Chapter XVII: Appendix: A. the Lowell Ancestry (2)

The Dean of Westminster said that he had been asked to take the chair on this interesting and suggestive occasion. They had met in that venerable and stately building to pay some tribute to the memory of one who, from the first day which he spent in this country up to the date of his death, had endeared himself to an ever-widening circle of friends, and who had for many years been the representative in the Queen’s dominions of that great Republic of the West. He would leave it to others to speak of Mr. Lowell’s great qualities, and of the position which he held as a poet, a humorist, and essayist. Mr. Lowell was worthy to be reckoned among the great writers of our tongue--Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, and those poets whom we had so lately lost. They all deeply regretted the absence of Mr. Balfour and its cause, but they gratefully recognized the service which Mr. Leslie Stephen was rendering them by his presence. There was no one to whom the task of speaking of Mr. Lowell could so wisely be entrusted. In the presence of the American Ambassador he might, perhaps, be allowed to speak of the special fitness of the place in which they were assembled--which was a part of the ancient Abbey, the very heart and centre of that Benedictine monastery, and used solely as the daily meeting-place of the monks. There was no spot in the kingdom or in the world which could compare in historic interest and significance with that in which they were met. That part of the Abbey with which so many associations had gathered, and which was now known by the name of Poets’ Corner, dated from the period of the commencement of the House of Commons, whose members in the earliest days and for three centuries of its existence were summoned within the walls of the Chapter-house. Thus the room where they were sitting was not only the meeting-place of the Benedictine monks of Westminster, but it was also for a long period the ordinary meeting-place of the Commons of England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the Chapter-house was vested in the Crown, and was still so vested, and it was by the permission of the First Commissioner of Works that the present meeting to do honor to a great American was held. For three more centuries after the Commons had ceased to be summoned to the Chapter-house, the house was used, he would not say as a lumber-room, but as a record-room in which were stored the invaluable documents which belonged to the House of Commons and the various Government offices. One deficiency, however, long remained, which his dear and illustrious predecessor long tried to remove. The late Dean endeavored to induce successive Governments to fill the windows with stained glass, but without success. After his death, however, one of the windows was filled. No meeting could have been more representative of the whole English-speaking race than the one which was held when that window was unveiled. He could imagine that he was still hearing the words which fell from Mr. Lowell on that occasion, _Si monumentum quæris, circumspice_. No words could have been more eloquent or impressive than those used by the American Minister of that day. That was the first time he himself had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Lowell’s voice. The next historic meeting in that room was one called to unveil a painted window, the gift of the Queen, which was inserted in memory of Lady Augusta Stanley. That meeting, also, Mr. Lowell attended. Two years afterwards he had had the privilege, in his capacity of Dean, of summoning a meeting with a view to honor the American poet Longfellow, to whom a memorial stood in Poets’ Corner. A fourth meeting was held in memory of one to whom as poet and thinker the older generation owed so much. It had been his privilege to place a bust in memory of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Mr. Lowell on that occasion made one of the most sympathetic and appreciative speeches to which he had ever listened. They would all agree that no more suitable spot could be chosen on which to perpetuate the memory of one who was not only for many years the representative in this country of the great American Republic, but was so great an ornament to that language and literature which were the common heritage of Americans and Englishmen alike.

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Speeches were made also by Mr. Leslie Stephen, Mr. J. Chamberlain, M. P., and Mr. Bayard, the American Ambassador.

INDEX

[Titles of periodicals, and of books, articles, and poems by J. R.
L. are printed in _Italic_ type.]

Abolitionists, scored by J. R. L. in _Class Poem_, i. 56;
J. R. L. identifies himself with, 191, 197;
independence of, in 1848, 213;
separated from, ii. 16.

Adams, John, J. R. L. remembers hearing of the death of, i. 19.

Adee, Alvin A., on J. R. L.’s insight into Spanish character, ii. 244.

Adirondack Club, formed by W. J. Stillman, i. 404;
its membership, 405.

“Adirondacs, The,” by R. W. Emerson, i. 404; ii. 175.

“Africa,” by M. W. L., i. 369.

African coast, approach to, i. 313.

_Agassiz_, i. 400;
compared with other poems, ii. 175;
the portraits in, 176;
J. R. L. on, 177, 178;
the patriotic feeling in, 190.

Agassiz, Louis, a member of the Adirondack Club, i. 405;
death of, ii. 174.

_Aladdin_, taken from _Our Own_, i. 353.

Alcott, Amos Bronson, characterised in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 240.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, a tenant of Elmwood, i. 1;
J. R. L. thanks him for his praise of _Under the Willows_, 125;
takes possession of Elmwood, 150;
J. R. L. to, on a doctorate, 169;
leaves Elmwood, 185;
J. R. L. to, on fleeing to the mountains, 186;
J. R. L. to, on contributions to the _Atlantic_, 297, 388.

Alfonso, king of Spain, J. R. L. presents him with the
President’s congratulations, ii. 224;
J. R. L. is presented to, 227;
his marriage described, 230.

_Al Fresco_, i. 269; ii. 41.

Allen, Alexander Viets Griswold, ii. 69, note.

_Ambrose_, i. 228.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, J. R. L.’s membership in, i. 446, note.

American Archæological Institute, ii. 326.

“American Conflict, The,” by Horace Greeley, reviewed by J. R. L., ii. 53.

American Literature, J. R. L. on, ii. 361-368.

_American Politics_, the address J. R. L. did not give, ii. 351.

_American Review, The_, Poe’s “Raven” published in, i. 163.

_Among My Books_, first series, published, ii. 144;
second series, 196.

Anderson, Major Robert, ii. 25.

_Another Rallying Cry by a Yankee_, i. 168.

Antwerp, ii. 170.

“A pair of black eyes,” poem beginning, i. 54.

Appleton, Thomas, goes to hear J. R. L. lecture, i. 373.

_Appleton’s Journal_, edited by R. Carter, ii. 144.

_Arcturus_, a literary journal, i. 95.

“Areopagitica,” Milton’s, J. R. L. writes an introduction to, ii. 398.

“Are we Christians?” J. R. L. on, ii. 165.

Art, J. R. L.’s relations to, ii. 86.

“Atalanta in Calydon,” ii. 92.

_Athenæum, The_, quoted, ii. 293.

Atlantic Club, The, i. 447.

_Atlantic Monthly_, origin of, i. 408-413;
its value to Whittier, 417;
its sale, 418;
its timeliness, 419;
its anonymous character, 422;
policy of, as
affirmed by J. R. L., 424;
interest of the public in, 425;
its freedom from competition, 427;
reviewing in, 430;
clubs that sprang from, 446;
designed to be a political magazine, ii. 1;
compared with _Standard_, 3;
J. R. L.’s political articles in, 17;
the second series of _Biglow Papers_ asked for by editor of, 35;
an anonymous writer in, describes J. R. L.’s comments on the Jews, 301.

_Auf Wiederschen_, i. 368.

“Auld Lang Syne,” by Max Müller, quoted, ii. 263.

Authors’ readings, ii. 333;
address by J. R. L. before, 361.

“Autobiography of a Journalist” referred to, i. 404.

“Autocrat, The, of the Breakfast Table,” i. 426.

