Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
History
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914
Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Humor
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, connexion with _Once a Week_, ii. 269, 312;
and æsthetic movement, iii. 255, 329;
criticized by _P._, iii. 331
Rossini, G. A., composer, ii. 301
Rostand, Edmond, iv. 318, 321
Rothschild, 1st Baron, i. 110, 111
Rothschild Committee on Old Age Pensions, iv. 119
Roumania and Balkan wars of 1912-13, iv. 82
Rousseau, M., inventor of submarine warship, iv. 187-8
Royal Academy, i. 295, 297 _ill._;
"Mr. Pips" on, i. 298;
criticized, ii. 312 _seq._, 317;
and women, iii. 116.
_See also_ Academy, Royal
Royal annals, i. 165-200; ii. 169-96; iii. 215-34; iv. 215-27
Royal College of Music founded, iii. 180, 372
Royalties, foreign, subsidies for, i. 193;
_P.'s_ attitude to, ii. 192
Royalty, speeches of, criticized, ii. 179;
and entertainments, ii. 194 _seq._;
and sport, iii. 222
Rozhdestvensky, Admiral, iv. 52
Rubinstein, Anton, iv. 343;
visits England, iii. 356, 367
Rugby, headmaster of, on diet, iv. 153
Rumbold, Dr., his pill, ii. 146
Runciman, Rt. Hon. Walter, and anti-Lords campaign, iv. 63;
his Education Bill, 1908, iv. 150
Ruskin College, Oxford, iv. 119
Ruskin, John, ii. 275 _seq._;
and Kate Greenaway, iii. 314;
and æstheticism, iii. 255, 337;
and Lake District railways, iii. 199;
and Whistler, iii. 331;
elected to Slade professorship, iii. 338;
and _P._, iii. 338 _seq._;
on Leech, iii. 343
Russel, Alexander, of the _Scotsman_, i. 238;
death, iii. 327
Russell, Lord John, _ill._, i. 110, 121;
and Tom Hood's children, i. 16;
and Chartism, i. 50 _ill._, 56;
"Finality Jack," i. 55;
resolutions on education, i. 86;
condemns Papal claims, i. 102;
Jewish disabilities, i. 111;
dissolution of Ministry, i. 122;
Watts's drawing of, i. 301;
and Reform, ii. 16, 79, 82;
earldom, ii. 15;
and Austro-Prussian war, ii. 26;
resigns, 1866, ii. 79;
death, iii. 374
Russell, Sir W. H., and Crimea scandals, i. 126;
knighted, i. 128;
controversy with Sir Garnet Wolseley, iii. 111
Russia, tries to evade treaty, i. 133;
Near Eastern question, ii. 38;
trade unionists and, ii. 42 _seq._;
relations with, iii. 3 _seq._, 8;
Jews persecuted in, iii. 63 _seq._;
revolution of 1905, iv. 52-4.
_See also_ Crimean war.
Russian ballet, iv. 99
Russo-Japanese war, iv. 8, 11, 51-4
Russo-Turkish war, iii. 3 _seq._, 14 _seq._
Sabbatarianism, i. 44, 91 _seq._, 93 _ill._; ii. 45, 102 _seq._;
iii. 162 _seq._; iv. 159;
Sunday Trading Act, i. 18;
recreation, i. 38;
museums, i. 40;
bands, i. 92;
Sunday Observance Act, ii. 44;
and drink, iii. 102;
Sunday pastime and Sunday closing, iii. 165
Safety bicycle, iii. 300
St. George's Hall, ii. 312
St. James's Hall, ii. 70, 307, 309;
demolished, iv. 204
St. James's Park, removal of cow-keepers, iii. 178
St. Leonards, 1st Baron, i. 206
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