tion for, 197.

Stanley, Dean, see 'Letter-writing.'

Stendhal, 87, 141.

Sterne, Laurence, 89.

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

Surtees and the Sporting Novel, 26.

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

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

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_Poems and Ballads_, published and withdrawn, 268;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

Taeping rebellion, 423.

Taoism, 423, 438, 440.

Tchetchnia, in the Caucasus, 295, etc.

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

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

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

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

Thorburn's _Bannu_, 163.

Tolstoi, 8, 101, 154.

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

Trollope, Anthony, 24.

Turgot, 214.

=Utilitarians, The English=, 210-262.
Objects of Mr. Stephen's history, 210.
A system with a practical aim, 211.
Its influence on government, 213.
Philosophy of Reid and Stewart, 215.
Bentham's doctrines, 216.
Brief account of his life, 218.
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