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son), contemporary with Jowett
at Balliol, i. 50.
Hobhouse, Reginald, contemporary
of Jowett at Balliol, i. 50.
Holden, Rev. Henry, recollection
of Jowett when Balliol Scholar,
i. 40, 56, 61.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, receives
honorary degree of D.C.L., ii.
245.

Home Rule, Jowett's views on, ii.
254-6.

Hornby, Rev. H. (Provost of Eton),
pall-bearer at Jowett's funeral,
ii. 435.

Horsman, Mr., proposal to advocate
University Reform in Parliament,
i. 174.

Horton, Rev. R. F., nominated
Examiner in the Rudiments of
Faith and Religion, ii. 227;
clerical opposition, 228-30.
Hoskyns, Rev. John L., reminis
cences of Jowett, i. 59.
Howard, George; see Carlisle, Earl
of.

Lady Mary, marriage of, ad-
dress by Jowett, ii. 353.
Hugo, Victor, Jowett's opinion of,

ii. 293.

Hussey, R., Canon of Christ Church,
Jowett's respect for, i. 271.
Huxley, Mr., and Bishop Wilber-
force, i. 290; Lessons in Physiology,
ii. 369.

I

Iddesleigh, Countess of; see LET-

TERS.

Lord; see Northcote, Sir Staf-
ford.

Ilbert, C. P. (afterwards Sir), i. 376.
Mrs., ii. 183, 239, 429. (See

LETTERS.)
Immortality, thoughts on, ii. 241.
Indian Civil Service, selection of
candidates for, ii. 135; letter
from Lord Salisbury, ib.; Jowett's
plan of bringing candidates to Ox-
ford, 136-7; Committee formed
to report, 138; proposals, ib. ;
Lord Salisbury's decision, 138-9;
students received at Balliol, and
A. Toynbee appointed Tutor, 139;
Professor Nicholl appointed Lec-
turer in Oriental Languages, 140;
irritation at Jowett's action, ib. ;

results of Government scheme,
348; suggested improvements by
Jowett, ib.; proposals of the
India Office, 349; decision of
Lord Cross, 350-1.

Indian Institute, founding of, ii.
226; speech by Jowett, 227.
Infidelity, ii. 78.

Inglis, Sir Robert, opposes Com-
mission of Inquiry, i. 178.

In Mercurii Imaginem, youthful Greek
epigram by Jowett, i. 33.
Inspiration, Jowett's thoughts on,
ii. 87-88.

Interpretation, Essay on, i. 251, 273.
Ireland Scholarship, Jowett's fail-
ure for, i. 60, 249.

Iscariot, Judas, Jowett's essay on,
i. 137.

Irving, Sir Henry, lectures at Ox-
ford, ii. 231-2.

Irwin, Mrs. (cousin of Jowett), i.
338.

J

Jackson, Dr., Bishop of London, ii.
3, 31.

Dr., Rector of Exeter, on
Jowett's influence on the Non-
Collegiate system, ii. 217-18;
pall-bearer at Jowett's funeral,
435.

Jahn, Otto, appreciation of Jowett,
i. 250.

Jenkyns, Dr., Master of Balliol,
Jowett's remark on, i. 40; his
'knock-me-down'style, 89; death,

i. 215.

Jeune, F., Master of Pembroke,
proposal for reform of Examina-
tion Statute, i. 174; one of
Commissioners of Inquiry into
Universities, 178.

F. H., pupil of Jowett, i. 398.
Johnson, G. H. S., one of Commis-
sioners of Inquiry into Univer-
sities, i. 178.

Mrs., Secretary of Association
for Education of Women, ii. 290-
91. (See LETTERS.)

Sacheverell, i. 92.

Samuel, Jowett's opinion of,
ii. 32-34; comparison of Jowett
with, ii. 440-1.

Jones, Rev. Harry, St. Luke's,
Berwick Street, welcomes Jowett
to his pulpit, i. 299.

Jowett, Agnes, sister of the Master,
i. 16; death of, 60.

Alfred, younger brother of
the Master, i. 18; death at
Banda, i. 19, 252.

Anne, cousin and wife of
Benjamin Jowett, grandfather of
the Master, Jowett's inheritance
from, i. 9.