Azeglio, Massimo d’, i. 395.

Bachi, Pietro, instructor in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese
at Harvard in J. R. L.’s youth, i. 27.

Ballads in J. R. L.’s early years, i. 12.

“Band, The,” i. 89.

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, J. R. L. comments on, ii. 194.

Barlow, Joel, ii. 361.

Barrett, Elizabeth Barrett, afterward Mrs. Browning,
contributes to the _Pioneer_, i. 111;
reviewed by Poe, 165.

Bartlett, John, friend of J. R. L., and member with him of whist club, i. 271;
verses to, by J. R. L., ii. 96;
calls the whist club together for the last time, 407.

Bartol, Rev. Cyrus Augustus, colleague of Charles Lowell,
discourages the publication of his sermons, i. 8, note;
C. L’s attitude toward, as regards salary, 234, note.

Beaver Brook, J. R. L.’s early rambles to, i. 19.

_Beaver Brook_, i. 228, 232.

Bell, Mrs. Helen Choate, J. R. L. to, on Feltham, ii. 350.

Bell telephone, ii. 328.

Benton, Joel, defends J. R. L., ii. 192;
and draws out a letter in response, 193.

Béranger, J. R. L. translates Sainte-Beuve’s article on, ii. 77.

Bernini, the angels of, i. 319.

Bethune, Rev. George Washington, i. 155.

Beverly, J. R. L. describes life at, i. 365, 366.

_Bibliolatres_, i. 228.

Biglow, Hosea, J. R. L. regrets making him a bad speller, i. 261;
thinks of educating him, 261.

_Biglow Papers_, first series, quoted, i. 21;
begun in _Boston Courier_, 201;
published also the _Standard_, 256;
origin of, in J. R. L.’s mind, 257;
their success referred to by J. R. L, 260;
progenitors of, 261;
bad spelling in, 261;
revised for publication, 261, 262;
the apparatus of, 263;
success of, 264;
expressive of New England, 265;
and of Lowell, 265;
eclipsing _A Fable for Critics_, 266;
relation of, to _Sir Launfal_, 268;
second series, 400;
not liked by Mrs. Lowell, 428;
introduced by Hughes in England, 454;
demand for more, ii. 32;
first of second series written, 34;
second series compared with first, 36;
quoted in newspapers after the Spanish war, 94;
Introduction to second series, 102.

Birmingham and Midland Institute, address before, ii. 313.

Black, Charles C., a friend of J. R. L. in Italy, i. 317;
helps him to London papers, 320;
gets up private theatricals, 331.

_Blackwood’s Magazine_, reputation of, in America, i. 419;
model of the _Atlantic_, 421.

Blaine, James Gillespie, J. R. L. rejoices over the defeat of, ii. 204;
corresponds with J. R. L when Secretary of State, 285;
is succeeded by Mr. Frelinghuysen, 290, note;
had chosen successor to J. R. L. in anticipation of
election to the presidency, 317;
divides the Union League Club in Chicago, 352.

Blarney Castle, J. R. L. visits, ii. 152.

Bliss, Edward Penniman, ii. 202, note.

Blondel, a prototype of Lincoln, ii. 43.

Bologna, J. R. L receives degree at, ii. 379.

_Books and Libraries_ quoted, i. 30; ii. 326.

Boott, Francis, i. 318.

Bores, passage on, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 246.

_Boston Courier_, J. R. L. contributes to, i. 168, 174.

_Boston Daily Advertiser_, J. R. L.’s lecture reported in, i. 373;
on Commemoration Ode, ii. 64.

_Boston Miscellany, The_, a literary journal, i. 98;
J. R. L’s contributions to, 98, 99;
is merged in _Arcturus_, 99.

Boswell’s Johnson frequently read by J. R. L., ii. 407.

Bowen, Francis, controversy of, with Mrs. Putnam, i. 304.

Bowker, Richard Rogers, gives an account of the Lowells in London, ii. 267;
on J. R. L.’s perplexities in presenting ladies at court, 298.

Boyle, Miss Mary, entrusts Landor’s letters to J. R. L., ii. 342.

Brackett, Dr., of Portsmouth, i. 19.

Bradburn, George, projects a magazine, i. 7.

“Brahma,” by Emerson, the quidnuncs on, i. 415;
J. R. L. on, 415, 416.

Brattle, Thomas, i. 2.

Bremer, Fredrika, describes the Lowell household, i. 298.

Brewster, Sir David, a teacher of Charles Lowell, i. 7.

Briggs, Charles Frederick (Harry Franco), i. 110;
J. R. L. makes the acquaintance of, 114;
criticises _A Legend of Brittany_, 129;
letter to, from M. W., 129;
projects _Broadway Chronicle_, 130;
condemns customary marriage ceremonies, 131, note;
starts the _Broadway Journal_, 156;
seeks contributions from J. R. L. and M. W. L., 156;
offers to make a contract with J. R. L., 157;
upon compensation, 158;
objects to J. R. L.’s first article, 159;
abandons his paper, 160;
corresponds with J. R. L. regarding Poe, 163-166;
receives a visit from J. R. L. and M. W. L., 173;
J. R. L. to, on his anticipated child, 179;
J. R. L. to, after the birth of Blanche, 181;
is amused over J. R. L.’s French exercise, 182, and note;
J. R. L. to, on Anti-Slavery, 183;
and on the training of Blanche, 185;
is notified of _A Fable for Critics_, 238;
asks after it, 239;
has it offered to him as a New Year’s gift, 240;
accepts it, and proposes distribution of profits, 242;
writes J. R. L. to retain passage on Miss Fuller, 245;
does not like Bryant, 245;
hears of _Sir Launfal_, 266;
comments on _The Changeling_, 279;
writes to J. R. L. of Willis and Mrs. Clemm, 282;
begs J. R. L. not to undertake editorship, 287;
J. R. L. writes to him of _The Nooning_, 300;
is editor of _Putnam’s Monthly_, 348;
looks to J. R. L. for contributions, 350;
receives _Our Own_, 351;
J. R. L. to, on magazines popularity, 352;
on _Cambridge Thirty Years Ago_, 354;
prints M. W. L’s verses, 358;
J. R. L. to, on the death of M. W. L., 360;
on his own appointment at Harvard, 376.

Bright, Henry, sends grouse to Longfellow, i. 346.

Bright, John, J. R. L. essays to write a paper on, ii. 388.

Bristol, J. R. L. visits, ii. 157.

Bristow, Benjamin H., a candidate for the presidency, ii. 203.

_British Poets_, J. R. L. helps edit the, i. 364; ii. 101.

_Broadway Chronicle, The_, projected by C. F. Briggs, i. 130.

_Broadway Journal, The_, edited by C. F. Briggs, i. 154;
J. R. L. and M. W. L. contribute to, 156, 538-160;
is discontinued, 160.

_Brook, The_, ii. 393.

Brooks, Phillips, makes prayer at Harvard Commemoration, ii. 364.

Brown, Charles Brockden, ii. 364.

Browning, Robert, poems of, reviewed by J. R. L., i. 290, 291;
met by J. R. L., 381;
his dramas to be read, not seen, ii 70;
met by J. R. L. in Venice, 272.

