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Drummond, Mr. Henry, M.P., vol. i.,
392.

Dudley, Earl of. See Ward, Lord.
Dürer, Albert, specimens of the style of
engraving by, vol. i., 102;
"Small
Passion" by, edited by H. Cole,
vol. ii., 166.

Dyce, Mr. W., R.A., vol. i., 108, 280.

Eastlake, Sir Charles, P.R.A., vol. i.,
288.

École Centrale d'Architecture at Paris,

address delivered at, by H. Cole,
vol. i., 337; vol. ii., 301.
Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of,
chairman of Navigation Committee
at Paris Exhibition of 1867, vol. i.,
258, 260; joins committee of musical
education of Society of Arts, 371,
372; foundation stone of School for
Music laid by, 373; president of
committee of general management
of School for Music, 373.
Edinburgh, Museum of Science and Art
at, vol. ii., 352.

Education, public, primary and secon-
dary, notes by H. Cole on, vol. i.,
348; musical, Society of Arts' com-
mittee on, 366, 369, 387; elemen-
tary, development of, through do-
mestic economy, vol. ii., 373.
Education Department, vol. i., 307.
Educational Exhibition at St. Martin's
Hall, vol. i., 321.

Elcho, Lord, vol. i., 222, 262, 293,
320.

Ellesmere, late Earl of, vol. i., 150,
163.

Endowed Schools' Bill, vol. i., 387.
Etching on copper practised by H.
Cole, vol. i., 102, 103.

Etching class formed at South Kensing-
ton Museum, vol. i., 103.
Evidence taken before House of Com.
mons, reform in printing, suggested
by H. Cole, vol. i., 15; pamphlet by
H. Cole on, vol. ii., 18.
Exchange of copies of works of fine
art, international, memorandum by

H. Cole on, vol. i., 346; minute
passed on, 347.

Executive Committee, first, for Exhi-
bition of 1851, members of, vol. i.,
148; necessity for, 154; second
Committee constituted, 156.
Exhibition at Cork, vol. i., 207.
Exhibition, Great, of 1851, in London,
vol. i., 116; preliminary plans,
120-3; first meeting with Prince
Albert on, 123; international cha-
racter of, 124; sites for, 125; meet-
ings on, at Buckingham Palace: at
Osborne, 126; deputations to towns
on: Prince Albert's correspondence
with Sir George Grey on, 127; re-
ports on visits to towns, 128, 129:
correspondence on country meetings,
131-3; City of London meeting,
133-45; City Committee to pro-
mote, 145; contract made between
Society of Arts and Messrs. Mun-
day, 146; statement of proceedings
by Mr. Scott Russell, 147; ap-
pointment of first Executive Com-
mittee, 148; contract cancelled, 148;
issue of Royal Commission, 149;
Royal Commissioners, 150, 151;
necessity for public subscriptions
for, 154; resignation of Mr. Robert
Stephenson as chairman of Execu-
tive Committee, and appointment of
Colonel Reid, R.E., as chairman,
155; employment of Royal Engineers
in, 156; second Executive Committee
constituted, 157; ambiguous position
of Executive Committee, 161; work
of committee, 161, 162; appoint-
ment of building committee: original
site in Hyde Park recommended by
committee, 163; competition for
plans for building invited, 163; re-
ports of building committee, 163, 164:
Mr. Paxton's plan, 164; parliamentary
opposition to the site in Hyde Park,
165; Prince Albert's letter to Baron
Stockmar on, 165; division in House
of Commons on site, 166; majority
in favour of Hyde Park, 167; guaran-

tee fund for, 168; Mr. Peto's liberal
offer, 169; Mr. Paxton's plan for,
adopted, 171; Fox and Henderson's
tender for, accepted, 171; obstacles
during building of, 173; royal
visits to, 174-7, 182-5; opening of,
by the Queen, 177; Her Majesty's
account of opening of, 177-80;
Queen's visit to, on first shilling day,
183; panics during building of, and
early days of, 185; Working Classes
Committee, 188; visits of the work-
ing classes to, 192; incidents before
opening of, and during, 193-7; dis-
cussion on prices for admission, 194;
free admission of the Press to, 195;
the British and Foreign Bible Society,
195; first shilling day, 195; season
tickets, 196; enormous and unreason-
able demand for space in, 196; police
arrangements for, 198; anecdote of a
Russian visit to, 198; fire arrange-
ments, 198; closing of, 199; honours
offered and conferred on staff of, 199;
Lord Palmerston and Lord Macaulay
on, 200; Paris fêtes to commis-
sioners, &c., 200-2; statistics, 203;
surplus on, 204; future prospects of,
204; removal of building materials of,
to Sydenham, 204; lectures on results
of, 205; plans for using surplus on, in
founding Institute of Science and Art,
282; purchase of art objects from,
283; Prince Albert's plan for disposal
of surplus funds from, 314, 380, 392;
extracts from preface to catalogue of,
by H. Cole, vol. ii., 208; extracts
from first report of Commissioners
for, 220, 225, 230; letter by Mr.
George Drew, addressed to Prince
Albert on the contract for, 221;
Colonel Phipps's reply, 224; report
by H. Cole on the security of the
building from fire, 227.
Exhibition in London of 1862, buildings

