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Principal Sources Consulted
Main Texts
The Letters of Wilkie Collins, 2 vols, eds. William Baker and William M. Clarke(London: Macmillan, 1999).
The Public Face of Wilkie Collins: The Collected Letters, 4 vols, eds. William Baker,Andrew Gasson, Graham Law and Paul Lewis (London: Pickering & Chatto,2005).
The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens, 12 vols, eds. Madeline House,Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson, and others (Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, The Clarendon Press, 1965–2002).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 60 vols, eds. H.C.G. Matthew and others(Oxford: Oxford University Press in association with the British Academy,2004).
William Baker, Wilkie Collins’ Library: A Reconstruction (Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 2002).
William M. Clarke, The Secret Life of Wilkie Collins (Farr Thrupp, Glouc.: AlanSutton, 1996).
Wilkie Collins, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R.A., 2 vols (London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1848).
———, Ioláni, or Tahiti as it was, A Romance, ed. Ira B. Nadel (Princeton:Princeton University Press, 1999).
Davis, Nuel Pharr, The Life of Wilkie Collins (Urbana, IL: University of IllinoisPress, 1956).
Gasson, Andrew, Wilkie Collins: An Illustrated Guide (Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 1998).
Page, Norman, Wilkie Collins: The Critical Heritage (London: Routledge, 1974).Parrish, M.L., with E.V. Miller, Wilkie Collins and Charles Reade: First Editions
Described with Notes (London: Constable, 1940; New York: Burt Franklin,1968 reprinted).
Peters, Catherine, The King of Inventors: A Life of Wilkie Collins (Princeton:Princeton University Press, 1993).
Thompson, Julian, Wilkie Collins: The Complete Shorter Fiction (London:Robinson, 1995).
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Secondary Texts
Anonymous. “‘Celebrities at Home,’ No. 81, Mr. Wilkie Collins in GloucesterPlace,” The World, 26 December 1872 [reprinted by Edmund Yates,Celebrities at Home, 3rd Series, London 1879] 355.
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Anonymous “Our Portrait Gallery: ‘Mr. Wilkie Collins’,” Men and Women, 5 February 1882, 281–282.
Ashley, Robert, Wilkie Collins (London: Arthur Barker, 1952; New York, RoyPublishers, 1952).
Beetz, Kirk H., Wilkie Collins: An Annotated Bibliography, 1889–1976 (Metuchen,NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1978).
———, “Wilkie Collins and The Leader,“ Victorian Periodicals Review (Spring1982) 20–29.
Collins, William [Senior] Memoirs of a Picture. (London: Printed by C.D. Stowerfor H.D. Symonds, 1805).
Collins, Wilkie, Heart and Science, ed. Steve Farmer (Peterborough, Ont, Canada:Broadview Press, 1996).
———, The Moonstone, ed. Steve Farmer (Peterborough, Ont, Canada: BroadviewPress, 1999).
———, “Reminiscences of a Story Teller,” Universal Review, 1 (May–August1888): 182–192.
Hanes, Susan, Wilkie Collins’s American Reading Tour, 1873–1874. London:Pickering & Chatto, forthcoming.
Hyder, C.K., “Wilkie Collins in America,” Studies in English, vol. 6: 4 (1940).Lohrli, Anne, Household Words: A Weekly Journal, 1850–1859 Conducted by
Charles Dickens. Table of Contents, List of Contributors and their Contributions(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973).
Nayder, Lillian, Wilkie Collins (New York: Twayne, 1997).——–, Unequal Partners: Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Victorian Authorship
(Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002).Oppenlander, E.A., Dickens’ All the Year Round: Descriptive Index and Contributors
List (Troy, New York: Whiston, 1984).Page, Norman, A Dickens Chronology. London: Macmillan, 1988.Peters, Catherine, “Collins (William) Wilkie (1824–1889),” Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography vol. 12 (Oxford University Press, 2004) 734–738.Robinson, Kenneth, Wilkie Collins: A Biography (London: Bodley Head, 1951).Sayers, Dorothy L. Wilkie Collins: A Critical and Biographical Study, ed.
E.R. Gregory. Toledo, Ohio: Friends’ of the University Libraries, 1977.Universal Review, 1 (May–August 1888) 182–192. Memories of Victorian London,
1912.Walford, L.B. Memories of Victorian London. (London: Edward Arnold, 1912). Wilkie Collins and Dickens Eliot, T.S. “Wilkie Collins and Dickens,” Times
Literary Supplement, 4 August 1927: 525–526.Wilkie Collins Society Journal (annual, 1–8, 1981–1991; NS 1–, 1998–).The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824–1900, 5 vols, ed.
W.E. Houghton and E.R. Houghton and J.H. Slingerland (Toronto andBuffalo: University of Toronto Press and Routledge: 1966–1979, 1989).
214 Principal Sources Consulted
‘The Air and the Audience’, see‘The Use of Gas in Theatres’
‘The Arts’, 71‘Awful Warning to Bachelors’ [review], 98
‘Bachelor Bedroom’, 105‘A Batch of Fictions’, 74‘The Black Cottage’, 91‘Bold Words By a Bachelor’, 90‘Books Necessary for a Liberal
Education’, 199‘A Breach of British Privilege’, 103‘Brinsley Norton …’
[projected? Peters 140], 68‘The British Artists’, 78‘Brother Griffith’s Story of Mad
Monkton’, 47‘Burns. Viewed as a Hat Peg’, 103
‘The Captain’s Last Love’, 174–175‘The Cauldron of Oil’ [‘Case Worth
Looking At’], 113‘A Clause for the New Reform Bill’
[with CD], 101‘The Clergyman’s Confession’, 171‘A Column to Burns’, 103‘Considerations on the Copyright
Question’ [pamphlet], 184‘The Courier of Lyons’, 71‘The Cruise of the Tomtit’, 81
‘The Dead Alive’, 165–166‘The Dead Hand’, 96‘The Dead Lock I, Italy …’, 135‘The Debtor’s Best Friend’, 95‘Deep Design on Society’, 97‘The Deliverance’, 90‘The Devil’s Spectacles’, 182‘The Diary of Anne Rodway’
[‘The Brother Owens Story ofAnne Rodway’], 87
‘Doctor Dulcamara M.P.’, 102‘Double-bedded Room’, 96‘Douglas Jerrold’, 103‘A Dramatic Author’, 104‘Dramatic Grub Street Explored in
Two Letters’, 98 ‘The Dream Woman’, 81–82, 165,
168–169, 182‘The Duel in Herne Wood’, 177–178
‘É.D. Forgues on the Caricaturists ofEngland’, 80
‘The Exhibition of the RoyalAcademy’, 43
‘A Fair Penitent’, 93‘Farmer Fairweather’, 201‘Fatal Fortune’, 169‘Fie! Fie! Or the Fair Physician’, 182,
190
215
Index
This index is divided into three sections:(1) works by Wilkie Collins arranged by: Articles/Short Stories/Reviews Novels/
Plays/Collections(2) people – references to family, friends, contemporaries and others(3) places – homes, visits/stays in British Isles/Europe/America, etc.
