Chapter XXI: Bret Harte's Style (2)

Drake, Sir Francis, 150.

Drake's Bay, 150.

Drama, the, in Pioneer California, 198.

"Drum, The," 38.

Dubois, Miss, 10.

Duels, 132, 133, 134, 192, 193.

Dumb animals, in Pioneer California, 99, 155;
Bret Harte's tenderness for, 287.

Earthquake in San Francisco, 216.

Editors, in Pioneer California, Southern origin of, 192, 193.

Education in Pioneer California, 197, 198, 200.

"Edward Brice," 345.

"Edward Everett," ship, 55.

Eggleston, Edward, his "The Circuit-Rider," cited, 59.

"El Dorado," cited, 64.

El Dorado County, vineyards in, 190.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 38, 139;
Bret Harte's meeting with, 227.

"Emerson in Concord," cited, 139.

England, 1, 2;
Bret Harte's lectures in, 244, 244 _n._, 259;
publication of his stories in, 259;
visiting country houses in, 266;
his last years in, 274-284.

English, the, in Pioneer California, 92.

English children, 29.

English convicts, 92.

"Enriquez Saltello," 148, 298, 328.

Episcopalianism in early San Francisco, 201.

_Episode of Fiddletown, An_, paralleled in contemporary newspapers, 192;
342.

"Episode of West Woodlands," the, 209.

"Esquire," the use of, in Pioneer California, 193;
Bret Harte's humorous examples of, 193.

Eureka, 30.

Everett, Edward, 55.

Expulsion of Mexicans and South Americans, 131.

Eye-lashes, and Eye-brows, Bret Harte's description of, 334, 335.

"Ezekiel Corwin," 215, 301.

Fair, James G., 167.

Fairfax, Charles, heroism of, 119;
119 _n._

"Far," in the sense of distant, 321.

Farnham, Eliza W., her "California Indoors and Out," cited, 63, 93, 147.

"Father Felipe," 211.

"Father Pedro," 105.

"Father Sobriente," 211.

"Father Wynn," 209.

Feather River, 103, 189.

"Fetched away," for torn, 323.

Field, Stephen J., 107;
his "Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California," cited, 107,
121, 122, 127, 132;
first Alcalde of Marysville, 121;
122;
his duelling experience, 133;
his experience with Terry, 136;
at the beginning of Marysville, 141, 185.

Fields, James T., 47.

Firearms, carrying of, 132, 133.

_First Family of Tasajara, A_, 27, 79 _n._, 249, 321.

Fisher, W. M., his "The Californians," cited, 85 _n._, 96, 208 _n._

Fishkill Dutch Church, 9.

"Flora Dimwood," 335, 345.

Foot-Hills, 94, 100, 101;
foxes and raccoons from the, as pets, 155;
190.

Fort Hall, 68.

"Forty-Niner," definition of, 54, 54 _n._
See also Pioneers.

Fowke, Gerard, 326.

Francis, Miss Susan M., 47.

Franklin, Benjamin, his style, 331.

Fremont, Mrs. Jessie Benton, 34, 35.

Fremont, John C., 34, 57, 58.

French, the, in California, 92.

Friary, The, club, New York, 5.

_Friend of Colonel Starbottle's, A_, Bret Harte's last MS., 283-284.

Frontiersmen, the, 56.
See also Pioneers.

Frothingham, the Rev. O. B., 207.

Froude, James Anthony, his daughter, 29;
Bret Harte's visit to, 257, 258.

"Fust-rate," for very well, 322.

"Gabriel Conroy," 22, 72, 103, 177, 234, 244, 245, 294, 330, 341.

"Gait," in the sense of habit or manner, 325.

Gamblers, boy gamblers, 154;
Bret Harte's gamblers, 173.
See also Gambling in California.

Gambling in California, 19, 20, 160-180;
Bret Harte's pictures of and contemporary accounts, 168-169;
the gambling era in Sacramento, 170, 172;
in San Francisco, 170-172;
development of public opinion and laws against, 172.

George Eliot, 208.

German children, 262, 263.

_Ghosts, The, of Stukeley Castle_, 275.

"Gideon Deane," 210, 211.

Gillis, James W., 50, 51.
See also "Truthful James."

Glasgow, Bret Harte appointed consul at, 265;
his five years in, 266-273;
his reports, 267-268;
his friendships in 271;
departure from, 273.

_Goddess of Excelsior, The_, 142.

Godkin, E. L., 307.

Golden canoe, the, 159.

"Golden Era," the, 13, 32, 33.

_Grandmother Tenterden_, 232.

Grass Valley, 164.

"Gratuitous," 339.

"Greasers," 148.

_Great Deadwood Mystery, The_, 231.

Greeley, Horace, his "Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco,"
cited, 153.

Grey, William, his "Pioneer Times in California," cited, 55, 109, 126,
129.

_Greyport Legend, A_, 232, 233.

Griswold, Miss Anna, her marriage to Bret Harte, 33.

Griswold, Daniel S., 33.

Griswold, Mary Dunham, 33.

Gwinn, W. M., 36, 37.

Hardy, Thomas, 76, 77, 208, 320.

Hare, John, 235.

"Harper's Magazine," 277.

Hart, Benjamin I., 6.

