Beaufort, 9th Duke of; edits Badminton Library series, iii. 298
Beardsley, Aubrey, attacked by _P._, iv. 283, 301, 304, 305
Beatrice, Princess, her _Birthday Book_, iii. 221; married, iii. 225 _seq._
Becker, Lydia, and Woman Suffrage, iii. 128
Bedford, 9th Duke of, and Covent Garden, iii. 182 _seq._; and Bloomsbury, iii. 184, 186
Beecher-Stowe, Mrs., visits England, i. 255
Beers, Jan Van, artist, criticized by _P._, iii. 340
Belgium, Royal tour in, i. 191; suggested French occupation of, ii. 34; and Congo, iv. 55, 66
Bellini, Vincenzo, operatic composer, ii. 301
Benson, Archbishop, iii. 34; and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, iii. 57; headmaster of Wellington College, iii. 149
Benson, Sir Frank; productions criticized, ii. 352
Beresford, Admiral Lord Charles, and national defence, iii. 69; resignation of, iii. 230
Berlin, Congress of, 1878, iii. 4, 17; amenities of, iv. 55
Bernhardt, Sarah, visits to England, iii. 345 _seq._; iv. 316, 320; at the Coliseum in 1910, iv. 330
Besika Bay, naval demonstration in, iii. 16
Bethmann-Hollweg, Dr., introduces German Army Bill, iv. 84
Bicycles, appearance of, ii. 138; iii. 200; evolution of, iii. 300; fashionable, iv. 244-5; invade schools, iv. 255; uses and abuses of, iv. 355; Mr. Gladstone on, _ill._, iv. 354
Bieberstein, Baron Marschall von, German ambassador, iv. 80
Billingsgate, new buildings, i. 150; condition of, iii. 183
Birmingham, Reformatory Institution, i., 29; school of brewing established at University of, iv. 155
Birrell, Mr. Augustine, iv. 62, 95, 134; as Irish Chief Secretary, iv. 67; and Sir E. Carson, iv. 86; leaves Education Office, iv. 149
Bismarck, Prince, ii. 29, 32, 34; iii. 10, 201; iv. 49; hostility to, ii. 26; Socialists and, iii. 19; _P.'s_ view of, iii. 40; cartoon of, iii. 51; Army Bill, iii. 52; Triple Alliance and, iii. 54, 59; relations with Wilhelm II, iii. 54; with Empress Frederick, iii. 55; iv. 222; dismissed by Wilhelm II, iii. 61; in retirement, iii. 64; iv. 21, 26, 45, 65
Black Country, white slavery in, ii. 61 _seq._; workmen's extravagance in, ii. 92
Blériot, M., cross-Channel flight, iv. 186
Blomfield, C. J., Bp. of London, i. 45, 95
Blondin, tight-rope walker, ii. 211, 238, 244 _seq._, 308; iii. 100; in Westminster Aquarium, iv. 203