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Daily Newsreferred to,14,78; George Hodder,220; John Hollingshead,207; H. H. S. Pearce,148; Moy Thomas,91

Daily Telegraph,58; “Ben My Chree” critique,277; on bookmakers,264; dramatic criticism,93; first newspaper illustration,15; Labouchere attacks,76; obituary of Brigadier-General McIver,185; Charles Reade,281; Sala,54; Clement Scott,50; Godfrey Turner,56; Robert Williams,51–53

Dallas, E. S.,241

D’Anka, Cornelie,237

Danks, printer of theHornet,202

Dartmoor, chaplain,257

Darwin, Charles,157

Davis, James,95,193; theBat’sarticles on Sunday amusements,108,111

Davis, Mrs.,194

Davitt, Michael,253

Day, John,97

“De Boots,” J. S. Clarke in,210–211

De Groof (aeronaut),235–236

De Leuville, Marquis,139–143

De Windt, Harry,142

Dead-Heads, Irving’s attitude,102

“Dead-Heads: Cornelius Nepos O’Mulligan,”85

Delane, John,294

Denman Street, Pelican Club,109–110

Derby, The, “Sir Hugo,”266; “Robert the Devil,”267

“Descent of Man, The,” referred to157

Devonshire Club,150

Diary, importance of, to journalists,94

“Diary of a Disappointed Politician, The,”193

Dickens, Charles,248; George Dolby as agent,40; John Hollingshead and,206; Tellson’s Bank original,61; Robert Williams and works of,51

Dickens-land,59

Didcot, Mr.:seeMaurice, Hubert Jay

“Digby Grand,” Irving as,103,216

Dilke, Sir Charles,288

“Diners-Out,”176

“Dirty Jack”:seeColborne, Hon. John

Dispatch,The,123

Disraeli,Vanity Faircartoon,70

Dixon, Hepworth,49

—, “Willie,”49

—, Willmott,71,123

Dolby, George,40

“Don Juan referred to,288

“Doubtful Boyle”:seeBoyle, Sir Courtney

Dove, Patrick Edward,249

Dowse, Baron,177

Dowty (“O. P. Q. Philander Smiff”),203

“Dr. Pangloss,”210

Dramatic criticism,84et seq.; longevity and,90; Robertson comedies,30

Drayton (poet),291

Drummond (waiter at Eccentric Club),160

—, Archie,110

—, Hughie,110,250

Drury Lane,89

— Theatre:seeTheatre Royal, Drury Lane

Duck, William,130

Dufferin, Marquis of,151

Duguid, Professor,186

Dunn, Dick,129,263

Dunning, Tom,148

Dunphy, Charles,101

Durham, Lord,194

“Durham Ox, The”,seeMundell, Steve

Dwarf,The,204

Eccentric characters of Fleet Street,116et seq.

Eccentric Club,159

Echo,The,75,197

“Echoes of the Week,”55

Edouin, Willie,230

Education, Universities and journalism,19

Edwardes, George,293

Edwards, George Spencer,271

—, Passmore,197

Egham Hythe,289

“Egoes of the Week” skit,55

Electric Light, in theatres,206

Empire Club,151

— Music-Hall,232

English Literature, Chair at Washington University,39

“English Rose, The,”124

Esterhazy,253

Etty (painter), referred to,22

Evans, Arthur,72

—, Morgan,186–187

Evans’s Hotel,153,216,282

Evening Standard,168

Examiner,The,50

Fairlie, Mr.,96,97

“Fairlie v. Blenkinsop,”96,97

Falstaff Club,153

Farnie, H. B.,217,210

Farquhar, George,25

Farren, Nellie,208–209,287

Fawn, James,228

Featherstonhaugh,202

Fenians, at Cowell’s public-house, Holborn,165

Fernandez, James,217

Fetter Lane, “The Flying Baker,”128–129

“Feuilleton”:seeSerial Stories

Field,The,157,186,271

Figaro:see London Figaro

First Nights,88,98–103

Fiske, Stephen,201

Fitzgerald, Edward,278

—, Percy,101

Fitzwilliam, “Billy,”110,250

Fleet Street, changes in,59; contrasts,9

“Floradora,”195

“Flying Baker, The,”128–129

Foli, Signer,158

Forbes, Archibald,14,19

Foreign Office, Labouchere’s dispute with,76

Foster, runs club in Long Acre,163

“Fourth Estate,”298

Fowles, Miss,213

Fox, chairman of Middlesex Music-Hall,224

“Fra Giacomo,”262

Fraser, Fred,264

Freaks,121

“Frederick the Great” (Carlyle) quoted,108

“Free-and-Easies”:seeMusic-Halls

Free Lance, Americans as,38

Freeman (landlord of Magpie Hotel),287

French, Sydney,122

Frost (painter),22

Fry, Oliver,72

Fryer, Captain,234

Fun,31,62

Furness, H.,170

Furniss, Harry,74,170

Furtado, Miss,218

Gaiety Bar (Strand),220

Gaiety Theatre,137,205et seq., burlesque at,86; burlesque by Sala,55; cloak-room subletting abolished,206; John Maclean,171; matinee instituted,208; House of Molière at,208; programme fee abolished,206; Valerie Reece,59