1. Works by Wilkie Collins [Publication dates, alternativetitles, collection republication, and other publication dates aregiven if not included in the text of A Chronology]:
Articles/Short Stories/Reviews
216 Index
‘Fine Passages in Verse and Prose’, 205‘The First Officer’s Confession’,
205–206‘The Frozen Deep’ [prose novella], 85‘M. Forgues and the Caricaturists of
England’, 57‘Four Novels’, 77‘The Fourth Poor Traveller’, 73
‘Gabriel’s Marriage’ [‘The Nun’s Storyof Gabriel’s Marriage’], 57, 78
‘Geoffrey Crayon’s New Sketchbook’,76
‘The Ghost in the Cupboard’, 106‘The Ghost’s Touch’, 196–197, 203‘The Girl at the Gate’, 195‘Give Us Room!’, 97‘The Great (Forgotten) Invasion’, 103
‘The Haunted House’, 106, 117‘The Hidden Cash’, 200, 204‘Highly Proper!’, 101‘House to Let’ [with CD], 101–102‘How I Married Him’, 187‘How I Write my Books’, 205
‘The Incredible Not AlwaysImpossible’, 50
‘John Steadiman’s (the Chief Mate’s)Account’, 90
‘A Journey in Search of Nothing’, 95
‘The Lady of Glenwith Grange’, 86‘Laid Up in Two Lodgings. My Paris
Lodging’, 83, 85‘The Last Stage Coachman’, 20‘The Lazy Tour of Two Idle
Apprentices’, 95–96‘Les Dimans de la Couronne’, 72‘Let at Last’ [with CD], 102‘[Letter: Errors in Athenaeum review of
The Queen of Hearts]’, 106‘Letters about Italy’ [unpublished],
68‘Life of William Etty, R.A.’ [review],
75‘Literature’ [‘Bentley’s New Publishing
Adventure’], 75
‘The Little Huguenot’, 92, 97, 99‘Love’s Random Shot’, 182, 192
‘Magnetic Evenings at Home’[‘Magnetic Letters’], 47–49
‘A Marriage Tragedy’, 97‘Memoirs of an Adopted Son’, 112‘Memorandum Relating to the Life
and Writings of Wilkie Collins’,116
‘A Message from the Sea’, 110, 117‘The Midnight Mass: An Episode on
the History of the Reign of Terror’[translation Balzac], 49–51
‘Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman’,171
‘Miss or Mrs?’, 158‘The Monkton’s of Wincot Abbey’, 47‘Mr. Silk Buckingham’ [review], 75‘Mrs. Badgery’ [reprinted in Novels
and Tales From Household Words.Tauchnitz, 1857 and in AliciaWarlock, 1875], 95
‘Mrs. Bullwinkle’ [My Miscellanies], 98‘My Black Mirror’, 61, 88‘My Lady’s Money’, 176–177, 180‘My Spinsters’, 88‘The Mystery of Marmaduke’, 180
‘The National Gallery and the OldMasters’, 89
‘A National Wrong’ [with J. Payn], 150‘A New Book Selling Dodge’, 75‘A New Mind’, 102‘Nine o’Clock’, 51‘No Thoroughfare’, 137–139, 142, 144‘The Novels of M. Hendrick
Conscience’ [review], 80
‘An Old Maid’s Husband’, 202–203‘The Ostler’, see ‘The Dream Woman’‘Over the Way’, 102
‘Paradoxical Experience’, 101‘A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino
Potts’, 46‘Percy and the Prophet’, 176–177‘A Petition to the Novel-Writers’, 90‘Picking up Waifs at Sea’, 115
‘A Pictorial Tour of St. GeorgeBosherville’, 30, 42
‘The Picture Galleries of England; I,The Earl of Ellesmere’s Collection;II, Northumberland House andSyon House; III, Dulwich Gallery’,[non-fiction], 43–44
‘Pity a Poor Prince’, 102‘A Plea for the Sunday Reform’
[non-fiction], 44‘Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer’
[review], 74 ‘The Poetry Did It: An Event in the
Life of Major Evergreen’, 198–199
‘The Poisoned Meal’, 101‘Portrait of an Author Painted by his
Publisher’ [on Balzac], 104‘Pray Employ Major Namby!’, 104‘The Prison in the Woods’, 96‘La Promise’ [review], 70
‘A Queen’s Revenge’, 94‘A Queer Story’ [review], 79
‘Recollections of Charles Fechter’, 188
‘A Remarkable Revolution’, 94‘Reminiscences of a Story-teller’, 207‘The Restitution’ [with CD], 111‘Royal Love’, 195
‘A Sad Death and a Brave Life’, 201‘Save Me From My Friends’, 97‘Sea Breezes with the London Smack’,
100‘The Seafaring Man’, 111‘A Second Batch of New Books’, 71‘A Sermon for Sepoys’, 97‘She Loves and Lies’, 192–193‘A Shocking Story’, 180‘A Shockingly Rude Article’, 100‘A Shy Scheme’, 98‘The Siege of the Black Cottage’, 91‘Sister Rose’ [‘The French Governess’
Story of’], 73, 76–78‘Strike!’, 97‘Sure to be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise’,
104
‘Talk Stoppers’, 89‘A Terribly Strange Bed’, 50, 163‘Thanks to Dr. Livingstone’ [review],
97‘Theatres’ [review], 72‘To Think or Be Thought For’, 88‘Tom Tiddler’s Ground’, 115, 117‘[Trollope’s The Warden]’ [review], 76‘Trottle’s Report’, 102‘The Twin Sisters’, 41
‘Uncle George on the Family Mystery’,92
‘The Unknown Public’, 100‘The Use of Gas in Theatres’ [‘The Air
and the Audience’], reprintedMask, October 1924 and in NewYork: 1885; Wilkie Collins SocietyJournal 6 (1986), 19–26, 185
‘The Victims of Circumstances,Discovered in Records of OldTrials’, 201, 203
‘The Village’ [with CD], 111‘Visit to a Copper Mine’, 42
‘Who is the Thief’, 98–100‘Who Killed Zebedee?’, 184–185‘[Wilkie Collins]’, 107‘A Word About a Painted Window’, 69‘The Wreck of the Golden Mary’
[with CD], 90
‘The Yellow Mask’, 79–80‘Your Money or Your Life’, 186–187
Novels/Plays/Collections andother miscellaneous itemsAfter Dark and Other Stories, 50, 57, 73,
82, 87–88Alicia Warlock and Other Stories,
169–170American History [proposed drama],
198Antonina, 28–29, 31, 35–38, 70–71Armadale, 18, 114, 119, 123, 125–134,
203Armadale [play], 134–139, 172–173
Index 217
Basil, 40–41, 44–45, 49–50, 53–56,70–71
Black and White [play], 146–148The Black Robe, 179, 183–185Blind Love, 205, 208–210
Christmas Stories, 117–118Collected Edition [to the American
People], 164A Court Duel [drama: translated from
the French], 37
The Dead Alive. Boston. Shepard andGill, 1874, 165–166
The Dead Secret, 84, 89, 90–96, 98, 157Dead Secret [play], 176–177[Diary for 1868], 144The Dream-Woman, 82, 165,
168–169
The Evil Genius, 194–202The Evil Genius [play], 198, 200
The Fallen Leaves, 167, 178–182,184–185
The Frozen Deep and other Stories, 85,87–88, 94, 166, 168–169
The Frozen Deep [play], 89–90, 93–94,98, 135–136, 168
The Guilty River, 201–203The Guilty River and The Ghost’s Touch,
197, 202–203
The Haunted Hotel, 178–180Heart and Science, 28, 186–191Hide and Seek, 21, 57, 59, 68–72, 82,
89, 113, 157
Ioláni, or Tahiti as it was, A Romance,25–26, 212
‘I Say No’ [or The Love Letter Answered],190–195
Iris [unpublished], 204–205
Jezebel’s Daughter, 179, 182–183
The Law and the Lady, 161, 168–171The Legacy of Cain, 202, 204–209
The Lighthouse, 56–57, 78–80, 89,93–96, 104, 108
Little Novels, 171, 175–177, 180, 184,187, 193, 195, 197, 203–204
The Lord Harry see Blind Love
Man and Wife, 145, 148–153Man and Wife [play], 152–153,
161–162, 204Memoirs [of the Life of Wilkie Collins],
4–7, 9–12, 17–22, 24–25, 27–33,37
Miss Gwilt [play], 172–174Miss or Mrs? and Other Stories in
Outline…, 106, 115, 158–159,161, 169–170
The Moonstone, 137–146, 148,154–155, 177
The Moonstone [play], 174, 176–177Mr. Wray’s Cash-Box [‘The Mask of
Shakespeare’], 45–47, 69My Lady’s Money and Percy and the
Prophet, 177My Miscellanies, 88–89, 94, 97–98,
100–101, 103–105, 112–113
The New Magdalen, 154, 159, 162–164The New Magdalen [play], 162–165,
167, 169–170, 193, 200No Name, 56, 112–122, 124, 137No Name [play], 151, 153–155No Thoroughfare [play L’Abîme],
140–144, 175
[A Plot in Private Life and Other Tales],106
Poor Miss Finch, 154–161, 164
The Queen of Hearts, 47, 57, 52,91–92, 97–98, 101–102,106–107, 114
Rambles Beyond Railways, 40, 42, 44,46, 50, 69, 87–88, 103, 112
Rank and Riches [play], 185, 190–191
Readings and Writings in America [see also The Frozen Deep and OtherStories], 169
218 Index
The Red Vial, 96–98, 100–101, 104A Rogue’s Life, 75, 82, 84, 180–181
