Green, John Richard-- biography of, 131 note career of, 131-34 conversation of, 165-66 eloquence of, 166 gifts and qualities of, 146, 151-52, 154, 160-62, 164-67 ill-health of, 138, 141-46 interests of, 151, 154-57 letters of, 131 note, 152-53 literary work of-- _Saturday Review_ articles, 133, 135-37, 153; historical, 138-39, 142-45, 155, 158-60, 163-64; characteristics of, 139-40, 150, 152-53, 157-65, 167-69 military history, fondness for, 357 political activity of, 140-41 views of, 134 Green, Prof. Thomas Hill-- career of, 85 characteristics of, 86-91 civic activities of, 98 influence of, 95-97, 99 literary works of, 92-94, 98 political keenness of, 95, 97 views of, 93, 97, 335 otherwise mentioned, 265, 268, 278 Hardy, Gathorne, 213 Hardy, Thomas, 116 Healy, T. M., 443 Henry VIII., 271 note Herodotus, 149-51 Historians-- qualifications of, 146-48, 156, 277 two classes of, 149 History, Freeman's view of, 268, 274 Hodgkin, Dr. Thomas, 357 Holker, Sir John, 453 note House of Commons-- character of, 48 erroneous sketches of, 121 lawyers in, 172 leadership of, 217, 424 occasional detachment of, from popular sentiment, 51 power of, declining, 308-309 rhetoric unpopular with, 296 Huxley, 207 Iddesleigh. _See_ Northcote Ireland-- Anglo-Irish Protestants, 229-30 Church disestablishment in, 113, 187, 273, 407, 419, 442, 449 and note Disraeli's attitude towards, 56-57, 67 Green, J. R., views of, regarding, 141 Home Rule, views regarding, of Acton, 384; Bowen, 356; Bright, 455 note; Freeman, 272; Gladstone, 272, 414, 447; Godkin, 375 Land Bill of 1881, 425, 442-43 James, Henry, 129 Jessel, Sir George-- Cairns compared with, 180, 193 career of, 171 judicial methods of, 174-75, 179-181, 194 mental powers of, 173, 181-82 parliamentary manner of, 172 quickness of, 173, 176, 183, 193 Jews-- bigotry towards, 183 Cambridge scholar, anecdote of, 319 note concentration, power of, possessed by, 23 and note conservatism of, 25 note detachment of, 19-20 distinctions gained by, 171 practicality of, 182 satirical powers of, 45 Jowett, 113, 150 Kelvin, Lord, 184 Kipling, Rudyard, 129 Lawrence, Lord, 184 Lightfoot, Bishop, 199-200, 209, 290 Louis Napoleon, 55, 64, 98 Lowe, Robert-- biography of, 293 note Cairns compared with, 188 career of, 293-95, 299-300 characteristics of, 301-304 Disraeli and, 34, 302 eclipse of fame of, 293, 300 educational work of, 294-95, 304-305 Gladstone compared with, 293, 299, 429, 435; antagonism to Gladstone, 295; in Gladstone's Cabinet, 299 Oxford, at, 301 note 2 rhetorical power of, 296-97 shortsightedness of, 300-301 Utilitarianism of, 304 Lyndhurst, Lord, 29 Macaulay, 139, 169, 270, 274, 281, 427, 428 and note 2 Macdonald, Sir John A., 422
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