Reeves, J. Sims, tenor singer, ii. 308, 310 _seq._; iii. 359; iv. 343 Reform, ii. 42 _seq._, 79 _seq._ Reform Bills: 1859, ii. 10; 1860 (Russell's), ii. 16, 18, 26, 82; 1867 (Disraeli's), ii. 42, 82, 85, 252 Reform League, ii. 80 _seq._; sympathy with Fenians, ii. 27 Reformatories, established, ii. 49 Regent's Park, suggested improvement, iii. 187 Rehan, Ada, actress, iii. 355; iv. 316 Réjane, Mme., iv. 316 Religion, i. 91 _seq._; Exeter Hall, i. 94; sanctimonious parade of, _ill._, i. 95; fashionable, i. 179; attempted exclusion, in schools, ii. 124; and the Churches, iii. 157-76; instruction in schools, iv. 150. _See also_ Church, Sabbatarianism Reminiscences, plague of, iv. 286 Repertory theatres, ii. 294 Republicanism, _ill._, ii. 189; in England, ii. 190 _seq._ Rhodes, Cecil, on Leopold II of Belgium, iii. 60; resigns Premiership, iv. 21; and Jameson Raid, iv. 27; bequest to Oxford, iv. 156 Rich classes, extravagance of, ii. 90; ignorance satirized, ii. 227 _seq._ _See also_ New rich Richardson, Sir B. W., hygienic theories, iii. 98 Richmond, 5th Duke of, i. 18 Richmond, Sir W. B., R.A., iii. 258; and Burne-Jones, iii. 334; decorates St. Paul's, iv. 201; anti-smoke campaign, iv. 202 Richter, Dr. Hans, iii. 356, 368; iv. 334, 341 Rifle clubs, i. 122; iii. 302 Ristori, Adelaide, actress, ii. 283; iii. 345. Ritualism, ii. 106 _seq._, 109, 120; iii. 159 _seq._ Roberts, 1st Earl, iii. 3; march to Kandahar, iii. 26; advocates compulsory service, iv. 11; relieves Kimberley, iv. 39; advance to Pretoria, iv. 40; returns to England, iv. 42; and national defence, iv. 56; and National Service Bill, iv. 66 Robertson, Sir Johnston Forbes, iii. 351 Robertson, T. W., dramatist, ii. 290 Robertson, Wybrow, and Ober-Ammergau Passion Play, iii. 347 Robins, George, auctioneer, i. 155 Rogers, Rev. William, "Hang Theology Rogers," i. 106 Roller-skating, ii. 347; iii. 303; craze, iii. 266; iv. 356 Rollins, Thomas, tried for bigamy, i. 21 Roman Catholicism, _P._ and, ii. 102 Rome, Church of, end of temporal power, ii. 118 Röntgen, Dr. W. K., discovers X-rays, iv. 189 Roosevelt, Theodore, iv. 143; and England, iv. 11; President of U.S., iv. 47; alleged Jingoism, iv. 55 Rorke's Drift, iii. 23 Rosebery, 5th Earl of, iii. 228; iv. 4, 6, 26; resigns from L.C.C., iii. 194, 196 _seq._; becomes Premier, iv. 15; Cabinet resigns, iv. 17; career, iv. 17 _seq._; resigns leadership of the Liberal Party, iv. 24; and Upper Chamber reform, iv. 67; and coal strike of 1893, iv. 111; and Education Act of 1902, iv. 148; and commercializing public schools, iv. 152; on historical statues, iv. 206 Rosherville Gardens, i. 155 Rossa, O'Donovan, Irish rebel, iii. 21