of, in Cromwell Road and Queen's
Gate, vol. i., 225; plan for hold-
ing, in 1861, brought before Society
of Arts, 226; fine arts and music

to be a feature: a great hall for
music, 226; guarantee fund, 227;
co-operation of Commissioners for
1851, promised by Prince Con-
sort, 227; plans for buildings dis
cussed, 228; policy of Commissioners
of 1851 early supporters of gua-
rantee, 228; Franco-Austrian war
(1859) and postponement of, 229;
progress with guarantee, 229; work
of, resumed, and to take place in
1862, 230; trustees of guarantee
fund, 230; guarantee deed, 231;
Bradford and guarantee fund, 233;
free grant of site by H.M. Com-
missioners, 238; question of manage-
ment of: trustees of guarantee fund be-
come managers of, 239; plans and cost
of building discussed, 240, 241; con-
tract for erecting buildings of, 241;
difference of opinion among Commis-
sioners as to building plans, 241, 242;
tenders for buildings, 242; great hall
for music given up, 243; building
committee and contractors, 244;
decoration of façade in Cromwell
Road discussed: mosaic wall pic-
tures proposed, 244; effect of
Prince Consort's death on, 245, 249;
difficulties in administration of, 245-
6; arrangements for State open-
ing of, 246; special commissioners
appointed to represent the Queen,
247; opening on 1st May, 248;
clearance of nave, of trophies, 248;
financial condition of: deficit an-
ticipated, 248; scheme for use of
buildings of, 249; proposed comple-
tion of buildings, 250; purchase of
site of, by the Government : buildings
pulled down, 250; declaration of
awards to exhibitors, 250; examina-
tion into expenditure for, 250; close
of, 251; receipts and expenditure of,
251.

Exhibition at New York, vol. i., 207.
Exhibition at Paris of 1849, vol. i., 123.
Exhibition at Paris of 1855, vol. i.,
206; estimated cost of British sec-

tion of, 208, 209; commission of
management proposed: administered
by Government, 210; Executive
Committee appointed, 210; build-
ings erected for, Palais de l'Industrie,
annexe for machinery, Palais des
Beaux Arts, 212; H. Cole appointed
Executive Commissioner, 213; safety
of fine art collections imperilled, 213;
opening fixed for 1st May, postponed
to 15th May, 215; opening of, on 15th
May, 216; imperfections of buildings,
216; official hospitalities, 217; visits
of the Queen and Prince Albert to,
219; fête at Versailles, 220; Eng-
lish pottery at, 220; visit of Council
of Society of Arts to, 221; close of,
awards to exhibitors at, 221; awards
in respect of British fine art: de-
coration of the Legion of Honour,
222; private distribution of the Legion
of Honour, 223; difficulties in con-
nection with its distribution, 222-4;
extracts from report of, by H. Cole,
vol. ii., 257.
Exhibition at Paris of 1867, vol. i.,
252; H. Cole appointed Executive
Commissioner to, 252; extent and
novelties of, 252; main building of,
in Champ de Mars: buildings in
park and grounds, 253; Government

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exhibits," 254; cost of British sec-
tion of, 254; H. Cole's estimates for,
255; Imperial Commission for, 255;
difficulties with Imperial Commission,
257; meetings of Foreign Commis-
sioners, 257; French committee for
allotment of space: Imperial Com-
mission and British fine art, 257; in-
ternational regatta at, 258; Mr. Beres-
ford Hope and architectural com-
mittee for, 259; history of labour at,
259; purchases for South Kensington
Museum from, 261, 262; banquet to
Imperial Commission at close of, 262;
fête at Fontainebleau to British staff
and employés at, 262, 263.
Exhibition, Art Treasures, at Manches-
ter, vol. i., 292.

Exhibition, Educational, at St. Martin's
Hall, organized by the Society of
Arts, vol. i., 321.

