question of the Homeric Ilium, cxxxix. 508 (see Schliemann, Dr.); his exaggerated account of the city, 531; questions of his authority thereon, ib.; his account of Hector's pursuit, 537

the ballad metre unsuited for English translation of, cxxix. 502

features of Hellenic life reflected in, cxxxii. 348

earliest MSS. of, cxxxvii. 64 and note; emendations of sophists, 83 Home Secretary, the, unsatisfactory

exercise of his powers in advising pardon, cxxi. 110; his functions criticised, 119; proposed substitution of a court of criminal appeal,

120

Honorius Flavius (Roman Emperor

of the West, d. 423), his triumphant entry into Rome, cxviii. 345; commands heathen images to be destroyed, ib.

Hood (Samuel, Viscount, 1724

1816), his operations in 1793 at Toulon, cxxxix. 202

Hood (American Confederate gene

ral), supersedes Johnston, cxxi. 285; his failures against Sherman, 286, 287 Hook (Theodore Edward, 17881841), subscribed yearly to the Austrian lottery, cxxvi. 495 Hooker (Richard, 1553-1600), on the Arian persecution of Athanasius, cxiii, 467

Hooker (Richard), sent to Oxford at fifteen, cxxv. 59

his theory of the mystical identity of Church and State, cxxviii. 256

his protest against perpetuity of laws and ordinances in religious belief, cxxxvii. 202; the champion of Latitudinarianism, 210

his argument against the dualistic theory of Church and State, cxl. 449

Hooker (Sir William J., 1785-1865), his visit to Iceland, cxiii. 534

his services to Kew Gardens, cxxiii. 76, 77

his appointment at Kew Gardens, cxxxviii. 512 Hooker (Dr. J. D., son of preceding), his 'Flora of Australia,' cxi. 487; his conversion to Mr. Darwin's view of the mutability of species, 488, 501

his valuable services to Kew Gardens, cxxxviii. 533 Hooper (John, 1495-1555), accused of dogmatism by Mr. Froude, cxix. 252; his conduct in the surplice controversy, ib.

Hops, their introduction into En

gland, cxvi. 491; progress of the national taste for, 493; earliest hop-yard in Kent, ib.; great uncertainty of the crop, 495; evil of protective duties, 496; fluctuations in foreign countries, 497; mode of hop-picking in Germany, 498; coarseness of American hops, 501; Belgian produce, b.; Prynne's protest of 1654 against excise on hops, 502

Horatius (Flaccus, B.C. 65-9), his personal peculiarities must be gathered from his writings, cxxiv. 353

biography of, by Theodore Martin, cxxxiii. 532; his life illustrated by his works, 533; his graphic pictures of Roman society,

ib.; studies at Athens, 535; ser-
vice under Brutus, ib.; question
of his private means, ib.; silence
of Donatus, ib.; his low origin,
536; his rise, 537; first prefer-
ment, ib.; his delicate wit com-
pared to Addison's, 540; his study
of early Greek poets, 541; his
censorship of manners, 542; lite-
rary criticism, ib.; moral excel-
lence of his writings, 544
Horatius, Flaccus, his merits as a
poet of society, cxl. 355
Horner (Mr.), on the alluvial depo-
sits of the Nile, cxviii. 288;
uncertainty of his calculations,
289

Hornstein (Professor), his theory of

terrestrial magnetisın, cxxxvi. 422
Horses, English, cxx. 114; multi-
farious use of, 115; complaints of
deterioration, 116; evils assigned
to two-year-old racing, 117; and
to system of handicapping, ib.;
Royal Plates, 119; former repu-
tation of, in other countries, 120;
falling off ascribed to mixture of
Arab blood, 121; present exces-
sive demand for, 122; immense
increase of racing, 123; early por-
traits of, 124; time as a test of
speed, ib.; relative speed of, com-
pared with Arabs, 125; no falling
off in present speed of, 126; race
for the King's Plate in 1796 at
Newmarket, ib.; their power of
endurance superior to Arabs, 127;
power of high-bred horses to carry
heavy weights, ib.; high quality
of English cavalry horses, 128;
statistics of exported and im-
ported horses, 129; importance
of thorough-breds, 130; question
of a common stock for domestic
breeds, 138; theory of Oriental
origin of English thorough-breds,
132; the supposed hairless horse,
ib.; use of, in war by the Britons,
134; Blundeville the first writer

on, ib.; superiority of English
mares attested by Gervase Mark-
ham, 138; Royal mares imported
by Charles II., 139; immense in-
fusion of Arab blood in the last
century, 141; failure of the ex-
periment, ib.; question of dete-
rioration difficult to decide, 142;
large winnings of young horses,
ib.; larger prizes needed for four-
and five-year-olds, 143; report of
Committees favourable to horse-
racing, 144; proposed National
Prize, ib.; duties incumbent on
landed gentry, 145; weight-carry-
ing hunters required, ib.
Horses, post-glacial origin of, cxxviii.
424; early notices of wild horses,
425; effects of domestication on,
ib.; effects of heredity on breed-
ing, 440

