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‘The Arts’, 71‘Awful Warning to Bachelors’ [review], 98

‘Bachelor Bedroom’, 105‘A Batch of Fictions’, 74‘The Black Cottage’, 91‘Bold Words By a Bachelor’, 90‘Books Necessary for a Liberal

Education’, 199‘A Breach of British Privilege’, 103‘Brinsley Norton …’

[projected? Peters 140], 68‘The British Artists’, 78‘Brother Griffith’s Story of Mad

Monkton’, 47‘Burns. Viewed as a Hat Peg’, 103

‘The Captain’s Last Love’, 174–175‘The Cauldron of Oil’ [‘Case Worth

Looking At’], 113‘A Clause for the New Reform Bill’

[with CD], 101‘The Clergyman’s Confession’, 171‘A Column to Burns’, 103‘Considerations on the Copyright

Question’ [pamphlet], 184‘The Courier of Lyons’, 71‘The Cruise of the Tomtit’, 81

‘The Dead Alive’, 165–166‘The Dead Hand’, 96‘The Dead Lock I, Italy …’, 135‘The Debtor’s Best Friend’, 95‘Deep Design on Society’, 97‘The Deliverance’, 90‘The Devil’s Spectacles’, 182‘The Diary of Anne Rodway’

[‘The Brother Owens Story ofAnne Rodway’], 87

‘Doctor Dulcamara M.P.’, 102‘Double-bedded Room’, 96‘Douglas Jerrold’, 103‘A Dramatic Author’, 104‘Dramatic Grub Street Explored in

Two Letters’, 98 ‘The Dream Woman’, 81–82, 165,

168–169, 182‘The Duel in Herne Wood’, 177–178

‘É.D. Forgues on the Caricaturists ofEngland’, 80

‘The Exhibition of the RoyalAcademy’, 43

‘A Fair Penitent’, 93‘Farmer Fairweather’, 201‘Fatal Fortune’, 169‘Fie! Fie! Or the Fair Physician’, 182,

190

215

Index

This index is divided into three sections:(1) works by Wilkie Collins arranged by: Articles/Short Stories/Reviews Novels/

Plays/Collections(2) people – references to family, friends, contemporaries and others(3) places – homes, visits/stays in British Isles/Europe/America, etc.

1. Works by Wilkie Collins [Publication dates, alternativetitles, collection republication, and other publication dates aregiven if not included in the text of A Chronology]:

Articles/Short Stories/Reviews

216 Index

‘Fine Passages in Verse and Prose’, 205‘The First Officer’s Confession’,

205–206‘The Frozen Deep’ [prose novella], 85‘M. Forgues and the Caricaturists of

England’, 57‘Four Novels’, 77‘The Fourth Poor Traveller’, 73

‘Gabriel’s Marriage’ [‘The Nun’s Storyof Gabriel’s Marriage’], 57, 78

‘Geoffrey Crayon’s New Sketchbook’,76

‘The Ghost in the Cupboard’, 106‘The Ghost’s Touch’, 196–197, 203‘The Girl at the Gate’, 195‘Give Us Room!’, 97‘The Great (Forgotten) Invasion’, 103

‘The Haunted House’, 106, 117‘The Hidden Cash’, 200, 204‘Highly Proper!’, 101‘House to Let’ [with CD], 101–102‘How I Married Him’, 187‘How I Write my Books’, 205

‘The Incredible Not AlwaysImpossible’, 50

‘John Steadiman’s (the Chief Mate’s)Account’, 90

‘A Journey in Search of Nothing’, 95

‘The Lady of Glenwith Grange’, 86‘Laid Up in Two Lodgings. My Paris

Lodging’, 83, 85‘The Last Stage Coachman’, 20‘The Lazy Tour of Two Idle

Apprentices’, 95–96‘Les Dimans de la Couronne’, 72‘Let at Last’ [with CD], 102‘[Letter: Errors in Athenaeum review of

The Queen of Hearts]’, 106‘Letters about Italy’ [unpublished],

68‘Life of William Etty, R.A.’ [review],

75‘Literature’ [‘Bentley’s New Publishing

Adventure’], 75

‘The Little Huguenot’, 92, 97, 99‘Love’s Random Shot’, 182, 192

‘Magnetic Evenings at Home’[‘Magnetic Letters’], 47–49

‘A Marriage Tragedy’, 97‘Memoirs of an Adopted Son’, 112‘Memorandum Relating to the Life

and Writings of Wilkie Collins’,116

‘A Message from the Sea’, 110, 117‘The Midnight Mass: An Episode on

the History of the Reign of Terror’[translation Balzac], 49–51

‘Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman’,171

‘Miss or Mrs?’, 158‘The Monkton’s of Wincot Abbey’, 47‘Mr. Silk Buckingham’ [review], 75‘Mrs. Badgery’ [reprinted in Novels

and Tales From Household Words.Tauchnitz, 1857 and in AliciaWarlock, 1875], 95

‘Mrs. Bullwinkle’ [My Miscellanies], 98‘My Black Mirror’, 61, 88‘My Lady’s Money’, 176–177, 180‘My Spinsters’, 88‘The Mystery of Marmaduke’, 180

‘The National Gallery and the OldMasters’, 89

‘A National Wrong’ [with J. Payn], 150‘A New Book Selling Dodge’, 75‘A New Mind’, 102‘Nine o’Clock’, 51‘No Thoroughfare’, 137–139, 142, 144‘The Novels of M. Hendrick

Conscience’ [review], 80

‘An Old Maid’s Husband’, 202–203‘The Ostler’, see ‘The Dream Woman’‘Over the Way’, 102

‘Paradoxical Experience’, 101‘A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino

Potts’, 46‘Percy and the Prophet’, 176–177‘A Petition to the Novel-Writers’, 90‘Picking up Waifs at Sea’, 115

‘A Pictorial Tour of St. GeorgeBosherville’, 30, 42

‘The Picture Galleries of England; I,The Earl of Ellesmere’s Collection;II, Northumberland House andSyon House; III, Dulwich Gallery’,[non-fiction], 43–44

‘Pity a Poor Prince’, 102‘A Plea for the Sunday Reform’

[non-fiction], 44‘Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer’

[review], 74 ‘The Poetry Did It: An Event in the

Life of Major Evergreen’, 198–199

‘The Poisoned Meal’, 101‘Portrait of an Author Painted by his

Publisher’ [on Balzac], 104‘Pray Employ Major Namby!’, 104‘The Prison in the Woods’, 96‘La Promise’ [review], 70

‘A Queen’s Revenge’, 94‘A Queer Story’ [review], 79

‘Recollections of Charles Fechter’, 188

‘A Remarkable Revolution’, 94‘Reminiscences of a Story-teller’, 207‘The Restitution’ [with CD], 111‘Royal Love’, 195

‘A Sad Death and a Brave Life’, 201‘Save Me From My Friends’, 97‘Sea Breezes with the London Smack’,

100‘The Seafaring Man’, 111‘A Second Batch of New Books’, 71‘A Sermon for Sepoys’, 97‘She Loves and Lies’, 192–193‘A Shocking Story’, 180‘A Shockingly Rude Article’, 100‘A Shy Scheme’, 98‘The Siege of the Black Cottage’, 91‘Sister Rose’ [‘The French Governess’

Story of’], 73, 76–78‘Strike!’, 97‘Sure to be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise’,

104

‘Talk Stoppers’, 89‘A Terribly Strange Bed’, 50, 163‘Thanks to Dr. Livingstone’ [review],

97‘Theatres’ [review], 72‘To Think or Be Thought For’, 88‘Tom Tiddler’s Ground’, 115, 117‘[Trollope’s The Warden]’ [review], 76‘Trottle’s Report’, 102‘The Twin Sisters’, 41

‘Uncle George on the Family Mystery’,92

‘The Unknown Public’, 100‘The Use of Gas in Theatres’ [‘The Air

and the Audience’], reprintedMask, October 1924 and in NewYork: 1885; Wilkie Collins SocietyJournal 6 (1986), 19–26, 185

‘The Victims of Circumstances,Discovered in Records of OldTrials’, 201, 203

‘The Village’ [with CD], 111‘Visit to a Copper Mine’, 42

‘Who is the Thief’, 98–100‘Who Killed Zebedee?’, 184–185‘[Wilkie Collins]’, 107‘A Word About a Painted Window’, 69‘The Wreck of the Golden Mary’

[with CD], 90

‘The Yellow Mask’, 79–80‘Your Money or Your Life’, 186–187

Novels/Plays/Collections andother miscellaneous itemsAfter Dark and Other Stories, 50, 57, 73,