Exhibition, Loan, of furniture at Gore
House, Kensington, vol. i., 287.
Exhibition, National, of British mana-
factures, vol. i., 118.

Exhibitions, annual international, in
London, vol. i., 264; the Prince
Consort's opinion as to classification
in, 264; discussion on, at meeting
at Marlborough House, 267; plan
for, laid before H.M. Commis-
sioners for Exhibition of 1851, 267;
scheme adopted: series of ten, pro-
posed, 267; executive organization
of, devolves on H. Cole, 267; open-
ing of first of series of (1871), 268;
causes of ultimate want of success of,
268; receipts of first of the, 269;
technical instruction, the aim of, 269;
scheme abandoned, 270; memoran-
dum on a scheme of, by H. Cole, vol.
ii., 269.

Exhibitions, future international, meet-
ing of foreign commissioners in 1867
to discuss management of, vol. i,
264; decisions arrived at, 265.
Exhibitions, international, vol. i., 206,
225, 252, 264.

Exhibitions, Loan, commencement of
system of, vol. i., 288, 289.
Exhibitions, Society of Arts, vol. i,
378, 379, 392.

Fairbairn, Mr. (now Sir Thomas, Bart. ),
trustee and commissioner for Exhi-
bition of 1862, vol. i., 230.
Fawcett, Mr., M.P., Postmaster Gene-
ral, vol. i., IOI.

"Felix Summerly," H. Cole's mom de
plume, vol. i., 98.
Foley, Lord, vol. i., 262.

Food Collection at South Kensington
Museum, vol. i., 353-

Foster, Mr. P. Le Neve, secretary to
Society of Arts, vol. i., 121; letter
by, to H.M. Commissioners for Ex-

hibition of 1851, as to lease of land,
231.

Forster, Mr. W. E., Vice-President of
the Council, vol. i., 354; vol. ii.,
347.

Fould, M. Achille, vol. i., 213, 214.
Fowke, Capt., R.E., appointed sec-
retary to English Commission for
Paris Exhibition of 1855, vol. i., 213;
his plans for buildings for Exhibition
of 1862, 228, 241; architects' jealousy
of, 241; plan of road across Hyde
Park prepared by, 245; designs by,
to complete buildings of Exhibition
of 1862, 250; designs by, for Na-
tural History Museum: obtains first
prize, 250; principles as to erection
of picture galleries, 325; designs for
arcades of Horticultural Gardens by,
330; buildings at South Kensington
Museum planned and erected by, 333;
death of, 335, 353; design for Royal
Albert Hall by, 361, 363, 364; vol.
ii., 306; memoir of, by H. Cole, 349.
Fowler, Mr. John, engineer of Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Railway, vol. i., 90, 91.

Fox and Henderson, Messrs., contrac-
tors at Birmingham, agree to tender
for Great Exhibition building, vol. i.,
166, 174.

Fox, Mr. Charles (afterwards Sir
Charles), vol. i., 166; vol. ii., 231.
Franking letters, vol. i., 43; the Queen
resigns her privilege of, 57.
Franks, Mr. A. W., vol. i., 262.
Freake, Mr. (now Sir Charles, Bart.),

vol. i., 372; offer of, to build Na-
tional Training School for Music,
373; presents building to Prince of
Wales, 376.

Free Library Acts, vol. i., 385.
French Post Office, M. Piron's pamphlet
on, vol. i., 65.

Fuller, Mr. Francis, vol. i., 126, 130,
148.

Galloway, Sir Archibald, K. C.B., vol.

i., 150.

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Gauge, broad and narrow, vol. i., 77,
78.

Gauge, uniformity of, vol. i., 77; letter
by H. Cole to Mr. G. Carr Glyn,
advocating, 79-82; pamphlets on,
83.

George IV., art collections of: esta-
blishment of National Gallery by, vol.
i., 5; collection of arms of, at Carl-
ton Ride Repository, 23.
Gibb, Capt., R. E., vol. i., 198.
Gibson, Mr. T. Field, Royal Commis-

sioner for Exhibition of 1851 : note
by, on Sir R. Peel at meeting of Royal
Commission for Exhibition of 1851,
vol. i., 167.

Gibson, Mr. Milner, M. P., obtains abo-

lition of newspaper penny stamp,
vol. i., 39; draft report on National
Exhibition, 122.

Gladstone, Mr., vol. i., 150, 249, 289,
290; vol. ii., 305.

Glazed earthenware at South Kensington
Museum, use of, vol. i., 334.
Glyn, Mr. George Carr (afterwards
Lord Wolverton), chairman of London
and Birmingham Railway, vol. i., 78.
Glyphography, vol. i., 102; experi-
ments in, vol. ii., 163.

