i. James Russell Lowell Burnett, now James Burnett Lowell, his name

having been changed at the request of his grandfather.

ii. Joseph.

iii. Francis Lowell.

iv. Esther Lowell.

v. Lois.

3. Rose, born 16 July, 1849; died 2 February, 1850.

4. Walter, born 22 December, 1850; died 9 June, 1852.

B. “LIST OF COPIES OF THE CONVERSATIONS TO BE GIVEN AWAY BY THE ‘DON’”

This is the heading of a sheet in his own handwriting which Lowell drew up for Robert Carter’s instruction. He entrusted the distribution of the books to his friend, as he himself was off on his wedding journey.

1. W. L. Garrison, with author’s respects.

2. C. F. Briggs (by Wiley & Putnam, N. Y.), with author’s love.

3. Mrs. Chapman, with author’s affectionate regards.

4. T. W. Parsons, copy of _Poems_ and _Conversations_ with author’s love (a note to go with these).

5. John S. Dwight (left at Monroe’s bookstore, Boston), with author’s love.

6. W. Page, with author’s love.

7. R. C., with author’s love.

8. Rev. Dr. Lowell. Dedication Copy. Ask Owen to send it up.

9. Charles R. Lowell, Jr., with uncle’s love (No. 1 Winter Place).

10. _Rev. Chandler Robbins, with author’s sincere regards (Monroe’s bookstore)._

13. J. R. L. 3, through Anti-slavery office, care J. M. McKim.

14. Mr. Nichols (printing office), with author’s sincere regards.

{15. R. W. Emerson, with author’s affectionate respects. { {16. N. Hawthorne, with author’s love.

Both these in one package, directed to Hawthorne and left at Miss Peabody’s.

17. _Frank Shaw, with author’s love_.

18. C. W. Storey, Jr., with happy New Year. I suppose Mr. Owen will allow me 20 copies, as he did of the _Poems_.

If the “Don” thinks of any more which I have forgotten, let him send them with judicious inscriptions.

19. “To Miss S. C. Lowell, with the best New Year’s wishes of her affectionate nephew, the author.” (Mr. Owen will send this up.)

20. Joseph T. Buckingham, Esq., with author’s regards and thanks.

A letter to Lowell from John Owen, dated 10 April, 1845, mentions a copy of the book which Lowell had sent with a letter to Miss Brontë.

C. A LIST OF THE WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, ARRANGED AS NEARLY AS MAY BE IN ORDER OF PUBLICATION

NOTE. Titles of Poems are set in _Italic type_. Titles of books are in small capitals, either ROMAN or _ITALIC_ as the books are in prose or verse. Conjectural writings have their titles enclosed in brackets.

[The titles as far as the _Class Poem_ are of contributions to Harvardiana.]

1837.

_Imitation of Burns._ September.

_Dramatic Sketch._ September.

New Poem of Homer. September.

A Voice from the Tombs. October.

_What is it?_ October.

Hints to Theme Writers. October.

Obituary. October.

_The Serenade._ October.

The Old Bell. October.

The Idler, No. I. November.

_Saratoga Lake._ November.

Hints to Reviewers. November.

Skillygoliana, I. November.

1838.

_Scenes from an Unpublished Drama, by the late G. A. Slimton, esq._ January.

_Skillygoliana_, II. January.

Chapters from the Life of Philomelus Prig. February.

_Skillygoliana_, III. February.

The Idler, No. II. March.

Skillygoliana, IV. April.

_A Dead Letter._ May.

[_Extracts from a Hasty Pudding Poem._] June.

_Translations from Uhland._ i. Das Ständchen; ii. Der Weisse Hirsch. June.

_To Mount Washington, on a second visit._ July.

_Song_: “A pair of black eyes.” July.

_CLASS POEM._ |“Some said, John, print it; others said, Not so; | Some said, It might do good; others said, No.” | Bunyan. | MDCCCXXXVIII. | Poem dated, Concord, August 21, 1838.

1839.

_Song_: “Ye Yankees of the Bay State.” Boston Post, 27 February.

_Threnodia on an Infant._ Southern Literary Messenger, May. Signed H. P.

1840.

[All the contributions this year were to the Southern Literary Messenger.]

_Sonnet_: “Verse cannot tell thee how beautiful thou art.” March. Signed H. P.

_Song_: “What reck I of the stars when I.” March. Signed H. P.

_Sonnet_: “My friend, I pray thee call not _this_ Society.” March. Signed H. P.

_The Serenade_: “Gentle, Lady, be thy sleeping.” April. Signed H. P.

_Music._ May. Signed H. P.

_Song_: “O, I must look on that sweet face ones more before I die.” June. Signed H. P.

_Song_: “Lift up the curtains of thine eyes.” June. Signed H. P.

_Sonnet_: “O, child of nature! oh, most meek and free.” June. Signed H. P.

_Isabel._ June.

_The Bobolink._ July. Signed H. P.

_Ianthe._ July. Signed H. P.

_Flowers._ July. Signed H. P.

1841.

_A | YEAR’S LIFE.| by | James Russell Lowell._ | Ich habe gelebt unb geliebet. | Boston: | C. C. Little and J. Brown | MDCCCXLI.

_Callirhoë_, by H. Perceval, dated 1841. Graham’s Magazine, March.

_Ballad_: “Gloomily the river floweth.” Graham’s Magazine, October.

_Merry England._ Graham’s Magazine, November.

_The Loved One._ National Anti-Slavery Standard, 16 December.

_Sonnet_: “Great truths are portions of the soul of man.” The Liberty Bell.

1842.

_Sonnet to Keats_, dated March, 1841. Boston Miscellany, January.

[_Agatha_], dated September, 1840. Boston Miscellany, January.

_To Perdita Singing_, dated February, 1841. Boston Miscellany, January.

_Song_: “Violet! sweet violet!” Graham’s Magazine, January.

_Sonnet_: To the Spirit of Keats. Arcturus, January.

_Sonnet_: Sunset and Moonshine. Arcturus, January.

_Sonnet_: “Poet! thou art most wealthy, being poor,” dated November 25, 1841. Arcturus, February.

_An Ode_: “In the Old Days of awe and keen-eyed wonder,” dated December, 1841. Boston Miscellany, February.

_Sonnet_: “Like some black mountain glooming huge aloof,” dated October, 1841. Boston Miscellany, February.

_Rosaline._ Graham’s Magazine, February.

_Sonnet_: “If some small savor creep into my rhymes.” Graham’s Magazine, February.

_Fancies about a Rosebud pressed in an old copy of Spenser._ Graham’s Magazine, March.

[Getting up.] Boston Miscellany, March.

[Disquisition on Foreheads. By Job Simifrons.] Boston Miscellany, March.

The Old English Dramatists. (Unsigned.) Boston Miscellany, April.

_Sonnet_: “Whene’er I read in mournful history,” dated 25 September, 1841. Boston Miscellany, May.

The Old English Dramatists, No. II. Boston Miscellany, May.

_The Two_, dated November, 1840. Boston Miscellany, May.

The First Client. (Unsigned.) Boston Miscellany, May.

_Sonnet_: “My Father, since I love, thy presence cries,” dated November 29, 1841. Arcturus, May.

_Sonnet_: “The hope of truth grows stronger day by day,” dated December 10, 1841. Arcturus, May.

_Sonnet_: “I love those poets, of whatever creed,” dated April 20, 1841. Arcturus, May.

_Sonnets_:

I. “As the broad ocean endlessly upheaveth.” II. “Once hardly in a cycle blossometh.” III. “The love of all things springs from love of one.” IV. “A poet cannot strive for despotism.” V. “Therefore think not the Past is wise alone.” VI. “Far ’yond this narrow parapet of time.”

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, May.

Reprinted in Poems as “On reading Wordsworth’s Sonnets in Defence of Capital Punishment.”

_Farewell._ Graham’s Magazine, June.

_A Dirge._ Graham’s Magazine, July.

_A Fantasy_, dated 12 January, 1842. Boston Miscellany July.

[_The True Radical._] Boston Miscellany, August.

The Old English Dramatists, No. III. Boston Miscellany, August.

_Sonnet_: “Poet, if men from wisdom turn away.” (Unsigned.) National Anti-Slavery Standard, 1 September.

_The Shepherd of King Admetus._ Boston Miscellany, September.

_An Incident in a Railroad Car_, dated Boston, April, 1842. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, October.

[_To an Æolian Harp at Night_], dated February, 1842. Boston Miscellany, December.

_Sonnet_: “Great Truths are portions of the Soul of man.” The Liberty Bell.

_Sonnet_: “If ye have not the one great lesson learned.” The Liberty Bell.

_Pierpont_: “The hungry flames did never yet seem hot.” The Liberty Bell.

1843.

Introduction. The Pioneer, January.

[_Voltaire._] The Pioneer, January.

[_The Follower._] The Pioneer, January.

_Sonnet_: “Our love is not a fading earthly flower.” The Pioneer, January.

The Plays of Thomas Middleton. The Pioneer, January.

_The Rose._ The Pioneer, January.

[Dickens’s “American Notes.”] The Pioneer, January.

[Hawthorne’s Historical Tales for Youth.] The Pioneer, January.

_A Parable._ The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, February.

_The Moon._ Graham’s Magazine, February.

Song Writing. The Pioneer, February.

_To M. O. S._ The Pioneer, February.

[The Book of British Ballads.] The Pioneer, February.

[Longfellow’s “Poems on Slavery.”] The Pioneer, February.

[Macaulay’s “Lays of Ancient Rome.”] The Pioneer, February.

[_Two Sonnets to Wordsworth._] Graham’s Magazine, March.

_The Street._ The Pioneer, March.

_Stanzas on Freedom_, sung at the Anti-Slavery Picnic in Dedham, on the Anniversary of West-Indian Emancipation, 1 August.

_In Sadness._ Graham’s Magazine, August.

_Prometheus_, dated Cambridge, Mass., June, 1843. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, August.

_Forgetfulness._ New York Mirror [copied into National Anti-Slavery Standard, 7 September.]

_A Glance behind the Curtain._ The United Magazine and Democratic Review, September.

_A Reverie._ Graham’s Magazine, October.

_The Fatherland._ The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, October.

_POEMS_ | by | James Russell Lowell | Cambridge: | Published by John Owen. | MDCCCXLIV.

1844.

_Rallying Cry for New England against the Annexation of Texas_, by a Yankee. Boston Courier, 19 March.

New Translations of the Writings of Miss Bremer. North American Review, April.

Introduction to Whittier’s “_Texas: Voice of New England_.” Boston Courier, 17 April.

