Aberdeen, Marischal College of, de-
sires to confer the degree of LL.D. ;
this Gray declines, iii. 220.
Gray proud of his connection with
its University, iii. 221.

Achilles, The death of, by Bedingfield,
ii. 338.

Adam Bell, reference to the old ro-
mance of, i. 338.

Adami, Patricia, Italian actress, ii. 76.
Ad Amicos, a Latin elegy, by R. West,
ii. 8.

Adams, Dr., reference to, i. 138.
Addison, Joseph, his quotations from
the Classics, ii. 240.

his endeavour to suppress the rail-
lery on the clergy, i. 406.
Addison, Mr., sends a friendly admoni-
tion to C. Smart, ii. 161.
his friendship for Smart, ii. 179.
Lord Walpole, of Wolterton, and
Keene, Bishop of Chester, his
patrons, ii. 287.
Adversity, Hymn to, i. 23-26.

editorial note, i. 24.
Agis, a tragedy, by John Home, ii. 360.
Agrippina, a fragment of a tragedy, i.
101-111.

first published in 1775, i. 100.
editorial note, i. 101.

the argument written by Mason, i.
101-103.

Gray submits a speech in, to the
criticism of West, ii. 106.
previously dramatised by May, ii. 106.
Gray lays it aside, ii. 110.

sends it to Horace Walpole, ii. 167.
Horace Walpole requested not to
mention it, ii. 171.

Gray sends Walpole the first scene
in, ii. 227.
Ailesbury, Lady, declaration that Gray,

during a long afternoon in her
company, only spoke once, iii. 42.

Nicholls at Studley, iii. 240.
Akenside, Dr., his erroneous conjec-
tures in Architecture, ii. 255.
criticism of his Pleasures of Imagina-
tion, ii. 120-121.

Dr. Wharton asks Hurd to be lenient
with, ii. 299.

erroneously criticises an expression
of Gray's, ii. 331.

his contribution to Dodsley's Collec-
tion of Poems, ii. 364.
reference to, ii. 389.

Albemarle, Lord, one of Lord George
Sackville's judges, iii. 31.
Alcaic Fragment, i. 176.
reference to, ii. 96.

Ode, written in the album of the
Grande Chartreuse, ii. 182.
editorial note, ii. 182.

Alderson, Rev. Christopher, shows
Mason's library to Mitford, ii. 299.
curate to Mason, subsequently rector
of Aston, ii. 282.

invited to Old Park, iii. 348.
Alderson, Mrs., portrait of Dr. Delap
in her possession, ii. 309.
Aldovrandi, Cardinal Pompeo, note on,

ii. 93.

Algarotti, Count Francesco, friend of
Frederick the Great, of Voltaire,
and of Augustus III. of Poland,
iii. 147.
distinguished as one of the best
literary judges in Europe, iii. 148.
sends panegyrics to Gray and Mason,
iii. 151.

his Dissertation on Painting and
Music, with dedication to Pitt
(Earl of Chatham), iii. 151, 159.
Gray compliments him on his literary
effort, iii. 155.

Gray reads his works with increasing
satisfaction, iii. 159.

worthy to be the "Arbiter Eleganti-
arum" of mankind, iii. 160.

Architecture, remarks on the Essay,

by Mr. Basil Champneys, i. 301.
Gray's opinion of the source of
Gothic, ii. 255.

reason of the beauty of Gothic, iii.
110.

beauty of Gothic, began to appear in
reign of Henry III., iii. 146.
rise of Gothic, iii. 146.
Gothic perfection, i. 317.

nothing finer than the nave of York,
i. 317.

Lady chapel (Trinity Church, Ely),
i. 317.

had introduced itself in the reign of
Charles I., iii. 158.
criticisms on James Bentham's Essay,
iii. 228-231.

the Saxon, had no niches or canopies,
and escutcheons of arms are hardly
ever seen, iii. 229.
billeted-moulding, examples of, iii.

229.

nail-head, examples of, iii. 230.
nebule, examples of, iii. 230.

rise of the pointed arch, example
of, iii. 230.

spirit of Gray's time little less de-
structive than the civil wars, iii.
231.

Aristophanes, notes on, iv.
Aristotle, Gray's opinion of his writ-
ings, ii. 147.

Arlington Street, residence of Walpole,
ii. 139.

Armstrong, Dr. John, his poem on
Health, ii. 121.

his pseudonym of Lancelot Temple,
ii. 372.

Arthur, King, popular superstition in
Lydgate's time concerning, i. 3S9.
Asheton, Thomas, friend of Gray and
West, ii. 71.

publishes a book against Dr. Middle-
ton, ii. 210.

Horace Walpole's Epistle to, ii. 221,
225.

reference to, ii. 227.