82, 87–88Alicia Warlock and Other Stories,

169–170American History [proposed drama],

198Antonina, 28–29, 31, 35–38, 70–71Armadale, 18, 114, 119, 123, 125–134,

203Armadale [play], 134–139, 172–173

Index 217

Basil, 40–41, 44–45, 49–50, 53–56,70–71

Black and White [play], 146–148The Black Robe, 179, 183–185Blind Love, 205, 208–210

Christmas Stories, 117–118Collected Edition [to the American

People], 164A Court Duel [drama: translated from

the French], 37

The Dead Alive. Boston. Shepard andGill, 1874, 165–166

The Dead Secret, 84, 89, 90–96, 98, 157Dead Secret [play], 176–177[Diary for 1868], 144The Dream-Woman, 82, 165,

168–169

The Evil Genius, 194–202The Evil Genius [play], 198, 200

The Fallen Leaves, 167, 178–182,184–185

The Frozen Deep and other Stories, 85,87–88, 94, 166, 168–169

The Frozen Deep [play], 89–90, 93–94,98, 135–136, 168

The Guilty River, 201–203The Guilty River and The Ghost’s Touch,

197, 202–203

The Haunted Hotel, 178–180Heart and Science, 28, 186–191Hide and Seek, 21, 57, 59, 68–72, 82,

89, 113, 157

Ioláni, or Tahiti as it was, A Romance,25–26, 212

‘I Say No’ [or The Love Letter Answered],190–195

Iris [unpublished], 204–205

Jezebel’s Daughter, 179, 182–183

The Law and the Lady, 161, 168–171The Legacy of Cain, 202, 204–209

The Lighthouse, 56–57, 78–80, 89,93–96, 104, 108

Little Novels, 171, 175–177, 180, 184,187, 193, 195, 197, 203–204

The Lord Harry see Blind Love

Man and Wife, 145, 148–153Man and Wife [play], 152–153,

161–162, 204Memoirs [of the Life of Wilkie Collins],

4–7, 9–12, 17–22, 24–25, 27–33,37

Miss Gwilt [play], 172–174Miss or Mrs? and Other Stories in

Outline…, 106, 115, 158–159,161, 169–170

The Moonstone, 137–146, 148,154–155, 177

The Moonstone [play], 174, 176–177Mr. Wray’s Cash-Box [‘The Mask of

Shakespeare’], 45–47, 69My Lady’s Money and Percy and the

Prophet, 177My Miscellanies, 88–89, 94, 97–98,

100–101, 103–105, 112–113

The New Magdalen, 154, 159, 162–164The New Magdalen [play], 162–165,

167, 169–170, 193, 200No Name, 56, 112–122, 124, 137No Name [play], 151, 153–155No Thoroughfare [play L’Abîme],

140–144, 175

[A Plot in Private Life and Other Tales],106

Poor Miss Finch, 154–161, 164

The Queen of Hearts, 47, 57, 52,91–92, 97–98, 101–102,106–107, 114

Rambles Beyond Railways, 40, 42, 44,46, 50, 69, 87–88, 103, 112

Rank and Riches [play], 185, 190–191

Readings and Writings in America [see also The Frozen Deep and OtherStories], 169

218 Index

The Red Vial, 96–98, 100–101, 104A Rogue’s Life, 75, 82, 84, 180–181

The Two Destinies, 171–175

The Woman in White, 83, 98, 100,105–111, 115–119, 132, 150

The Woman in White [play], 147, 153,156, 158–159, 166

2. People

A’Becket, Gilbert Abbott (1811–1856),writer, 88

Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861),41, 73, 93

Alfieri, Vittorio (1749–1803), Italiandramatist, 84

Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh(1844–1900), 23

Allston, Washington (1779–1843),American artist, 20

Anderson, Hans Christian(1805–1875), Danish author, 93

Anderson, Mary (1859–1940),American actress, 196, 198

Angelo, Michael (1475–1565), Italianartist, Last Judgement, 27

Antrobus, Edward Edmund (1806–1886),tea importer, 15, 19, 21–24, 28

Arc, Joan of (1412–1431), 26Archer, Frank (1844–1917: FA), 76,

163, 166–167, 193, 205Arrowsmith, J.W., Bristol publishers,

202Auber, Daniel (1782–1871), French

composer, Mansaniello, 115

Badon, Edmond, French dramatist, 37Bainton, George (1847–1925),

Congregationalist minister, 205Baker, William, The Letters of Wilkie

Collins (L), 6, thereafter passim;The Public Face of Wilkie Collins(CL), 5, thereafter passim; ‘WilkieCollins Diary for 1868’, 144;Wilkie Collins’ Library [Library], 6, 50, 76, 83, 104, 108, 127, 187

Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850),author, 51, 104; ‘Épisode Souls laTerreur’, 49; Le Père Goriot, 191

Bancroft, Marie née Wilton(1839–1921), actress, 161

Bancroft, Squire (1841–1926), actor-manager, 161–162

Barnes, A.S. & Co., New YorkPublishers, 180

Barnes, Robert, Mayor of Manchester,48

Bartley, Carrie née Graves(1851–1905: HE), WC’samanuensis and adopteddaughter, 86, 102, 107, 114, 118,124, 131, 143, 146, 149, 161, 171,174, 178, 182, 191, 195, 207, 210

Bartley, Doris Edith (b. 1879), HE’sfirst child, 182

Bartley, Henry Powell (1854–1897),HE’s husband, 174, 176, 178,182, 195

Beard, Francis Carr (1814–1893:Beard), doctor and close friend,115, 117, 120–122, 132, 137, 140,142, 144, 146, 152, 154, 156, 160,190, 200–202, 208, 210

Beecheno, Yaxley & Co., winemerchants, 193, 197

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827), ‘Kreutzer Sonata’,108

Beetz, Kirk H., Wilkie Collins, AnAnnotated Bibliography1889–1976, 211

Belinfante, Brothers, Dutchpublishers, 149–150

Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–1835),composer, 8

Benham, Charles, WC’s solicitor, 110,135, 143–145, 147–148

Bentley, George (1828–1895: GB),publisher, 45, 50, 55, 59, 68–70,74–75, 112, 157–161, 163–165,167, 169, 171–172, 181

Bentley, Richard (1794–1871: RB),publisher, 35–38, 40–41, 45, 50,54–55, 69–72, 75, 87–88, 94, 103,169

Index 219

Bentley & Son, publishers, 35–36, 41,46, 53, 60, 69, 158, 169, 181

Benzon, Edmund Ernst LeopoldSchlesinger (d. 1873), steelmanufacturer, 116, 127

Benzon, Elizabeth née Lehmann,sister of FL, 116, 127, 147

Beppo, Byron’s cook, 12Berger, Francesco (1834–1933),

composer, 89, 100Bernard, William Bayle (1807–1875),

dramatist, adapts No Name, 121Besant, Walter (1836–1901), novelist,

210Bigelow, Jane Tunis née Poultney

(1828–1889), 136, 138, 151, 165,170, 186, 193, 195

Bigelow, John (1817–1911), Americanjournalist and diplomat, husbandof the above, 136, 165

Blewitt, Octavian (1810–1884),Secretary, Royal Literary Fund,38, 42

Bonner, John, New York Theatricalagent, 158

Boothby, Lady Louisa Cranstoun[Miss Mordaunt] (c. 1812–1858),comic actress, 48

Boucicault, Dion (1822–1890),dramatist, Corsican Brothers(1852), 49; Janet Pride (1855), 75

Brandling, Henry C. (1805–1862),illustrator, 37, 39–40, 52

Brandling, sisters, 52Bradbury & Evans, printers, 46, 92Britton, John (1771–1857), antiquary,

41Browning, Robert (1812–1889), poet,

dramatist, 126Bruce, Mr. (North Scotland), 19Buckland, William, Dean of

Westminster (1784–1856), 33Buckler, John Russell, Stroud wool

broker, 118Buckstone, John (1802–1879),

dramatist; Uncle John, 91, 94Bullar, Henry (1815–1870), WC’s

sailing companion, 73, 118–119,125

Bullar, Mrs. Henry, wife of the above,73, 103, 130

Bulwer, Lytton, see Lytton, Sir EdwardGeorge

Burns, Robert (1759–1796), poet,103

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron(1788–1824), poet, 12; Cain, 84;Don Juan, 17

