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P.'sfinal tribute to,ibid.Syncretics Society, the, i. 274Syndicalism, attempt at, i. 39Table-turning mania, i. 226Taft, President, and England, iv. 75Taglioni, Maria, i. 274Taglioni overcoat, i. 265Tagore, Rabindranath, cult of, iv. 291Tait, Bp. of London, ii. 102, 106, 120;(Archbp. of Canterbury) and Sabbatarianism, iii. 102;death, iii. 320Talfourd, Sir T. N., i. 233Tariff Reform, iv. 51, 69, 116Tattersall's.SeeLondonTaxi-cabs foreshadowed, i. 77Tay Bridge disaster, iii. 163Taylor, Miss Helen, stands for Camberwell, iii. 128Taylor, Tom, editor ofP., ii. 235;death, iii. 328;as playwright, iii. 343Teck, Duke and Duchess of, iii. 223Telegraph, electric, i. 72, 79; ii. 138;inefficiency of, iii. 206Tel-el-Kebir, battle of, iii. 3, 32Telephones, introduction of, iii. 205Temperance,P.'sviews on, i. 46;French idea of British, ii. 212seq.; iii. 102seq.;Budget of 1883, iii. 103;licensing anomalies,ibid.Temple Bar, i. 149;removed, iii. 177Temple, Dr. (Bp. of London), ii. 101-2, 110;(Archbp. of Canterbury) and Education Act of 1902, iv. 148Temple, Sir Richard, iii. 144Tenniel, Sir John, ii. 182; iii. 4, 12, 57;"Dropping the Pilot" cartoon, iii. 61, 221; iv. 34;knighthood, iv. 310;public dinner to,ibid.;special Tenniel number, iv. 311;illustrations toAlice in Wonderland,ibid.Tennyson, 1st Lord, i. 206;Charge of the Light Brigade, i. 131; ii. 174, 268;peerage, iii. 320;P.and, iv. 274Terriss, William, iv. 318Territorial Army, iv. 13, 60;efficiency of, in 1914, iv. 98Terry, Ellen, ii. 292, 104; iii. 350;jubilee, iv. 325ill., 326Terry, Kate, ii. 286Tetrazzini, Mme., iv. 334Thackeray, W. M., i. 173, 181;leavesP., i. 112;"The Pimlico Pavilion," i. 149;on Dickens, i. 218;his prophecy, ii. 184seq.;criticizesEugene Aram, iii. 143;quoted, iii. 280, 283, 321;death, ii. 273Thames, River: Tunnel, i. 149;state of, i. 151; ii. 148seq.; iii. 106;steamboat service, i. 44; iv. 200;embankments, ii. 152; iii. 179Theatre in Russia, ii. 284seq.Theatres:stage and society, i. 228;Act of 1843, i. 273;performances in Passion Week, i. 275;as schools for infants, iii. 354;repertory, in provinces, iv. 312;Independent Theatre, iv. 313.See alsoDramaTheological romance, iii. 176Theosophists, iii. 252seq.Thiers, Louis Adolphe, French statesman and President, ii. 36; iii. 20Thomas, J. H., Labour M.P., threatens railway strike, iv. 135Thompson, Sir Henry, ii. 223;and vegetarianism, iii. 209;and cremation, iii. 275Thomson, Dr., Archbp. of York, ii. 50, 120Thornton, C. I.,P.'stribute to, iv. 349Thought-reading, iii. 252seq.Tichborne case, the, ii. 206-11; iii. 9Tillett, Mr. Ben, and L.C.C., iii. 197;attacks Lord Mount-Edgcumbe, iv. 120Times, The, newspaper, andP., i. 187; ii. 70, 76, 132, 134, 254, 263, 332seq., 336, 345; iii. 19, 50;controversy with Parnell, iii. 57;and Mr. Balfour, iii. 65;and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, iii. 66, 71, 92, 101;centenary, iii. 327;passes under Lord Northcliffe's financial control, iv. 298;reduced to one penny,ibid.Tirpitz, Admiral, and German