Hart, Bernard, paternal grandfather of Bret Harte, 4-7;
career of, 4-6;
secretary to the New York Exchange Board, 5;
prominent in the Synagogue, 5, 6;
in the militia, 5;
member of clubs and societies, 5;
homes of 6, 7;
portrait of, 6;
marriage of, to Catharine Brett, 6;
marriage of, to Zipporah Seixas, 6;
family of, 6-7;
death of, 7;
10, 13.

Hart, Catharine (Brett), paternal grandmother of Bret Harte, 6;
marriage of, to Bernard Hart, 6;
the marriage kept a secret by Bernard Hart, 7;
her lonely and secluded life, 8;
her ancestry and family connections, 8-10.

Hart, Daniel, 6.

Hart, David, 6.

Hart, Elizabeth Rebecca (Ostrander), mother of Bret Harte, 10;
her religious faith, 11, 12;
life of, after Henry Hart's death, 13;
her passion for literature, 16;
moves to California, 17;
death of, at Morristown, N. J., 19;
233.

Hart, Emanuel B., 6.

Hart [Harte], Henry, father of Bret Harte, 1;
final _e_ added to name of, 1 _n._;
birth of, 6;
7;
at Union College, 10, 18;
description of, 10;
career of, 10, 11;
marries Elizabeth Ostrander, 10;
11;
homes of, in New York City, 11;
brought up in the Dutch Reformed faith, becomes a Catholic, 11;
principal of an academy in Hudson, N. Y., 12;
other places of residence, 11;
ardently espouses the cause of Henry Clay, 12;
death of, 12;
his library and its use by his household, 16;
230.

Hart, Henry, son of Bernard Hart by his Hebrew wife, 7.

Hart, Theodore, 6.

Hart, Zipporah (Seixas), Hebrew wife of Bernard Hart, 6;
her marriage and family, 6;
7.

Harts, the, in Canada, 4.

Harte, Francis Brett, birthplace of, 1;
ancestry of, 1, 4;
father of, 1, 6;
evolution of his signature as an author, 1;
descriptions of, 1-3, 4;
his voice, 2;
his handwriting, 2;
pictures of, 3;
paternal grandfather of, 4-7;
numerous relatives of, in Canada, 4;
mother of, 10-11, 16, 17, 19;
boyhood homes of, in New York City, 11;
in various places, 12, 13;
boyhood life after his father's death, 13;
his precocity, 15;
his early studies and writings, 16;
arrival in California, 17, 18;
begins his career as a professional writer, 18;
gambling experience, 19;
as express messenger, 21;
as tutor and schoolmaster, 21, 24, 26;
as druggist's clerk, 24, 25;
as printer, 24, 30, 32;
as editor, 30, 31, 48;
appointed secretary of the Mint, 33;
marriage, 33;
his manner of working, 40-42;
editor of book of poems, 40-42;
his first published book, 44;
first editor of the "Overland Monthly," 45;
the publication that first made him known on the Atlantic coast,
46-47;
his _Heathen Chinee_ makes him famous, 49-50;
professor in the University of California, 51;
accuracy of his account of Pioneer life, 53-54, 56, 149, 150, 155,
189, 192;
fidelity of his pictures of Pioneer friendship, 157;
four stories devoted to friendship, 161-167;
moral of his stories, 167;
his portrayal of gambling in Pioneer California sustained by
contemporary accounts, 168;
his gamblers, a new type in fiction, 176;
John Oakhurst and Jack Hamlin compared, 174-177;
his attitude toward his characters, 178;
his religious views, 206, 207;
departure from California, 214, 217, 218, 219;
in Chicago, 220-222;
his Eastern reception, 222;
visit to Boston and Mr. Howells, 223-227, 229;
meeting with Lowell, 226-227,
with Longfellow, 227,
with Emerson, 227;
in Boston, 229-231;
his contract with James R. Osgood & Co., 232;
at Newport, 232;
his literary habits, 233;
as a playwright, 234-235;
his money troubles, 236, 237, 238, 240, 251;
his lectures, 238, 239, 244;
his letters to his wife, 239-244, 251, 253, 254, 256, 258;
impression of Western people, 243;
his health, 244, 259, 260;
his dislike of New England, 246;
his women characters, 247-250;
his patriotism, 249;
appointed U. S. commercial agent at Crefeld, 252;
translations of his works, 255, 256;
his impressions of German music and acting, 257;
visit to Froude, 258;
his lectures in England, 259;
publication of his stories in England, 259;
as commercial agent, 261, 262, 264;
impressions of German children, 262, 263;
as consul, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272;
in Glasgow, 266-273;
his reports, 267;
causes the erection of a memorial over the graves of wrecked sailors,
268;
glimpse of his consular functions given in _Young Robin Gray_, 269;
his stories dealing with Scotch scenes and people, 270;
his friendships with William Black and Walter Besant, 271;
his monomania for not answering letters, 272;
granted leave of absence, 273;
superseded in the Glasgow consulship, 273;
last years in London, 274-292;
his friendship with M. and Mme. Van de Velde, 274;
Mme. Velde's influence upon his work, 274;
his later rooms at No. 74 Lancaster Gate, 274;
membership in various London clubs, 275;
his habits in later life, 275;
his real recreations, 275;
his proneness to escape "social duties," 276, 277;
visits Switzerland, 277-278;
reasons that impelled him to live in England, 279-280;
yet ever a devoted American, 281;
false reports about him circulated in America, 282;
his disinclination to be "interviewed," 282;
his character, 284-292;
was he a sentimentalist? 284-286;
his separation from his family in his latter years, 284;
at work until the end, 283;
his last MS., 283;
his last illness, 283;
his last letters, 284;
death, at Camberley, May 5th, 1902, 284;
his faults and his good qualities, 287, 290;
his devotion to his art, 291;
the manner of man he was, 291, 312, 320;
as a writer of fiction, 293-307;
his knowledge of human nature, 297;
his dialect, 298;
his humor, 300;
his satire, 300-302;
his optimism, 307, 316;
his poetry, 308-316;
his poem on Dickens, 312, 316;
influence of Dickens on him, 340-342;
compared with Dickens, 342-343;
his poem on Starr King, 313;
his patriotic poems, 314-316;
his treatment of nature, 316-319;
his style, 309, 330-346;
his style in poetry, 309, 313, 337-338;
defects of his style, 330, 336, 339;
virtues of his style, 331, 333-338, 343-346;
his vocabulary, 337-338;
his attitude toward his characters, 345, 346.