Caccia, Alberto, WC’s Italian agentand translator, 183

Caine, Henry Hall (1853–1931),novelist, 206

Carpenter, Margaret née Geddes(1793–1872), distinguished artist,WC’s aunt, 3

Carpenter, William Hookham(1792–1866), Keeper of Printsand Drawings at the BritishMuseum, husband of the above,26

Cassell, Petter & Galpin, publishers,148–151, 153–154, 156

Cavendish, Ada (1839–1895), actress,163, 172, 190

Chambers, Nina (1830–1902), see Lehmann, Nina

Chantrey, Lady née Wale(1787–1875), dedicatee ofAntonina, 36

Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt(1781–1841), sculptor, husbandof the above, 36

Chapman and Hall, publishers, 26,139

Chapman, Frederic (b. 1823),publisher, 139

Chapman, John (1821–1894),publisher, physician, 50

Chatrian, Pierre Alexandre(1826–1890), dramatist, 50

Chatto, Andrew (1841–1913),publisher, 170, 181, 183–184,186, 191–192, 197, 204, 209

Chatto & Windus, publishers,169–170, 174, 178–183, 185–188, 190–191, 201–202, 204, 207–209

220 Index

Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?–1400), poet,74

Chorley, Henry Fothergill(1809–1872), reviewer, 38, 121,134

Clapisson, Louis (1808–1866), Frenchcomposer, La Promise, 70

Clarke, William M., The Letters ofWilkie Collins (L), 6, thereafterpassim; The Secret Life of WilkieCollins (Clarke), 6, 8–9, 13–14, 29,97, 110, 176, 211

Clow, Joseph Charles (?1846–1927),146

Clunes, Emily Elizabeth Guest néeGeddes (c. 1805–1888), WC’saunt, 4, 145

Clunes, William Deane (1803–1886),husband of the above, 4

Cobbe, Frances Power (1822–1904),writer, 189

Coghlan, Charles Francis (c. 1842–1899), actor, adapter, 199

Cole, Francis, wife of Rev. Henry Cole,13, 15, 22

Cole, Rev. Henry, Headmaster, 13–15,22

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772–1834),20

Collins, Charles Allston (1828–1873:CAC), WC’s brother, artist, 5,7–10, 13–14, 20–22, 32, 34–40,42–43, 50, 59, 63–64, 72–73, 77,86, 96, 102, 106, 109, 120, 123,126, 128, 131, 133, 135–137,143–144, 146, 148, 153–154, 160,162–163; ‘Convent Thoughts’,42–43; ‘A Court Duel’, 37; ‘TheEmpty Purse’, 34

Collins, Francis, WC’s uncle, 3, 6Collins, Harriet (1790–1868: HC),

WC’s mother, 3, thereafterpassim; ‘Manuscript Account ofher Life’, 81

Collins, Margaret (d. 1833), WC’sgrandmother, 6

Collins, William (1740–1812), WC’sgrandfather, 3; Memoirs of aPicture, 4

Collins, William John Thomas(1788–1847: WMC), WC’s father,artist, 3–32, 36, 39, 75, 91, 137

Conscience, Hendrick (1812–1883),Belgian writer, 80

Constable, John (1776–1837), artist, 5Cooper, Frederick Fox (1806–1879),

dramatist, The New Wags ofWindsor, 73

Cooper, James Fenimore (1789–1851),American writer, The Deerslayer,191

Corneille, Pierre (1606–1684), Frenchdramatist, Horace (1640), 24

Coyne, Joseph Stirling (1803–1868),dramatist, 104

Croker, John Wilson (1780–1857),politician, journalist, 31

Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett(1814–1906), CD’s wealthypatron, 60, 68, 90

Cunningham, Peter (1816–1869),writer, 77, 81, 85

Dallas, Eneas Sweetland (1828–1879),journalist, 110

Daly, Augustin (1838–1899),American theatre manager andproducer, 153, 155, 165

Dana, Richard Henry Jr (1812–1882),American writer and lawyer, 20,32–34, 38–39; Two Years Before theMast (1840), 39

Dante, Alighieri (1265–1321), 187Dawson, Harriet Constance

(1871–1955), WC’s and MR’ssecond daughter, 155, 196

Dawson, Marian (1869–1955), WC’sand MR’s first child, 148,159–160

Dawson, Martha see Rudd, MarthaDawson, William [WC as], 208Dawson, William Charles Collins

(1874–1913), WC’s son, 170Deems, Dr. Charles Force

(1820–1893), AmericanMethodist minister, 132

Delane, John Thaddeus (1817–1879),editor, 160

Index 221

Dennis, John, critic, 202Desbarats, George Edward (1838–1893),

Canadian publisher, 154Devonshire, William George Spencer

Cavendish, 6th Duke of(1790–1858), patron of the arts,42–43

Dickens, Charles (1812–70: CD), 8,41–43, 45, 47, 50–62, 64–68, 70,72–83, 85, 87–124, 126–128,130–135, 137–148, 150–152, 175,181–182; Battle of Life, 34; BleakHouse, 49, 53–54, 58–59; AChristmas Carol, 77; DavidCopperfield, vii, 49; Dr. Marigold’sPrescription, 133; Edwin Drood,181; Great Expectations, 113; TheHaunted Man, 34; Letters, 63, 181;Little Dorrit, 97, 109; Our MutualFriend, 126

Dickens, Mrs. Charles (CatherineThomson Hogarth [1816–1879]),wife of the above, 54, 58, 64–65,67, 117, 140, 182

Dickens, Charles Jr (1837–1896),editor, son of the above, 175

Dickens, Henry, Sir (1849–1933),High Court Judge, CD’s son, 74

Dickens, John (1785/6–1851), CD’sfather, 42

Dickens, Katherine (1839–1929), Kate,CD’s youngest daughter, 109,135–137

Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldimand(1847–1872), CD’s son, 110

Dickinson, Frances, Mrs. Elliot(1820–1898), journalist, 69, 131,135, 138, 158

Dillwyn, Elizabeth Amy (1845–1935),novelist, reviewer, 185

Disraeli, Benjamin (1804–1881),statesman, novelist, 31, 126

Dixon, William Hepworth(1821–1879), editor, 77

Donizetti, Gaetano (1797–1848),Lucia di Lammermoor, 27; LucreziaBorgia, 70

Durham, Joseph (1814–1877),sculptor, 45

Eastlake, Sir Charles (1793–1865),painter, 91

Easton, Harriet, WC’s maternalgrandmother, 3

Easton, James (1722–1799), coalmerchant, HE’s grandfather, 3

Eden, George, Earl of Auckland(1784–1849), politician,Governor-General of India, 19

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931),American inventor, 208

Edward, CD’s courier, 60, 65Egerton, Francis, First Earl of

Ellesmere (1800–1857), patron ofthe arts, 43

Egg, Augustus (1816–1863: AE), artist,41–42, 60, 63–64, 66–67, 89, 109,118, 122–123

Eliot, George [Marian Evans](1819–1880), author, 49, 72

Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888–1965),writer; ‘Wilkie Collins andDickens’ [1927], 211

Elliotson, John (1791–1868),physician, mesmerist, 122

Elliott & Fry, photographers, 134Ellis, Frederick Startridge

(1830–1901), publisher, 151–152Emden, William Samuel

(c. 1801–1872), theatre manager,95, 103, 124, 126

Erckman, Émile (1822–1899), Frenchdramatist, 50

Ernouf, Alfred-Auguste (1817–1889),French literary critic, 16, 116, 119;‘Les Nouveaux Romanciers del’Angleterre: Wilkie Collins’, 119

Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet(1850–1924), journalist andnewspaper editor, 191

Etty, William (1787–1849), painter,17, 75

Evans, Frederick Mullett (c. 1803–1870), printer andpublisher, 89, 92–93, 96, 99

Evans, Marian, see Eliot, George

Fauntleroy, Henry (1785–1824),banker and forger, 101

222 Index

Fechter, Charles Albert (1824–1879),Anglo-French actor, 133,143–144, 147–148, 188

Fern, Fanny (pseud: Willis, SarahPayson [1811–1872]), Americannovelist, Ruth Hall: A DomesticTale of the Present Time (1855), 75

Field, Kate (Mary Katherine Keemle[1838–1896]), American actress,190; Charles Albert Fechter (1882),188

Fitzball, Edward (1792–1873),dramatist, Thirty-Five Years of aDramatic Author’s Life (1859), 104

Forgues, Émile (1813–1883), Frenchcritic, 95, 112, 117, 121; Étudesur le roman anglais’, 56; LaCarricature en Angleterre (1855),57, 80–81

Forster, John (1812–1876),biographer, 42, 52, 64, 86, 89–90, 95, 97, 112–113, 116, 126, 133–134, 136, 173