Gaiety Theatre, Dublin,177

“Gallery of Family Portraits,” Front Bench described,69

Gallon (jockey),263

Garibaldi’s doctor,250

“Garden of Sleep, The,”57

Garrick Club,218

“Gaspard the Miser,” E. J. Odell as,137

Gatti’s Restaurant,247

Gay, Drew,58

Geary, Alfred,161

“Genevieve de Brabant,”266

“Genteel Pencillers in Velvet,”Daily Telegraph’sphrase,264

George, David Lloyd,247

—, Edward,132

German Legion, Captain Hamber and,198

Gerrard Street, Soho, “Barn Club” premises,114

Gibbs, Philip,9,12,14,71

Giffard, Dr.,294

—, Hardinge:seeHalsbury, Lord

Gilbert, Sir W. S.,156

Gilbey (Sam Lewis’s clerk),284

Gilchrist, Connie,214

“Giniral, The”:seeO’Shea, John Augustus

Giovanelli, Edward,134

Gipsies, George Borrow and,44

Girling, Mrs.,273

Gladstone, Herbert,148

—, William Ewart,121,167,185

Globe Theatre,180

Glover, James M.,195

Glyn, Lewis,178

“God and the Man,”262

Goldberg, “Willie,”109–110

“Golden Butterfly” (houseboat),289

Goldsmith, Oliver, reference,20,25

Good Words,206

Goodall, Bella,234

Goodwood,260

Gosling’s Bank,61

Gottheimer:seeGrant, Baron

Grant, Baron,197,233

“Grant’s Folly” (Kensington),233

Graphic,The,91

Great Eastern Railway, Clement Scott’s poems,57

Green, Baker,156

—, Paddy,155

Green-Room Club,159

Greenwich dinners,193

Greenwood, James,260

Grossmith, George,158

Gunn, John,177

Hake, George (junior),46

—, Dr. Gordon,41–42

Hall, “Nobby,”281

—, Owen:seeDavis, James

Halliday, Andrew,154,215

Halsbury, Lord,150

Hamber, Captain,14,197

“Hamlet,”237

Hampton, D’Oyly Carte’s house,287; race-meeting,272

Hannay, James,279

Hanover Square rooms,40

Hanson, Sir Reginald,238

Harcourt, Charles (actor),215

Hardy, Lady Duffus,36

“Harmonic Clubs”:seeMusic-Halls

Harmsworths, purchaseVanity Fair,72

Harris, Sir Augustus,89,174

—, Captain,205

Hassard, Sir John,112

Hatchment Painter,20–21

Hatton, Joseph,101,201

Hawk,The,195,204

Hawthorne, Grace,276

Haymarket, night-houses,161

— Theatre,30,211

Head, Charles,265

Healy, Father (of Bray),176

Heatley, Tod,151

Henty George,14

Heraldry,31:see alsoHatchment Painter

Herman Henry,96,221

Hervé, F. R.,96

Hewitt, Agnes,115

Hicks Pasha,167

Higginson, Rev. Peter,200

Hill, Jenny,228

Hoare’s Bank,61

Hoaxes,164–180

Hodder, George,220

Hogarth,55

Holborn, Fenian meeting-house,165

— Restaurant,233

— Viaduct,240

Holland, William,87,219,238

Hollingshead, John,137,205–208,229,238

Holloway, Thomas,281

Holt, Clarence,218

Holywell Street,215

“Home for Lost Dogs”:seeWanderers Club

Honey, George,154,158,216

Hood, Tom,31,62

Hook, Theo,288

Horace, James, Hannay’s dinners,279

Horn, Brothers,110

Hornet,The,201–203

“Hotel Cecil” (Salisbury administration called),69

Houghton, Arthur Boyd,154

Hour,The,197

“House of Molière” at Gaiety Theatre,208

House-boats,289

Household Words,206

“How I lost £250,000 in Two Years,”285

Howe (Morning Advertiser),101

—, Henry (actor),101

Hudson, William,290

Hueffer, Ford Madox,36

Hummums, The,246

Humphreys (Morning Post),56

Hurst, Joseph,99

Hurstpierpoint, Ainsworth at,34

Huxley, opinion of General Booth,115


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