Ashton, Dr., an Epistle by Horace
Walpole to, ii. 90.

his prospect of marriage, ii. 144.
his marriage, iii. S7.

visits Gray at Stoke, ii. 148.
reference to, ii. 147.

preacher of Lincoln's Inn, iii. 87.
reference to, and Eton, iii. S6, 107, 111.
Askew, Dr., ií. 117.

Aston, Rev. Dr. Delap's portrait in
Mason's dining-rooin at, ii. 309.

Bishopric of St. David's, iii. 78.
Ayscough, Mr., instrument maker on
Ludgate Hill, iii. 244.

BACH, Carlo, his lessons for the piano-
forte, iii. 164.

Gray thinks them charming, though
others disagree, iii. 164.
Baiardi, Ottavo Antonio, Parmesan
antiquary, ii. 277.

Gray's criticism of his work on Her-

culaneum, ii. 277-278.

Baif, French poet, reference to, ii. 341.
Balbi, Constantino, Doge of Genoa, ii.
48.

Balguy, Dr. Thomas, of St. John's.

Gray accompanies him to town,
ii. 291.

Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.

takes his doctor's degree and
preaches the commencement ser-
mon, ii. 368, 371.

returns to his prebendary of Win-
chester, ii. 371.

friend of Rev. Mr. Ludham, iii. 144.
Gray visits him at Winchester, iii.
178.

his action at Winchester, iii. 178.
says Mrs. Mason is very handsome,
iii. 224.

Balmerino, Lord, his trial for rebellion,
ii. 141.

his last action on the scaffold, ii. 146.
Balmerino, Lady Margaret, ii. 142.
Barbarossa, A play by Dr. Brown, ii. 261.
Bard, The, i. 39-50.

editorial note, i. 40.

portion submitted to Dr. Wharton,
ii. 267.

fragment of, as sent to Dr. Wharton,
ii. 268-271.

no further progress of, ii. 273, 294.
no further progress of (old Caradoc),
ii. 276.

further fragment sent to Mason, ii.
312.

the Moses of Parmegiano and Rap-
hael's figure of God in the vision.
of Ezekiel furnished models for,
ii. 313.

Gray comments on Mason's critic-
ism, ii. 314-315.

Gray does not like notes, yet will
give one or two, ii. 319.
Gray comments to H. Walpole on, ii.
318-319.

criticised by Mr. J. Butler anony-

mously, ii. 344-346.

references to, ii. 284-286.
Barnard, Dr., his quarrel at the Com-
mons, iii. 63.

Barnard, Lord, reference to, ii. 238.
Barnwell, Dr., of Trompington, his
daughter marries Dr. Chapman, ii.

193.

Barrett, Mr., of Lee Priory, offers Rev.
N. Nicholls £100 a year as travel-
ling companion, iii. 324.
Barrington, Lord, Secretary for War,

ii. 292.

Barrington, Daines (one of the Welsh

judges), Gray wishes a copy of his
poems to be sent to, ii. 344.
Bartholomew Fair, reference to, iii.
77.

Baskerville, beauty of his type, iii. 165.
Bath, Lord, death of, iii. 172.

conduct of his lady during a riot, iii.

339.

Bathurst, Mr., reference to, iii. 69.
Battey-Langley manner of architecture,
ii. 253.

Battle of the Summer Islands, quotation

from Waller's, ii. 49.

Beadon, Richard, Bishop of Gloucester,

executor of Dr. Newcome, iii. 189.
Beattie, Dr. James, note on, iii. 219.
invités Gray to Aberdeen, iii. 219.
Gray would be glad to see him at
Glamis, iii. 220.

visits Glamis, iii. 221.

sends Gray two books on popular
superstition, iii. 222.

Gray criticises his poetry, iii. 279.
Gray thanks him for his many
friendly offers, iii. 285.

receives permission to issue a Scotch
edition of Gray's poems, and to
entrust its publication to Foulis
of Glasgow, iii. 285-286.
criticism of his Ode on Lord Hay's
birthday, iii. 287.

to his Pindaric Odes, iii. 290.
thanked for the edition of Gray's
poems, iii. 325; its success, iii.
346.

informed of the appointment of Gray
to the Chair of Modern History,
and its value, iii. 326.

sends Gray in MS. the first book of
the Minstrel; Gray's criticism, iii.
376.

his Essay on Truth, iii. 377.

Gray's criticism of the Minstrel, with
Beattie's comments, iii. 395-400.
obliged to Gray for his freedom of
criticism, iii. 400.

Beauchamp, Earls of Warwick, their
monuments, ii. 257.

Beauclerk, Lady Harry, receives a
pension of £400 a year, iii. 78.
Beauvau, Marshall, Prince, son of
Prince Craon, ii. 85.

Beckford, Alderman, reference to his
manner whilst delivering a speech,
iii. 18.

at the coronation banquet, iii. 116.
Bedford, Duke of, brings his son

Francis to Trinity College, ii. 309.
and Duchess likely to be of the new
Ministry, iii. 153.