Benjamin, of Camberwell,
grandfather of the Master, i. 9.

Benjamin, son of above, father
of the Master, i. 12-14; death,
22, 253; character of, 23; extract
from letter of, 60; letter from
Jowett to, 62; extracts from
letters of, i. 252;
Jowett's

character of, ib. (See LETTERS.)
JOWETT, BENJAMIN ; see LETTERS.

(Volume I)

Birth and parentage, I ; admitted
into St. Paul's School, 32; pro-
gress in Greek studies, 33; re-
miniscences of school life, 35-38,
40; school contemporaries, 38;
elected to the Balliol Scholarship,
39; appearance at his last 'Ap-
position,' 43; wins Hertford
Scholarship, 46; contemporaries
at Balliol, 50; wins Powell Prize,
60; elected Fellow, 61; death
of his sister Ellen, 65; takes
First Class in Lit. Hum., ib.;
intercourse with W. G. Ward
and A. P. Stanley, 72, 79, 80;
Tract XC and Subscription, 75;
notes on the Relation of Tradition
to Scripture, 76; on Strauss's
Theory of Christianity, 78; on
the evidence of prophecy, 79;
'The Decade,' 81; foreign tour,
82; ordained Deacon, 83; re-
ligious attitude, 85; visits Paris
and Bonn, 86; becomes Tutor of
Balliol, 87; tour (with Stanley)
in Germany, 89; study of Hegel
and candidature for the chair of
Moral Philosophy, 92; present
(with Stanley) at the degrada-
tion of Ward, describes the scene,
93-96; second tour in Germany,
97; study of Hebrew, 98; or-
dained priest, 99; Theological
Essays, 100, 136; attachment of
his pupils, 125 sqq.; study of
Comte, 130; of Political Economy,
131; introduction of Plato's

Republic for the Schools, 132; fits
of depression, 132; excursion to
Paris (1848, 133-35; stay at
Oban, 138, 139; notes on the
Epistles, 141, 142; the Tübingen
School, 141; study of the Gospels
and St. Paul, 143, 144; death of
William Jowett, 144; University
Reform, 172-84; Letters on,
187-94; Civil Service Reform,
185, 186; intercourse with Tenny-
son, 198 Tutorial methods and
College discipline, 199-202; shy-
ness, personal appearance, and
dress, 203-5; sermons and ad-
dresses, 207; undertakes Bursar-
ship, 211; scheme for a 'Balliol
Hall,' 212; for a cricket-field, 214;
becomes Public Examiner, 215;
death of the old Master, ib.;
misses the Mastership, 228-230;
walking tour (with Temple) in
Derbyshire, 230; appearance of
his book on St. Paul's Epistles,
232; Essay on the Atonement,
233-35; appointed REGIUS PRO-
FESSOR OF GREEK, 236; summoned
before Vice-Chancellor to re-sign
the Articles, 238; asks for a
new pen, 239; lectures on the
Republic, 241; professorial labours,
243; isolation, 245; Balliol new
Chapel, 247; Odium Philologicum,
249; Essay on Interpretation,
251; death of his father, 253;
second edition of the Epistles, ib.;
portrait of, 256; attitude to theo-
logy and philosophy, 259-63;
re-visits Scotland, 265; in society
at Oxford, 266-68; work for
Balliol, 268, 269; colonization of
Oxford by Balliol men, 271 ; ad-
vice to parish clergymen, 272;
first suggestion of Essays and Re-
views, 273-77; preaches in London,
298; loyalty to the Essayists,
299; impression on Bishop
Colenso's book, 301; on Dr. Lush-
ington's Judgement, ib.; acknow-
ledgement of friends' subscription
of £2000, 306; College troubles,
307; opinions as to marriage,
309, 353, 374; prosecution in the
Chancellor's Court, 309-14; ex-
tracts from letters on the subject,
322-27; throws himself into
Tutorial work, 327; Professorial
lectures, 329; work on Plato, 333,

