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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.
AAMBAAT
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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......
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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.
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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..... 170
CHAPTER XII.
1848-1852.
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..
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CHAPTER XIII.
1852-1856.
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... 257
CHAPTER XIV.
1856-1858.
Macaulay resigns his Seat for Edinburgh.-He settles Himself at Holly