his oratory, ib.; compared with
Cowper's translation, ib., 141; his
wise choice of blank verse, 143;
his Latin names for Greek deities
condemned, ib.; his version com-
pared with Mr. Wright's, 144;
instances of amplification, 145;
high character of his translation,
151
Derby (14th Earl of), becomes
Prime Minister in 1866, cxxv. 283;
his government by a minority, ib.;
his position as regards Reform,
284; favourable symptoms of his
foreign policy, 296; Irish pro-
spects, 298; his manly acceptance
of office, 301; secessions from his
Cabinet in 1867 on Reform, 586

his unfavourable influence
in the House of Lords, cxxvi. 557;
his unconstitutional dissolution in
1859, 562

his retirement from the
premiership, cxxvii. 559; his po-
litical career reviewed, 560; his
influence in the House of Lords,
563

his conversation on Irish
affairs with Sir John Hobhouse,
cxxxiii. 324

Derby (Earl of, the present, b. 1826),
his scheme for redeeming the land
revenue of India, cxvii. 494

appointed Foreign Minister.
in 1866, cxxiv. 297; critical period
of his accession to office, ib.

his views on Reform early in
1867, cxxvi. 568; his language
thereon on March 5, 571

Foreign Minister under Dis-
raeli in 1874, cxxxix. 569; the
natural head of the Whig party,
ib.

Derby, the, best recorded time of the

race, cxx. 125

De Sales (St. Francis), his supposed
allusions to the Devotion of the
Sacred Heart, cxxxix. 254
Desault (M., d. 1795), his visit to

the Dauphin in prison, cxviii. 129;
his sudden death wrongly attrib-
uted to poison, 131
Descartes (Réné, 1596-1650), cha-
racter of his scepticism, cxxi. 440
influence of his writings on
Berkeley, cxxxv. 16–22
De Tocqueville (Alexis C. H. Clerel,
1805-1859). See Tocqueville, De
Deutsch (Mr.), his contributions to
the Dictionary of the Bible, cxxi.
64

his article on the Talmud in
the Quarterly Review, cxxxviii. 29
Devil, the, early popular nicknames
of, cxi. 386

grotesque view of, in the
Middle Ages, cxxi. 434 note; at
the Reformation, ib. ; modern pul-
pit allusions to, 436

double meaning of the word
in Scripture, cxxii. 118
Devonshire (Earls of), their London

house before the Fire, cxxxi. 181
Dewangiri (Bhootan), surprise and
recapture of, cxxv. 5; Sir W.
Mansfield's opinion of the Bhoo-
teas, 7
D'Ewes (Sir Symonds, 1602-1650),
his antiquarian knowledge, cxii.
461; his MS. notes taken during
debate, 462; his low estimate of
Hampden, 475

Dialects, principles of their growth,
cxv. 69; common origin of, 70;
their spontaneous multiplication,
78; influence of writing upon,
79; Semetic and Turanian, 91
Diamonds, priority of, among mine-
rals, cxxiv. 241; peculiar proper-
ties of, and sources of supply,
247; specimens, ib. (see Koh-i-
nur); decay in art of cutting,
248; varieties mentioned by Pliny,
249; rarity of the blue diamond,
258

chemical experiments on,
cxxxii. 185; composition of, dis-
covered by Davy, ib.

Diaz (Batholomew, 15th century),
his discovery of the Cape of Good
Hope, cxxviii. 228

Dibdin (Dr. T. F., 1775-1847), Lord
Cockburn's sketch of, cxl. 270

(Charles, 1745-1814), his
sea songs full of nautical blunders,
cxiii. 107 note
Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870), his
genius worn out before his death,
cxxxix. 384; identified with
'David Copperfield,' 388

(Colonel), his scheme for
the irrigation of Berar, cxix. 126
Dickinson (Mr.), on the value of

Royal Plates in racing, cxx. 119
Dictionaries (English), predecessors
of Dr. Johnson, cxxviii. 48; merits
of his Dictionary, 49; mischief of
minute etymology, 50; new sources
of illustration, 51; Richardson's
work, ib.; promiscuous sanction
of words by the Philological So-
ciety, 56; early vernacular terms,
57; limit of date as to use of
words, 58; slang terms in Mr.
Latham's dictionary, 59; modern
scientific words, ib.; modern words
formed by analogy, ib.; deriva-
tions, 61; difficulties of defini-
tions, 64; principles of quotation,
72. See Latham, R. G., and
Wedywood, H.