The Two Destinies, 171–175
The Woman in White, 83, 98, 100,105–111, 115–119, 132, 150
The Woman in White [play], 147, 153,156, 158–159, 166
2. People
A’Becket, Gilbert Abbott (1811–1856),writer, 88
Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861),41, 73, 93
Alfieri, Vittorio (1749–1803), Italiandramatist, 84
Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh(1844–1900), 23
Allston, Washington (1779–1843),American artist, 20
Anderson, Hans Christian(1805–1875), Danish author, 93
Anderson, Mary (1859–1940),American actress, 196, 198
Angelo, Michael (1475–1565), Italianartist, Last Judgement, 27
Antrobus, Edward Edmund (1806–1886),tea importer, 15, 19, 21–24, 28
Arc, Joan of (1412–1431), 26Archer, Frank (1844–1917: FA), 76,
163, 166–167, 193, 205Arrowsmith, J.W., Bristol publishers,
202Auber, Daniel (1782–1871), French
composer, Mansaniello, 115
Badon, Edmond, French dramatist, 37Bainton, George (1847–1925),
Congregationalist minister, 205Baker, William, The Letters of Wilkie
Collins (L), 6, thereafter passim;The Public Face of Wilkie Collins(CL), 5, thereafter passim; ‘WilkieCollins Diary for 1868’, 144;Wilkie Collins’ Library [Library], 6, 50, 76, 83, 104, 108, 127, 187
Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850),author, 51, 104; ‘Épisode Souls laTerreur’, 49; Le Père Goriot, 191
Bancroft, Marie née Wilton(1839–1921), actress, 161
Bancroft, Squire (1841–1926), actor-manager, 161–162
Barnes, A.S. & Co., New YorkPublishers, 180
Barnes, Robert, Mayor of Manchester,48
Bartley, Carrie née Graves(1851–1905: HE), WC’samanuensis and adopteddaughter, 86, 102, 107, 114, 118,124, 131, 143, 146, 149, 161, 171,174, 178, 182, 191, 195, 207, 210
Bartley, Doris Edith (b. 1879), HE’sfirst child, 182
Bartley, Henry Powell (1854–1897),HE’s husband, 174, 176, 178,182, 195
Beard, Francis Carr (1814–1893:Beard), doctor and close friend,115, 117, 120–122, 132, 137, 140,142, 144, 146, 152, 154, 156, 160,190, 200–202, 208, 210
Beecheno, Yaxley & Co., winemerchants, 193, 197
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827), ‘Kreutzer Sonata’,108
Beetz, Kirk H., Wilkie Collins, AnAnnotated Bibliography1889–1976, 211
Belinfante, Brothers, Dutchpublishers, 149–150
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–1835),composer, 8
Benham, Charles, WC’s solicitor, 110,135, 143–145, 147–148
Bentley, George (1828–1895: GB),publisher, 45, 50, 55, 59, 68–70,74–75, 112, 157–161, 163–165,167, 169, 171–172, 181
Bentley, Richard (1794–1871: RB),publisher, 35–38, 40–41, 45, 50,54–55, 69–72, 75, 87–88, 94, 103,169
Index 219
Bentley & Son, publishers, 35–36, 41,46, 53, 60, 69, 158, 169, 181
Benzon, Edmund Ernst LeopoldSchlesinger (d. 1873), steelmanufacturer, 116, 127
Benzon, Elizabeth née Lehmann,sister of FL, 116, 127, 147
Beppo, Byron’s cook, 12Berger, Francesco (1834–1933),
composer, 89, 100Bernard, William Bayle (1807–1875),
dramatist, adapts No Name, 121Besant, Walter (1836–1901), novelist,
210Bigelow, Jane Tunis née Poultney
(1828–1889), 136, 138, 151, 165,170, 186, 193, 195
Bigelow, John (1817–1911), Americanjournalist and diplomat, husbandof the above, 136, 165
Blewitt, Octavian (1810–1884),Secretary, Royal Literary Fund,38, 42
Bonner, John, New York Theatricalagent, 158
Boothby, Lady Louisa Cranstoun[Miss Mordaunt] (c. 1812–1858),comic actress, 48
Boucicault, Dion (1822–1890),dramatist, Corsican Brothers(1852), 49; Janet Pride (1855), 75
Brandling, Henry C. (1805–1862),illustrator, 37, 39–40, 52
Brandling, sisters, 52Bradbury & Evans, printers, 46, 92Britton, John (1771–1857), antiquary,
41Browning, Robert (1812–1889), poet,
dramatist, 126Bruce, Mr. (North Scotland), 19Buckland, William, Dean of
Westminster (1784–1856), 33Buckler, John Russell, Stroud wool
broker, 118Buckstone, John (1802–1879),
dramatist; Uncle John, 91, 94Bullar, Henry (1815–1870), WC’s
sailing companion, 73, 118–119,125
Bullar, Mrs. Henry, wife of the above,73, 103, 130
Bulwer, Lytton, see Lytton, Sir EdwardGeorge
Burns, Robert (1759–1796), poet,103
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron(1788–1824), poet, 12; Cain, 84;Don Juan, 17
Caccia, Alberto, WC’s Italian agentand translator, 183
Caine, Henry Hall (1853–1931),novelist, 206
Carpenter, Margaret née Geddes(1793–1872), distinguished artist,WC’s aunt, 3
Carpenter, William Hookham(1792–1866), Keeper of Printsand Drawings at the BritishMuseum, husband of the above,26
Cassell, Petter & Galpin, publishers,148–151, 153–154, 156
Cavendish, Ada (1839–1895), actress,163, 172, 190
Chambers, Nina (1830–1902), see Lehmann, Nina
Chantrey, Lady née Wale(1787–1875), dedicatee ofAntonina, 36
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt(1781–1841), sculptor, husbandof the above, 36
Chapman and Hall, publishers, 26,139
Chapman, Frederic (b. 1823),publisher, 139
Chapman, John (1821–1894),publisher, physician, 50
Chatrian, Pierre Alexandre(1826–1890), dramatist, 50
Chatto, Andrew (1841–1913),publisher, 170, 181, 183–184,186, 191–192, 197, 204, 209
Chatto & Windus, publishers,169–170, 174, 178–183, 185–188, 190–191, 201–202, 204, 207–209
220 Index
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?–1400), poet,74
Chorley, Henry Fothergill(1809–1872), reviewer, 38, 121,134
Clapisson, Louis (1808–1866), Frenchcomposer, La Promise, 70
Clarke, William M., The Letters ofWilkie Collins (L), 6, thereafterpassim; The Secret Life of WilkieCollins (Clarke), 6, 8–9, 13–14, 29,97, 110, 176, 211
Clow, Joseph Charles (?1846–1927),146
Clunes, Emily Elizabeth Guest néeGeddes (c. 1805–1888), WC’saunt, 4, 145
Clunes, William Deane (1803–1886),husband of the above, 4
Cobbe, Frances Power (1822–1904),writer, 189
Coghlan, Charles Francis (c. 1842–1899), actor, adapter, 199
Cole, Francis, wife of Rev. Henry Cole,13, 15, 22
Cole, Rev. Henry, Headmaster, 13–15,22
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772–1834),20
Collins, Charles Allston (1828–1873:CAC), WC’s brother, artist, 5,7–10, 13–14, 20–22, 32, 34–40,42–43, 50, 59, 63–64, 72–73, 77,86, 96, 102, 106, 109, 120, 123,126, 128, 131, 133, 135–137,143–144, 146, 148, 153–154, 160,162–163; ‘Convent Thoughts’,42–43; ‘A Court Duel’, 37; ‘TheEmpty Purse’, 34
Collins, Francis, WC’s uncle, 3, 6Collins, Harriet (1790–1868: HC),
WC’s mother, 3, thereafterpassim; ‘Manuscript Account ofher Life’, 81
Collins, Margaret (d. 1833), WC’sgrandmother, 6
Collins, William (1740–1812), WC’sgrandfather, 3; Memoirs of aPicture, 4
Collins, William John Thomas(1788–1847: WMC), WC’s father,artist, 3–32, 36, 39, 75, 91, 137
Conscience, Hendrick (1812–1883),Belgian writer, 80
Constable, John (1776–1837), artist, 5Cooper, Frederick Fox (1806–1879),
dramatist, The New Wags ofWindsor, 73
Cooper, James Fenimore (1789–1851),American writer, The Deerslayer,191
Corneille, Pierre (1606–1684), Frenchdramatist, Horace (1640), 24
Coyne, Joseph Stirling (1803–1868),dramatist, 104
Croker, John Wilson (1780–1857),politician, journalist, 31
Coutts, Angela Georgina Burdett(1814–1906), CD’s wealthypatron, 60, 68, 90
Cunningham, Peter (1816–1869),writer, 77, 81, 85
Dallas, Eneas Sweetland (1828–1879),journalist, 110
Daly, Augustin (1838–1899),American theatre manager andproducer, 153, 155, 165
Dana, Richard Henry Jr (1812–1882),American writer and lawyer, 20,32–34, 38–39; Two Years Before theMast (1840), 39
Dante, Alighieri (1265–1321), 187Dawson, Harriet Constance