Bruges, ii. 170.

Bryant, William Cullen, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 245;
criticise J. R. L., 245, note;
J. R. L. uneasy over his judgment on, 253;
A New Englander in New York, 420;
his “Waterfowl,” ii. 365.

Buchanan, James, criticised by Parke Godwin in the _Atlantic_ ii. 3;
and by J. R. L., 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 21.

Buckingham, J. T., editor of _Boston Courier_, J. R. L. addresses, i. 174;
a hater of slavery, 175.

Bulfinch, Charles, architectural works of, i. 26.

Bull-fight, J. R. L. witnesses a, ii. 234.

Burke, Edmund, ii. 362.

Burleigh, C. C., editor of _Pennsylvania Freeman_, i. 152.

Burnett, Edward, marries Mabel Lowell, ii. 150;
entertains J. R. L. in Washington, 387.

Burnett, Mabel Lowell, _see_ Lowell, Mabel;
edits Donne with Mr. Norton, ii. 102, note;
makes J. R. L. a grandfather, 166;
meets J. R. L. on his return from Europe, 185;
J. R. L. writes to her of Mrs. Lowell’s illness, 253;
and of his transfer to England, 255;
with her husband visits England, 258;
makes a home for J. R. L. in his last days, 393.

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, J. R. L. comments on, ii. 194;
a byblow of Democracy, 324.

Byron, his “English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,” i. 250, note;
his “muddy stuff,” 337, 338.

Cabot, Arthur, buys Elmwood, i. 5.

Cabot, James Elliot, i. 411;
his “Life of Emerson,” ii. 366.

Cæsar, J. R. L. offers a new paragraph to his Commentaries, ii. 383.

Calderon, i. 269.

Calhoun, John Caldwell, satirized by J. R. L., i. 215-218.

California, J. R. L. on discovery of gold in, i. 177.

Cambridge, England, J. R. L. visits, to receive a degree, ii. 184.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, the birthplace of J. R. L., i. 1;
its character as a college town, 25;
its connection with Boston in J. R. L.’s boyhood, 26.

_Cambridge Thirty Years Ago_, addressed to W. W. Story, i. 22;
published in _Putnam’s Monthly_, 353.

Campagna, the, J. R. L.’s first view of, i. 318;
his walks in, 322, 328, 338.

Cánovas del Castillo, J. R. L. comments on, ii. 233, 244, 246;
views of, on Cuba, 254.

Carlisle, ii. 156.

Carlyle, Thomas, satirized by J. R. L. in his _Class Poem_, i. 57;
in the apparatus of _Biglow Papers_, 263;
paper on, by J. R. L., ii. 89;
modification of judgment concerning, 90;
assessed, 91.

Carman, Bliss, ii 389.

Carter, Robert, associated with J. R. L. in the _Pioneer_, i. 99;
his career, 100, 101;
writes a card explaining J. R. L.’s silence, 107;
letters of J. R. L. to, from New York, 109-114;
letter of J. R. L. to, on going to Philadelphia, 152-155;
J. R. L. writes to, in Pepperell 274;
writes on the Hungarian question, 304;
letter to, from J. R. L. at Terracina, 343;
reports J. R. L.’s lecture before Lowell Institute, 373;
asks J. R. L to write for _Appletons’ Journal_, ii. 144;
interests himself in J. R. L’s political preferment, 202;
wishes to print the Fourth of July ode, 203.

Cass, Lewis, satirized by J. R. L., i. 215-217.

Castellar y Rissoll, Emilio ii. 244.

_Cathedral, The_, quoted, i. 17, 18, 380;
composition of, ii. 139;
first called _A Day at Chartres_, 140;
the pleasure it gave J. R. L., 142.

Caucus, speech of J. R. L. at, ii. 206-211.

“Centurion, The,” in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 242.

_Century Magazine, The_, on Lincoln and Lowell, ii. 71;
interested in international copyright, 333.

_Certain Condescension in Foreigners, A_, ii. 122, 262.

Chace, Senator, of Rhode Island, ii. 326.

Chamonix, ii. 171.

_Changeling, The_, i. 274;
praised by Briggs, 279.

Channing, Edward Tyrrel, i. 36.

Channing, William Ellery, ii. 364.

Channing, William Francis, contributor to the _Standard_, i. 193.

Chapman, George, ii. 354.

Chapman, Mrs. Maria Weston, manages bazaar, i. 181;
one of the editors of the _National Anti-Slavery Standard_, 192;
proposes to J. R. L. to contribute, 196;
overrates his popularity, 197.

Chartres, J. R. L. visits, i. 380;
gives title at first to _The Cathedral_, ii. 140.

“Chastelard,” ii. 92.

Chaucer, treated by J. R. L. in _Conversations_, i. 134;
quotation from paper on, ii. 88;
his appropriation of others’ work, 132.

Chelsea, J. R. L.’s address at, ii. 326.

Chester, J. R. L. at, with Canon Kingsley, ii. 153.

Chicago, address at, by J. R. L., ii. 351.

Child, David Lee, editor of the _Standard_, i. 192.

Child, Francis James, edits the _British Poets_, i. 364;
J. R. L. shows him the _Commemoration Ode_, ii. 63, 68, note;
likes _Fitz Adam’s Story_, 104;
accompanies J. R. L. to Baltimore, 213;
his popularity there, 214;
J. R. L. to, on the St. Andrews affair, 300.

Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria, the “Philothea” of, i. 80;
characterised by J. R. L. in the _Pioneer_, 105;
her “Letters from New York,” 114;
her editorship of the _Standard_, 192;
in _A Fable for Critics_, 245.

_Chippewa Legend, A_, i. 125.

Chivers, T. H., i. 375.

Choate, Rufus, J. R. L.’s article on, ii. 14.

Choir, village, J. R. L.’s characterization of, i. 20.

Christ, and Christianity, i. 169.

Christ Church, Cambridge, ecclesiastical home of loyalists, i. 2;
J. R. L. attends, ii. 311.

Church, the, J. R. L.’s comments on, in _Conversations_, i. 141-145;
a bulwark of Paganism, 170.

_Church and the Clergy, The_, J. R. L.’s articles in
_Pennsylvania Freeman_, i. 169.

Civil-service reform, importance of, ii. 194, 202;
reference to, at caucus, 210;
address on, by J. R. L., 377.

Clarke, James Freeman, in politics, ii. 201.

_Class Poem_ by J. R. L., i. 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56-61.

Clemm, Mrs., Poe’s mother-in-law, J. R. L.’s relations with, i. 282.

Cleveland, Grover, elected president, ii. 316;
J. R. L.’s judgment on, 324.

Clifford, Mrs. W. K., J. R. L. to, on confidants, ii. 323;
J. R. L. to, in response to an invitation, 391.

Clough, Arthur Hugh, comes to America on same boat with J. R. L., i. 346;
his reception in Boston and Cambridge, 346;
describes the Lowell household, 347;
J. R. L.’s judgment of his “Bothie,” 347;
Cranch reminds J. R. L. of, ii. 96.

Coercion Act, J. R. L. on, ii. 281.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, J. R. L. becomes
acquainted with the poems of, i. 32;
J. R. L. compares his own odes with those of, ii. 44, note;
his want of scruple in matters of literary honesty, 134;
J. R. L. on unveiling the bust of, 321.

