Chapter XXV: The Art Association of Newport (2)

Baez, President, of Republic of Santo Domingo, 84, 91;
the Howe party, guests of, 94

Baker, Sir Samuel and Lady, 177

Balfour, Arthur, 233

Balkan Relief Fund, art exhibition and sale for, 369-370

Balloon ascension on Boston Common, 12-13

Bancroft, George, famous rose garden of, 117;
personal appearance of, 132;
enjoyment of young company, 132

Bancroft, Mrs. George, 132

“Barbauld’s Poems, Mrs.”, 29

“Barber of Seville, The”, 215;
in Rome, 293

Barnard, Inman, 177

Barrère, Madame, 329

Bartol, Rev. Cyrus, 52

Battersea, Lord. _See_ FLOWER, CYRIL

“Battle Hymn of the Republic”, Julia Ward Howe, 21, 286, 359, 388

Bayard, Senator Thomas F., 130

Bayard, Mrs. Thomas F., 336

Bayreuth, and the Wagner operas, 278-279

Beaconsfield, Earl of, 139, 140

Beal, Harriet Blaine, 374

“Beau Brummel”, 228, 229

Beauregard, General P. G. T., 211-212

Bedford, Duchess of, 235

Befana, the children’s Christmas in Italy, 324

Belgian Relief, presides at Tremont Temple meeting for, 377

Belgium, memories of visit to, 174

Belknap, Commander Reginald R., and relief work in Sicily, 327-328;
appreciation of John Elliott’s labors, 327-328; 371, 372

Bell, Sir James and Lady, 280

Bellamy, Edward, 223

Bellew, Kyrle, 233

Benlliure, Mariano, Spanish sculptor, 265

Bennett, James Gordon, and the _Jeannette_ expedition, 99;
and polo, 116, 117

Bernstorff, Count von, 349;
reported remark of, 375

Bethlehem, Palestine, 185

Biggar, Mr., 140

Bird, Charles Sumner, 355, 357, 358

Bird, Mrs. Charles Sumner, 355, 361

Bird, Effie. _See_ TILDEN, MRS. LINZEE

Black, William, 143

“Black Crook”, 71

Blackler, Edith, the author’s “twin”, 114

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 381

Blaine, Emmons, 131

Blaine, James G., Speaker of the House, 131;
his home in Augusta, 131

Blaine, Walker, 131

Bliss, Alexander, “Sandy”, 132

_Blücher_, sinking of the, 380

Boardman, Mabel, 341, 349

Boer War, 295, 296;
siege of Ladysmith, 297;
scenes in London at close of, 298

Boni, Giacomo, 175

“Book of Nonsense”, Lear, 29

Booth, Edwin, in “The Iron Chest”, 39;
a matinée idol, 39;
as _Shylock_, 224-225;
letter from, 225

Booth, General William, and “In Darkest England”, 242, 247

Bordentown, N. J., visit to, 74-76

Boston Common, and Fourth of July celebrations, 12-14

_Boston Evening Transcript_, 195, 260

Boston Fire of 1872, 107-108

_Boston Herald_, 352

Boston Latin School, prize drills in Music Hall, 43-44;
prize declamations of, 44;
head master of, 45

Boston Music Hall, 40;
favorite resort, 40;
dedication of great organ, 40; 41-43

Boston Public Library, decorations by John Elliott
for ceiling of, 296, 300-301, 306

Boston Symphony Concerts, 227

Bostonian Society, portrait of Mrs. Howe presented to, 359

Bowdoin, Anthony, funeral of, 329-330

Boxer Rebellion, 302, 306

Boylston Place, fire at Howe home in, 81-82

Bradford, Daniel, steward at Perkins Institution, 8-9

Bradford, George, a favorite teacher of history and astronomy, 58-60

Bradley, Rev. Leverett, 294

Braemar, Scotland, 280, 281

Bridgman, Laura, 6;
at Bradford’s wedding, 9;
education of, 10;
enjoyment of music, 10; 228;
author in collaboration with sister writes life of, 228, 314;
characteristic letter from Henry James on life of, 315-316;
letter from Roosevelt on life of, 317

Brighton Road, riding and driving on the, 54

British Embassy in Rome, 256

British Museum, 144

Brittany, recollections of, 174, 175

Broadwood, Maud, 171

Brooke, Stopford A., 152;
popularity of, 153

Brooks, Phillips, 201, 229

Brown, John, at the Howe home, 15-16

Browning, Penn, 290

Browning, Robert, meeting with, 141;
impressions of, 141-142

Brownson, Admiral, 340

Buffalo Bill. _See_ CODY, COLONEL WILLIAM F.

Bulak Museum, 178

Bull, Ole, 42

Burlington House, London, 145

Butler, Captain and Mrs., 292

Butler, Mr., author of “Nothing to Wear”, 285

Cable, George W., 212-213;
feeling in New Orleans against, 214-215;
personal appearance and charm of, 215

Caine, Hall, and D. G. Rossetti, 285;
personal appearance of, 285;
opinion of Rome, 285

Cairo, Egypt, 176

Calabria, earthquake of 1908 in, 326-329

Cambridge, Duke of, visits John Elliott’s studio in Rome, 296;
sits for portrait, 296-297

Campello, Count Salome, 333

Cannon, Joseph G., congressman, 336

Cantrell, Mr., 370

Capel, Monsignor, 160

Capri, visit to, 291-292

Carlisle, Lord, attentions shown the Howes in London by, 144

Carlisle, Lady, 144, 145

Carlyle, Thomas, 15

_Carpathia_, s. s., 352

Carpenter, Miss, 358

Carreño, Theresa, 42

Catholicism, Mrs. Howe’s fear that author might embrace, 290

Cavalotti, 286

Cecilia Society, The, 41

Centennial Exposition of 1876, 135

Central National Society for Women’s Suffrage, 235

_Century Magazine_, the, 324

Chaldeans, Mass celebrated by the, 284

Chanler, Daisy, 230, 288, 289

Chanler, Elizabeth, 389

Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop (_née_ Ward), the author’s cousin, 70-71

Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop (_née_ Terry), the author’s cousin, 167, 195

Channing, William Henry, letter to Mrs. Howe, 85

Chant, Mrs. L. Ormiston, 234-235

Chapman, Victor, 389

Charitable institutions, visits to, 82-83

Chauncy Hall School, 44-45

Chester, England, 139

Chestnut Street, home at No. 13, 51

Chicago, 136;
author and her husband in, 217-222;
gives first lecture course in, 218;
secret of the city’s strength, 219

Child, Richard Washburn, 358

“Christian, The”, Caine, 285

Christian Science, comment on, 381

Christmas Eve, in Rome, 158

Church of the Disciples, first home of, 47;
fiftieth anniversary of, 229

Churchill, Sir Randolph, 233

Churchill, Winston, 355;
at Progressive rally in Providence, 360

Circolo Italiano, founded in Boston by author, 333

Civil War, vague recollections of the, 20

Clark, Lester W., 44

Clarke, Rev. James Freeman, the Howes’ minister, 25; 47;
performs marriage ceremony of author, 216; 229

Clemens, Samuel L., 248

Clement, Mr., 330

Cobbe, Francis Power, 148

Cochran, W. Burke, 362

Cochrane, Jessie, 291, 300

Cody, Colonel William F., 215, 232

Coleman, C. C., 292

Coleman, Enrico, 321

Colfax, Schuyler, 108

Columbian Exposition, 222

Columbus, Bartholomew, 99

Columbus, Christopher, Dominican legend concerning, 93;
tomb in Santo Domingo, 97;
the tomb in Havana, 102;
an apostrophe to, 138

Conanicut Island, 110

“Concerning X 107”, Deland, 203

Congress of Berlin in 1878, Italy at the, 169

Congress of Women, in London, 290

Conrad, Lily. _See_ THEODOLI, MARCHESA

Constantinople, 188-189

Contoocook, N. H., a week in winter in, 348-349

Conway, Moncure D., 152;
assertive personality of, 153

Coolidge, Baldwin, 353

Coolidge, Hamilton, 389

Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, Porter’s portrait of author in, 125

