and friend, the late Mr. Milnes Gaskell,
told me that when Mr. Gladstone was undergoing his _viva voce_
examination for his degree, the examiner, satisfied with the
candidate's answers on a particular matter, said, "And now, Mr.
Gladstone, we will leave that part of the subject." "No,"
replied the examinee, "we will, if you please, not leave it
yet." Whereupon he proceeded to pour forth a further flood of
knowledge and disquisition.

[75] _Purgat._ xi. 100-126.

INDEX

Acton, John Edward Emerich Dalberg, Lord--
career of, 382-84
characteristics of, 399
critical taste of, 390
family of, 382
history, view of, 391-92;
view of study of, 394-95
learning of, 386-89, 392
liberty, history of, projected by, 395-96
libraries of, 388-89 and note
political opinions of, 384
style of, 396-97
thoroughness of, 390, 393-95
University work of, 397-98
writings of, 395

American Civil War, 55, 57, 90 and note. _See also_ United States

Arnold, Dr., 343, 346

Austen, Jane, 127

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--