‘Idler,’ interview with Watts-Dunton in,205
‘Illuminated Magazine,’55
Imagination, lyrical and dramatic, in ‘Aylwin,’356–61
Imaginative power in ‘Aylwin,’345
Imaginative representation,208,398
Imperialism,273
Incongruity, basis of humour,385
Indecency, definition of,255
Ingelow, Jean,369
Interviewing, skit on,263
Ireland, hero-worship in,3
Irony, Anatole France’s,204; in human intercourse,251
Irving, Sir Henry,118,137
Isis,332
Isle of Wight, Swinburne and Watts-Dunton visit,270
Jacottet, Henri,347,374,380
Jámi,21
‘Jane Eyre,’342,345
Japanese, race development of,14
Jaques,250
‘Jason,’177
Jefferson, Joseph,121
Jeffrey, Francis,2
Jenyns, Soame,387
Jerrold, Douglas,1,53,289
Jessopp, Dr., ‘Ups and Downs of an Old Nunnery,’ reference to Dunton family in,53
Jewish-Arabian Renascence: see Renascence
‘John the Pilgrim,’416
Johnson, Dr.,326
Jolly-doggism,199
Jones, Sir Edward Burne,180
Jonson, Ben,423
‘Joseph and His Brethren,’55
Joubert,221
‘Journal des Débats,’27,374
Journalism, mendacious,263
Jowett, Benjamin, Watts-Dunton’s friendship with,279; pen portrait of,280; see ‘Last Walk from Boar’s Hill,’282
‘Jubilee Greeting at Spithead to the Men of Greater Britain,’31
‘Juif-Polonais,’119
Kaf, mountains of,286,453
Kean, Edmund,121,127
Keats, John, spirit of wonder in poetry of,19,293; richness of style,329
Kelmscott Manor, Rossetti’s residence at,155,161,162,164,165; identification of Hurstcote with,170; causeries at,173
Kelmscott Press,178,181
Kernahan, Coulson,56,413
Kew, Lord, Thackeray’s,351
Keynes, T.,267
Khayyàm, Omar, ‘Toast to,’79,81; Sonnet on,81; ‘The Pines,’ Groome and,79
‘Kidnapped,’ Watts-Dunton’s review of,215; letter from Stevenson concerning same,216
‘King Lear,’126,323,355
Kisāgotamī,456
‘Kissing the May Buds,’406
Knight, Joseph, acquaintance with J. O. Watts,60; as dramatic critic,122,123
Knowles, James,290: see also ‘Nineteenth Century’
‘Kriegspiel,’364
‘Kubla Khan,’ wonder and mystery of,19,20
Kymric note, in ‘Aylwin,’313–15
Lamb, Charles,41,59,250,387
Lancing, Swinburne and Watts visit,270
Landor,271,352
Landslips at Cromer,270
Lane, John, wishes to compile bibliography of Watts-Dunton’s articles,6; publication of ‘Coming of Love,’396;440
Lang, Andrew, critical work of,207;415
Language, inadequacy of,323
‘Language of Nature’s Fragrancy,’269
Laocoon,323
‘Last Walk from Boar’s Hill, The,’282
Latham, Dr. R. G., acquaintance with J. O. Watts,58
‘Lavengro,’368
‘Lear, King,’126,323,355
Le Gallienne, R.,1
Leighton, Lord,172
Leslie, G. D.,301
Leutzner, Dr. Karl,205
Lever,367
Lewis, Leopold,119
Ligier, as Triboulet in ‘Le Roi s’Amuse,’124
Lineham,95
Litany,231
‘Literature,’132,244,245
‘Literature of power,’208
‘Liverpool Mercury,’ article on ‘Aylwin,’12
Livingstone, J. K. Watts’s friendship with,52
Llyn Coblynau,317
London, Watts-Dunton’s life in,87et seq.; its low-class women, humourous pictures of,383
Lorne, Marquis of,453: see Argyll, Duke of
‘Lothair,’353
Louise, Princess (Duchess of Argyll), Rossetti’s alleged rudeness to,156
‘Love brings Warning of Natura Maligna,’414
‘Love for Love,’258,260
‘Love is Enough,’177
Love-passion in ‘Aylwin,’362
‘Lovers of Gudrun,’ written in twelve hours,176
‘Loves of the Plants,’455
‘Loves of the Triangles,’455
Lovell, Sinfi, Nature instinct of,97; ‘Amazonian Sinfi,’107; true representation of gypsy girl,317; Meredith’s praise of,363; Groome on,364; Richard Whiteing on,364; dominating character of,363,365; prototype of,368–9; beauty of,391
Low, Sidney,244
Lowell, James Russell,222; Watts-Dunton’s critical work, appreciation of,399; sonnet on the death of,300; Watts-Dunton’s reminiscences of:—meets him at dinner,295;he attacks England; directs diatribe at Watts; he retorts; a verbal duel,296; recognition; cites Watts’s first article,298; his anglophobia turns into anglomania,299; likes English climate,300
Lowestoft,106
Luther, his pigs,39
‘Lycidas,’3,157
Lyell (geologist),45; J. K. Watts’s acquaintance with,50,52
Lytton, Bulwer, novels of,349
McCarthy, Justin, ‘Aylwin,’ criticism of,9; hospitality of,186
MacColl, Norman, invites Watts-Dunton to write for ‘Athenæum,’188;243,418
Macready,136
Macrocosm, microcosm and,26,27,35
‘Madame Bovary,’89
Madonna, by Parmigiano,172
‘Magazine of Art,’290
Magpie, hawk and,109
Maguelonne, Jeanne Samary as,129
Man, final emancipation of,47: see also Renascence of Wonder, ‘Aylwinism.’