naval expansion, iv. 85Titanic, loss of the, iv. 191Titiens, Mlle., ii. 298, 300seq., 303seq."Tom Brown."SeeHughes, Tom"Tom Thumb, General," at Court, i. 187Toole, J. L., actor, iii. 353; iv. 325Tooth, Rev. A., of Hatcham, iii. 160Top-hat, tyranny of, iii. 314seq.; iv. 257;pros and cons, iv., 258, 259Tower Bridge opened (1894), iv. 200Townsend, F. H.,P.artist, iv. 109, 154, 210Trade depression after Boer war, iv. 46, 132Trade Disputes Act of 1906, iv. 6, 58, 125-6Trade unions, and foreign politics, ii. 42;tyranny of, ii. 58, 77, 85seq.;intimidation exercised by, ii. 86;Trade Unions Act, ii. 96; iii. 74; iv. 119, 120, 122, 128, 132-4Trafalgar Square, i. 147; ii. 163ill.;criticism of, iii. 180Tramways, drivers and conductors, iii. 93;and railways, iii. 180;and motor-'buses, iv. 196-8Transvaal, annexed, iii. 18;war with, iii. 29seq.;obtains full autonomy, iv. 7seq.;grant to, iv. 46;Boersv.Uitlanders, 36seq.Travellers, British, on the Continent, i. 222; ii. 211, 212; iii. 268-70, 278-9; iv. 255-6Treaties: draft, secret (France and Prussia in 1867), ii. 82;San Stefano, iii. 3;London, iv. 83-4;Bukharest, iv. 84Trebelli, Mme., ii. 301, 303Tree, Sir Herbert, actor-manager, iii. 344, 353; iv. 317, 321, 322;on the music-halls, iv. 330Trentcase, the, ii. 3, 18, 19Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. Sir George, iv. 4Tricycles, appearance of, ii. 138; iii. 300Trilby,P.on, iv. 284;in Peckham,ill., iv. 285Triple Alliance, established, iii. 54; iii. 59;in 1907, iv. 62"Trippers," cheap, iii. 104seq.Trollope, Anthony, ii. 274; iii. 317, 320;parodied, iii. 324Truth, appearance of, iii. 327Tryon, Admiral Sir George, and loss of theVictoria, iv. 191Tubes introduced, iv. 194, 198Tupper, Martin F., i. 234; ii. 181, 270seq.;death, iii. 319Turf, the, iv. 360Turkey, relations with, iii. 14seq.;buys Dreadnought from England, iv. 91;relations with Greece, iv. 99.See alsoRusso-Turkish warTurner, J. M. W., R.A., i. 295Turnerelli, Tracy, and the "people's tribute," iii. 24Turnpike, laws resented, i. 57;trusts, end of, iv. 202Tussaud's, Mme., i. 68, 106;Chamber of Horrors condemned, i. 157Twain, Mark, ii. 277, 280;welcomed byP., in 1907, iv. 292;farewell to, in 1910, iv. 293Tweedmouth, 2nd Baron, and German menace, iv. 10;withdraws from Admiralty, iv. 63"Two Nations, The," i.frontispiece, 27Type-writer, ii. 143seq.Typhus, visitation of, i. 152Uganda annexed, iv. 16Ulster, and Home Rule, iv. 13;crisis in, iv. 80, 85-6, 91, 92, 94-9, 101, 135"Ulster," the, ii. 338Undergraduates, costume, i. 269ill.;high cost of living, ii. 134seq.Underground railways, ii. 136, 154; iv. 194, 198, 200Underpaid: governesses, iii. 273;women workers, iv. 105Unemployment:riots, iii. 76, 78;unemployed and unemployables, iii. 79; iv. 111-2, 119, 123;insurance, iv. 133;in the upper class, iv. 246Uniforms, military:protective colouring suggested, i. 122;vagaries of, i. 269, 270; iii. 316United Kingdom Alliance, i. 105United States of America:friction with, i. 134;relief sent from, to Lancashire in 1863, ii. 69;centenary of, iii. 48;relations with, iv. 