| Donald Gordon | = | Thomas Carlyle |
| Mr. Herbert | = | John Ruskin |
| Dr. Jenkinson | = | Benjamin Jowett |
| Otho Laurence | = | W. H. Mallock
(in his dreams) |
| Robert Leslie | = | W. M. Hardinge
(suggested) |
| Mr. Luke | = | Matthew Arnold |
| Mr. Rose | = | Walter Pater |
| Mr. Saunders | = | W. K. Clifford |
| Mrs. Sinclair | = | Violet Fane |
| Mr. Stockton | = | John Tyndall |
| Mr. Storks | = | Thomas Huxley |
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