newspaper experiences at Preston; joins staff of _Leeds Mercury_; his newspaper duties; as a leader-writer; his Imperialism; reporting reminiscences; appointed London correspondent; his first marriage; admitted to Reporters' Gallery; first experience of London club life; contributes to magazines; his first novel, "Lumley Entail,"; has personal encounter with Disraeli; obtains original and authentic parliamentary news; death of his first wife; accepts editorship of _Leeds Mercury_; forms good resolutions; changes editorial system; settles in Leeds; visits to Fryston; his first Continental tour; is denounced by advanced Radicals; on drink question; his second marriage; brings _Leeds Mercury_ into line with London dailies; protests against Caucus system; his contributions to Brontë literature; elected member of Savile Club; in Paris in 1877; elected member of Reform Club; at London clubs in 1878; nearly poisoned at Century Club; tours through Europe; injures his knee; on board _Sidon_; travels from Constantinople by overland route; his influence in the Leeds Liberal Caucus; proposes candidature of Mr. Gladstone for Leeds; sends out tickets for Mr. Gladstone's banquet at Leeds; at Tunis; and Mr. Stead; defends W. E. Forster; on novel-writing; overlooks Carlton Club meeting; suggested police protection for; visits Tangier; visits Norway; Reporters, Duties of newspaper; stories of Parliamentary; possibilities of Parliamentary. Reservoir dam, Bursting of Bradfield. Riddell, Mrs., novelist, Reminiscences of. Robinson, Sir John, editor of _Daily News_. Rosebery, Earl of, Lord Houghton on; and W. E. Forster. Ross, Mr., head of _Times_ Parliamentary corps. Royal Institution, Author's lecture on Charlotte Brontë at. Russell, Lord John, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Russell, Mr. Alexander, of _Scotsman_. Russell, Mr. Charles, editor of _Glasgow Herald_. S