22seq.25, 75, 98Universities:P.'santi-academic bias, i. 87, 233;Irish University Bill, ii. 39;Universities Commission of 1872, ii. 132seq.;Universities Act of 1877, ii. 133;complaints of over-athleticism and expense, ii. 134;women at, ii. 260seq.;degrees for women, iii. 117;London University and women, iii. 119;education at, iii. 151seq.;teaching of Greek, iii. 154seq.;commerce at, iv. 155Urquhart, David, i. 313Vaccination Bill of 1898, iv. 119Vanguard, loss of the, iii. 9Vatican Decrees, iii. 158seq.Vaticanism, ii. 101, 118Vaughan, Father Bernard, iv. 250Vaughan, Kate, actress, iii. 354Vauxhall Gardens, i. 155Vegetarianism, i. 240; iii. 209Venetia annexed to Italy, ii. 26Venezuela, dispute with, iv. 11, 22, 25Verdi, Giuseppe, i. 277; ii. 301, 305, 297seq.;hisOtelloperformed, iii. 356, 359;P.and his later operas, iv. 332Verne, Jules, iv. 186, 187Verrey's Café, i. 217Viardot-Garcia, Pauline, i. 280Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, ii. 10, 17, 19, 196Victor Emmanuel III visits England, iii. 233Victoria, loss of the, iv. 191Victoria, Princess Royal, betrothed, i. 198Victoria, Queen, i. 91;reviews wounded soldiers, i. 130;V.C. instituted, i. 136;opens Royal Exchange, i. 149;preference for foreign talent, i. 149, 190;"bed-chamber" controversy, i. 165;marriage, i. 166;birth of Prince of Wales, i. 168;as Mother Hubbard, i. 169ill.;attack on, i. 186;as Calypso, i. 191ill.;visits Ireland, i. 196;surname of Windsor suggested,ibid.;as Red Riding Hood, i. 307ill.;as Queen Canute, i. 309ill.;as Queen Hermione, ii.front.;speech, 1860, ii. 16, 55;and Irish Church Bill, ii. 115ill.;as Queen of India,ill., ii. 173, 174seq., 179seq., 191seq.;letter to Mayor of Birmingham, ii. 245;Empress of India, iii. 4, 12, 215seq.;Golden Jubilee, iii. 6, 48, 226seq.;in seclusion, iii. 219seq.;attempt on her life, iii. 221;and Royal grants, iii. 232;Diamond Jubilee, iv. 27, 219-20;80th birthday, iv. 34;death, iv. 42, 44;Memorial, iv. 201, 207;last years of reign, iv. 215Victoria Theatre, ii. 285Victorian age closes, iv. 3seq.Villafranca, Peace of, ii. 12Vivisection, iii. 103Vokes family and pantomime, iii. 354Voluntary schools, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's attitude to, iii. 57Volunteers, ii. 13Wages, i. 11, 17, 19, 33, 37, 72;and prices, iii. 104; iv. 105, 113, 119, 120"Waggawock, The," ii. 209Wagner, Johanna, i. 285Wagner, Richard, i. 285; ii. 298, 300seq., 307;at Albert Hall, iii. 356, 357;death, iii. 358, 361;P.and, iv. 332Wales, Albert Edward, P. of (King Edward VII), i. 8, 168;visits Canada, ii. 16;visits India, iii. 215seq.Wales, Edward, P. of, iv. 216, 227Wales, George, P. of (King George V), visits Ireland and Berlin, iii. 225Walker, Frederick, A.R.A., ii. 269, 317Walker, Mary, Dr., ii. 252; iii. 305Walker, Miss, female Chartist, i. 249ill.Walpole, Rt. Hon. Spencer H, i. 45; ii. 80, 82Waltz, the, i. 209, 212; ii. 240; iii. 369, 370, 371ill.; iv. 235, 236, 237ill.Ward, Artemus (C. F. Browne), ii. 277seq.Ward, Mrs. Humphry,Robert Elsmere, iii. 176, 317, 322Ward, Colonel