Harte, Mrs. Francis Brett, her marriage, 33;
her voice, 247;
removes to England before Bret Harte's death, 279.

Harte, Eliza. See Knaufft, Eliza (Harte).

Harte, Ethel, Bret Harte's younger daughter, 279.

Harte, Francis King, Bret Harte's second son, 39, 279.

Harte, Griswold, Bret Harte's elder son, 279.

Harte, Henry, Bret Harte's brother, 13-15, 17.

Harte, Jessamy. See Steele, Jessamy (Harte).

Harte, Margaret B. See Wyman, Margaret B. (Harte).

Haskins, C. W., his "The Argonauts of California," cited, 135, 168.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1, 83, 208, 244, 245, 268, 276, 295, 342.

Hawthorne and Bret Harte compared, 281, 291.

Hay, John, 60, 287.

Hayes, President, appoints Bret Harte as U. S. commercial agent at
Crefeld, 252.

_Heathen Chinee, The_, 44, 49, 50, 50 _n._, 51, 222, 300, 309.

_Heir, The, of the McHulishes_, 250, 270.

"Heiress of Red Dog," the, 177.

"Helen Maynard," 332.

Helper, H. R., his "The Land of Gold," cited, 150.

"Herbert Bly," 337.

Herndon, James Lewis, 118 _n._

Heroines, Bret Harte's, 74-84, 246-249, 334.

Hinds, J. I. D., 326.

Hittell's "History of California," cited, 54.

Hoar, Sherman, his resemblance to the hero in _Left Out on Lone Star
Mountain_, 167 _n._

"Honeyfoglin'," 321.

"Honorable Jackson Flash, The," 192.

Hoodlum, 155.

Hooper, J. F., 114.

Horses, in San Francisco, 99;
Bret Harte's description of, 333.

House of Lords, The, club, New York, 5.

_How I Went to the Mines_, 25.

_How Old Man Plunkett went Home_, 113.

_How Reuben Allen Saw Life in San Francisco_, 24.

_How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar_, 27, 154, 232, 233, 302, 305,
333.

Howells, William Dean, his account of Bret Harte, 2, 30, 39, 41, 223-227;
229, 237-238, 290.

Hudson, N. Y., home of the Hartes in, 11.

_Hudson River, The_, 16.

Humboldt Bay, 21.

Humboldt County, 21, 30;
wheat crops, 190.

Humboldt River, 68, 146 _n._

"Humboldt Times," 24.

Humor and pathos, 300;
California humor, 303, 304;
Western and New England humor, 303.

Hyer, Tom, 110.

_Idyl of Battle Hollow, The_, 232.

_Idyl of Red Gulch, The_, 234, 246.

_Iliad of Sandy Bar, The_, 209.

"Illustrated News," London, sale of, in Pioneer California, 197.

Imagination, creative, 293, 294.

_In a Balcony_, 33.

_In the Tules_, 63, 161, 166, 188.

"Incidents on Land and Water," cited, 100, 128.

Independence, in Missouri, 68.

Indians, 30, 56, 70, 72;
Bret Harte's description of, 73;
the Californian, 30, 105, 212-213.

_Indiscretion of Elsbeth, The_, 262.

Insane Asylum, an, the first public building erected by the State of
California, 190.

"Into," for in, 323.

Irving, Washington, 35.

"J. W.," "Perils, Pastimes and Pleasures of an Emigrant," by, cited, 92.

"Jack Fleming," 158.

"Jack Hamlin," 22, 83;
his dress, 97;
99;
169, 173, 175;
compared with "John Oakhurst," 176-177;
his prototype, 177;
his character, 178-180.

_Jack and Jill of the Sierras_, A, 81, 217.

Jackass Flat, 50.

James, Henry, 3, 163;
his style, 336.

"James Seabright," 209.

_Jeff Briggs's Love Story_, 249.

Jeffries, Richard, 319.

Jewelry, miners', 97.

Jewett, Sarah O., 83.

Jews in Pioneer California, 92.

_Jim_, 322.

_Jimmy's Big Brother from California_, 113.

"Jinny," 78.

"Joan," 77, 245, 246, 301.

