Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., 138-156; achievements of, 138; attitude toward American Civil War, 143, toward Irish question, 143; at Lord Aberdeen's house, 153-154; as an actor, 152; author's opinion of, 140, 141-142, 144, 145, 148, 150; Burns' story of, 232-233; Drummond's opinion of, 184; eloquence of, 138, 140, 141-142, 156; energy of, 145, 150; face of, 148, 151; influence of, 138, 151, 155; integrity of, 139; interest in causes, 143, 153; leadership, 141, 151, 153; letter to Patti, 62-63; object of adulation and hatred, 142-143; opinion of Turks, 138; power of concentration, 152, 153; quotation from Morley's "Life" of, 141; quoted, 146-147, 150; tribute at Manchester, 149-150; unsurpassed as a talker, 138 Glasgow University, 97, 99 Gordon, Gen. C. G., as a fighter, 147 Gounod, portrait of, 46 Grand Hotel, 15 "Great Britain and Rome" (pamphlet by Capel), 38 Great Central Hotel, 16 _Great Eastern_ (cable-laying ship), 112 Greeley, Horace, handwriting of, 188-189 Grove, Sir George, 53 Hambourg, Mark, description of, 47-48 Hanway, Jonas, 15 Hare, John, 16, 53, 186 Harrison, Frederic, 52 Harte, Bret, 53, 217 Hats, 15 Hay market Theatre, 16 Haythornthwaite, Father Peter, friend of Tennyson, 122, 126 Heating, comparison of English and American, 12-13 Helmholtz, quoted, 110 Heyermans (artist), 45 Hippodrome, 16 Holborn Restaurant, 16 Holborn Viaduct, lighting on, 9 Holmes, Doctor Oliver Wendell, on Tennyson Memorial Committee, 128 Holyoake, George Jacob, portrait of, 46 Home Rule cause (Ireland), 251, 252, 253, 256 "Homer and the Iliad" (by Blackie), 86 _Hooper_ (cable-laying ship), 112 Hotels, 15-16 Houghton, H. O., on Tennyson Memorial Committee, 128 Howe, Julia Ward, on Tennyson Memorial Committee, 128 Hughes-Stanton, H., R.A.; home of, 36 Hunt, Holman, 52, 216 "In Bohemia with George du Maurier" (by Moscheles), 44 Individuals and the masses, 197 Ireland, argument for majority rule in, 252-253; attitude in World War, 251; author's views on, 250-257; conditions in, 250; exempted from conscription, 251; Home Rule in, 251, 252; ideals of, 253; parties in, 254; racial differences with Great Britain, 252; vital part of England's political organism, 252 Irish question, 138, 143; ignorance of Americans concerning, 247, 249, 250, 254 Irving, Sir Henry, 16, 52, 185-204; air of authority, 201; achievements, 191; appeal to the eye, 192; as actor-manager, 193, 194; at Drury Lane, 190; author's opinion of acting, 191, 192, 193; burial at Westminster Abbey, 190; death, 188, 190, 204; delineation of character, 192; first-night customs, 204; first visit to America, 46; handwriting, 188, 189; hospitality, 202; in "Merchant of Venice", 193, 194, 195, 198; in private life, 201-202; limitations, 191; loss of popularity, 190; loyalty of public, 190-191, 197; management of Lyceum Theatre, 190; mannerisms, 188, 191, 194, 199-201; national figure, 188; place as an actor, 187-188, 204; signature, 189; supper parties, 203-204