Colosseum at Rome, i. 338.

_Commemoration Ode_, i. 400;
tried on F. J. Child, ii. 63;
exhausts J. R. L., 64;
to be read aloud, 66;
its composition, 67;
its power to stimulate, 70;
a shrine of Lincoln, 71.

Concord, Massachusetts, J. R. L. sent there in suspension from college, i. 47;
his life there, 50-56.

“Conquest of Canaan,” Dwight’s, ii. 361.

Contributors’ Club, article in, by J. R. L., ii. 398.

_Conversations on some of the Old Poets_, quoted, i. 17;
books published, 132;
its contents analyzed, 134-145;
reviewed by Poe in the _Mirror_, 163;
compared with later work on same subject, ii. 354.

Cooke, Philip Pendleton, ii. 362.

Cooper, James Fenimore, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 254;
has no desire to start a magazine, 419;
characterized, ii. 364.

Copyright, J. R. L. on, ii. 326-332.

“Cornwallis, The,” village drama of, i. 25.

_Courtin’, The_, i. 300.

Cranch, Christopher Pearse, visits J. R. L., ii. 95;
his ill-success, 96.

Crawford, Thomas, i. 332.

_Crayon, The_, Stillman’s journal, i. 367, 378.

_Credidimus Jovem regnare_, ii. 368.

_Critic, The_, publishes a “Lowell Birthday number,” ii. 387.

Cromwell, treated poetically by J. R. L., i. 124;
wanted by him for America, ii. 28.

Crosby & Nichols, publishers of the _North American Review_, ii. 47.

Cuba, Spanish relations with, ii. 254;
rumors of American purchase of, 255.

Curtis, George Ticknor, recalls Mr. Wells’s school, i. 23.

Curtis, George William, and _Putnam’s Monthly_, i. 348;
his “Prue and I,” 350.

Cushing, Caleb, J. R. L.’s article on, ii. 14, 15.

Dall, Mrs. Caroline Healey, quoted on Charles Lowell, i. 10.

Dana, Edmund, brother of R. H. D., Jr., i. 22.

Dana, Richard Henry, ii. 365.

Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., an early friend of J. R. L., i. 22;
death of, commented on by J. R. L., ii. 296.

Dante, quoted by J. R. L. in his college days, i. 54;
in Florence, 314;
teaching of, by J. R. L., 385;
influence over J. R. L., 390;
portrait of, given by J. R. L. to his class, 393;
“New Life” of, given also, 393;
the church in which he was baptized, 394;
not used in examination, 395;
Longfellow’s translation of, scrutinized by the Dante Club, ii. 84;
and reviewed by J. R. L. and C. E. Norton, 113;
article on, by J. R. L., 150;
some interpretation of, by J. R. L., 381.

_Darkened Mind, The_, a record of J. R. L.’s mother, i. 91;
quoted, 305.

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, marriage of, i. 440.

Davis, Mr. (and Mrs.) Edward M., friends of Mrs. White and M. W., i. 151;
arrange for J. R. L.’s work in Philadelphia, 152;
entertain the Lowells at their home, 173;
J. R. L. writes to, 176, 177;
written to on birth of Blanche, 178.

Davis, Jefferson, J. R. L’s phrases on, ii. 9, 10.

_Day in June, A_, i. 269.

“Days” by Emerson, J. R. L. on, i. 414.

_Dead House, The_, i. 435.

Declaration of Independence, i. 209.

“Decuman,” J. R. L.’s defence of the word, ii. 140.

Dedications to J. R. L., ii. 401.

Deerfoot Farm, J. R. L.’s residence at, ii. 322.

_Democracy_, ii. 312-316.

_Democracy and Other Addresses_, ii. 334;
copyright on, 350.

Dickens, Charles, compared with Thackeray by J. R. L., i. 297;
letters of, published by Forster and Fields, ii. 149.

_Dirge, A_, extracts from, i. 147.

Dixwell, Epes Sargent, a New England scholar, i. 23.

Dr. Primrose, the name given by J. R. L. to his father, i. 11.

Donne, John, on Elizabeth Drury, i. 361;
his poems revised by J. R. L., ii. 102;
edited for Grolier Club, 102, note.

Douglas, David, the Edinburgh publisher, ii. 329.

Downing, Major Jack, i. 261.

“Dred” by Mrs. Stowe, i. 409, 412.

Dresden, J. R. L. settles down in, for study, i. 381;
his winter in, 383.

Dresel, Otto, i. 442.

Dryden, John, J. R. L. edits poems of, ii. 101.

Dublin, J. R. L. at, ii. 153.

Dunlap, Elizabeth, i. 400.

Dunlap, Frances, governess of Mabel Lowell, i. 401;
her character, 401;
characterized by J. R. L., 401;
marries J. R. L., 241;
_see_ Lowell, Frances Dunlap.

Durham, J. R. L’s impression of, ii. 156.

Duyckinck, Evert Augustus, J. R. L. writes to, with sonnets, i. 95;
writes to J. R. L. proposing a book, 135;
J. R. L. writes to, about Hawthorne, 283;
his and his brother’s Cyclopædia of American Literature, ii. 362.

Dwight, John Sullivan, contributor to the _Pioneer_, i. 105.

Dwight, Timothy, ii. 361.

Edwards, Jonathan, ii. 361.

_Election in November, The_, ii. 17.

Eliot, Charles William, on _Commemoration Ode_, ii. 69.

Eliot, Samuel, remembers J. R. L.’s boyhood, i. 24.

Eliot, Dr. S. R., treats J. R. L. for trouble with his eyes, i. 109;
is a _compagnon du voyage_, 380.

Elmwood, birthplace of J. R. L., i. 1;
one of the loyalist houses, 2;
described, 4;
its successive owners, 4-6;
as a nesting-place for J. R. L., 15, 16;
J. R. L. will not use it as a title to a volume, ii. 119;
J. R. L.’s final return to, 393.

Elwyn, Dr., i. 155.

Ely, J. R. L. at, i. 345.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, characterizes Charles Lowell, i. 8;
J. R. L. goes to hear him lecture in his junior year at college, 49;
his acquaintance made by J. R. L. in Concord, 50;
animadverted on in class poem, 56, 57;
letter to, by J. R. L. in exculpation, 58, 59;
his abandonment of the ministry, 64;
characterizes “Philothea,” 80;
introduced into _A Fable for Critics_, 239, 240, 243, 254;
on J. R. L.’s magazine project, 287;
as a friend of Thoreau, 293;
characteristic of, 297;
promises to write for _Putnam’s_, 350;
his “Adirondacs” quoted, 404;
a member of the Adirondack Club, 405;
dines with Mr. Phillips, 410;
J. R. L. to, on his signature of article, 414;
on “Days,” 414;
his Brahma, 415;
J. R. L. to, on his contributions, 416;
his importance to the _Atlantic_, 420;
advised by J. R. L. respecting his publisher, 451.
Comments of, on J. R. L.’s poetry, ii. 33, note;
on Lincoln, 71;
extract from his journal on J. R. L.’s poetry, 121;
is with J. R. L. in Paris, 161;
his character, 164;
good to love, 167;
in _Agassiz_, 177, 178;
on J. R. L.’s _Under the Old Elm_, 189;
characterized, 365;
his Life by J. E. Cabot, 366.