336, 337; ascent of Loch-na-gar,
335; visits to Clifton, Cortachy,
Lea Hurst, Farringford, &c., 338,
339; advises Stanley to accept
a bishopric, 339, 340; appreciation
of Jowett by the Queen, 342;
visited by the Crown Princess of
Prussia, ib.; scheme of University
Extension-Balliol Hall, 377-
80; Ritualism at Oxford, pro-
posed Roman Catholic College, 381;
sermons in London, 383; self-
criticism and characteristics, 385,
392; Primary Education and
Mr. Lowe, 392-94; lost of health,
394-96; method of composition,
397; pupils and friends, 398;
lectures at Edinburgh, 399; meet-
ing with Robert Browning, 400;
opinion of his poetry, 402;
Voysey trial and project for
second series of Essays and Reviews,
402-4; New Testament Re-
vision, 405; Mr. Gladstone and
the Irish Land Bill, 406; death
of his mother, 407; death of
Dr. Scott, 409.

(Volume II)

Jowett elected MASTER OF BAL-
LIOL, I; house-furnishing, 2, 3;
preaches in College chapel, 3; Col-
lege reforms, 4-6; apocryphal story
of the laundresses, 5; dinner at
the Albion Tavern, ib.; trans-
lation of Plato published, 6;
relation to the undergraduates,
9; meets Mazzini, 10; tour in
Switzerland, 12; life at Tummel
Bridge, ib.; revises The School and
Children's Bible, 13, 35; Essay on
the Religions of the World, 13,
15, 35; the Scott Centenary, 14;
College meetings, 21; abolition
of Tests, 24; at opening of Man-
chester Grammar School, 26;
sermon at St. Mary's, 27; at the
Old Greyfriars' church, Edin-
burgh, 29; reform of Balliol
Chapel services, 30; lectures on
Johnson at the Edinburgh Philo-
sophical Institution, 32; visit to
Torquay, 34; to Tummel Bridge,
34-39; opposition to Stanley as
Select Preacher, 40; hospitality,
48-51; at Grantown, 51; deaths
of Bishop Wilberforce and Lord
Westbury, 53; at Munich, 55,

68; ill health, 56; visit to
Malvern, 56, 69, 70, 82; Uni-
versity Extension, 57; University
College, Bristol, ib.; sermon at
St. Mary's, Science and Religion,
62-64; visit of Bishop Colenso,
64; Arnold Toynbee, 65, 66; Lord
Ramsay, 67; criticism of Euri-
pides, 68; Swinburne and Robert
Lowe, 69; cathedral tour, 70; in-
terest in Architecture, 71; visits
to Cambridge, 72; disorder at
Commemoration, 73; Ruskin's
road, 74; Spiritualism, 76; me-
moranda, 77-79; death of H. H.
Lancaster, 79; Literature and
Dogma, 80; second tour in Swit-
zerland, 81; second edition of
Plato, 82; literary style, 83;
the Life of Christ, 85; views on
miracles, 86; a perfect liturgy,
inspiration, 87; the new Hall,
97-105; and Library, 106; note-
books, 107-11; proposed tour in
Spain, 111; Duke of Cleveland's
Commission, 121-30; the Bod-
leian Library, 131; on books,
132; revision of the College
Statutes, 133; annexation of
New Inn Hall, 134; India Civil
Service candidates, 135-39;
Lord Almoner's Professor, 139;
Sir Stafford Northcote, 144;
'George Eliot,' 144; uncertainty
of archaeology, 145; illness of
Matthew Knight, 146, 175; fond-
ness for West Malvern, 146;
undergraduates' ball, 148; trans
lation of Thucydides, 149; Tur-
guenieff, 150; notes on the De
Imitatione Christi, 151; on Words-
worth and poetry, 152; thoughts
on Oxford and teaching, 154,
155; despondency, 156, 174;
education of women, 157-60;
illness of the elder Knight, 175;
illness of Miss Jowett, 176; the
Agamemnon at Balliol, 179-80;
death of George Eliot,' 181;
publication of Thucydides, 182;
death of Dean Stanley, 183; visit
to Clifton, translation of Demo-
sthenes, 184; fondness for chil-
dren, 185; notes on Bentley's
Epistles to Phalaris, 186; German
philosophy, Sidgwick's Methods
of Ethics, Comte, 186-88; per-
sonal records, 189-90; death of

