Anthony Trollope : a commentary

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Courtship—A Proposal of Marriage—The Proposal accepted— Love-letters—Marriage.

Thomas Trollope—The Loss of an Inheritance—* Velvet”? Cunningham—Frances Trollope at Home and Abroad.

The Childhood of Anthony—Anthony at Winchester—* An incorrigible dunce ”—“ It’s dogged as does it.”

Frances Wright—Anticipation of Martin Chuzzlewit—Nashoba— New Harmony— Trollope’s Folly ’”’—Derelict in Cincinnati— Generosity of Hervieu.

Domestic Manners of the Americans—Angry Criticsx—Bankruptcy and Flight to Belgium—Toil and Tragedy—Death of a Son— Widowhood.

The Tireless ‘Traveller—A Popular Satirist—Propaganda Fiction: Michael Armstrong—Propaganda Fiction: Fessie Phillips—Irksome Enthusiasm of Lady Bulwer.

Old Age and Death—Provocative Quality of her Books—Too downright for Gentility—Too truthful for Elegance.

Appointment to the Post Office—Friendless in London—Self-portraiture—Johnny Eames or Charley Tudor ?—Johnny Eames and Lily Dale—The Influence of London—Caste in English Life— A serious Illness.

Early days in Ireland—Marriage—First Fumblings after Authorship—The Macdermots of Ballycloran—-Characteristics of the Irish Novels—Rather Lecturer than Novelist—Absorption in Politics— Frances Trollope to the rescue—A Guide-book and a Play.

Attitude toward Caste and Individual—Mockery of Self and Others —Barchester and its Origins—Trollope’s Barsetshire—The First Trollopian novel—The Warden—The New Zealander—Barchester Towers declared indecent—Barchester Towers expurgated—The Squeamish ’fifties—Success of Barchester Towers—Sorry History of Brown, Fones and Robinson—The Three Clerks.

Travel Memories—Appreciation of Beauty—Art a Revelation of Humanity—The Personal Approach to Architecture—Among the Anglo-Florentines—In Egypt and Palestine—Glasgow and the West Indies.

Waltham House—The G.P.O. and Rowland Hill—Edmund Yates— The Cornhill and Framley Parsonage—George Smith—First Meeting with Thackeray—Unlucky Sequel to a Cornbill dinner.

Letters to George Smith—Tirst Meeting with Kate Field—The Beginnings of Intimacy—The Garrick Club—The First Journey to America—Letters to Kate Field.

The Duties of a Critic—The Small House at Allington—Rachel Ray, Good Words and The Record—Rejection of Rachel Ray—Norman Macleod Defends himself—-Death of ‘Thackeray—Trollope and Thackeray.

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ANTHONY (continued)

VIII Letters to George Smith—The Pall Mall Gazette—The Fortnighily Review—The Cruelty of Field Sports—An Experiment in Anonymity—Nina Balatka—Linda Tressel and The Golden Lion— Millais and other Illustrators—The Last Chronicle of Barset—A projected History of Fiction—The Saint Paul’s Magaxine—Robert Bell.

IX The Second Journey to America—Letters to Kate Field—Trollope and Kate Field.

X Resignation from Saint Paul’s—Passing the Summit of Success— Imprint and Reputation—Beverley and Ralph the Heir—The Vicar of Bullhampton—The Commentaries of Cesar.

XI A change of Manner— Quarrel with Charles Reade—Life at 39 Montagu Square—The American Senator—Letters from South Africa—A modern Tribute to South Africa—South Africa—A Trip to Iceland—From London to Harting—Old Age and Weariness.

THE FINAL SCENE THE PORTRAIT OF ANTHONY

THE BOOKS .

Aesthetic Reaction—Characterisation—Acquiescence—- Dramatisation of the Undramatic—-Worldly Wisdom and good Manners—The Three Clerks—Doctor Iborne—Trollope’s women—The Bertrams and Castle Richmond—Orley Farm—The Claverings and The Belton Estate—He Knew He Was Right—Dr. Wortle’s School—Heroines and Hunting Scenes—The Way We Live Now.

APPENDICES ; I (2) Calendar of Events in the Life of Frances Trollope

(b) Bibliography of Frances Trollope

II (2) Calendar of Events in the Life of Anthony Trollope (5) Bibliography of Anthony Trollope. . . .« (c) Classification of Trollope’s Fiction .

II The Introductory pages of Trollope’s projected “History of Fiction” . Kade: AP! A

IV (a2) Advance Lay-out for Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite . ‘ : - :

(2) Advance Lay-out for The Way We Live Now. V_ = Note of Acknowledgment. . .

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ANTHONY TROLLOPE , d : ’ : Frontispiece (From a photograph taken about 1880) Facing page JULIANS HILL (“Orley Farm”) . ; 54 (From a drawing by F. E. Rage “© TROLLOPE’S FOLLY’ 70 (Mrs. Trollope’s Bazaar in arsterty FRANCES TROLLOPE 94. (From a drawing) TROLLOPE’S BARSETSHIRE ; . ‘ ° 154 (From the sketch map drawn by the novelist hese ds ANTHONY TROLLOPE 214 (From a painting by H. C. O'Neil) TROLLOPE IN ICELAND . : 4 : : : 318 (From drawings by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 1878) TROLLOPE IN CARICATURE . : : yeh OL (Cartoons from “ Once a Week” and “ Punch”) ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT Page

Document Appointing Anthony Trollope to a See in the General Post Office (1834) . : III

Reconstructions of Barsetshire by Spencer van Bokkelen Nichols and Ronald Knox

“Working Table” for The Claverings . ; Saf