_A Mystical Ballad._ Graham’s Magazine, May.

_New-Year’s Eve, 1844; a Fragment._ Graham’s Magazine, July.

_On the Death of a Friend’s Child_, dated Cambridge, Mass., September 3, 1844. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, October.

_A Chippewa Legend._ The Liberty Bell.

CONVERSATIONS | ON SOME OF | THE OLD POETS | by | James Russell Lowell |

“Or, if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where, so soon As in our native language, can I find That solace?” PARADISE REGAINED.

Cambridge: | Published by John Owen | MDCCCXLV.

1845.

_To the Dandelion._ Graham’s Magazine, January.

_A Song to my Wife._ The Broadway Journal, 4 January.

_The Epitaph_: “What means this glosing epitaph?” dated Rockwood, 7 February, 1844. The Broadway Journal, 11 January.

Our Position. Pennsylvania Freeman, 16 January.

_Now is always best._ The Broadway Journal, 25 January.

_An Epigram on Certain Conservatives._ The Broadway Journal, 25 January.

[Texas]. The Pennsylvania Freeman, 30 January.

_Anti-Texas_, written on occasion of the Convention in Faneuil Hall, January 29. Boston Courier, 30 January, under title _Another Rallying Cry by a Yankee_.

Edgar Allan Poe. Graham’s Magazine, February.

[The Prejudice of Color]. The Pennsylvania Freeman, 13 February.

_Remembered Music._ The Broadway Journal, 15 February.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The Broadway Journal, 22 February.

The Church and the Clergy. The Pennsylvania Freeman, 27 February, 27 March.

_The Ghost-Seer._ The Broadway Journal, 8 March.

[President Tyler’s Message on the African Slave Trade]. The Pennsylvania Freeman, 13 March.

[The Union]. The Pennsylvania Freeman, 10 April.

_An Incident of the Fire at Hamburg._ Graham’s Magazine, May.

Review of Fitz-Greene Halleck’s “Alnwick Castle, with other Poems.” The Broadway Journal, 3 May.

_Lines on reading of the capture of certain fugitive slaves near Washington._ Boston Courier, 19 July.

_To the Future._ Graham’s Magazine, August.

_Orpheus._ The American Review, August.

_To a Pine Tree_, dated Elmwood, July 16, 1845. The Harbinger, 2 August.

_A Contrast._ The Liberty Chime.

_The Falconer_, afterward, abridged, _The Falcon_, dated 26 November, 1845. The Liberty Bell.

_The Happy Martyrdom._ The Liberty Bell.

_Verses suggested by the Present Crisis_, afterward _The Present Crisis_. Boston Courier, 11 December.

_An Interview with Miles Standish._ Boston Courier, 30 December.

1846.

_To the Past._ Graham’s Magazine, January.

_Lines on the Death of Charles Turner Torrey._ Boston Courier, 23 May.

Anti-Slavery in the United States. London Daily News, 2 February, 18 March, 17 April, 18 May.

A Letter from Mr. Ezekiel Biglow of Jaalam to the Hon. Joseph T. Buckingham, editor of the Bottom Courier, inclosing a poem of his son, Mr. Hosea Biglow (_Biglow Papers_, I.) Boston Courier, 17 June.

Daniel Webster. National Anti-Slavery Standard,[112] 2 July.

_The Royal Pedigree._ Boston Courier, 4 December.

_The Oak._ Standard, 31 December.

1847.

_Letter from Boston_, postmarked 27 December, 1846. The Pennsylvania Freeman, January.

_Above and Below._ The Young American, January.

_Si descendero in infernum, ades._ The Harbinger, 10 January.

_The Search._ Standard, 25 February.

The New Timon. North American Review, April.

_Hebe._ The Young American, May.

D’Israeli’s Tancred, or the New Crusade. North American Review, July.

_Letter from a Volunteer in Saltillo_ (_Biglow Papers_, II.). Boston Courier, 18 August.

_The Landlord._ The People’s Journal, 4 September.

_What Mr. Robinson thinks_ (_Biglow Papers_, III.). Boston Courier, 2 November.

_Extreme Unction._ The Liberty Bell.

_Remarks of Increase D. O’Phace, esquire_ (_Biglow Papers_, IV.). Boston Courier, 28 December.

1848.

_POEMS_ | by | James Russell Lowell.| Second series. | Cambridge: Published by | George Nichols.| Boston: | B. B. Mussey and Company. | 1848. Copyright, 1847.

Review of Tennyson’s “Princess.” Massachusetts Quarterly Review, March.

Browning’s Plays and Poems. North American Review, April.

_Ode to France_, dated February, 1848. Standard, 6 April.

The French Revolution of 1848. Standard, 13 April.

Shall we ever be Republicans? Standard, 20 April.

_The Debate in the Sennit_ (_Biglow Papers_, V.). Boston Courier, 3 May.

_The Pious Editor’s Creed_ (_Biglow Papers_, VI.). Standard, 4 May.

_A Parable._ Standard, 18 May.

An Imaginary Conversation. Standard, 18 May.

_A Letter from a Candidate for the Presidency_ (_Biglow Papers_, VII.). Standard, 1 June.

The Sacred Parasol. Standard, 8 June.

_Freedom._ Standard, 15 June.

The Nominations for the Presidency. Standard, 29 June.

Sympathy with Ireland. Standard, 29 June.

_A Second Letter from B. Sawin, esq._ (_Biglow Papers_, VIII.). Standard, 6 July.

What will Mr. Webster do? Standard, 13 July.

_Leaving the Matter open_, a Tale by Homer Wilbur, A. M., reprinted in Introduction to _Biglow Papers_. Standard, 27 July.

_To Lamartine._ Standard, 3 August.

The Buffalo Convention. Standard, 10 August.

The Irish Rebellion. Standard, 24 August.

Fanaticism in the Navy. Standard, 31 August.

Exciting Intelligence from South Carolina. Standard, 7 September.

Editorial article, beginning: “When we first went to the theatre, that which delighted us most, among the thousand and one marvels, was the swiftness with which a change of costume was effected.” Standard, 14 September.

_To the Memory of Hood._ Standard, 21 September.

_Another Letter from B. Sawin, esq._ (_Biglow Papers_, IX.). Standard, 28 September.

Editorial article, beginning: “Chance has thrown in our way a stray number of the ‘Christian Observer.’” Standard, 5 October.

Review of “The Conquerors of the New World and their Bondsmen.” Standard, 12, 26 October.

_The Day of Small Things_, afterward _To W. L. Garrison_. Standard, 19 October.

READER! _Walk up at once (it will soon be too late) and | buy at a perfectly ruinous rate_ | a | FABLE FOR CRITICS; | or | BETTER-- | _I like, as a thing that the reader’s first fancy may strike, | an old-fashioned title-page, | such as presents a tabular view of the volume’s contents--_ | A GLANCE | AT A FEW OF OUR LITERARY PROGENIES| (_Mrs. Malaprop’s word_)| from | THE TUB OF DIOGENES; | A VOCAL AND MUSICAL MEDLEY. | That is, | a SERIES OF JOKES. | BY A WONDERFUL QUIZ, | _who accompanies himself with a rub-a-dub-dub_, FULL OF SPIRIT AND GRACE, | _on the top of the tub_. | SET FORTH IN | _October the 21st day, in the year ’48_. BY | G. P. PUTNAM, Broadway.

_Ode_, written for the celebration of the introduction of the Cochituate water into the city of Boston, 25 October.

_The Ex-Mayor’s Crumb of Consolation_: a Pathetic Ballad. Standard, 26 October.

_To John G. Palfrey._ Standard, 2 November.

Calling things by their Right Names. Standard, 9 November.

Melibœus Hipponax. | _THE BIGLOW PAPERS_, | Edited, | with an Introduction, Notes, Glossary, | and Copious Index, | by Homer Wilbur, A. M., | Pastor of the First Church in Jaalam, and (prospective) member of | many Literary, Learned and Scientific societies, | (_for which see page v._) | Cambridge: Published by George Nichols.

_The Sower._ Standard, 16 November.

Editorial article, beginning: “If, as it has been often said, America be a kind of posterity in relation to Europe.” Standard, 23 November.

Editorial article, beginning: “The recent decision of the English Government.” Standard, 30 November.

The Works of Walter Savage Landor. Massachusetts Quarterly Review, December.

_Ambrose._ Standard, 7 December.

The President’s Message. Standard, 14 December.

Review of Whittier’s Poems. Standard, 14 December.

El Dorado. Standard, 21 December.

A Washington Monument. Standard, 28 December.

1849.

_The Mill_, afterward _Beaver Brook_. Standard, 4 January.

Editorial article, beginning: “There is no need of any speculation as to the course Whigs as Whigs will take.” Standard, 11 January.

Our Southern Brethren. Standard, 18 January.

Politics and the Pulpit. Standard, 25 January.

Ethnology. Standard, 1 February.

_The Parting of the Ways._ Standard, 8 February.

Mr. Calhoun’s Report. Standard, 15 February.

The Moral Movement against Slavery. Standard, 22 February.

Editorial article, beginning: “Next to the charge of being possessed with only a single idea.” Standard, 1 March.

_A Day in June_, afterward, enlarged, _Al Fresco_. Standard, 8 March.

Editorial article, beginning: “The long succession of Democratic rulers has at length been broken.” Standard, 15 March.

Mr. Clay as an Abolitionist.--Second appearance in Fifty Years. Standard, 22 March.

_Lines_ suggested by the Graves of Two English Soldiers on Concord Battle-Ground. Standard, 29 March.

_An Oriental Apologue._ Standard, 12 April.

Editorial article, beginning: “The German poet Schiller in a little poem.” Standard, 19 April.

Anti-Slavery Criticism upon Mr. Clay’s Letter. Standard, 26 April.

_King Retro._ Standard, 10 May.

Editorial article, beginning: “In the Standard of April 19th an article was copied.” Standard, 10 May.

_Bibliolatres._ Standard, 24 May.

Mobs. Standard, 14 June.

_Two Sonnets_, afterward named _Trial_. Standard, 28 June.

Longfellow’s Kavanagh: Nationality in Literature. North American Review, July.

The Roman Republic. Standard, 12 July.

Fourth of July in Charleston. Standard, 26 July.

Moderation. Standard, 9 August.

_Eurydice._ Standard, 23 August.

_Kossuth._ Standard, 6 September.

Editorial article, beginning: “Our readers have had, from time to time, the privilege of seeing extracts from Southern newspapers.” Standard, 20 September.