breeding of, works relating
to, cxxxviii. 426; the thorough-
bred racer, ib.; European reputa-
tion of English breeds, 427; in-
creasing home-demand for, 428;
decreasing supply of agricultural
horses, ib.; cavalry remounts, ib.;
Lord Rosebery's Committee, 429;
want of authentic statistics, 430;
the Report unsatisfactory, ib.;
neglect of, in early times, ib.;
statistics of production in Russia,
432; Count Orloff's stud, b.; his
breed of trotters, 433; their re-
cent degeneracy, 434; private studs
in Russia, ib.; studs in Austria,
435; and Hungary 436; French
and Prussian cavalry, 437; Go-
vernment studs in France, ib.;
encouragement of horse-breeding
there, 438; letter from M. de
Thannberg, 440; Government studs
in Prussia, 442; in India, 443;
introduction of Arab blood, 444;
crossing with Würtemberg mares,
445; with English mares, ib.; Abbas
Pacha, 446; royal stables at Riad,
448; State patronage in England

condemned, 449; conclusions to be drawn from the Committee's Report, ib.; advantages possessed by England, ib.; cost of private breeding, 450; breeding for the turf, 451; danger to maintenance of our good breeds, ib.; stud of Marquis de Croix, 452

Horses, number of, in France in 1872, cxl. 390

Hortense (Queen, Eugenie Beauhar

nais, 1783-1837), description of, during her stay at Schinznach, cxix. 438

Horticulture, recent progress of, cxxx. 459; attention to, at Paris, 465 Horton (Mrs. Christopher), marries

the Duke of Cumberland, cxxvi. 25; Walpole's description of, ib. Hospitals, death-rate in, cxxxvi. 502, 504; need of hygienic reform, ib. ; cottage hospitals in the country,

505

Hoste (Father Paul), his 'L'Art des Armées navales,' cxxxvi. 559; his qualifications, 571; his rules of formation, 573

Hot springs, permanence of, cxiii.

539

Houghton (Monckton Milnes, Lord, b. 1809), his letter from the Comte de Provence to the Marquis de Favras, cxxiii. 439 and note

his minor lyrics, cxl. 375 Howard (General, U.S.), his Report on the Freedmen's Bureau of Congress, cxxiii. 547, 548 Howard (Mr. J. E.), his Report on

the Chinchona succirubra, cxviii. 507; his analysis of the bark, 519 Howard (Mrs., afterwards Lady

Suffolk). See Suffolk, Lady Howe (Dr. S. G.), his report on idiots in Massachusetts, cxxii. 41; his threefold division of idiots, 45

Hoxne (Suffolk), flint weapons discovered at, cxviii. 262 and 271

Hübner (Baron de), his 'Sixtus V.,' cxxxiii. 291; his valuable materials, 292

his Promenade autour du Monde 1871,' cxxxviii. 65; interview with Napoleon III. at Paris, ib.; his History of Pope Sixtus V., ib.; his idiomatic command of French, 66; outline of his tour, ib.; his testimony to English enterprise abroad, 67; impressions of America, 68; on the Pacific Railroad, 69; interview with Brigham Young, 70; at San Francisco, 72; from there to Yokohama, 73; sketches of Japan, 74, 84; interview with the Mikado, 85; his graphic narrative,

94

Hudson's Bay Company, the, original

charter of, cxix. 444; rivalry of the North-West Company, ib.; final union of the two companies, 447; recognition of by Parliament, 448; obtains possession of Vancouver Island, 449; threefold tenure of their possessions, ib. their vast claims to territory, ib.; their enormous profits, 450; their friendly relations with the Indians, ib.; the shares resold to a financial company, 451 Huggett (Roger), his researches respecting Eton College, exiii.

400

Hughes (Mr. T.), his exculpating Report on Trades' Unions, cxxx. 396

Hugo (Victor, b. 1802), his work 'Les Misérables,' cxvii. 208; its pompous pretentiousness, 209; reputation of the author, ib.; its distorted picture of social wrongs, 211; its needless digressions, 212; its three leading characters analysed, 213-239; abounds in startling antitheses, 240

his morbid study of moral anatomy, cxxx. 184

Hugo (Victor), his 'Odes et Ballades'
criticised by St. Beuve, cxxxii.129;
later intimacy of the two, ib.
Huguenots, the,, early toleration of,
by Louis XIV., cxxi. 500; their
loyalty during the Fronde, 501;
civil disabilities imposed on, ib.;
persecution of, 502; its conse-
quences, 503; revocation of the
Edict of Nantes, ib.; their ser-
vices to William of Orange, 510;
Irish colony at Portarlington,
518