"Joe Corbin," 337.

"John Ashe," 81.

"John Bunyan Medliker," 27.

"John Hale," 230.

"John Milton Harcourt," 27.

"John Oakhurst, Mr.," 86, 173, 174;
compared with "Jack Hamlin," 176;
300, 304, 318.

"Johnny," 302.

Johnson, Samuel, 336.

_Johnson's Old Woman_, 321, 322, 332.

Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 325, 326.

"Joshua Rylands," 58, 205.

"Jovita," 333-334.

Jowett, Benjamin, 207.

_Judgment of Bolinas Plain, The_, 235.

"Julia Cantire," 249.

"Julia Porter," 334, 335.

Jury, the first in California, 122.

"Kam," 83.

Kansas, Bret Harte's lectures in, 241, 242, 243.

Kay, T. Belcher, 111.

Kemble, Fanny, her description of Bret Harte, 1;
2, 221 _n._

"Kicked a fut," 325.

King, James, career and tragic death of, 116-117, 186, 195.

King, the Rev. Thomas Starr, 33, 34, 35-36, 38, 39, 207;
Bret Harte's poem upon him, 313, 314.

Kingston-on-the-Hudson, 10.

Kinsmen Club, London, 275.

Kipling, Rudyard, 55, 107 _n._, 208, 342, 344.

"Kitty," 78.

Knaufft, Eliza (Harte), Bret Harte's sister, 13, 17, 222, 232.

Knaufft, Ernest, 13.

Knaufft, F. F., 13.

Kozlay, Charles M., publisher of Bret Harte's lectures, 244 _n._

"Lacy Bassett," 166.

"Lakeside Monthly," the, Bret Harte's connection with, 220, 221, 222.

"Land of Gold, The," cited, 150.

"Lanty Foster," 74, 81.

"Larry Hawkins," 95.

Lawrence, Ks., Bret Harte's lecture in, 241, 242.

Lawyer, the Boston, 231.

Lectures, by Bret Harte, 238, 239-244;
edited by Kozlay, 244 _n._;
in England, 259.

Leese, Jacob P., 149.

_Left Out on Lone Star Mountain_, 160, 166.

_Legend of Monte del Diablo, The_, 35.

_Legend of Sammtstadt, A_, 262.

Leighton, Sir Frederic, 260.

Lenox, Mass., 1;
Bret Harte's stay there, 244.

"Leonidas Boone," 27.

Letters by Bret Harte, to his wife, 239-244, 251, 253, 254, 256, 258;
letter to his son, 256;
to Mr. Pemberton, 267;
from Switzerland, 277.

Letts, J. M., his "California Illustrated," cited, 102.

Lewis, Alfred Henry, 327.

"Liberty Jones," 25, 82, 146, 147.

"Life on the Plains," cited, 185.

Lipper, Arthur & Co., New York, 6.

Lispenard, Leonard, 5.

Lispenard & Hart, merchants, in New York, 5.

"Literary Friends and Acquaintances," cited, 223.

"Literary Landmarks of Boston," cited, 231.

Literature among the Pioneers, 196, 197, 198, 200.

London, Bret Harte in. See England.

Longevity, of Spanish Californians, 104;
of Indians, 105.

Longfellow, H. W., Bret Harte's meeting with, 227-228;
Bret Harte's opinion of, 228, 229.

Los Angeles, 149.

"Los Gringos," cited, 150.

_Lost Galleon, The, and Other Tales_, 44.

Louisburg Square, in Boston, 231.

Love, for women, 78, 311, 312.

"'Low," in the sense of declare or say, 324.

Lowell, James Russell, 223, 227, 324.

Lowell, Mass., home of the Hartes in, 12.

Lower California, 67.

_Luck of Roaring Camp, The_, 44, 46, 47, 49, 51, 159, 162, 165, 233.

Macaulay, his style, 331, 336.

McDougall, ex-governor, duel with a San Francisco editor, 193.

McGlynn, John A., 88, 89.

McGowan, "Ned," 90.

McPike, Capt., 60.

"Madison Wayne," 56, 205.

_Maecenas of the Pacific Slope, A_, 249.

Magee, Prof., 165.

Magistrates, California, 122-127.

"Major Philip Ostrander," 11.

"Mannerly," 321.

Mark Twain, Bret Harte's first meeting with, 39, 40;
45, 46, 51, 229, 234, 304, 306, 327.

"Martin Morse," 188, 189.

"Maruja," 149, 178, 338.

Marysville, Alcalde of, 121, 122, 185;
origin of name of, 142;
146, 153;
gambling in, 173.

"Marysville Times, The," 192.

"Men and Memories of San Francisco," cited, 199 _n._

_Mercury of the Foot-Hills, A_, 27, 77.

_Mermaid of Light-House Point, The_, 150.

Mexicans, expulsion from the mines, 131.

Mexican and Chilean women in early California, 148.

"Miggles," 77, 163, 330, 339.

Mill, John Stuart, his style, 331.

Miller, Henry, 106.

Miners, the, 85;
their gains, 112, 113;
their laws, 120, 121;
the miners of Roaring Camp, 163.
See also Pioneers.

Mining, primitive methods of, 158-160.
See Pan-mining; Rocker, the; Sluce, the; River-bed mining.

Mining laws, 120, 121.

