Crystal Palace: name coined by Douglas Jerrold, i. 40; moved to Sydenham, i. 44; Queen Victoria opens, i. 47; humorous handbooks to, _ibid._; concerts, ii. 308 _seq._, 311; exhibitions at, iii. 99, 287 Cuba annexed to U.S., iv. 30 Cubitt, Joseph, C.E., ii. 150 Cuffey, the Chartist, i. 55 Cumming, Dr. John, ii. 154; prophesies end of world, ii. 202 Curragh Camp troubles, iv. 94 Curry powder for the poor, i. 17 Curzon, 1st Marquess, and exclusion of Peers from Commons, iv. 18; and Oxford University, iv. 157; and Upper Chamber reform, iv. 67 Cyder Cellars, i. 220 Cyprus annexed, iii. 17 _Daily Mail:_ champions windmills and standard bread, iv. 116; and middle classes, iv. 126; founded 1896, iv. 295; circulation of, _ibid._ Dalkeith, 6th Earl of, defeated by Gladstone, iii. 26 Dances, new and old: Barn-dance, Washington Post, Boston, Bunny-hug, Morris-dances, Tango, iv. 234-7, 239, 240 Dancing craze, i. 209; iv. 229; skating ballet, _ill._, i. 280 Darwin, Charles, ii. 214; iii. 375 _seq._ Davenport Brothers, ii. 205 Death Duties Budget, 1894, iv. 4, 15 Declaration of London, iv. 75 Delane, J. T., editor of _The Times_, i. 235; eulogized, iii. 327; Dasent's _Life_ and _P.'s_ comments, iv. 298 Delarey, General, in London, iv. 46 Delcassé, M., French statesman, iv. 78 Delhi, capture of, ii. 7 Denison, George Anthony, Archdeacon of Taunton, ii. 120; iii. 162 Denison, J. E., Speaker of House of Commons, ii. 79 Derby, 14th Earl of, ii. 9, 272; resigns Premiership, ii. 28, 29; death, ii. 31; and Reform Bill, 1867, ii. 42, 85; and Lancashire cotton famine, ii. 72; forms Cabinet, 1866, ii. 79; and Reform League, ii. 83; and Irish Church Bill, 1869, ii. 116 Derby, 15th Earl of, and Sabbatarians, i. 91; and Russo-Turkish war, iii. 16 Derby-Disraeli administration, ii. 50 De Reszke, Jean and Edouard, iii. 356, 360 _seq._; iv. 332 Desclée, Aimée, French actress, ii. 286 Destinn (Destinnova), Mme. Emmy, iv. 334 Devonshire, 7th Duke of, opens docks at Barrow-in-Furness, ii. 84; death, iii. 66 Devonshire, 8th Duke of, at War Office, iii. 111; joins Lord Salisbury's Cabinet, iv. 18; integrity, iv. 50; resigns from Balfour Ministry, iv. 58; death, iv. 63 De Wet, General Christian, iv. 40; reception in London, iv. 46 Diabolo, iv. 357 Dickens, Charles, ii. 212; relations with _P._, ii. 273; and Leigh Hunt, ii. 281; patronizes "the Menken," ii. 289 _Dictionary of National Biography_ commences, iii. 326 Dilke, Sir Charles, opposes Royal grants, ii. 187 _seq._; epigram on, ii. 188; investigates slum areas, iii. 98; on state of Thames, iii. 106; and grant for Duke of Connaught's marriage, iii. 218; and expedition to Khartum, iv. 34 Dillon, John, and Parnell, iii. 23, 61