Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord-- Cairns valued by, 186-87 career of, 3-16 characteristics of-- ambition, 21-22, 26, 30-31 _bonhomie_, 32, 34 courage, 11, 25-26, 65 cynicism, 30, 40-41 debating power, 47 intellectual congruity, 35-38, 42 loyalty, 33 self-confidence, 21, 26, 50, 65, 224 tactical adroitness, 48-50 tenacity, 11, 15, 23-24, 60, 65 Eastern policy of, 140, 275-76, 300, 356 education of, 39 epigrammatic phrases of, 41-42 estimates regarding, 1-2; foreign, 54, 58 family of, 3 Gladstone compared with, 418, 429, 465; contrasted with, 422; Gladstone's attitude towards, 455-56 influence of, 66-68 literary works of, 4-5, 18-19, 29, 31-33, 35, 41, 43-45, 52 note; quoted, 21 note, 25 note, 41, 50 note, 55 Lowe and, 34, 302 Northcote appreciated by, 21, 218 political views of, 6-8; foreign policy of (_see also above_, Eastern policy), 15, 56, 59, 67 Stanley and, 81 suffrage extension, policy of, 305-306, 309-10, 442 otherwise mentioned, 107, 171, 220 Bentinck, Lord George, 9 Bishops-- change in type of, 196-98 House of Lords, presence in, 112 industry of, 199 influence of, 100-101, 103 Bismarck, Prince, 54 Black, J. Sutherland, 311 note Bowen, Edward Ernest-- biography of, 343 note career of, 345-46 characteristics of, 360-62 death of, 355 games, attitude towards, 351-52 influence of, 350; views regarding, 353-54 military history, fondness for, 357-58 political interests of, 355-57 school songs of, 343 note, 359-360 teaching methods of, 346-47, 349-350, 354-55 training of teachers, views on, 348 travel, fondness for, 358 walking tours of, 355 Bowen, Lord, 345, 359 Bright, John, 30, 98, 304, 428-29, 443, 455 note Bradlaugh, Mr., 437 Brooke, Rev. Stopford, quoted, 135-137 Brooks, Dr. Phillips, 209, 381 Brougham, Lord, 64, 428 Browning, Robert, 39, 126 Burke, Edmund, 410, 427-28, 440 Burney, Miss, 127 Cairns, Hugh M'Calmont, Earl-- American Civil War, attitude towards, 57 career of, 184-86 characteristics of, 184, 188-91 Disraeli compared with, 47 Gladstone compared with, 429 Jessel compared with, 180, 193 judicial gifts of, 192-93 legal manner of, 191-92 Mellish and, 176-78 parliamentary reform opposed by, 307 political partisanship of, 187, 194-195 religious views and interests of, 185-86, 193-94 Cambridge-- Jewish scholar at, 319 note Sidgwick at, 327 _seq._ Smith, W. R., at, 319 Canterbury, importance of See of, 101-105; qualifications of archbishops of, 105-107 Carlyle, Thomas, 40, 87, 92, 126, 277, 461 Celtic temperament, 403, 405 Chancery Bar, 170; famous trio at, 191 Chancery Courts, 181-82 Charity Organisation Society, 133 Church, Dean, 251-52