(1871–1955), WC’s and MR’ssecond daughter, 155, 196
Dawson, Marian (1869–1955), WC’sand MR’s first child, 148,159–160
Dawson, Martha see Rudd, MarthaDawson, William [WC as], 208Dawson, William Charles Collins
(1874–1913), WC’s son, 170Deems, Dr. Charles Force
(1820–1893), AmericanMethodist minister, 132
Delane, John Thaddeus (1817–1879),editor, 160
Index 221
Dennis, John, critic, 202Desbarats, George Edward (1838–1893),
Canadian publisher, 154Devonshire, William George Spencer
Cavendish, 6th Duke of(1790–1858), patron of the arts,42–43
Dickens, Charles (1812–70: CD), 8,41–43, 45, 47, 50–62, 64–68, 70,72–83, 85, 87–124, 126–128,130–135, 137–148, 150–152, 175,181–182; Battle of Life, 34; BleakHouse, 49, 53–54, 58–59; AChristmas Carol, 77; DavidCopperfield, vii, 49; Dr. Marigold’sPrescription, 133; Edwin Drood,181; Great Expectations, 113; TheHaunted Man, 34; Letters, 63, 181;Little Dorrit, 97, 109; Our MutualFriend, 126
Dickens, Mrs. Charles (CatherineThomson Hogarth [1816–1879]),wife of the above, 54, 58, 64–65,67, 117, 140, 182
Dickens, Charles Jr (1837–1896),editor, son of the above, 175
Dickens, Henry, Sir (1849–1933),High Court Judge, CD’s son, 74
Dickens, John (1785/6–1851), CD’sfather, 42
Dickens, Katherine (1839–1929), Kate,CD’s youngest daughter, 109,135–137
Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldimand(1847–1872), CD’s son, 110
Dickinson, Frances, Mrs. Elliot(1820–1898), journalist, 69, 131,135, 138, 158
Dillwyn, Elizabeth Amy (1845–1935),novelist, reviewer, 185
Disraeli, Benjamin (1804–1881),statesman, novelist, 31, 126
Dixon, William Hepworth(1821–1879), editor, 77
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797–1848),Lucia di Lammermoor, 27; LucreziaBorgia, 70
Durham, Joseph (1814–1877),sculptor, 45
Eastlake, Sir Charles (1793–1865),painter, 91
Easton, Harriet, WC’s maternalgrandmother, 3
Easton, James (1722–1799), coalmerchant, HE’s grandfather, 3
Eden, George, Earl of Auckland(1784–1849), politician,Governor-General of India, 19
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931),American inventor, 208
Edward, CD’s courier, 60, 65Egerton, Francis, First Earl of
Ellesmere (1800–1857), patron ofthe arts, 43
Egg, Augustus (1816–1863: AE), artist,41–42, 60, 63–64, 66–67, 89, 109,118, 122–123
Eliot, George [Marian Evans](1819–1880), author, 49, 72
Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888–1965),writer; ‘Wilkie Collins andDickens’ [1927], 211
Elliotson, John (1791–1868),physician, mesmerist, 122
Elliott & Fry, photographers, 134Ellis, Frederick Startridge
(1830–1901), publisher, 151–152Emden, William Samuel
(c. 1801–1872), theatre manager,95, 103, 124, 126
Erckman, Émile (1822–1899), Frenchdramatist, 50
Ernouf, Alfred-Auguste (1817–1889),French literary critic, 16, 116, 119;‘Les Nouveaux Romanciers del’Angleterre: Wilkie Collins’, 119
Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet(1850–1924), journalist andnewspaper editor, 191
Etty, William (1787–1849), painter,17, 75
Evans, Frederick Mullett (c. 1803–1870), printer andpublisher, 89, 92–93, 96, 99
Evans, Marian, see Eliot, George
Fauntleroy, Henry (1785–1824),banker and forger, 101
222 Index
Fechter, Charles Albert (1824–1879),Anglo-French actor, 133,143–144, 147–148, 188
Fern, Fanny (pseud: Willis, SarahPayson [1811–1872]), Americannovelist, Ruth Hall: A DomesticTale of the Present Time (1855), 75
Field, Kate (Mary Katherine Keemle[1838–1896]), American actress,190; Charles Albert Fechter (1882),188
Fitzball, Edward (1792–1873),dramatist, Thirty-Five Years of aDramatic Author’s Life (1859), 104
Forgues, Émile (1813–1883), Frenchcritic, 95, 112, 117, 121; Étudesur le roman anglais’, 56; LaCarricature en Angleterre (1855),57, 80–81
Forster, John (1812–1876),biographer, 42, 52, 64, 86, 89–90, 95, 97, 112–113, 116, 126, 133–134, 136, 173
Foyle, William Alfred Westropp(1885–1963), bookseller, 33
Frith, Isabelle (1834–1880), wife ofthe artist, 150, 168
Frith, William Powell (1819–1909),artist, 38, 122, 129, 137, 148, 154
Frith family, 129, 139, 154, 158,160–161, 163, 169, 175, 178
Gale, William (1823–1909), painter,‘Mr. F’s Aunt: from “LittleDorrit”’, 93
Galignani’s Library, 26Galpin, Thomas (b. 1828), publisher,
153Galway, Thomas, UK Consul in
Naples, 10Galway, [Thomas Jr], 10Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth (1810–1865),
novelist, x, 72Gasson, Andrew, The Public Face of
Wilkie Collins, 5, thereafter,passim; Wilkie Collins: AnIllustrated Guide (Gasson), 21, 41,47, 88, 121, 134, 152, 156–157,162, 166, 177, 198, 207, 212
Geddes, Alexander (c. 1763–1843),father of HC, 3
Geddes, Harriet see Collins, HarrietGeorge IV, King, 4Gibbon, Edward (1737–1794), Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire, 38Gilchrist, Alexander (1828–1861),
biographer; The Life of WilliamEtty, R.A., 75
Gill, William F. (1844–1917),American publisher, 170
Girardin, Sophie-Dauphine de, Frenchdramatist; La Joie fait peur, 69
Gladstone, William Ewart(1809–1898), prime minister,author, 200
Godwin, George (1815–1888),architect, 32
Goldsmid, Lady Louisa (1819–1908),author and patron, 113, 132
Goldsmids, 115, 135Goldsmith, Oliver (1730–1774),
author, The Good-Natur’d Man(1768), 34
Graves, Caroline (c. 1830–1895: CG),WC’s mistress, 82, 85–86, 97,102, 104–108, 110, 112, 114,117–118, 120, 123–124, 131, 146,148, 154–155, 159, 174, 177, 182,201, 210
Gray, Catherine (née Geddes), WC’saunt, 19
Gregory, E.R., editor, 211Gregory, George Samuel
(c. 1813–1900), surgeon, 108–110Gregson, George, dentist, 144Griffin, Gerald (1803–1840), Irish
writer, The Collegians (1829), 103Griffin, Richard & Co., publishers;
Handbook of ContemporaryBiography, 107
Grisi, Giula (1811–1869), Italiansoprano, 70
Guizot, François (1787–1874), French historian and statesman,102
Hachette, Librairie et Cie, Parispublishers, 95, 144
Index 223
Haggard, H. Rider (1856–1925),writer, King Solomon’s Mines(1886), 203
Haghe, Louis (1806–1885), Belgianpainter, 64
Hall, Samuel Carter (1808–1889),editor, 69
Hanslick, Dr. Eduard (1825–1904),German musicologist, 116
Harper, Joseph W. Jr. (1830–1896),son of the above, 167
Harper, Joseph Wesley (1801–1870),publisher, 141
Harper & Brothers, New YorkPublishers, 92, 153, 158, 163, 191
Hart, Solomon Alexander(1806–1881), painter, 26
Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1830–1886),South Carolina poet, 194–195,197, 199, 201
Hazlewood, C.H. (1823–1875),dramatist, 111
Heussey, Robert Du Pontavice de(1850–1893: RPH), Breton author,185, 189, 197, 204
Hills, Thomas Hyde (1815–1891),chemist, 141
Hinchliff, John James (1805–1875),engraver, 32
Hodgson, Thomas, London publisher,82
Hogarth, Georgina (1827–1917: GH),CD’s sister-in-law, 66, 72, 94–95,127–128, 141–142, 146, 152, 181
Hollingshead, John (1827–1904),journalist, theatrical manager,107, 121, 147–148
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809–1894),jurist, man of letters, 165, 169
Homer; school assignment, 13Horne, Kate (Catherine Clare
St. George Foggo [b. c. 1825],estranged wife of R.H. Horne), 54
Horne, Richard Henry [Hengist](1802–1884), writer, 54
Howard, J., dramatist; The Wags ofWindsor, 73
Hugo, Victor-Marie (1802–1885),French novelist, Les Misérables, 146
Hunt, Catherine [Kate] (née Glidden,Thornton Hunt’s wife), 23
Hunt, James Henry Leigh(1784–1859), author, 23
Hunt, Thornton Leigh (1810–1873),journalist, 23
