Disraeli, Benjamin, birth and education, 12-16; baptism of, 14; school days, 16-19; and London society, 19, 50, 58; enters a solicitor's office, 22; first novel, 23-25; travels abroad, 24-44, 99; Bradenham, 24-25; satires of, 25-27; dress and manners, 29, 39, 53, 55; improved health, 34, 35; the poetical life, 45-49; prose writings, 49; political ambition, 50, 51; portraits of, 52-54; financial embarrassments, 52, 64, 65, 69, 178, 179; a Radical, 54; High Wycombe election, 55-57; on marriage, 58; takes seat in H. of C., 68, 119; maiden speech in the House, 70-73; outset of Parliamentary career, 74; a Conservative, 94, 95; political and religious belief, 83, 84; Carlyle and, 84, 92, 93, 130, 252, 253; and dinner at Whitehall Gardens, 85; marriage of, 88-90; Church views of, 94-99; creed, 108; as Sidonia in 'Coningsby,' 113; and Sir. R. Peel, 131-137, 144-147; and Tory party, 139, 140; leader of Opposition, 149-156; remarkable speeches of, 160-164; literary work, 165-168; religious views, 168-172; at Oxford, 173-177; and Mrs. Willyams, 179-187; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 188; arms and motto, 186, 187; and Parliamentary Reform, 199, 202; Prime Minister, 196-198, 235-242; wife, 211; and Ireland, 211; writings, 216; return to power, 235; on the abolition of slavery, 236; and Russia, 248, 249; retirement from office, 254, 255; illness and death, 257; general estimate of, 258-262. See also _Novels_, _Speeches_, _Satires_ and _Elections_ D'Orsay, Count, 50, 58, 62, 92, 108 Dress, 29, 39, 53, 55, 70, 92, 173 Ducrow speech, 65 Dufferin, Lady, and D.'s dress, 53 Duncombe, Tom, 86, 108 Durham, Lord, 57 Early ambition, 18, 21 Eastern Question of 1843, the, 103, 104; of 1877, 244-250 Education, 13-19 Effects of Mr. Gladstone's policy, 213, 214 'Egremont,' 88 Egypt, 43 Eldon, Lord, and Toryism, 68 Elections, see High Wycombe, Taunton, Maidstone, Shrewsbury Eliot, Lord, 50 'Endymion,' Ferrars in, 24, 25, 88, 178, 255, 256 England, the Jews in, 5, 7; past and present, 74-82; trade, 76; Christianity, 81; progress in, 91, 92; and economists, 93, 94; revival of Church of, 94-99, 102; feudal system of, 97; the aristocracy of, 86, 107, 109, 112, 113, 187, 192-194, 217; Constitution in 'Coningsby,' 114-119, 127, 128; working of English Government, 125, 126; party government in, 153-156; wealth of, 161; warning against playing with the Constitution, 162-164, 188; and Protestantism, 203 English Constitution, a satire on, 26, 27 Evangelicals, the, 204 Exhibition of 1851, Mrs. Willyams and, 180; of 1862, 183 Family history, 6-11 Fenian Rebellion of 1867, 201, 202 Feudal system in England, 97 Financial embarrassments, 64, 65, 69, 178, 179 Fleuriz, governor of Cadiz, 32