John, C.B., D.S.O., M.P., iv. 135Warner, Capt., inventor, i. 74; ii. 139Warren, Sir Charles, and the police force, iii. 101;in Boer war, iv. 39Warren, Samuel, castigated byP., i. 234; ii. 242Waterford, 3rd Marquess of, i. 202ill.Watkin, Sir Edward, and Channel Tunnel, iii. 204Watts, G. F., R.A., iii. 255, 337;his "Hope," iii. 338;P.'sverses on, iv. 304Watts, Dr. Isaac, ii. 210Webb, Sir Aston, R.A., iv. 212Wellington College, iii. 149Wellington, 1st Duke of:on the poor, i. 6;criticized, i. 18;appoints special constables, i. 54;duel with Lord Winchilsea, i. 114, 115ill.;letter toTimes, i. 117;on ignorance in the Army, i. 120;statues to, i. 149;Alfred Stevens's monument to, i. 294;as courtier to Queen Canute, i. 309ill.Wellington Memorial competition, ii. 313Wells, H. G., iv. 129, 286;Ann Veronicareviewed, iv. 289Welsh Disestablishment Bill, iv. 18, 86, 92, 98Welsh language, ii. 220Wemyss, 8th Earl of, iii. 37Westbury, 1st Lord, death, ii. 118Westminster Abbey, burials in, iv. 207Westminster Aquarium, criticized, iii. 100, 103, 287;closed, iv. 202-3Westminster Bridge, i. 148Westminster Cathedral consecrated, iv. 201Westminster, 1st Duke of, starts cheap eating-houses, iii. 185Westminster, 2nd Duke of, on the "national disaster" of 1912, iv. 347Whalley, G. H., M.P., ii. 39ill., 210, 272; iii. 9;cartooned, iii. 21Whiskers, ambrosial, i. 268; iii. 316;no longer in fashion, iv. 264Whistler, J. McNeill, ii. 313, 316, 329;and Ruskin, iii. 331;satirized byP., iii. 337, 341seq.Whitechapel, crime wave in, iii. 101Whitman, Walt, i. 234; ii. 270;death, iii. 320Whymper, Edward, mountaineer, iii. 291Wicked World, The, ii. 291Widdicomb, John E., the ringmaster of Astley's Circus, i. 155Wilberforce, Canon Basil, iii. 163Wilberforce, Samuel, Bp. of Oxford, i. 95;death, ii. 118;biography, iii. 252Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, Mrs., ii. 289; iv. 287, 292Wilde, Oscar, and the æsthetic movement, iii. 257seq., 325, 329, 337Wilhelm, ex-Crown Prince of Germany, visits India, iv. 75Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, ii. 35ill., 195seq.;death, iii. 51, 225Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, ii. 25; iii. 8, 51;utterance of, iii. 52;relations with Bismarck, iii. 54;visits England, iii. 57seq.;aggressive attitude, iii. 59, 61;dismisses Bismarck, iii. 61;and race of armaments, iii. 71;visits England, 1891, iii. 232seq.;throughP.'seyes, iv. 11;telegram to Krüger, iv. 20, 26seq.;and Professor Quidde, iv. 26;lèse-majestécampaign, iv. 26, 32, 48;distrusted in England, iv. 56;and naval retrenchment, iv. 63;dispute with his Chancellor, iv. 64;fiftieth birthday, iv. 65, 80;congratulates Roumania, iv. 83William of Wied, Prince, chosen sovereign of Albania, iv. 84Willis's Rooms, i. 276Wilson, Dr., on Scott's Antarctic expedition, iv. 190Wilson, Sir Erasmus, and Cleopatra's Needle, ii. 153Wilson, President Woodrow, iv. 143Wimbledon Volunteer camp removed by order, iii. 68seq.Winchilsea, 10th Earl of, duel with Duke of Wellington, i. 114Winchilsea, 11th Earl of, bellicosity as Lord Maidstone, i. 