‘Man and Wife,’348
Manchester School,273
‘Mankind, the Great Man,’46
Manns, August, Crystal Palace Concerts conducted by,89
Manu,219
‘M.A.P.,’278
Mapes, Walter,388
Marcianus,104
Marlowe, Christopher, spirit of wonder in poetry of,16;329; friend of,426
Marot, Clement,229
Marryat,367
Marshall, John, medical adviser to Rossetti,152
Marston, Dr. Westland:—symposia at Chalk Farm; famous actors and actresses,117; table talk about ‘The Bells’ and ‘Rip Van Winkle,’119; on staff of ‘Examiner,’184; the sub-Swinburnians at the Marston Mornings; the divine Théophile; the Gallic Parnassus,136
Marston, Philip Bourke, Louise Chandler Moulton’s memoir of,4,10,157; Oliver Madox Brown’s friendship with,276
Martin, Sir Theodore,156
Matter, dead,411,452; new theory of,451
Meredith, George,6; Watts-Dunton’s friendship with,283,284; literary style of,325,328; Watts-Dunton’s Sonnet on Coleridge, opinion of,417; ‘Coming of Love,’ opinion of,418
‘Meredith, ‘To George, Sonnet,284
Meredithians, mock,325
‘Merry Wives of Windsor,’293
Methuen, A. M. S.,216
Metrical art, new,343,344,412
Microcosm, of St. Ives,26–7;35; characters in the,50–60
Middleton, Dr. J. H., his friendship with Morris,172; ‘Encyclopædia Britannica,’ collaboration in,173
Mill, John Stuart, education of, Watts-Dunton’s early education compared with,50
Miller, Joaquin,301
Milton, John,3; period of wonder in poetry ended with,25;157;293
Minto, Prof.,10; Watts-Dunton’s connection with ‘Examiner’ and,184–88,256; Watts-Dunton’s reminiscences of:—neighbours in Danes Inn; editing ‘Examiner’; secures Watts; first article appears; Bell Scott’s party; Scott wants to know name of new writer,184; Watts slates himself,185; Minto’s Monday evening symposia,185
Molière,126,132
Montaigne—value of leisure—quotation,68
Morley, John,27
Morris, Mrs., Rossetti’s picture painted from,172; reference to,179,180
Morris, William, ‘Quarterly Review’ article on,16; ‘Chambers’s Cyclopædia,’ article on,173; ‘Odyssey,’ his translation of,176; Watts-Dunton’s criticism of poems by,176; intimacy with Watts-Dunton,170; Watts-Dunton’s monograph on,170,173–77; indifference to criticism,173; anecdotes of,179–82; generosity of,179; death of,178–79; Watts-Dunton’s reminiscences of:—Marston mornings at Chalk Farm; ‘nosey Latin,’136; Wednesday evenings at Danes Inn; Swinburne, Watts, Marston, Madox Brown and Morris,170; at Kelmscott,170; passion for angling,171; snoring of young owls,171; causeries at Kelmscott,173; the only reviews he read,173; the little carpetless room,175; writes 750 lines in twelve hours,176; the crib on his desk,177; offers to bring out an édition-de-luxe of Watts’s poems; gets subscribers; a magnificent royalty,179; presentation copies; extravagant generosity; ‘All right, old chap’; ‘Ned Jones and I,’180; ‘Algernon pay £10 for a book of mine!’,181; disgusted with Stead, the music hall singer and dancer; ‘damned tomfoolery,’181
Moulton, Louise Chandler,4,301
Mounet-Sully, as François I in Le Roi s’Amuse,125
‘Much Ado about Nothing,’260
Murchison,45,50,52
‘Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts,’220
Muret, Maurice,374,400
Music, Watts-Dunton’s knowledge of,38,89
Myers, F. W. H.,291