Emiliani, i. 329.

_Endymion_, ii. 371.

England, J. R. L. finds reaction in politics since 1848, in, ii. 27;
J. R. L. an exponent of American temper toward, 40.

Episcopal church, J. R. L. on, ii. 311.

_Epistle to George William Curtis, An_, quoted, i. 17;
postscript to, ii. 368.

_E Pluribus Unum_, ii. 23;
quoted, 276.

Erskine, Fanny, i. 329.

“Essays on Free Thinking and Plain Speaking,” J. R. L. on, ii. 175.

_Estrangement_, ii. 295.

Eudamidas, brother of Agis, i. 434.

_Eurydice_, i. 228.

Evarts, William Maxwell, J. R. L. sends despatch
to on congratulating the king of Spain, ii. 224;
and on the king’s marriage, 230;
and on a bull fight, 234;
J. R. L. to, on the Irish question, 277;
approves J. R. L.’s course, 280.

_Every Saturday_, J. R. L. proposes to translate for, ii. 137.

Exhibition Day at Harvard, i. 26.

_Ex-Mayor’s Crumb of Consolation, The_, i. 259.

_Fable for Critics, A_, quoted, i. 139, 166;
begun, 238;
specimens of it sent to Briggs, 239;
a gift to that friend, 240;
proposed disposition of profits by J. R. L., 241;
by Briggs, 242;
interrupted, 243;
resumed, 245;
passage in it on bores, traced, 246;
its title-page, 249;
published, 250;
comparison with Hunt’s “The Feast of the Poets,” 250;
no mystery about its authorship, 251;
J. R. L.’s afterthought of it, 252;
its ephemeral character, 253;
its permanent qualities, 254;
its expression of its author, 254;
thrown into the shade by the _Biglow Papers_, 255;
the apostrophe to Massachusetts in it, 266;
contrasted with _Agassiz_, ii. 176.

“Faery Queene, The,” the first poem read by J. R. L., i. 14;
discussed by the boys J. R. L. and W. W. S., 24.

_Falconer, The_, afterward _The Falcon_, i. 180.

_Fancy’s Casuistry_, i. 406.

Fawcett, Edgar, J. R. L. praises, ii. 199.

Fay, Maria, letter to, from J. R. L. of entrance into Rome, i. 318; of Christmas, 323.

Fayerweather house in Cambridge, i. 3.

“Feast of the Poets, The,” by Leigh Hunt, i. 250;
compared with the _Fable_, 251.

“Federalist, The,” as a piece of American literature, ii. 362.

Feltham, Owen, ii. 359.

Felton, Cornelius Conway, professor of Greek at
Harvard in J. R. L.’s youth, i. 27;
one of the editors of an annual, 93;
has a copy of _A Fable for Critics_ sent him, 249;
at supper at Longfellow’s, 346;
discovers a cryptic joke of J. R. L., 434.

Field, John W., meets J. R. L. at Orvieto, i. 384;
visits the Lowells with his wife, ii. 251;
a friend to J. R. L. in his troubles. 252;
with his wife stays with Mrs. Lowell while J. R. L. goes to England, 258;
J. R. L. writes him on letter-writing, 266:
his sociability, 272;
J. R. L. writes him from Paris, 273;
J. R. L. to, on his own abstinence, 296;
letter from J. R. L. to, on death of Mrs. Lowell, 319;
and on growing old; 325.

Fielding, Henry, J. R. L. on, ii. 298.

Fields, James Thomas, wants J. R. L. to write a novel, i. 348;
asks also for his Lowell Institute lectures, 373;
succeeds J. R. L. as editor of the _Atlantic_, 453;
calls forth the second series of _Biglow Papers_, ii. 35;
J. R. L. to, on sending him _Mr. Hosea Biglow to
the Editor of the Atlantic Monthly_, 57;
J. R. L. to, on sending him _Fitz Adam’s Story_, 105;
and a tale and poem for _Our Young Folks_, 105;
writes a notice of _A June Idyll_ which calls out
a poetical response from J. R. L., 116;
discusses title of J. R. L.’s book, 119;
J. R. L. sends him the log of the _North American_, 122;
asked to print the journal of a Virginia gentleman, 135;
takes J. R. L.’s daughter Mabel to Europe, 137;
_The Cathedral_ dedicated to him, 140;
publishes “Yesterdays with Authors,” 149.

“Financial Flurry, The,” by Parke Godwin, ii. 2.

_Fireside Travels_, first title given to _Cambridge Thirty Years Ago_, i. 354.

_First Snow-Fall, The_, i. 274.

Fischer, Peter, i. 392.

Fish, Hamilton, ii. 203.

_Fitz Adam’s Story_, i. 302;
read by F. J. Child, ii. 104.

Florence, the Lowells in, i. 314-316.

Follen, Charles, characterized by J. R. L. in the _Pioneer_, i. 106.

Follen, Eliza Lee, contributor to the _Standard_, i. 193.

Foote, Henry Stuart, satirized by J. R. L., i. 215.

Forbes, Mrs. Archibald, ii. 335.

“Forerunners,” Emerson’s, i. 378.

Foster, Stephen, portrait of by J. R. L., i. 231.

_Fountain of Youth, The_, i. 351.

Fountain’s Abbey, ii. 154, 156.

_Fragments of an Unfinished Poem_, i. 302, 353.

France, the revolution in, characterized by J. R. L., i. 204-206.

“Frederick the Great,” Carlyle’s, ii. 89.

“Free Lance in the Field of Life and Letters, A,” ii. 197, note.

Freiligrath, Ferdinand, wishes to succeed Longfellow, i. 375.

Frelinghuysen, Frederick Theodore, succeeds Mr. Blaine
in State department, ii. 290, note.

Frémont, John Charles, J. R. L. looks wistfully toward, ii. 29.

French, Old, J. R. L.’s studies in, ii. 186. 187.

_French Revolution of 1848, The_, i. 204.

Freneau, Philip, his one line, ii. 361.

“Friendship,” Thoreau’s essay on, noticed by J. R. L., i. 293.

Frost, Rev. Barzillai, the clergyman with whom J. R. L.
studied at Concord, i. 47, 48, 61.

Fugitive Slave Bill, ii. 6.

Fuller. [Sarah] Margaret, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 244-247;
criticises J. R. L., 244, note.

Furness, Horace Howard, on praise of J. R. L., ii. 388.

Gallillee, the Misses, ii. 356.

Gardner, Francis, master of Boston Latin School, i. 23.

Garfield, James Abram, his illness and the sympathy of England, ii. 268;
his death, 270.

Garrison, William Lloyd, characterized by J. R. L. in the _Pioneer_, i. 105;
treatment of, by J. R. L. in _London Daily News_, 187;
his character sketched, 189;
the verses upon him, 190;
his _Liberator_, 192;
what he thought of J. R. L., 197;
his views on anonymous articles, 199;
two poems on, by J. R. L., 258-260;
his ineffectiveness compared with the Charleston batteries, ii. 26.

