‘Natura Benigna,’97; the keynote of ‘Aylwinism,’411
‘Natura Maligna,’408; Sir George Birdwood on,409
Natura Mystica,73
‘Nature’s Fountain of Youth,’268
Nature, ‘Poetic Interpretation of,’204; as humourist,386
Nature-worship, Shintoism,14,97; ambition and,103
‘Nature-worshippers,’ Dictionary for,68
Neilson, Julia,117
Neilson, Lilian Adelaide, Watts-Dunton’s criticism of her acting,117–18
Nelson,365
‘New Day, The,’92,107,162–64,312,396,443
New Year, sonnets on morning of,409
‘News from Nowhere,’173
‘Nibelungenlied,’176
Nicol, John,202
Nicoll, Dr. Robertson,5; collection of Watts-Dunton’s essays suggested by,6,22; “Significance of ‘Aylwin,’” essay by,372; Renascence of Wonder in Religion, articles on,22,375,445
Neilson, Lilian Adelaide, Watts-Dunton’s appreciation of,117
‘Night and Morning,’349
‘Nineteenth Century,’290,291,442
‘Nin-ki-gal, the Queen of Death,’235
Niobe,323
Niton Bay,270
‘Noctes Ambrosianæ, Comedy of,’ Watts-Dunton’s review of,190–201; Lowell’s opinion of same,298
Norman Cross, vipers of,104
Norris, H. E., ‘History of St. Ives’ (reference to),25,40,51; River Ouse, praise of,28,29,30
North, Christopher: see Wilson, Professor
‘Northern Farmer,’387
Norwich horse fair,106
‘Notes and Queries,’50,51,56,57,88,161,171,316,317,318
‘Notre Dame de Paris,’125
Novalis,247,455
Novel, importance of,208; of manners,308; see Fiction.
Novelists, absurdities of popular,367
Nutt, Alfred,6
‘Octopus of the Golden Isles,’148
‘Odyssey,’ Morris’s translation of,176;208;341
‘Œdipus Egyptiacus,’226
Olympic, Robson at,57
Omar, Caliph,69
Omar Khayyàm Club,81
Omarian Poems, Watts-Dunton’s,78,79,80,81
‘Omnipotence of Love.’ The,287
‘Orchard, The,’ Niton Bay,270
O’Shaughnessy, Arthur, ‘Marston Nights,’ presence at,136;161
Ouse, River, poems on,28,29,30; Carlyle’s libel of,28–9
Owen, Harry,317
Oxford Union, Rossetti’s lost frescoes at,162
Pain and Death,173
Palgrave, F. T.,291
‘Pall Mall Gazette,’245
Palmerston,295
Pamphlet literature,99
‘Pandora,’ Rossetti’s,21
‘Pantheism’: Dr. Hunt’s book,49
Parable poetry,224
Paradis artificiel,248,388
Paragraph-mongers, Rossetti and,155
Parmigiano, Madonna by,172
Parsimony, verbal,418
Partridge, Mrs.,382
Patrick, Dr. David,5
Penn, William, St. Ives, his death there,41
‘Perfect Cure,’ The,181
‘Peter Schlemihl,’119
Petit Bot Bay,31,268
Phelps,136
Philistia, romance carried into,327;386
Philistinism, actresses and,132
‘Piccadilly,’ Watts-Dunton writes for,301,353
‘Pickwick,’ trial scene in,387
‘Pines, The,’ residence of Watts-Dunton and Swinburne:Christmas at,93–4;262et seq.; works of art at,266
Plato,341
Plot-ridden, ‘Aylwin’ not,348
Poe, Edgar Allan, on ‘homely’ note in fiction,325; ‘The Raven,’ originality of,419
‘Poems by the Way,’173,177
Poetic prose: see Prose
ποιήσις,341
ποιητής,340
Poetry, wonder element in,15,25; English Romantic School,17; humour in, question of,24; parables in,224; blank verse,239; popular and artistic,293; Watts-Dunton’s Essay on,340,354,393; Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Bacon on,340,341; difference between prose and,339; rhetoric and,340; poetic impulse,393; sincerity and, conscience in,394; imagination in,397; Zoroaster’s definition of,398; originality in,419
‘Poets and Poetry of the Century,’ Mackenzie Bell’s study of Watts-Dunton in,38
Pollock, Walter, contributor to ‘Examiner,’184
Pope, Alexander, periwig poetry of,25
‘Poppyland,’ Watts-Dunton visits,270
Portraiture, ethics of,141,143
‘Prayer to the Winds,’81
Pre-Raphaelite movement, definition of,16; poets,160–61
Priam,355
Primitive poetry,15
Prinsep, Val, his vindication of Rossetti,145
Printers’ ink, taint of,105
Priory Barn, Robson at57
Prize-fighters, gypsy,392
‘Prophetic Pictures at Venice,’94
Prose, poetic,339: difference between poetry and,339; see also ‘Aylwin,’ Bible Rhythm, Common Prayer, Book of Litany; Manu; Ruskin
