See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM ERNEST See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (1849-1903)

HENLEY (1849-1903)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British poet, critic and editor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 23rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1849 at See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, and was educated at the See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

Crypt See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar School in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . The school was a sort of See also:

• CINDERELLA (i.e. little cinder girl)

Cinderella See also:

• SISTER

sister to the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral School, and See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley indicated its shortcomings in his See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article (See also:

• PALL

Pall Mall See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, Nov . 1goo) on T . E . See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown the poet, who was headmaster there for a brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Brown's See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, uncongenial to himself, was a stroke of See also:

• LUCK

luck for Henley, for whom, as he said, it represented a first acquaintance with a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius . " He was singularly See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind to me at a moment when I needed kindness even more than I needed encouragement." Among other kindnesses Brown did him the essential service of lending him books . To the end Henley was no classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, but his knowledge and love of literature were, vital . Afflicted with a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical infirmity, he found himself in 1874, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-five, an inmate of the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . From there he sent to the Cornlzill Magazine poems in irregular rhythms, describing with poignant force his experiences in hospital . See also:

• LESLIE
• LESLIE, CHARLES (1650-1722)
• LESLIE, CHARLES ROBERT (1794–1859)
• LESLIE, FRED [FREDERICK HOBSON] (1855–1892)
• LESLIE, SIR JOHN (1766-1832)
• LESLIE, THOMAS EDWARD CLIFFE (1827-1882)

Leslie See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen, then editor, being in Edinburgh, and See also:

• MACAIRE

Macaire at His See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's on the 2nd of May 1901 . See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea also achieved See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage performance .

In the meantime Henley was active in the magazines and did notable editorial See also:

• WORK

work for the publishers: the See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra Heroica, 1891; A See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PROSE

Prose (with Mr See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Whibley), 1894; the See also:

• CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

centenary See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns (with Mr T.F . See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson) in 1896—1897, in which Henley's See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay (published separately 1898) roused considerable controversy . In 1892 he undertook for Mr Nutt the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general editor-See also:

• SHIP

ship of the Tudor See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

Translations; and in 1897 began for Mr Heinemann an edition of See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron, which did not proceed beyond one See also:

• VOLUME

volume of letters . In :898 he.published a collection of his Poems in one volume, with the autobiographical " See also:

• ADVERTISEMENT, or ADVERTISING (Fr. avertissement, warning, or notice)

advertisement " above quoted; in 1899 See also:

• LONDON

London Types, Quatorzains to accompany . Mr See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• NICOLSON, WILLIAM (1655-1727)

Nicolson's designs; and in 1900 during the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, a patriotic poetical brochure, For See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England's See also:

• SAKE

Sake . In 1901 he published a second volume of collected See also:

• POETRY

poetry with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• HAWTHORN
• HAWTHORN (O. Eng. Naga-, hog-, or hege-thorn, i.e. " hedge-thorn ")

Hawthorn and See also:

• LAVENDER

Lavender, See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform with the volume of 1898 . In 1902 he collected his various articles on painters and artists and published them as a See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion volume of Views and Reviews: See also:

• ART

Art . These with " A See also:

• SONG

Song of See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

Speed " printed in May 1903 within two months of his See also:

• DEATH

death make up his See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale of work . At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• LIFE

life he was engaged upon his edition of the Authorized Version of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible for his See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Tudor Translations . There remained uncollected some of his scattered articles in See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals and reviews, especially the series of See also:

• LITERARY

literary articles contributed to the Pall Mall Magazine from 1899 until his death . These contain the most outspoken utterances of a critic never mealy-mouthed, and include the splenetic attack on the memory of his dead friend R . L .