Ministers, in Pioneer California, 208, 302;
Bret Harte's ministers, 208-212, 302.

Mint, the U. S., California, Bret Harte as secretary of, 33;
34, 42, 52, 292.

"Miss Edith," 310.

"Miss Jo," 95.

"Miss Mary," 246, 247.

Missions, the Spanish, 212, 213.

Missouri, its emigrants to California, 59, 63, 64.

"M'liss," 33, 163, 208, 234, 269, 296.

Montague, Henry W., 288.

Monterey, 54, 149, 166, 187, 195.

Monterey County, the sheep county, 190.

Montreal, Bret Harte at, 240, 241.

Morristown, N. J., 19;
Bret Harte at, 233, 234, 237.

"Mr. Adams Rightbody," 231.

"Mr. Callender," 299, 328.

_Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation_, 205.

"Mr. John Oakhurst." See "John Oakhurst."

"Mr. McKinstry," 83.

_Mr. Thompson's Prodigal_, 326.

"Mrs. Brimmer," 335.

_Mrs. Bunker's Conspiracy_, 37.

"Mrs. Burroughs," 77.

"Mrs. Decker," 77, 175.

"Mrs. MacGlowrie," 80, 248.

"Mrs. McKinstry," 83, 84.

_Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands_, 233.

Mulford, Prentice, 39.

Murders, frequency of, 130-131.

Murdock, Charles A., 30.

_My First Book_, 42.

_My Friend the Tramp_, 230.

Nadal, E. S., 341.

Nature, as treated by Bret Harte, 27, 316-319;
influence of, 80, 318.

_Neighborhoods I have Moved From_, 40.

Nevada County, vineyards in, 190.

_New Assistant of Pine Clearing School, The_, 62.

New Brunswick, N. J., home of the Hartes in, 12.

New England, 245, 246;
its humor, 303.

New London, Conn., Bret Harte at, 234.

New Orleans, ship-load of gamblers from, arrive in California, 168.

New York City, Bernard Hart in, 4-6;
the Congregation Shearith Israel in, 6;
homes of Bernard Hart in, 6;
sons of in, 6, 7;
9;
boyhood home of Bret Harte, 11;
Bret Harte in, 222, 232;
lectures in, 239, 244.

New York State, 1, 10.

New York Stock Exchange Board, Bernard Hart secretary to, 5, 7.

"New York Sunday Atlas," 16.

New York "Tribune," 222.

Newport, R. I., Bret Harte in, 232.

_Newport Romance, A_, 232, 233.

"News Letter," the, 51, 51 _n._

Newspapers, the first in California, 91, 195;
editors of the early, 134, 192, 193, 194;
tone of, 194, 195, 196.
See under their respective titles.

Newstead Abbey, Bret Harte a guest at, 275.

Nicaragua, 17, 65.

Nicasio Indians, the, 150.

Nichols, Jonathan, 61.

"Nigh onter," for nearly, 323.

_Night at Hays', A_, 206.

_Night on the Divide, A_, 97, 103, 249.

"No-account," 322.

"North Liberty," 245, 246.

"Northern California," the, 30.

"Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, The," 236.

Oakland, Cal., 18, 19, 165.

Oatman, Olive, 73.

_Office-Seeker, The_, 245.

"Old Greenwood," 56, 57, 58.

"Old Personal Responsibility," 137.

"Old Virginia Gentlemen, The, and Other Sketches," cited, 192 _n._

"Old woman," for wife, 322.

Oregon, 68.

"Oregon and California in 1848," cited, 72.

Oregon Trail, 68.

"Ornery," 322.

Osgood, James R., 231;
contract with Bret Harte, 232.

Ostrander, Elizabeth Rebecca. See Hart, Elizabeth Rebecca.

Ostrander, Henry Philip, 10.

Ostranders, home of, in New York, 11, 13.

Ottawa, Bret Harte's lecture and stay there, 240.

"Our Italy," cited, 104.

_Outcasts of Poker Flat, The_, 48, 103, 162, 163, 165, 174, 233, 300,
317.

"Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco," cited, 153.

"Overland Monthly," the, 44, 46;
Bret Harte its first editor, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52;
its bear, 45;
215, 216, 275, 292, 312 _n._, 327.

Oxford School of writers, 336.

Padre Esteban, 212.

Pan-mining, 158-159.

Panama, 65, 66, 67.

"Pard," 158.

Parody in Bret Harte, 306.

Parsloe, C. T., 234.

"Parson Wynn," 302.

_Passage in the Life of Mr. John Oakhurst, A_, 174, 175.

Pathos, 302.

Peg-Leg Smith, 57.

Pell, Mr., merchant, New York, 5.

Pemberton, T. Edgar, on Bret Harte, 220, 229;
his account of Bret Harte as a playwright, 234, 235;
letter of Bret Harte to him, 267;
collaborates with, as a dramatist, 286.

Pemberton's "Life of Bret Harte," extracts from, 24, 29, 103, 228, 229,
239-244, 251, 253, 266, 275-276, 283, 291.

"Pendennis," 293.

"Perils, Pastimes and Pleasures of an Emigrant," cited, 92.

"Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California," cited, 209.

"Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California," cited, 107, 121,
122, 127, 132.

"Peter Schroeder," 298, 328.

Philadelphia, home of the Hartes in, 12.

