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176-177.Prize-fighting, Borrow's taste for,11,82,126-132.Probert, witness against Thurtell,121.Prothero, Rowland E.,248,249.Purcell, pugilist,130-131.Purland, Francis, companion of Borrow in schoolboy escapade,73-75.---- Theodosius,73-75.Pushkin, Alexander, Russian poet, translated by Borrow,178.QQuarterly Review, The,review ofLavengroin,281;ofRomany Ryein,347.RRackham, Tom,79.Rackhams, the,110.Raising of Lazarus, picture by Haydon,24.Randall, pugilist,130.Reay, Martha, murdered by Hackman,115.'Recollections of George Borrow,' by A. Egmont Hake inAthenæum, quoted,397.Reeve, Mr., on scene in Oulton house after Borrow's death,414.---- Henry,64.Res Judicatæ, by Augustine Birrell,436.Reynolds, Sir Joshua,114.Richmond, pugilist,130.---- Legh, connection of, with Bible Society,155.Rights of Man, Phillips charged with selling,89.Robbards, J. W., writes memoir of William Taylor,65-66.Robertson, George,47.Romance of Bookselling, by Mumby,87.Romano Lavo-Lil,manuscript of,295;published by Murray,404;reviews of,232,233,234,361.Romantic Ballads, translation from the Danish by Borrow,106-111,112,139,140.Romany Rye, The,4,125,141-142,305;appreciations of,228-230,234-235,349,354,391;autobiographical nature of,279-280,285-286;Borrow embittered by failure of,347;characters in,343;defects of Appendix,344-345;facsimile of page of manuscript of,346;identification of localities of,343-344;philological criticism of,344;preparation of manuscript of,341;quoted,189;reviews of,347,349.Ross, Janet,64.Rowe, Quartermaster,17.Rubáiyát,Fitzgerald's paraphrase,350;quoted in original and translated,353-354;Tennyson's eulogy of,358.Rye, Walter,119.SSt. Petersburg, Borrow in,162-178.Sampson, John, eminent gypsy expert—extraordinary suggestion, of, regarding Borrow,343;criticises Borrow's etymologies,344.Sam the Jew, pugilist,130.Samuel, A. M., Lord Mayor of Norwich—presents Borrow house to Norwich,16.Sayers, Dr.,64.---- Tom, pugilist,130.Scott, Sir Walter,68;Borrow's prejudice against,19,108,344;influence of, on J. H. Newman,345;Taylor's influence on,66;interest of, in Thurtell's trial,121;writings of, admired by Borrow,344.Scroggins, pugilist,130.Seccombe, Thomas, introduction toLavengroby,125,435.Servian Popular Poetry, by Bowring,140.Sharp, Granville, connection with Bible Society of,155.Shaw, G. B., his kindness for the pugilist,127.Shelton, pugilist,130.Sidney, Algernon, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes,113.Sigerson, Dr., Irish scholar,51;success ofBards of the Gael and Gaul, by,408.Simeon, Charles, connection with Bible Society of,155.Simpson, William, Borrow articled to,79-81;described by Borrow,80-81.Skepper, Anne,157,215,216,219.---- Breame,156,157,219.---- Edmund,215,219.---- Edward,157.Sleeping Bard, The, translation by Borrow,137;his mistakes in,357;refused by publishers,322,402,404,406,408,410;printed at his own expense,322.Smiles, Samuel, on publication ofThe Zincali,226-227.Smith, Ambrose, the Jasper Petulengro ofLavengro,41-45.---- Fāden,42.---- Thomas,44.Songs from Scandinavia, translation by Borrow,136;prospectus of,145;future publication of,406-407;page of manuscript of,411.Songs of Europe, metrical translation by Borrow,294,404.Songs of Scotland, by Allan Cunningham, Borrow's appreciation of,109.Southey, Robert, affection of, for William Taylor,66;on death of Taylor,69.Spalding, Frederick,351.Spectator, The, point of view of criticism of Borrow of,437;reviewsWild Wales,367.Sphere, The, article on Borrow and Martineau in,75-76.State Trials,112-113.Stephen, Sir J. Fitzjames,217.---- Sir Leslie,99.Stevenson, R. L., perfunctory references to Borrow in writings of,436.Stoddard, Mr., Burcham's reference to,17.Story, A. T., reminiscences of Borrow by,385-387.Struensee, Count, trial of, included in Borrow's volumes,113.Stuart, Mrs. James,73.Suffolk, Duke of,64.Summers, William,184.Swan, Rev. William,169.TTalisman, The, translation by Borrow,178.Targum, translation by Borrow,3,297;high praise of,165-166,177,178,408;facsimile of a poem from,403.Taylor, Anne, describes Borrow's appearance,293.