Hunt, William Holman (1827–1910:WHH), artist, 20, 45, 109,111–112, 123, 125, 130, 142–143,162, 196, 199, 201, 203; Findingof Christ in the Temple, 108, 111;Pre-Raphaelitism, 123; TheTriumph of the Innocents, 196
Hunter, Mrs., sister of Sir DavidWilkie, 37
Hunter, Rose & Co., Canadianpublishers, 151–152, 154, 156,158, 160, 162, 166, 168–171, 173,175
Hutton, Richard Holt (1826–1897),journalist, 159
Iggulden, Charles, son of WilliamIggulden, 10, 63
Iggulden, William (1794–1864),banker, 10, 63
Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753–1821),author, Animal Magnetism, 90
Irving, Sir Henry (1838–1905), actor-manager, 183
Irving, Washington [Knickerbocker,D.] (1783–1859), Americanwriter, 76; Chronicles of Wolfert’sRoost, 76; Complete Works, 76
Iserbyt, Albéric (b. ?1861), WC’sGerman correspondent andcopyist, 192
Jeffries, Judge George (1648–1689), 102Jenke, Berlin publishers, 144Jerrold, Douglas (1803–1857),
novelist, dramatist, journalist, 20,37, 42, 47–48, 93–94, 103
Jerrold, William Blanchard(1827–1884), son of the above,writer; The Life and Remains ofDouglas Jerrold, 103
Jewsbury, Geraldine (1812–1880),novelist, 71, 145
224 Index
Joslyn, Charles (1832–1906),attorney, Oneida Community,167
Kean, Charles (1811–1868), actor,theatrical manager, 48
Kelly, Frances Maria (1790–1882),theatre, 37, 42
Kemble (Sartoris), Adelaide(?1815–1879), singer and author,134
Kemble, Charles (1775–1854), actor-manager, 134
Kenney, James (1780–1849),dramatist; Raising the Wind, 37
Kent, Charles (1835–1902), literaryeditor, 186, 200
Kinglake, Alexander William(1809–1891), writer, 81; Eothen,81
Knickerbocker, D. see Irving,Washington
Knight, Charles (1791–1873), authorand publisher, 48
Knowles, James Sheridan(1784–1862), dramatist; Virginius(1820), 105
Lahure, Charles. Parisian publisher,94–95
Landseer, Sir Edwin (1802–1873),artist, 39
Lane, Samuel Haycroft (1804–1871),theatrical manager, 111
Langton family, 58Langtry, Emily Charlotte, ‘Lilly’
(1852–1929), actress, 199Law, Graham, The Public Face of
Wilkie Collins, 5, thereafter passimLayard, Austen Henry (1817–1894),
archaeologist, politician, 63, 99Leader and Sons, publishers, 183Leclercq, Carlotta (‘Mrs. Nelson’ from
1877; 1840–1893), 147, 165Leech, Anne Viola (Annie),
(nèe Eaton c. 1818–1868), wife of the artist, 58
Leech, John (1817–1864), artist andillustrator, 8, 58, 129
Lehmann, Emil (1829–1898),translator, 140, 142–143, 150,152
Lehmann, Frederick (1826–1891: FL),industrialist, close friend of WC,49, 109, 116, 118, 127–128,130–133, 137–141, 144–146,148–149, 152, 154, 160, 183, 189,192, 203, 206, 210
Lehmann, Nina, née Chambers(1830–1902: N), close friend ofWC, wife of the above, 49,108–109, 116, 120, 123, 131–133,135–138, 141, 143, 146, 148–149,152, 172, 180, 188, 192, 203, 205
Lehmann, Rudolf (1819–1905), artistand brother of FL, 183
Leighton, Frederic, 1st Baron Leightonof Stretton (1830–1896), artist,84
Lemaître, Frédérick (1798–1876),French actor, 75–76
Lemon, Mark (1809–1870), journalist,73, 81, 89, 94; Mr. Nightingale’sDiary, 42–43
Leopold, King of the Belgians(1790–1865), 93
Leslie, Frank, American publisher, 184Lever, Charles (1806–1872), novelist,
119Lewes, George Henry (1817–1878),
man of letter, 49–50, 72, 143;Sunshine Through the Clouds, 70
Lewis, Paul; The Public Face of WilkieCollins, 5, thereafter passim
Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865), U.S.President (1861–1865), 118
Linnell, John (1792–1882), painter,29–30, 40
Linnell, Mary (d. 1863), first wife ofJohn Linnell, 30
Linton, Eliza Lynn (1822–1898),journalist, novelist, 74
Livingstone, David (1813–1873),explorer, Missionary Travels … inSouth Africa, 97
Lockhart, John Gibson (1784–1854),editor, biographer, 64; The Life ofSir Walter Scott, 187
Index 225
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth(1807–1882), American poet,man of letters, 167
Longmans, publishers, 25, 33Low, Sampson (1797–1886),
publisher, 107, 109, 111–114,119, 121, 124–125
Lowe, James (d. 1865), journalist andtranslator, 98
Luard, John Dalbiac (1830–1860),painter, 77
Lytton, Sir Edward George LyttonBulwer (1803–1873), 42, 52, 70,72, 140; Not So Bad As We Seem,41, 43–44, 45–48, 50–51; Pilgrimsof the Rhine, 160; A Strange Story,113
Macaulay, Thomas Babington(1800–1859), statesman, politician,historian, History of England, 34, 39
Macleane, Walter, reviewer, 171Macready, William Charles
(1793–1873), actor-manager, 31,87
Maddyn, D. Owen, reviewer, 55Mansel, Henry Longueville
(1820–1871), Oxford don andclergyman, 122
Mariani, Napoleone (1808–1878),Italian tenor, 27
Marsh, John Thomas, RB’s officemanager, 45–46, 49–51, 103
Mathews, Keeper of Lord Ward’sPicture Gallery, 44
Mathews, Charles (1776–1835),dramatist; Used Up, 52
Mayus, William S. Frederick, editor, 103McClellan, George B. (1826–1885),
Union General during theAmerican Civil War, 118
Méjan, Maurice (1765–1823), Frenchauthor, Recueil des Causes Célèbres…, 83
Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791–1864),composer, Le Prophète, 67
Millais, John Evertt (1829–1896:JEM), artist, 20, 35, 39, 45–46, 57,68, 74–75, 79, 118, 124, 162
Milnes, Richard Monckton(1809–1885: Lord Houghton,1863), poet, editor, patron of thearts, 99, 109, 112, 127–128
Milton, John (1608–1674), writer,Paradise Lost, 84
Mitchell, Alexander (d. 1873), M.P.,117, 137
Mitchell, Mrs. Fanny (née Hasler),wife of Alexander, 117, 137
Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de(1622–1673), French dramatist, 78
Mordaunt, Jane, actress, see LadyBoothby
Morland, George (1763–1804), artist,4
Mudie, Charles Edward (1818–1890),publisher, 111
Munro, George, New York publisher,192, 202
Munro, Seaside Library, New Yorkpublishers, 185, 190, 193
Nadel, Ira B., editor, Ioláni; or, Tahitias it was, a Romance, 25, 212
Napoleon (Bonaparte), Emperor ofFrance, 61
Nash, Esther (née Elton),headmistress, 112
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson(1758–1805), 102
Neville, Henry (1837–1910), actor,177; ‘The Yellow Passport’, 146
Noble, James Ashcroft, reviewer, 209Norris, James (1796–1872), President
of Corpus Christi College,Oxford, 22
Norton, Brinsley (1831–1877), son ofCaroline, 68
Norton, Caroline (1808–1877), authorand law reform campaigner, 68
Ohnet, Georges (1843–1918), Frenchman of letters, Enemies, 199
Oliphant, Margaret (1828–1897),writer, 117, 124, 153
Oppenheim, Mrs., 134Otter, Captain, 17, 19Otter, Charles, 45
226 Index
Otter Family, 17, 24, 54Ouvry, Frederic (1814–1881),
solicitor, 126
Page, Norman, literary critic (Page),Wilkie Collins: The CriticalHeritage, 38, 55–56, 171, 211
Parker, John William Jr. (1792–1870),publisher, 81
Parkinson, Joseph Charles(1833–1908), journalist, 148–149
Payn, James (1830–1898), novelist,146–147, 149–150, 180;Gwendoline’s Harvest, 151
Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850),statesman, 16, 19, 31
Penco, Rosino (1825–1894), soprano,63–64
Percy, Algernon, Fourth Duke ofNorthumberland (1792–1865),patron, landowner, philanthropist,41
Perry Mason & Co. of Boston,publishers, 195–196
Peters, Catherine, biographer (Peters),The King of Inventors: A Life ofWilkie Collins, 4–6, 8–10, 12,15–16, 18, 21, 23–25, 33, 36–37,44, 49, 54, 57, 76, 81, 85, 89, 91,97, 101, 124, 128, 145–147, 154,157, 168, 211
Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel, the Hon.Charles Beaumont (1801–1866),court official, 93
‘Phyllis,’ WC’s steam yacht, 192Pigott, Edward Frederick Smyth
