Benjamin, Nathan, 157
Bion, Idyll on "Adonis," by, 170
Blackwood, William, 91
Blackwood's Magazine, 90; articles

in by Z, on The Cockney School
of Poetry, 91; 92, 93, 95, 97, 98,
99, 100, 103, 104, 153
Boccaccio's " 'Decameron," 107,
180, 181
Boileau, 70

Bojardo's "Orlando Innamorato,"
114

Brawne, Fanny, engaged to Keats,
30, 32; Keats's description of
her, 33; 34, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42,
44, 45; Keats's love-letters to
her, 45-46, &c.; 53, 57, 60, 62,
102; her marriage to Mr. Lin-
don, 121; 130, 141, 143, 146,
147, 158, 160; poems to, 202
Brawne, Mrs., 29, 34, 36, 60, 61,
143
Brown, Charles Armitage, friend
of Keats, 25; Keats's verses on,
26; 27, 28, 29, 33, 38, 39, 41, 42,
43, 46, 48, 53; letter from Keats

"Cenci, The," by Shelley, 123
Champion, The, 115

41

'Chapman's Homer," sonnet by
Keats, 66, 69, 165, 166, 203
Chartier, Alain, 112

Chatterton, 67, 68
Chaucer, 112

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, pic-
ture by Haydon, 21, 36, 43, 126,
158

"Christmas Eve," sonnet by

Keats, quoted, 157
Clark, Mrs., 60
Clark, Sir James, 59, 60

Clarke, Charles Cowden, precep-
tor and friend of Keats, 14, 18,
19, 20, 25, 65, 66; his "Recol-
lections," 102; 104, 125, 126,
129, 140, 148

Clarke, Epistle to, by Keats, 67,
68

Clarke, Rev. John, Keats's school-

master, 14
Coleridge, 25, 151, 164
Coleridge's "Christabel," 185

Edinburgh Review, 109, 117
Edouart, 35

"Endymion," by Keats, 23, 24,

25, 54, 67, 72; details as to the
composition of, 76; preface to,
79, 80; criticism upon in The
Quarterly Review, 83; Keats's
feeling as to this and other
criticisms, 91-106; 107, 108,
109, 122, 130, 137, 139, 141, 149,
152, 166; Shelley's opinion of,
167; summary of the poem, 168-
175; critical estimate of it, 176–
180; 182, 186, 188, 189, 190
Examiner, The, 21, 68, 100
Eyre, Sir Vincent, 119

F.

"Fancy, The," by Reynolds, 22
Finch, Colonel, 39, 98
"Florence, The Garden of," by
Reynolds, 22, 107

Hammond, Surgeon, 18, 19
Haslam, William, 54
Haydn, 148

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, the
painter, friend of John Keats,
13, 16, 18, 21, 36, 37, 44; his
last interview with Keats, 54;
55, 64, 69, 76, 78, 99; his view
as to Keats's feeling regarding
critical attacks, 100, &c.; 105,
IIO, 123, 126, 127, 128, 132,
133; his view of Keats's charac-
ter, 134-135, 136, 137, 138, 140,

141, 142, 150, 152, 153, 155, 158
Hazlitt, 116, 152

Hilton, 128

Holmes, Edward, 54
Homer, 165

Hood, Mrs. (Miss Reynolds), 23
Hood, Thomas, 23

Hooker, Bishop, 32

Houghton, Lord, 41, 42, 58, 99,

114, 119, 125, 132, 136, 139
Howard, John, 32

Hunt, John, 20

Hunt, Leigh, 20, 21, 25, 44, 59,
66-69, 77, 83, 84, 85, 89-92, 97,
98, 100; his view as to Keats's
sensitiveness to criticism, 102;
IIO, 112, 114, 121, 122, 123; his
description of Keats, 124; 125,
131, 134, 141, 142, 148, 150,
156, 158, 164, 166, 181, 207
Hunt, Leigh, dedicatory sonnet
to, by Keats, 66

Hunt, Leigh, leaving prison,
sonnet by Keats, 66
Hunt, Mrs., 44
Hunt, Thornton, 44
"Hyperion," by Keats, 96, 97,
107, 108, 113, 137, 182; critical
estimate of the poem, 185-189;
recast of, 189; 190, 192, 206

Kean as Richard Duke of York,

critique by Keats, 93, 115
Kean, Edmund, 112
Keats, Fanny, sister of the poet,

13, 29, 38, 43, 45, 57, 62, 120,
121, 129, 148

Keats, Frances, mother of the

poet, 12; her death, 16; 25, 126
Keats, George, brother of the

poet, 13, 15, 18, 19, 25, 27, 30,
32, 37, 38, 64, 71, 95, 98; his
view as to John Keats's sensitive-
ness to criticism, 103; 111, 119,
120, 126, 136, 141, 142, 145, 146,
147, 150, 151, 155, 159, 160
Keats, George, Epistle to, by John
Keats, 67, 68

