of the imputation, 731. Imputa-
tion not defamatory may be pun-
ishable, 733.

Ireland, speech against the Repeal
of the Union with Great Britain, i.
97-113. Folly of a separate legis-
lature with the same executive,
101. Complaints of, just, 106.
Coercion of, necessary, 10s. Tory
party not popular in, 211. Speech
on the state of, 298-329. Its dan-
gerous condition, 299. History of
the annexation to England, 300.
Subjugation of, by Cromwell and
William III., 303. Pitt's conduct
towards, 304. Opposition of the
Catholic party in, to England,
307. Attack of the Tories on the
Catholics in, 310. Fierce opposi-
tion to the Tories in, 315. Ad-
ministration of, unwise, 317.
Ought not to owe its reforms to
danger, 406. Inconsistency of the
Tory party on questions in, 409.
Ireland, Church of, i. 325. Speech

on, 388-410. Not defensible on
its merits, 389. Nothing like it
elsewhere, 391. It is the poor
that need an endowed church,
393. Not a proselyting church,
395. Too unpopular to be success-
ful, 398. Method unsuitable, 399.
Does not have a quieting effect on
the people, 401. Its abolition
will not affect the Union, 403.
Compared to the Scotch, 404.
Ivry a Song of the Huguenots, ii.
286.

Jacobite, Epitaph on a, ii. 339.
Jeffrey, Francis, character of, ii.
457. His home, 459.
Jews, speech on removing the polit-
ical disabilities from, i. 114-127.
Injustice of their present treat-
ment, 115. Political rights should
go with their civil rights, 118.
Not necessarily biased, 119. Not
exclusive, 121. Their avarice
caused by their condition, 124.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, biography of,
ii. 54-95. Parentage, 54. Edu-
cation, 55. Unsoundness of his
mind, 57. His marriage, 59.
Goes to London, 60. Writes for
the Gentleman's Magazine, 62

His London, 64 His associates,
65. Writes a Life of Savage, 67.
His dictionary begun, 67. His
Vanity of Human Wishes, 68.
Intercourse with Garrick, 69. The
Rambler, 70. His wife's death,
72. Dictionary published, 73. The
Idler, 74. Rasselas, 75. Receives
a pension, 77. Worthlessness of
his edition of Shakespeare, 78.
Conversational talent; his club,
81. Meets Boswell, 82. Friend-
ship with the Thrales, 83. His
household, 85. Visits the Hebri-
des, and describes his journey, 86.
His ill-advised tract against the
Americans, 89. His Lives of the
Poets, 90. Parting from Mrs.
Thrale, 92. Last illness, 94.
Judges, exclusion of, from House of
Commons, speech on, i. 530-547.
Unnecessary; justice and politics
not incompatible, 532. Many
judges sit satisfactorily, 534. Un-
wise; will throw all judicial
knowledge into the Upper House,
539. Will cut off skilled legisla-
tors, 542. Judicial integrity not
impaired by politics, 543.
Justice, Public, Note on Offences re-
lating to. See Indian Penal Code,
Note G.

Knowledge, profound and superfi-
cial, i. 467.

Labor, hours, of. See Ten Hour
Bill.
Lansdowne, Marquess of, opposes
Brougham's motion favoring the
Treaty of Washington, i. 757.
See Letters of Macaulay.
Last Buccaneer, The, ii. 337.
Lawsuit, the Great, between the
parishes of St. Dennis and St.
George, Some Account of, ii. 399-
408.

Lays of Ancient Rome, ii. 167–279.
Author's Preface, 167-186. In-
troduction to Horatius, 187. Ho-
ratius, 190. Introduction to the
Battle of Lake Regillus, 211.
The Battle of Lake Regillus, 219.
Introduction to Virginia, 243.
Virginia, 251. Introduction to
the Prophecy of Capys, 265. The

Prophecy of Capys, 270. Author's
plans for, 590. Metre of, 595.
Letters of Macaulay: To Thomas
Flower Ellis, ii. 469, 481, 541, 551,
554, 558, 559, 564, 570, 573, 581,
590,595, 606-609. To Lord Lans-
downe, 532, 585. To Fanny Ma-
caulay, 605. To Fanny and Se-
lina Macaulay, 546. To Hannah
More Macaulay (Mrs. Trevelyan),
472, 474, 477, 479, 494, 496,
497, 501-503, 506, 507, 510, 511,
513-516, 518, 519, 522, 527, 530,
535, 539, 597, 600, 601, 603. To
Hannah More and Margaret Ma-
caulay, 484-486, 488, 489, 491,
492. To Zachary Macaulay, 445,
447, 451, 452, 454, 455, 464. To
his mother, 446, 448, 457. To
Macvey Napier, 460, 461, 464, 467,
483, 494, 526, 537, 540, 563, 567,
568, 570, 574, 577, 583, 584, 588,
591, 593, 596. To Henry Taylor,
592. To George Otto Trevelyan,
611. To Margaret Trevelyan,
604. To one of his supporters in
the contest at Leeds, 499. For
Contents of Letters, see Macaulay,
Lord.