Gay, Sydney Howard, one of the editors of _Standard_, i. 192;
sole editor, 192;
letter to, by J. R. L. defining relations with, 194-200;
his views on signed articles, 199;
confers with J. R. L., 202;
writes respecting J. R. L.’s terms, 203;
has no time to compliment J. R. L., 212;
his earnestness, 228;
edits a contribution by J. R. L., 229;
values J. R. L.’s work, 229, 230;
not absolute in his control of _Standard_, 230;
his financial aid of J. R. L., 281;
J. R. L. writes to, of his own delinquency, 295;
loses a child, 305;
is invited to join the Lowells in Europe, 307;
enquires into the landing of the Pilgrims, 307, note;
has a hand in the reissue of _Biglow Papers_ in England, 454.

Geneva, ii. 171.

George, Henry, ii. 315.

Gerry, Elbridge, lives at Elmwood, i. 5.

Gesu, music at the church of, i. 326.

Ghent, ii. 170.

Gibraltar, Straits of, i. 313.

Gibson, Right Hon. Edward, ii. 300.

Giher, Don Palo, ii. 336.

Gilbert, William Schwenck, topical songs of, i. 258.

Gilder, Richard Watson, J. R. L. writes to, on the
_North American_ and Lincoln, ii. 51, note;
J. R. L. to, on composition of _Commemoration Ode_, 63;
J. R. L. sends poems to, 295;
J. R. L. sends Landor’s letters to, 342;
and writes rhymes on Mrs. Gilder, 343, note;
J. R. L. to, 387;
gives poem at Harvard, 397.

Gilman, Miss Alice, J. R. L. to, with sonnet, ii. 214, 215.

Gines de los Rios, Don Herminigildo, Spanish teacher of J. R. L., ii. 242.

Giotto, portrait of Dante by, i. 393.

Girandola, the, i. 341.

Gladstone, William Ewart, Irish lack of faith in, ii. 280;
epigram on, 334.

_Glance behind the Curtain, A_, i. 124.

Gloucester, J. R. L. on cathedral art, ii. 157.

Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, J. R. L. to, on impeachment, ii. 109, note;
J. R. L. to, on grandchildren, 185;
_Three Memorial Poems_ inscribed to, 213;
advises J. R. L. to accept the mission to Spain, 220.

Godwin, Parke, and _Putnam’s Monthly_, i. 348;
writes for _Atlantic_, ii. 2, 3, 4.

Goethe, J. R. L. comments on, i. 79;
associations of, with Offenbach and Weimar, 271.

Gold Democrats, political advantage of the, i. 213.

_Gold-Egg; a Dream Fantasy_, ii. 58, note.

Goldsmith, Oliver, his “Retaliation,” ii. 174.

Goodwin, William Watson, ii. 145, note.

_Good Word for Winter, A_, ii. 34, note, 112, 143.

_Graham’s Magazine_, notice of J. R. L. in, i. 97;
J. R. L. asked to write for, 153;
his early contributions to, 161;
article on Poe contributed to, 162;
_Leaves from my Italian Journey_ published in, 364.

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, second administration of, ii. 191;
visits Spain, 247;
his visit to Cuba thought significant in Spain, 255.

Granville, Lord, on Irish-Americans, ii. 287;
compared with J. R. L, 291.

Grasmere, ii. 156.

Gray, Ana, J. R. L.’s lines on, ii. 325.

Gray, Thomas, J. R. L. compares his own odes with those of, ii. 44, note.

Greece, J. R. L.’s impressions of, ii. 238.

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot, on Poe, i. 164; J. R. L.’s characterization of, 164.

Grolier Club publishes Donne, ii. 102, note.

Gurney, Ephraim Whitman, ii. 122, 123.

Hale, Edward Everett, quoted, i. 24;
his reference to “The Band,” 89.

Hale, Nathan, an editor of _Harvardiana_, i. 45;
editor of _Boston Miscellany_, 98.

Halleck, Fitz Greene, reviewed by J. R. L., i. 160.

Hallowell, Mrs. R. P., reminiscence by, i. 173.

Hallyar, J., i. 332.

_Hamadryad, The_, i. 289.

Hamilton College invites J. R. L. to give a poem, i. 379.

_Harper’s New Monthly Magazine_, i. 319.

Harvard College, i. 25;
its modest proportions in J. R. L.’s boyhood, 26;
its great days, 26, 27;
its officers, 27;
its courses of study, 29;
its discipline, 30;
holds commemoration over soldiers, ii. 63;
address before, on 250th anniversary, 337.

_Harvard Crimson, The_, publishes extracts of lectures by J. R. L., i. 396.

_Harvardiana_, the college paper of which J. R. L. was an editor, i. 44, 45.

“Hasty Pudding,” Barlow’s, ii. 361.

Hasty Pudding Club, i. 40.

Hawley, Joseph Roswell. ii. 326.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, contributor to the _Pioneer_, i. 105;
his reference to. J. R. L. in “The Hall of Fantasy,” 117;
characterized in _A Fable for Critics_, 254;
aided by J. R. L. and others, 283;
his letters and action in the case, 283-286;
promises contributions to _Putnam’s_, 350;
his importance to the _Atlantic_, 420;
his advantage in seeing Lincoln, ii. 72;
Life of, suggested to J. R. L., 102;
characterized, 365;
J. R. L. to write his life, 372.

Hawthorne, Sophia, M. W. L. to, i. 155;
publishes her husband’s “Note-Books,” ii. 102.

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, and John Keats, i. 116;
discourses on the Elgin marbles, 117.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, J. R. L. votes for, ii. 216;
his invitation to J. R. L. through W. D. Howells,
to take a foreign embassy, 217;
comes to Boston, where J. R. L. meets him, 218;
the impression he makes on J. R. L., 219.

Hayward, Abraham, abuses Monckton Milnes, ii. 335.

Hazlitt, William Carew, as editor, ii. 78.

_Heartsease and Rue_, collected, ii. 357;
published, 368.

Heath, John Francis, aids J. R. L. in the
publication of _A Year’s Life_, i. 93.

Hemans, Charles, i. 332.

Herbert, Auberon, ii. 335.

Hereford, ii. 157.

Herrick, Mrs. Sophie Bledsoe, characterizes Mrs. F. D. Lowell, i. 404;
on composition of _Commemoration Ode_, ii. 65, note;
writes an article on J. R. L., 196;
and calls out a response, 197;
entertains J. R. L. in Baltimore, 214;
J. R. L. to, on church-going, 311.

Higginson, Thatcher, schoolmate of J. R. L., i. 22.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, day-scholar with J. R. L.
at Mr. Wells’s school, i. 22;
his recollection of J. R. L.’s boyhood, 24;
his “Old Cambridge” on J. R. L.’s suspension, 47;
J. R. L. to, on T. Parker, 290, note;
Underwood writes to, about a projected magazine, 354, note;
letter to, from J. R. L. on the independence of the _Atlantic_, 426;
J. R. L. to, on _Commemoration Ode_, ii. 67, note;
his saying on cosmopolitanism, 79;
J. R. L. to, on Italy, 270.

Hilda, B. V. Sancta, the patroness of Whitby, ii. 381.

Hill, Thomas, ii. 135.

