Addington, Easter holidays at,179last family gathering at,321liberty and leisure at,251non-ecclesiastical ritual at,102Sunday routine at,183Aix-les-Bains, Maggie Benson at,321Algeria, a tour in,276Algiers, visits to,254,276“American nouns” and how played,93Anderson, Mary, a tribute to,235author’s meeting with,235Archæological researches in Greece and Egypt,et seq.,286studies at Cambridge,255Athens, a representation of theDuchess of Bayswaterat,301author in,279,303royalty at a theatrical performance in,304.Athleticism, benefits of,149Babe, B.A., The,301,302Bambridge, Mr., as pianist,145his part in a performance of Haydn’s Toy Symphony,201Beaconsfield, Lord, offers Bishopric of Truro to author’s father,62Beesly, A. H., classics master at Marlborough,155obiter dictaof,160Benson, Arthur Christopher, (brother),22a mystical “Chapter” and its warden,99a nursery reminiscence of,25and his brother Hugh,128as actor: a hilarious kitchen-maid,177as author,178,320as butterfly collector,95at Eton,87,123,251contributes a poem toCambridge Fortnightly,231gains an Eton scholarship at King’s,126holiday activities of,92house-master at Eton,318piscatorial exploits of,54schooldays at East Sheen,30Benson, E. F., a fellowship examination at Eton,114a first in the Classical Tripos,245a fit of demoniacal possession,59a (neglected) untrained faculty for visualizing,143a ride with Gladstone,271a squirrel at prayers,23a trip to Switzerland,129an attack of jaundice,209an instance of his fatal habit of inversion,28and his brother Hugh,128and the food question at school,83applies for post in Education Office,319archæological studies at Cambridge: an inspiring tutor,255at Marlborough,137,196attends children’s parties at White Lodge, Richmond Park,86“Benson’s lies,” 86et seq.“Beth” on his want of tact,107birth of,13birthday celebrations at Rugby,32Bishop Wordsworth’s gift to,52boredom of Sundays at Addington,183botanical studies in Cornwall,64butterfly and moth collecting,146Chester, archæological exploration at,266childhood days: impressions of, 13et seq.climbs the Matterhorn,241compulsory study in Switzerland,135conducts Haydn’s Toy Symphony,201confirmation at Marlborough,163Cornwall, a new home in, 62et seq.curricula at Lincoln,40cycles with “O. B.,”222death of his brother Martin,78death of his sister Nellie,252disquieting letters from his mother,252,317Dodo, publication of,292editsThe Marlburian,194Empress Frederick and,284enjoyments during a foggy Christmas,175excavations at Megalopolis,288fails in a scholarship examination,125father appointed Archbishop of Canterbury,163first view of the Parthenon,279first visit to Crystal Palace,111friendship with Regie Lister, 305et seq.games and school matches at Marlborough,203Greece, the spell of,308hide-and-seek at Lincoln,35his father,13,42,62, 102 (seealso Benson, Edward White)his mother, 18et seq.,27,29,40,58,61,102, 106 (seealso Benson, Mrs.)holidays in the Lake District,209hoop-bowling at Marlborough,200in Algiers,254,276,277in Athens, 279et seq., 303et seq.in Egypt,254influence of A. H. Beesly on, 155et seq.journeys to Truro for opening of Cathedral,235lacks effective ambition,123Lambeth and Addington, 163et seq.lean years at school, 108et seq.learns to swim,56liberty and leisure at Addington,251Lincoln, reminiscences of, 52et seq.love of music,58,68,112,152lure of the mountains,130meets Mary Anderson,235Mrs. Gladstone’s telegram announcing death of his father,322natural history studies of,65,66,96parental encouragement of hobbies,57poetical efforts of,93,121Pontresina, a trip to, and his brother Hugh,263private schooldays, and holidays, 80et seq.Reeve, the Rev. J. A., a pen picture of,73revisits Marlborough,235Rubicon, The, published, and adverse critiques, 296et seq.scholarships at King’s,230,263schooldays at East Sheen,80,108,114schoolfellows expelled,89“Sieges—the most dangerous game since the world began,”39Sketches from Marlborough, publication of,232Sundays at Lincoln and at Addington,46,183Swiss mountain-climbing, 