Libraries, their value to the com-

mon people, i. 466.

Lines written on the Night of the

Thirteenth of July, 1847, ii. 347.
Literature, theories of ballad, ii.
170. Excursions in, 351-444. On
the Royal Society of, 368-375.
Literature of Britain: A Speech
delivered at the Opening of the
Edinburgh Philosophical Institu-
tion, i. 465-473. Value of a libra-
ry, 466. Profound and superficial
knowledge, 467. Brightness of
British literature, 473.
Lives of the Poets, Johnson's, ii. 90.

Macaulay, Lord, his letters, ii. 445-

612. For persons addressed, see
Letters of Macaulay. School life
and studies, 445-448. At Cam-
bridge, 448. Dislike of mathe-
matics, 449. Accused of novel-
reading, 450. Morality of his con-
tributions to Knight's Quarterly
defended, 453. Visits Sydney
Smith, 455. Estimate of Jeffrey,
457. Jealousy of Brougham's in-

fluence on the Edinburgh Review,
461-463, 465, 466. Description of
the scene at the first division on
the Reform Bill, 469-471. Visits
Holland House, 472-477, 491.
His poetry praised by Moore and
Campbell, 478. Describes corona-
tion of William IV., 479. Effect
of his article against Croker's Bos-
well, 482. Indian studies, 484.
Life in London, 488-490. At
Leeds for the election, 494. Pro-
gress of the election, 501. Views
of the House of Commons, 504-
506. Disgust with Parliament,
508. Speech on the India Bill
complimented, 511. Thinks of
resigning from the ministry, 513.
Remarks on death of Wilberforce,
518. Consults his sister on the
subject of going to India, 522.
Declines to speak at Tower Ham-
lets, 528. Trouble over his article
on Walpole, 529. Prepares for
his trip to India, 531. Motives
for going, 533. Sir James Gra-
ham's appreciation of his abilities,
536. Supplied with books by the
Edinburgh Review, 538. Goes to
Ootacamund, India, 541. His read-
ing en route, 543. Financial af-
fairs of his family, 546. Sister's
engagement, 547. Classical read-
ing, 552. Opinion of Thucydides,
555. Of Pindar, 556. Of Latin
authors, 558. Prefers literature
to politics, 560. List of his read-
ing during 1835, 562. Further
classical studies, 565, 574. His
feeling with regard to his article
on Bacon, 568. His work on the
Indian Penal Code, 570. Return
from India; learns German, 573.
Plans for his history, 580. Starts
for Italy, 584. Willing to sit in
Parliament but not to be a minis-
ter, 586. Delighted with Rome,
587. His review work; the dram-
atists and Warren Hastings, 588,
589, 591. Lays of Ancient Rome
and his History considered, 590.
Decides against republishing his
review articles, 593. His ideas for
managing the Edinburgh Review,
596. Experience with an ex-offi-
cial of the India Company, 598.

Comments on the formation of a
ministry, 600. Defeated in Edin-
burgh in 1847, 603. Comments
on Schiller, 604. Renominated
by Edinburgh in 1852, 605. Plans
for a tour on the continent, 608.
Ridicules the poet Montgomery's
attack, 610. Dies, 613. Early
poems prized by Hannah More,
615. His youthful habits, 616,
617.

Macaulay, Fanny, Margaret, and
Selina. See Letters of Macau-
lay.
Macaulay, Zachary, troubled by his
son's novel-reading propensities,
ii. 450. By his connection with
Knight's Quarterly, 453. Letters
of Hannah More to, 615-619. See
Letters of Macaulay.

Malkin, Sir Benjamin Heath, Epi-
taph on, ii. 336.
Marriage, Note on Offences relating
to. See Indian Penal Code,
Note Q.
Marriage of Tirzah and Ahirad,
The, ii. 304.

Martyn, Henry, Epitaph on, ii. 281.
Maynooth College, Macaulay's
speech in favor of the grant to, i.
372-387. Size of the grant not a
tenable objection, 373. Catholi-
cism, being the only religion feasi-
ble for Ireland, deserves support,
377. Poor people should not be
forced to give the entire support
to their church, 381. Inconsist-
ency of the ministers in support-
ing the bill, 384.
Melbourne, Lord, speech on the
resolution of want of confidence
in his ministry, i. 191-214. Min-
istry's difference of opinion on the
ballot not important, 192. Min-
istry not responsible for all the
agitation, 196. Opposition not
sufficiently unified to form a firm
government, 202. More bigoted
than formerly, 207. Lacks the
confidence of Ireland, 212. Min-
istry, favored by the Irish, 213.
Record of the Whigs on reform,

tween Mr. Abraham Cowley and,
ii. 409-432.

Moncontour, The Battle of, ii. 290.
Montgomery, Robert, decides to sue
Macaulay for libel, ii. 610.

More, Hannah, her opinion of Ma-
caulay's early poems, ii. 615. Let-
ters of, to Zachary Macaulay, 615,
616,618. To Mr. and Mrs. Huber,
618.

Napier, Sir Charles, speaks against
the Washington Treaty, i. 751,
753.
Napier, Macvey, Letters to. See
Letters of Macaulay.

