ts, pp. 105, 112, 204.
manners, pp. 170-172.
habits as a child, pp. 56, 60.
self-centred, p. 1; reserved and solitary, p. 70; melancholy, pp. 85,
110, 112, 117; mysterious and impressive, pp. 12-13, 19, 167; sensitive,
p. 86
attacks of "horrors," pp. 34, 98, 117 sqq., 131.
surly and ill-tempered in middle life, pp. 208, 209.
kindness to animals, pp. 210-211.
passion for horses, pp. 60, 107-109, 192, 203.
dislike of smoking, pp. 116, 315; and other prejudices, pp. 297-298.
attitude towards vagrants and criminals, pp. 258-263.
patriotism, pp. 214, 227-228.
religious belief, pp. 24, 30-31, 33, 50, 56-57, 71, 81, 114, 122-123,
126, 127-129, 168-169, 175, 218, 242, 299-300.
his memory, pp. 29-30, 70, 75.
(iii.) CHARACTERISTICS AS A WRITER:--
collection and choice of material, pp. 20, 163-165, 218.
personality and observation, p. 148.
descriptive power, pp. 173-180.
vocabulary, pp. 226, 242.
use of the marvellous and supernatural, p. 85.
treatment of facts, pp. 2, 5, 12-13, 25, 27, 32, 35, 36, 39, 50-51,
93, 94, 95, 180, 188, 228-229.
use of dramatic re-appearances, pp. 11, 93, 185, 189-190, 229-230,
233, 254, 321.
love of mystery and romance, pp. 12, 193-194, 196, 217-218, 227, 320,
321.
final estimate, pp. 317-322.
(iv.) LITERARY DEVELOPMENT:--
his imagination stimulated by Danish relics, p. 23.
his reading, pp. 40-51, 77-79, 85.
character of his early work, pp. 74-75, 77, 79-80, 117.
(v.) KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES:--
Latin, pp. 57, 60; Greek, pp. 60, 61; Irish, pp. 60, 65; French, p.
62; Italian, _id_.; Spanish, _id_.; Gypsy, pp. 64, 137-138, 236; Welsh,
pp. 65, 267-268; Danish, p. 65; Hebrew, p. 65; Arabic, pp. 65, 113;
Armenian, pp. 65, 98, 103; German, p. 70; Portuguese, p. 70; Old English,
p. 73; Old Norse, p. 73; Swedish, p. 73; Dutch, p. 73; Persian, pp. 113,
204; Manchu-Tartar, pp. 125, 129; Russian, pp. 131-132; Manx, pp. 268-
269: Translations from Welsh, pp. 73, 75, 114; from Danish, pp. 73, 75;
from German, pp. 73, 75, from Swedish, p. 73; from Dutch, p. 73; from
Gypsy, pp. 79-80; from Russian, pp. 131-132; from Manx, p. 269; from
"thirty languages," pp. 79, 114.
(vi.) PORTRAYAL OF HIMSELF:--
general references, pp. 1, 6, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 28, 51, 53-54.
as a child, p. 56.
as a missionary, p. 128.
in "The Zincali," pp. 149-154.
in "The Bible in Spain," pp. 173, 188, 192, 194-195.
in "Lavengro,"
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