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a

Industrial city in northwestern England.

b

Conservative weekly magazine established in 1828.

c

John Ruskin (1819-1900), English writer, art critic, and social reformer.

d

Walking stick made from an Asian rattan palm.

e

Baron Robert Clive (1725-1774) was governor of Bengal, a province of British India.

f

Tite Street lies to the east and Cadogan Square to the north of the Hilberys’ home in Chelsea.

g

Elegant neighborhood to the north of Chelsea.

h

We later learn (p. 333) that the photographs were taken at Oxford University, which Ralph attended.

i

In London’s Westminster Abbey; the burial place of many renowned English writers, including Chaucer, Tennyson, Dickens, Kipling, and Hardy.

j

Light, two-wheeled covered carriage with an elevated driver’s seat at the rear.

k

County on the eastern coast of England.

l

For more on the Hilbery home in Cheyne Walk, see the Introduction, p. xvii.

m

Street in London’s West End, northeast of Chelsea.

n

Hilly, usually treeless upland of Sussex, a county in southern England.

o

Otherwise known as “Big Ben”; its chimes still sound at every quarter hour.

p

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist, and philosopher who espoused self-reliance and individualism.

q

John Webster (c.1580-c.1625), English dramatist; Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English dramatist and poet.

r

Table (Latin); the ablative case (grammatical form) of a Latin noun generally expresses relations of separation and source, or cause and effect.

s

Street running along the River Thames in London’s West End.

t

Slang for the London Underground; the subway system started operation in 1863 as the world’s first underground railway.

u

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer.

v

The oldest part and financial district of London.

w

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English lexicographer, poet, and critic.

x

Three-volume edition of the works of English dramatist William Congreve (1670-1729), printed by the renowned English typographer John Baskerville (London: J. & R. Tonson, 1761).

y

1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

z

English physician and prose writer (1605-1682) much admired by Woolf.

aa

See the Introduction (pp. xxiv-xxv) for more on Mary Datchet and women’s suffrage.

ab

Former standard-size writing paper; so-named for its watermark of a fool’s cap and bells.

ac

Former county in southwestern England, now part of Somerset.

ad

Indigenous London dialect, usually associated with the working class.

ae

Lying down, especially with the head up.

af

Two matters much discussed by Radicals of the Liberal Party before World War I.

ag

Abbreviations of various societies with offices in the building. S.G.S. most likely stands for Society for General Suffrage.

ah

Charity Organization Society for social work, founded in 1869.

ai

Humorous and topical London weekly (1841-1992) that was notoriously hostile to women’s rights.

aj

Reference to the French romantic writers André Chénier (1762-1794), Victor Hugo (1802-1885), and Alfred de Musset (1810-1857).

ak

Long street running vertically through Bloomsbury.

al

Extending from Fleet Street to the Thames, it consists of the Middle and Inner Temple, two of London’s four Inns of Court.

am

English comic novelist (1707-1754), author of Tom Jones and other works; much admired by Sir Leslie Stephen.

an

Small town in Suffolk.

ao

That is, Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil, a narrative love poem by English poet John Keats (1795-1821).

ap

Westminster Abbey is London’s most renowned place of worship and often the site of state weddings; Katharine’s grandfather is buried there, in Poets’ Corner (see footnote on page 31).

aq

Islands off the coast of northwestern Scotland.

ar

Pleated or gathered materials, such as flounces on women’s dresses.

as

Empress Eugénie (1826-1920), the wife of Napoleon III, was a frequent visitor to London.

at

London theater on the South Bank of the Thames where many of Shakespeare’s later plays were first performed; it was demolished in 1655.

au

One of Great Britain’s permanent national art collections, located in London on the north side of Trafalgar Square.

av

Enormously popular English poet (1812-1889).

aw

Suburb in west London.

ax

Room adjoining a kitchen, used for cleaning dishes and storing cutlery and other household items.

ay

Used to keep food warm.

az

Informal indoor robe.

ba

Reddened.

bb

George Romney (1734-1802), English portrait painter.

bc

Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859), English writer; his Confessions of an Opium Eater was a favorite of Woolf ’s mother, Julia Stephen.

bd

The English authors Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) and G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) and Irish author George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) wrote on political and social issues. ‡rare bird (Latin); meaning “a rarity.”

be

Kind of candle.

bf

English churchman and writer Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), best known for his satirical works, including Gulliver’s Travels and “A Modest Proposal.”

bg

Seaside resort in southern Wales.

bh

London’s largest park.

bi

Fictitious village, possibly inspired by Wissett, in Suffolk, where Woolf and her sister Vanessa stayed in the summer of 1916.

bj

Omate hotel in London’s Russell Square, built between 1905 and 1911.

bk

Concert hall located near Oxford Circus, built in 1893; it was destroyed by bombing in 1941 during the London “blitz” of World War II.

bl

Fashionable art gallery in Mayfair, site of the first and second post-impressionist exhibitions (1910, 1912) organized by English art critic and painter Roger Fry.

