Diary, importance of, to journalists, 94 “Diary of a Disappointed Politician, The,” 193 Dickens, Charles, 248; George Dolby as agent, 40; John Hollingshead and, 206; Tellson’s Bank original, 61; Robert Williams and works of, 51 Dickens-land, 59 Didcot, Mr.: _see_ Maurice, Hubert Jay “Digby Grand,” Irving as, 103, 216 Dilke, Sir Charles, 288 “Diners-Out,” 176 “Dirty Jack”: _see_ Colborne, Hon. John _Dispatch_, _The_, 123 Disraeli, _Vanity Fair_ cartoon, 70 Dixon, Hepworth, 49 —, “Willie,” 49 —, Willmott, 71, 123 Dolby, George, 40 “Don Juan referred to, 288 “Doubtful Boyle”: _see_ Boyle, Sir Courtney Dove, Patrick Edward, 249 Dowse, Baron, 177 Dowty (“O. P. Q. Philander Smiff”), 203 “Dr. Pangloss,” 210 Dramatic criticism, 84 _et seq._; longevity and, 90; Robertson comedies, 30 Drayton (poet), 291 Drummond (waiter at Eccentric Club), 160 —, Archie, 110 —, Hughie, 110, 250 Drury Lane, 89 — Theatre: _see_ Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Duck, William, 130 Dufferin, Marquis of, 151 Duguid, Professor, 186 Dunn, Dick, 129, 263 Dunning, Tom, 148 Dunphy, Charles, 101 Durham, Lord, 194 “Durham Ox, The”, _see_ Mundell, Steve _Dwarf_, _The_, 204 * * * * * Eccentric characters of Fleet Street, 116 _et seq._ Eccentric Club, 159 _Echo_, _The_, 75, 197 “Echoes of the Week,” 55 Edouin, Willie, 230 Education, Universities and journalism, 19 Edwardes, George, 293 Edwards, George Spencer, 271 —, Passmore, 197 Egham Hythe, 289 “Egoes of the Week” skit, 55 Electric Light, in theatres, 206 Empire Club, 151 — Music-Hall, 232 English Literature, Chair at Washington University, 39 “English Rose, The,” 124 Esterhazy, 253 Etty (painter), referred to, 22 Evans, Arthur, 72 —, Morgan, 186–187 Evans’s Hotel, 153, 216, 282 _Evening Standard_, 168 _Examiner_, _The_, 50 * * * * * Fairlie, Mr., 96, 97 “Fairlie v. Blenkinsop,” 96, 97 Falstaff Club, 153 Farnie, H. B., 217, 210 Farquhar, George, 25 Farren, Nellie, 208–209, 287 Fawn, James, 228 Featherstonhaugh, 202 Fenians, at Cowell’s public-house, Holborn, 165 Fernandez, James, 217 Fetter Lane, “The Flying Baker,” 128–129 “Feuilleton”: _see_ Serial Stories _Field_, _The_, 157, 186, 271 _Figaro_: _see London Figaro_ First Nights, 88, 98–103 Fiske, Stephen, 201 Fitzgerald, Edward, 278 —, Percy, 101 Fitzwilliam, “Billy,” 110, 250 Fleet Street, changes in, 59; contrasts, 9 “Floradora,” 195 “Flying Baker, The,” 128–129 Foli, Signer, 158 Forbes, Archibald, 14, 19 Foreign Office, Labouchere’s dispute with, 76 Foster, runs club in Long Acre, 163 “Fourth Estate,” 298 Fowles, Miss, 213 Fox, chairman of Middlesex Music-Hall, 224 “Fra Giacomo,” 262 Fraser, Fred, 264 Freaks, 121 “Frederick the Great” (Carlyle) quoted, 108 “Free-and-Easies”: _see_ Music-Halls Free Lance, Americans as, 38 Freeman (landlord of Magpie Hotel), 287 French, Sydney, 122 Frost (painter), 22 Fry, Oliver, 72