history of the 'benefit of the clergy,' and Spiritual Courts, 421,
422;
history of impeachments, 423;
ethical problems raised by the inquiry, 423-428;
his work on Nuncomar and Impey: differences with Macaulay, 428-434;
illness, 435, 436;
judicial characteristics, 437-445;
the convict Lipski, 446;
and Mrs. Maybrick, 447;
his authority with juries in criminal cases, 448, 449;
examples of his judgments, 449, 450;
miscellaneous occupations: correspondence with Lord Lytton and Lady
Grant Duff, 451;
private, personal and other particulars regarding these letters,
451, 452;
his views on religious matters, 454-456;
his poem on Tennyson's 'Despair,' 456-458;
his dislike for Buddhism and ascetic Christianity, 458, 459;
respect for Mohammedanism and Calvinism, 459, 460;
his contributions to the 'St. James's Gazette,' 460;
his criticisms and opposition to the 'Ilbert Bill' and Home Rule,
460-462;
chairman of Ordnance Commission and judicial labour, 462, 463;
prepares the second edition of the 'View,' 463;
variety of his reading and study of languages at this time, 463,
464;
Spanish and Italian languages, Cervantes and Dante, 464, 465;
Milton, 465;
death of his friends Maine and Venables, 466-468;
appoints his son Clerk of Assize, 475;
death of his son and Lord Lytton, 477;
illness and resignation, 477, 478;
created a baronet, 478;
his French, Scottish and American honours, 478;
residence at Ipswich, 478, 479;
death and burial, 479, 480;
reflections on his career, 480, 481;
bibliography of his works and essays, 483-486
Stephen, James Kenneth, birth and education, 469;
Eton contemporaries, 470;
prowess as an athlete, 470;
literary achievements and connection with the 'Etonian,' 470;
his 'constitutional' opposition to Moody and Sankey, 471;
prizeman at Eton, 471, 472;
life at Cambridge University, 110, 472;
takes the character of 'Ajax,' 473;
personal characteristics and political predilections, 473;
elected Fellow of King's College, 473;
called to the Bar, 474;
oratorical powers, 474;
his literary venture, the 'Reflector,' and its fate, 474, 475;
appointed Clerk of Assize on South Wales Circuit, 475;
resignation of his assize clerkship and settlemen
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