Cordova, beauty of the mosque of, 317

“Corner, The”, New York home of Grandfather Ward, 65, 72

Cornish, N. H., beauty of the country around, 311-312

Corso, the, on Christmas Eve, 158

Cortazzo, Miss Renée, 389

Corti, Count, bitter irony of, 169-170

Costa, Giovanni, studying painting under, 163

Cram, Ralph Adams, 223

Crane, Walter, Watts’ portrait of, 239

Crawford, Annie. _See_ RABÉ, BARONESS ERICH VON

Crawford, Francis Marion, the author’s cousin, 159, 161;
personal appearance, 162; 165, 166;
and his sister Annie, 167; 195;
gift of story-telling, 196;
literary reviews for magazines, 196;
studies for operatic stage, 197;
writes “Mr. Isaacs”, 197;
“Dr. Claudius”, and “A Roman Singer”, 199;
achieves fame by his books, 199;
an indefatigable worker, 258; 265, 293;
inclined to superstitions, 323; 334

Crawford, Mimola. _See_ FRASER, MRS. HUGH

Crawford, Thomas, sculptor, 41;
uncle of the author, 65;
work on the Capitol at Washington, 72; 167

Crawford, Mrs. Thomas. _See_ TERRY, MRS. LUTHER

Creoles, of New Orleans, 213

Cretan chieftains, banquet to the Howes, 190-191

Cretan insurrection, 78

Crispi, Francesco, Minister of the Interior, 163;
and the Triple Alliance, 163, 169; 261, 264, 286

Crowninshield, Frederick, 194

Cuba, visit to, 101-104

Current Topics Club, 351

Currie, Lady, 143, 256, 257

Currie, Lord, 256;
a _faux pas_ by, 257

Cushman, the Misses Alice and Ida, 135

Cyprus, 186

Dante, John Elliott’s drawing of, 259-260

Davis, Major, 298

“Débâcle”, Zola, 268

Decies, Lady, 372

De Koven, Reginald and Mrs., 218

Deland, Lorin, 200;
genial and kindly nature of, 202;
pride in his wife’s success, 202;
his writings, 203

Deland, Mrs. Lorin, close friendship with, 200-201;
regard for Mrs. Howe, 201;
author one of literary advisers of, 201;
her writings, 202;
love for flowers, 202; 377

Deland, Margaret. _See_ DELAND, MRS. LORIN

De Long, George W., arctic explorer, 92, 97, 99-100

Derby, Haskett, 121

Derby, Lucy, intimate friend, 120, 121;
Edward A. Sothern at home of, 121

Derby, Richard, 121

“Diana of the Tides”, painting by John Elliott, 326, 328, 329;
gift to New National Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, 334

Dickinson, J. McG., Secretary of War, 339

Dilke, Sir Charles, 140

“Discoverer, The”, Hunt’s fresco in Capitol at Albany, 119

Disraeli, Benjamin. _See_ BEACONSFIELD, EARL OF

Dixon, Senator, 364

“Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, Hall and Howe, 228, 314

Doggett, Mrs., 136

Dorr, Mrs. Charles H., 116

Drake, Sir Francis, 99

Draper, General and Mrs. William F., 286-287

Dresser, LeRoy, 354

Dudley, Lady, 147

Dumaresq, Francis, 44

_Dundreary, Lord_, Sothern’s chief rôle, 121

Dunraven, Lady, 148

Dunraven, Lord, 147-148

Duse, Madame, 284

Dwight, John Sullivan, president of Harvard Musical Association, 40;
founds his _Journal of Music_, 40;
“adopted son” of author, 40;
devotee of Boston Music Hall, 41;
his outspoken criticism, 41;
classical taste and indifference to opera, 42-43;
enjoyed “Oberon”, 43

_Dwight’s Journal of Music_, 40, 41

Earthquake, author experiences first, in Santo Domingo, 98;
in Sicily, 326-329

Easter, gorgeousness of, services in Rome, 295

“Ecce Homo”, Seeley, 152

Edgeworth, Maria, 15

Egypt, a trip to, 176-183;
second visit to, 272-273

Elliott, Edward, brother of author’s husband, 229;
untimely death by drowning, 229-230

Elliott, Sir George, 176

Elliott, John, author’s escort at Royal Academy reception, 145; 174;
marriage of Maud Howe and, 216;
in Chicago, 217-222;
mural decorations for Mrs. Potter Palmer’s home, 217;
work in collaboration with Pretyman, 221; 223, 225-226;
appreciation of music, 227;
proposed decoration for Boston Public Library by, 229;
his brother Edward’s death, 229-230;
visits London, 232-242;
in Spain and Morocco, 248-255;
in Rome, 256;
studio in Palazzo Santa Croce, 259;
pastel drawing of Dante, 259-260; 263-264;
home in Palazzo Rusticucci, 265; 266, 269, 275, 287;
designs Mrs. Howe’s costumes, 289; 293;
portraits of heroes of Boer War, 296, 299, 300;
portrait of the Duke of Cambridge, 296-297;
on English feeling at close of Boer War, 298;
Queen Margherita visits studio of, 300-302;
his “Triumph of Time”, 302; 303, 305, 306, 313;
poses for figure in portrait of the king of Spain by
Villegas, 319-320; 321, 323;
completion of “Diana of the Tides”, 326, 329, 334;
important relief work in Messina disaster, 327-328;
Red Cross medal conferred on, 341; 347, 348;
a founder of the Art Association of Newport, 352; 353, 355;
presentation to Bostonian Society of portrait of Mrs. Howe
by, 359; 365, 366, 367;
picture exhibition and sale for Red Cross, 369-370; 371, 372, 386, 388;
portraits of young Americans dead in the World War, 389