Psalms, Watts-Dunton on,228–41
Publicity, evils of,262
Purnell, Thomas, acquaintance with J. O. Watts,59
‘Quarterly Review,’ on Renascence of Wonder,16–17; on friendship between Morris and Watts-Dunton,173
Queen Katherine, Watts’s sonnet on Ellen Terry as,122
Quickly, Mrs.,382
Rabelais,196–200,387
Racine,132
Rainbow, The Spirit of the,101
Raleigh, Sir Walter,423; on ‘command of the sea,’427
Rappel, Le,123
Reade Charles,325,348; hardness of touch,351
Rehan, Ada,131
Reid, Sir Wemyss,185
‘Relapse, The,’259
Relative humour: see Humour, absolute and relative
Religion, Renascence of Wonder in,375; poetic,455
‘Reminiscence of Open-Air Plays,’ Epilogue,133
Renascence, decorative, connection with pre-Raphaelite movement,16
Renascence, Jewish-Arabian, connection with instinct of wonder,14
Renascence of religion,22
Renascence of Wonder, exemplifiedin ‘Aylwin,’2; origin of phrase,11; meaning of phrase,13,17,374; Garnett on,11, French Revolution, cause of,13; pre-Raphaelite movement, connection with,16; Watts-Dunton’s article on,20,25; in Philistia,327,328; in religion,22,375; ‘Coming of Love, The,’ the most powerful expression of,25; Watts-Dunton’s Treatise on Poetry,257; ‘Aylwin,’ passages on,446; foreign critics on,374;9,325
Repartee, comedy of,259
Representation, imaginative,398
Rhetoric, Poetry and,340
Rhona Boswell, see Boswell.
‘Rhona’s Letter,’402
Rhyme colour,412
Rhys, Ernest, ‘Aylwin’ dedicated to,312; ‘Song of the Wind,’ paraphrase by;313;377
Rhythm,239,412: see Bible Rhythm
Richardson,367
Richmond Park, Borrow in,100
Ripon, Lady,91
‘Rip Van Winkle,’121
‘Rivista d’Italia’: see Galimberti, Madame
‘Robinson Crusoe,’307
Robinson, F. W.,12
Robson, actor, J. O. Watts’s admiration for,57;127,129
Rogers, S.,39
‘Roi s’Amuse, Le,’123
Romanies, Gorgios and,389; see Gypsies
Romantic movement,16–25
‘Romany Rye,’367
‘Romeo and Juliet,’293
‘Roots of the Mountains,’173
‘Rose Mary,’ Watts-Dunton’s advice to Rossetti concerning,139
Rosicrucian Christmas,94
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel,1,2; Watts-Dunton on,17,18,19,21; ‘Spirit of Wonder’ expressed by,18,19; ‘Pandora,’21; Poems of, lack of humour in,24; ‘Watts’s magnificent Star Sonnet,’ his appreciation of,29; Omar Khayyàm, translation discovered by,79; his insomnia; Dr. Hake as his physician; grief for his wife’s death; his melancholia; cock-and-bull stories as to his treatment of his wife; their origin; wild and whirling words;90–91; stay at Roehampton,91; Cheyne Walk reunions,137; Watts-Dunton, affection for,138–69; Watts-Dunton’s influence on,139,140,149,150,154; type of female beauty invented by,140; dies in Watts-Dunton’s arms,150; illness of, anecdote concerning,153; Watts Dunton’s elegy on,157; Cheyne Walk green dining-room, description,161; Watts-Dunton’s description of his house,165–69; his wit and humour,169; ‘Spirit of the Rainbow,’ illustration to,276; references to,9,10,27,35,262,263; Watts-Dunton’s reminiscences of:—at Marston symposia; the Gallic Parnassians; he advises the bardlings to write in French,136; interest in work of others; reciting a bardling’s sonnet,137; wishes Watts to write his life,140; letter to author about Rossetti,140; Charles Augustus Howell (DeCastro), Rossetti’s opinion of,142; portrait as D’Arcy in ‘Aylwin’; not idealized; ethics of portraiture of friend; amazing detraction of,144; too much written about him,145; relations with his wife; Val Prinsep’s testimony,145; ‘lovable—most lovable,’145; a pious fraud,153; alleged rudeness to Princess Louise,155; attitude to a disgraced friend,210; the dishonest critic; ‘By God, if I met such a man,’211; a generous gift,267; dislike of publicity; abashed by an ‘Athenæum’ paragraph,263
Rossetti, W. M.,149,154
Rossetti, Mrs. W. M.,275
Rous,232
Ruskin,340
Russell, Lord John,295
Ryan, W. P.,378