Foyle, William Alfred Westropp(1885–1963), bookseller, 33

Frith, Isabelle (1834–1880), wife ofthe artist, 150, 168

Frith, William Powell (1819–1909),artist, 38, 122, 129, 137, 148, 154

Frith family, 129, 139, 154, 158,160–161, 163, 169, 175, 178

Gale, William (1823–1909), painter,‘Mr. F’s Aunt: from “LittleDorrit”’, 93

Galignani’s Library, 26Galpin, Thomas (b. 1828), publisher,

153Galway, Thomas, UK Consul in

Naples, 10Galway, [Thomas Jr], 10Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth (1810–1865),

novelist, x, 72Gasson, Andrew, The Public Face of

Wilkie Collins, 5, thereafter,passim; Wilkie Collins: AnIllustrated Guide (Gasson), 21, 41,47, 88, 121, 134, 152, 156–157,162, 166, 177, 198, 207, 212

Geddes, Alexander (c. 1763–1843),father of HC, 3

Geddes, Harriet see Collins, HarrietGeorge IV, King, 4Gibbon, Edward (1737–1794), Decline

and Fall of the Roman Empire, 38Gilchrist, Alexander (1828–1861),

biographer; The Life of WilliamEtty, R.A., 75

Gill, William F. (1844–1917),American publisher, 170

Girardin, Sophie-Dauphine de, Frenchdramatist; La Joie fait peur, 69

Gladstone, William Ewart(1809–1898), prime minister,author, 200

Godwin, George (1815–1888),architect, 32

Goldsmid, Lady Louisa (1819–1908),author and patron, 113, 132

Goldsmids, 115, 135Goldsmith, Oliver (1730–1774),

author, The Good-Natur’d Man(1768), 34

Graves, Caroline (c. 1830–1895: CG),WC’s mistress, 82, 85–86, 97,102, 104–108, 110, 112, 114,117–118, 120, 123–124, 131, 146,148, 154–155, 159, 174, 177, 182,201, 210

Gray, Catherine (née Geddes), WC’saunt, 19

Gregory, E.R., editor, 211Gregory, George Samuel

(c. 1813–1900), surgeon, 108–110Gregson, George, dentist, 144Griffin, Gerald (1803–1840), Irish

writer, The Collegians (1829), 103Griffin, Richard & Co., publishers;

Handbook of ContemporaryBiography, 107

Grisi, Giula (1811–1869), Italiansoprano, 70

Guizot, François (1787–1874), French historian and statesman,102

Hachette, Librairie et Cie, Parispublishers, 95, 144

Index 223

Haggard, H. Rider (1856–1925),writer, King Solomon’s Mines(1886), 203

Haghe, Louis (1806–1885), Belgianpainter, 64

Hall, Samuel Carter (1808–1889),editor, 69

Hanslick, Dr. Eduard (1825–1904),German musicologist, 116

Harper, Joseph W. Jr. (1830–1896),son of the above, 167

Harper, Joseph Wesley (1801–1870),publisher, 141

Harper & Brothers, New YorkPublishers, 92, 153, 158, 163, 191

Hart, Solomon Alexander(1806–1881), painter, 26

Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1830–1886),South Carolina poet, 194–195,197, 199, 201

Hazlewood, C.H. (1823–1875),dramatist, 111

Heussey, Robert Du Pontavice de(1850–1893: RPH), Breton author,185, 189, 197, 204

Hills, Thomas Hyde (1815–1891),chemist, 141

Hinchliff, John James (1805–1875),engraver, 32

Hodgson, Thomas, London publisher,82

Hogarth, Georgina (1827–1917: GH),CD’s sister-in-law, 66, 72, 94–95,127–128, 141–142, 146, 152, 181

Hollingshead, John (1827–1904),journalist, theatrical manager,107, 121, 147–148

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809–1894),jurist, man of letters, 165, 169

Homer; school assignment, 13Horne, Kate (Catherine Clare

St. George Foggo [b. c. 1825],estranged wife of R.H. Horne), 54

Horne, Richard Henry [Hengist](1802–1884), writer, 54

Howard, J., dramatist; The Wags ofWindsor, 73

Hugo, Victor-Marie (1802–1885),French novelist, Les Misérables, 146

Hunt, Catherine [Kate] (née Glidden,Thornton Hunt’s wife), 23

Hunt, James Henry Leigh(1784–1859), author, 23

Hunt, Thornton Leigh (1810–1873),journalist, 23

Hunt, William Holman (1827–1910:WHH), artist, 20, 45, 109,111–112, 123, 125, 130, 142–143,162, 196, 199, 201, 203; Findingof Christ in the Temple, 108, 111;Pre-Raphaelitism, 123; TheTriumph of the Innocents, 196

Hunter, Mrs., sister of Sir DavidWilkie, 37

Hunter, Rose & Co., Canadianpublishers, 151–152, 154, 156,158, 160, 162, 166, 168–171, 173,175

Hutton, Richard Holt (1826–1897),journalist, 159

Iggulden, Charles, son of WilliamIggulden, 10, 63

Iggulden, William (1794–1864),banker, 10, 63

Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753–1821),author, Animal Magnetism, 90

Irving, Sir Henry (1838–1905), actor-manager, 183

Irving, Washington [Knickerbocker,D.] (1783–1859), Americanwriter, 76; Chronicles of Wolfert’sRoost, 76; Complete Works, 76

Iserbyt, Albéric (b. ?1861), WC’sGerman correspondent andcopyist, 192

Jeffries, Judge George (1648–1689), 102Jenke, Berlin publishers, 144Jerrold, Douglas (1803–1857),

novelist, dramatist, journalist, 20,37, 42, 47–48, 93–94, 103

Jerrold, William Blanchard(1827–1884), son of the above,writer; The Life and Remains ofDouglas Jerrold, 103

Jewsbury, Geraldine (1812–1880),novelist, 71, 145

224 Index

Joslyn, Charles (1832–1906),attorney, Oneida Community,167

Kean, Charles (1811–1868), actor,theatrical manager, 48

Kelly, Frances Maria (1790–1882),theatre, 37, 42

Kemble (Sartoris), Adelaide(?1815–1879), singer and author,134

Kemble, Charles (1775–1854), actor-manager, 134

Kenney, James (1780–1849),dramatist; Raising the Wind, 37

Kent, Charles (1835–1902), literaryeditor, 186, 200

Kinglake, Alexander William(1809–1891), writer, 81; Eothen,81

Knickerbocker, D. see Irving,Washington

Knight, Charles (1791–1873), authorand publisher, 48

Knowles, James Sheridan(1784–1862), dramatist; Virginius(1820), 105

Lahure, Charles. Parisian publisher,94–95

Landseer, Sir Edwin (1802–1873),artist, 39

Lane, Samuel Haycroft (1804–1871),theatrical manager, 111

Langton family, 58Langtry, Emily Charlotte, ‘Lilly’

(1852–1929), actress, 199Law, Graham, The Public Face of

Wilkie Collins, 5, thereafter passimLayard, Austen Henry (1817–1894),

archaeologist, politician, 63, 99Leader and Sons, publishers, 183Leclercq, Carlotta (‘Mrs. Nelson’ from

1877; 1840–1893), 147, 165Leech, Anne Viola (Annie),

(nèe Eaton c. 1818–1868), wife of the artist, 58

Leech, John (1817–1864), artist andillustrator, 8, 58, 129

Lehmann, Emil (1829–1898),translator, 140, 142–143, 150,152

Lehmann, Frederick (1826–1891: FL),industrialist, close friend of WC,49, 109, 116, 118, 127–128,130–133, 137–141, 144–146,148–149, 152, 154, 160, 183, 189,192, 203, 206, 210

Lehmann, Nina, née Chambers(1830–1902: N), close friend ofWC, wife of the above, 49,108–109, 116, 120, 123, 131–133,135–138, 141, 143, 146, 148–149,152, 172, 180, 188, 192, 203, 205

Lehmann, Rudolf (1819–1905), artistand brother of FL, 183

Leighton, Frederic, 1st Baron Leightonof Stretton (1830–1896), artist,84

Lemaître, Frédérick (1798–1876),French actor, 75–76

Lemon, Mark (1809–1870), journalist,73, 81, 89, 94; Mr. Nightingale’sDiary, 42–43

Leopold, King of the Belgians(1790–1865), 93

Leslie, Frank, American publisher, 184Lever, Charles (1806–1872), novelist,

119Lewes, George Henry (1817–1878),

man of letter, 49–50, 72, 143;Sunshine Through the Clouds, 70

Lewis, Paul; The Public Face of WilkieCollins, 5, thereafter passim

Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865), U.S.President (1861–1865), 118