Editorial article, beginning: “Every now and then we see it asserted.” Standard, 4 October.

_To ---- _: “We, too, have autumns, when our leaves.” Standard, 18 October.

Canada. Standard, 1 November.

_The Lesson of the Pine_, afterward enlarged and entitled, _A Mood_. Standard, 15 November.

California. Standard, 29 November.

Review of “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,” Massachusetts Quarterly Review, December.

General Bem’s Conversion. Standard, 6 December.

Editorial article, beginning: “The last European steamer brings us what is said to be the final determination of the Turkish government in regard to the Hungarian exiles.” Standard, 13 December.

_The Burial of Theobald._ The Liberty Bell.

_The First Snow-Fall._ Standard, 27 December.

1850.

What shall be done for the Hungarian Exiles? Boston Courier, 3 January.

_New Year’s Eve, 1850._ Standard, 10 January.

A Review of Judd’s “Philo.” Standard, 24 January.

Editorial article, beginning: “When King Log first made his avatar among the frogs.” Standard, 21 February.

Compromise. Standard, 7 March.

Mr. Webster’s Speech. Standard, 21 March.

_Out of Doors._ Graham’s Magazine, April.

Editorial article, beginning: “In the comment which we made a fortnight ago on Mr. Webster’s speech.” Standard, 4 April.

_Mahmood the Image Breaker._ Standard, 18 April.

_Dara._ Graham’s Magazine, July.

_The Northern Sancho Panza and his vicarious Cork tree._ Standard, 18 July.

Pseudo Conservatism. Standard, 14 November.

_A Dream I had._ Standard, 28 November.

_To J. F. H._, afterward _An Invitation to J. F. H._ Graham’s Magazine, December.

Mr. Bowen and the Christian Examiner, I. Boston Daily Advertiser, 28 December.

1851.

Mr. Bowen and the Christian Examiner, II. Boston Daily Advertiser, 2 January.

_Anti-Apis._ Standard, 30 January.

_Appledore_, No. V., in _Pictures from Appledore_. Graham’s Magazine, February.

_The Unhappy Lot of Mr. Knott._ Graham’s Magazine, April.

_On Receiving a piece of Flax Cotton_, dated 18 April, 1851. Standard, 1 May.

1853.

_The Fountain of Youth._ Putnam’s Magazine, January.

_Our Own, his Wanderings and Personal Adventures._ Putnam’s Magazine, April, May, June.

A Moosehead Journal. Putnam’s Magazine, November.

1854.

_The Singing Leaves._ Graham’s Magazine, January.

_A Winter Evening Hymn to my Fire._ Putnam’s Magazine, March.

_Without and Within._ Putnam’s Magazine, April.

Fireside Travels. Putnam’s Magazine, April, May.

Leaves from my Italian Journal. Graham’s Magazine, April, May, July.

[_Without and Within, II. The Restaurant._] Putnam’s Magazine, May.

_The Windharp._ Putnam’s Magazine, December.

_Auf Wiedersehen._ Putnam’s Magazine, December.

1855.

_Hakon’s Lay._ Graham’s Magazine, January.

_My Appledore Gallery_, No. I. _August afternoon_, afterward with changes I.-IV. of _Pictures from Appledore_. The Crayon, 3 January.

_My Appledore Gallery_, No. II. _Sunset and Moonset_, afterward VI. of _Pictures from Appledore_. The Crayon, 31 January.

_Invita Minerva._ The Crayon, 30 May.

1857.

_The Origin of Didactic Poetry._ Atlantic Monthly, November.

_Sonnet_: “The Maple puts her corals on in May.” Atlantic Monthly, November.

The Round Table. Atlantic Monthly, November.

_My Portrait Gallery._ Atlantic Monthly, December.

Memoir of Shelley, prefixed to The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

1858.

Béranger (translated from Sainte-Beuve). Atlantic Monthly, February.

_The Nest._ Atlantic Monthly, March.

Review of Guerrazzi’s Beatrice Cenci. Atlantic Monthly, March.

_Happiness._ Atlantic Monthly, April.

Mr. Buchanan’s Administration. Atlantic Monthly, April.

Review of Smith’s Library of Old Authors. Atlantic Monthly, April, May.

_Epigram on J. M._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

_Beatrice_, afterward _Das Ewig-Weibliche_. Atlantic Monthly, June.

_Shipwreck._ Atlantic Monthly, June.

Review of Dramatic Works of John Webster. Atlantic Monthly, June.

The American Tract Society. Atlantic Monthly, July.

_The Trustees’ Lament._ Atlantic Monthly, August.

The Pocket Celebration of the Fourth. Atlantic Monthly, August.

_The Dead House._ Atlantic Monthly, October.

A Sample of Consistency. Atlantic Monthly, November.

1859.

White’s Shakespeare. Atlantic Monthly, January, February.

Longfellow’s “The Courtship of Miles Standish.” Atlantic Monthly, January.

Holland’s “Bitter-Sweet.” Atlantic Monthly, May.

Allibone’s “Dictionary of Authors.” Atlantic Monthly, June.

Trübner’s “Bibliographical Guide to American Literature.” Atlantic Monthly, June.

Notice of “Index to Catalogue of Boston City Library.” Atlantic Monthly, June.

Notice of “Memoir of Theophilus Parsons.” Atlantic Monthly, July.

Dana’s “To Cuba and Back.” Atlantic Monthly, July.

Palmer’s “The New and the Old.” Atlantic Monthly, September.

Copeland’s “Country Life.” Atlantic Monthly, September.

Review of “Dictionary of Americanisms,” and other works on Language. Atlantic Monthly, November.

Coolidge and Mansfield’s “History and Description of New England.” Atlantic Monthly, November.

Gould’s “Reply to the Statement of the Trustees of the Dudley Observatory.” Atlantic Monthly, November.

_Italy, 1859._ Atlantic Monthly, December.

Notice of “Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter, being Reminiscences of Meshach Browning.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

Milburn’s “Ten Years of Preacher-Life.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

Notice of “A First Lesson in Natural History.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

Dante. Appleton’s New American Encyclopædia. Reprinted, May, 1886, in fifth annual report of the Dante Society.

1860.

Notice of “Sir Rohan’s Ghost.” Atlantic Monthly, February.

_To the Muse._ Atlantic Monthly, March.

Marsh’s “Lectures on the English Language.” Atlantic Monthly, April.

Hawthorne’s “The Marble Faun.” Atlantic Monthly, April

Notice of “Poems by Two Friends.” Atlantic Monthly, April.

Norton’s “Notes of Travel and Study in Italy.” Atlantic Monthly, May.

Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language.” Atlantic Monthly, May.

Worcester’s “A Dictionary of the English Language.” Atlantic Monthly, May.

Coles’s “Dies Iræ.” Atlantic Monthly, June.

Collins’s “A Voyage down the Amoor.” Atlantic Monthly, June.

Lowell’s “Fresh Hearts that failed Three Thousand Years ago.” Atlantic Monthly, June.

The New Tariff Bill. Atlantic Monthly, July.

Wedgwood’s “A Dictionary of English Etymology.” Atlantic Monthly, August.

Leslie’s “Autobiographical Recollections.” Atlantic Monthly, September.

Trowbridge’s “The Old Battle Ground.” Atlantic Monthly, September.

July reviewed by September (with W. B. Rogers). Atlantic Monthly, September.

The Election in November. Atlantic Monthly, October.

Mr. Jarves’s Collection. Atlantic Monthly, October.

Olmsted’s “A Journey in the Back County.” Atlantic Monthly, November.

Whittier’s “Home Ballads and Poems.” Atlantic Monthly, November.

A Plea for Freedom from Speech and Figures of Speech Makers. Atlantic Monthly, December.

Bryant’s “A Forest Hymn.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

Stoddard’s “Loves and Heroines of the Poets.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

Palmer’s “Folk Songs.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

1861.

The Question of the Hour. Atlantic Monthly, January.

Prior’s “Ancient Danish Ballads.” Atlantic Monthly, January.

Chambers’s “Edinburgh Papers.” Atlantic Monthly, January.

Holland’s “Miss Gilbert’s Career.” Atlantic Monthly, January.

E. Pluribus Unum. Atlantic Monthly, February.

Parton’s “Life of Andrew Jackson.” Atlantic Monthly, March.

Rose Terry’s “Poems.” Atlantic Monthly, March.

Holmes’s “Elsie Venner.” Atlantic Monthly, April.

The Pickens-and-Stealins’ Rebellion. Atlantic Monthly, June.

_Ode to Happiness._ Atlantic Monthly, September.

_The Washers of the Shroud._ Atlantic Monthly, November.

Self-Possession _vs._ Prepossession. Atlantic Monthly, December.

1862.

_Birdofredum Sawin, Esq., to Mr. Hosea Biglow_, Atlantic Monthly, January, March.

Arnold’s “On Translating Homer” and Newman’s “Homeric Translation in Theory and Practice.” Atlantic Monthly, January.

_Mason and Slidell: a Yankee Idyl._ Atlantic Monthly, February.

Müller’s “Lectures on the Science of Language.” Atlantic Monthly, March.

_A Message of Jeff Davis in Secret Session._ Atlantic Monthly, April.

_Speech of Honble Preserved Doe in Secret Caucus._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

_Sunthin’ in the Pastoral Line._ Atlantic Monthly, June.

1863.

_In the Half-Way House._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

_Latest Views of Mr. Biglow._ Atlantic Monthly, February.

Russell’s “My Diary, North and South.” Atlantic Monthly, March.

Story’s “Roba di Roma.” Atlantic Monthly, April.

_Two Scenes from the Life of Blondel._ Atlantic Monthly, November.

1864.

_Memoriæ Positum_ R. G. S. Atlantic Monthly, January.

The President’s Policy. North American Review, January.

Longfellow’s “Tales of a Wayside Inn.” North American Review, January.

Whittier’s “In War Time.” North American Review, January.

Stedman’s “Alice of Monmouth.” North American Review, January.

_The Black Preacher._ Atlantic Monthly, April.

McClellan’s Report. North American Review, April.

Gurowski’s Diary. North American Review, April.

Diplomatic Correspondence. North American Review, April.

Beecher’s Autobiography. North American Review, April.

Thackeray’s “Roundabout Papers.” North American Review, April.

Chaucer’s “Legende of Goode Women” and “Child’s Observations on the Language of Chaucer.” North American Review, April.

Jean Ingelow’s Poems. North American Review, April.

Barnes’s “Poems in the Dorset Dialect.” North American Review, April.