41et seq.the charm of the sea,56the passing-bell at Marlborough,209the tragedy of a stickleback,67tours Normandy and Brittany,244Turkish delight, midnight revels, and the sequel, 115et seq.Wellington and the beginning, 13et seq.widening horizons of, 147et seq.wins a foundation scholarship,145Benson, Edward White (father), a wet holiday in the Lake District,209accompanies author to Marlborough,137Algerian tours of,254,276,277and his son Hugh,127and Robert Browning,237and the erection of Truro Cathedral,101and the Lincoln judgment,250,253appointed Bishop of Truro,62as picture-hanger,25becomes Archbishop of Canterbury,163Chancellor of Lincoln,32death of his eldest son,78dinner parties at Lambeth Palace,237Easter visits to Florence,181frequent fits of depression,103,105,180headmaster of Wellington College,13his death at Hawarden Church,322his dislike of tobacco,238his sternness, and the cause,103holiday “leisure” of,132,133,210,278last farewell to his children,321love of the classics,181Press reviews ofThe Rubicon, and,300Queen Victoria and,277relentless Sundays of,183tour through Ireland,321visits Carthage,278Benson, Maggie (sister),22,25,54,127,178,275conducts excavations of a Karnak temple,312,315develops congestion of the lungs in Egypt,317guinea-pig rearing by,93herVenture of Rational Faith,314ill-health of,312in Athens,303prizes at Truro High School,127publishesSubject to Vanity,314researches in Chemistry,94trips to Algiers and to Egypt,254,276Benson, Martin (brother),22,23,25,30at Winchester,124death of,78precocity of,75Benson, Mrs. (mother), a stanza by,94and her children,40,106,167at Addington,179death of,254death of her daughter Nellie,252fear as her enemy,173,318friendship with Mr. Gladstone,165her subscriptions as “honorary member,”99,100how she whiled away a wet afternoon,212informs author of theDodo“boom,”294letters to “Beth” on illness and death of her son Martin,76,77religious instincts of,78,102,168,175smokes a pipe on the Alps,240Benson, Nellie (sister),22,65,98,99,251an article inTemple Barby,177an attack of pleurodynia,209and her father,105ascends the Zienal Rothhorn,243at Truro High School,126Bishop Wordsworth and,52death of,252distributes prizes at Marlborough,206Benson, Robert Hugh (brother), a mountain climb—and the sequel,264a play by,177as henchman to a mystical “Chapter,”99as preacher,320at Cambridge,250attached to Eton Mission, Hackney Wick,318“Beth” and,211childish piety of,101early journalistic efforts of,93family caricatures by,210his father and,127joins the Roman church,102,319lays a stone for erection of Truro Cathedral,101propagandist novels by,320skating in a fog,176studies at Llandaff,318takes orders,102wins a scholarship at Eton,210Berne, a day and night at,129“Beth” (seeCooper, Elizabeth)Bird’s-nesting in Cornwall,65Biskra, a Royal bereavement: news received at,277Bosanquet, R. Carr,226Bramston, Miss, as authoress,41,42in Cornwall,76Braun, Miss,75“Brewing” at Marlborough: function described,140Browning, Oscar,45, 221et seq.contributes a poem toCambridge Fortnightly,231his At-Homes at Cambridge,224Browning, Robert, author’s meeting with,237Bubb, Mr., Clerk of Works of Truro Cathedral,101Burton, Willie,60,61Butterflies and moths, holiday collection of,95,146Calverley, Charles Stuart,259Cambridge Fortnightly, the,232Cambridge University: author at, 213et seq.King’s College,213Canterbury, Archbishop of (seeBenson, Edward White)Capri, a visit to,321Carter, Mrs., organist of Kenwyn Church: a boyish romance,68Carthage, a visit to,278Cathedral, the first post-Reformation,100“Chapter,” a mystical,99Chemistry, holiday researches in,94Chester, archæological researches at,267“Chitchat” literary society,226Clarence, Duke of, and “O. B.,” death of,222,276Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece (afterwards King “Tino”),283Cooper, Elizabeth (“Beth”),15,18,22,33,36,38,42,74,96,107,128,321,322and Hugh Benson,18,127and the Archbishop,221games at Addington,251her love for Mrs. Benson,211Mrs. Benson’s letter