---- Baron, Borrow's meeting with,210.---- Dr. John,63.---- John,63.---- Mrs. John,55;Basil Montague on,64-65.---- Richard,63.---- Robert,293.---- Tom, author ofLife of B. R. Haydon,24,25.---- William,55,70;dialogue inLavengrobetween Borrow and,8-9,83-84;gives Borrow lessons in German,81-82;gives Borrow introductions to Phillips and Campbell,84;his love of paradox,75;influence of, on Borrow,65;Harriet Martineau on,65-66;his friends and literary work,66-69;correspondence with Southey,67-68;his testimony to Borrow's knowledge of German,101.Taylors, the, at Norwich,55,63-69.Tennyson on enthusiasm for Lycidas,278;his eulogy of FitzGerald's translation of theRubáiyát,358.Thackeray, W. M., Borrow's attitude towards,347,393;on Edward FitzGerald,351;Hake's severe reference to,393.Theodore Watts-Dunton: Poet, Novelist, Critic,by James Douglas, quoted,394.Thompson, T. W., article of, on Jasper Petulengro,44.---- W. H.,357.Three Generations of Englishwomen, by Janet Ross,64.Thurtell, Alderman,120,125.---- John,82,111;trial of—glimpses of, in Borrow's books,116-125;great authors who have commented on crime of,118.Timbs, John,111;stories told by,94,95.Tom of Bedford, pugilist,131.Treve, Captain,17.Turkish Jester, The, by Borrow,295;issued by Webber,404.Turner, Dawson,243,279.---- Ned, pugilist,130.Twelve Essays on the Phenomena of Nature, Phillips anxious to produce in a German dress,96.Twelve Essays on the Proximate Causes, Borrow unable to translate into German— published in German,99.UUniversal Review, The,99;Borrow's work on,97.Upcher, A. W., contributes reminiscences of Borrow to theAthenæum,316.Usóz y Rio, Don Luis de, letters from, to Borrow,207-209.VValpy, Rev. E., Borrow's schoolmaster—story of Borrow being flogged by,73-78.Venning, John, work of, in Russia—befriends Borrow,160-161.Victoria, Queen, visits gypsy encampment,43.Vidocq,261;memoirs of, translated by Borrow,136.WWahrheit und Dichtung, opening lines of, compared with those ofLavengro,1.Walks and Talks about London,94;story told of Phillips in,95.Walling, R. A. J., biography of Borrow by,294-295.Walpole, Horace, on Mr. Fenn,39.Wanton, S. W., letter to Borrow from,299-300.Waterfield, Mrs.,64.Watts-Dunton, Theodore, criticism of Borrow's work,347,392;description of personal appearance of Borrow,397-398;friendship with Borrow,317;on intimacy between Borrow and Hake,389-391;introduction toLavengroby,435,436;on Borrow's loyalty in friendship,312;on poetic gifts of Borrow,406;reminiscences of Borrow,398-400;sonnet written by,400.Weare pamphlets,120-121.---- William, murder of,121,122.Webber, Borrow's books bought by,414.Westminster Review,140.Whately, Archdeacon, description of Borrow by,385.Whewell, Dr.,285.Wilberforce, William, connection of, with Bible Society,155.Wilcock, Rev. J., his impressions of Borrow,338-339.Wild Irish Girl, The, the publication of,91,92.Wild Wales,4,6,221,383,413;appreciations of,356,360,369,372-373;comparative failure of,367,373;comparison of, with Borrow's three other great works,376-377;facsimiles of two pages from Borrow's pocket-books, and of title-page of manuscript,365,368;high spirits of,378;Lope de Vega's ghost-story referred to in,369;reviews of,367;time taken to write,366.Wilhelm Meister, quoted,154.William Bodham Donne and his Friends,Borrow described in,361.Williams, Lieutenant,32.---- J. Evan, letter from Borrow to, on similarity of some Sclavonian and Welsh words,369-371.Wolcot, Dr.,90.Woodhouses, the,111.Wordsworth, Borrow's estimate of,346-347.Wormius, Olaus,82.Wright, Dr. Aldis,357,363.YYoung Cottager, The, by Legh Richmond, extraordinary vogue of,97.ZZincali, The, work by Borrow,3,4,42,118;reference to Borrow's travels in,135;criticisms of,227-229;number of copies of, sold,244;editions of, issued,226-227.


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