Linnell, John (1792–1882), painter,29–30, 40

Linnell, Mary (d. 1863), first wife ofJohn Linnell, 30

Linton, Eliza Lynn (1822–1898),journalist, novelist, 74

Livingstone, David (1813–1873),explorer, Missionary Travels … inSouth Africa, 97

Lockhart, John Gibson (1784–1854),editor, biographer, 64; The Life ofSir Walter Scott, 187

Index 225

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth(1807–1882), American poet,man of letters, 167

Longmans, publishers, 25, 33Low, Sampson (1797–1886),

publisher, 107, 109, 111–114,119, 121, 124–125

Lowe, James (d. 1865), journalist andtranslator, 98

Luard, John Dalbiac (1830–1860),painter, 77

Lytton, Sir Edward George LyttonBulwer (1803–1873), 42, 52, 70,72, 140; Not So Bad As We Seem,41, 43–44, 45–48, 50–51; Pilgrimsof the Rhine, 160; A Strange Story,113

Macaulay, Thomas Babington(1800–1859), statesman, politician,historian, History of England, 34, 39

Macleane, Walter, reviewer, 171Macready, William Charles

(1793–1873), actor-manager, 31,87

Maddyn, D. Owen, reviewer, 55Mansel, Henry Longueville

(1820–1871), Oxford don andclergyman, 122

Mariani, Napoleone (1808–1878),Italian tenor, 27

Marsh, John Thomas, RB’s officemanager, 45–46, 49–51, 103

Mathews, Keeper of Lord Ward’sPicture Gallery, 44

Mathews, Charles (1776–1835),dramatist; Used Up, 52

Mayus, William S. Frederick, editor, 103McClellan, George B. (1826–1885),

Union General during theAmerican Civil War, 118

Méjan, Maurice (1765–1823), Frenchauthor, Recueil des Causes Célèbres…, 83

Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791–1864),composer, Le Prophète, 67

Millais, John Evertt (1829–1896:JEM), artist, 20, 35, 39, 45–46, 57,68, 74–75, 79, 118, 124, 162

Milnes, Richard Monckton(1809–1885: Lord Houghton,1863), poet, editor, patron of thearts, 99, 109, 112, 127–128

Milton, John (1608–1674), writer,Paradise Lost, 84

Mitchell, Alexander (d. 1873), M.P.,117, 137

Mitchell, Mrs. Fanny (née Hasler),wife of Alexander, 117, 137

Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de(1622–1673), French dramatist, 78

Mordaunt, Jane, actress, see LadyBoothby

Morland, George (1763–1804), artist,4

Mudie, Charles Edward (1818–1890),publisher, 111

Munro, George, New York publisher,192, 202

Munro, Seaside Library, New Yorkpublishers, 185, 190, 193

Nadel, Ira B., editor, Ioláni; or, Tahitias it was, a Romance, 25, 212

Napoleon (Bonaparte), Emperor ofFrance, 61

Nash, Esther (née Elton),headmistress, 112

Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson(1758–1805), 102

Neville, Henry (1837–1910), actor,177; ‘The Yellow Passport’, 146

Noble, James Ashcroft, reviewer, 209Norris, James (1796–1872), President

of Corpus Christi College,Oxford, 22

Norton, Brinsley (1831–1877), son ofCaroline, 68

Norton, Caroline (1808–1877), authorand law reform campaigner, 68

Ohnet, Georges (1843–1918), Frenchman of letters, Enemies, 199

Oliphant, Margaret (1828–1897),writer, 117, 124, 153

Oppenheim, Mrs., 134Otter, Captain, 17, 19Otter, Charles, 45

226 Index

Otter Family, 17, 24, 54Ouvry, Frederic (1814–1881),

solicitor, 126

Page, Norman, literary critic (Page),Wilkie Collins: The CriticalHeritage, 38, 55–56, 171, 211

Parker, John William Jr. (1792–1870),publisher, 81

Parkinson, Joseph Charles(1833–1908), journalist, 148–149

Payn, James (1830–1898), novelist,146–147, 149–150, 180;Gwendoline’s Harvest, 151

Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850),statesman, 16, 19, 31

Penco, Rosino (1825–1894), soprano,63–64

Percy, Algernon, Fourth Duke ofNorthumberland (1792–1865),patron, landowner, philanthropist,41

Perry Mason & Co. of Boston,publishers, 195–196

Peters, Catherine, biographer (Peters),The King of Inventors: A Life ofWilkie Collins, 4–6, 8–10, 12,15–16, 18, 21, 23–25, 33, 36–37,44, 49, 54, 57, 76, 81, 85, 89, 91,97, 101, 124, 128, 145–147, 154,157, 168, 211

Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel, the Hon.Charles Beaumont (1801–1866),court official, 93

‘Phyllis,’ WC’s steam yacht, 192Pigott, Edward Frederick Smyth

(1824–1895: EP), journalist,editor, Examiner of Plays, 44–49,53, 56–57, 62–63, 68–69, 71–72,74–75, 77–81, 86, 88–89, 92, 99,107, 110, 118, 124, 127–132,135–136, 138, 164, 192, 194, 198,202

Pigott, George Octavius, EP’s youngerbrother, 74–75, 86

Pigott, John Hugh Smyth (c. 1792–1853), EP’s father, 57

Pius IX (1792–1878), Pope(1847–1878), 65, 126

Planché, James Robertson(1796–1880), dramatist, CharlesXII, 52

Poles, Stefan (c. 1839–1875), literaryagent, 163–164, 169, 172

Poole, John (1786–1872), dramatist,Paul Pry, 49; ‘Turning the Tables’,89

Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), 192Procter, Adelaide (1825–1864), poet

and journalist, daughter of Bryanand Anne, 7, 74

Procter, Mrs. Anne (c. 1801–1888),wife of the poet, 109, 125, 149

Procter, Bryan Waller (Barry Cornwall: 1787–1874),poet, 109, 149

Putnam, American publishers, 148Pym, Horatio Noble (1844–1896), 205

Quaritch, Bernard, booksellers, 33Quilter, Harry (1851–1901),

journalist, 207; ‘A Living Story-teller: Mr. Wilkie Collins’,207

Rachel (Eliza Félix, 1820–1858),French actress, 24

Radcliffe, Dr. Charles (1822–1889),physiologist, 129

Ravel, Pierre Alfred (1814–1857),French actor, 56

Reade, Charles (1814–1884: CR),writer, 56, 113, 122, 134,149–151, 154, 157, 161, 170, 174,177, 179, 181–182, 194

Redpath, James (1833–1891), literaryagent, 166

Reeve, Wybert (1831–1906), actor, 83,158, 166

Régnier, François (1807–1885: FR),French actor, 76, 135, 137, 139,144, 147, 153–155, 170

Reinagle, Ramsay Richard(1775–1862), painter, 29

Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792),artist, 28

Richards, Brinley (1817–1885),composer, 147

Index 227

Richardson, physician, 51Richmond, George (1809–1896),

artist, 30, 32Ricketts, Maria Matilda, wife of

G.O. Pigott, 75Ristori, Adelaide (1822–1906), Italian

actress, 84Roberts, David (1796–1864), artist,

32, 42, 64Robinson, Kenneth (1911–1996),

politician, Wilkie Collins: ABiography, 211

Robson, Frederick (d. 1864), actor, 101Rose-Belford, Publishing Co., 178–179Rose, George Maclean, Toronto

publisher, 178, 181, 185, 189Rossetti, Christina (1830–1894), poet,

71Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828–1882),

artist, 71Rossetti, William Michael

(1829–1919), critic, 71Routledge, Edmund (1843–1899),

publisher, 140Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640),

Flemish painter, 172; Descent from the Cross, 28; Marriage of St. Catherine, 28

Rudd, Martha (Mrs. Dawson:1845–1919: MR), the mother ofWC’s three children, 128, 146,148, 164–165, 167–168, 210

Ruskin, John (1819–1900), writer, 35,43; Modern Painters, 34

Russell, John Scott (1808–1882), civilengineer, 131

St. John, Horace, reviewer, 93Sala, George August (1828–1895),

author, editor, illustrator, 74, 154Sams, William Raymond, bookseller

and publisher, 91Sarcey, F., French critic, 144Sarony, Napoleon (1821–1896), New

York photographer, 191Satchell, Thomas, civil servant, 156Sayers, Dorothy Leigh (1893–1957),

author, Wilkie Collins: A Criticaland Biographical Study, 211

Schlesinger, Sebastian (1837–1917:SS), 152, 156, 167, 173, 175, 180, 193, 196, 203, 205–206,208–210