Elliott, Mrs. John (Maud Howe Elliott), birth, 4;
home in Perkins Institution for the Blind, 5;
sisters and brothers, 6;
early memories, 6-9;
homes at Green Peace and in Lawton’s Valley, 11;
and Fourth of July, 11-14;
her parents’ friends, 14-15;
and story of John Brown, 15-17;
recollections of Sumner and Andrew, 17-19;
and death of Lincoln, 21;
her mother’s friends “The Owls”, 22-27;
the spell of Hawthorne, 28;
favorite books, 29;
memories of Green Peace, 30-32;
death of little Sam the younger brother, 33;
her father’s family, 34-38;
sees first play, 38-39;
early love for music, 40-43;
school exhibitions, 43-45;
schools and teachers, 46-60;
school-day games and pastimes, 48-52;
and Francis Parkman, 53;
dancing school, 55-57;
home life in girlhood, 61-62;
acquiring a taste for poetry, music, and art, 62-63;
first visit to New York, 64-71;
her mother’s family, 64-68;
Grandfather Ward’s home “The Corner”, 65;
Uncle Samuel Ward, 68-70;
in Washington, 71-73;
her aunt’s home in Bordentown, 74-76;
and George V autograph collection, 76-77;
absence of parents in Europe, 78-80;
engagement of sisters, 80-82;
first literary effort, 83;
a week in the White House, 83-85;
marriage of her three sisters, 86;
her brother Henry, 87;
household duties, 88;
trip to Santo Domingo, 91-101;
experiences first earthquake, 98;
meets DeLong, future arctic explorer, 99-100;
in Cuba, 101-104;
intimate companionship with father, 106-107;
the Boston Fire, 107-108;
presidential campaign of 1872, 108-109;
memories of summer home at Portsmouth, R. I., 109-116;
girlhood friends, 111, 114;
early days in Newport, 116-117;
a change of summer homes, 117;
acquaintance with William M. Hunt, 118-120;
meets Edward A. Sothern, 121-123;
home life at Green Peace, 123-127;
Porter’s portrait of, 124-126;
home at No. 32 Mt. Vernon Street, 127;
meets Bret Harte, 127-129;
again in Washington, 129-133;
funeral of Charles Sumner, 133;
death of her father, 134;
added responsibilities, 134;
Philadelphia and the Centennial, 135;
trip through the Middle West, 135-136;
an Emerson lecture, 137;
first trip to Europe, 138;
in England, 139-157;
meeting with Parnell, 140;
and Robert Browning, 141;
the Alma-Tademas, 142;
entertained by Edmund Yates, 142-143;
sits for Burne-Jones, 144;
art exhibitions, 145-146;
social activities, 146-147;
the world of sport, 147-148;
a week with the Rothschilds, 148-150;
differences in English and American social life, 150;
the opera and theater in London, 150-152;
impressions of Irving, 151;
hears noted preachers, 152-153;
enjoys hansom cab and bus, 155-157;
in Rome, 158-173;
Christmas Eve, 158;
her aunt Mrs. Terry’s salon, 159-161;
memorable day in the Forum, 161;
hears Abbé Liszt, 161;
studies painting under Costa, 163;
attack of Roman fever, 164-165;
convalescence in Orvieto, 165-166;
Mrs. Terry and her family, 166-168;
death of King Victor Emmanuel, 168;
Garibaldi, 168-169;
in elaborate tableaux, 170-173;
in Holland, Belgium, Brittany and Switzerland, 174-175;
a trip to Egypt, 176-184;
Cairo, 176-177;
ascent of the great pyramid, 178;
and the Khedive’s royal wives, 179-181;
the ball at the palace, 181-183;
in Palestine, 184-186;
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Garden of Gethsemane, 185-186;
Constantinople, 188-189;
the secret of the mummy, 189-190;
in Greece, 190-193;
father’s memory revered by Cretans, 190-191;
the Schliemanns and their excavations, 191-192;
souvenirs of the Grecian trip, 192;
art not her _métier_, 194;
first payment for literary work, 194;
regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, 195;
Saint-Gaudens and the Shaw Memorial, 195;
home life, 195-196;
and Marion Crawford, 195-197;
at Oak Glen, 197;
Crawford and the writing of “Mr. Isaacs”, 197;
first telephone message at Oak Glen, 198;
in new Beacon Street home, 198-199;
and Crawford’s success as a novelist, 199;
her brother Henry Marion Howe, 199;
calls on Longfellow, 199-200;
first book published anonymously, 200;
a summer in California, 200;
writes “San Rosario Ranch”, 200;
friendship with the Delands, 200-203;
six months in New Orleans, 204-216;
the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-206, 209, 211, 215;
round of social gaiety, 206-209;
the Mardi Gras, 206-207;
meeting with Henry Watterson, 209-210;
some literary lights, 214;
and George W. Cable, 214-215;
writes “Atlanta in the South”, 216;
death of her sister Julia and Uncle Sam Ward, 216;
marriage, 216;
in Chicago, 217-222;
course of lectures by, 218;
meets Eugene Field, 220;
editor of book on women’s work at Columbian Exposition, 222;
return to Boston, 222;
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, 223-224;
Booth and Modjeska in “The Merchant of Venice”, 224-225;
a play for Richard Mansfield, 236;
and William Dean Howells, 226;
on conditions in pauper asylums, 227;
Helen Keller and the Perkins Institution, 228;
work on story of education of Laura Bridgman, 228;
death of her brother-in-law, 229-230;
mother preaches at the Church of the Disciples, 230-231;
funeral of Francis Parkman, 231;
again in London, 232-247;
hospitality of English friends, 234-236;
and Henry James, 236-237;
the theater in London, 237;
George Watts the artist, 237-238;
Watts’ pictures and methods of work, 238-240;
Watts’ equestrian statue “Physical Energy”, 240-241;
and Henry M. Stanley, 241-242;
and the work of the Salvation Army, 242-247;
lecture on “With Booth in Darkest England”, 247;
in Spain and Morocco, 248-255;
experiences in Tangier, 249-251;
and the Sharifa, 251-252;
beauty and charm of Granada, 253;
Andalusia, 253-254;
a week of romance, 254-255;
artist life in Rome, 256-270;
fascination of the city, 257-258;
and Marion Crawford, 258;
first home in Rome, 258-259;
syndicate letters, 260;
colorful functions in St. Peter’s, 260-261;
an audience with Queen Margherita, 261-263;
home in Palazzo Rusticucci, 264-265;
summer in Rome, 266-267;
round of social amenities, 267-269;
Lenten services, 270;
year of travel, 271-282;
in Paris, 271-272;
Egypt and the Nile, 272-273;
Assouan, 273;
Jaffa and Palestine, 274-275;
in Italy, 273;
Emperor William II at the theater, 275-276;
through Germany and Austria, 276-278;
Wagner operas at Bayreuth, 278-279;
the charm of Holland, 279;
in London, 280;
Scotland, 280-281;
glimpses of Queen Victoria, 281;
back in Paris, 281;
return to Rome, 283;
her mother’s last visit to Rome, 283-289;
Christmas in Rome, 283;
tea with a _gobbo_, 284;
meets Hall Caine, 285;
the war with Spain, 287;
Villegas’ portrait of her mother, 288;
her mother’s return home, 289;
letter from her mother, 289;
and the Church of Rome, 290;
a trip to Capri, 291-292;
beauty of the island, 291;
and Henry James, 294;
dawn of the twentieth century in Rome, 295;
the Boer War, 295, 297-298;
and the Duke of Cambridge, 296-297;
dismantling the terrace, 299-300;
Queen Margherita at the studio, 300-301;
the Boxer Rebellion, 302, 306;
a gift from the Queen, 303;
American pilgrims in Rome, 303;
assassination of King Umberto, 303-305;
closing the home in Rome, 306;
the mural decoration for the Boston Public Library, 307;
letter from Henry James, 307-308;
a second “dawn” of the twentieth century, 309;
at New England Woman’s Club, 310;
abroad again, 310;
Athens, 310-311;
audience with Queen Olga, 311;
in England, 312;
art and literary work in Cornish, 312-313;
completion of “Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, 314;
her “Roma Beata” and “Two in Italy”, 314;
characteristic letter from Henry James, 315-316;
letter from Theodore Roosevelt, 317;
on the Russo-Japanese War, 317;
the great mosque at Cordova, 317;
High Mass at the Seville Cathedral, 318;
a visit to Villegas in Madrid, 318-320;
in Rome, 320-329;
the new home, 322;
Thanksgiving Day in Rome, 322-323;
Christmas and Befana, 324;
the earthquake in Sicily, 326-329;
work for relief of the sufferers, 327-329;
completion of “Diana of the Tides”, 329;
return to Boston, 329;
suggested memorial to her father, 330;
on the development of Italy, 331-332;
founds the Circolo Italiano in Boston, 333;
a successful test of aviation in Rome, 334-335;
Washington in 1910, 336-343;
changes in the city, 336;
Henry Adams and his intimates, 337-339;
meets President Taft and the Cabinet, 339-342;
in Washington in 1912, 343-344;
Roosevelt and the nomination, 344-345;
death of her mother and tributes to, 346;
letter from Roosevelt, 346-347;
a call from Roosevelt, 347;
production of her mother’s “Hippolytus”, 347-348;
a week in Contoocook, 348;
calls on Roosevelt in New York, 349-350;
Roosevelt announces candidacy for nomination, 350;
on the opposition to Roosevelt, 351;
loss of the _Titanic_, 352;
inception of the Art Association of Newport, 352;
and the Suffrage Parade in New York, 353;
Republican National Convention, 353;
first rally of Progressive Party in Massachusetts, 354;
in charge of women’s part in Progressive State campaign, 355;
the Progressive campaign, 355-366;
presentation of mother’s portrait to Bostonian Society, 359;
Progressive rally in New York, 364;
end of campaign and election of Wilson, 366;
“Artists’ Life in Rome” and the Current Topics Club, 367;
the Art Association of Newport, 367-369;
picture exhibition and sale for the Red Cross, 369-370;
on death of King George of Greece, 370;
remarkable dream of her mother, 371;
outbreak of the World War, 372-373;
in Gardiner, Maine, 373-374;
at People’s Forum in Providence, 374;
remark of Count von Bernstorff, 375;
on Germany’s ruthlessness, 376;
Tremont Temple meeting for Belgian relief, 377;
appreciation of Mrs. John L. Gardner, 378-380;
destruction of the _Blücher_, 380;
comment on Christian Science, 381;
administration in the Philippines, 382;
successful suffrage meeting, 382;
the sinking of the _Lusitania_, 383-384;
success of the Art Association of Newport, 384-385;
war relief work, 385-386;
declaration of war by United States, 388;
the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, 388;
portraits of Americans lost in the War, 389;
death of Roosevelt, 390;
work for men in the service, 391-392;
inspiration of the Sunday meetings with the “boys”, 392

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, anecdote told by, 23; 26;
impression of, 137

Emmanuel III, accession of, 303; 334

England, visited, 138, 232, 280, 298, 312

English High School, 43

Equal Suffrage League, 358

Erechtheum, souvenir photograph of, 192-193

Essipoff, Madame, Russian pianist, 42

Evangelides, Christy, 186, 187

Exhibition Day, at the Perkins Institution, 10-11

Fabens, Colonel, 92

Fairchild, Mrs., 224

Farman, Consul General, 177

Fawcett, Mrs., 234

Fearing, Daniel, 386

Federn, Carl, 326

Fenway Court, 377, 379

Ferguson, the guide, 248, 249

Fergusons, the, 280, 281

Field, Eugene, 220

Fields, James T., 25

Fireworks, on Boston Common, 13-14

“First Martyr, The”, Mrs. Howe’s poem, 16-17

Fish, Mrs. Hamilton, 129

“Flag, The”, Mrs. Howe’s poem, 286

“Flight of Night, The”, Hunt’s fresco in the Capitol at Albany, 119

Flower, Constance. _See_ FLOWER, MRS. CYRIL

Flower, Cyril, marriage to Constance de Rothschild, 148-149; 235, 236

Flower, Mrs. Cyril, author visits, 148;
resentment of Jewish community at marriage of, 148-149; 290