Keats, John, his parentage, 12;
his birth in London, October
31, 1795, 13; anecdote of his
childhood, 13; goes to the
school of Mr. Clarke at Enfield,
14; his studies, pugnacity, &c.,
15; death of his parents, 16;
apprenticed to a surgeon, Ham-
mond, 18; leaves Hammond,
and walks the hospitals, 18, 19;
reads Spenser's "Faery Queen,"
and drops surgical study, 20;
makes acquaintance with Leigh
Hunt, Haydon, and others, 20,
21, 22; his first volume, Poems,
1817, 22; writes Endymion,"
23; his health suffers in Oxford,
24; anecdotes (Coleridge, &c.),
25; makes a pedestrian tour in

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Scotland &c. with Charles
Armitage Brown, 25-29; takes
leave of his brother George and
his wife, 27; his brother Tom
dies, 29; lodges with Brown at
Hampstead, 29; meets Miss
Cox ("Charmian") and Miss
Brawne, and falls in love with
the latter, 30-35 ; their engage-
ment, 36; his friendship towards
Haydon cools, 36, 37; at Shank-
lin and Winchester, 37, 38; sees
his brother George again, and
is left by him in pecuniary
straits, 38, 39; the painful cir-
cumstances of his closing
months, owing to illness, his
love affair, and the depreciation
of his poems, 40, 41; beginning
of his consumptive illness, 41,
42; removes to Kentish Town,
43, 44; returns to Mrs. Brawne's
house at Hampstead, 45; his
love-letters, 45-54; travels to
Italy with Joseph Severn, 54-
59; Severn's account of his last
days in Rome, 60, 61; his death
there, February 23, 1821, 62,
63; his early turn for mere
rhyming, 64; his early writings,
and first volume, 65, 69; dia-
tribe against Boileau, and poets
of that school, 70; the pub-
lishers relinquish sale of the
volume, 72; "Endymion," and
passage from an early poem
forecasting this attempt, 73-76 ;
details as to composition of
"Endymion," 76-79; prefaces
to the poem, 79-83; adverse
critique in The Quarterly Re-
view, 83-91; question debated

whether this and other attacks
affected Keats deeply, 91-97;
statements by Shelley, 97; and
by Haydon, 99; other evidence,
102; conclusion as to this point,
105; Keats writes "Isabella,"
"The Eve of St. Agnes," and
"Hyperion," 107; "Lamia,"
108; and publishes the volume
containing these poems, 1820,
108; other poems in the volume,
109; posthumous poems of
Keats, "The Eve of St. Mark,"
"Otho the Great," "The Cap
and Bells," &c., 110-115; his
letters and other prose writings,
115-117; Keats's burial-place,
118-119; projects for writing
his life, accomplished finally by
Lord Houghton, 119; his rela-
tions with Hunt, Shelley, and
others, 121-123; Keats's small
stature and personal appear-
ance, 124-126; the portraits of
him, 126-129; difficulty of clearly
estimating his character, 129;
his poetic ambition and intensity
of thought, 130, 131; his moral
tone, 132; his character ("no
decision "
&c.,) estimated by
Haydon, 133-139; Lord
Houghton's account of his
manner in society, 139; his
suspiciousness, 141; and dislike
of mankind, 142; his feeling to-
wards women, 143-146; and
towards Miss Brawne, 147, 148 ;
his habits, opinions, likings, &c.,
148-155; humour and jocularity,
155-157; negative turn in re-
ligious matters, 157-160; wine
and diet, 160, 161; conclusion

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as to his character, 161, 162;
his early tone in poetry, 164;
critical estimate of his first
volume, Poems, 1817, 165-166;
of Endymion,' 167, 168;
narrative of this poem, 168-175;
defects and beauties of "Endy-
mion," 176-180; critical esti-
mate of "Isabella," 180; "Eve
of St. Agnes," 182; "Eve of
St. Mark," 184; "Hyperion,"
185; "Otho the Great," 189;
"Lamia," 190; "Belle Dame
sans Merci" (quoted), 192; the
five chief Odes, 194; analysis of
the "Ode to a Nightingale,"
200; various posthumous lyrics,
sonnets, &c., 202; Keats's feel-
ing towards women, as developed
in his poems, 205; "swooning,"
206; sensuousness and senti-
ment, 207; comparison between
Keats and Shelley, and final
remarks, 208

Keats, Mrs. George, 27, 32, 95,