(1824–1895: EP), journalist,editor, Examiner of Plays, 44–49,53, 56–57, 62–63, 68–69, 71–72,74–75, 77–81, 86, 88–89, 92, 99,107, 110, 118, 124, 127–132,135–136, 138, 164, 192, 194, 198,202
Pigott, George Octavius, EP’s youngerbrother, 74–75, 86
Pigott, John Hugh Smyth (c. 1792–1853), EP’s father, 57
Pius IX (1792–1878), Pope(1847–1878), 65, 126
Planché, James Robertson(1796–1880), dramatist, CharlesXII, 52
Poles, Stefan (c. 1839–1875), literaryagent, 163–164, 169, 172
Poole, John (1786–1872), dramatist,Paul Pry, 49; ‘Turning the Tables’,89
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), 192Procter, Adelaide (1825–1864), poet
and journalist, daughter of Bryanand Anne, 7, 74
Procter, Mrs. Anne (c. 1801–1888),wife of the poet, 109, 125, 149
Procter, Bryan Waller (Barry Cornwall: 1787–1874),poet, 109, 149
Putnam, American publishers, 148Pym, Horatio Noble (1844–1896), 205
Quaritch, Bernard, booksellers, 33Quilter, Harry (1851–1901),
journalist, 207; ‘A Living Story-teller: Mr. Wilkie Collins’,207
Rachel (Eliza Félix, 1820–1858),French actress, 24
Radcliffe, Dr. Charles (1822–1889),physiologist, 129
Ravel, Pierre Alfred (1814–1857),French actor, 56
Reade, Charles (1814–1884: CR),writer, 56, 113, 122, 134,149–151, 154, 157, 161, 170, 174,177, 179, 181–182, 194
Redpath, James (1833–1891), literaryagent, 166
Reeve, Wybert (1831–1906), actor, 83,158, 166
Régnier, François (1807–1885: FR),French actor, 76, 135, 137, 139,144, 147, 153–155, 170
Reinagle, Ramsay Richard(1775–1862), painter, 29
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792),artist, 28
Richards, Brinley (1817–1885),composer, 147
Index 227
Richardson, physician, 51Richmond, George (1809–1896),
artist, 30, 32Ricketts, Maria Matilda, wife of
G.O. Pigott, 75Ristori, Adelaide (1822–1906), Italian
actress, 84Roberts, David (1796–1864), artist,
32, 42, 64Robinson, Kenneth (1911–1996),
politician, Wilkie Collins: ABiography, 211
Robson, Frederick (d. 1864), actor, 101Rose-Belford, Publishing Co., 178–179Rose, George Maclean, Toronto
publisher, 178, 181, 185, 189Rossetti, Christina (1830–1894), poet,
71Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828–1882),
artist, 71Rossetti, William Michael
(1829–1919), critic, 71Routledge, Edmund (1843–1899),
publisher, 140Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640),
Flemish painter, 172; Descent from the Cross, 28; Marriage of St. Catherine, 28
Rudd, Martha (Mrs. Dawson:1845–1919: MR), the mother ofWC’s three children, 128, 146,148, 164–165, 167–168, 210
Ruskin, John (1819–1900), writer, 35,43; Modern Painters, 34
Russell, John Scott (1808–1882), civilengineer, 131
St. John, Horace, reviewer, 93Sala, George August (1828–1895),
author, editor, illustrator, 74, 154Sams, William Raymond, bookseller
and publisher, 91Sarcey, F., French critic, 144Sarony, Napoleon (1821–1896), New
York photographer, 191Satchell, Thomas, civil servant, 156Sayers, Dorothy Leigh (1893–1957),
author, Wilkie Collins: A Criticaland Biographical Study, 211
Schlesinger, Sebastian (1837–1917:SS), 152, 156, 167, 173, 175, 180, 193, 196, 203, 205–206,208–210
Scott, Sir Walter (1771–1832), TheAntiquary, 191; Guy Mannering,204; A Legend of Montrose, 197;[Moredun: A Tale], 79; ‘Abbotsford’Edition’, The Pirate, 17, 19
Scrope, George Julius Poulett(1797–1876), geologist, politicaleconomist, politician, 31
Seaver, Col. William A. (d. 1883),New York raconteur, 165, 183
Severn, Joseph (1793–1879), artist, 8,125
Seymour, Mrs. Laura (c. 1820–1879),actress, 154, 156, 170, 174–175,177, 182
Shakespeare, William, 78, 126; As YouLike It, 75; The Merchant of Venice,183
Shedden-Ralston, William Ralston(1828–1889), Russian scholar,155
Simon, Joseph Philippe [Lockroy],French dramatist, 37
Simpson, John Palgrave (1807–1887:JPS), writer, 93, 96, 108, 120,134–135
Smith, Elder, publishers, 55, 82, 107,133–134, 139, 147–148
Smith, Albert (1816–1860), dramatistand novelist, 92
Smith, George (1824–1901),publisher, 35, 80, 107, 114, 129,131, 157
Southey, Robert (1774–1843), Essays,6; Madoc in Wales, 17
Stanfield, Clarkson (1793–1867),artist, 78, 80, 115
Stebbing, William (1831–1926),journalist, 151
Sterne, Laurence (1713–1768), ASentimental Journey, 23
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894),Kidnapped (1886), 204
Stoltz, Rosine (1815–1903), Frenchmezzo-soprano, 67
228 Index
Stringfield, Joseph, physician, 46, 99,135, 143
Sue, Eugène (1804–1857), Frenchnovelist, 55
Tauchnitz, publishers, 86–87, 89–90,110, 117–118, 121, 145, 158–159,163, 169, 177, 180, 182–183, 185,191, 195, 202–203, 208
Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard(1816–1895), publisher, 86, 88,106, 161
Tennant, Mrs., wife of CharlesTennant, M.P., 57
Tennent, Eleanor (Edith), daughter,63
Tennent, Lady Letitia (d. 1883), wifeof Sir James, 63, 111
Tennent, Sir James Emerson(1804–1869), author, politician,62–63, 111
Tennent, William (1835–1876), son63
Tenniel, John (1820–1914), illustrator,42
Ternin, Ellen Lawless ‘Nelly’(1839–1914), actress, CD’smistress, 95, 99
Terry, Ellen (1847–1928), actress, 183Thackeray, William Makepeace
(1811–1863), writer, 55, 71, 81,94, 125–126; The History of HenryEsmond, 55
Thière, Roma Le (d. 1903), Italian-bornactress, 191
Thompson, Dr., physician, 38Thompson, Julian, Wilkie Collins:
The Complete Shorter Fiction, 86,91–93, 96–98, 101–102, 106,112–113, 115, 166, 168–169, 171, 175–176, 180, 184, 187, 190, 192–193, 195, 197, 199, 201, 203, 206, 211
Tillotson, William Frederic(1844–1889: WFT), Northernnewspaper proprietor, 179, 183,195, 197, 199–200, 205–207, 209
Timbs, John, Things Not GenerallyKnown, 97
Tindell, William Frederick (WT),solicitor, 142, 148–149, 152–155,157–159, 162, 164, 167–171, 173,175–176
Tinsley, Samuel, publisher, 157Tinsley, William (1831–1902),
publisher, 144, 147–148, 151Tintoretto, Jacopo Comin
(1518–1594), WC’s admirationfor ‘Crucifixion’, 12
Titian, Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488–90–1576), Venetianpainter, 12
Tolstoi, Leo Nikolaevich (1828–1910),Russian writer, Childhood andYouth, 117
Tommy, WC’s Scotch terrier, 186, 197Topham, Francis William
(1807–1877), watercolourist, 47Towle, George Makepeace
(1841–1893), AmericanJournalist, 24, 153
Townshend, Rev. Chauncy Hare(1782–1868), wealthy eccentric,61, 85, 108
Trollope, Anthony (1815–1882),author, 76, 126; The Warden, 76
Trübner, publisher, 184Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich
(1818–1883), Russian writer, 187Twain, Mark (pseud. Samuel
Langhorne Clemens: 1835–1910),author, 167
Underwood, Francis Henry (1825–94),American lawyer and writer, 100
Verdi, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco(1813–1901), 111; Nabucco, 66;Othello, 24; Il Trovatore, 62–64
Vernet, Horace (1789–1863), Frenchpainter, The Taking of Smalah, 27
Vernon, Robert (1774–1849), patronof arts, 33
Viardot, Pauline (1821–1910), Frenchmezzo-soprano, 67
Victoria, Queen (1819–1901), 23, 43,93, 101, 204–205
Index 229
Vining, George (1824–1875), actor,156, 158–159
Virgil, school exercises on the Aenid,13
Voltaire (pseud. François MarieArouet: 1694–1778), 108
Wales, Prince of (later Edward VII),193
Wales, Princess of, 193Walford, Edward (1823–1897),
biographer, editor, 14, 112Ward, Alice (b. 1849), WC’s
goddaughter, 131 Ward, Charles James (1814–1883:
CW), WC’s close friend, 3, 15, 20,22–25, 28–31, 35–36, 38–42, 53,55, 60–62, 69, 73, 80, 84,104–109, 112, 114, 116–120,122, 124–128, 131, 136, 138,145, 147, 149–150, 152–153,158, 167, 191