“Flying Squadron”, in Progressive Party campaign, 357

Foley, Margaret, 353

Forbes-Robertson, Beatrice, 381, 382

Fourth of July, early celebrations of, 11-14;
in Rome, 265

“Franconia Stories, The”, 29

Fraser, Hugh, 297

Fraser, Mrs. Hugh, the author’s cousin, 167; 302

Frelinghuysen, Senator F. T., 129

“From Sunset Ridge”, Julia Ward Howe, 289

Fuller, George, not fully appreciated in life, 120;
some of his work, 120, 121

Fuller, Margaret, 15

Games and Pastimes, 32, 49-52

Gardiner, Maine, and the World War, 373

Gardner, Amory, 178

Gardner, Augustus P., public services of, 378

Gardner, Francis, head-master of Boston Latin School, 45;
Hunt’s portrait of, 45

Gardner, Helen, 130;
her charming personality, 132-133

Gardner, John L., 379

Gardner, Mrs. John L., 267, 269, 377-380

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, at funeral of Victor Emmanuel, 168;
appeal to _Italia Irredenta_, 169;
and the Tiber Embankment, 169

Gay, Fannie. _See_ HOWE, MRS. HENRY MARION

Gay, Willard, 87

Gayarré, Judge Charles, 214

Gennadius, M., Minister of Greece to Great Britain, 145

George I, King of Greece, 190;
assassination of, 370

Germany, infiltration of Italy by, 170;
uneasiness in London over aggressiveness of, 233-234;
and the World War, 372;
ruthlessness of, 373;
conscious savagery of, 376;
and the _Lusitania_, 383-384;
and deportation of Belgians, 386-387;
declaration of war by United States against, 388

Gethsemane, Garden of, 186

Gilbert, William S., popularity of his light operas, 151, 152

Gilder, Richard Watson, 75

Gillette, William, 360-361

Gillow, Monsignore, 205

Gladstone, William Ewart, eloquence of, 140; 233;
“Female Suffrage” pamphlet, 235

Glass, Billy, the coachman, 14

_Gobbo_, Don R., the, 284-285

_Godey’s Magazine_, author’s first story appears in, 194

Goring, England, 312

Goschen, George, Jr., 197

Gosse, Edmund, a stanch friend in London, 142

Graham, Cunninghame, 326

Granada, 253-254

Grant, Nellie, author visits, in White House, 84

Grant, Judge Robert, 52

Grant, Patrick, 52

Grant, Rev. Percy, 317

Grant, President Ulysses S., and annexation of Santo Domingo, 83-84;
appoints S. G. Howe commissioner to Santo Domingo, 84;
and autograph collectors, 84-85;
renomination and election of, 108, 109;
banquet in London to, 146

Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S., invites author to visit White House, 84

Gray, Ellen, 54

Gray, Mrs. William, 54

Greece, visited, 190, 310

Greek Church in London, attends, 153

Greeley, Horace, 109

Green Peace, the home in South Boston, 11;
selection of the name, 30;
the garden, flowers and fruits, 31-32;
favorite dogs at, 32;
the house closed, 51;
return to, 123;
home life at, 123-124

Greene, Rev. Boley, 356

Greenough, Richard S., 258, 302

Gridley, Jeremy, a paternal ancestor, 35;
attorney-general of Province of Massachusetts Bay, 35

Gridley, Richard, a paternal ancestor, 35

“Grimm’s Fairy Tales”, 29

Griscom, Lloyd, American Ambassador to Italy, 322, 323, 327

Griscom, Mrs. Lloyd, 322, 334-335

Grosvenor Gallery, London, 144, 145

Guiccioli, Marchese, 300

Gurnee, Augustus, 183

Hading, Jane, in “L’Aventurière”, 281

Hague, The, 279

Hale, Edward Everett, 223, 309

Hall, David Prescott, 78;
engagement to Florence Howe, 81

Hall, Mrs. David Prescott, named for Florence Nightingale, 6; 34;
instructs author in arithmetic, 46;
engagement of, 79, 81;
marriage, 86;
completes life of Laura Bridgman, 314

“Hamlet”, 237

Hampden, Walter, in “Hippolytus”, 348

Hancock house, regret at demolition of the, 55

Handel and Haydn Society, 41, 309

Hansom cab, author’s liking for, 155, 156

Harcourt, Sir Vernon, 233, 299

Hare, Augustus J. C., 161

Harland, Henry, a brilliant conversationalist, 236

Harland, Mrs. Henry, 236

Harte, Francis Bret, 126;
at the Howe home, 127-128;
his wit and humor, 128

Harvard Musical Association, builds Boston Music Hall, 40-41

Hattori, Ichizo, commissioner at New Orleans Exposition, 210-211

Havana, 101-104

Hawthorne, Julian, personal appearance, 28;
effect of father’s reputation on, 29

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 26;
dislike for housework, 27;
“The Scarlet Letter”, 27;
influence of his writings on author’s childhood, 28;
his children, 28-29

Hawthorne, Una, at Lawton’s Valley, 28

Hay, John, 126, 127, 261

Hazard, Thomas, Vancluse summer home of, 111-114;
secures abolition of death penalty, 112;
a confirmed spiritualist, 113-114

Hedge, Rev. Frederick, 25

Helbig, Professor and Madame, 171, 173, 329

“Helena Ritchie”, Deland, 202

“Henry VIII”, 237

Herbert, Sir Arthur, 376-377

Higginson, Major Henry, 377

Higginson, Captain Frank, 188

Hill, Arthur, 361

Hilliard, Mrs., gives author music lessons, 47

Hilliard School, author attends, 47-48

“Hippolytus”, belated production of Mrs. Howe’s play, 347-348

Holidays in Italy, demoralizing effect of, 324

Holland, impressions of, 174, 279

Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, 146;
his favorite poems, 224;
putting up his first “shingle”, 224

Holmes, Justice Oliver Wendell, 336

Homer, the birthplace of, 187

Horn, “Marm”, and her small shop, 48-49

Houghton, Lord, 144

“How They Lived at Hampton”, Hale, 223

Howard, George. _See_ CARLISLE, LORD

Howe, Anjie, the author’s cousin, 36

Howe, Edward Compton, author’s great-grandfather, 35;
a member of the Boston Tea Party, 35

Howe, Eliza, the author’s aunt, 36;
an able housekeeper, 36-37

Howe, Eliza, the author’s cousin, 36

Howe, Florence, the author’s sister. _See_ HALL, MRS. DAVID PRESCOTT

Howe, Henry Marion, the author’s brother, 6;
elation over the fall of Vicksburg, 21; 34;
graduation, 86;
student in steel works in Troy, 87;
engagement and marriage, 87;
death, 87 note

Howe, Mrs. Henry Marion, marriage, 87

Howe, Joseph, the author’s uncle, 36;
personal appearance, 36;
president of Sandwich Glass Co., 36;
his home, 36-38;
and Boston Theater, 38