announcing illness and death of Martin,77,78Copeland, May,60Cornwall, the charms of,62Crawford, Lady, entertains Archbishop and Mrs. Benson,180Crystal Palace, the, first visit to,111Cunningham, Dr., a story of,228Daily Chronicle, the, an unfavourable review ofThe Rubiconin,299Decemviri Debating Society, the,229Deir-el-Bahari, archæological explorations at,310,314Delphi, French excavations at,289Dickinson, G. Lowes,231Dodo, Lucas Malet’s frank letters on,291publication of,292read by Mrs. Benson and by Henry James,272the infancy of,178Dörpfeld, Dr., and Miss Maggie Benson,303and the fourth century Greek theatres,288Duchess of Bayswater, a representation of, in Athens,304Easedale Rectory, a wet holiday in,209East Sheen, author’s schooldays at, 80et seq.Edgar, Mr., headmaster of Temple Grove School,114a bad report from,117Edhem Pasha,281Egerton, Sir Edwin,285and Miss Maggie Benson,303as host,308Egypt, visits to,254,308Epidaurus, a visit to,289Eton, a second failure for scholarship at,125Arthur Benson at,87,124,250,318Etretat, holidays at,86Fal, the, bathing in,100Ford, Lionel, headmaster of Harrow,226Frederick, Empress, and author,284Friendships of schoolboys, how made and how retained,151Fry, Roger, and theCambridge Fortnightly,231Geoghehan, Mr., fourth form master at East Sheen school,83George V (then Duke of York) dines at Lambeth Palace,238(then Prince of Wales) and the death of the Duke of Clarence,277George, King of Greece,281an audience with,282and his sister’s hat,288George, Prince (of Greece),284Germany, Crown Princess of, and Oscar Browning,222Giles, Mrs., her day-school and the scholars,41,60Gimmelwald, arrival at,133Gladstone, Mrs., a fateful telegram from,322Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., a dissertation on blotting-paper squeezes,267and the Chester archæological researches,261friendship with Mrs. Benson,166Golf on the snow and in a fog,176Goodhart, Arthur, at King’s College,226Greece, the Court of,283author in, 286et seq.the spell of,308Greek theatres, German theory regarding,286Guinea-pigs reared by Maggie Benson,93,94Halsbury, Lord, at Lambeth Palace,167Handel Festival at Crystal Palace,110,113Hare, Thomas,86Harrison, Mrs. (“Lucas Malet”), readsDodo,290Hatasoo, Queen, and Sen-mut,316Hawarden, author interviews Mr. Gladstone at,267Gladstone’s tribute to Mrs. Benson at,166Hawarden Church, tragic death of the Archbishop in,323Headlam, Walter, at King’s College,226Henry VI, and King’s College, Cambridge,213Hobbies as a preservative of youth,58Image in the Sand, The,311Irish tour of the Archbishop and Mrs. Benson,321Irving, Harry, recitations at Marlborough Penny Readings,202James, Henry, earlier and later works of,272readsDodo,272James, Monty, Provost of Eton, as mimic,226,229readings from Dickens by,229Jungfrau, the, an ascent of, in thick snow,249first glimpse of,130Karnak, excavations in the temple of Mut,312Kenwyn Church and its organist,72Kenwyn Vicarage,63King, Dr., Bishop of Lincoln, trial of,250King’s College, Cambridge, a notable life-fellow of,221eccentric, Fellows of, 214et seq.glee-singing at,217life at, 226et seq.the chapel,233Lake district, the, a wet holiday in,209Lambeth Palace, dinner parties at,237Mrs. Benson as hostess at,164Leigh, Augustus Austen, Vice-Provost of King’s,216Lincoln and early emotions, 32et seq.and demoniacal possession, 52et seq.Sundays at,45the Cathedral, 45et seq.trial, the, Archbishop Benson and,249,253Lister, Regie, and a theatrical performance in Athens,304author and,306his genius for friendship,305Llandaff, Hugh Benson at,318Luxor, a stay at,310Lyttelton, Alfred, the secret of his popularity,305“Malet, Lucas” (seeHarrison, Mrs.)Mann, Dr.,234Marie, Princess (of Greece),284Markham, Admiral, and a theatrical performance in Athens,304Marlborough College, an indulgent house-master,194author at,137author promoted to sixth form,190life at,138Penny Readings at,201the racket-court,158unsuccessful scholarship examination at,125Marlburian, the,199Mary, Princess, Duchess of