Darwin, Charles, ii. 214; iii. 375 _seq._
Delane, J. T., editor of _The Times_, i. 235; eulogized, iii. 327; Dasent's _Life_ and _P.'s_ comments, iv. 298
Denison, George Anthony, Archdeacon of Taunton, ii. 120; iii. 162
Denison, J. E., Speaker of House of Commons, ii. 79
Derby, 14th Earl of, ii. 9, 272; resigns Premiership, ii. 28, 29; death, ii. 31; and Reform Bill, 1867, ii. 42, 85; and Lancashire cotton famine, ii. 72; forms Cabinet, 1866, ii. 79; and Reform League, ii. 83; and Irish Church Bill, 1869, ii. 116
Derby, 15th Earl of, and Sabbatarians, i. 91; and Russo-Turkish war, iii. 16
De Reszke, Jean and Edouard, iii. 356, 360 _seq._; iv. 332
Devonshire, 7th Duke of, opens docks at Barrow-in-Furness, ii. 84; death, iii. 66
Devonshire, 8th Duke of, at War Office, iii. 111; joins Lord Salisbury's Cabinet, iv. 18; integrity, iv. 50; resigns from Balfour Ministry, iv. 58; death, iv. 63
De Wet, General Christian, iv. 40; reception in London, iv. 46
Dickens, Charles, ii. 212; relations with _P._, ii. 273; and Leigh Hunt, ii. 281; patronizes "the Menken," ii. 289
_Dictionary of National Biography_ commences, iii. 326
Dilke, Sir Charles, opposes Royal grants, ii. 187 _seq._; epigram on, ii. 188; investigates slum areas, iii. 98; on state of Thames, iii. 106; and grant for Duke of Connaught's marriage, iii. 218; and expedition to Khartum, iv. 34
Disarmament, Hague Peace Conference, 1899, iv. 34
Disestablishment, iii. 173; of Irish Church, ii. 101
Divorce Bill of 1856, i. 96; for poor, i. 21
Dobson, Austin, ii. 325; criticized by _P._, iii. 321 _seq._
Doctors, and quacks, i. 239; women, i. 250; ii. 247-50; iii. 114, 124; Victorian diseases, ii. 200-1; new cures, iv. 248-50. _See also_ Medical Students, Surgeons
Döllinger, Dr., and Vatican Decrees, iii. 159
Domestic service and servants, i. 30-4; ii. 225 _seq._, 228, 230, 232 _seq._
Dover, and Calais submarine cable, i. 72; Y.M.C.A. episode, ii. 104
Doyle, Richard, i. 218, 258; resigns from _P._ staff, i. 112; death, iii. 342
D'Oyly Carte, Mr., and English Opera House, iii. 181; and performance of _The Gondoliers_, iii. 366
Drama, i. 271 _seq._; ii. 282-319; iii. 343-73; French adaptations, i. 272; censorship, i. 273; harlequinade, i. 275; as part of children's education, iv. 143; Celtic, burlesqued in 1899, iv. 319; decayed, revivals of, burlesqued, iv. 323. _See also_ Theatres