Howe, Joseph Neals, the author’s grandfather, 35;
his ropewalk, 35

Howe, Julia, the author’s sister. _See_ ANAGNOS, MRS. MICHAEL

Howe, Julia Ward (the author’s mother), comment on Theodore
Parker’s request, 5;
her children, 6;
idea of discipline, 7;
author’s early classification of friends of, 14;
her “Reminiscences”, 15;
Henry James, the elder, and, 22;
and the Radical Club, 23;
and William R. Alger, 24;
choice of books for her children, 29;
and Green Peace, 31;
grief for death of little Sam, 33;
and the Music Hall organ, 41;
regard for her neighbors, 52-53;
and Francis Parkman, 53;
instills a love for music and art, 62-63;
in New York and Washington, 64-73;
a trip to Greece, 78-80;
and autograph
collectors, 85;
appeals for an International Peace Conference, 85;
letter from William H. Channing, 85-86;
in Santo Domingo, 91-99;
visits Cuba, 101-104;
trip to Europe, 106;
reception to President and Mrs. Grant, 109, 127;
Oak Glen summer home of, 117;
Porter’s crayon drawing of, 124;
and John Hay, 126;
home in Mt. Vernon Street, 127;
Bret Harte at home of, 127;
Town and Country Club, 129;
in Washington, 129;
her husband’s death, 134;
lecture trip through the West, 135, 136;
a trip to Europe, 138;
hospitality of London friends, 139;
and the _London World_, 143;
on the loyalty of English audiences, 151;
in Rome, 158-173;
daughter’s illness, 164;
and death of Victor Emmanuel II, 168;
through Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, 174-175;
profoundly moved by visit to Egypt and Palestine, 183-186;
in the Garden of Gethsemane, 186;
purchases a mummy, 189-190;
her welcome in Greece, 190-191;
comment on author’s first earnings, 194;
interest in Marion Crawford’s early work, 196;
winter home on Beacon Street, 198-199;
Chief of Woman’s Department of New Orleans Cotton Centennial, 204-216;
at brother’s grave in New Orleans, 213;
founds literary club in New Orleans, 214;
letter from author, 217;
visits author in Chicago, 222;
preaches at Church of the Disciples, 230-231;
again in London, 232-247;
appreciation of English friendships, 234;
letter from Mrs. Chant, 235;
letters from author, 249, 260, 265, 267, 271, 274-282;
visits author in Rome, 283-289;
organizes civic and literary clubs in Rome, 287;
Villegas’ portrait of, 288;
Anderson’s bust of, 288;
fondness for becoming dress, 289;
letter to author, 289;
letters from author, 290-294, 298-301, 302-307, 310-313,
314, 317-326, 327-329;
the beauty of her Italian speech, 383;
plea for the Americans, 341;
death, 346;
meetings in commemoration of and tributes to, 346-347;
belated production of her “Hippolytus”, 347;
influence on Roosevelt for woman suffrage, 350;
presentation of portrait of, to Bostonian Society, 359;
author’s remarkable dream of, 371

Howe, Laura E., the author’s sister. _See_ RICHARDS, MRS. HENRY

Howe, M. A. de Wolfe, 228

Howe, Maria, the author’s cousin, 36

Howe, Martha, the author’s cousin. _See_ PARKS, MRS. AUSTIN

Howe, Maud. _See_ ELLIOTT, MRS. JOHN

Howe, Samuel Gridley (the author’s father), and Parker’s request, 4;
founder and builder of the Perkins Institution for the Blind, 5;
his children, 6;
author’s first memory of, 6;
teaching author to tell the time, 7;
idea of discipline, 7;
good judge of character, 8;
education of Laura Bridgman, 10;
of restless temperament, 11;
and Fourth of July, 12-14;
friends and associates, 14-21;
and John Brown, 15-16;
intimacy with Sumner, 17;
and John A. Andrew, 17;
letters to Governor Andrew, 19, 20;
services under Andrew, 19-20;
one of the founders of the Sanitary Commission, 19-20;
and the death of Lincoln, 21;
life at Green Peace, 32;
a fine horseman, 32, 54;
letter describing his children, 34;
and McClellan, 58;
activities, 61;
his _sobriquet_ of “Chevalier”, 61;
reading aloud, 62;
an errand of mercy to Greece, 78-80;
chairman of Board of State Charities, 82-83;
commissioner for annexation of Santo Domingo, 84;
conflicting invitations to dinner, 85;
on domestic economy, 88;
letters to author, 89-90;
failure of annexation a disappointment to, 91;
revisits Santo Domingo, 91-99;
in Cuba, 101-104;
close companionship with author, 106;
and Grant’s reëlection, 108-109;
life at Portsmouth, 109-110;
sells Lawton’s Valley, 117;
purchase of Oak Glen, 117;
home in Mt. Vernon Street, 127;
his death and its influence on the author, 134;
memory cherished in Greece, 190, 191;
greatest achievement the education of Laura Bridgman, 228;
his daughter Laura’s memoir of, 330;
thoughts of a memorial to, 330

Howe, Samuel Gridley, Junior (the author’s brother), 5;
author’s first memory of, 6-7;
born at Green Peace, 33;
early death of, 33

Howells, William Dean, 226

Hubbard, Miss, in charge of Miss Wilby’s School, 58

Hubbard, Wilfranc, 325, 326

“Huggermuggers and Kobbletozo, The”, 29

“Humor and Philosophy of Woman Suffrage in England”, lecture by Samuels, 381

Hunker, Lieutenant John J., 188

“Hunkers”, 57

Hunt, Richard, 115, 116, 367, 368

Hunt, William M., 6;
studio of, 23;
author’s recollections of, 118-119;
home at Readville, 118;
frescoes in the Capitol at Albany, 119;
feeling toward Boston, 120;
studio first home of Art Association of Newport, 367-368;
studio acquired by John Elliott, 388-389

Huntress, Miss, 355

Hurlburt, William Henry, 266, 268

Hutchinson, Dr. Woods, 365

Iddings, Mr. and Mrs., 302

Ignazio, gardener at Palazzo Rusticucci, 320-321

“Imagination in Business”, Deland, 203

“In Darkest England”, Booth, 242

Indiana Place Chapel, first home of the Church of the Disciples, 47

International Peace Conference, Mrs. Howe’s appeal for an, 85

“Iron Chest, The”, first tragedy seen by author, 39

“Iron Woman, The”, Deland, 202

Irving, Sir Henry, preferred in melodrama and farce by author, 151; 237

Irving, Washington, and the Alhambra, 254

Irwin, Robert, 178

Ismaïl Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, 177;
visit to wives of, 179-181;
ball given by, 181, 183;
personal appearance, 181;
his creditable administration, 182;
deposed, 183

Italian Relief in World War, work for, 387

Italy, disappointment in Congress of Berlin in 1878, 169;
German infiltration of, 170;
birth of modern, 331;
ties that bind United States and, 331-332

J. _See_ ELLIOTT, JOHN

Jackson, Patrick, 52

Jaffa, landing at, 184; 274

James, Arthur Curtis, 388

James, Henry (the elder), valued friend of Mrs. Howe, 22;
ranked as chief of “The Owls”, 22;
personal appearance, 22;
a “Roland for his Oliver”, 22-23;
writes of his childhood, 60

James, Mrs. Henry, 23

James, Henry (the younger), news of death of, 3;
characteristic utterance of, 3;
celebrates birthday at Palazzo Rusticucci, 3; 22;
studied art under William M. Hunt, 23; 60;
at Lawton’s Valley, 115;
author meets, in first London visit, 139, 140;
at Henry Harland’s home, 236;
wearies of London life, 237;
opinion of Mrs. Howe’s “Reminiscences”, 294;
his cure for lumbago, 305;
letter from, 307-308;
in failing health, 347; 368

James, Mrs. Robertson, 23

James, William, 22;
studied art under William M. Hunt, 23; 368

_Jeannette_, DeLong’s arctic expedition and the, 99-100

Jennings, Louis, 143, 257

Jerusalem, 185, 187

“Jessups”, a favorite schoolgirl confection, 49

“Jocko, the Brazilian”, first play seen by author, 38-39

Johnson, Hiram, 364, 365-366

Johnson, Robert Underwood, 387

Jones, William Safford, 370

Jouett, Admiral, 209

Kaiser, The. _See_ WILLIAM II, EMPEROR OF GERMANY

Kalopothakis, Mr., appreciation of author’s father, 190

Kane, Captain, 209

_Kansas City Star_, 260

Kehew, Mrs., Progressive meeting at home of, 361

Kellar, Frances, 358

Keller, Helen, 228

Kemp, Miss, 299, 300

Kendal, Mr. and Mrs., 237

Kendall, William Sargeant, 351, 352, 369

Kenmare, Lady, 287, 294, 297

Kent, Alice, schoolmate of the author, 58;
a professional reader, 58

Key West, Florida, 104, 105

Kindergarten for the Blind, 228

King, Mrs. William W., Creole dinner at home of, 205;
hospitality of, 207

“King of the Golden River, The”, Ruskin, 29

Knox, Philander C., Secretary of State, 340

Labatt, Madame, 285

Ladysmith, siege of, 297

La Farge, John, 23, 195, 368

Lafayette, 15

Lafayette Escadrille, the, 389

Lanciani, Rudolpho, 166

Langdon, Professor Courtney, 360

Langen Schwalbach, 275, 276

Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 334, 335

Langtry, Mrs., the “Jersey Lily”, 146, 147;
Watts’ portrait of, 239

Lansdowne, Lady, 296

Lawson, Gladys and Marion, in Europe with author, 310-312

Lawton’s Valley, Rhode Island, summer home at, 11; 114;
charades at, 115; 380

Lectures, author’s first course of, 218

Lehmann, Mrs., author entertained by, 141;
meets Browning at home of, 141

Lehmann, Rudolph, 141

Leighton, Sir Frederick, and the Royal Academy, 145

Leiter, Mary, 222

Leiter, Mrs., 220

Leo XIII, 260;
pilgrimages to jubilee of, 295; 303

Liberali, Doctor, 164

“Life and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe”, Richards, 330

Lincoln, President Abraham, 19, 21

Lincoln, Mrs. Roland, 227

Lind, Jenny, 40

Liszt, Abbé Franz, 161, 162

“Little Rudy”, Andersen, 29

Liverpool, 139

“Locandiera”, 284

Locomotive, thrilling experience of driving a, 136

Lodge, Senator Henry Cabot, 336, 340;
lunch with, 344;
on nominating Roosevelt in 1912, 344