"Philandering," 321.

_Phyllis of the Sierras, A_, 27, 28, 317, 341.

Piatt, John J., 251.

"Picayune," The, editor of in a duel, 193.

Pike, Lieut. Zebulon M., 59.

Pike County, "Piker," 59, 60, 62-64.

"Pike County Ballads," 60.

"Pioneer Times in California," cited, 55, 109, 126, 129.

Pioneers, the, 30, 47, 52, 54-213;
their youthfulness, 54;
their good looks, 55;
their intelligence, 55;
their descendants, 55 _n._;
their sufferings _en route_, 65;
crossing the Plains, 65, 68-71;
by sea, 66-68;
their food, 69;
their quarrels, 71, 72;
their women and children, 74-84, 78, 140-151;
varied employments of, 86-89;
multiplicity of tongues among, 91;
dress of, 97-98;
energy of, 105;
exuberance of, 106-109;
misfortunes of, 111-113;
courage of, 114-119;
law-abidingness, 120-121;
magnanimity, 127, 129;
long beards of, 145;
friendships among, 157-167;
good manners common among, 173-174;
literature among, 196-197;
good taste of, 199;
their humor, 303, 304;
their dialect, 323-324.

Pioneer women, 74-84;
beauty in, 79;
small feet of, 248.

Pittsburgh, Bret Harte's lecture in, 240.

Placerville, 111, 123, 146.

_Plain Language from Truthful James_, 49.

Plains, The, crossing them, 56, 60, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 167;
a heroine of, 145;
effect of the long journey upon women, 146, 147;
wolves from the, as pets, 155.

_Poet of Sierra Flat, The_, 232.

Poker Flat, 103, 164, 176.

Poor Man's Creek, 164.

Prairie schooners, 70.

Prepositions, superfluous, 323.

Priests, the Spanish, 211, 213.

_Princess Bob and Her Friends, The_, 232, 249.

Prize-fights, and prize-fighters, 194.

Providence, R. I., home of the Hartes in, 12.

Publishers, Bret Harte's relations with, 232.

"Punch," 197.

Puritanism in California, 202, 203.

"Put to," for harness, 324.

Rabelais Club, London, 275.

Rain, fall of, 103.

Rainy season, 102, 103.

"R'ar," 322.

Reform Club, London, 271, 272.

Reid, Sir Wemyss, 271;
references to Bret Harte in his life of William Black, 271, 272.

_Reincarnation, The, of Smith_, 188.

_Relieving Guard_, 39, 313.

Religion among the Pioneers, 200-202, 204, 205-206, 208.

_Return of Belisarius, The_, 46 _n._

_Returned_, 46, 46 _n._

"Rev. Mr. Daws, the," 209.

_Reveille, The_, 38, 39, 314.

"Richelieu Sharpe," 27, 28, 29;
the precocious love affairs of, 154.

"Ridgway Dent," 81.

River-bed mining, 160-161.

"Rise," for ascend, 324.

Road-agents, 22.

Robson, Stuart, 234.

Rocker, or cradle, the, in mining, 159.

_Roger Catron's Friend_, 208.

Rogue River, 30.

Roman, Anton, 44, 45, 215.

_Romance of Madrono Hollow, The_, 95, 232.

Rombout, Francis, 8, 9.

Rombout, Helena (Teller), 8.

Rombout-Brett Association, 9.

_Rose of Glenbogie, A_, 250, 270, 297.

"Rose of Tuolumne," the, 78, 247, 300, 317.

"Rosey Nott," 74.

"Rowley Meade," 324.

Royal Academy Banquet, Bret Harte's speech at, 259, 260.

Royal Thames Yacht Club, London, 275.

Royce, Josiah, Prof., 53, 86 _n._, 134, 152, 201.

Ruskin, 316.

"Russian Envoy, The," 149.

Ryan, W. R., his "Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California,"
cited, 209.

Sabe, savey, 323.

Sacramento, 57, 152, 154, 155, 158;
gambling in, 170, 172;
fires and floods in, 188, 191;
fighting editors of, 192;
literature in, 197.

Sacramento County, vineyards in, 190.

Sacramento River, 200, 204.

"Sacramento Transcript," the, 63, 108, 129, 142, 144, 151, 155, 193,
194, 195, 196, 198, 204, 205.

St. George Society, 5.

St. Kentigern, 269, 269 _n._

St. Louis, "Lucky Bill," a gambler from, 169;
Bret Harte in, 241, 242.

Salmon Falls, 152.

"Salomy Jane," 80, 321.

San Francisco, at the outbreak of the Civil War, 37, 38;
Bret Harte in, 32;
processions in, 98;
animals in, 99;
climate of, 101, 102;
politics in, 116, 117;
scarcity of women in, in '49, 141;
the "hoodlum," 155;
early citizens, 158;
the gambling era in, 170-173;
early development of public opinion and laws against gambling, 172-173;
panic of 1851 in, 185;
increase of crime in, 185;
Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856 in, 186;
great fires in, and incidents of, 186-187;
29 suicides in a single year, 190;
its later atmosphere, 215, 217;
Bret Harte's representation of, true, 288;
Bret Harte's poem upon, 215, 315.

"San Francisco Bulletin," the, 44, 138, 173, 195;
tragic death of its editor, 116-117, 173.