6

Didot (M.), his contributions to
French orthography, cxxix. 535
Didron (M.), his Manuel d'Icono-
graphie Chrétienne,' cxl. 211
Digest of law, distinguished from
a Code, cxxvi. 368; definition of,
374

Dilke (Sir Charles Wentworth, b.

1843), his 'Greater Britain,' cxxix.
455; his wide area of travel, ib. ;
brief period of his journey, ib.;
his generalisations too rapid and
sweeping, ib.; on British enter-
prise in America, 458; his account
of Michigan University. 459; on
California and San Francisco, 460;

voyage to Pitcairn's Island, 461;
visit to Hokitika, 462; his account
of New Zealand, 463; of New
South Wales, 465; on the physi-
cal qualities of the Australians,
ib.; on Protectionism in America
and Australia, 466; his prejudice
against coloured races, 469; his
account of Tasmania, 470; on the
failure of Protestant missionaries
in India, 475; on the brutality
of English loafers,' 478; as-
cribes caste to custom, 479; sa-
tisfactory impressions left by his
work, 480; his literary merits,
485

his Radical theories of Free
Church and Free School, cxxxix.
279; his recent speech at Pimlico
thereon, ib note

Dinant, copper manufacture at, in
the 15th century, cxix. 544; pil-
laged and burnt by Charles the
Bold, 548
Dingbijah Singh (Rajah), his pro-
tection of the four fugitives from
Cawnpore, cxxxiii. 106
Diocletian (Emperor of Rome, 245–
313), story of his interview with
a Druidess, cxviii. 46; her pro-
phecy fulfilled, 47

Diogo Cam, his voyages to Africa,
cxxviii. 225

Dion Cassius, discovery of parent

MS. of, cxxxvii. 92

Dionysius (the Thracian), his empi-

rical system of grammar, cxv. 74
Dioptric system, the, cxv. 179. See
Lighthouses

Dioscorides (Pedacius), the Codex

Cæsareus of, cxxxvii. 72
Diplomatic Service, the, cxxxix. 68;
Reports of Committees on, ib.;
want of popular appreciation la-
mented by Earl Clarendon, ib.;
hostility to, of job-hunters, 69;
of tourists abroad, ib.; of specu-
lators, 70; personal requirements,
ib.; state of, at the beginning of

this century, 71; disadvantageous contrast now, ib. ; examinations of candidates in 1855, 72; hard conditions imposed on attachés, 73; second examinations, ib. 74; failure of new plan of Committee of 1861, ib.; reforms of the Committee of 1870, ib.; open competition no test, 75; social requirements for efficiency, ib.; 'cramming,' 76; encouragement of special subjects, ib.; study of public law, 77; new regulation thereon, ib. 78; insufficient premiums on difficult languages, ib.; 'block' in the service, 79; Mr. Morier's memorandum thereon, 80; suggestions of the Committee of 1871, 82; heads of missions and 'outsiders,' 83; real cause of the 'block,' 84; classes of second and third secretaries, ib.; the Committee's scheme of relief, 85; inequalities of various posts, ib.; removals from one mission to another, 86; hardships and expense of remote missions, 87; severity of new regulations thereon, ib.; reports of heads of missions on their subordinates, 88; the recommendation condemned, 89

Dipsomania, the disease, cxxxvii.

