Shelley, Percy Bysshe, his early life, 216; his marriage and unhappiness, 218; elopes with Mary Godwin, 220; meets Byron, 221; his influence on Byron, 222; his scepticism, 224, 228; his death and pagan burial, 235; his character, 236. Smith, Goldwin, 65; 183. Smith, Sydney, settles in Edinboro’, 84; assists in founding _The Edinburgh Review_, 86; goes to London, 96; his ministerial career, 97 _et seq._; his famous “Dame Partington” simile, 100; his wit, 102; his praise of Moore, 161; 177; 264. Southey, Robert, 5 _et seq._; his early life, 11 _et seq._; settles at Keswick, 14; appointed Poet Laureate, 18; compared with Coleridge, 20; refuses a baronetcy, 22; death of, 24; 56; meets Landor at Como, 131; 168; 177; Shelley’s acquaintance with, 218; Byron’s satire on, 224; 228. Staël, Madame de, 106; 215. Stamp Tax, The, effect of its reduction on the newspapers, 254. Stanley, Lord, 91. Stewart, Dugald, 48; 84. Story, W. W., Landor’s connection with, 139. Strawberry Hill, 261. Swan Inn, The, 4. “Talisman, The,” 73. Tennyson, Lord, his grief at the death of Arthur Hallam, 172; his dramas, 223; 288. Thackeray, W. M., 287. “Thalaba,” 13; profits on, 15. Thrale, Madame, 115. “Tintern Abbey,” Wordsworth’s, 62. Trelawney, E. J., 235; 242. Trumbull, John, 144. Victoria, Queen, beginning of her reign, 167; her accession, 255; her marriage, 257; 287. “Vision of Judgment, A,” 224. “Vivian Grey,” 182. Wellington, Duke of, 166; 255. West, Benjamin, 144; 245. Wilkes, John, 94, note. William IV., 81; his nerve and pluck, 167; his lack of ceremony, 252; some events of his time, 253, 254. “William and Helen,” Scott’s, 60. Wilson, James, 41, note. Wilson, John, 31; 36; his character, 40, 41; his writings in _Blackwood’s_, 42, 46; his diaries, 44; becomes a professor, 48; his success, 50; 82. Windermere, 2 _et seq._ “Wishing Gate, The,” 4. Wollstonecraft, Mary, 220. Wordsworth, Catharine, 32. Wordsworth, Dorothy, 43, note. Wordsworth, William, his opposition to railways, 3; his grave, 4; his attitude toward Southey’s odes, 18; his account of Southey’s last years, 23; 30; 31; 32; 56; his unlikeness to Scott, 61 _et seq._; 168; 228.