Scott, Sir Walter (1771–1832), TheAntiquary, 191; Guy Mannering,204; A Legend of Montrose, 197;[Moredun: A Tale], 79; ‘Abbotsford’Edition’, The Pirate, 17, 19

Scrope, George Julius Poulett(1797–1876), geologist, politicaleconomist, politician, 31

Seaver, Col. William A. (d. 1883),New York raconteur, 165, 183

Severn, Joseph (1793–1879), artist, 8,125

Seymour, Mrs. Laura (c. 1820–1879),actress, 154, 156, 170, 174–175,177, 182

Shakespeare, William, 78, 126; As YouLike It, 75; The Merchant of Venice,183

Shedden-Ralston, William Ralston(1828–1889), Russian scholar,155

Simon, Joseph Philippe [Lockroy],French dramatist, 37

Simpson, John Palgrave (1807–1887:JPS), writer, 93, 96, 108, 120,134–135

Smith, Elder, publishers, 55, 82, 107,133–134, 139, 147–148

Smith, Albert (1816–1860), dramatistand novelist, 92

Smith, George (1824–1901),publisher, 35, 80, 107, 114, 129,131, 157

Southey, Robert (1774–1843), Essays,6; Madoc in Wales, 17

Stanfield, Clarkson (1793–1867),artist, 78, 80, 115

Stebbing, William (1831–1926),journalist, 151

Sterne, Laurence (1713–1768), ASentimental Journey, 23

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894),Kidnapped (1886), 204

Stoltz, Rosine (1815–1903), Frenchmezzo-soprano, 67

228 Index

Stringfield, Joseph, physician, 46, 99,135, 143

Sue, Eugène (1804–1857), Frenchnovelist, 55

Tauchnitz, publishers, 86–87, 89–90,110, 117–118, 121, 145, 158–159,163, 169, 177, 180, 182–183, 185,191, 195, 202–203, 208

Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard(1816–1895), publisher, 86, 88,106, 161

Tennant, Mrs., wife of CharlesTennant, M.P., 57

Tennent, Eleanor (Edith), daughter,63

Tennent, Lady Letitia (d. 1883), wifeof Sir James, 63, 111

Tennent, Sir James Emerson(1804–1869), author, politician,62–63, 111

Tennent, William (1835–1876), son63

Tenniel, John (1820–1914), illustrator,42

Ternin, Ellen Lawless ‘Nelly’(1839–1914), actress, CD’smistress, 95, 99

Terry, Ellen (1847–1928), actress, 183Thackeray, William Makepeace

(1811–1863), writer, 55, 71, 81,94, 125–126; The History of HenryEsmond, 55

Thière, Roma Le (d. 1903), Italian-bornactress, 191

Thompson, Dr., physician, 38Thompson, Julian, Wilkie Collins:

The Complete Shorter Fiction, 86,91–93, 96–98, 101–102, 106,112–113, 115, 166, 168–169, 171, 175–176, 180, 184, 187, 190, 192–193, 195, 197, 199, 201, 203, 206, 211

Tillotson, William Frederic(1844–1889: WFT), Northernnewspaper proprietor, 179, 183,195, 197, 199–200, 205–207, 209

Timbs, John, Things Not GenerallyKnown, 97

Tindell, William Frederick (WT),solicitor, 142, 148–149, 152–155,157–159, 162, 164, 167–171, 173,175–176

Tinsley, Samuel, publisher, 157Tinsley, William (1831–1902),

publisher, 144, 147–148, 151Tintoretto, Jacopo Comin

(1518–1594), WC’s admirationfor ‘Crucifixion’, 12

Titian, Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488–90–1576), Venetianpainter, 12

Tolstoi, Leo Nikolaevich (1828–1910),Russian writer, Childhood andYouth, 117

Tommy, WC’s Scotch terrier, 186, 197Topham, Francis William

(1807–1877), watercolourist, 47Towle, George Makepeace

(1841–1893), AmericanJournalist, 24, 153

Townshend, Rev. Chauncy Hare(1782–1868), wealthy eccentric,61, 85, 108

Trollope, Anthony (1815–1882),author, 76, 126; The Warden, 76

Trübner, publisher, 184Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich

(1818–1883), Russian writer, 187Twain, Mark (pseud. Samuel

Langhorne Clemens: 1835–1910),author, 167

Underwood, Francis Henry (1825–94),American lawyer and writer, 100

Verdi, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco(1813–1901), 111; Nabucco, 66;Othello, 24; Il Trovatore, 62–64

Vernet, Horace (1789–1863), Frenchpainter, The Taking of Smalah, 27

Vernon, Robert (1774–1849), patronof arts, 33

Viardot, Pauline (1821–1910), Frenchmezzo-soprano, 67

Victoria, Queen (1819–1901), 23, 43,93, 101, 204–205

Index 229

Vining, George (1824–1875), actor,156, 158–159

Virgil, school exercises on the Aenid,13

Voltaire (pseud. François MarieArouet: 1694–1778), 108

Wales, Prince of (later Edward VII),193

Wales, Princess of, 193Walford, Edward (1823–1897),

biographer, editor, 14, 112Ward, Alice (b. 1849), WC’s

goddaughter, 131 Ward, Charles James (1814–1883:

CW), WC’s close friend, 3, 15, 20,22–25, 28–31, 35–36, 38–42, 53,55, 60–62, 69, 73, 80, 84,104–109, 112, 114, 116–120,122, 124–128, 131, 136, 138,145, 147, 149–150, 152–153,158, 167, 191

Ward, Edward Matthew (1816–1879:EMW), artist and close friend ofWC, 8, 35, 42, 56, 70–72, 76, 83,93, 102, 107, 109, 111–113, 116,127–130, 133, 138, 142, 157,180–181; ‘Antechamber atWhitehall during the DyingMoments of Charles II’, 111;‘Charlotte Corday Going toExecution’, 56

Ward, Emily Blanche (1848–1895),Ward’s second daughter, 188

Ward, Eva, Ward’s fourth child, 77Ward, Frank (b. 1850), WC’s godson,

166Ward, Frederick Oldfield

(?1817–1877), writer, engineer,56

Ward, Henrietta Ada Mary(1832–1924), wife of EMW,painter, 93, 104, 108, 111, 116,128–129

Ward, Jane, née Carpenter(1826–1891: JW), daughter ofMargaret Carpenter, WC’sfavourite cousin, 3, 22–23, 25,102, 106, 124

Ward, Leslie (1851–1922), second sonand illustrator, 181

Ward, Stanhope, Ward’s youngestson, 134

Ward, William, eleventh Baron Ward(from 1860) first Earl of Dudley(1817–1885), patron of the arts,44

Ward, Wriothesley, third child ofEMW, 71

Watkins, Herbert, photographer,98–99, 112, 117

Watts, Alaric Alexander (1797–1864),poet, journalist, 31–32

Watt, Alexander Pollock (1834–1914),literary agent, 187–192, 194–196,198, 200–209

Webster, Benjamin (1797–1882),actor-manager, 79, 140, 144

Wellington, Duke of (1769–1852), 39,53–54

Westmacott, Richard (1799–1872),sculptor, son of Sir Richard, 33

Westmacott, Sir Richard (1755–1856),sculptor, 33

Whiting, Charles, CD’s printer, 147Wigan, Alfred Sydney (1814–1878),

actor-manager, 79–80, 101Wilkie, Sir David (1785–1841), WC’s

godfather, artist, 5, 7, 11, 16, 37;The Reading of a Will, 13

William, Prince of Prussia, 43Williams, D.E., reviewer, 158Willis, Sarah Payson, see Fern, FannyWillis, William Henry (1810–1880),

confidante of CD, editor, 70, 76, 78, 87–89, 91, 95, 104–105,107, 112–113, 115, 119–121,127–128, 130–131, 137, 140,142, 144, 147

Winter, William (1836–1917), 126,178–179, 194, 199, 205, 210

Wordsworth, William (1770–1850),poet, 39

Wyllie, John W.S. (1835–1870),Indian expert, 144

Wynne, Anne Elizabeth le Poer,‘Nannie’ (?1873–1950: NW),197–198, 206

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Wynne, Emily Sarah le Poer néeGould, widow of Henry Wynne,197–198

Wynne, Henry le Poer (1836–1874),197

Yates, Edmund Hodgson(1831–1894), 15, 99, 127, 171,196; ‘Celebrities At Home’, 15,24; ‘W. Wilkie Collins’, 92