Ward, Edward Matthew (1816–1879:EMW), artist and close friend ofWC, 8, 35, 42, 56, 70–72, 76, 83,93, 102, 107, 109, 111–113, 116,127–130, 133, 138, 142, 157,180–181; ‘Antechamber atWhitehall during the DyingMoments of Charles II’, 111;‘Charlotte Corday Going toExecution’, 56
Ward, Emily Blanche (1848–1895),Ward’s second daughter, 188
Ward, Eva, Ward’s fourth child, 77Ward, Frank (b. 1850), WC’s godson,
166Ward, Frederick Oldfield
(?1817–1877), writer, engineer,56
Ward, Henrietta Ada Mary(1832–1924), wife of EMW,painter, 93, 104, 108, 111, 116,128–129
Ward, Jane, née Carpenter(1826–1891: JW), daughter ofMargaret Carpenter, WC’sfavourite cousin, 3, 22–23, 25,102, 106, 124
Ward, Leslie (1851–1922), second sonand illustrator, 181
Ward, Stanhope, Ward’s youngestson, 134
Ward, William, eleventh Baron Ward(from 1860) first Earl of Dudley(1817–1885), patron of the arts,44
Ward, Wriothesley, third child ofEMW, 71
Watkins, Herbert, photographer,98–99, 112, 117
Watts, Alaric Alexander (1797–1864),poet, journalist, 31–32
Watt, Alexander Pollock (1834–1914),literary agent, 187–192, 194–196,198, 200–209
Webster, Benjamin (1797–1882),actor-manager, 79, 140, 144
Wellington, Duke of (1769–1852), 39,53–54
Westmacott, Richard (1799–1872),sculptor, son of Sir Richard, 33
Westmacott, Sir Richard (1755–1856),sculptor, 33
Whiting, Charles, CD’s printer, 147Wigan, Alfred Sydney (1814–1878),
actor-manager, 79–80, 101Wilkie, Sir David (1785–1841), WC’s
godfather, artist, 5, 7, 11, 16, 37;The Reading of a Will, 13
William, Prince of Prussia, 43Williams, D.E., reviewer, 158Willis, Sarah Payson, see Fern, FannyWillis, William Henry (1810–1880),
confidante of CD, editor, 70, 76, 78, 87–89, 91, 95, 104–105,107, 112–113, 115, 119–121,127–128, 130–131, 137, 140,142, 144, 147
Winter, William (1836–1917), 126,178–179, 194, 199, 205, 210
Wordsworth, William (1770–1850),poet, 39
Wyllie, John W.S. (1835–1870),Indian expert, 144
Wynne, Anne Elizabeth le Poer,‘Nannie’ (?1873–1950: NW),197–198, 206
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Wynne, Emily Sarah le Poer néeGould, widow of Henry Wynne,197–198
Wynne, Henry le Poer (1836–1874),197
Yates, Edmund Hodgson(1831–1894), 15, 99, 127, 171,196; ‘Celebrities At Home’, 15,24; ‘W. Wilkie Collins’, 92
Yelverton (Marriage Case, 1861), 145Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1823–1901),
novelist, The Heir of Redclyffe(1853), 102
3. Places
Aberystwyth, 6Aix-la-Chapelle, 123; Neullans Hotel,
123Aldborough, 114Albury, near Guildford, Surrey, 28, 41Alderbury, near Salisbury, 3Alessandria, 67 Algeria, Steamship, 164Algiers, 122Allonby, Cumberland (22 miles from
Carlisle), 95Amalfi, 11American, 9, 20, 98, 100, 118, 121,
132, 136, 140, 143, 148–149, 153,158–159, 161, 164–166, 168, 174,180, 184; copyrights, 190, 196,198, 208
Amiens, 58–59Antwerp, 28–29; Hôtel de St. Antoine,
28, 172Apennines, 7Armadale (Scotland), 18Ashford, Kent, 77Assisi, 11Aux Andelys, Normandy, Hôtel du
Grand Cerf, 30
Baden Baden, 145Baltimore, Maryland, The Carollton
Hotel, 166Basel, 60–61
Bath, 75; Assembly Rooms 45; St. Swithin’s Walcot, Bath 75
Beauvais, 58–59Berkshire, 156Berlin, 144Bideford, North Devon, 110Birmingham, Fine Arts, 56; Hen and
Chicken Hotel, 68; Town Hall, 51 Bologna, 12, 135Bolsena, 65Bosherville, Abbey of St. George
Bosherville, 30, 42Boston, Mass., 91, 98–99, 140, 143,
152, 165, 167–168, 170, 188, 195,196, 203; Globe Theatre, 163;Hotel Vendome, 167; Lyceum,166; Music Hall, 165; TremontHouse Hotel, 165; St. James’s Hall,166; St. James’s Hotel, 166, 167
Botley (near Oxford), 40Boulogne, 5, 27, 36, 57–59, 72–73,
75–76, 80, 88, 163, 169, 177;Cathedral, 58; Chateau desMolineaux, Rue Beaurepaire, 57;diphtheria epidemic, 88; Hôteldes Bains, 164; Villa desMoulineaux, 87; Villa du Campde Droite, 72, 87
Bournemouth, 122; Sanitorium, 79Brighton, 5, 35, 91–92, 113, 161;
Bedford Hotel, 92, 101, 103;Chain Pier, 5; Egremont Place, 5
Bristol, 45, 110, 202Bristol Channel, 110Broadstairs (Kent), 100, 105–106,
113–114, 117–118; Albion Hotel,114; Church Hill Cottage, 106;Fort House, 117–118; ProspectPlace, 100
Bruges, 29Brussels, 28, 172, 177; Hôtel de
Flândre, 28, 172Buckinghamshire, 28Buez, 61Buffalo, New York, 166
Calais, 23, 68, 123Caledonian Canal, 19Cambridge, 114
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Cambridge, Mass., 165, 167Canada, 155Canterbury, 54; ‘The Fountain’, 119Capri, 63, 68Cardiff, 99Carlisle, 95; County Hotel, 95;
see WigtonCarrock Fell, 95Chalons, 68Chamounix, 61Chatham; Lecture Hall, 102Chepstow, 6Cherbourg, 86Chicago, Illinois, 167; Sherman
House, Hotel, 167Civita Vecchia, 63, 125Cleveland, Ohio, 167Clifton, near Bristol, 45; Victoria
Rooms, 45Cologne, 13Cornwall, 39–41, 47, 110Cowes, 86, 124
Derby, 52; Lecture Hall, 52; RoyalHotel, 52
Domo d’Ossola, 61Doncaster, Angel Hotel, 95Douglas, see Isle of ManDover, 53–54, 68, 115, 118, 130, 170;
Camden Crescent, 53; Lord WardenHotel, 128; Ship Hotel, 85, 95
Dumfries (Scotland), 119–120Dungeness, 86Dutch, 18–19, 28, 121, 133, 149–150,
169, 172
East Sheen (West of London), 91Edinburgh, 4, 17 ; Calton Hill, 17;
English Episcopal Chapel, YorkPlace, 4; Princess Street, 17;Salisbury Crags, 17; Tait’s Hotel,17
Eton, 56
Falmouth, 39 Farley Hill Court, see ReadingFlorence, 7, 11, 65–66, 126; Fiesole,
12; Florentine galleries, 12; RoyalFarms, 12
Folkestone, 80–81; 3 Albion Villas,80
Fontainebleau, 36Fowey (Cornwall), 39France, 23, 25–26, 31, 35–36, 56, 69,
76, 96, 124, 155Fryston Hall, near Ferrybridge,
Yorkshire, 109, 128
Gad’s Hill, 55, 92, 101, 104–105, 109,113, 124, 128, 135, 138–139,147–148, 152
Geneva, 61 Genoa, 7, 62, 67, 125Germany, 31, 123, 145, 155, 177Ghent, 123Glamorganshire, 99Glasgow, 19Gravesend, Kent, 75, 86; Wates’, 97Great Yarmouth, 128; Victoria Hotel,
128
Hague, 133, 172Havre, Le, 24Heidelberg, 13Higham, Kent, 109Highland Falls, on the Hudson,
upstate New York, 165 Holland, 155Huntington Library, San Marino, CA,
28
Innsbruck, 12Inverness, 19Ipswich, 114Ischia, Isle of, 10Isle of Man, 124; Douglas, Fort Anne
Hotel, 124Isle of Wight, 22, 25, 109; Ryde, Royal
Victoria Yacht Club, 127Italian Alps, 61Italy, 7, 12, 31, 61, 68, 88, 124, 127,
135, 178Iver (Buckinghamshire), 28–29
John O’Groats, 18
Kenilworth, 51Kent, coast of, 88
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Lake Erie, 167Lake Maggiore, 61Lake Thrasimene, 11Lancaster, 95 Land’s End, 86Lausanne, 61 Leghorn, 62, 125Leicester, Theatre Royal, 153Leipzig, 106, 121, 133Lerwick (Shetland), 18–19Lewes (Sussex), 154Liége, 123Liskeard, Cornwall, 110Liverpool, 19, 48, 53, 124, 132, 140,
143, 164, 168, 172; Adelphi Hotel,48, 53; Alexandra Theatre, 172;New Philharmonic Hall, 48, 53
Lizard, The (Cornwall), 39–40London, General, 3, thereafter passim
but note specific locations.Addresses, Buildings, Galleries,Museums, Streets, banks andinstitutions including places nowregarded as in Greater London.Albany Street, 86, 102–103;Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Arcade,47; Avenue Road, Regent’s Park,13, 15; Baker Street, 134; BalsoverStreet, Marylebone, 155;Blandford Square, 32, 34–36, 39;Bridgewater House, Green Park,43; British Museum, 26–27, 155;Campden House, Kensington, 79;Coutts Private Bank, Strand, 15,30, 60, 109; Clarence Terrace,Regent’s Park, 102–104;Devonport Street, Hyde ParkGardens, 21, 31–32; DevonshireHouse, 42–43; Edgware Road,Maida Hill Academy, 6; Gallery ofIllustration, Regent’s Street,93–94; Gloucester Place, PortmanSquare, 138, 140, 142–143, 145,154, 156–157, 172, 174–175, 183,187, 195, 200–201, 207;Hampstead Green, Pond Street, 5;Hampstead Square, 5; HanoverTerrace, 5, 39–40, 51, 55–56, 59,73, 75, 81–83, 85; Harley Place,
