296, 301, 303, 322, 327, 343, 344, 369,
375, 384, 392; xxv. 53, 82, 120, 177. 213, 270, 278, 288, 292, 337,
345, 360, 376, 392, 394, 433; literary agency of, xxiv. 252; scheme
of, for "Edinburgh Edition," xxv. 372 & _n._ 1, 373

Baxter, Edmund, xxiv. 394; xxv. 54; death of, xxv. 433

Baynes, Professor Spencer, editor "Encyclopaedia Britannica," xxiii,
202

"Beachcombers" (with Lloyd Osbourne), xxiv. 361

"Beach de Mar," projected xxv. 187

"Beach of Falesa," xxv. 5, 20, 25, 76, 97, 102, 103 & _n._ 1, 120,
122, 131, 138, 147, 152, 221, 224, 235-6, & _n._ 1, 239, 240, 250,
266, 272, 274, 284; illustrations to, xxv. 253-4, 288; marriage
contract in, xxv. 187 & _n._ 1; publication, xxv. 1.

"Beau Austin," play (with Henley), xxiv. 106

Becker, Consul, xxv. 139, 141, 268

"Becket" (Tennyson), xxv. 385

"Bedtime" projected, xxiv. 99

"Beggars" (_Scribner's_), xxiv. 235, 253; xxv. 97, 209, 301

Bell Rock, book on, xxiv. 78; xxv. 322; controversy on, xxiv. 121

Bell, the, in the Vailima woods, xxv. 277

Ben More, xxiii. 318

Bennet, Dr., xxiii. 84, 101

Bentley, publisher, xxiii. 336, 339, 346

Beranger, article on, xxiii. 186, 191, 193

Bereavement, xxiv. 52

Berlin Convention, xxv. 6

Berlioz, paper on (Henley), xxiii. 318

"Bete Humaine" (Zola), xxiv. 396; xxv. 319

"Betteredge" (Moonstone), xxiii. 18

Bickford, Captain, R.N., C.M.G., xxv. 334, 351

Bitter Creek, xxiii. 234

_Black and White_, contributions to, xxiii. 286, 337, 341

"Black Arrow," xxiv. 5, 31, 56, 247, 376, 385 & _n._ 1; serial issue,
xxiv. 55; success, xxiv. 68; suggested French version, xxiv. 398

"Black Canyon" (L. Osbourne), xxiii. 347, 348, 349

Blackie, Professor, xxiii. 28, 30, 306

Blacklock, Consul, xxv. 142

"Black Man," xxiii. 308

_Blackwood's Magazine_, xxiv. 370

Blair of Blairmyle (_see_ "Young Chevalier"), xxv. 216

"Blanche Amory" (Thackeray), xxiv. 212

"Bloody Wedding," projected, xxv. 66, 97

Board of Trade Offices, xxiv. 87

Boccaccio, xxv. 301

"Body Snatchers," xxiii. 308, 316, 321; xxiv. 125, 130; xxv. 397

"Bondage of Brandon" (Hemming), xxiii. 333

"Bondman, The" (Hall Caine), xxiv. 396-7

Boodle, Miss Adelaide, xxiv. 375; letters to, xxiv. 231, 259, 267,
284, 297, 339, 401; xxv. 80, 147, 217, 243, 248, 410

"Book, A, of Stories," projected contents, xxiii. 171