Yelverton (Marriage Case, 1861), 145Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1823–1901),

novelist, The Heir of Redclyffe(1853), 102

3. Places

Aberystwyth, 6Aix-la-Chapelle, 123; Neullans Hotel,

123Aldborough, 114Albury, near Guildford, Surrey, 28, 41Alderbury, near Salisbury, 3Alessandria, 67 Algeria, Steamship, 164Algiers, 122Allonby, Cumberland (22 miles from

Carlisle), 95Amalfi, 11American, 9, 20, 98, 100, 118, 121,

132, 136, 140, 143, 148–149, 153,158–159, 161, 164–166, 168, 174,180, 184; copyrights, 190, 196,198, 208

Amiens, 58–59Antwerp, 28–29; Hôtel de St. Antoine,

28, 172Apennines, 7Armadale (Scotland), 18Ashford, Kent, 77Assisi, 11Aux Andelys, Normandy, Hôtel du

Grand Cerf, 30

Baden Baden, 145Baltimore, Maryland, The Carollton

Hotel, 166Basel, 60–61

Bath, 75; Assembly Rooms 45; St. Swithin’s Walcot, Bath 75

Beauvais, 58–59Berkshire, 156Berlin, 144Bideford, North Devon, 110Birmingham, Fine Arts, 56; Hen and

Chicken Hotel, 68; Town Hall, 51 Bologna, 12, 135Bolsena, 65Bosherville, Abbey of St. George

Bosherville, 30, 42Boston, Mass., 91, 98–99, 140, 143,

152, 165, 167–168, 170, 188, 195,196, 203; Globe Theatre, 163;Hotel Vendome, 167; Lyceum,166; Music Hall, 165; TremontHouse Hotel, 165; St. James’s Hall,166; St. James’s Hotel, 166, 167

Botley (near Oxford), 40Boulogne, 5, 27, 36, 57–59, 72–73,

75–76, 80, 88, 163, 169, 177;Cathedral, 58; Chateau desMolineaux, Rue Beaurepaire, 57;diphtheria epidemic, 88; Hôteldes Bains, 164; Villa desMoulineaux, 87; Villa du Campde Droite, 72, 87

Bournemouth, 122; Sanitorium, 79Brighton, 5, 35, 91–92, 113, 161;

Bedford Hotel, 92, 101, 103;Chain Pier, 5; Egremont Place, 5

Bristol, 45, 110, 202Bristol Channel, 110Broadstairs (Kent), 100, 105–106,

113–114, 117–118; Albion Hotel,114; Church Hill Cottage, 106;Fort House, 117–118; ProspectPlace, 100

Bruges, 29Brussels, 28, 172, 177; Hôtel de

Flândre, 28, 172Buckinghamshire, 28Buez, 61Buffalo, New York, 166

Calais, 23, 68, 123Caledonian Canal, 19Cambridge, 114

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Cambridge, Mass., 165, 167Canada, 155Canterbury, 54; ‘The Fountain’, 119Capri, 63, 68Cardiff, 99Carlisle, 95; County Hotel, 95;

see WigtonCarrock Fell, 95Chalons, 68Chamounix, 61Chatham; Lecture Hall, 102Chepstow, 6Cherbourg, 86Chicago, Illinois, 167; Sherman

House, Hotel, 167Civita Vecchia, 63, 125Cleveland, Ohio, 167Clifton, near Bristol, 45; Victoria

Rooms, 45Cologne, 13Cornwall, 39–41, 47, 110Cowes, 86, 124

Derby, 52; Lecture Hall, 52; RoyalHotel, 52

Domo d’Ossola, 61Doncaster, Angel Hotel, 95Douglas, see Isle of ManDover, 53–54, 68, 115, 118, 130, 170;

Camden Crescent, 53; Lord WardenHotel, 128; Ship Hotel, 85, 95

Dumfries (Scotland), 119–120Dungeness, 86Dutch, 18–19, 28, 121, 133, 149–150,

169, 172

East Sheen (West of London), 91Edinburgh, 4, 17 ; Calton Hill, 17;

English Episcopal Chapel, YorkPlace, 4; Princess Street, 17;Salisbury Crags, 17; Tait’s Hotel,17

Eton, 56

Falmouth, 39 Farley Hill Court, see ReadingFlorence, 7, 11, 65–66, 126; Fiesole,

12; Florentine galleries, 12; RoyalFarms, 12

Folkestone, 80–81; 3 Albion Villas,80

Fontainebleau, 36Fowey (Cornwall), 39France, 23, 25–26, 31, 35–36, 56, 69,

76, 96, 124, 155Fryston Hall, near Ferrybridge,

Yorkshire, 109, 128

Gad’s Hill, 55, 92, 101, 104–105, 109,113, 124, 128, 135, 138–139,147–148, 152

Geneva, 61 Genoa, 7, 62, 67, 125Germany, 31, 123, 145, 155, 177Ghent, 123Glamorganshire, 99Glasgow, 19Gravesend, Kent, 75, 86; Wates’, 97Great Yarmouth, 128; Victoria Hotel,

128

Hague, 133, 172Havre, Le, 24Heidelberg, 13Higham, Kent, 109Highland Falls, on the Hudson,

upstate New York, 165 Holland, 155Huntington Library, San Marino, CA,

28

Innsbruck, 12Inverness, 19Ipswich, 114Ischia, Isle of, 10Isle of Man, 124; Douglas, Fort Anne

Hotel, 124Isle of Wight, 22, 25, 109; Ryde, Royal

Victoria Yacht Club, 127Italian Alps, 61Italy, 7, 12, 31, 61, 68, 88, 124, 127,

135, 178Iver (Buckinghamshire), 28–29

John O’Groats, 18

Kenilworth, 51Kent, coast of, 88

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Lake Erie, 167Lake Maggiore, 61Lake Thrasimene, 11Lancaster, 95 Land’s End, 86Lausanne, 61 Leghorn, 62, 125Leicester, Theatre Royal, 153Leipzig, 106, 121, 133Lerwick (Shetland), 18–19Lewes (Sussex), 154Liége, 123Liskeard, Cornwall, 110Liverpool, 19, 48, 53, 124, 132, 140,

143, 164, 168, 172; Adelphi Hotel,48, 53; Alexandra Theatre, 172;New Philharmonic Hall, 48, 53

Lizard, The (Cornwall), 39–40London, General, 3, thereafter passim

but note specific locations.Addresses, Buildings, Galleries,Museums, Streets, banks andinstitutions including places nowregarded as in Greater London.Albany Street, 86, 102–103;Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade,47; Avenue Road, Regent’s Park,13, 15; Baker Street, 134; BalsoverStreet, Marylebone, 155;Blandford Square, 32, 34–36, 39;Bridgewater House, Green Park,43; British Museum, 26–27, 155;Campden House, Kensington, 79;Coutts Private Bank, Strand, 15,30, 60, 109; Clarence Terrace,Regent’s Park, 102–104;Devonport Street, Hyde ParkGardens, 21, 31–32; DevonshireHouse, 42–43; Edgware Road,Maida Hill Academy, 6; Gallery ofIllustration, Regent’s Street,93–94; Gloucester Place, PortmanSquare, 138, 140, 142–143, 145,154, 156–157, 172, 174–175, 183,187, 195, 200–201, 207;Hampstead Green, Pond Street, 5;Hampstead Square, 5; HanoverTerrace, 5, 39–40, 51, 55–56, 59,73, 75, 81–83, 85; Harley Place,

Marylebone, Regent’s Park,85–87, 93, 96–99; Harley Street,85, 107–108, 112–113, 116–117,120, 126–127, 129; HighburyPlace, 13; Highgate, Woodlands,131, 139; Household Words [HW]Offices, 78, 83, 91, 96, 101, 103;Howland Street, Fitzroy Square,85–86; Kensington, 79;Kensington Gardens, 6; Lincoln’sInn, 28, 34, 42, 44–45;Marlborough House, Pall Mall,68; Marylebone Road, 165;Marshall & Snellgrove, 133;Melcombe Place, Dorset Square,129–133, 135–138; NationalPortrait Gallery, 183; NewBurlington Street, 49–50, 60; NewCavendish Street, Marylebone, 5,103–106; North Western TrainTerminus, Euston Square, 50–51;Northumberland House, 44;Oxford Terrace, 15, 21; PorchesterTerrace, Bayswater, 5; RoyalAcademy, 3–4, 15, 20, 23, 27, 34,42–43, 69, 126, 131, 159; RoyalCollege of Surgeons, 28; RoyalInstitution, 155; Southwick Place,133; Syon House, 44; Strand, The,15, 50, 60, 94, 147, 156, 188;Taunton Place, 168; TavistockHouse (CD’s home), 74, 79, 89,90–92; Wimpole Street, 206–208,210; Westminster Hall, 23;Zoological Gardens, 6; Cemeteries,churches: Chapel Royal, 188;Kensal Green Cemetery, 125, 210;St. Marylebone’s Church, 146; St. Mary Marylebone ParishChurch, 5; St. Mary’s,Paddington, 6; WestminsterAbbey, 151; Clubs: Arts Club, 131;Athenaeum, 112, 139, 160;Garrick Club, 73, 77–78, 99, 117,128, 130, 185; National LiberalClub, 207, 209; Events in London:Hyde Park disturbances, 79;Hotels, Taverns, Restaurants, etc:Freemason’s Tavern/Hall, 130,