Lord Airlie, and of Professor
Green, 191-94; and of Hugh
Pearson, 194; reminiscences by
Mrs. Dugdale, 194; visit to J. A.
Symonds at Davos, 195; becomes
VICE-CHANCELLOR, 212; his agenda,
214; Non-Collegiate Students,
216; drainage of Thames Valley,
219; the University Press-the
New English Dictionary, Boswell's
Life of Johnson, 221-24; thoughts
on University sermons, 224; the
Indian Institute, 226, 227; nomi-
nation of Mr. R. F. Horton as
Examiner, 227; the New Thea-
tre, 230; death of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, Emily Jowett,
H. J. S. Smith, and Arnold
Toynbee, 236-40; personal me-
moranda, 240-43; Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes and John Bright,
Hon. D.C.L.s, 245; invites Pro-
fessor Marshall and John Farmer
to Oxford, 246; Sunday evening
concerts, 248; accepts Lord
Arthur Russell's gift of busts of
German philosophers for the
Library, 249; translation of
Aristotle's Politics, 250, 259, 299;
political views-General Gordon,
the Irish Question, 253-56;
visit to Ruskin, 257; death of
Sir Alexander Grant, 257; of
Sir Henry Taylor, 258; visit
(with E. L. Stanley) to J. A.
Symonds at Davos, 258, 301;
continental tour, 259; thoughts
on old age, 260-62; on education
and Balliol, 287; Modern Litera-
ture School, 288-90; Higher
Education of Women, 290-292;
love for France-Renan, Victor
Hugo, Voltaire, 293; Army
students at Oxford-Letter to
Lord Wolseley, 293-96; local
Universities, 297; Secondary
Education, 298; ill health, 300-
303; Mr. Farmer's Hymn-book,
303; memoranda by the Rev.
E. A. W. Seymour, 304; female
friendships, 308; thoughts on
religion, 311-14; continued ill
health, 343; the Master's field,
344; the Tutors' house, 345; the
Long Vacation Term, 345, 346;
economical living in College,
346; on rising in life, 347; the
Indian Civil Service, 348-51;

receives degree of LL.D. from
Cambridge, 351; marriage of
Lady Mary Howard, 353; death
of Lord Iddesleigh, Theodore
Walrond, Matthew Arnold, Pro-
fessor Sellar, Robert Browning,
Dean Elliot, and the Duke of
Bedford, 354-56; recollections
by Lady Grant, Dr. Allbutt,
Mrs. Gell, 356-61; the Theo-
logical College at Bala, 362, 363;
visits to Sir Harry Verney and
Lord Rosebery, 363; notes by
Mrs. T. H. Green, 364, 365;
prayer in illness, 366; recovery,
369; the revised Plato, 405-8;
his philosophy, 408-12; views
of scholarship, 412-14; death
of Victor Morier and of Lord
Sherbrooke, 415; of R. L. Nettle-
ship, 416; sermon on, 417;
death of Lord Tennyson, 418-20;
of the young Duke of Bedford
and of J. A. Symonds, 420;
carriage drives, 422-24; visit to
Shrewsbury, 426; last illness,
428; last words, 433; death and
funeral, 434, 435; will, 476.
Jowett, Ellen, sister of the Master,
death of, i. 19, 65.

Emily, sister of the Master, i.
16, 20, 22, 25; character, ib.;
early studies with her brother,
31; illness and death of, ii. 176,
237.

Frederick, brother of the Master,
i. 19; death of, 21.

Henry, great-grandfather of
the Master, i. 2-4.

Henry, of Little Dunham,
great-uncle of the Master, i. 8.

Isabella (née Langhorne`,
mother of the Master, i. 14-18,
20, 21, 29; letter to her son
Alfred, 221; death, 407. (See
LETTERS.)

John, of Leeds and New-
ington, great-uncle of the Master,
i. 5.

Joseph, Trinity Hall, Cam-
bridge, great-uncle of the Master,
i. 7, 8.

William, younger brother of
the Master, i. 18; death of, 21,
144.

'Jowett-worship,' i. 126.

J. P., travels with Jowett on Con-
tinent, i. 82.

K

Kay, William (Lincoln College), i.
65.