See also:

• STEVENSON, ADLA1 EWING (1835- )
• STEVENSON, ROBERT (1772-1850)
• STEVENSON, ROBERT LEWIS BALFOUR (1850-1894)

Stevenson, which aroused deep regret and resentment . In 1894 Henley lost his little sixyear-old daughter See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret; he had See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne the " bludgeonings of See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance" with "the unconquerable soul" of which he boasted, not unjustifiably, in a well-known poem; but this See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke his See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart . With the knowledge of this fact, some of these out-bursts may be better understood; yet we have the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of a clear-eyed critic who knew Henley well, that he found him more generous, more sympathetic at the close of his life than he had been before . He died on the 11th of See also:

• JULY

July 1903 . In spite of his too boisterous mannerism and prejudices, he exercised by his originality, See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence and fearlessness an inspiring and inspiriting See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the higher class of journalism . This influence he exercised by word of mouth as well as by his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen, for he was a famous talker, and figures as " Burly " in Stevenson's essay on Talk and Talkers . As critic he was a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good hater and a good fighter . His virtue See also:

• LAY

lay in his vital and vitalizing love of good literature, and the vivid and pictorial phrases he found to give it expression . But his fame must See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest on his poetry . He excelled alike in his delicate experiments in complicated metres, and the strong See also:

• IMPRESSIONISM

impressionism of Hospital Sketches and London Voluntaries . The influence of See also:

• HEINE, HEINRICH, (1797-1856)

Heine may be discerned in these " unrhymed rhythms "; but he was perhaps a truer and more successful See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of Heine in his snatches of passionate song, the best of which should retain their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in English literature . See also references in Stevenson's Letters; Cornhill Magazine (1903) (See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low) ; Fortnightly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (August 1892) (See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• SYMONS
• SYMONS, GEORGE JAMES (1838-1900)

Symons) ; and for bibliography, English Illustrated Magazine, vol. See also:

• XXIX

xxix. p .

548 . (W . P . J.) HENLEY-ON-See also:

• THAMES

THAMES, a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town and municipal See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in the Henley See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire, England, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Thames, the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway, by which it is 351 M . W. of London, while it is 571 M. by See also:

• RIVER

river . Pop . (1901) 5984 . It occupies one of the most beautiful situations on the Thames, at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the finely wooded Chiltern Hills . The river is crossed by an elegant See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of five See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, constructed in 1786 . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church (Decorated and Perpendicular) possesses a lofty See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of intermingled See also:

• FLINT
• FLINT, AUSTIN (1812-1886)
• FLINT, or FLTNTSHTRE (sir Gallestr)
• FLINT, ROBERT (1838- )
• FLINT, TIMOTHY (1780-1840)

flint and stone, attributed to See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey, but more probably erected by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop Longland . The grammar school, founded in z6o5, is incorporated with a See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Coat school . Henley is a favourite summer resort, and is celebrated for the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual Henley Royal Regatta, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal gathering of See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur oarsmen in England, first heldin 1839 and usually taking place in July .

Henley is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors . _Area, 549 acres . Henley-on-Thames (Hanlegang, See also:

• HENLE, FRIEDRICH GUSTAV JAKOB (1809 — 1885)

Henle, Handley), not mentioned in Domesday, was a See also:

• MANOR

manor or See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• DEMESNE (DEMESNE, DEMAIN, DOMAIN, &c.)

demesne of the See also:

• CROWN

crown and was granted (1337) to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John de Molyns, whose See also:

• FAMILY

family held it for about 250 years . It is said that members for Henley sat in parliaments of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I. and Edward III., but no writs have been found . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII. having granted the use of the titles " mayor " and " See also:

• BURGESS (Med. Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a borough, a town)
• BURGESS, DANIEL (1645-1713)
• BURGESS, THOMAS (1756–1837)

burgess," the town was incorporated in 1570—1571 by the name of the See also:

• WARDEN

warden, portreeves, burgesses and commonalty . Henley suffered from both parties in the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War . William III. on his See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march to London (1688) rested here and received a deputation from the Lords . The period of prosperity in the 17th and 18th centuries was due to manufactures of See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt, and to See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn and See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool . The existing See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday market was granted by a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of John and the existing Corpus Christi See also:

• FAIR

fair by a charter of Henry VI . See J . S . See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

Burn, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Henley-on-Thames (London, 1861) .