Lodge, Mrs. Henry Cabot, 336, 344

London, first visit to, 139;
charm of first season in, 141;
fashions in dress, 146;
aesthetic movement in, 147;
statesmen in social life of, 150;
opera and theater in, 150-152;
hansom cabs and busses in, 155;
in the Nineties, 232-247;
again in 1896, 280;
and the close of the Boer War, 298

_London Times_, 325, 326

_London World, The_, 142, 143

Long, John D., 359

Longfellow, Alice, 290

Longfellow, Edith, 290

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 196;
an early call on, 199-200

“Looking Backward”, Bellamy, 223

“Lorenzacchio”, 300

Loring, Dr. Frank, 130

Loring, General, 177

Lothrop, Dr., 52

Loudon, John, 291, 293;
Minister from the Low Countries to the United States, 343-344, 349

Loudon, Mrs. John, 343-344;
gives dinner in author’s honor, 349

Louisburg Square, favorite playground in school days, 49-50

_Louisville Courier Journal_, 210, 267

Lowry, Jenny, 129

Loyson, Paul, 288, 290, 294

Lucca, Madame de, 306

Ludwig II, the mad King and his palaces, 277

_Lusitania_, the, and the American flag, 382;
torpedoing of, 383-384

“Lyons Mail, The”, Irving in, 151

McAllister, Julia G., the author’s cousin, 176, 182, 184, 185;
writes of mummy bought, 189

McClellan, General George B., visits Boston, 58

MacDonald, Alexander, 19

MacDonald, Mrs. Margaret, 4

McEnery, Governor, of Louisiana, 204

MacKaye, Captain Donald, of s. s. _Parthia_, 138

McLaren, Eva, 234

MacVeagh, Franklin, Secretary of Treasury, 339-342

MacVeagh, Wayne, 256;
and Fourth of July in Rome, 265; 268

MacVeagh, Mrs. Wayne, 268

Madison Square Garden, rally of Progressive Party in, 364

Madrid, Spain, 318-320

“Magda”, 284

Mailliard, Adolph, the author’s uncle, 74-76

Mailliard, Mrs. Adolph, the author’s aunt, letter from author’s father to, 34;
a visit to, 74-76;
in California, 200

_Maine_, U. S. s. s., destruction of the, 285

Malbone, Edward, 368-369

Mallock, William H., 143, 259

“Mammon”, the author’s story, 218

“The Man Without a Shadow”, Chamisso, 226, 227

Mansfield, Richard, in London, 150, 151;
requests author to write a play, 226;
in “Beau Brummel”, 228-229

Mapleson Opera Company, 215

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, 206-207

Margherita, Queen, of Italy, 161, 173;
audience with, 261-263; 264;
visits John Elliott’s studio, 300-301;
lover and patron of art, 301;
gift of jewel to author by, 303; 328

Mariette Bey, 177, 178

Marina Grande, the, Capri, 292

“Marius, the Epicurean”, Pater, 218

Mark Twain. _See_ CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.

Marks, Josephine Peabody, 377

Marlowe, Julia, 229, 388

Marsh, George Perkins, first Minister of United States to United Italy, 160;
important services of, 161

Marzials, Theodore, composer, 236

Mason, Miss, 302

Massimo, Duchess, 301

Matanzas, Cuba, 103

Matsura, our Japanese servant, 371

Matthews, Nathan, Mayor of Boston, 227

“May Blossom”, author’s first story in _Godey’s Magazine_, 194

_Mayflower_, the _America’s_ cup and the, 148

“Merchant of Venice, The”, Booth and Modjeska in, 224-225; 237

Merrill, Mr., 370

“Messenger, The”, painting by Watts, 239-240

Messina, destroyed by earthquake of 1908, 326

Mexico, rumor of war with, 371

Meyer, George von L., Secretary of the Navy, 339, 340

Milldam, the, 54

Miller, Joaquin, 214, 215

Millet, Frank, 352

Mills, Sir Arthur, lifelong friend of Mrs. Howe, 155

Mills, Major Dudley, 155

Milnes, Monckton. _See_ HOUGHTON, LORD

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 136

Missions in Europe and the East, talk on the, 359

Mitchell, Julius, 360, 365

Modjeska, Helena, as _Portia_, 224, 225; 268

Monks, George, 44

Montefiori, Sir Moses, 153, 154

Monti, Signor Luigi, 332

Morehead, Colonel, 204

Morocco, visit to, 249-252

Morris, Harrison, 351

Morris, William, 145

Mt. Vernon Street, a favorite playground in school days, 49-50;
Number 32, 127;
Number 129, 195

“Mr. Isaacs”, the writing of, by Crawford, 197;
its success, 197

Mummy, Mrs. Howe’s purchase of a, 189-190

Munthe, Dr. Axel, 291

Murillo, his finest paintings in Seville, 254-255

Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Porter’s portrait of author in, 125;
a student at the, 194;
opening of the Evans’ addition to, 381

Music, early lessons in, 47-48;
mother teaches a love for good, 62

Mycenae, excavations at, 191

_Nantasket_, U. S. s. s., 92, 97

Naples, 302, 320

Naples, Bay of, 292

National Club, proposed for membership in, 223

National Gallery, London, 144

New England Woman’s Club, 135;
talk on Roman experiences at the, 310

_New Hampshire_, U. S. s. s., 105

Newlands, Edith, 349

Newlands, Senator, 349

New Orleans, extended visit in, 204;
opening of the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-205;
quaintness of old quarter of, 206;
the Twelfth Night Revelers in, 206;
the Mardi Gras, 206-207;
social life and hospitality in, 207-214;
close of the Exposition, 215

New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-216

_New Orleans Times Democrat_, 260

Newport, Rhode Island, 109-117; 128

“Newport Aquarelle, The”, the author’s, 197

Newport Art Association, 352. _See also_ ART ASSOCIATION OF NEWPORT

Newport County Suffrage League, 356

Newport County Woman’s Progressive League, 355

Newport Historical Society, 386-387

Newport Reading Room, 110

New York, first visit to, 64-71;
Suffrage parade in, 353;
great Progressive rally in, 364

_New York Times_, 387, 388

_New York Tribune_, 195

_New York World_, 195

Niagara Falls, 136

Nightingale, Florence, 6, 15, 294

Nile, trip up the river, 272, 273

Nilsson, Christine, 42

“Norma”, first opera seen by author, 39

Normandy, and the mystery of the Druid stones, 174

Northcote, Sir Stafford, 140

Norton, Mr. and Mrs., 283, 284

Norton, Richard, 287, 310

Nott, George William, 208

Novelli, 333

Nubians, author impressed by beauty of the, 273

Oak Glen, purchase of, 117;
Crawford writes “Mr. Isaacs” at, 197;
first telephone message received at, 198

“Oberon”, author at rehearsal of, 43

O’Connell, Monsignor, 260

Odeschalchi, Palazzo, the Terrys’ home in Rome, 158;
open house at the, 159-161;
author’s illness in, 164-165

Old State House, Boston, Mrs. Howe’s portrait in the, 355, 359

Olga, Queen, of Greece, 190;
audience with, 311

Opera, fondness for, 43

Orvieto, convalescence at, 165, 166

Osterauer, Fraulein, pianist, 42

O’Sullivan, Judge, 92

“Our American Cousin”, Sothern as _Lord Dundreary_ in, 121

_Outlook, The_, 324, 350

“Owls, The”, early designation of her mother’s friends, 14; 21-29

“Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”, 392

Page, Thomas Nelson, 349

Palestine, Mrs. Howe and the visit to, 184, 185;
traveling in, 184, 185;
a trip through, 274, 275

Palmer, Mrs. Potter, mural decorations in home of, 217;
rare gift of leadership, 219; 261, 262