115Wireless telegraphy, iv. 181, 186Wiseman, Cardinal, issues pastoral, i. 99;attacked byP.99-100, 101ill.;original of "Bishop Blougram," i. 103;retorts onP.,ibid.;life of, reviewed byP., iv. 158, 162Wolseley, Sir Garnet (1st Viscount Wolseley), ii. 38; iii. 3;Tel-el-Kebir, iii. 32, 54, 71, 217;controversy with Dr. W. H. Russell, iii. 111;opposes Channel Tunnel, iii. 204;on duration of Boer war, iv. 38Women, assaults on, i. 19, 252;and emigration, i. 58, 255; iii. 128;accomplishments of, i. 213, 214;masculinity of, i. 244;and smoking, i. 244, 246; iii. 131;the "model fast lady," i. 245-7;in medicine, i. 250;"Bloomerism,"ibid.; ii. 236-65;and toy-dogs, ii. 241;as artists, i. 252; ii. 243;musicians,ibid.;gymnasts, ii. 244seq.;new occupations, ii. 246;strong-minded, ii. 246seq.;and the professions, i. 249seq.; ii. 247, 258seq.; iii. 124seq.;and marriage, ii. 262, 263;workers, iii. 88seq., 133seq.;status of, iii. 114-136;higher education of, i. 248; ii. 260; iii. 116seq.;and cookery, iii. 117;and physical culture, iii. 118;women's associations, iii. 124seq.;as jurors, iii. 129;clubs for, iii. 130; iv. 169, 172;in sports and pastime, iii. 131seq., 294; iv. 163, 167, 171;the new, iv. 165-8;chauffeurs, iv. 168;University students, iv. 167, 169, 170;aviators, iv. 178Women's Rights movement, i. 249, 252, 257; ii. 98, 236, 251seq.; iii. 126seq., 128;as canvassers, iii. 129;militant suffragism, iv. 98, 163, 168, 171, 174, 178-80;in municipal office, iv. 168;cleavage in Asquith's Cabinet over, iv. 178-9Wood, Sir Henry Wood, i. 289Wood, General Leonard, report on U.S.A. army, iv. 91Workhouse scandals, i. 8, 20, 21; ii. 48seq.; iii. 96; iv. 127Working men, condition of, i. 3-60; ii. 58, 76-7;sympathy with the North in American war, ii. 71;as candidates for Parliament, ii. 86seq.;high wages, ii. 89, 92seq.;improvidence of, iv. 113;aversion from work, iv. 243Working women's colleges, ii. 56Workmen's Compensation Act, iv. 127Wright, brothers (Orville and Wilbur), inventors and pioneer aviators, iv. 184Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George, M.P., and Irish Land Purchase Act, iv. 4, 49;death, iv. 58X-rays discovered, iv. 181, 189Yankees, ii. 71Yates, Edmund, of theWorld, iii. 170Yellow Book, the, iv. 230, 283Yerkes, Charles Tyson, organizes London electrical railways, iv. 198York, Dr. Thomson, Archbp. of, ii. 50, 120York, Duke of, marriage, iv. 215York, Duke and Duchess of, visit Ireland, iv. 220;visit Australia in 1901, iv. 222"Young England" party,P.'shostility to, i. 24;supports Bill for regulation of factory labour, i. 25;and reform of the Church, i. 94;white waistcoats, emblem of, i. 268"Young Ireland" party, i. 196Young men in the 'eighties and 'nineties, iii. 264Young, poet,P.on, ii. 272Zabern incident, iv. 85, 91Zæo, acrobat, iii. 287; iv. 203Zancigs, the, iii. 253Zanzibar, Bp. of, and Kikuyu controversy, iv. 160Zazel, acrobat, iii. 23, 100, 287, iv. 203Zeppelins, trial trips of, iv. 183Zola, Emile, iii. 353; iv. 28Zulu war, iii. 23seq., 111


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