"San Francisco Call," the, 39, 134.

"San Francisco Daily Herald," the, 36, 112 _n._, 173, 184, 193, 203.

San Francisco gambling saloons, 140, 170.

San Francisco horse races, 148.

San Francisco hospital, 140.

San Jose, 91, 143, 197, 198, 201.

San Ramon Valley, 21.

San Raphael, 33.

Sanitary Commission, 38;
the, and the gambler, 169.

Santa Barbara, 149.

Santa Clara, 198.

Santa Clara Valley, 190.

Santa Cruz, 123.

Santa Cruz County, 89.

Santa Fe, route to California, 68.

_Sappho of Green Springs, A_, 177.

"Sarah Walker," 335.

Satire, 300.

Saturday Club, the Boston, Dinner, 222, 229, 276.

"Saturday Review," the, 313.

"Scenes from El Dorado," cited, 158.

Scotch characters of Bret Harte, 298.

Scott, Sir Walter, 320, 328.

"Scribner's Magazine," 244.

Sea Cliff, Long Island, 252.

Searls, Judge, 126.

_Secret of Sobriente's Well, The_, 95.

_Secret of Telegraph Hill, A_, 337.

"Seeking the Golden Fleece," cited, 128, 129.

Seixas, Benjamin Mendez, 6.

Seixas, Gershom Mendez, rabbi, 6.

Seixas, Zipporah. See Hart, Zipporah (Seixas).

Semple, Dr. Robert, 196 _n._

Senoritas, 148.

"Sepulvida, Don Jose," 94, 96.

Serra, Father Junipero, 212.

Shakspere, in California, 198;
his apprehension of human nature, 295;
321.

Shepard, vice-consul, at Bradford, 271.

_Ship of '49, A_, 54, 321.

Shuck, O. T., his "Bench and Bar of California," cited, 128.

_Sidewalkings_, 33.

Sierra County, 103.

Sierras, the, 68, 69;
bears from the, as pets, 155, 161;
219.

Simplicity, 313;
compared with cultivation, 320.

"Sir James Mac Fen," 270.

"Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings," cited, 86, 113.

Slavery, prohibited in California, 36.

Sluce, the, in mining, 160.

"Smellidge," 322.

Smith, J. Cabot, 134.

"Snapshot Harry," 345.

Snow in California, 103, 104, 164.

_Snow-Bound at Eagle's_, 103, 230.

_Society upon the Stanislaus, The_, 44, 51 _n._

Solitude, 319, 320.

Sonora, 131.

Sonora County, 131.

Sonora River, 160.

Sopranos, absence of, among Bret Harte's heroines, 247.

South-Western girl, the, 248.

Southerners in California, 36, 37;
resemblance to Spanish, 94, 95;
134, 135, 192.

Southgate, Dr. Horatio, elected bishop, 201.

Spanish in California, 93, 94;
gravity of, 94;
resemblance to Southerners, 94, 95;
qualities of, 96;
their longevity, 105;
horsemanship, 199;
the Spanish priest, 211, 212, 213.

_Spelling Bee at Angels, The_, 310.

Spencer, Herbert, his style, 331.

Split infinitive, the, 339.

"Springfield Republican," the, 236 _n._

Squatters, 114.

Stage-Coaching in California, 21, 22, 22 _n._

Stanislaus Diggings, 30.

Stanislaus Valley, the, 190.

Starbottle, Col. See Colonel Starbottle.

Steele, Henry Milford, 279.

Steele, Jessamy (Harte), Bret Harte's older daughter, 279.

"Stephen Masterton," 209, 209 _n._

Sterne, Lawrence, 295.

Stevenson, R. L., 338.

Stillman, Dr. J. D. B., his "Seeking the Golden Fleece," cited, 128, 129.

Stockton, 98, 151, 190, 197, 198, 201.

Stoddard, Charles W., 21, 32, 34, 39, 42, 48.

_Story of M'liss, The_, 44.

_Story of a Mine, The_, 340.

Stuart, the robber, death of, 114-115.

Style, Bret Harte's, 330-346;
defects of, 330, 332, 336, 339;
virtues of, 333-338, 343-346;
his subtlety, 333-337;
his style in poetry, 309, 313, 337-338;
beauty in style, 338.

Subtlety, as a quality of style, 333-336;
Bret Harte's, 333-337;
over-subtlety, 336, 337.

_Sue_, produced in New York, 235.

Sunday in California, 204.

Supreme Court, Bret Harte's description of, 340.

_Susy_, 296, 336.

Swain, R. B., 33.

Swett's Bar Company, 160.

Swift, Frank, 60.

Swift, Lindsay, his "Literary Landmarks of Boston," cited, 231.

Swinburne, his metre copied by Bret Harte, 309.

"Sydney Ducks," 92.

_Tale of a Pony, The_, 308.

_Tale of Three Truants, A_, 104.

Tasajara County, the "cow county," 190.

Tatnall, Commander, letter from to Bret Harte's mother, 15.

Taylor, Bayard, his "El Dorado," cited, 64, 121.

Taylor, the Rev. William, his "California Life," cited, 145.

Tearful women, as described by Bret Harte, 335.

Telegraph Hill, 143;
pioneers watching from for the fortnightly mail-steamer, 145.

Teller, William, 8.

Temperance in early California, 205.

