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self-government, 207–214;

and America, 250–252

Copley, Sarah, 22, 270

Cowper, W. (poet), quoted, 13;

empire, 208, 245

Croker, 269 and n. 4

Cromwell, Oliver, 3;

republican theocracy, 149, 180;

Ireland, 261

Currie, Lady, 29

Dante, theocracy, 147

Davison, Mr., letter to (quoted), 272

Denmark, 213, n. 1, 235, 239

Derby, Lord, 14, (1852) 25, n. 1, 39, 41, n. 2, 136–138, (1852 and 1855) 191, n. 1;

on Russian methods, 226;

Ireland, 260, n. 1

Dickens, Charles, 289;

romance, 302

Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield [and see Carlyle, Colonies, Empire, Reform Bill, America, Ireland, and Foreign Policy], his idea of Conservatism, 5–8, 39, 204;

a poet and artist, 11, 36;

his early surroundings, 16–18, 268–272;

unique phases of earliest youth, 16, 18, 275, 309–312, 321–325;

distinction between wish for influence and for position, 12;

his mission, 5–7, 12, 49–52, 56, 111, 119, 210;

regrets Lord Derby’s temerity then, as much as his timidity in the gran’ rifuto of 1855 ... 191, n., 213, n.;

indisposition to take office, 1852 ... 14;

never opportunist: courted unpopularity, ib.;

“national” attitude, 19, 47, 48, 49, 55, 170;

not a “mystic,” 156;

attitude on education (q.v.), 167–169;

discipline, 169, 170;

universities, 169;

his bias for Monarchy, 180–184;

and royal prerogative, 184, 189–192, and fully the whole of Ch. V.;

Royal Titles Bill, 193–194;

cheapness of monarchy, 192;

debt to Bolingbroke’s ideas, 195–198

Colonies (q.v.), Disraeli’s zeal and plans for, 198;

Disraeli’s attitude to “millstone” view investigated, 200–203;

“Peace at any price,” 207;

“timidity of capital,” 202;

power of instancing political precedent, 213, n. 1;

origin of his title, 44, n.

Empire (q.v. and Foreign Policy), temper of his imperialism, 209 et seq., 245;

principles of his policy illustrated, 210–214, 217–221;

Eastern policy considered, discussed, and illustrated, 222–236;

“the just influence of England,” 235;

diplomacy, 221–222;

Cyprus, 230;

his attitude to France (q.v.), 235–239;

Germany (q.v.), 240;

Austria and Italy (q.v.), 241–243;

Poland, Greece (q.v.), 243;

pronouncement on militarism with constitutional forms, 244;

his farewell to constituents sums up his lifelong aims, and repeats the phrase, twice used, of his youth, 244–245;

England restored to her due European position, 227, 332;

European concert, 209, 230;

lasting results, 216, 227, 229, 230;

Bulgaria (q.v.), Eastern Roumelia, and autonomy, 227

America (q.v.), early predictions, 48, 246–250;

“revolution” distinguished from “insurrection,” 247, n. 1;

must be treated as an imperial power affecting Europe, 234, 248;

the changes produced by her civil war, 248–249;

Disraeli alone recognised the significance of the war, 247;

his discerning treatment of Anglophobia, 250–253;

negro problem, 251;

Fenianism, its true character, 253–256, 261

Ireland (q.v.), Disraeli’ 21, (1871) 228–229, (1860) 234–235, (1853) 236, (1864) 237, (1858) 237–238, (1864) ib., (1879) 239, (1878) 232, n. 1;

Burials Bill (1880), 290, n. 2;

diplomacy, (1860) 222, (1864) ib.;

Russia’s lawful ambition, 229;

Berlin Treaty, 231, 235;

“Pan-Slavism,” 232;

“balance of power,” (1864) 234, (1870) 240;

interference, 210, 235, 240;

humanity (1876), 225;

actuating principles of his outlook (repeating his earliest pamphlets), (1876) 244, (1881) 221;

foresight as to America (1863), 247–248;

speeches of discernment on America (1856), 248, 249;

American Anglophobia, (1865) 250–251, (1871) 251–253;

negroes, 251–252;

Fenianism (1872), 254;

Ireland, (1843) 256, (1844) 256–258;

Maynooth, (1846) 257, n. 1, (1858) 260, n. 1, (1868) 259, 261, (1869) 260;

his four great speeches, (1868–69) 264–266, (1869) 260, (1871) 247, (1872) 254;

Peel (1846), 278;

Wit, (1845–49) 292, (1833, 1846, 1859, 1860, 1876) 295

“Democracy,” attitude to, 7, 33, 39, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, and Chap. II. passim, 58, 66, 69, 83, 88, n. 1, 91, 92, and n. 1, 93, 95, 268, 286, 288

Disraeli, Isaac, 23;

letter of (alluded to), 24, n. 1;

influence on his son, 46, 172;

phrases, 203, n. 2;

his surroundings, 268–271;

advice to his son, 275;

phrases, 293, 300

——, Sarah, 10, 17, n., 22;

her influence, 324

D’Orsay, Count, 268;

Disraeli on, 276;

“Count Mirabel,” 277, 291

Douce, F. (antiquarian), 269

Downman, H., 269

——, J., 269

Doyle, 124

Dundas, Sir D., 44

Durham, Lord, 14, n. 1

Egypt, 208, 221;

Suez Canal, 222

Eldon, Lord, 5, 50, 82, 259

Eliot, George, 302

Empire, 49, 53, 54, 92, 161, 193, 205–207, 209–210, 212–245

Ewald, Mr., 9, 207

——, Professor, 146

Faber, 124;

“St. Lys,” 126

Falconieri, Tita, 24, n. 2, 270

Foreign Policy [and see various countries, including Poland];

Disraeli’s principles of, 210–216, 217, 231, 234, 235;

temper of his imperialism, 193, 205, 207, 209, 212–245;

pacificatory, 210, 208;

his prophecy as to Disraeli, 217, 245;

alluded to, 278, 291, 293, 304

“Peelites,” 33, 35, n. 1, 39, 53, 295

Penn, Mr., 269

Perceval, 82

Persia, 207

Pitt, W., 5;

young Disraeli’s example, 24, 74, 129, 256, 259

Poland, Disraeli’s sympathy with, 243

Pope, A., 290, 307

Powles, Mr., 23 n. 2

Pozzo, 222, n. 1, 271

Press, The (Disraeli’s organ, 1853–59), 25, n. 1;

quoted, 7, n. 3, 33, n. 2, 39, 40, 53, 64, 181;

detached democracy, 202, 213, n. 1;

Turkey, 228;

political wit, 295

Prussia, 240

Pye (Laureate), 268

Reform Bill, 1832–36 ... 3, 8, 50, 51, n. 73, 77, 83;

effects of, 82–85, 89, 94, 98, 110, 116, 180, 184

—— ——, 1867, principles of, illustrated by former pronouncements, 78–80, 90 et seq., 94 et seq., 96, 98;

its drift and meaning, 233

Whittlestone (valet), 24, n. 2

William III., 3, 148

Williams, Mrs. (of Torquay), 10, 29

Wiseman, Cardinal, 175

Wood, Sir Charles, 320

Wyndham, Sir W., 80, 82, 259

“Young England,” 14, 48, 115;

fully considered, 123–130;

and Maynooth, 128;

“Sanitas sanitatum,” 128–129;

fruits of, 130

Zulu War, 212–215