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OF

LORD MACAULAY

BY HIS NEPHEW

G. OTTO TREVELYAN

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR HAWICK DISTRICT OF BURGHS

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II.

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

FRANKLIN SQUARE

1876

1876a

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

E. A Barnes
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Death of Zachary Macaulay.-Mr. Wallace and Mackintosh.-Letters to

Mr. Napier and Mr. Ellis.—Sir Walter Scott.-Lord Brougham.-First

Mention of the History.-Macaulay goes abroad.-His Way of regarding

Scenery. Châlons-sur-Marne.-Lyons.-Marseilles. -Genoa.-Pisa.-

Florence. Macaulay refuses the Judge-advocateship. - Florence to

Rome.-Thrasymene.-St. Peter's.-The New Zealander.-The Vatican.

-The Temporal Power.-The Doctrine of the Immaculate Concep-

tion.-Letter to Lord Lansdowne.-The Canadian Insurrection.-Gib-

bon.-Rome to Naples.-Bulwer's Novels.-Impressions of Naples.—

Virgil's Tomb.-Macaulay sets out Homeward.- Mr. Goulburn.-Ver-

sailles.........
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Macaulay returns to London.-He meets Lord Brougham.-Letters to Mr.

Napier and Mrs. Trevelyan.-Correspondence with Mr. Gladstone.

Heated State of Politics.-The Hostility of the Peers to Lord Melbourne's

Government.-Macaulay's View of the Situation.-Verses by Praed.—

The Bed-chamber Question.-Macaulay is elected for Edinburgh.—De-

bate on the Ballot.—Macaulay becomes a Cabinet Minister.—The Times.

-Windsor Castle.-Vote of Want of Confidence.-The Chinese War.-

Irish Registration: Scene in the House of Commons.-Letters to Napier.

-Religious Difficulties in Scotland.-Lord Cardigan.-The Corn Laws.

-The Sugar Duties.-Defeat of the Ministry, and Dissolution of Parlia-

ment.-Macaulay is re-elected for Edinburgh.-His Love for Street-bal-

lads. The Change of Government........

Macaulay settles in The Albany.-Letters to Mr. Napier.-Warren Has-

tings, and "The Vicar of Wakefield.”—Leigh Hunt.-Macaulay's Doubts

about the Wisdom of publishing his Essays.-Lord Palmerston as a

Writer. The "Lays of Rome."-Handsome Conduct of Professor Wil-

son.-Republication of the Essays.-Miss Aikin's "Life of Addison."-

Macaulay in Opposition.-The Copyright Question.-Recall of Lord El-

lenborough.—Macaulay as a Public Speaker: Opinions of the Reporters'

Gallery.-Tour on the Loire.-Letters to Mr. Napier.-Payment of the

Irish Roman Catholic Clergy.-Barère.......

Letters to Mr. Napier.-Macaulay modifies his Design for an Article on

Burke and his Times into a Sketch of Lord Chatham's Later Years.-

Tour in Holland.-Scene off Dordrecht.-Macaulay on the Irish Church.

-Maynooth. The Ministerial Crisis of December, 1845: Letters to

Lady Trevelyan.-Letter to Mr. Macfarlan.-Fall of Sir Robert Peel.—

Macaulay becomes Paymaster-general. His Re-election at Edinburgh.

-His Position in the House of Commons.-General Election of 1847.—

Macaulay's Defeat at Edinburgh.......

Macaulay retires into Private Life.-Extracts from Lord Carlisle's Journal.

-Macaulay's Conversation.-His Memory.-His Distaste for General

Society. His Ways with Children.-Letters to his Niece Margaret.-

"The Judicious Poet."-Valentines.-Sight-seeing.-Eastern Tours.-

Macaulay's Method of Work.-His Diligence in collecting his Materials.

-Glencoe.-Londonderry.-Macaulay's Accuracy: Opinions of Mr. Bage-

hot and Mr. Buckle.—Macaulay's Industry at the Desk.-His Love for

his Task.-Extracts from his Diary.-His Attention to the Details of the

Press. The "History" appears.-Congratulations.-Lord Halifax ; Lord

Jeffrey; Lord Auckland; Miss Edgeworth.-The Popularity of the Work.

-Extract from Punch.-Macaulay's Attitude in Relation to his Critics.

-The Quarterly Review.—The Sacrifices which Macaulay made to Lit-

erature....
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Extracts from Macaulay's Diary.-Herodotus.-Mr. Roebuck.-Anticipa-

tions of Failure and Success.-Appearance of the "History."-Progress

of the Sale.-Duke of Wellington.-Lord Palmerston.-Letters to Mr.

Ellis.-Lord Brougham on Euripides.-Macaulay is elected Lord Rector

of Glasgow University.-His Inaugural Address.-Good Resolutions.-

Croker. Dr. Parr.-The Historical Professorship at Cambridge.-By-

ron.-Tour in Ireland.—Althorp.-Lord Sidmouth.-Lord Thurlow.—

Death of Jeffrey.-Mr. Richmond's Portrait of Macaulay.-Dinner at the

Palace. Robert Montgomery.-Death of Sir Robert Peel.--The Prelude.

-Ventnor.-Letters to Mr. Ellis.-Plautus.-Fra Paolo.-Gibbon.-The

Papal Bull.-Death of Henry Hallam.-Porson's Letters to Archdeacon

Travis.-Charles Mathews.-Windsor Castle.-Macaulay sets up his Car-

riage. Opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851.-Cobbett.-Malvern.

-Letters to Mr. Ellis.- -"Wilhelm Meister."-The Battle of Worces-

ter.-Palmerston leaves the Foreign Office.-Macaulay refuses an Offer

of the Cabinet.-Windsor Castle.-King John.-Scene of the Assassina-

tion Plot.-Royal Academy Dinner.........

The Magnetoscope, and Table-turning.-Macaulay's Re-election for Edin-

burgh, and the General Satisfaction which it occasioned.- He has a Se-

rious Attack of Illness.-Clifton.-Extracts from Macaulay's Journal.-—

His Strong Feelings for Old Associations.-Barley Wood.-Letters to Mr.

Ellis.—Great Change in Macaulay's Health and Habits.-His Speech at

Edinburgh. The House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli's Budget.-Forma-

tion of Lord Aberdeen's Ministry.-The Judges' Exclusion Bill.-The

India Bill.-The Annuity Tax.- Macaulay ceases to take an Active

Part in Politics.-Letters to Mr. Ellis.-Mrs. Beecher Stowe.-Tunbridge

Wells. Plato.-Mr. Vizetelly.-Macaulay's Patriotism.-The Crimean

War. Open Competition.-The "History."-Thames Ditton.- Publi-

cation of Macaulay's Third and Fourth Volumes.-Statistics of the

Sale of the "History."-Honors conferred on Macaulay.- The Brit-

ish Museum..............

Macaulay resigns his Seat for Edinburgh. He settles Himself at Holly

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