tion, have so warmly enlisted the writer's imagination, and so absorbed his inventive faculties as to have distracted that minute attention which might be held to be essential to the uninterrupted employment of an unusual and unaccustomed style. The nature of this particular difficulty is akin, though in a higher degree, to that which every one has experienced, namely, writing upon a subject of interest, and at the same time attending to the legibility of the hand-writing. In this instance of Henry Esmond, the style has been to the author, what caligraphy has been frequently to you, or to us, and if pot-hooks and hangers are made to suffer, in ordinary cases, in the cause of rapid and efficient composition, we may well conceive how certain artificial forms of expression may be but imperfectly moulded, or altogether neglected, when the fate of a happy conception, or the evolution of a stirring scene, is trembling in the balance. But, though perfection throughout has not been attained in this difficult path, which Mr. Thackeray has chosen for himself, excellence of the highest order frequently claims the meed of a cordial approbation. Much of Henry Esmond has been written by Thackeray, it is true, where Thackeray should have abstained from writing; but more might be claimed by Steele or De Foe, and some portion by Addison himself. The "Paper from the Spectator," (Vol. III. p. 69) proves that the manner of that celebrated periodical is capable of a perfect imitation. The resuscitation of this style, for the purposes of general literature in our time, is happily impossible; we say, happily, inasmuch as its simplicity (often degenerating into baldness) could not possibly embrace the varied themes, and the improved methods of treatment, which the century and a half between Addison and Macaulay have introduced in the course of a constantly increasing civilization. But the literary antiquarian will cordially thank Henry Esmond for carrying him back, for a season, to the manners, the speech, the way of life, the feelings, the worth and wisdom, the vices and follies-for these last cannot be omitted, and may have their uses in the retrospect of the men who fought under Marlborough, intrigued with Swift, went to the play with Congreve, and read the Spectator with the town wits and fine ladies of the Augustan age of Anne.
SECOND VOLUME OF THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.
Adair, Robin, anecdote of, 331.
American Humour, Traits of, 171.
Anglesey, Earl of, 29.
Artistic and Industrial Exhi-
bitions, 626.
Art Exhibitions, early Italian, 640.
Ballads Homeric, 616, 617, 619.
Banim John, his ignorance of, and
mistakes in, Irish History, 127,
129, note.
Burton, Family of, 308.
Bentinck Lord George, Disraeli's
Biography of, 75-his early life,
77, 80-takes active part in Par-
liament, his views and policy,
83 his first speech, 87-his
arguments, 89-proposed grants
to Irish Railways, 99-progress
of Irish Railways, 101-Ben-
tinck's death, 121, 123.
Berkeley, Hon. Grantley, duel
with Dr. Maginn, 609.
Berthet, Elie, 381.
Blessington, Lady, 773.
Brace, Charles Loring, Hungary
In 1851, 579.
Brehon Laws, their value in illus-
trating ecclesiastical history,
198 antiquity and peculiarities
of, 659, 676.
Brehon Law Commission, origin,
progress, and results of, 662,
676 Opinions of Foreign Schol-
ars on this subject, 669.
Byron, Lord, introduced to Lady
Blessington, 784-his account of
the interview, 784, 85-his lines
to Lady Blessington, 786, 87—
sits for his portrait to Count
D'Orsay, his and D'Orsay's
opinion of it, 788-Byron's
kindness of heart, 789, 90-
effect of Lady Blessington's
society on him, 791, 92-his last
interview with the Blessingtons,
792.
Canning, Right Hon. George, in-
dependence of conduct as Min-
ister, 108, note.
Charlemont, William second vis-
count, notice of, 752.
Cherokee Club, notice of, 528.
Chichester, Sir Arthur, account
of, 706.
Clancarty, Earls of, 752.
Clarendon, Earl of, 670, 673.
Cockburn's Life of Lord Jeffrey,249.
Cork, first Earl of, historic no-
tices of, 320.
Cork, National Exhibition held
there, A.D. 1852, 626.
Creagh, Richard, R. C. Primate of
Ireland, his depositions, 206,
Cromwellians in Ireland, remarks
on, 247.
Cromwell, Oliver, his intimacy
with Irish Jesuits, 3.
Curry, Eugene, 197, 662.
Daly's Club House, Anecdotes of,
524, 766.
Damer, Joseph, the usurer, his
history, 5.
Danes and Norwegians in Ireland,
see Worsaae.
Davis, Mr. Thomas, Miss Mitford's
mistaken estimate of his posi.
tion, 126, note.
De Bernard, Charles, 364, 879.
Derry, erroneous idea relative to
its siege in 1689, the number of
the garrison exceeding that of
the besiegers, 56.