"Tennessee," 159, 161-162, 318.

_Tennessee's Partner_, 56, 63, 159, 161, 162, 165;
the story suggested by a real incident, 165;
166, 233, 284, 294, 318.

"Teresa," 148.

Terry, Judge David S., 136.

Thackeray, 18, 245;
his creative imagination, 293, 295;
328.

_Thankful Blossom_, 233, 245.

Theatres in California, 198, 199.

_Their Uncle from California_, 3.

Thoreau, Henry D., 297, 318.

Thorne, Charles R., 198.

Thornton, William, alias "Lucky Bill," gambler, 169.

Thornton, J. Quinn, his "Oregon and California in 1848," cited, 72.

_Three Partners_, 249, 295, 296.

"Three Years in California," Borthwick's, cited, 22 _n._, 94, 120;
Colton's, cited, 58, 96, 122, 188, 203.

_Through the Santa Clara Wheat_, 190, 333.

"Tinka Gallinger," 158, 159, 247, 328.

Tolstoi, 76, 208, 320.

Toole, J. L., collaborates with Bret Harte, 235.

Topeka, Bret Harte's lecture at, 241.

Tourgueneff, 76, 77.

_Transformation of Buckeye Camp, The_, 323.

_Treasure of the Redwoods, A_, 159.

"Trinidad Joe's" daughter, 78.

Trinity Church, New York, 8.

Trinity County, 21.

Trollope, Anthony, 293.

Truesdale, Abigail, 11.

"Truthful James," 50, 305, 310.

Tuolumne County, 165.

Tuttletown, 50.

"'Twixt," for between, 321.

_Two Americans, The_, 11, 335.

_Two Men of Sandy Bar_, produced in New York, 234.

"Uncle Ben Dabney," 193.

_Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy_, 161, 166, 319.

Underwood, Francis H., 273.

Union, 24.

Union College, Henry Hart at, 10, 18.

"Union Mills," 317.

University of California, 51, 216.

_Unser Karl_, 262.

Upham, S. C., his "Scenes in El Dorado," cited, 158.

"Use," in the sense of employ, 321.

Vallejo, Gen., 149.

Van de Velde, Arthur, 274.

Van de Velde, Mme., 2-3;
her view of Bret Harte's departure from California, 217;
in London, 274;
translator of Bret Harte's stories, 274;
her influence upon him and his art, 274;
282;
her country seat at Camberley where he died, 283, 284.

Van Wyck, Cornelius, 10.

_Views from a German Spion_, 262, 263.

Vigilance Committees, 90, 114, 115, 116, 117, 130, 136, 186, 216, 337.

Virginia City, 132.

"Visalia Delta, The," editor of, killed in street affray, 193.

_Vision of the Fountain, A_, 79.

Vocabulary, Bret Harte's, 321, 337.

Voices, of Bret Harte's women, 247;
his own voice, 2.

Voyage to California, 65, 67.

Vulgarity, definition of, 320.

_Waif of the Plains, A_, 70, 73, 296.

_Wan Lee, the Pagan_, 341.

_Ward of the Golden Gate, A_, 155, 335.

Warner, Charles Dudley, his "Our Italy," cited, 104, 105.

Washington, Bret Harte lectures in, 239;
his account of the Capitol at, 239.

Watrous, Mrs. Charles, letter from, 215.

Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 120, 297.

Webb, Charles Henry, 39.

West, the, its humor, 303.

Western people, Bret Harte's impressions of, 243.

West Point, 315.

_When the Waters Were Up at "Jules',"_ 74, 78, 188.

"Which," in the cockney sense, as used by Bret Harte, 326-327.

_Who was my Quiet Friend?_ 338 _n._

Widows in Bret Harte's stories, 248.

Wilkins, Mary, 83.

Williams, Col. Andrew, Bret Harte's stepfather, 18-19.

Wise, H. A., his "Los Gringos," cited, 150.

Wombwell, Sir George, 271.

Women, the Pioneer, 74-84, 150-151;
respect for women in America, 77, 147, 148;
development of beauty among the pioneer, 79;
Bret Harte's literary treatment of, 247-250;
his conventional women, 249;
his army and navy women, 249;
snobbishness of women, 250;
Bret Harte's keen observation of, 334-336;
his descriptions of beauty in, 334, 335.

Woods, D. B., his "Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings," cited, 86, 113.

Wyman, Margaret B. (Harte), Bret Harte's sister, 13, 17, 19, 32.

"Yawpin'," 324.

"Yerba Buena," 334.

Yorkshire Club, York, Eng., first meeting of Bret Harte and William
Black at, 271.

Young Men's Association in Albany, 11.

_Young Robin Gray_, 269, 270, 299.

"Youngest Miss Piper," the, 160, 249.

"Youngest Prospector in Calaveras," the, 27;
not an uncommon child, 154;
208.

"Yuba Bill," 22, 23, 83, 303, 329, 339.

Yuba County, vineyards in, 190.

Transcriber's Notes:

Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_.

Punctuation has been corrected without note.

The following misprints have been corrected:
"newpapers" corrected to "newspapers" (page 17)
"Fremont" standardized to "Fremont" (page 34)
"beside" corrected to "besides" (page 80)

Other than the corrections listed above, inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Life of Bret Harte, by Henry Childs Merwin

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