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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.
ΛΑΜΠΑΔΙΑ
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE
1876
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER VII.
1838-1839.
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........ .. Page 9
CHAPTER VIII.
1839-1841.
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......
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CHAPTER IX.
1841-1844.
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..........
CHAPTER X.
1844-1847.
.Page 90
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............ 136
CHAPTER XI.
1847-1849.
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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