Pans, The, literary society in New Orleans founded by Mrs. Howe, 214

Papanti, Lorenzo, first meeting with, 56;
his manner of teaching, 56-57

Papanti’s Dancing Academy, author attends, 55-57

Parepa-Rosa, Madame, in “Oberon”, 43

Paris, in 1895, 271;
decadence of the theater in, 272;
in 1896, 281

Park, Maud Wood, 381

Parker, Theodore, unique request of, 4-5; 15, 29

Parker Memorial, 225

Parkman, Francis, 53;
funeral of, 231

Parks, Mrs. Austin, the author’s cousin, 36;
her children, 36

Parks, Lilian, second-cousin of the author, 36

Parks, Dr. Luther, 52

Parks, Maud, second-cousin and intimate of the author, 36

Parks, William, second-cousin of the author, 36

Parnell, Charles Stewart, amusing incident in first meeting with, 140

Partenkirchen, 276, 277

Parthenon, the, 311

_Parthia_, s. s., to Europe on the, 138

Patti, Adelina, 151

Paul, Miss, an early teacher, 47

Peabody, Elizabeth, her sobriquet, 26;
popularity, 26;
philosophical view of life, 26-27;
author attends kindergarten of, 46;
and the Boston Fire, 108

Peace between United States and Great Britain,
one hundredth anniversary of, 382

Pearse, Mrs., 286

People’s Forum, Providence, 374

Perkins, Charles C., 40

Perkins, George Hamilton, 212-213; 271

Perkins, Isabel. _See_ ANDERSON, MRS. LARZ

Perkins Institution for the Blind, author born at, 4;
founded and built by author’s father, 5;
interior of, 4;
the steward of the, 8-9;
Laura Bridgman educated at, 10;
exhibition day at, 10-11; 228

“Peter Ibbetson”, Du Maurier, 261

Philadelphia, 135

“Phil Owens,” the author’s story, 218

Pilgrims, in Rome, 295

“Pinafore”, 152

Pinchot, Gifford, 343

Pinchot-Ballinger controversy, 337

Pius IX, Pope, mortal illness of, 168

“Plea for Humor”, Mrs. Howe’s, 287

Poetry, a love for, 62

Point of Pines, rally of Progressive Party at, 354

Porter, Benjamin Curtis, work as a portrait painter, 124-126;
portraits of Laura Howe and the author, 124, 125

Porter, General Horace, secretary to President Grant, 84

Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the Howes’ summer home at, 11, 109-117

Potter, Mrs. James Brown, 207, 233

Pratt, Minnie, 323

Pre-Raphaelite group of artists, 146

Preston, Mr., 223

Pretyman, William, interior decorator of note, 221;
his home and hospitality, 221-222

Pretyman, Mrs. William, 221-222

“Primavera”, 284

Prince, Morton, 44

Prince, Norman, 389

“Prince Karl,” Mansfield in, 151

Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), 139, 147

Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra), 139, 147-148

_Princessen Cecile_, 381

Progressive National Service, and work for Pinchot for senator, 373

Progressive Party, interest in, 345;
first Massachusetts rally of, 354;
in charge of woman’s part in, in Rhode Island, 355;
Newport County Woman’s League of, 355;
well organized in Massachusetts, 355;
meeting in Providence of, 356;
“Flying Squadron” of, 357, 362;
meetings in New York of, 358;
new State headquarters in Providence of, 360;
meeting in Providence’s “Little Italy” of, 361-362;
Rhode Island campaign of, 362-363;
great New York rally of, 364

Public Garden, Boston, 54

Puerta Plata, Santo Domingo, 92

Purdy Bey, 177

Putnam, John Pickering, 223

“Pygmalion and Galatea”, 151

Pyramid of Gizeh, ascent of the great, 178

Quilting parties, for war relief, 389

Quirinal, Palace of the, 168, 256, 261

Rabé, Baroness Erich von, the author’s cousin, 167;
a brilliant and gifted woman, 167

Radical Club, The, 23

Raymond, Dr. Rossiter, tribute to Henry Marion Howe, 87

“Recollections of Tristan and Isolde”, 223

Reeves, Sims, the people’s idol in London, 151

Reggio, earthquake of 1908 in Italian province of, 326

“Reminiscences”, of Julia Ward Howe, 284, 289

Republican National Convention of 1912, 353

“Rhapsodie Hongroise”, Liszt’s playing of his, 162

Rhodes, Cecil, memorial to, 241; 297

Richards, Alice, in London with author, 232

Richards, General John, 374

Richards, Henry, 82

Richards, Laura, first sight of her sister Maud,
4; 6, 34, 78, 79, 80, 82, 86, 123;
Porter’s portrait of, 124; 198;
memoir of her father, 330;
letter from author, 339-343

Richmond, Mrs., 358

Riddle, George, 44-45

Riis, Jacob, 356, 364

“Rising Tide, The”, Deland, 202

Ristori, Madame Adelaide, 172, 333

Roberts, Lord, 234

“Roma Beata”, the author’s, 314

Roman fever, severe attack of, 164-165

“Rome”, Zola, 281

Rome, winter of 1878-1879 in, 158-173;
Christmas Eve in, 158;
the Forum, 161;
political parties in, 162-163;
fever in, 164;
the Tiber Embankment, 169;
growth of German influence in, 170;
in 1894, 256;
in 1896, 275;
last visit of Mrs. Howe to, 283-289;
again in, 320-328

Roosevelt, Quentin, 389

Roosevelt, Theodore, reception in Sicily to, 332-333;
Lodge on advisability of nominating, 344;
urged to allow use of his name, 345;
author’s belief in, 345;
and memorial meeting for Mrs. Howe, 346-347;
calls on author, 347;
an interview with, 349-350;
and woman suffrage, 350;
announces candidacy for nomination, 350;
at first rally in Massachusetts, 354;
attempted assassination of, 359;
at great rally in New York, 364, 373;
on deportation of Belgians, 387;
the passing of, 389-390;
memorial meeting and resolution adopted, 390

Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, 389

Root, John, and Chicago’s Dream City, 221;
untimely death, 221

Root, Mrs. John, 220

Rosebery, Lord, 140, 148, 233

Rosilio, Spanish painter, 319

Rothschild, Sir Anthony de, 148, 149, 154

Rothschild, Constance de. _See_ FLOWER, MRS. CYRIL

Rothschild, Lady de, 149, 150

“Rovers of Boston, The”, the author’s school-day secret society, 50-51; 55

Royal Academy, London, 145;
and Benjamin West, 146;
Sargent’s portraits at, 233

Royce, Professor Josiah, 223, 225

Rubinstein, Madam Anton, 323

Rublee, Mrs., 355

Russian bogey, the, in England, 140

Russo-Japanese War, 317

Rusticucci, Palazzo, 3, 263;
our home in, 264-265;
the terrace at, 265;
preparations for leaving, 299;
dismantling the terrace, 299

Ryder, Albert, 195

Sabatier, Paul, 288, 293

Safe, Mrs. Shaw, 376

Sage, Mrs. George, 32

“St. Francis of Assisi”, Sabatier, 268

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, and the Shaw Memorial, 195; 337

“St. John’s Eve in Rome”, the author’s article, 314

_St. Paul Dispatch_, 267

St. Peter’s, Rome, 158, 159, 260, 261, 295

Salvation Army, its work in London, 242-247;
author’s first interest in, 247

Salvini, Tommaso, in “Saul”, 268; 333, 362

Samuels, Mr., 381

San Cristoval, Santo Domingo, 96, 97

Sandwich Glass Company, 36, 38

Sanitary Commission, The, Doctor Howe one of the founders of, 20

Santa Croce, Palazzo, temporary home in, 258;
a gruesome discovery in, 259;
the studio in, 259

Santo Domingo, commission for annexation of, 84;
treaty of annexation rejected, 91;
a visit to, 91-99;
beauty of the country, 93;
earthquake in, 98

Sargent, John Singer, 224, 229;
his portraits at the Royal Academy, 233

Saturday Evening Club, 309

“Scarlet Letter, The”, Hawthorne, 27, 28

Schley, Admiral Winfield Scott, 100-101

Schliemann, Dr. Heinrich, 191, 192

Schliemann, Mrs. Heinrich, 191;
her priceless gift to Mrs. Howe, 192

Schurz, Senator Carl, 130

Scotland, a trip through, 280-281

“Sdrawkcab”, mystic language of the Howe children, 34, 36

Seaman, Major Louis Livingston, 387

Sears, J. Montgomery, 229

Sedgwick, Theodora, 23

Seeley, Sir John R., 152, 234

Seville, visit to, 253;
High Mass in the cathedral of, 318

Shaw Memorial, Saint-Gaudens and the, 195

Shehadi, Mr., 362

Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo, 176

_Shylock_, Booth as, 225

Sicily, the great earthquake of 1908 in, 326-329;
the Elliotts active in relief work in, 327-328;
welcome to Roosevelt in, 332-333