_To a Friend who sent me a Meerschaum._ Spirit of the Fair, 12 April.

FIRESIDE TRAVELS. | By | James Russell Lowell. | _“Travelling makes a man sit still in his old age with satisfaction and travel over the world again in his chair and bed by discourse and thoughts.”_

THE VOYAGE OF ITALY, BY RICHARD LASSELS, GENT.

Boston: | Ticknor and Fields. | 1864.

The Rebellion: its Causes and Consequences. North American Review, July.

Hazlitt’s “Poems of Richard Lovelace.” North American Review, July.

The Next General Election, [afterward, McClellan or Lincoln.] North American Review, October.

1865.

_On Board the ’76._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

Palfrey’s “History of New England.” North American Review, January.

_Mr. Hosea Biglow to the Editor of the “Atlantic Monthly.”_ Atlantic Monthly, April.

Reconstruction. North American Review, April.

_Gold-Egg: a Dream Fantasy._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

Scotch the Snake, or Kill it. North American Review, July.

Lord Derby’s “Translation of the Iliad.” North American Review, July.

_Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration._ Atlantic Monthly, September.

Thoreau’s “Letters.” North American Review, October.

Parkman’s “France and England.” North American Review, October.

1866.

_What Rabbi Jehosha said._ The Nation, 18 January.

_A Worthy Ditty._ The Nation, 25 January.

Carlyle’s “Frederick the Great.” North American Review, April.

The President on the Stump. North American Review, April.

Swinburne’s “Tragedies.” North American Review, April.

_Mr. Worsley’s Nightmare._ The Nation, 5 April.

_Mr. Hosea Biglow’s Speech in March Meeting._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

_To J. B. on sending me a seven-pound trout._ Atlantic Monthly, July.

_At the Commencement Dinner_, on acknowledging a toast to the Smith Professor, 19 July.

_The Miner._ Atlantic Monthly, August.

The Seward-Johnson Reaction. North American Review, October.

Wendell Phillips in Congress. The Nation, 4 October.

1867.

Fitz Adam’s Story. Atlantic Monthly, January.

Ward’s “Life and Letters of Percival.” North American Review, January.

_Hob Gobbling’s Song._ Our Young Folks, January.

_A Familiar Epistle to a Friend._ Atlantic Monthly, April.

Lessing. North American Review, April.

_An Ember Picture._ Atlantic Monthly, July.

Rousseau and the Sentimentalists. North American Review, July.

Parkman’s “France and England in North America.” North American Review, July.

Uncle Cobus’s Story. Our Young Folks, July.

_The Nightingale in the Study._ Atlantic Monthly, September.

The Winthrop Papers. North American Review, October.

A Great Public Character. Atlantic Monthly, November.

1868.

_In the Twilight._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

Witchcraft. North American Review, January.

Shakespeare Once More. North American Review, April.

_After the Burial._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

_A June Idyl._ Atlantic Monthly, June.

Dryden. North American Review, July.

_The Footpath._ Atlantic Monthly, August.

“Poems of John James Piatt.” North American Review, October.

Mr. Emerson’s New Course of Lectures. The Nation, 12 November.

_UNDER THE WILLOWS | and | Other Poems._ By | James Russell Lowell. | Boston: | Fields, Osgood & Co., | Successors to Ticknor and Fields. | 1869.

My Garden Acquaintance. The Atlantic Almanac, 1869.

1869.

_The Flying Dutchman._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners. Atlantic Monthly, January.

A Look before and after. North American Review, January.

Bartlett’s “Familiar Quotations.” North American Review, July.

A Good Word for Winter. The Atlantic Almanac, 1870.

1870.

_The Cathedral._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

_THE CATHEDRAL._ | By | James Russell Lowell. | Boston: | Fields, Osgood & Co. | 1870.

Hazlitt’s “Library of Old Authors.” North American Review, April.

AMONG MY BOOKS. | By | James Russell Lowell, A. M. | Professor of Belles-Lettres in Harvard College. | Boston: | Fields, Osgood & Co. | 1870.

Chaucer. North American Review, July.

A Virginian in New England Thirty-five Years Ago, Introduction to. Atlantic Monthly, August.

1871.

Pope. North American Review, January.

Goodwin’s “Plutarch’s Morals.” North American Review, April.

MY STUDY WINDOWS. | By | James Russell Lowell, A. M. | Professor of Belles-Lettres in Harvard College. | Boston: | James R. Osgood and Company. | Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co. | 1871.

1872.

Masson’s “Life of John Milton.” North American Review, January.

The Shadow of Dante. North American Review, July.

1874.

_Agassiz._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

_An Epitaph._ The Nation, 1 October.

_Jeffries Wyman._ The Nation, 8 October.

1875.

Spenser. North American Review, April.

_Sonnet to F. A._ Atlantic Monthly, May.

_Ode read at the Concord Centennial._ Atlantic Monthly, June.

_Joseph Winlock._ The Nation, 17 June.

James’s “Sketches.” The Nation, 24 June.

_Sonnets from over Sea._ Atlantic Monthly, July.

_Under the Great Elm._ Atlantic Monthly, August.

_The World’s Fair, 1876._ The Nation, 5 August.

_Tempora Mutantur._ The Nation, 26 August.

_The Dancing Bear._ Atlantic Monthly, September.

1876.

Forster’s “Swift.” The Nation, 13, 20 April.

“The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.” The Nation, 27 April.

_A Misconception._ The Nation, 10 August.

_Campaign Epigrams_: A Coincidence; Defrauding Nature; The Widow’s Mite. The Nation, 14 September.

_Campaign Epigrams_: Moieties; The Astronomer Misplaced. The Nation, 12 October.

AMONG MY BOOKS. | Second Series. | By James Russell Lowell, | Professor of Belles-Lettres in Harvard College. | Boston: | James R. Osgood and Company, | Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co. | 1876.

_An Ode for the Fourth of July, 1876._ Atlantic Monthly, December.

1877.

_Birthday Verses._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

_Bankside._ The Nation, 31 May.

Motley (a Note). The Nation, 7 June.

_THREE MEMORIAL POEMS._ | By | James Russell Lowell.| Εῖς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης | Boston: | James R. Osgood and Company, | Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co. 1877.

_Night Watches._ Atlantic Monthly, July.

1880.

After dinner speech at _Déjeuner_ to American actors. Reported in The Era, London, 2 August.

1881.

Garfield. Spoken in London, 24 September.

_Phœbe._ The Century, November.

Stanley. Speech at Chapter House of Westminster Abbey, 13 December.

1882.

_Estrangement._ The Century, May.

1883.

Fielding. Address at Taunton, England, 4 September.

1884.

Wordsworth. Given 10 May.

Democracy. Delivered at Birmingham, England, 6 October.

1885.

Coleridge. Address at Westminster Abbey, 7 May.

An after dinner speech at the Celebration of Forefathers’ Day in Plymouth. 21 December.

Books and Libraries. Address at Chelsea, Massachusetts, 22 December.

Speech as presiding officer at dinner of Massachusetts Reform League, 29 December. Printed in Boston Post, 30 December.

1886.

_International Copyright._ The Century, February.

Gray. New Princeton Review, March.

Oration in Sanders Theatre on the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of Harvard University. Delivered 8 November.

DEMOCRACY | and Other Addresses | by | James Russell Lowell | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin & Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge | 1887 [Copyright, 1886.]

1887.

_Credidimus Jorem regnare._ Atlantic Monthly, February.

_Fancy or Fact?_ Atlantic Monthly, March.

Speech at Authors’ Reading, 28 November.

The Progress of the World. Introduction to “The World’s Progress.” Gately & O’Gorman, Boston.

1888.

_The Secret._ Atlantic Monthly, January.

_Endymion_: A Mystical Comment on Titian’s “Sacred and Profane Love.” Atlantic Monthly, February.

Some Letters of Walter Savage Landor, Introduction to. The Century, February.

The Late Mrs. Ann Benson Procter. The Nation, 29 March.

_Turner’s Old Téméraire_: under a Figure symbolizing the Church. Atlantic Monthly, April.

The Place of the Independent in Politics. Address delivered before the Reform Club of New York, 13 April.

POLITICAL ESSAYS | By | James Russell Lowell | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge | 1888

_HEARTSEASE AND RUE_ | By | James Russell Lowell | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge | 1888

1889.

“Our Literature.” Response to a toast, on the hundredth Anniversary of Washington’s Inauguration, 30 April.

_How I consulted the Oracle of the Goldfishes._ Atlantic Monthly, August.

Introduction to Walton’s “Angler,” published by Little, Brown & Co.

The Study of Modern Languages. Address before the Modern Language Association of America.

1890.

_The Infant Prodigy._ Signed F. de T. The Nation, 1 May.

_In a Volume of Sir Thomas Browne._ Atlantic Monthly, July.

_Inscription for a Memorial Bust of Fielding._ Atlantic Monthly, September.

Introduction to Milton’s “Areopagitica,” published by the Grolier Club.

WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Riverside Edition. 10 volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

“Thou Spell, avaunt!” Atlantic Monthly, December.

_My Brook._ New York Ledger, 13 December.

POSTHUMOUS.

1891.

LATEST LITERARY ESSAYS | and Addresses | of James Russell Lowell. | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin & Company | [1892 | Copyright, 1891.]

_His Ship._ Harper’s Monthly, December.

Shakespeare’s Richard III. Atlantic Monthly, December. (Read first before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, in 1883.)

1892.

_On a Bust of General Grant._ Scribner’s Magazine, March.

The Old English Dramatists. Harper’s Monthly, June.

Marlowe. Harper’s Monthly, July.

Webster. Harper’s Monthly, August.

Beaumont and Fletcher. Harper’s Monthly, October.

Massinger and Ford. Harper’s Monthly, November.

THE | OLD ENGLISH DRAMATISTS | By | James Russell Lowell | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge | 1892.

Parkman. The Century, November.

1893.

LETTERS OF | James Russell Lowell | Edited by Charles Eliot Norton | New York | Harper & Brothers Publishers | 1894 [In two volumes.]

Humor, Wit, Fun and Satire. The Century, November.

The Five Indispensable Authors [Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Goethe, Shakspere]. The Century, December.

1894.

The Function of the Poet. The Century, January.

Criticism and Culture. The Century, February.

The Imagination. The Century, March.

Unpublished Fragments from College Lectures: i. The Study of Literature; ii. Translation; iii. Originality and Tradition in Literature; iv. Choice in Reading; v. The Search for Truth; vi. Close of Lectures at Cornell University; vii. Elements of the English Language; viii. The Poetic and the Actual; ix. Poetry in Homely Lines; x. Style; xi. Piers Ploughman; xii. Montaigne; xiii. The Humorous and the Comic; xiv. First Need of American Culture. The Harvard Crimson, 23 March-4 May.

