s, 252-270, 272, 273;
portrait, 274

Milman, Arthur, 252

Milner, Bishop, 163, 164

Milton, 132

Mohammedanism, rise of, 32, 101

Molyneux, 74

Monasticism, 24

Montesquieu, 132, 136

Montmorin, Mme, de, 139

Moral standard, changes in, 14-19, 266

Murray, 254

Napoleon I., 142-146, 149

Napoleon III., 280, 288

Narbonne, Louis de, 138-141

Necker, Mme., 134, 135, 142

Necker, Monsieur, 133, 138, 140, 144, 146, 149

Necker, Germaine, _see_ Stael, Mme. de

Newcastle, Duke of, 45, 189

Newman, Cardinal, 90, 96, 249-251, 269, 270

O'Connell, 164, 165, 171, 174, 189, 192, 193, 286

Old-age pensions, 307, 309, 311-316;
proposals for, 300, 309, 310, 313;
Royal Commission, 303;
Rothschild Committee, 304, 305;
Chaplin Committee, 305, 307

Orangemen, 84, 173, 189, 190

Palestine, return of Jews to, 129, 130

Paley, 95, 260

Palmerston, Lord, 46, 178, 206-209, 211, 246, 279-282

Parker, editor of Peel Correspondence, 153, 156, 192

Parnell, C.S., 186

Parnell Commission, 88, 89

Parsons, 73, 84

Pasteur, 121

Pauperism, diminution of, 298-309

Peel, Sir Lawrence, 156

Peel, Sir Robert,
education, 154, 155;
career, 151, 153-156, 168, 172, 177, 187, 188, 194;
abolition of Corn Laws, 152, 153;
Irish Secretary, 156, 157, 167, 174-187;
relations with O'Connell, 174;
correspondence, 153, 173, 175-185, 189, 190, 191, 197-199;
Croker and, 177, 178;
advocates unsectarian education for Ireland, 185, 190;
Catholic Emancipation, 152, 153, 168-174, 187, 189-191, 193-195, 197-199;
financial measures, 187, 194, 195;
patronage, 178-183, 191, 192;
police force organised, 184, 185;
Home Secretary, 188-198;
parliamentary skill, 152, 153, 157, 181, 191;
debating powers, 172, 173;
Queen Victoria and, 282, 286;
recantations, 152, 153, 187, 193, 194;
estimate of his character and abilities, 151-154, 156, 157, 172, 181, 191

Perceval, 155, 156, 159-161, 165, 166

Pitt, William, _see_ Chatham

Pliny, quoted, 102

Plunket, 84, 168, 174, 188

Pobedonosteff, 117

Pole, Wellesley, 168

Poor-law relief,
improvement in, 316, 317;
principles of, 298, 299

Portland, Duke of, 159-161

Portugal, Jews in, 120, 121

Prince Consort, 278-280, 282, 284

Prince Regent, _see_ George IV

Prison reform, Carlyle's views on, 114

Pusey, 250

'Quarterly Review,' 256, 257

Rationalism in Europe, author's History of, 103

Redesdale, Lor