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Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies

Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies

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VICTORIAN WORTHIES

SIXTEEN BIOGRAPHIES

BY

G. H. BLORE

ASSISTANT MASTER AT WINCHESTER COLLEGE


'We have undertaken to discourse here for a little on Great Men, their manner of appearance in our world's business, how they shaped themselves in the world's history, what ideas men formed of them, what work they did;—on Heroes, namely, and on their reception and performance.'—Carlyle.

HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO
MELBOURNE CAPE TOWN BOMBAY CALCUTTA
1920
PRINTED IN ENGLAND
AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS


CONTENTS

    PAGE
  PREFACE  
  LIST OF PORTRAITS  
  INTRODUCTION: THE VICTORIAN ERA 1
1. THOMAS CARLYLE. Prophet 10
2. SIR ROBERT PEEL. Statesman 31
3. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. Soldier 54
4. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. Philanthropist 73
5. LORD LAWRENCE. Administrator 92
6. JOHN BRIGHT. Tribune 110
7. CHARLES DICKENS. Novelist and Social Reformer 129
8. LORD TENNYSON. Poet 150
9. CHARLES KINGSLEY. Parish Priest 177
10. GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS. Artist 196
11. BISHOP PATTESON. Missionary 220
12. SIR ROBERT MORIER. Diplomatist 245
13. LORD LISTER. Surgeon 276
14. WILLIAM MORRIS. Craftsman 302
15. JOHN RICHARD GREEN. Historian 323
16. CECIL RHODES. Colonist 348
INDEX 369


PREFACE

Some excuse seems to be needed for venturing at this time to publish biographical sketches of the men of the Victorian era. Several have been written by men, like Lord Morley and Lord Bryce, having first-hand knowledge of their subjects, others by the best critics of the next generation, such as Mr. Chesterton and Mr. Clutton-Brock. With their critical ability I am not able to compete; but they often postulate a knowledge of facts which the average reader has forgotten or has never known. Having written these sketches primarily for boys at school I am not ashamed to state well-known facts, nor have I wished to avoid the obvious.

Nor do these sketches aim at obtaining a sensation by the shattering of idols. I have been content to accept the verdicts passed by their contemporaries on these great servants of the public, verdicts which, in general, seem likely to stand the test of time. Boys will come soon enough on books where criticism has fuller play, and revise the judgements of the past. Such a revision is salutary, when it is not unfair or bitter in tone.

At a time when the subject called 'civics' is being more widely introduced into schools, it seems useful to present the facts of individual lives, instances chosen from different professions, as a supplement to the study of principles and institutions. There is a spirit of public service which is best interpreted through concrete examples. If teachers will, from their own knowledge, fill in these outlines and give life to these portraits, the younger generation may find it not uninteresting to 'praise famous men

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