Fragments: i. Life in Literature and Language; ii. Style and Manner; iii. Kalevala [with translation]. The Century, May.

Lowell’s Letters to Poe. Scribner’s Magazine, August.

1895.

_LAST POEMS_ | of | James Russell Lowell | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge | MDCCCXCV

1896.

_THE POWER OF | SOUND_ | a Rhymed | Lecture by James Russell Lowell | Privately | Printed | New York | MDCCCXCVI

1897.

LECTURES | ON | ENGLISH POETS | By | James Russell Lowell |

--“Call up him who left half-told The story of Cambuscan bold”

Cleveland | The Rowfant Club | MDCCCXCVII

1899.

IMPRESSIONS OF | SPAIN | James Russell Lowell | Compiled by | Joseph B. Gilder | with an introduction by A. A. Adee | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press | 1899

_Verses written in a copy of Shakspere._ The Century, November.

1900.

_Verses_: i. Written in a gift copy of Mr. Lowell’s Poems; ii. Written in a copy of “Among my Books;” iii. Written in a copy of “Fireside Travels.” Atlantic Monthly, December.

D. THE LOWELL MEMORIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

_From the London Times, Wednesday, 29 November, 1893_

Mr. Leslie Stephen yesterday unveiled the memorial which has been placed in honor of the late James Russell Lowell at the entrance to the Chapter-house, Westminster Abbey. The memorial includes a window and a bust underneath, which is said to be an admirable likeness of the late American Minister. The window has been erected by Messrs. Clayton and Bell, and consists of three lights. In the centre is the figure of Sir Launfal, from Lowell’s poem of that name, below is an angel with the Holy Grail, and in the lowest compartment the incident of Sir Launfal and the leper is represented. The right light has the figure of St. Botolph, the patron saint of the church of Boston, Lincolnshire, from which the Massachusetts city, Lowell’s birthplace, derived its name; below is the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. The light on the left contains the figure of St. Ambrose, one of the reputed authors of _Te Deum Laudamus_; below is a group representing the emancipation of slaves. In trefoils above the side-lights are shields bearing the arms of the United States and the United Kingdom.

Mr. A. J. Balfour was asked to take the chief part in yesterday’s ceremony, but was prevented by illness from attending.

The Dean of Westminster presided, and the Chapter-house was filled with a numerous audience. Among those who had been invited, and the greater number of whom were present, were the Lord Chancellor and Lady Herschell, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Earl of Rosebery, Lord Knutsford, the Dowager Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Pembroke, Lady Arthur Russell, Lord and Lady Coleridge, Lord and Lady Reay, Lord Aberdare, the Earl and Countess Brownlow, Lord and Lady R. Churchill, Adeline Duchess of Bedford, Lord and Lady Playfair, the Countess of Ashburton, Mr. J. Chamberlain, M. P., and Mrs. Chamberlain, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, M. P., the diplomatic representatives of America, Italy, Greece, Russia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, and France, Judge Hughes, Professor Huxley, Archdeacon Farrar, Sir Henry James, M. P., Sir J. Hassard, representing the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr. Rathbone, M. P., General and Mrs. Clive, Miss Balfour, Mr. and Mrs. Gosse, Mrs. Lynn Linton, Mr. Spencer Lyttelton, Dr. Martineau, Mrs. Richmond Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Smalley, Mr. W. Besant, Miss Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin, Mrs. A. Murray Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Birrell, Mr. F. W. Gibbs, Mr. Austin Dobson, Mr. George Meredith, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Mr. Dykes Campbell, Mr. G. Du Maurier, and Mrs. Matthew Arnold. Sir William Harcourt was unavoidably prevented from attending by Ministerial business.

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

* * * * *

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

INDEX

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Africa,” by M. W. L., i. 369.

African coast, approach to, i. 313.

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

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

_Aladdin_, taken from _Our Own_, i. 353.

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

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

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

_Al Fresco_, i. 269; ii. 41.

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

_Ambrose_, i. 228.

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

American Archæological Institute, ii. 326.

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

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

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

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

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

Anderson, Major Robert, ii. 25.

_Another Rallying Cry by a Yankee_, i. 168.

Antwerp, ii. 170.

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

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

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

_Arcturus_, a literary journal, i. 95.

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

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

Art, J. R. L.’s relations to, ii. 86.

“Atalanta in Calydon,” ii. 92.

_Athenæum, The_, quoted, ii. 293.

Atlantic Club, The, i. 447.

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

_Auf Wiederschen_, i. 368.

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

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

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

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

Azeglio, Massimo d’, i. 395.

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

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

“Band, The,” i. 89.

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

Barlow, Joel, ii. 361.

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

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

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

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

_Beaver Brook_, i. 228, 232.

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

Bell telephone, ii. 328.

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

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

Bernini, the angels of, i. 319.

Bethune, Rev. George Washington, i. 155.

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

_Bibliolatres_, i. 228.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bliss, Edward Penniman, ii. 202, note.

Blondel, a prototype of Lincoln, ii. 43.

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

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

Boott, Francis, i. 318.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brattle, Thomas, i. 2.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

_Brook, The_, ii. 393.

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

Brown, Charles Brockden, ii. 364.

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

Bruges, ii. 170.

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

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

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

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

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

Burke, Edmund, ii. 362.

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

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

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

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

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

Cabot, Arthur, buys Elmwood, i. 5.

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

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

Calderon, i. 269.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carlisle, ii. 156.

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

Carman, Bliss, ii 389.

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

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

Castellar y Rissoll, Emilio ii. 244.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chamonix, ii. 171.

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

Channing, Edward Tyrrel, i. 36.

Channing, William Ellery, ii. 364.

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

Chapman, George, ii. 354.

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

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

“Chastelard,” ii. 92.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

_Chippewa Legend, A_, i. 125.

Chivers, T. H., i. 375.

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

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

Christ, and Christianity, i. 169.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Colosseum at Rome, i. 338.

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

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

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

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

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

Cooke, Philip Pendleton, ii. 362.

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

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

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

_Courtin’, The_, i. 300.

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

Crawford, Thomas, i. 332.

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

_Credidimus Jovem regnare_, ii. 368.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dana, Richard Henry, ii. 365.

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

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

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

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

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

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

_Day in June, A_, i. 269.

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

_Dead House, The_, i. 435.

Declaration of Independence, i. 209.

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

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

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

_Democracy_, ii. 312-316.

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

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

_Dirge, A_, extracts from, i. 147.

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

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

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

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

Downing, Major Jack, i. 261.

“Dred” by Mrs. Stowe, i. 409, 412.

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

Dresel, Otto, i. 442.

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

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

Dunlap, Elizabeth, i. 400.

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

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

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

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

Dwight, Timothy, ii. 361.

Edwards, Jonathan, ii. 361.

_Election in November, The_, ii. 17.

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

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

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

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

Elwyn, Dr., i. 155.

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

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

Emiliani, i. 329.

_Endymion_, ii. 371.

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

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

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

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

Erskine, Fanny, i. 329.

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

_Estrangement_, ii. 295.

Eudamidas, brother of Agis, i. 434.

_Eurydice_, i. 228.

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

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

Exhibition Day at Harvard, i. 26.

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

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

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

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

_Fancy’s Casuistry_, i. 406.

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

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

Fayerweather house in Cambridge, i. 3.

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

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

Feltham, Owen, ii. 359.

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

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

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

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

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

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

_First Snow-Fall, The_, i. 274.

Fischer, Peter, i. 392.

Fish, Hamilton, ii. 203.

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

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

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

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

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

Forbes, Mrs. Archibald, ii. 335.

“Forerunners,” Emerson’s, i. 378.

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

_Fountain of Youth, The_, i. 351.

Fountain’s Abbey, ii. 154, 156.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

_French Revolution of 1848, The_, i. 204.

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

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

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

Fugitive Slave Bill, ii. 6.

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

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

Gallillee, the Misses, ii. 356.

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

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

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

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

Geneva, ii. 171.

George, Henry, ii. 315.

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

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

Ghent, ii. 170.

Gibraltar, Straits of, i. 313.

Gibson, Right Hon. Edward, ii. 300.

Giher, Don Palo, ii. 336.

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

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

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

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

Giotto, portrait of Dante by, i. 393.

Girandola, the, i. 341.

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

_Glance behind the Curtain, A_, i. 124.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goodwin, William Watson, ii. 145, note.

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

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

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

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

Grasmere, ii. 156.

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

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

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

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

Grolier Club publishes Donne, ii. 102, note.

Gurney, Ephraim Whitman, ii. 122, 123.

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

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

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

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

Hallyar, J., i. 332.

_Hamadryad, The_, i. 289.

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

_Harper’s New Monthly Magazine_, i. 319.

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

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

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

“Hasty Pudding,” Barlow’s, ii. 361.

Hasty Pudding Club, i. 40.

Hawley, Joseph Roswell. ii. 326.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hemans, Charles, i. 332.

Herbert, Auberon, ii. 335.

Hereford, ii. 157.

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

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

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

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

Hill, Thomas, ii. 135.

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

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

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

_Hob Gobbling’s Song_, ii. 106.

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

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

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

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

_Home, The_, i. 435.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Hyperion,” i. 347.

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

“Ichabod,” by Whittier, i. 201.

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

_Imaginary Conversation, An_, i. 215.

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

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

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

_In an Album_, ii. 205.

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

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

_Indian Summer Reverie, An_, i. 278.

_Infant Prodigy, The_, ii. 397.

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

Interview, a disagreeable, ii. 337.

_In the Half-way House_, ii. 45.

_In the Twilight_, i. 406.

_Invita Minerva_, i. 378.

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

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

Irish-American cases, ii. 284, seq.

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

_Italy, 1859_, i. 434.

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

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

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

Jewell, Harvey, i. 450.

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

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

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

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

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

Jones, William Alfred, i. 156.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keswick, ii. 156.

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

King, Rufus, i. 45, 46.

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

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

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

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

_Lamartine, To_, i. 206.

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

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

_Last Poems_, ii. 368.

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

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

Lechmere house in Cambridge, i. 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Library of Old Authors,” ii. 77.

Lichfield, ii. 156.

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

Lincoln, England, ii. 156.

Lippitt, George Warren, i. 45.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

_Look Before and After, A_, ii. 122.

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

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

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

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

Louvain, ii. 170.