Teck, a children’s party at White Lodge,86Matterhorn, ascent of: a perilous descent,241Megalopolis, archæological excavations at,288Middleton, Professor, and his love of archæology, 255et seq.Miles, Eustace, a hoop-bowling run with author,200a unique alliance with author,196his aptitude for study,243Mill, John Stuart,86Mommsen, Professor, and the Chester archæological researches,267Mountain-climbing,131, 241et seq.Murren, lawn tennis at,134Mycenæ, a visit to,289Myers, F. W., an original verse by—and a parody,261Naville, M., his explorations at Deir-el-Bahari,313Newberry, Mr., and the Karnak excavations,313Nicholas, Prince (of Greece),284Nixon, J. E., Latin prose lecturer,216, 231et seq.Nocton expeditions to,55“O. B.” (seeBrowning, Oscar)Okes, Dr., Provost of King’s,216Olga, Queen,283andDodo,304Olympia visited by author,289Pain, Barry, his parody inCambridge Fortnightly,231Pall Mall Gazettereviews author’sRubicon,297Pan-Anglican conference at Lambeth: a story of,239Parker, butler at Truro,127Parody and parodists,260Penny Readings at Marlborough,201Perran, picnics at,100Petrie, Professor, visits to,314Pharsala, battle of: Edhem Pasha’s epigram of,281Photography, first efforts at,95“Pirates”—the game described,96Pitt Club, Cambridge University,226Piz Palu, a horrible experience on the,263Poetry, author’s early efforts in,93,121“Poetry games,”93Pontresina, an unpleasant adventure at,263Press-cuttings, unfavourable,297Printing press, a primitive,94Prior, Mr., of East Sheen school,83Racket Court, Marlborough College,161Rawlings, Mr., first form teacher at East Sheen school,83Reeve, Rev. J. A., reminiscences of,73Riffel-Alp, climbing: a perilous descent,241Riseholme, enjoyable days at,53Rotten Row, exercise in,164Rubicon, The, publication of: Press reviews,296Russell, Mrs., author’s music-teacher, and a tribute to,80,111St. James’s BudgetandThe Rubicon,299St. Mary’s Church, Truro,100St. Paul’s Cathedral, Passion music at,112Saturday Magazine, the,56,92,176a Swiss edition of,243Savernake Forest, butterfly collecting in,146Schilthorn, the ascent of,134Sen-mut, Egyptian architect,316Sermon paper, a new use for,92,177Sharpe, Mr., objects to hoop-bowling,200Sidgwick, Arthur (uncle),30Sidgwick, Henry (uncle), an astronomical poem by,93visits Wellington,30Sidgwick, Mrs.,18,30Sidgwick, William (uncle),30Skating under difficulties,176Skegness, a visit to,56Standardthe, a review of author’sRubicon,297Staunton Prize, the, conditions of,146Stephen, J. K., as parodist,257death of,263inaugurates the “T. A. F.,”328personality of,259Sundays at Addington,183at Lincoln,44Switzerland, holidays in,129“T. A. F.,” the, at Cambridge,229Tait, Lucy, a tour in Algeria,276her devotion to Mrs. Benson,254Teck, Duchess of (seeMary, Princess)Teck, Duke of, a cigar and a squib,86Temple, Bishop (afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury),56Tennant, Miss Margot,266Tennyson, Alfred Lord, at Lambeth Palace,238Thothmes, King, and the temple hieroglyphic inscriptions,316Thun, lake of,130Tobogganing under difficulties,175Torquay, summer holidays at,56Toswill, Mr., a zealous Alpinist,240“Trojan Queen’s Revenge, The,” and its author,156Truro, author’s father appointed Bishop of,62erection of the Cathedral at,100Truro Cathedral, opening of,235Tuck, Mrs.,75Vanity FairreviewsThe Rubicon,297Vaughan, Dean, of Llandaff,318Victoria, Queen, and the Archbishop’s Algerian tour,277and the see of Truro,62Vintage, The, how and where written,311Voltaire, M., French master at East Sheen,80,83Waldstein, Dr.,255Waterfield, Ottiwell, and his private school at East Sheen, 80et seq.as elocutionist,80,109Waterfield, Mrs.,110,111Wellington College, and its headmaster,13the dining-room,23Westminster, Duke of, an interview with,266White Lodge, Richmond Park, children’s parties at,86Wilde, Oscar, a tale of,300Wordsworth, Bishop, of Lincoln,52Wordsworth, Mrs., and family,52Wordsworth, William, Jim Stephen’s parodies of,260World, The, onThe Rubicon,307Zienal Rothhorn, the, author’s ascent of,243