415 and note; institutions for victims of, 417

Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, its female lodging-house closed, cxxii. 367

Discount, distinguished from interest, cxxvii. 269

Disease, relations of, with the blood, cxxxvi. 228; spread of zymotic diseases, 229; origin of fever, 230; pus-corpuscles, 232 (see Blood); disease-germs, 233; communication of infection, 234; Dr. Sanderson's experiments on diseasegerms, 235; contagion of cholera,

b.; value of disinfectants, 236; vitality of germs, ib.; Dr. Beale

K

on infectious fevers, 238; consumptive diseases, b.; 'phthinoplasm,' 239; public importance of scientific research, 243 Disestablishment, recent meaning of the term, applied to Churches, cxxviii. 276 (see Church of England); foreign tendencies in favour of, 283

Disraeli (Isaac, 1767-1848), on the perpetuation of great names in streets, cxxxi. 190

on fugitive poetry, cxl. 358 Disraeli (Right Hon. Benjamin, b. 1805), his financial policy in 1859, cxx. 568; on the phantom of an United Italy,' 572; his championship of church-rates, 590

his speech at Oxford on modern theology, cxxi. 588 and

note

on the promotion of landlord influence through peasant suffrage, cxxii. 280

his proposal of 'lateral reform,' cxxiii. 292

his speeches on Parliamentary Reform, 1848-1866, cxxv. 269 sqq.; his notions of a Third Estate, 289; his politics revealed in his literary works, 582; ideal in hiз 'Dardanian Dream,' 583; humiliates his party in 1866 on Reform, ib.; his position compared with that of Sir Robert Peel, 584; his mischievous Resolutions on Reform in 1867, 590; his vague language on Household Suffrage, 592

appropriates Mr. Bright's ideas on Reform in 1867, cxxvi. 543; on 'spouters of stale sedition,' 555; deprecates the dependence of Ministries on their Reform policy, 563; claims Household Suffrage as his original creed, 566568; his unprincipled policy, ib., 572

succeeds Lord Derby as Premier, cxxvii. 559; his mar

vellous career, 564; his theore-
tical study of English politics,
565; his histrionic art, ib.; anec-
dote of his invectives against Peel,
566; his talent for caustic lan-
guage, 567; his success as a lite-
rary statesman, ib., 568; want of
purpose in his policy, 569; specu-
lations thereon, 570; his small in-
fluence on practical legislation,
571; his administrative inexpe-
rience, 572; novelty of his pre-
miership, ib.; his abandonment of
Tory traditions, 573; his views
on democracy, 574; his letter to
Lord Dartmouth in 1868, ib.;
coquets with the Irish priesthood,
575;
his scheme of a Roman
Catholic University in Ireland,
576; his defence of the Irish
Church, ib.; his political incon-
sistencies, 579; reasons why his
government cannot last, 580
Disraeli (Right Hon. Benjamin),

his Radical tone of thought,
cxxviii. 558; his opinions on the
suffrage in 1865, 559 note; his
sudden conversion in 1867, ib.,
560; his qualities as Prime Minis-
ter, 567; his Irish policy in 1868
rejected, 568, 572; his unconsti-
tutional retention of office, 573

his novel 'Lothair,' cxxxii.
275; literary offer recently refused,
ib.; his political relations with
literature, 276; on Papal conver-
sions in England, 277 (see Lo-
thair); fantastic character of his
political novels, 278; his use of
living characters, 279; unreality
of his social satire, ib.; his pre-
ference of high life' examined,
ib.; on the influences of the Holy
Land, 283; prophetical verses on
Italian freedom, 287

compared, as a party-leader,
with Mr. Gladstone, cxxxiv. 569
his preference for early

Toryism, cxxxv. 250

Disraeli (Right Hon. Benjamin),
his refusal of office in 1873,
cxxxvii. 579; his multifarious
policies, ib.; weakness of his party
in statesmen, 580

his installation as Lord
Rector of Glasgow University,
cxxxix. 284; his political speeches
on the occasion, ib.; compared to
an automaton chess-player, 286;
his accession to office in 1874,
549; his indistinct Irish policy,
552; his discovery of modern
Toryism in the lowest stratum of
society, 560; his vast powers of
observation, 567; his skilful for-
mation of his Ministry, ib.

Greville's notice of in 1830,
cxl. 530; his conduct during the
session of 1874, 549 sqq.; comes
forward as the champion of Pro-
testantism, 568; his strange 'de-
fence' of Lord Salisbury, 571;
his chances of retaining power, 586
Dissenters. See Protestant Dis-
senters

Dissenters' Marriage Act (1844), agi-

tation allayed by, cxxxvii. 141 note
'Divine Legation,' the, by Warbur-
ton, cxxii. 15; its amusing cha-
racter, 17; multifarious reading
shown in it, ib.; basis of the argu-
ment, 22

Divorce, early precedent cited by

Selden, cxxv. 89 and note; dis
pensing power transferred from
Pope to Parliament, ib. See Mar-
riage, Law of

61

-Jewish doctrines of, cxxxviii.