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

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

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

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

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

Lowell, Frances Dunlap. _See_ Dunlap, Frances; characterized by J. R. L., i. 404; by W. J. Stillman, 402, 406; by W. D. Howells, 403; by Mrs. S. B. Herrick, 404; on composition of _Commemoration Ode_, ii. 66, note; goes with J. R. L. to Europe, 150; stays in Paris when he goes to London, 168; studies Italian with J. R. L., 171; returns with J. R. L. to America, 182; how she received the proposal of a foreign mission, 218; sails with J. R. L. for Liverpool, 220; reaches Madrid, 227; goes with J. R. L. to Greece, 237; returns with him to Madrid, 238; proposes to stay at Tours while J. R. L. goes home, 249; is taken ill, 250; begins slowly to recover, 251; is pleased with J. R. L.’s transfer to England, 256; has a relapse, 257; is removed to England, 258; her invalidism affects J. R. L.’s hospitality, 266; her thanksgiving dinner, 267; remains at home while J. R. L. visits the continent, 270; death of, 319.

Lowell, Francis Cabot, founder of Lowell, Massachusetts, i. 6.

Lowell, Mrs. Harriet Brackett Spence, of Orkney descent, i. 11; her northern temperament, 12; her first acquaintance with her husband, 13; her children, 13, 14; her disorder, 91; her death, 305.

Lowell, James Jackson, goes to the Adirondacks with J. R. L., i. 405; wounded, ii. 30; his gallant action, 31.

Lowell, James Russell, birth and death of, i. 1; his appreciation of his birthplace, 1; his ancestry, 6; his father, 6-10; his mother, 11, 12; his brothers and sisters, 13-15; his recollections of childhood, 15-18; hears of John Adams’s death, 19; visits Portsmouth and Washington, 19; drives with his father on his parochial journeys, 20; so gets acquainted with pristine New England, 20; his first schooling, 21; his companions, 21, 22; attends William Wells’s school, 22-24; tells stories and reads Scott, 24; enters Harvard, 26; his immaturity in college, 30; his browsings among books, 30-33; his intimacy with W. H. Shackford, 33; his letters to Shackford, 34-38; change in handwriting, 37; his friendship with G. B. Loring, 38, 39; letters to Loring, 39-42; becomes editor of _Harvardiana_, 44; is suspended from college, 47; goes to Concord in consequence, 48; meets Emerson there, 49; makes a friend in E. R. Hoar, 50; letters to Loring, 51-56; defends himself against the charge of indolence, 52; works at _Class Poem_, 51, 53, 54, 56; writes an exculpatory letter to Emerson, 58; wishes to go abroad, 62; weighs the professions of ministry and law, 62; his attitude toward the ministry, 63; his need of a livelihood, 65; takes up and abandons law, 65; thinks of going into a store, 66; takes his brother Robert’s place, 67; studies the art of poetry, 67; delivers a lecture, 67; is in miserable dubiety, 68; resumes the study of law, 69; enters Mr. Loring’s office, 70; his disappointment in love an explanation of his vacillation, 71; finds expression in verse, 73-75; meets Maria White, 76; translation of experience in verse, 82-85; is introduced by her to the Band, 89; takes up writing as a means of support, 91; writes for _Southern Literary Messenger_, 92; publishes _A Year’s Life_, 93; proposes a life of Keats, 95; writes to Duyckinck, 95; contributes to the _Boston Miscellany_, 98; reckons his resources, 99; projects the _Pioneer_, 99; associates himself with R. Carter in the issue of the magazine, 100; the spirit that prompted him, 102; his principles as displayed in the Introduction to the _Pioneer_, 103-105; whom he drew to his side, 105; his attitude toward Anti-slavery, 105; goes to New York for his eyes, 107; his course of life there, 109; meets N. P. Willis, 111; undergoing operations, 113; forms a friendship with C. F. Briggs, 114; returns to Cambridge, 114; after failure of the _Pioneer_, returns to poetry, 114; painted by Page, 115; his relations to Page and Briggs, 116, 117; publishes a volume of _Poems_, 118; puts his radicalism into poetry, 121; is autobiographic also, 125; introduces wit and humor, 128; works over some old material and new into _Conversations on Some of the Old Poets_, 132; his reference in it to contemporaries, 135; his enquiry in it into the nature of poetry, 137; his attitude in it toward formal religion, 140; his vision of the inner verity of religion, 145; his poetic disclosure of faith, 146; his conception of the function of the poet, 149; publication of _Conversations_, 150; marriage to Maria White, 150; goes to Philadelphia, 152; undertakes work on the _Pennsylvania Freeman_, 152; writes of his daily life to Carter, 152-155; proposes to contribute to the _Broadway Journal_, 157; sends a “letter to Matthew Trueman,” 158; which is declined, 159; sends poems and criticisms, 160; writes for _Graham’s Magazine_, 161; writes a sketch of Poe, 162; comments on Poe, 163-167; breathes the air of anti-slavery, 168; sends stanzas to _Boston Courier_, 168; his articles in _Pennsylvania Freeman_, 169, 173; visits the Davis family, 173; returns to Cambridge, 173; writes his verses _On the Capture of Fugitive Slaves near Washington_, 174; his attitude toward disunion, 175; becomes distinctly a man of letters, 176; he and Mrs. Lowell fall heirs to property, 177; his indifference to wealth, 177 and note; proposes a sojourn abroad, 178; birth of his first born, 178; his reflections before her birth, 179; contributions to _Liberty Bell_, 180; writes to Briggs about Blanche, 181; studies French, 182; discusses the suppression of Longfellow’s “Poems on Slavery,” 183, 184; his views on the education of Blanche, 185; contributes to the _London Daily News_, 186; his judgment of Garrison, 187-190; writes _Lines on the Death of Charles Turner Torrey_, 191; becomes a contributor to the _National Anti-Slavery Standard_, 193; writes to S. H. Gay on his proposed close connection with that journal, 194-200; writes his first _Biglow Paper_, 201; contributes a paper to _Standard_ on Daniel Webster, 201; becomes “corresponding editor” of the _Standard_, 202; his salary for this, 202; his _Ode to France_ his first regular contribution, 204; his article on _The French Revolution of 1848_, 204; continues the discussion, 205; his verses _To Lamartine_, 206; writes an article _Shall we ever be Republicans_, 207; his conceit of _The Sacred Parasol_, 209; the reënforcement he brought to the Anti-slavery camp, 211; is doubtful about his service, 212; writes on _The Nominations for the Presidency_, 213; writes _An Imaginary Conversation_, 215; his comment on Jefferson, 218, note; his interest in public men, 219; especially in Webster, 220; his articles on this statesman, 220-227; the poems he contributed to the _Standard_, 227, 228; his relations to the anti-slavery leaders, 228-232; accepts a modification of his connection with the _Standard_, 233; close of his engagement, 234; the part he had played, 235, 236; the worth his connection had been to him, 236; his charity toward friends and opponents, 237; begins on _A Fable for Critics_, 238; sends specimens to Briggs, 239; promises the book as a New Year’s gift, 240; advises as to publication, 241; is amused over Briggs’s disposition of anticipated profits, 243; insists upon the freedom of the gift, 244; reports progress, 245; explains origin of passage on bores, 246; finishes the book, 247; gives direction about title-page, 249: his after judgment of the poem, 252; shows his independence in it, 254; and his nature generally, 255; his _Biglow Papers_, 255; wishes he had used a _nom de plume_, 256; gives his views on the political condition which gave rise to the book, 257; his two poems suggested by Garrison and the _Liberator_, 258-260; questions the bad spelling of Hosea, 261; collects the papers into a volume, 262; proposes an external fitness, 263; writes of the success of the book, 264; discloses his personality in it, 265; writes _The Vision of Sir Launfal_, 266; his conception of his poetry, 267; is the poet of June, 269; his whist club, 271; goes to Stockbridge, 272; loses his child Blanche, 273; attempts tragedy, 274; writes to Carter at Pepperell, 274; writes to Briggs of the preparation of a volume of poems, 276; his seclusion, 280; confesses impecuniosity, 281; his effort to help Hawthorne, 283; meditates a magazine, 287; writes to Theodore Parker on contributions to the _Massachusetts Quarterly_, 288; contributes papers to the _North American_, 290; writes to Briggs respecting American society, 296; on current English writers, 297; is described in his home by Miss Bremer, 298; issues his _Poems_ in two volumes, 299; proposes _The Nooning_, 300; his views on his poetic vocation, 302; defends his sister on the Hungarian question, 304; loses his child Rose, 304; and his mother, 305; birth of his child Walter, 305; jests on the boy’s birthday, 306; plans for a year in Europe, 307; sails with his family, 309; describes voyage, 309; halts at Malta, 314; describes his life at Florence, 315; hears of his father’s illness, 316; leaves for Rome, 317; describes arrival in Rome, 318; joins English and American friends, 320; compares Roman with Lombard churches, 321; visits the Campagna, 322; describes his Christmas in Rome, 323; criticises Roman architecture, 327; comments on the people he sees, 328; describes his habit of studying pictures, 330; takes part in private theatricals, 331; writes their grandfather of his children, 334; loses his only son, 338; describes Easter Sunday, 339; his final impressions of Rome, 342; makes an excursion to Subiaco, 343; travels to Naples, 343; is in England, 345; takes passage for America, 345; makes the acquaintance on shipboard of Thackeray and Clough, 346; his opinion of Clough’s “Bothie,” 347; projects a novel, 347; abandons the attempt, 348; begins _Our Own_ for _Putnam’s Monthly_, 351; contributes _A Moosehead Journal_, 353; and _Cambridge Thirty Years Ago_, 354; interests himself in Underwood’s magazine, 355; loses his wife, 357; has dreams of her and Walter, 358; prints her poems, 359; his solitude, 361; takes comfort in his daughter, 363; engages in literary jobs, 364; spends a summer in Beverly, 365; makes the acquaintance of Stillman, 367; writes _Ode to Happiness_, 368; lectures on poetry before the Lowell Institute, 370; is appointed successor to Longfellow in the Smith professorship at Harvard, 376; goes West on a lecturing tour, 378; has a farewell dinner given him, 378; sails for Havre, 380; goes to Paris and Chartres, 380; to London, 381; settles in Dresden for autumn and winter, 381; takes lessons in German and Spanish, 382; goes to Italy in the spring, 383; returns to Dresden and to America, 381; establishes himself at Dr. Howe’s, 384; takes up his college work, 385; discourses on philology and æsthetics, 386; on the modern languages compared with the ancient as disciplinary studies, 387; the character of his teaching, 388; his interest in literature as compelling force, 389; his indebtedness to Dante, 390; his relation to students, 391; his use of object-aids, 392; his manner in teaching, 393; his indifference to academic routine, 395; the generosity of his teaching-gifts, 396; his hospitality to his students, 398; what he got from his teaching, 399; effect of academic life on productiveness, 400; second marriage, 401; comments on his wife and her family, 401, 402; goes to the Adirondacks, 404; his appreciation of wild life, 405; his attitude toward poetry, 406; asked to edit a magazine, 408; goes to dine with M. D. Phillips, 411; becomes editor of the _Atlantic_, 412; makes it a condition that Dr. Holmes shall contribute, 413; writes to Emerson on his contributions, 414; and to Whittier, 417; writes regarding terms of payment, 421; to R. G. White on anonymity, 422; compares the situation with that of a later date, 423; upon the independence of the magazine, 424; his qualifications for his post, 425; his editorial function compared with that of his successors, 427; his attitude toward contributors, 428; his weariness of his routine, 429; his regard for criticism, 430; his own work as reviewer, 432; his thoroughness, 433; his injection of fun, 434; his proposal to dictate five love-stories at once, 437; writes a Lambish letter to Captain Parker, 438; his impatience over details, 441; his respect for proof-reading, 444; his loss of spontaneity, 445; his diversion, 446; goes to club dinners, 447; his critical faculty, 449; concerned over the transfer of the _Atlantic_, 450; gives his judgment of Ticknor & Fields, 451; yields editorship of _Atlantic_ to Mr. Fields, 453; returns to Elmwood to live, 453; views on his own poetry, 454.