recent materials for their
history, cxxiv. 86; their origin as
a political party, 91; wrongly re-
presented as an anti-national fac-
tion, ib. ; their intense loyalty, 92;
the massacre of St. Bartholomew,
93, 96; defection of Henry IV., 99;
the Edict of Nantes, 100; revolts
under Louis XIII., 102; petition
of grievances in 1621, ib.; their
heroism at La Rochelle, 103; re-
forms of Richelieu, ib. 104; their
prosperity after the Peace of
Alais, ib.; progress in agriculture
and trade, 105; first signs of op-
pression by Louis XIV., 106;
scenes of persecution, 107; dra-
gonnades, 108; outrages on corpses
of relapsed Catholic converts, 109,
110; desecration of royal tombs,
ib. note, crusade of upper classes
against, ib.; Edict of Nantes re-
voked, 111; fate of Huguenot
exiles, 112; their sufferings on
the galleys, 113; scenes of tran-
sportation to America, ib.; treat-
ment of the 'newly-converted' in
France, 114; penalties against
profession of Protestantism, ib.;
their social debasement in the last
century, ib.; their petition to
Marshal Saxe, 115; cruelties at
a religious meeting, ib.; their
numbers grew with persecution,
116; a Huguenot prayer meeting,
ib.; their persecutions recoiled on

the Catholic Church, 117; edicts
against, as late as 1787, 119; their
condition improved by Louis XVI.,

ib.
Huguenots, the, conflict with the
Guises, cxxx. 362; the conspiracy of
Amboise, ib.; insurrection of 1562,
366; negotiations with Elizabeth,
368; Edict of Amboise, 370; per-
secutions renewed after the Peace
of Chartres, 374; flight to La
Rochelle, 375; their victory at
Coutras, 381, 382

condition of, in France, in
1575, cxxxiii. 491

persecutions of, in the last
century, cxxxviii. 211; services
of Antoine Court, 212 (see Court,
Antoine); fines levied against,
216

Hugues (M. Edmond), his 'History
of the Restoration of Protestantism
in France in the Eighteenth Cen-
tury,' cxxxiii. 203

Hull (Mr. Edward), his memoir of

the coal resources of Great Britain,
cxx. 481 note
Ilumanists, Italian movement in
the fifteenth century, cxxxvi. 116;
influence of Dante and Petrarch,
117; Latin studies at the revival,

119, new era of Greek revival
commenced by Chryscloras, ib.;
Council of Constance, 122; sym-
pathy of Martin V., 123; Floren-
tine scholars, 127; Valla and
Filelfo, 130; toleration of Nicholas
V., ib.; extravagancies of Poggio,
ib.; Pius II., 133, 139; new Hu-
manist epoch during his papacy,
136; practical study of antiquity
under Biondo Flavio, 137; Sixtus
IV. and his successors, 142; ten-
dencies of Leo X., 144; growth of
philosophical study, ib.; con-
demned by Savonarola, 147; Julius
II., ib.

Humbert (M.), his 'Le Japan illus-
tré, cxxxviii. 84

Humboldt (Frederick Henry Alex-
ander Von, 1769-1859), his 'Cor-
respondence with Varnhagen von
Ense,' cxii. 213; his intentions as
to its publication, 214; improper
editorship, 217; his bad qualities
revealed, 218; his propensity to
satire, ib.; his defects ascribed to
Berlin influence, 219; his intimacy
with the king, 222; anecdotes of
his repartees, 223; resents the
imputation of Republicanism, 228;
his favourable account of England,
230; his perversity towards the
Prince Consort, 231; instances of
his personal malice, 232; his
hatred of oppression, 234, con-
sulte Varnhagen about his 'Kos-
mos,' 235

on magnetic storms, cxiii. 542
his views on the Darien canal

scheme, cxv. 22

Hunolstein (Count Paul Vogt d'),
his edition of Marie Antoinette's
Letters, cxxiii. 423; their authen-
ticity impeached, 424; want of
editorial care, 426; extrinsic
evidence against his collection,
426; criticisms of M. Sybel, 427;
suspicious origin of his Letters,
433; decisive blunder, ib.; ana-
chronism as to George III.'s in-
sanity, 435; worthless character
of his collection, 437
Hunt (Mr. Ward, b. 1825), his
naval administration in 1874, cxl.
576

Hunt (Holman), his picture of

'Christ disputing with the Doc-
tors,' cxx. 106

Hunt (Rev. John), his valuable work
on Religious Thought in England,
cxxxvii. 198

Hunter (Mr. W. W.), his 'Annals of

Rural Bengal,' cxxix. 200; his able
and scholarlike work, 201; his ac-
count of his materials, 202; on
the famine of 1769, 208, 210;
his sketch of aboriginal tribes,
214; his account of the Santals,
218, 224; on the good aspects of
native litigation, 226

Huntley (Earl of), excommunicated
in 1608 by the reformed Kirk, cxix.
188

Huon de Bordeaux,' quotations
from, cxv. 364

Hurd (Richard, Bishop of Worcester,
1720-1808), his subservience to
Warburton, cxxii. 34; his stiff de-
meanour, ib.; his essay on 'the
Delicacy of Friendship,' 35
Hustings, Northern origin of the
word, cxl. 252

Hutton (Mr. Dix), his scheme of
State Land Banks in Ireland,
cxxxi. 289

Hutton (Mr.), his 'Battle of Bos-
worth Field,' cxv. 315 sqq.
Huxley (Professor T. H.), his glacier
observations, cxiii. 248