Dixon (William Hepworth), his
unsound advocacy of Lord Bacon's
character, cxiii. 312; qualifies his
misconduct to Essex, 315; on judi-
cial torture, 337; exonerates Bacon
from judicial corruption, 339
Dobereiner, his discovery of the dif-

fusion of gases, cxxx. 145
Dobson (Austin), his Vignettes in

Rhyme,' cxl. 381; his lines on
Horace, ib.
Dockyards, Pitt's scheme of fortifi-
cation, cxvi, 141

Document, use of the word in
Shakspeare, cxxx. 94

Dodwell (Henry, 1641-1711), his
views on lay-baptism, cxxi. 172
note

Dodsworth (Rev. W.), his Tracta-

rian preachings, cxxxix. 63
Dogs, ancient breeds of, cxxviii. 418,
419; the Esquimaux kind, 420;
vast antiquity of, ib.; the species
compared with wolves, 421; affi-
nity of, to jackals, ib.; their
breeding capacities, 422; different
breeds of, 423

use of, for truffle-hunting,
cxxix. 363

taxes on, in England and

France, cxxxi. 383

Dol, town in Brittany, ancient menhir
or stone-symbol at, cxx. 317
Doleman (R.), pamphlet published
by, suppressed, exxxiv. 171;
authors of the work, ib.
Dolgoroukow (Prince Pierre), his
'Russia under Alexander II.,' cxi.
175; his exposure of maladminis-
tration, 177; his suggestion for
judicial reform, 183
Döllinger (Dr.), on the temporal
power of the Pope, cxvi. 261
his theological eminence,
262; his eulogy of Pius IX.,
270; his contempt for the Ita-
lians, 273; on the low intellec-
tual condition of the Papal States,
274; his proposed reformation of
the Papacy, 280; on the divisions
of Christendom, 287; his miscon-
ception of religious life in England,
289; his theological candour, 290

his address at the Roman
Catholic Congress at Munich, cxx.
304, 305

the leader of Catholic
thought in Germany, exxxiv. 152;

his letter to the Archbishop of
Munich against the Dogma of In-
fallibility, 153; his excommunica-
tion, 154

Döllinger (Dr.), on the causes of Uni-
tarianism, cxxxvii. 214; his writ-
ings inconsistent with Romanism,
533

Dolmen, prehistoric monuments in
France, cxxvii. 79 sqq.
Domenech (Abbé), cxv. 186
Domenichino Zampieri (1581-1641),
his 'Martyrdom of St. Agnes,'
cxxii. 79

Domesday Survey, contemporary in-
dignation at, cxxi. 16; its histo-
rical value, ib.; its picture of the
transfer of land after the Conquest,

36

a new one needed, cxxxv. 285
Domitian (Titus Flavius, 51–96),
character of his administration,
cxix. 42

his buildings at Rome,
CXXXV. 314
Donaldson (Sir Stuart), his evidence
on Colonial defence, cxv. 113
Donatello (Tuscan sculptor, 1386-
1471), his statues for Or San
Michele, cxxi. 539; plaster casts
at South Kensington, ib. 540; his
Realistic and Classical styles, ib.;
equestrian statue at Padua, 541
Donati's Comet, cxl. 403, 405
Donatists, the, schism of, under Con-

stantine, cxi. 439, 441

Don Carlos. See Carlos, Don
Don Juan (of Austria). See Juar,

Don

Donne (Dr. John, 1573-1631), enters
Oxford at the age of ten, cxxv. 59

Dean of St. Paul's, exxix.
193; his clandestine marriage, 194

-(W. Bodham), his able edi-
tion of George III.'s Correspon-
dence with Lord North, cxxvi. 3,
36

Donné (M.), his experiments on spon-
taneous generation, cxxv. 403