learning to Live," etc., 67
Swinburne, A.C., 83, 88, 89
Tait, Dr., Abp. of Canterbury, 51
Tate, Mr. Henry, 136
Taylor, Jeremy, "Holy Living and Dying," 67
Tegg, W., 84, 181
Tenniel, Sir John, 74
Tennyson, Lord, 27, 83, 88
Thackeray, W.M., 76, 91
Thumb, General Tom, 41
Timbs, John, 76
Tinsley Brothers, 84
"Tinsley's Magazine," 74
Tonson, Jacob and Richard, 179
Tractarian Movement, The, 69
"Travellers' Library," 73
Treloar, Sir William, 202, 213
Trollope, Anthony, 74, 76, 91, 120
Trübner, N., 84
Tupper, Martin, 27, 73, 88
Twain, Mark, 83, 203
University Extension, 121
Unwin, T. Fisher, 86
Ussher, Archbishop, 175
Vale Press, 191
Valentine, Edward, 179
Vaughan, Dr., 58
Verne, Jules, 80
Vernor & Hood, 183
Victoria, Queen, 30, 134
Virtue & Co., 84
Vizetelly, Henry, 85
Vyse's "Spelling Book," 72
Waddy, Mr. S.D., 127
Walker, John, 182
Walpole, Right Hon. Spencer, 34-5
Walton & Maberley, 83
Walton, Lawson, 121
Ward, Artemus, 76, 83
Ward Lock & Co., 181
Warne & Co., Frederick, 181
Warren, Minnie, 41
Warwick Court, 175
Warwick Lane, 36-7
Watson, Bishop, and his "Apology," 67
Watts, Dr., 175
Weale's "Series," 71
Weaver, Richard, 58
Webb, Mrs., 76
Welsh, Mr. Charles, 130
Whitaker's Almanac, 56
Whitefriars Club, 198 _et seq._
Whiteing, Richard, 202
Whitfield, George, 12
Whittaker & Co., 81, 177, 181
Wilberforce, Bishop, his "Life," 186
Williams & Co., Henry, 119
Williams, Mr. Carvel, 128
Wilson, Bishop, his "Sacra Privata," 70
Wilson & Spence, 182
Wilson's "Catechisms," 71
Winslow, Dr., 58
Wolseley, Lord, 137
Wood, Mrs. Henry, 92
Woodchester (Glos.), 17
Y.M.C.A., books sent to the troops by, 104
Yonge, Miss C.M., 76, 92