De St. Marsault, Countess of,
Byron's description of her, 785,
De St. Marsault family, 812,
Disraeli, B. his Biography of Lord
G. Bentinck, 75, his argument
for the Jews, 117, 120.
D'Orsay, Count Alfred.-becomes
acquainted with the Blessington
family, 782-introduced to Lord
Byron, and lends him Diary,
809-Byron's opinion of it, 809,
10, 11-closing days of D'Or-
say's life, 813-coldness of Lou-
is Napoleon to him, 814.
Down Survey of Ireland, origin of
the name, 245.
Drapier's letters, false accounts of
them hitherto propagated by
English writers, 13, 20.
Droz, J. P., publishes the first
Irish Literary Journal, 518.
Dublin, etymology of the name, 48,
-see Streets of Dublin.
Dublin Society Royal, origin and
early history of, 503.
Engravers, Eminent Irish, 344-
347.
Engraving in Ireland, historic no-
tices of, 344-errors of writers
on this branch of the Fine Arts,
347.
Esmond, W, M. Thackeray's, 845.
Exchange, the Royal, of Dublin,
origin and history of, 337.
Exhibitions, Artistic and Indus-
trial, 626-Exhibition of Irish
Industry, 1853-suggestions for,
637. 39.
Faulkner, George, memoir and
anecdotes of, 543.
Foote, Samuel, his contest with
Faulkner, 551.
Free-masons, Irish, historic notices
of, 33.
Free Trade, effects of on Ireland,
and on Kingdom generally, 102,
108.
French Novels, 348, 685.
Geminiani, Francesco, 516.
Gifford, John, Editor of the Dub-
lin Journal, 559.
Goldsmith, Oliver, Anecdote of, 24.
Grattan, family of, 24-Henry, his
conduct in the Irish Parliament,
738,745, 747.
Graves, Rev. Charles, F.T.C.D.,
216, 663, 674.
Grimm, Jacob, on the Brehon
Laws, 669.
Guizot, M., his letter relative to
the Brehon Laws, 669.
Handel, G. F., details of his per-
formances in Dublin, 35-com-
memoration of in 1787, 58.
Head, Sir F. B. Fortnight in
Ireland, 826.
Hell, description of, 4.
Hell Fire Club, notice of, 528.
Homeric Ballads, 616, 617, 619.
Honan, Michael Burke, personal
adventures of "Our Own Corres-
pondent" in Italy, 503.
Hungary in 1851, 582.
Hunt, Leigh, his errors relative to
Farquhar, 309.
Ireland, coercion of, 91, note.
Ireland, Sir F. B. Head's Fort-
night in, 826.
Ireland, social state of in the eigh-
teenth century, as contrasted
with the Continent, and Great
Britain, 336. 530.
Irish Church History, 196-neglect
Maginn, William L. L,D. 593-
see Memoirs.
Masquerade, description of one in
Dublin, A.D. 1778, 44.
Maturin, Rev. Charles Robert, 15
-see Memoirs.
Mayors of Dublin, historic notices
of, 298.
Memoirs-Maturin, Rev. Charles
Robert, 141-his genius, 142-43
-44-his Family 144-his early
pursuits, 145-publishes his first
work, 147-writes his first play,
149-Byron's opinion of it, 150
-Barry Cornwall's opinion, 15,
-S. T. Coleridge's opinion, 152
-Analysis of play, 152, 53, 54
-Sir Walter Scott's critique on
it, 154, 55, 56-Maturin's life
in Dublin, description of his ap-
pearance, 160, 61-second play,
Byron's opinion of it, 162-Sir
Walter Scott's letter, 193-Mat-
urin's taste in Literature, 165-
published his Sermons, 166-his
death, 166-Extract from un-
published tragedy, 166, 67, 68,
69-estimate of his genuis, and
list of his works, 170.