Naseby, The Battle of, ii. 291.
Nicholas V., Pope, founder of Glas-
gow College, i. 503.

North, Lord, joins Fox, ii. 112. Be-
comes a minister under Portland,
114. Goes out on the India Bill,
118.

O'Connell, Daniel, the Irish agitator,
trial of, i. 317. Irregularity in
choosing the jury, 320. Con-
victed, 322.

Opening letters in the Post Office,
speech on, i. 766-769. Charge
of divulging Privy Council secrets
denied, 767. Inconsistency of Sir
J. Graham scored, 768. See Post
Office Espionage.

Palmerston,

Viscount, opposes
Hume's resolution favoring the
Treaty of Washington, i. 756.
Paraphrase of a Passage in the
Chronicle of the Monk of St. Gall,
ii. 345.
Parliament, reduction of the length
of its terms advocated, i. 175.
Annual, suggested, 267.
Parliament, the Long, views of Cow-
ley and Milton upon, ii. 412-418.
Parliamentary Reform, speech on,
March 2, 1831, i. 1-19. Opposi-
tion to all reforms unfortunate, 1.
Universal suffrage not advisable,
3. Folly of driving to the side of
revolution the middle classes, 5.
Old system out of date, 7. Great
cities should be directly repre-
sented, 9. Plan of reform based
on sound principles, 11. Danger

of Republicanism denied, 12. Ad-
vantages of rotten boroughs de-
cried, 13. Franchise not property,
15. Opposition accused of incon-
sistency, 16. Reform should be
granted before it is too late, 18.
Speech on, July 5, 1831, 20-36.
No vested interest in votes, 21.
Case not analogous to that of
France, 24. Present condition
does not produce prosperity, 25.
Present bill the best available, 28.
Its anomalies defended, 31. As
permanent as is possible, 32.
Ought not to be delayed, 33.
Speech on, September 20, 1831,
37-53. Reform Bill will promote
prosperity in long run, 38. Will
not introduce unworthy represen-
tatives, 40. Still supported by
public opinion, 43. No reaction
against it, 46. Desire for, of
many years' standing, 47. At-
tempt to influence the Peers
against, denounced, 50. Speech
on, October 10, 1831, on the re-
solution to adhere to the princi-
ples of the Reform Bill defeated
by the Peers, 54-66. Constitu-
encies of the opposition consid-
ered, 57. Examples of the folly
of thwarting public opinion, 59.
English institution too popular,
or not popular enough, 61. Duty
of supporting, 63. Speech on,
December 16, 1831, 67-84. Sec-
ond bill for, an improvement on
the first, 72. Value of large con-
stituencies, 73. Lesson of history
on, 78. Government must keep
abreast of progress, 80. Speech
on, February 28, 1832, 88-96.
Dangerous to leave metropolitan
districts unsatisfied, 91. Secret
ballot advocated, 171. Duration
of sessions considered, 175. Re-
form should be carried further,
521.
Peel, Sir Robert, leader of the
Tories in 1840, i. 201. Dissen-
sions in his party, 203. Fall of
his ministry on the Catholic Eman-
cipation question, 206. His own
liberality testified to, 209. Sup-
ports Hume's resolution favoring
the Treaty of Washington, 755.

People's Charter, speech on the, i.
263-276. Six points of, 266.
Universal suffrage, the main point,
267. Evils of, 269. Its probable
effect on England, 274.
Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan's, its
composition and publication, ii.
29-31.

Pitt, William, the younger, bio-
graphy of, ii. 96-165. His pre-
cocity, 97. Education, 99. Pro-
ficiency in classics, 102. Chosen
to Parliament, 104. First speeches
in the House of Commons, 107.
Refuses the Vice-Treasurership
of Ireland under Rockingham,
108. Breaks with Fox, 112.
Visits the Continent, 114. Elected
to the Commons from Oxford,
115. Becomes Prime Minister,
118. Holds his place against the
Commons, 119. Gives the clerk-
ship of the Pells to Colonel Barré,
120. His ability as a parliamen-
tarian, 122. As a speaker, 125.
His integrity and pride, 127.
Correctness of his private life,
128. Not a patron of letters, 129.
His government from 1784 to
1792, 132. Influence over George
III., 133. His propositions on the
regency, 135. His popularity,
136. His support of reform and
abolition of the slave trade, 138.
His arbitrary government after
1792, 139. Driven to harshness
by public opinion, 142. Military
mismanagement, 143. Success in
controlling Parliament, 145. His
vigorous domestic policy, 146.
Befriends the Irish Catholics,
147. Dismissed by the king for
this action, 149.
Breaks away
from Addington, 152. Forms a
new ministry in 1804, 156. For-
bidden by the king to include
Fox, 157. His health crippled by
responsibilities, 159. His death,
162. His funeral, 163. Lines to
the memory of, 282.
Plautus, Translation from, ii. 341.
Pledges, election, condemned, ii. 500.
Poems, Miscellaneous, ii. 281-350.
Pompeii: a poem which obtained
the Chancellor's Medal in 1819,
ii. 619.