Writes a political paper for the _Atlantic_ jointly with Mr. Godwin, ii. 4; does not reprint it, 5; the qualities of the paper, 13; writes a paper on _American Tract Society_, 13; and two on Choate and Cushing, 14; his main contention in these papers, 16; identifies himself with Republican party, 17; prefers Seward to Lincoln, 18; his first characterization of Lincoln, 19; his uncertainty as to results, 20; writes on _The Question of the Hour_, 20; and on secession, 23; disappointed in Lincoln’s public utterances, 25; writes on the English attitude, 27; his private views on Lincoln, 29; is anxious for his nephews, 30; cannot write _Biglows_, 32; writes _The Washers of the Shroud_, 33; his refreshment in nature, 34; writes the first of the second series of _Biglow Papers_, 34; the ease with which he assumes the Yankee dialect, 35; his greater firmness in his second series, 36; the earnestness of his tone, 37; his playing at old age, 38; writes _Mason and Slidell_, 40; and _Sunthin’ in the Pastoral Line_, 41; writes his ode to the memory of Shaw, 42; his passion for freedom, 41; undertakes with Mr. Norton the editorship of the _North American Review_, 45; is whimsically indignant over the announcement, 47; writes to Mr. Motley for an article, 48; stirred to action by Mr. Norton, 49; writes on _The President’s Policy_, 50; confesses his earlier doubt about Lincoln, 50; his greater confidence in him, 51; criticises McClellan, 52; reexamines the causes of the war, 53; compares the candidates for the presidency, 55; exults in the promise of success, 57; finds expression in verso and prose, 58; forecasts reconstruction, 59; rejoices over the end of the war, 60; attacks the problem of reconstruction, 61; writes of Lincoln’s death, 62; called on to write his _Commemoration Ode_, 63; is wasted by the work, 64; comments on the structure of the ode, 66; delivers it, 69; his conception in it of Lincoln, 71; his recognition finally of Lincoln’s greatness, 72; finds in him the new American, 73; his familiar letters, 74; comments on “Miles Standish,” 75; studies Spanish, 76; makes his editing and teaching help each other, 77; edits a volume of Old Dramatists, 78, note; his loyalty to New England and America, 79; his characterization of his ancestors, 81; dines with Trollope, 82; meets with the Dante Club, 84; his relations to the whole field of intellectual life, 85; his discourses on literature, 87; his originality, 88; his personality in criticism, 89; reflex judgment on Carlyle, 89; criticises poetry in Swinburne, 92; his treatment of President Johnson, 93; his poetry carries farther than his prose, 94; entertains Cranch, 95; writes on the weather, 96; reflects on his personality, 99; makes new arrangements with the college, 100; edits Dryden, 101; considers a biography of Hawthorne, 102; writes to a friend on some points of speech, 103; writes _Fitz Adam’s Story_, 104; sends a fairy tale and poem to _Our Young Folks_, 105; writes _The Seward-Johnson Reaction_, 107; writes on Percival, 109; his views on impeachment, 109, note; finds a likeness to his own experience in Lessing, 110; his use of lecturers in his essay-work, 111; his personality in his writing, 112; reviews Longfellow’s translation of Dante, 113; his views on translations, 114; his appearance at Elmwood, 115; writes _A June Idyll_, 116; collects a volume of his poetry, 118; struggles over its title, 119; gives expression to himself in two essays, 121; is burdened with the _North American_, 122; receives congratulations on _Under the Willows_, 125; is interested in young writers, 127; writes a letter of encouragement, 129; writes on literary honesty, 131; interests himself in the letters and journals of a Virginian, 135; his sympathy with Southerners, 136; sends his daughter abroad with Mr. and Mrs. Fields, 137; is near being sent as minister to Spain, 138; writes _The Cathedral_, 139; defends his use of a word, 140; his happiness in writing his poem, 142; his hatred of debt, 143; refuses to do hack work, 144; lectures at Cornell, 145; makes the acquaintance of T. Hughes, 145; thanks R. G. White for a dedication, 146; sells part of his estate, 147; finds relief in this, 148; thanks Mr. Fields for “Yesterdays with Authors,” 149; sails for Europe with Mrs. Lowell, 150; lands in Queenstown, 151; visits Killarney, 152; and Chester, 153; is in lodgings in London, 154; makes a tour in the north, 156; and in the west, 157; joins the Nortons in Paris, 158; picks up books, 160; works at Old French, 162: has John Holmes for a companion, 163; proposes to visit London to bid the Nortons good-by, 165; is decorated with D. C. L. at Oxford, 169; _en route_ to Italy, 170; is charmed with Venice, 171; considers a return to his professorship, 172; writes _Agassiz_, 174; defends his poem, 176; goes to Rome where he is with Story, 179; at Naples, 180; returns to Paris, 181; and to London, 183; is decorated at Cambridge, 184; returns to America, 184; spends the summer at home, 186; works at Old French, 187; writes an article on Spencer, 188; writes Concord and Old Elm odes, 189; shows his patriotism in Fourth of July ode, 190; writes bitter verses for the _Nation_, 191; calls out thereby cheap wrath, 192; defends himself in a letter to Joel Benton, 193; publishes second series of _Among my Books_, 196; refers to Mr. Wilkinson’s criticism, 197; writes on Swift, 198; his interest in national politics, 200; presides at a political meeting, 201; is a delegate to Republican convention, 202; is talked of for a foreign mission, 203; gives expression to his political views, 204; is asked to run for Congress, and put on the Republican ticket as elector, 205; makes a speech at a caucus, 206; gives vent to his faith and doubts in Fourth of July ode, 212; publishes _Three Memorial Poems_, 213; goes to Baltimore with F. J. Child to lecture at the Johns Hopkins, 213; is entertained, 214; writes a sonnet to Miss Alice Gilman, 215; is urged as elector to vote for Tilden, 216; is asked to accept the mission to Austria, 217; declines and is given that to Spain, 218; meets Mr. Hayes, 219; sails with Mrs. Lowell for Liverpool, 220; his real preparation for his office, 221; his official consciousness, 223; his dislike of business, 226; arrives with Mrs. Lowell at Madrid, 227; is presented at Court, 227; finds pleasant quarters, 228; his early diplomatic duties, 229; writes of the marriage of the king, 230; witnesses a bull-fight, 234; buys books, 236; takes a two months’ leave of absence, 237; visits Constantinople, 238; writes of the Queen’s illness and death, 239; devotes himself to the study of Spanish, 241; writes of Internal affairs, 242; his opinion as to the future of Spain, 245; receives General Grant, 247; a judgement on the Spanish, 248; proposes a flying visit to America, 249; is stayed by his wife’s illness, 250; which proves nearly fatal, 251; sends a despatch on the change on ministry, 253; writes on the Cuban situation, 254; is offered the English mission, 255; is disturbed over his wife’s condition, 256; goes to London, returns to Madrid and removes his wife to England, 258; his training for the English mission, 259; a representative of American men of letters, 260; his friendly reception, 261; his championship of America, 262; in demand as an after-dinner speaker, 264; his embarrassment from his narrow means, 265; his social relations, 266; plays Romeo, 267; his official duties in connection with the assassination of President Garfield, 268; makes a brief trip after the death of the President, 270; visits Weimar, 271; joins the Fields at Venice, 272; makes a brief stay at Paris, 273; his judgment on Irish affairs, 274; describes the situation to Mr. Evarts, 277; writes on the coercion bill, 280; criticises the bill, 281; his attitude toward Irish-Americans, 282; lays down course of action, 284; corresponds with Mr. Blaine on the measures to be taken, 285; is called upon for the facts, 288; is denounced and defended at home, 289; his action recognized at home and abroad, 290; compared with Lord Granville, 291; writes to friends of his difficulties with the Irish, 292; characterized by Mr. Watts-Dunton, 293; reverts to poetry, 294; sends poems to _The Century_, 295; regrets the death of R. H. Dana, 296; has his portrait painted, 297; his perplexities in presenting his country women at court, 298; makes a speech on the unveiling of bust of Fielding, 298; is candidate for rectorship of St. Andrews, 299; withdraws his name, 300; addresses the students at St. Andrews, 301; his monomania on Jews 302; unveils bust of Longfellow, 305; receives degree at Edinburgh, 306; speaks on the newspaper, 307; analyses Wordsworth’s power, 309; his attitude toward the church, 311; his address on Democracy, 313; tenure of his diplomatic position, 316; his hesitation about leaving England, 317; is sounded about accepting a professorship at Oxford, 318; death of his wife, 319; his words respecting her, 319, 320; speaks on Coleridge, 321; returns to America, 321; makes his home for the time being at Deerfoot Farm, 322; takes up letter-writing as an occupation, 323; his dependence on women, 324; goes to Washington, 324; begins to feel his age, 325; gives an address at Chelsea, 326; is president of American Archæological Institute, 326; attends a hearing on international copyright, 326; addresses the committee, 327-332; writes an epigram on the subject, 333; makes an epigram on Gladstone, 334; his life in London, 335; is harassed by his approaching Harvard address, 337; annoyed by an interview, 337; delivers his oration at Harvard, 338; edits letters of Landor, 342; makes rhymes for Mrs. Gilder, 343, note; writes an introduction to “The World’s Progress,” 344; his need of economy, 349; his reputation, capital, 350; goes to Chicago to give an address on Washington’s Birthday, 351; gives six lectures on the Old Dramatists before the Lowell Institute, 352; sails for England in spring of 1888, 355; his life at Whitby, 356; is at work on his new volume of poems, 357; doubts about his work, 358; writes to Mrs. Bell about Feltham, 359; presides at an Authors’ Reading and discourses on American literature, 361; writes poems which reflect his deeper nature, 368; makes a slight beginning on his _Hawthorne_, 372; issues his _Political Essays_, 372; utters valedictories, 373; gives his address on _The Independent in Politics_, 374; his faith in his early ideals, 376; makes a speech before the Civil Service Reform Association, 377; goes to England in the spring of 1888, 379; attends commemoration at Bologna and receives a degree, 379; is again at Whitby, 380; his antidote to sleeplessness, 383; visits St. Ives and returns to London, 384; writes to Misses Lawrence, 384; returns to America and spends the winter in Boston, 386; visits Washington, 387; celebrates his seventieth birthday, 387; gives up writing a paper on John Bright, 388; writes on Walton, 389; makes an after-dinner speech on “Our Literature,” 390; makes a final visit to England, 391; writes _The Brook_, 393; returns to Elmwood, 393; works at a uniform edition of his writings, 394; his judgment on his early poems, 395; suffers the first severe illness of his life, 396; writes _The Infant Prodigy_, 397; receives a visit from Mr. Stephen, 398; writes of Milton, 398; and of Parkman, 399; his _Thou Spell, avaunt!_, 399; writes a birthday letter to Whittier, 400; has books dedicated to him, 401; writes of his condition to Misses Lawrence, 402; his occupation in his last days, 406; death of, 408.

