1ST See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON BULWERLYTTON See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• EARLE, JOHN (c. 16o1-1665)
• EARLE, RALPH (1751-1801)

EARLE See also:

• 1ST BARON BULWERLYTTON EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON LYTTON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

LYTTON LYTTON (1803-1873)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English novelist and politician, the youngest son of See also:

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

General 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:

• EARLE, JOHN (c. 16o1-1665)
• EARLE, RALPH (1751-1801)

Earle Bulwer of Heydon IIall and See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood Dalling, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 25th of May 1803 . He had two See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, William (1799-1877) and 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 (18ot-1872), afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Dalling (q.v.) . Bulwer's See also:

• FATHER

father died when the boy was four years old . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• BARBARA, SAINT

Barbara, daughter of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• WARBURTON, BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE (1810-1852)
• WARBURTON, COLONEL SIR ROBERT (1842–1899)
• WARBURTON, WILLIAM (1698–1779)

Warburton See also:

• LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON, BULWERLYTTON, 1ST BARON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

Lytton of Knebworth, See also:

• HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire, after her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's See also:

• DEATH

death settled in London . Bulwer, who was delicate and neurotic, gave See also:

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

evidence of precocious See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent and was sent to various boarding See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, where he was always discontented, until in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a Mr Wallington at See also:

• EALING

Ealing he found in his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master a sympathetic and admiring listener . Mr Wallington induced him to publish, at the See also:

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

age of fifteen, an immature See also:

• VOLUME

volume entitled See also:

• ISHMAEL (a Hebrew name meaning " God hears ")

Ishmael and other Poems . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Bulwer See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love, and became extremely morbid under enforced separation from the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, who was induced by her father to marry another See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man . She died about the time that Bulwer went to See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and he declared that her loss affected all his after-See also:

• LIFE

life . In 1822 he entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Cambridge, but removed shortly afterwards to Trinity See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, and in 1825 won the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor's See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal for English See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse with a poem on " See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

Sculpture." In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he took his B.A. degree and printed for private circulation a small volume of poems, Weeds and See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

Flowers, in which the See also:

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

influence of See also:

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

Byron was easily traceable . In 1827 he published O'See also:

• NEILL, JAMES GEORGE SMITH (1810-1857)

Neill, or the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

Rebel, a See also:

• ROMANCE

romance, in heroic couplets, of patriotic struggle in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and in 1831 a metrical See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire, The Siamese Twins . These juvenilia he afterwards ignored . Meanwhile he had begun to take his See also:

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

place in society, being already known as a See also:

• DANDY

dandy of considerable pretensions, who had acted as second in a See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel and experienced the fashionable See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round of flirtation and intrigue .

He See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, only to sell it again without undergoing any service, and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1827 married, in opposition to his mother's wishes, Rosina See also:

• DOYLE, JOHN ANDREW (1844-1907)
• DOYLE, RICHARD (1824-1883)
• DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN (1859- )
• DOYLE, SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES

Doyle See also:

• WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)
• WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)

Wheeler (1802-1882), an Irish beauty, niece and adopted daughter of General See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 Doyle . She was a brilliant but passionate girl, and upon his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with her, Bulwer's mother withdrew the See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance she had hitherto made him . He had £200 a year from his father, and less than £See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo a year with his wife, and found it necessary to set to See also:

• WORK

work in See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest . In the year of his marriage he published See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland, a novel which was only a moderate success, but in 1828 he attracted general See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention with See also:

• PELHAM
• PELHAM, HENRY (1696-1754)
• PELHAM, HENRY FRANCIS (1846-1907)

Pelham, a novel for which he had gathered material during a visit to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1825 . This See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, with its intimate study of the dandyism of the age, was immediately popular, and See also:

• GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

gossip was busy in identifying the characters of the romance with the leading men of the time . In the same year he published The Disowned, following it up with Devereux (1829), See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford (183o), See also:

• EUGENE

Eugene See also:

• ARAM, EUGENE (17o4-17J9)

Aram (1832) and See also:

• GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY GODOLPHIN, EARL

Godolphin (1833) . All these novels were designed with a didactic purpose, some-what upon the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model . To embody the leading features of a See also:

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

period, to show how a criminal may be reformed by the development of his own See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, to explain the secrets of failure and success in life, these were the avowed See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of his See also:

• ART

art, and there were not wanting critics ready to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call in question his sincerity and his morality . See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine controversy followed, in which Bulwer was induced to take a See also:

• PART

part, and about the same time he began to make a See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark in politics . He became a follower of See also:

• BENTHAM, GEORGE (1800-1884)
• BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832)

Bentham, and in 1831 was elected member for St Ives in See also:

• HUNTINGDON
• HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF
• HUNTINGDON, SELINA HASTINGS, COUNTESS OF (1707—1791)

Huntingdon . During this period of feverish activity his relations with his wife See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew less and less satisfactory . At first she had cause to complain that he neglected her in the pursuit of See also:

• LITERARY

literary reputation; later on his disregard became rather active than passive .