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140; Hanover Square Rooms,43–44; London Tavern, 42, 81;Queen’s Hotel Upper Norwood,nr. Crystal Palace, Sydenhamm156; St. James’s Hall, 111;Verey’s, 137, 146; Theatres:Adelphi Theatre, 103, 141, 147;Britannia Theatre, 111; CoventGarden Theatre, 42; CharingCross Theatre, 170; Dean Street,Mrs. Kelly’s Theatre, 37, 42;Drury Lane Theatre, 185; GlobeTheatre, 163, 173; HaymarketTheatre, 204; HolbornAmphitheatre, 167; Hollingshead’sGaiety Theatre, Strand, 147;Novelty Theatre, 193; Prince ofWales Theatre, 161–162, 199;Royal Lyceum Theatre, 49; RoyalMarylebone Theatre, 75; RoyalOlympic Theatre, off the Strand,94, 101; Royal Princess’s Theatre,Oxford Street, 48, 49; St. James’sTheatre, 69–70; Strand Theatre,73; Vaudeville Theatre, 198

Lowestoft, 172; Royal Hotel, 131Lyons, 68

Maidenhead, 58Manchester, 48, 52, 94, 142, 144;

Athenaeum, 52; Free Library, 53; Free Trade Hall, 53, 94; NewTheatre Royal, 148; Royal Hotel,52

Mantua, 12Margate, 86, 113, 205Marseilles, 125, 135Martigny, 61Mayence, 13Melrose (Scotland), 17Mentone, 125Mer de Glace, 61Milan, 61–62, 135; Cathedral, 61;

Hotel de la Ville, 61; La Scala, 61Mont Cenis, 68Montreal, 154, 166Munich, 13; Hotel des Quatre Saisons,

177; Royal Palace of Schleisheim,13

Naples, 9–11, 14, 62–63, 65, 125;Baiae side, 63; Bay of, 63; Churchof S. Maria Della Nova, 11; Hôteld’Angleterre Chaia, 125; Hôteldes Étrangers, 62; San Carlo(Theatre), 64

Netherlands, see under DutchNew York, 92, 104, 106, 133,

140–141, 143, 158, 163–166,168, 180, 182, 184–185, 187,189–193, 199, 201–203;Association Hall, 165; BroadwayTheatre, 165; Franklin Square,167; Lotus Club, 164;Westminster Hotel, 164–167;Union Club, 165; 5th AvenueTheatre, 153, 155

New Zealand, 170Newcastle, 52; Queen’s Hotel, 52;

Westgate Street, AssemblyRooms, 52

Newnham Paddox, near Coventry,135

Nice, 7, 125Norfolk, 127–128Normandy, 30Nottingham, 52; George the Fourth

Hotel, 51; Mechanics’ Hall, 51

Oneida Community, New York, 167Orkney Islands, 18, 25Orléans, 36Oxford, 16, 22, 40, 70, 170

Padua, 12, 66Paris, 7, 22–27, 29–31, 36, 60, 75–76,

82–85, 98, 102, 110, 117, 122,125, 130, 133, 135–137, 143–144,147, 153–155, 163–164, 170,174–175, 177; Ambigu-ComiqueTheatre, Boulevard St. Martine,75, 84; Avenue des ChampsElysées, 83; art galleries, 84;Beaux Arts, 26; Hotel Bristol, 68,125; Hôtel de Londres, 60; Hôteldes Tours, 23; Hôtel des Tuileries,24–26, 30; Hôtel du Helder, 130,133, 137, 164; Hôtel Meurice, 75;Hotel Westminster, 175, 177;

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Palais Royal, 23, 26; Rue deRivoli, 24, 30, 75; St. Denis, 24;Théâtre Français, 24, 76; TheatreItalien, 27; Les Trois Frères, 110;Tuileries, 76

Parma, 12, 67Parthia, Steamship, 168Perugia, 11Philadelphia, 165Pisa, 62Polynesia, 24Pompeii, 63Portsmouth, 22, 133Prospect Hill, Southborough, 134

Queenstown Harbour, 164

Radicofani, 65Ragland, 6Ramsgate, Kent, 6, 160, 179, 182–183,

186–187, 189, 191–192, 194,196–198, 202; Granville Hotel,East Cliff, 163; Nelson Crescent,160, 201; Wellington Crescent,208

Ravello, 11Richmond Park (West of London),

91Reading, 46, 152; Farley Hill Court,

135, 138Rome, 7–11, 30–31, 35, 39, 64–66,

125–126, 135; Appian Way, 64;Forum, 64; Hotel des IlesBritannique, 64, 125; Sala Reggia,8; St. Peter’s, 8, 65; Siege of, 31,35; Sistine Chapel, 8

Rotterdam, 13Rouen, 24–25, 30Ryde, see Isle of Wight

St. Austell (Cornwall), 39St. Moritz, 145St. Petersburg, 121Salisbury, 3, 17Saltzburg, 12Sandusky, Ohio, 167San Remo, 125Savona (Italy), 125Scalloway (Shetlands), 18

Scarborough, 95Scilly Isles, 81Scotland, 17, 149Shanghai, 116 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 109Sheffield, 52; Music Hall, 52; Royal

Hotel, 52Shetland Islands, 17–19, 25Shrewsbury, 50–51Shute End House, Alderbury,

Wiltshire, 3Sienna, 7Simplon pass, 61Slough (West of London)

Buckinghamshire, 56, 131Sorrento, 9, 63Southampton, 22, 24, 73Southborough, see also Prospect Hill,

134, 138–139Southsea (Hampshire), 17, 19, 35,

51Staffordshire colliery, 170Staplehurst, Kent, 131Strasbourg, 60, 123; Hotel de Paris,

60, 123Stratford-upon-Avon, 51Stroud (Gloucestershire), 31, 108,

110, 118Sunderland, 52; Bridge Hotel, 52;

Lyceum Theatre, 52Sunburgh Head (Shetlands), 18–19Swiss Valleys, 61Switzerland, 88, 135, 145, 174–175;

see individual locationsSydenham, 156; Queen’s Hotel,

Upper Norwood, near CrystalPalace, 156

Syracuse, New York, 165, 167

Terni, 11Thurso, 17–18Tintern, 6Toronto, 151–152, 154, 162, 166, 178,

189 Torquay (Devon), 25, 86; Imperial

Hotel, 187Tours, 36Troy, New York State, 165Truro, 39

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Tunbridge Wells, 132–133, 136, 141;Bentham Hill Cottage, nearTunbridge Wells, 141–142;Mount Ephraim, 130–132; see Prospect Hill, Southboroughnr Tunbridge Wells, 134

Turin, 62, 67–68; Hotel de l’Europe,67; Teatro Carignano, 67

Tyrol, 177–178Tyrolese Alps, 12

United States of America, 100, 118, 163

Venice, 12, 66–67; Caffé Florien, 67;Church of San Salute, 66; GrandCanal, 66; St. Mark’s, 66–67;Teatro Camploy a S. Samuel, 66

Verona, 12Versailles, 24, 27Vesuvius, 63Vevay, 61; Castle of Chillon, 61

Vietri, 11

Wales, 6Wallingford Community,

Connecticut, 167Walmer, Kent, 53Washington, D.C., 166Waterloo, 39; sight of the battle of, 39Weston-super-Mare (Somerset), 44,

46, 99Whitby, 114; Royal Hotel, 114Wick (Scotland), 17–19Wicklow, County, 3Wigton, Southwest of Carlisle, 95Wildbad (Black Forest), 123; Hotel de

l’Ours, 123Worthing, 174

Yarmouth, see Great Yarmouth York, 114Yorkshire, 109, 127

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