Lowell, James Russell, portraits of, by Page, i. 115; the same, engraved by Hall, 354; by Sandys and Mrs. Merritt, ii. 297.

Lowell, John, founder of Lowell Institute, i. 6.

Lowell, Hon. John, grandfather of J. R. L., i. 6.

Lowell, Mabel, referred to as “Mab,” i. 234, 242; born, 274; compared with Blanche, 276; her experience on shipboard, 311; her friskiness in Rome, 328; her theological views, 334; her proficiency in Italian, 335; the consolation she gave her father after her mother’s death, 368; under charge of Miss Dunlap, 401; goes to Europe with Mr. and Mrs. Fields, ii. 137; her remark on her father, 138, note; marries Edward Burnett, 150. _See_ Burnett, Mabel Lowell.

Lowell, Maria White, _see_ White, Maria; goes with J. R. L. to Philadelphia, i. 151; improves in health, 154; writes to Mrs. Hawthorne, 155; translates from the German, 156; tells fairy tales and sings ballads, 175; comes into a share of her father’s estate, 177; gives birth to her first child, 178; contributes to _Liberty Bell_, 180; the color of her eyes, 185; advises introducing Margaret Fuller into _A Fable for Critics_, 245; thinks highly of _Sir Launfal_, 266; her frail appearance, 273; gives birth to her second child, 274; described by Miss Bremer, 298; loses her third child, 304; gives birth to her fourth, 305; goes to Europe with J. R. L., 309; describes their life in Rome, 320; loses her only son, 338; returns with J. R. L. to America, 345; her failing health, 356; her death, 357; her poetical work, 358; poems of, printed by J. R. L., 359; her likeness, 361; her influence on J. R. L., 369.

Lowell, Mary Traill Spence, afterward Mrs. S. R. Putnam, sister of J. R. L., i. 13; her intellectual force, 14; her anxiety over the _Pioneer_, 106; writes on the Hungarian question, 304; is in Dresden with J. R. L., 381; J. R. L. at the home of, ii. 322, 386.

Lowell, Percival, first of the Lowell family in America, i. 6.

Lowell, Rebecca, sister of J. R. L., i. 13; has charge of the household, 270; eccentricity of, 361; death of, ii. 150.

Lowell, Robert Trail Spence, brother of J. R. L., i. 12; his career and productions, 13, 14, note; goes boating with J. R. L., 40.

Lowell, Rose, birth and death of, i. 304.

Lowell, Walter, birth of, i. 305; his birthday commented on, 306; described, 337; death of, 338.

Lowell, William, i. 13.

Lowell Institute, origin of, i. 6; J. R. L.’s lectures before, in 1887, 133; in 1855, 370; methods of, 372, note; public censorship of, 425; J. R. L. lectures before, on Old Dramatists, ii. 332.

Lundy, Benjamin, i. 152.

Lyons, Lord, J. R. L. to, on suzerainty, ii. 294.

Lyttelton, Lady, J. R. L. to, on Irish affairs, ii. 293; a friend in time of need, 320.

McCarthy, Justin, on Irish characteristics, ii. 292.

McClellan, George Brinton, Report of, reviewed by J. R. L., ii. 51; character of, analyzed by J. R. L., 52; contrasted with Lincoln, 55.

_McClellan or Lincoln_, ii. 55.

“McFingal,” ii. 362.

McKim, James Miller, editor of _Pennsylvania Freeman_, i. 152; _Letter to_, quoted, 231; the letter a forerunner of _A Fable for Critics_, 250.

Mallock, William Hurrell, ii. 299.

Manifest Destiny, ii. 15.

Manning, Lamb’s letter to, i. 438.

“Mark Twain,” ii. 367.

Marlowe, Christopher, ii. 354.

Marvell, Andrew, J. R. L. edits the poems of, i. 364.

_Mason and Slidell_, ii. 40.

Massachusetts Historical Society, Charles Lowell secretary of, i. 9; J. R. L. a member of, 446, note; its collections the basis of an article by J. R. L., ii. 79.

_Massachusetts Quarterly Review, The_, i. 287, 288.

Mathew, Father, a great benefactor of Ireland, ii. 275.

Matthews, Cornelius, “the centurion,” i. 242.

May, Samuel, contributor to the _Standard_, i. 193.

_Memoriæ Positum R. G. Shaw_, ii. 42.

Mercedes, Queen, marriage of, ii. 230; illness of, and death, 239; J. R. L. writes a sonnet to, 240.

Merelo, Manuel, ii. 246.

Merritt, Mrs. Anna Lea, paints J. R. L.’s portrait, ii. 297.

Mexico, J. R. L. on the war with, i. 257; conquest of, J. R. L. proposes a tragedy on, 274; General Grant’s visit to, ii. 255.

Michelangelo and Petrarch compared, ii. 111.

_Middleton, Thomas, The Plays of_, i. 148.

“Midsummer Night’s Dream,” J. R. L. plays parts in, i. 331.

Mifflin, Thomas, quartermaster-general, i. 2.

“Miles Standish,” J. R. L. on, ii. 75.

_Mill, The_, i. 228, 232.

Milnes, Richard Monckton, Mrs. Procter comes to the rescue of, ii. 335.

Milton, John, his “Lycidas,” ii. 175; his “Areopagitica” introduced by J. R. L., 398.

“Minister’s Wooing,” by Mrs. Stowe, i. 412; letter about, by J. R. L., 430; reviewed by J. R. L., 449.

Minor, John Botts, journal of, ii. 135.

_Mirror, The_, i. 163.

_Misconception, A_, ii. 205.

_Mr. Hosea Biglow’s Speech in March Meeting_, ii. 94.

Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, reports J. R. L.’s visions, i. 15; takes care of J. R. L. at Bologna, ii. 379; releases him from an engagement, 386; dedicates a volume to J. R. L., 401.

Modern Language Association, J. R. L. before, i. 386.

_Moosehead Journal, A_, i. 353.

“Morning Glory, The,” i. 359.

“Mortal Antipathy, The,” i. 413, note.

Motley, John Lathrop, dines with Mr. Phillips, i. 411; his importance to the _Atlantic_, 420; J. R. L. asks him to write for the _North American_, ii. 48; representative of American men of letters at Court of St. James, 260.

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

_My Garden Acquaintance_, ii. 112; an expression of J. R. L.’s nature, 121.

_My Study Windows_, published, ii. 145.

Naples, J. R. L.’s delight in Museum at, ii. 180.

_National Anti-Slavery, Standard, The_, official paper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, i. 192; its several editors, 192; its list of contributors, 193; J. R. L.’s early relations to, 196-200; a close connection begun with it by J. R. L., 202; contributions to it by J. R. L., 203-234; its value to J. R. L., 235; compared with the _Atlantic_, ii. 3.

National literature; _see_ Literature.

Neal, John, contributor to the _Pioneer_, i. 105; his advice to, J. R. L., 108.

_Nest, The_, sent by. J. R. L. to Underwood for his magazine, i. 355; its significance, 357.

New England, J. R. L.’s early familiarity with, i. 20; its early seclusion, 88; more than a geographical division, ii. 80; what it stood for with J. R. L., 80; Puritanism in, 82.

_New England Two Centuries Ago_, referred to, i. 71; contributed to _North American_, 79; quoted, 81.

“New Portfolio, The,” i. 413 and note.

Newspapers, J. R. L. on, ii. 307.

“New Timon, The,” reviewed by J. R. L., i. 290.

Nichols, George, living in Judge Lee’s house, i. 3; his work on the _Atlantic_, 444; referred to by J. R. L. in an article, ii. 400.

_Nightingale in the Study, The_, i. 269; ii. 115.

_Nightwatches_, ii. 324.

_Nominations for the Presidency, The_, i. 213.

_Nooning, The_, proposed by J. R. L., i. 300; its contents, 301; described further, 302; wanted for a serial, 351; resumed, ii. 104.

Nordhoff, Charles, J. R. L. writes to, on the political situation, ii. 19.

Norris, W. E., a novelist liked by J. R. L., ii. 407.

_North American Review_, J. R. L.’s contributions to, in his earlier period, i. 290-293; discusses the Hungarian question, 303; J. R. L. takes the editorship of, ii. 45; its change of character, 46; J. R. L. characterizes it under the old _régime_, 48; J. R. L.’s political papers in, 49; letter to publishers of, by Lincoln, 51, note.

Northampton, a limit of Dr. Lowell’s chaise tours, i. 20.

Norton, Charles Eliot, his _Letters of James Russell Lowell_ referred to,