tude of, before the war of 1870., 206, 228, but see responsibility, infra ; and the Hobenzollern can- didature for the crown of Spain, 216-17 ; the effect on his policy and prestige of the withdrawal, 222, 234 ; his action as to the Benedetti affair, 223 ; words of, on the withdrawal, 224 ; and the reorganisation of the Prussian army, 229 ; rejection by, of Eng- land's proposal as to King William's approbation of Leo- pold's withdrawal, 234 ; dis- closure by, during the war, of Franco - Prussian anti - Belgian treaty, 239-40 ; opposition of, to the siege of Paris, 266, but ad- vises, in mercy, the bombardment, 266; his peace terms, 251-4, 271; his responsibility for the war of 1870., 204, 206, 218 et seq., but see 227 ; some definite statements, 219, 223, 224 ; how shared, 225 ; he writes it is inevitable (1869), 215 ; he attributes it to the Em- press Eugenie, 219 why the Luxemburg concessions were made, 213 Black Sea, Russian action concerning, after the fall of Metz, 264 Blanc, Louis, 416 Blucher, Field- Marshal, precepts of, acted on by the Red Prince, 258 Blumenthal, General, war of 1870., 240 Boccaccio, Florentines' favourite classic, 291 Bockh, 297, 375, 379 Public Economy of the Athenians, by, . 35 2 Boero, Father, assistance of, acknow- ledged by author, 115 Bohemia, religious freedom established in 1512. , 63 Bohemian literature, ancient monuments of, fabulous, 364 Bohmer, critic of Ranke, 357 eminent historian though not writer of history, 374 praised by Waitz, 374 tribute from, to v. Giesebrecht, 497 work continued by Ficker, 374 Boleyn, Anne, first becomes conspicuous in 1527, 16 ; cabal for her, 22 ; her attitude to Wolsey, 23, 24 illness of, alarm of Henry, 43 ; date of her marriage, 45 Bonaparte (see also Napoleon I. and III. ), Jerome and Joseph, as de- scribed by Talleyrand, 398 Lucien, attack by, on Sieves, 448 Boncompagni, 177 ; and the Leopoldine Laws, 188 Bonn, Lord Houghton at, 421 Bopp's Conjugations, 346 Bordeaux, removal to, of Tours Govern- ment, 267, 269 Borgia, Caesar, contemporary attitude to, 429 and the second marriage of Lewis XII., 77 Cardinal and Bishop of Valencia, goes as legate to Umbria, his letters thence, 72-3 ; his successes, -4 conquests of, policy directing, 79 his power over Alexander VI. , sources of, 79 ; their mutual relations, 8orf seq. action of, at Urbino (1502), 81 triumphs of, and anticipations, 82 illness of, at time of Alexander VI. 's death, caused by the fatal supper party, 84 ; opinions of different authorities on, 429-33 Lucretia, marriage of, 82 ; dissolved by her father, 77 Boscoli, opinions as to crime of, 429 Bossuet, 119 Bourbaki, General, 206 ; and the army of Bourges, 256, 259, 267 ; end of his campaigning in Switzer- land, 268 ; excluded from the armistice, 269 Bourbon, the Constable de, his traitrous oaths to Henry VIII., 5, 6 death of, 42 Bourbons, family reinstated by Talley- rand, 412 ; his neglect the cause of their fall, 413 Bourg, James de la Cloche des, see Cloche, de la Bourges, the army of, 267 ; its fate, 268 Boyer, 259 Brandis, A., on disputes of scholars, Bray, Count, and the proposed French neutrality (1869-70), 211-12 on Bavaria's position, 1870., 238 Bray, Mr., 279. 286 Bray, Mr. and Mrs., influence on, and friendship with, George Eliot, -9 ; result on faith of, 277 Breteuil, Talleyrand's opinion of, 398 Brewer, Dr. J. S., The Reign of Henry the Eighth, by, reviewed, 1 Henry the Eighth, Semple's, Brewer's and other views on, s;6