bm

Venetian painter (c.1490-1576) noted for his use of rich colors.

bn

Now Devon, a county in southwestern England.

bo

Collective name for a school of illustrious Flemish painters of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, including Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1560), Pieter (the Elder) Brueghel (c.1525-1569), and Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).

bp

Spirited heroine of Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It.

bq

Residence of a parish priest (rector).

br

Reference to four books of lyrical poems by Roman poet and satirist Horace (65-8 B.C.).

bs

Heaps of stones placed as memorials or landmarks.

bt

Reference to a fictitious cockney grocer who loves foxhunting, featured in English novelist R. S. Surtees’s Jorrocks’ Jaunts and Jollities (1838).

bu

Step or set of steps for passing over a fence or wall.

bv

The Ecclesiastical Commission was established by Parliament in 1836 to propose reforms to the Church of England.

bw

Arbor or trellis for supporting growing plants.

bx

Flowering vine (genus Clematis) of the buttercup family.

by

Northern constellation.

bz

Card game for four players.

ca

Enclosed conveyances, usually for one person, that men carry on their shoulders by means of poles; used especially in eastern Asia.

cb

Himalayan town in northwestern India; a popular summer retreat for the British living in India.

cc

Black and tan toy spaniel; popular English dog.

cd

Farm manager wearing short leggings made of cloth or leather.

ce

Groups of waterways at the bottom of the hill, similar to the canals of Venice.

cf

Or hostler; one who takes care of horses or mules.

cg

Or arbiter; one with the power to resolve a dispute.

ch

Bluish fly that makes a loud, buzzing noise in flight.

ci

Radical periodical established in 1893.

cj

Leaflet intended for wide distribution.

ck

Appurtenances, paraphernalia.

cl

1791 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. tAlexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet; Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), Russian novelist.

cm

County in eastern England.

cn

Street organ-grinders were traditionally accompanied by monkeys.

co

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born and is buried in this town on the Avon River in central England.

cp

English writer (1802-1876) on various social and political issues; also connected with contemporary literary circles.

cq

English poet William Cowper (1731-1800) and Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) were favorites of Woolf’s father, Sir Leslie Stephen.

cr

Steel blade attached at the muzzle end of a rifle.

cs

Main street in London’s South Kensington.

ct

White waistcoat, or vest, worn under a dinner suit.

cu

London’s main railway terminus for trains to eastern counties.

cv

Lilies with arrow-shaped leaves.

cw

Reference to two Russian novels: The Idiot (1868-1869), by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and War and Peace (1865-1869), by Leo Tolstoy

cx

Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer whose operas focused on heroic themes and required elaborate productions.

cy

That is, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (1858), by English writer and adventurer Edward Trelawny, who recovered the drowned body of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

cz

English poet John Milton (1608-1674), author of the epic Paradise Lost.

da

Street in the Mayfair section of London known for its fashionable shops.

db

Resembling the brownish silk fabric obtained from the cocoons of Oriental tussore silkworms.

dc

Small, nocturnal, forest-dwelling primate of northern Madagascar.

dd

That’s obvious (French).

de

Street near Regent’s Park.

df

Liquid containing methyl alcohol; used in small heaters and lamps that burn volatile fuel, such as spirit lamps.

dg

Newnham College, established in 1871, was one of two colleges for women at Cambridge University (there are now three).

dh

Standard source for biographies of notable figures from British history, established in 1882 and edited by Woolf’s father, Sir Leslie Stephen, until 1891.

di

Bitter alkaloid often used to reduce fever.

dj

He’s walking west toward Chelsea; the Houses of Parliament are on the River Thames in Westminster.

dk

Woolf much admired this work in five volumes (1849-1861) by English writer and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay.

dl

County in northeastern England.

dm

Reference to Bradshaw’s railway guides (1839-1861), train timetables and railway travel information published by English printer George Bradshaw.

dn

In the 1860s, the Aerated Bread Company, known as A.B.C., established tearooms that specialized in tea and light meals.

do

Signs attached to buses indicating their destinations.

dp

Steep road in Hampstead.

dq

Street in Chelsea leading to the Thames.

dr

English portrait painter (1723-1792).

ds

Poor district in east London.

dt

Also “God Save the Queen”; British national anthem.

du

Plain-woven cotton or linen fabric.

dv

Residential area of south London.

dw

This pedestrian tunnel under the Thames River, the world’s first underwater tunnel, was opened in 1843.

dx

That is, sightseeing.

dy

A popular attraction at Hampton Court Palace, west of London, is the hedge maze.

dz

Short periods between events.

ea

Office responsible for the registration of births, marriages, and deaths.

eb

Hill in the City of London, site of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

ec

Major thoroughfare leading from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; the site of many government offices.

ed

This would have been around 1600.

ee

They are in the City of London; Temple Bar is a historic site where a bar, or chain, marked the entrance to the city.