Goods trains, passengers by, vol. i., 74.
Gore House, loan exhibition of furni-
ture at, vol. i., 287; annual exhi-

bition of students' works at: visit of
the Queen and Prince Albert to, 287.
Granville, Earl, Vice-President of the

Board of Trade, vol. i., 109; chair-
man of Royal Commissioners for Ex-
hibition of 1851, 150, 155, 162, 168,
183, 193, 195, 199, 224, 230; presi-
dent of Royal Commission for Exhi-
bition of 1862, 240, 241, 243, 246,
247, 249, 250, 262, 267, 273; moves
for select committee on Patent Laws,

276, 283, 289; Lord President of the
Council, 304, 307, 309, 311, 326,
366; vol. ii., 346.

Great Grimsby, Docks at, vol. i., 87..
Gregory, Mr., M.P. (now Rt. Hon.
Sir William), attacks publication of
Universal Catalogue of Art Books,
vol. i., 344.

Grey, General Hon. Charles, private
secretary to Prince Albert, vol. i.,
169, 170, 188; letter by, to H.
Cole, on Prince's guarantee for Ex-
hibition of 1862, 232, 266; letter to,
by H. Cole, on "The Boilers " at
South Kensington, 323, 324, 360,
361, 362, 367; letter by, to Earl of
Wilton on Royal Academy of Music,
368.

Grey, Sir George, Home Secretary, vol.
i., 127.

"Guide" newspaper, The, edited by
H. Cole, vol. i., 38.

Guilds of Health, vol. i., 388; letter
on, by Prince of Wales, to H. Cole,
388.

Hall of Arts and Sciences, Central.

See Albert Hall.

Hampton Court, handbook to, vol. i.,
98; vol. ii., 195, 196.
Hampton, Lord. See Pakington.
Hanaper or hamper, a, for holding
records, vol. ii., 42.

Handbook of National Training School
for Cookery, vol. i., 396.
Hardy, Thomas Duffus (afterwards Sir
Thomas), vol. i., 9; appointed de-
puty-keeper of Public Records, 14.
Hardy, Mr. William, vol. i., 14.
Health and sewage of towns, con-
ferences on, at Society of Arts, vol. i.,
388, 397.

Health, national, conferences on, vol. i.,
388;
H. Cole's work for, 397; guilds
of. See Guilds.

Helena, H.R. H., the Princess (Princess
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), vol.
i., 268.

Henley, Mr., President of Board of
Trade, vol. i., 293, 297; vol. ii.,
346.

Henry VIII.'s Scheme of Bishopricks,
edited by H. Cole, extracts from
prefatory remarks on, vol. ii., 67.
Herbert, Mr. J. R., R.A., vol. i., 108,
283.

Herbert, Sidney (afterwards Lord Her-
bert of Lea), vol. ii., 330.

Hill, Rowland (afterwards Sir Row-
land), vol. i., 34; his plan of Penny
Postage, 35; paper on postage
stamps, 66, 85; vol. ii., 113, 114, 117,
124, 136.

History of labour in Paris Exhibition
of 1867, vol. i., 259.

"Home Treasury," The, vol. i., 101;
original announcement of Summerly's,
vol. ii., 160.

Hook, Mr. J. C., R.A., vol. i., 244
Horsley, Mr. J. C., R.A., vol. i., 101,

108, 244; vol. ii., 161, 162, 188.
Horticultural Society, Royal, grant of
lease of land on South Kensington
estate to, vol. i., 327; opening of
gardens of, by Prince Consort, 327;
rentals paid to Commissioners by,
vol. i., 328; designs by Mr. Smirke
and Captain Fowke for arcades sur-
rounding gardens of, 330.
Houghton, Lord, memoir of Charles
Buller by, vol. i., 16; epitaph on C.
Buller by, 17; vol. ii., 61.
"House full of Horrors," a, article in
Household Words" on museum of
"False Principles" at Marlborough
House, vol. i., 285.

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Hudson, Mr. Octavius, vol. i., 299.
Hudson, the Railway King, vol. i., 70.
Hume, Joseph, M.P., supporter of postal
reform, vol. i., 51; advocates unifor-
mity of gauge, 80, 134, 144; vol. ii., 1,

26, 321.

Hunt, Mr. W. Holman, vol. i., 244-
Huskisson, Mr., M.P., President of the
Board of Trade, vol. i., 78.

Huxley, Professor, Dean of Normal
School of Science, vol. i., 311.

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