Bedford, Mr., Fellow of Pembroke, ii.
288.

Mr. Buller of Cornwall his patron,
ii. 289.

Bedingfield, Mr., makes the acquaint-
ance of, ii. 276.

The Death of Achilles, a poem by, ii.
338.

relates opinions expressed respecting
Gray's Odes, ii. 340.

Mason's attitude towards, iii. 163.
references, ii. 338; iii. 329.
Bedlam, tragedy by Nat. Lee, ii. 106.
Beedon, Mr., reference to, iii. 97.
Bell, Mr., his taste for Gothic, iii. 29.
Belleisle, news of its surrender daily
expected, iii. 105.

Sir William Williams killed at, iii.
109.

Bellers visits Maltham and engraves a
view of Gordale, i. 278.
Bellingham, extinct family of, i. 269.
Benedict XIV., his election as Pope, i.

93.

Bentham, James, Prebendary of Ely,
Gray returns his Essay on Gothic
Architecture with criticisms, iii.
228-231.

Bentinck, Lady Anne, and Sir Conyers
d'Arcy, i. 367.

editorial note to Stanzas, i. 121.
the Stanzas first published in 1775,
i. 100.

assists in preparing the Chronologi-

cal table of ancient authors, ii. 158.
his designs for Gray's Elegy, ii. 234;
their publication, ii. 237; a second
edition, i. 227.

sale at London in 1882 of his draw-
ings for the six poems, ii. 237.
reference to, ii. 218.
Berger, a disciple of Linnæus, iii. 88.
Bernardi, Francesco, reference to, ii. 65.
Bevis, Earl of Southampton, The Re-
portes of, i. 338.

his residence at Duncton, i. 338.

his sword one of the relics at Arun-
del Castle, i. 338.

Bibliographical statement of Gray's
writings, i. ix-xiii.

Bickham, James, Fellow of Emmanuel,
ii. 320.

Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.

laments Mason's indolence, ii. 394.
reference to, iii. 98.

Bickhain, Rev. Jeremiy, obtains a liv-
ing, iii. 108.

Biographia, Dr. Nicholls wrote the
latter articles of, ii. 244.
Birch, Dr. Thomas, his State Papers, ii.

194.

his State Papers of Sir T. Edmondes,
ii. 281.

Birds, Couplet about, i. 139.

editorial note on, i. 139.
Birds in Norfolk, table of their noises
being first heard during 1755, iii.
95-96.

Birkett, Rev. George, asked by Gray

to pay his Italian master, ii. 3.
Blacowe, Rev. Mr., Canon of Windsor,
his death, iii. 40, 63.
Blue-Coat or Man-in-Blew, an attend-

ant on the Vice-Chancellor of
Cambridge University, ii. 117.
Boaden's Life of Kemble, extract rela-
tive to Mason, ii. 242.j
Boadicea, Glover's play of, ii. 134.
Boar, the silver, badge of Richard III.,
i. 47.

Boccaccio, introduced the Ottava Rima
measure, i. 347.

his de Cassibus Illustrium Virorum,
i. 391.

Bolby, Mr., reference to, ii. 187.

Ripton, ii. 378.

his marriage and family, ii. 379.
visits Gray at Cambridge, ii. 320.
his belief that everything turns out
for the best, ii. 321.
dines with Gray, iii. 21.
Bonfoy, Mrs. Elizabeth, references to,
ii. 378; iii. 32.

who taught Gray to pray, is dead,
iii. 152.

her fortitude, iii. 152.
Bonfoy, Mr. and Mrs., Gray sends them
a copy of The Odes, ii. 320.
Bonstetten, Charles von, Baillie of
Nion, Switzerland, letter to Norton
Nicholls, with footnote of Gray's
opinion of the writer, iii. 355-356.
proceeds to London with Gray, iii.
357.

returned to France, iii. 358.
note on, iii. 360.

Gray laments the loss of his pres-
ence, iii. 360-362, 369.

Gray's expression of warm regard,
warns him against vice, iii. 371.
sends Gray views of Switzerland, iii.
3S9.

is disordered in his intellect, or has
exasperated his friends, iii. 401.
Borneil, Girard de, his invention of the
Canzone, i. 352.

Boscawen, Admiral, his victory over
the French, iii. 14.

Boswell, James, tells Mitford that
Gray received forty guineas for
The Odes, ii. 330.

his Account of Corsica and Memoir of
Paoli, iii. 310.

Gray's light estimate of his abilities,

Bower, Archibald, his career and pro-
posals for a History of the Pope, ii.
180.
Bowes, George, of Streatham Castle,
his daughter married to the ninth
Earl of Strathmore, ii. 369; iii.
276.

Boycot, Mr., may be of assistance to
Rev. N. Nicholls, iii. 342.

Stuart, iii. 34.

of Grafton, ii. 241.