Chapter 15

‘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


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