After a See also:

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

series of distressing See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences they decided to live apart, and were legally separated in 1836 . Three years later his wife published a novel called Cheveley, or the Man of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour, in which Bulwer was bitterly caricatured, and in See also:

• JUNE

June 1858, when her husband was See also:

• STANDING

standing as See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for Hertfordshire, she appeared at the hustings and indignantly denounced him . She was consequently placed under See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint as insane, but liberated a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks later . For years she continued her attacks upon her husband's character, and outlived - ilt by nine years, dying at Upper See also:

• SYDENHAM
• SYDENHAM, CHARLES EDWARD
• SYDENHAM, THOMAS (1624-1689)

Sydenham in 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 1882 . There is little doubt that her passionate See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination gravely exaggerated the 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 her wrongs, though Bulwer was certainly no model for husbands . It was a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of two undisciplined natures in domestic bondage, and the consequences of their See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union were as inevitable as they were unfortunate . Bulwer, meanwhile, was full of activity, both literary and See also:

• POLITICAL

political . After representing St Ives, he was returned for See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln in 1832, and sat in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for that See also:

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

city for nine years . He spoke in favour of the Reform See also:

• BILL

Bill, and took the leading part in securing the reduction, after vainly essaying the See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal, of the newspaper See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp duties . His pamphlet, issued when the Whigs were dismissed from See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1834, and entitled " A See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter to a See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

Minister on the Crisis," was immensely influential, and Lord See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne offered him a lordship of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty, which he declined as likely to interfere with his activity as an author . At this time, indeed, his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen was indefatigable . Godolphin was followed by The Pilgrims of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine (1834), a graceful fantasy, too German in sentiment to be quite successful in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and then in The Last Days of See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii (1834) and See also:

• RIENZI, COLA DI (c. 1313–1354)

Rienzi (1835) he reached the height of his popularity .

He took See also:

• GREAT

great pains with these stories, and despite their lurid colouring and mannered over-emphasis, they undoubtedly indicate the high-See also:

• WATER

water mark of his talent . Their reception was enthusiastic, and Ernest Maltravers (1837) and Alice, or the Mysteries (1838) were hardly less successful . At the same time he had been plunging into journalism . In 1831 he undertook the editorship of the New Monthly, which, however, he resigned in the following year, but in 1841, the year in which he published See also:

• NIGHT

Night and See also:

• MORNING

Morning, he started the Monthly See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, a semi-scientific magazine, for which he wrote Zicci,, an unfinished first draft afterwards See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded into Zanani (1842) . As though this multifarious fecundity were not sufficient, he had also been busy in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of dramatic literature . In 1838 he produced The Lady of See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, a See also:

• PLAY

play which See also:

• MACREADY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793—1873)

Macready made a great success at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden: in 1839 See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu and The See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain, and in 1840• See also:

• MONEY

Money . All, except The Sea Captain, were successful, and this solitary failure he revived in 1869 under the See also:

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

title of, The Rightful See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

Heir . Of the others it may be said that, though they abound in examples of strained sentiment and false See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, they have nevertheless a certain theatrical flair, which has enabled them to survive a whole library of See also:

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

stage literature of greater sincerity and truer feeling . The Lady of Lyons and Money have See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long held the stage, and to the last-named, at least, some of the most talented of See also:

• MODERN

modern comedians have given new life and See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability . In 1838 Bulwer, then at the height of his popularity, was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet, and on succeeding to the Knebworth estatein 1843 added Lytton to his surname, under the terms of his mother's will . From 184r to 1852 he had no seat in parliament, and spent much of his time in See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental travel . His literary activity waned somewhat, but was still remarkably alert for a man who had already done so much .

In 1843 he issued The Last of the Barons, which: many critics have considered the most historically See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound and generally effective of all his romances; in 1847 See also:

• LUCRETIA

Lucretia, or the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children of the Night, and in 1848 Harold, the last of the Saxon See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings . In the intervals between these heavier productions he ' had thrown off a volume of poems in 1842, another of See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller in 1844, and a satire called The New Timm in 1846, in which See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson, who had just received a See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, was bitterly lampooned as school See also:

• MISS

miss See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred," with other unedifying amenities; Tennyson retorted with some verses in which he addressed Bulwer-Lytton as " you See also:

• BAND

band-See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box." These poetic excursions were followed by his most ambitious work in See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre, a romantic epic entitled See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

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

Arthur, of which he expected much, and he was greatly disappointed by its apathetic reception . Having experienced some rather See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, questioning the morality of his novels, he next essayed a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of fiction which he was determined should leave no loophole to suspicion, and in The Caxtons (1849), published at first anonymously, gave further See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of his versatility and resource . My Novel (1853) and What will he do with it? were designed to prolong the same See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain . In 1852 he entered the political field anew, and in the conservative See also:

• INTEREST

interest . He had differed from the policy of Lord John See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell over the See also:

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

corn See also:

• LAWS

laws, and now separated finally from the liberals . He stood for Hertfordshire and was elected, holding the seat till 1866, when he was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Lytton of Knebworth . His eloquence gave him the See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, and he often spoke with influence and authority . In 1858 he was appointed secretary for the colonies . In the House of Lords he was comparatively inactive . His last novels were A See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

Strange Story (1862), a mystical romance with spiritualistic tendencies; The Coming See also:

• RACE

Race (1871), The Parisians (1873)—both unacknowledged at the time of his death; and Kenelm Chillingly, which was in course of publication in See also:

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM (1776-1834)

Blackwood's Magazine when Lytton died at See also:

• TORQUAY

Torquay on the 18th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1873 . The last three of his stories were classed by his son, the 2nd Lord Lytton, as a trilogy, animated by a See also:

• COMMON

common purpose, to exhibit the influence of modern ideas upon character and conduct .

Bulwer-Lytton's attitude towards life was theatrical, the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of his sentiments was artificial and over-decorated, and the See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of his work was often so flamboyant as to give an impression of false taste and See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment . Nevertheless, he built up each of his stories upon a deliberate and careful framework: he was assiduous according to his See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights in See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research; and conscientious in the details of workmanship . As the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day has become obsolete the immediate See also:

• APPEAL

appeal of his work has diminished . It will always, however, retain its interest, not only for the merits of certain individual novels, but as a See also:

• MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

mirror of the prevailing intellectual See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement of the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See T . H . S . Escott, See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth (1910) . (A .