Moore, Thomas-his birth and
early education 382, 83, 84-
enters College and writes his first
verses, 385, 86, 87, writes for
The Press, 388, 89, 90, 91-sum-
moned before Board of Trinity
College, 393, 94-goes to Lon-
don, enters the Temple and pub-
lishes translation of Anacreon,
396, 97-publishes Little's Poems,
398,-goes to Bermuda, 398-
duel with Jeffrey, 399-Letter
from Jeffrey, 400-quarrel with
Byron, 401, 402-refuses place
from Tory Government, 404-
Byron dedicates Corsair to him,
405-writes and publishes Lalla
Rookh, 406, 7, 8, 9-Byron's
opinion of it, 411-agrees to
write Irish Melodies, 412, 13, 14,
15-opinion of French critics on,
417, 18-translations of the Mel-
odies, 419- goes with S. Rogers
to Paris, and writes Fudge Fam-
ily, 420, 21-visits Dublin, en-
tertained at public dinner, 421—
goes to Paris with Lord John
Russell, and visits Byron at
La Mira, 422, 23-presented
by Byron with memoirs 423,
Bermuda be-
24-Deputy at
comes defaulter, 424-Moore re-
sides at Passy, and writes Loves
of the Angels, 426-entertained
at public dinner before leaving
Paris, 427, 28-publishes Cap-
tain Rock-The Times, and Syd-
ney Smith's, opinion of it, 430
-publishes life of Sheridan, 431
visits Sir Walter Scott, 431, 32
-Scott's opinion of him, 434—
Moore's account of composition of
Epicurean, 435-publishes Life of
Byron, 435, 36, 37, 38-defence
of Life, 439, 40-publishes Life
of Lord E. Fitzgerald, 440, 41—
his Mother dies, 441-Gerald
offer of
Griffin brings him
representation of Limerick, 441,
42, 43, 44-Willis's description of
Moore, 444, 45, 46-Leigh Hunt's
description of, 446, 47, 48-
Moore's position in society, 448
-visits Dublin, oration at The-
atre, 448, 49-publishes his Irish
Gentleman in Search of Religion,
and Fudges in England, 449, 50–
pension granted, 450-proposed
Member of Royal Irish Academy,
451-writes History of Ireland,
451-introduced to Mr. E. Curry
and confesses his ignorance of
ancient Irish Manuscripts, 452-
declines writing Irish historical
novel for Messrs Hodges and
Smith, 453-adverse criticisms
upon Moore, 453, 54-Professor
Wilson's estimate of Burns and
Moore, 455, 56-Moore's death,
457-appeal in favor of his
monument, 457, 58, 59, 60.
Maginn, William, L.L.D. 593-his
birth and early education, 597-
sends first contribution to Black-
wood, 598-introduces himself
to William Blackwood, 599, 600
—third part of Christabel, 600.........
Welcome to George the Fourth,
603-Maginn's marriage, 603-
engaged to write in John Bull,
Murray proposes he should edit
Byron's Memoirs, 605-sent to
Paris as correspondent of The
Representative, 605-humorous
specimens of Maginn's poetry,
605, 607-starts Frazer's Maga-
zine, and engaged upon The Stan-
dard, 608, 9-quarrel with Grant-
ley Berkeley, 610-assists L. E.L.
612-action against Metropoli-
tan Conservative Journal, 613
- Moir's opinion of Maginn, 614
-Homeric Ballads, 615, 16, 17,
18, 19-close of Maginn's life,
620, 21-Sir R. Peel's kindness to
him, 622-Macnish's opinion of
Maginn, 624, 625.
Lady Blessington-771-her family
and birth, 772-removed to Clon-
mel, and early instruction, 775
-introduced to society, 776—
is met and is proposed for, by
Captains Murray and Farmer
777-married to the latter, 778-
separation between them, death
of Farmer, 778-her life in Lon-
don, 779-marries Lord Bles-
sington, 780-style of living,
781-continental tour, 782- ac-
quaintance with Court, D'Orsay
and introduced to Lord Byron,
782, 83, 84-Byron's opinion of
Lady Blessington, 784, 85
Lady Blessington's lines to Lord
Byron, 786-his verses to her, 787
-sits for his Portrait to D'Orsay
and the latter's account of it,
788, 89-estimate of Byron's
character, 788, 90-last inter-
view of Byron and Lady Bless-
ington, 791, 92-her sketch of
Bay of Naples, 793-removes to
Paris, description of residence
there, 794, 95-death of Lord
Blessington, 795-returns to Eng-
land, 795 conduct towards
her relatives, 796-career as an
Authoress, 797-Willis's descrip-
tion of party at her house, 799,
800, 801-her out-door life, 802,
3-estimate of her ability, as an
Authoress, and list of her works,
804, 5-extracts from her Desul-
tory Thoughts, 806, 7-decline
of her fortune, 808-goes to live
in Paris, 809-account of D'Or-
say-Byron's opinion of him,
809, 10, 11-Lady Blessington's
death, 813-description of her
Tomb, 814-death of Count
D'Orsay, 815-recollections of
evenings at Gore House, 816.
Mitford, Mary Russell, Recollec-
tions of a Literary Life, 123.
Moir, D. M. (Delta), Poetical
Works of, 489.
Molesworth, Lord, 12.
Moore, Thomas, 382-see Mem-
oirs.
Music, historical notices of its
cultivation in Dublin, 29-516.
Monteagle, Lord, 674
Netterville, Viscount, description
of his trial in 1743, 729.
Novels, Modern French, 348, 685.
Newcomen. family of, 315-Sir
William Gleadowe's conduct at
the Union, 315.
Newspaper, the first published in
Dublin, 757.
O'Connell, Daniel, last speech in
House of Commons, 93.
O'Donovan, John, L.L.D., 670.
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