Hillard, George Stillman, editor of an annual, i. 93;
is go-between for J. R. L. and others with Hawthorne, 284.

Hitchcock, Rev. Jeduthun, successor to Parson Wilbur, ii. 38.

Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, J. R. L. makes the acquaintance of, i. 50;
member of the Adirondack Club, 405;
his speech at Stillman’s dinner,
448;
J. R. L. dedicates second series of _Biglow Papers_ to, ii. 104;
J. R. L.’s last note to, 407.

_Hob Gobbling’s Song_, ii. 106.

Hogarth, J. R. L.’s pleasure in, ii. 155, 171.

Holmes, John, friend of J. R. L. and member with him of whist club, i. 271;
his whimsical mode of giving a gift, 311;
letter to, from J. R. L., descriptive of life in Florence, 315;
letter to, from J. R. L., giving impressions of Rome, 342;
a member of the Adirondack Club, 405;
on his brother’s musical gifts, 448;
hears _Commemoration Ode_, ii. 64;
J. R. L. finds him in London, 154;
and in Paris, 161;
companion to J. R. L. in Paris, 163.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 248, 254;
has a copy of the book sent him, 249;
writes of it to J. R. L., 251;
is written to about it by J. R. L., 252, note;
his poem at dinner given to J. R. L., 379;
dines with Mr. Phillips, 411;
J. R. L. makes it a condition precedent to the
editorship of the _Atlantic_, that he shall be a contributor, 413;
how he was regarded by some of the public, 426;
his poem in “The Round Table,” 431;
on the Saturday Club, 447;
tells stories at dinner, 448;
takes a photograph of J. R. L., ii. 72;
has a colloquy with Anthony Trollope, 83;
J. R. L. takes his place with an ode, 189;
J. R. L. to, on Irish troubles, 292;
his one imperishable poem, 365.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., wounded, ii. 31.

_Home, The_, i. 435.

Home rule, as a cure for Irish ills, ii. 284.

Houghton, Henry Oscar, first printer of the _Atlantic_, i. 421.

Howe, Estes, marries M. W. L.’s sister, i. 267;
member, with J. R. L., of whist club, 271;
letter to, from J. R. L. of approach to African coast, 313;
writes to J. R. L. of his father’s illness, 317;
letter to, from J. R. L. on travel, 329;
J. R. L. makes his home with, 384;
member of the Adirondack Club, 405.

Howells, William Dean, characterizes Mrs. Frances Dunlap Lowell, i. 403;
reviews Longfellow’s Dante, ii. 113;
J. R. L. to him on his writing, and on contributions to the _Atlantic_, 127;
and on _The Cathedral_, 130;
his account of the offer of a foreign mission to J. R. L., 217;
secures a poem from J. R. L. for _Harper’s Monthly_, 394.

_How I consulted the Oracle of the Goldfishes_, ii. 368, 369.

Hubbard, Gardiner Greene, on copyright, ii. 327.

Hughes, Thomas, introduces the _Biglow Papers_ in England, i. 266;
J. R. L’s letter to, on the book, 257, 262;
his familiarity with the book, 264;
J. R. L. writes to, on the demand for more _Biglow_, ii. 32;
J. R. L. makes personal acquaintance of, 146;
letters of J. R. L. to, on third journey in
Europe, 151, 152, 164, 170, 172, 182, 183;
J. R. L. to, on the political situation, 204;
J. R. L. advises him of his appointment to Spain, 219.

Hungarian question, the, discussed by Mrs. Putnam and J. R. L., i. 303, 304.

Hunt, Leigh, his “Feast of the Poets,” possibly
suggestive of _A Fable for Critics_, i. 250;
his poem compared with that, 251;
J. R. L. meets, 381.

“Hyperion,” i. 347.

_Ianthe_, a poetic image of M. W., i. 83.

“Ichabod,” by Whittier, i. 201.

“Illusions,” by Emerson, J. R. L. on, 414, 415.

_Imaginary Conversation, An_, i. 215.

Impeachment, J. R. L. on, ii. 109, note.

_Impressions of Spain_, referred to, and quoted from, ii. 230, 242, 244.

“In a Cellar,” by H. E. Prescott, i. 449.

_In an Album_, ii. 205.

_Incident in a Railroad Car, An_, i. 146.

_Independent in Politics, The Place of the_, quoted, i. 214, ii. 313, 314;
delivered in New York, 374.

_Indian Summer Reverie, An_, i. 278.

_Infant Prodigy, The_, ii. 397.

International Copyright, J. R. L. on, in speech at Washington, ii. 326-332;
in an epigram, 333;
Authors’ Reading for benefit of, 361.

Interview, a disagreeable, ii. 337.

_In the Half-way House_, ii. 45.

_In the Twilight_, i. 406.

_Invita Minerva_, i. 378.

_Irene_, expressive of M. W., i. 85, 86.

Irish, character of, J. R. L. on, ii. 274;
relations of, with England compared with Scottish, 276;
contention with England, 278;
imperfect sympathy of, with England, 280;
under guise of American citizens, 282.

Irish-American cases, ii. 284, seq.

Irving, Washington, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 248;
his writings revived by Putnam, 349;
his relations to magazines, 420;
characterized, ii. 363.

_Italy, 1859_, i. 434.

James, Henry, on J. R. L.’s patriotism, ii. 80.

James, William, letters to, on coincidence in
_Commemoration Ode_, ii. 67, note.

Jefferson, Thomas, characterized by J. R. L., i. 218.

Jewell, Harvey, i. 450.

Jewett, John P., publisher of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” i. 354, 409.

Jewish race, J. R. L.’s interest in, ii. 301-305.

Johns Hopkins University, J. R. L. lectures before, ii. 213.

Johnson, Andrew, J. R. L. on, ii. 93.

Johnson, Reverdy, J. R. L. to, on the Spanish mission, ii. 220;
and on the work at Athens, 326.

Jones, William Alfred, i. 156.

Judd, Sylvester, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 248.

June, J. R. L. the poet of, i. 268, 269.

_June Idyll, A_, i. 302;
J. R. L.’s humorous verses on, ii. 116.

Kansas-Nebraska, ii. 3, 6. 14.

Kant, Immanuel, suggests subject of _Class Poem_ to J. R. L., i. 56.

“Kavanagh,” reviewed by J. R. L., i. 291.

Keats, John, J. R. L. becomes acquainted with the poems of, i. 32;
his influence on J. R. L., 94;
a life of, contemplated by J. R. L., 95;
sonnet to, by J. R. L., 95, 96;
his “Isabella” compared with _A Legend of Brittany_, 118;
Fanny Brawne and, 121;
biographical sketch of, by J. R. L., 365;
influences J. R. L., ii. 88.

Keswick, ii. 156.

Killarney, J. R. L. visits, ii. 152.

King, Rufus, i. 45, 46.

Kingsley, Charles, shows J. R. L. Chester Cathedral, ii. 153.

“Kobboltozo,” by C. P. Cranch, ii. 96, note.

Lake Country, J. R. L. visits, ii. 154, 156.

Lamartine, characterized by J. R. L., i. 206.

_Lamartine, To_, i. 206.

Lamb, Charles, letter of, to Manning, i. 438;
J. R. L. compares himself to, in his fondness for London, ii. 335.