“Sicily in Shadow and in Sun”, the author’s, 327

Sidney Luska. _See_ HARLAND, HENRY

“Silvia”, a ballet for the Suffrage cause, 381

Singleton, Mrs. _See_ CURRIE, LADY

Slocumb, Mrs., 208

Smibert, John, 369

Smith, Miss Leigh, 288, 294, 299

Smyrna, 186

Snell, George, architect of Boston Music Hall, 40, 124

Society of Portrait Painters, London, 233

Somerset, Lady Henry, 235

“Sorcerer, The”, Gilbert and Sullivan’s first opera, 151

Sorrentine peninsula, a trip around the, 275

Sorrento, Bishop of, opinion of Crawford’s Italian, 269

Sorrento, visits the Crawfords in, 269

Sothern, Edward A., his principal rôles, 121, 122;
personal charm of, 122;
comment in author’s journal concerning, 122, 123

Spain, a week in, 253-255;
the war with, 287;
visit to, 317-320

Spartali, Marie. _See_ STILLMAN, MRS. WILLIAM

Spencer, Mrs. Lorillard, 382

Sphinx, the, by moonlight, 178, 179

Spruce Street, Boston, home in, 195

Stackpole, Mrs. Louis, 223

Stanley, Algernon, 154, 155

Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, Dean of Westminster, 152;
his home, 153

Stanley, Sir Henry M., 241-242

Stanley, Lyulph, an advocate of higher education, 154

Stanley, Rosamond. _See_ CARLISLE, LADY

Star and Garter, Richmond, dinner at the, 143

Stepniak, Sergius, 226, 227

Stetson, Charles Walter, 195

Stillman, William, correspondent of the _London Times_ in Rome, 261

Stillman, Mrs. William, 261, 287

Stone, Charles Pomeroy. _See_ STONE PASHA

Stone Pasha, chief of staff to the Khedive of Egypt, 176-177

Strauss, Oscar, 364

Strong, George, 121

Stuart, Gilbert, 368

Sucillio, Don Antonio, 253, 254

Sullivan, Sir Arthur S., popularity of his light operas, 151, 152

Summer in Rome, 266

Sumner, Charles, friendship with the Howes, 17;
and McClellan, 58; 85;
opposition to annexation of Santo Domingo, 91;
funeral of, 133

Surgical Dressings Committee, 389

Swing, Rev. David, 218

Switzerland, visit to, 175

Synagogue, at service in Hebrew, 153

Tableaux, at German Embassy in Rome, 170-173

Taft, President William Howard, author meets, at Cabinet meeting, 341;
tribute to Miss Boardman, 341;
comment on Roosevelt, 349;
renominated in 1912, 353

Tale, Signor, 171, 172

Tangier, the landing at, 249;
passing the customhouse in, 249;
sights and sounds in, 250-251;
interview with the Sharifa of, 251-252

“Tanglewood Tales, The”, Hawthorne, author’s fondness for, 28

“Taras Bulba”, Gogol, 218

Teatro Verdi, Progressive Party meeting in the, 361-362; 365

Telephone, at Oak Glen, 198;
first message announces death of Garfield, 198;
_motif_ for plays, poems, and novels, 198

“Telephone Song”, poem by Laura E. Richards, 198

Temple, Minnie, 23

Tennis tournament, Newport, 354

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 142;
quoted, 335-336

Teresa, Suora, 164

Terry, Dr. and Mrs., 361

Terry, Arthur, the author’s cousin, 167

Terry, Ellen, most popular actress in London in 1877, 151; 237-238

Terry, Luther, the author’s uncle, 167, 259, 267

Terry, Mrs. Luther (Louisa Crawford _née_ Ward),
the author’s aunt, a visit to, in Rome, 158;
her home in Palazzo Odescalchi, 158, 159-160;
her kindness and generosity, 166-167;
first marries Thomas Crawford, 167;
her family, 167; 195;
anxiety for her son Marion’s future, 167;
death, 283

Terry, Margaret. _See_ CHANLER, MRS. WINTHROP

Tetrazzini, operatic soprano, 293

Tewfik Pasha, son of the Khedive of Egypt, 181, 182

Tewksbury Almshouse, visit to, 83

Thanksgiving Day, in Ashburton Place, 37-38;
in Rome, in 1907, 322-323

Thayer, Eugene V. R., 184

Thayer, William Roscoe, 387

Théâtre Français, 271

Theodoli, Marchesa, called the most beautiful woman in Rome, 160

“There’s a Long, Long Trail”, 392

_Thistle_, Lord Dunraven’s yacht, the, 147-148

Tiber Embankment, the, 169, 298

Tilden, Mrs. Linzee, schoolmate of the author, 58

“Tipperary”, 392

_Titanic_, sinking of the, 352

Tompkins, Orlando, the well-known pharmacist and friend of Booth, 39

Topp, Adelaide, girl pianist, 42

Town and Country Club, Newport, 129

_Tribune_, New York, 109

Triple Alliance, the, 163, 169

Trobriand, General P. R. de, 208

Tuttle, Mr., 355, 356

Twelfth Night Revelers, New Orleans, 206

Twentieth Century, celebration in Rome of dawn of, 295;
a second “dawn” of the, in Boston, 309

Twentieth Century Club, 309

“Twickenham Ferry”, Marzial’s singing of his, 236

“Two in Italy”, the author’s, 314

_Two Sisters, The_, Captain Anthony’s catboat, 110

_Tybee_, s. s., and trip to Santo Domingo, 91, 92

Umberto I, King of Italy, 169, 256, 261, 264;
assassination of, 303-304;
his fearlessness, 304-305

Upham, Dr. Baxter, 40

Urquhart, Cora. _See_ POTTER, MRS. JAMES BROWN

Urso, Camillo, 42

Van Allen, Rev. W. H., 353

Vandervelde, Madame, 377

Vannah, Kate, 225

“Varieties of Religious Experience”, James, 313

Vars, Mr., 358

Vatican Palace, 168, 270, 295

Vaucluse, happy days at, 111-114

Vaughan, Dean, sermons by, 152

Velasquez, Madrid and the paintings of, 254

Venice, with Mrs. Gardner in, 269

Vesuvius, Mount, changes in contour of, 320

Vickers, Mr., 321

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 161;
his martial appearance, 162;
death, 168;
funeral of, 168

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 303

Victoria, Queen, 139, 281

Villaggio Regina Elena, American-built village for earthquake sufferers, 327

Villamarina, Marchesa, 303

Villegas, Signor José, Spanish painter of note, 264, 268;
his portrait of Mrs. Howe, 288; 294, 299;
at the Madrid home of, 318;
portrait of King of Spain by, 319-320;
his love for his art, 320

Villegas, Signora, 264, 318

Violet Fane. _See_ CURRIE, LADY

Voters’ League, speaks on report of the, 374

W., Lady, 290

Wade, Benjamin F., commissioner on annexation of Santo Domingo, 84

Wales, Thomas B., the author’s uncle, 13, 34, 108

Wales, Mrs. Thomas B., the author’s Aunt Jeannette, 13, 34-35;
and the Boston Fire, 108

Ward, Annie. _See_ MAILLIARD, MRS. ADOLPH

Ward, Francis Marion, the author’s uncle, grave of, 213

Ward, Henry, cousin of Julia Ward Howe, 66-67

Ward, Mrs. Henry, widow of Julia Ward Howe’s uncle, 66-67

Ward, Mrs. Humphry, 237

Ward, John, uncle of Julia Ward Howe, visit to, 64;
his New York home, 64

Ward, Maddie. _See_ CHANLER, MRS. WINTHROP

Ward, Marquand, 389

Ward, Richard, uncle of Julia Ward Howe, 64

Ward, Samuel, the author’s uncle, 68;
lovable personality and generosity of, 68-69;
his autograph sought by King George V, 76-77; 129, 130, 132;
suggests writing of “Mr. Isaacs” to Crawford, 197;
and Beacon Street home for Mrs. Howe, 198;
friendship with Longfellow, 199-200;
sends author to California, 200;
death, 216

Warner, Charles Dudley, 214

Warren, Henry, 44

Washington, D. C., first visit to, 71-73; 129-133;
in 1910, 331;
changes in, 336;
in 1912, 343-344

_Washington Post_, 343

Washington’s Birthday, in Santo Domingo, 94-95

“Water Babies”, Kingsley, 29