Marylebone, Regent’s Park,85–87, 93, 96–99; Harley Street,85, 107–108, 112–113, 116–117,120, 126–127, 129; HighburyPlace, 13; Highgate, Woodlands,131, 139; Household Words [HW]Offices, 78, 83, 91, 96, 101, 103;Howland Street, Fitzroy Square,85–86; Kensington, 79;Kensington Gardens, 6; Lincoln’sInn, 28, 34, 42, 44–45;Marlborough House, Pall Mall,68; Marylebone Road, 165;Marshall & Snellgrove, 133;Melcombe Place, Dorset Square,129–133, 135–138; NationalPortrait Gallery, 183; NewBurlington Street, 49–50, 60; NewCavendish Street, Marylebone, 5,103–106; North Western TrainTerminus, Euston Square, 50–51;Northumberland House, 44;Oxford Terrace, 15, 21; PorchesterTerrace, Bayswater, 5; RoyalAcademy, 3–4, 15, 20, 23, 27, 34,42–43, 69, 126, 131, 159; RoyalCollege of Surgeons, 28; RoyalInstitution, 155; Southwick Place,133; Syon House, 44; Strand, The,15, 50, 60, 94, 147, 156, 188;Taunton Place, 168; TavistockHouse (CD’s home), 74, 79, 89,90–92; Wimpole Street, 206–208,210; Westminster Hall, 23;Zoological Gardens, 6; Cemeteries,churches: Chapel Royal, 188;Kensal Green Cemetery, 125, 210;St. Marylebone’s Church, 146; St. Mary Marylebone ParishChurch, 5; St. Mary’s,Paddington, 6; WestminsterAbbey, 151; Clubs: Arts Club, 131;Athenaeum, 112, 139, 160;Garrick Club, 73, 77–78, 99, 117,128, 130, 185; National LiberalClub, 207, 209; Events in London:Hyde Park disturbances, 79;Hotels, Taverns, Restaurants, etc:Freemason’s Tavern/Hall, 130,
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140; Hanover Square Rooms,43–44; London Tavern, 42, 81;Queen’s Hotel Upper Norwood,nr. Crystal Palace, Sydenhamm156; St. James’s Hall, 111;Verey’s, 137, 146; Theatres:Adelphi Theatre, 103, 141, 147;Britannia Theatre, 111; CoventGarden Theatre, 42; CharingCross Theatre, 170; Dean Street,Mrs. Kelly’s Theatre, 37, 42;Drury Lane Theatre, 185; GlobeTheatre, 163, 173; HaymarketTheatre, 204; HolbornAmphitheatre, 167; Hollingshead’sGaiety Theatre, Strand, 147;Novelty Theatre, 193; Prince ofWales Theatre, 161–162, 199;Royal Lyceum Theatre, 49; RoyalMarylebone Theatre, 75; RoyalOlympic Theatre, off the Strand,94, 101; Royal Princess’s Theatre,Oxford Street, 48, 49; St. James’sTheatre, 69–70; Strand Theatre,73; Vaudeville Theatre, 198
Lowestoft, 172; Royal Hotel, 131Lyons, 68
Maidenhead, 58Manchester, 48, 52, 94, 142, 144;
Athenaeum, 52; Free Library, 53; Free Trade Hall, 53, 94; NewTheatre Royal, 148; Royal Hotel,52
Mantua, 12Margate, 86, 113, 205Marseilles, 125, 135Martigny, 61Mayence, 13Melrose (Scotland), 17Mentone, 125Mer de Glace, 61Milan, 61–62, 135; Cathedral, 61;
Hotel de la Ville, 61; La Scala, 61Mont Cenis, 68Montreal, 154, 166Munich, 13; Hotel des Quatre Saisons,
177; Royal Palace of Schleisheim,13
Naples, 9–11, 14, 62–63, 65, 125;Baiae side, 63; Bay of, 63; Churchof S. Maria Della Nova, 11; Hôteld’Angleterre Chaia, 125; Hôteldes Étrangers, 62; San Carlo(Theatre), 64
Netherlands, see under DutchNew York, 92, 104, 106, 133,
140–141, 143, 158, 163–166,168, 180, 182, 184–185, 187,189–193, 199, 201–203;Association Hall, 165; BroadwayTheatre, 165; Franklin Square,167; Lotus Club, 164;Westminster Hotel, 164–167;Union Club, 165; 5th AvenueTheatre, 153, 155
New Zealand, 170Newcastle, 52; Queen’s Hotel, 52;
Westgate Street, AssemblyRooms, 52
Newnham Paddox, near Coventry,135
Nice, 7, 125Norfolk, 127–128Normandy, 30Nottingham, 52; George the Fourth
Hotel, 51; Mechanics’ Hall, 51
Oneida Community, New York, 167Orkney Islands, 18, 25Orléans, 36Oxford, 16, 22, 40, 70, 170
Padua, 12, 66Paris, 7, 22–27, 29–31, 36, 60, 75–76,
82–85, 98, 102, 110, 117, 122,125, 130, 133, 135–137, 143–144,147, 153–155, 163–164, 170,174–175, 177; Ambigu-ComiqueTheatre, Boulevard St. Martine,75, 84; Avenue des ChampsElysées, 83; art galleries, 84;Beaux Arts, 26; Hotel Bristol, 68,125; Hôtel de Londres, 60; Hôteldes Tours, 23; Hôtel des Tuileries,24–26, 30; Hôtel du Helder, 130,133, 137, 164; Hôtel Meurice, 75;Hotel Westminster, 175, 177;
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Palais Royal, 23, 26; Rue deRivoli, 24, 30, 75; St. Denis, 24;Théâtre Français, 24, 76; TheatreItalien, 27; Les Trois Frères, 110;Tuileries, 76
Parma, 12, 67Parthia, Steamship, 168Perugia, 11Philadelphia, 165Pisa, 62Polynesia, 24Pompeii, 63Portsmouth, 22, 133Prospect Hill, Southborough, 134
Queenstown Harbour, 164
Radicofani, 65Ragland, 6Ramsgate, Kent, 6, 160, 179, 182–183,
186–187, 189, 191–192, 194,196–198, 202; Granville Hotel,East Cliff, 163; Nelson Crescent,160, 201; Wellington Crescent,208
Ravello, 11Richmond Park (West of London),
91Reading, 46, 152; Farley Hill Court,
135, 138Rome, 7–11, 30–31, 35, 39, 64–66,
125–126, 135; Appian Way, 64;Forum, 64; Hotel des IlesBritannique, 64, 125; Sala Reggia,8; St. Peter’s, 8, 65; Siege of, 31,35; Sistine Chapel, 8
Rotterdam, 13Rouen, 24–25, 30Ryde, see Isle of Wight
St. Austell (Cornwall), 39St. Moritz, 145St. Petersburg, 121Salisbury, 3, 17Saltzburg, 12Sandusky, Ohio, 167San Remo, 125Savona (Italy), 125Scalloway (Shetlands), 18
Scarborough, 95Scilly Isles, 81Scotland, 17, 149Shanghai, 116 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 109Sheffield, 52; Music Hall, 52; Royal
Hotel, 52Shetland Islands, 17–19, 25Shrewsbury, 50–51Shute End House, Alderbury,
Wiltshire, 3Sienna, 7Simplon pass, 61Slough (West of London)
Buckinghamshire, 56, 131Sorrento, 9, 63Southampton, 22, 24, 73Southborough, see also Prospect Hill,
134, 138–139Southsea (Hampshire), 17, 19, 35,
51Staffordshire colliery, 170Staplehurst, Kent, 131Strasbourg, 60, 123; Hotel de Paris,
60, 123Stratford-upon-Avon, 51Stroud (Gloucestershire), 31, 108,
110, 118Sunderland, 52; Bridge Hotel, 52;
Lyceum Theatre, 52Sunburgh Head (Shetlands), 18–19Swiss Valleys, 61Switzerland, 88, 135, 145, 174–175;
see individual locationsSydenham, 156; Queen’s Hotel,
Upper Norwood, near CrystalPalace, 156
Syracuse, New York, 165, 167
Terni, 11Thurso, 17–18Tintern, 6Toronto, 151–152, 154, 162, 166, 178,
189 Torquay (Devon), 25, 86; Imperial
Hotel, 187Tours, 36Troy, New York State, 165Truro, 39
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Tunbridge Wells, 132–133, 136, 141;Bentham Hill Cottage, nearTunbridge Wells, 141–142;Mount Ephraim, 130–132; see Prospect Hill, Southboroughnr Tunbridge Wells, 134
Turin, 62, 67–68; Hotel de l’Europe,67; Teatro Carignano, 67
Tyrol, 177–178Tyrolese Alps, 12
United States of America, 100, 118, 163
Venice, 12, 66–67; Caffé Florien, 67;Church of San Salute, 66; GrandCanal, 66; St. Mark’s, 66–67;Teatro Camploy a S. Samuel, 66
Verona, 12Versailles, 24, 27Vesuvius, 63Vevay, 61; Castle of Chillon, 61
Vietri, 11
Wales, 6Wallingford Community,
Connecticut, 167Walmer, Kent, 53Washington, D.C., 166Waterloo, 39; sight of the battle of, 39Weston-super-Mare (Somerset), 44,
46, 99Whitby, 114; Royal Hotel, 114Wick (Scotland), 17–19Wicklow, County, 3Wigton, Southwest of Carlisle, 95Wildbad (Black Forest), 123; Hotel de
l’Ours, 123Worthing, 174
Yarmouth, see Great Yarmouth York, 114Yorkshire, 109, 127
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