Landor, Walter Savage, J. R. L. becomes acquainted
with the writings of, i. 31;
his “Imaginary Conversation” contrasted with
J. R. L.’s _Conversations_, 135;
reviewed by J. R. L. in _Massachusetts Quarterly_, 293-295;
J. R. L. visits, 345;
his antiques, ii. 93;
his letters edited by J. R. L., 342.

_Last Poems_, ii. 368.

Lawrence, the Misses, J. R. L. to, on Wildbad, ii. 384.

_Leaves from my Journal_, referred to, i. 310, 314.

Lechmere house in Cambridge, i. 3.

Lee, Billy, his idea of a competence, i. 267.

Lee, Judge Joseph, house of, in Cambridge, i. 3.

Lee, William, a partner in Phillips & Sampson, i. 409;
takes a part in the establishment of the _Atlantic_, 409, 410;
absent in Europe at sale of the magazine, 450.

_Legend of Brittany, A_, contrasted with Keats’s “Isabella,” i. 118;
J. R. L.’s enjoyment of, 119;
Briggs’s comments on, 120.

Lessing, J. R. L. on the genius of, i. 138;
temperament of, like J. R. L.’s, ii. 110.

Letter-writing, conditions of, i. 445; ii. 75.

Lever, Charles, J. R. L. reads the novels of, i. 380.

_Liberator, The_, i. 186;
mouthpiece of W. L. Garrison, 192;
H. G. Otis enquires into, 258.

_Liberty Bell, The_, J. R. L. and M. W. L. contribute to, i. 180;
its sound haunts J. R. L., 295.

“Library of Old Authors,” ii. 77.

Lichfield, ii. 156.

Lincoln, Abraham, J. R. L. prefers Seward to, ii. 18;
characterized at the outset by J. R. L., 19;
election of, does not change the arguments of Republican party, 23;
J. R. L. disappointed in his public utterances, 25;
caution of, 27;
J. R. L.’s impatience at, 29;
poetized as the ideal captain, 43;
estimate of, by J. R. L., 50;
contrasted with McClellan, 55;
reëlection of, 57;
death of, noted by J. R. L., 62;
characterized in _Commemoration Ode_, 70-73.

Lincoln, England, ii. 156.

Lippitt, George Warren, i. 45.

Literature, J. R. L.’s introduction to, i. 31;
his beginnings in production of, 91;
his views on nationality in, as expressed in the _Pioneer_, 103;
and in the _North American_, 291;
J. R. L. on, as a subject for teaching, 388;
the basis of J. R. L.’s critical work, ii. 87;
J. R. L. on honesty in, 131;
honored by representatives at foreign courts, 260.
_See_ American Literature.

Little, Brown, & Co., publishers of the _British Poets_, i. 364;
as publishers for Emerson, 452;
undertake an edition of Old Dramatists, under
editorship of J. R. L., ii. 78, note.

Littré, Maximilian Paul Émile, C. E. Norton
gives J. R. L. a letter to, ii. 159.

Locke, John, studied by J. R. L. during his suspension from college, i. 47-49.

Longfellow, Mrs. Frances Appleton, her early encouragement of J. R. L., i. 97.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, home of, in Cambridge, i. 3;
his “Psalm of Life,” 74;
one of the editors of an annual, 93;
his “Poems on Slavery” noticed in the _Pioneer_, 105;
attacked by Poe, 164;
J. R. L. to, on Christ and Christianity, 169;
notes in his diary J. R. L.’s enthusiasm, 177;
his relation to anti-slavery commented on by J. R. L., 183, 197;
in _A Fable for Critics_, 243, 245;
hears part of the book read, 251;
characterised in it, 254;
sees the Lowells in Lenox, 273;
his “Kavanagh,” reviewed by J. R. L., 291;
his “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” 301;
entertains J. R. L., Clough, and others, 346;
notes J. R. L.’s novel, 348;
contributes to _Putnam’s Monthly_, 350;
comments on M. W. L., 356;
writes “The Two Angels,” 362;
hears Lowell lecture, 373;
gives up the Smith professorship, 375;
has J. R. L. for successor, 376;
bids him good-by on his leave for Europe, 378;
sees him off, 379;
sees him on his return at Nahant, 385;
dines with Mr. Phillips, 411;
interested in the _Atlantic_, 413;
has no desire to start a magazine, 419;
his importance to the _Atlantic_, 420;
dines with the Atlantic Club, 447.

His “Miles Standish” commented on by J. R. L., ii. 75;
Dante Club formed by him, 84;
his translation reviewed by J. R. L. and C. E. Norton, 113;
characterized by J. R. L., 114;
his scholarship, 115;
his Introduction to “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” 175;
offered the mission to England, 203;
talks of J. R. L. in the same position, 216;
bust of, unveiled in Westminster Abbey, 305;
characterised, 365.

_Look Before and After, A_, ii. 122.

Loring, Charles Greely, J. R. L. enters the office of, i. 70.

Loring, George Bailey, an early companion of J. R. L., i. 38;
his career, 39;
J. R. L.’s letters to, in college days, 39-42, 51-56;
takes up study of medicine, 66;
letters of J. R. L. to, on choice of a profession, 66, 68-70;
J. R. L. sends autobiographic verses to, 73-75;
J. R. L. to, on _Prometheus_, 119.

“Lost Occasion, The,” by Whittier, i. 120.

Louis Philippe, portrayed by J. R. L., i. 204, 205.

Louvain, ii. 170.

Lowell, Anna Cabot, wife of Charles Lowell, characterized, i. 42;
letter of, to J. R. L., 52, note;
attracts J. R. L. to the Beverly shore, 365.

Lowell, Blanche, first child of J. R. L. and M. W. L., born, i. 178;
J. R. L. on training of, 179;
her infancy described by J. R. L., 181;
her interruption of her father, 194;
is taken to Stockbridge for her health, 272;
dies, 273.

Lowell, Rev. Charles, buys Elmwood, i. 6;
his descent, 6;
his education and travels, 7;
his pastorate of West Church, 7-9;
characteristics, 7, 8;
his life at Elmwood, 8, 9;
his interview with Mrs. Dall, 10;
visits the Orkneys, 11;
becomes acquainted with Harriet Brackett Spence, 12;
his creed, 12;
takes J. R. L. with him on his parochial journeys, 20;
writes a letter of advice to J. R. L. about his college course, 43;
makes a journey abroad, 44;
writes to J. R. L. about _Harvardiana_, 44;
returns from Europe, 91;
his action in resigning his salary, 234, note;
retires from active charge of his parish, 270;
his grief over Blanche’s death, 273;
described by Miss Bremer, 298;
at the burial of Rose, 304;
is stricken with paralysis, 316;
letter to, of concern from J. R. L., 316;
letter to, from J. R. L. about Roman sights, 321;
about private theatricals, 331;
about his grandchildren, 334;
about Ely, 343;
is described by Clough, 347;
deaf and excitable, 361;
death of, 454, note.

Lowell, Charles Russell, oldest brother of J. R. L., i. 13;
his advisers, 42.

Lowell, Charles Russell, Jr., goes to the Adirondacks with J. R. L., i. 405.