Kay-Shuttleworth, J., visit to
Oxford in view to University
Reform, i. 174; takes part in
Civil Service Reform, 185.
Keble, Rev. John, suggestion on
endowment of Greek Chair, i. 314.
Kekewich, G. W., at Braemar with
Jowett, i. 335.

Kennedy, Dr., i. 405.

Kerry, Lord, pupil of Jowett, i. 327,
334.

Khartoum, fall of, Jowett blames
the Ministry for, ii. 254.
Kimberley, Lord, meets Jowett at
Cortachy, i. 399.

Kingdom, J. R., S.J., extract from
The Pauline, i. 33 n., 41 n., 42,
44 n.

Kneller Hall, i. 195.
Knight, Jowett's servant, ii. 2, 175.

Matthew (Jowett's Secretary),
becomes his pupil, i. 397; remin-
iscences, ii. 3, 146-8; illness, 146,
175, 260, 299; death, ii. 3 n.

Miss, reminiscences, ii. 50;
assists Jowett in secretarial work,
146; description of his last days,
433.

L

Labour question, speculation on, i.
384 n.

Lachmann, i. 90.

Lacordaire, Père, his preaching, i.
134.

Lake, W. C. (afterwards Dean of
Durham), contemporary of Jowett
at Balliol, i. 49; visited by Jowett
in Germany, 97.

Lancaster, Henry H., at Oban with
Jowett, i. 139, 266; death of, ii.
79; reminiscences of by Jowett,
80. (See LETTERS.)

Mrs., ii. 261. (See LETTERS.)
Lang, Andrew, pupil of Jowett, i.
398.

Langhorne, Henry, uncle of the
Master, i. 30.

Miss, reminiscence of the
Master's childhood, i. 30, 31.

Rev. W. H., observations on
religious views of the Master, i..12.
Lansdowne, Marquis of, Viceroy of
India, ii. 303, 304. (See LETTERS.)

La Touche, Rev. John; see LETTERS.
Latrobe, Letters to his Children, extract
from, i. II.

Laugée, portrait of Jowett by, ii.
480.
Laundresses, apocryphal story of,
ii. 5.

Law, Mr. F., reminiscences of the
Jowett family, i. 24, 27.

William, i. 265.

Lea Hurst (Derbyshire), visits to,
i. 339.

Lecky, Mr., on Essays and Reviews,
i. 296 n.; visits Jowett at Balliol,
401.

LETTERS from Jowett to:-
His Father, i. 62-4.
His Mother, 380, 432.
Abbott, Evelyn, ii. 203.
Abercromby, the Lady, ii. 114, 115,

162, 163, 165, 171, 196, 200-3,
205, 207, 208, 209-11, 262, 267,
273-5.

Airlie, Lady, ii. 2, 191, 266, 369,
386, 404, 452.

Bedford, Duchess of, ii. 392, 393,
402, 456, 465.

Boyle, Rev. Dr., ii. 324.

Brodie, B. C., i. 86, 91, 93-5, 98,

III-15, 117, 161.

Caird, Professor, i. 441-3, 443-5;
ii. 325, 340, 446.

Campbell, Professor Lewis, i. 419,
425; ii. 56, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96,
197, 239, 268, 277, 301, 329, 331,
373, 383-5, 442, 472.
Collins, J. Churton, ii. 314.
Duff, Sir M. Grant, ii. 468.
Dugdale, Mrs. W. S., ii. 209.
Dyer, Louis, ii. 372.

Edwards, Rev. T. C., ii. 362.
Elliot, Dean, i. 343, 344-6, 347-9,
349-50, 355-6, 362.

Miss, i. 343, 349, 352, 353-5,
360; ii. 381, 397-9.
ffolliott, John, i. 144, 168-71, 211;
ii. 93, 390, 442.

Grant, Sir A., i. 283, 350, 413; ii.

44, 270, 272.

Green, Mrs. T. H., ii. 193, 430, 467.
Greenhill, Dr. W. A., i. 47, 68-71,

108-11, 421; ii. 18, 162, 402, 445.
Greenhill, Mrs., i. 225, 282, 286.
Hall, W. H., ii. 335, 461.
Harrison, Edwin, ii. 196, 330, 341.
Herbert, Sir Robert, ii. 464.
Iddesleigh, Countess of, ii. 316.

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