chapter III. A number of Willis’s letters to Miss Mitford are published in
_The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford_, from one of which the above passage is taken.
[3] It was doubtless this article which encouraged Bates in the _Maclise Portrait Gallery_ to describe Willis as a “sumph” and “N(amby) P(amby) Willis.”
[4] Mrs. Child.
[5] Not written by Willis.
[6] In a late anthology, this poem of Willis is included under the melodramatic title _Two Women_. An author’s choice of a title is almost as much to be respected as his text. In this instance, Willis’s own selection was not only much the better, but it is interesting as probably suggested to him by lines that were favorites of his in Longfellow’s translation from Uhland:--
“For, invisibly to thee, Spirits twain have crossed with me.”
[7] See also his paper on _The American Drama_, for an elaborate review of _Tortesa_, which, with all its defects, he thought the best American play.
[8] See Gill’s _Life of Poe_ for a fac-simile letter of Willis to Poe.
[9] An allusion to the interlocutors in Willis’s _Cloister_ and _Cabinet_, dialogues between the editors of the _Mirror_ in not very successful imitation of the _Noctes Ambrosianæ_.
[10] Cambridge, January 13, 1844.
[11] J. Addison Richards visited Idlewild to make sketches for his illustrated article in _Harper’s Magazine_ for January, 1858, _q. v._ for a full description of the place.
[12] Lady G. Fane and Mrs. Clifford.
APPENDIX.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
The following is a list of the first editions of Willis’s books. In a few instances these were published first in England. In such cases the London edition only is given. Most of his later works were published simultaneously, or nearly so, in England and America. In such cases only the first American edition is given. Of the various collective editions of his verse, published since 1844, only the final and most complete is mentioned, viz., the Clark & Maynard edition of 1868 (No. 29). No really complete edition of Willis’s writings has ever been printed. The first collective edition which laid claim to being complete was entitled: The Complete Works of N. P. Willis. 1 vol., 895 pp. New York: J. S. Redfield, 1846. The thirteen volumes in uniform style, issued by Charles Scribner from 1849 to 1859, form as nearly a complete edition of Willis’s prose since 1846 as is ever likely to be made.
1. Sketches. 96 pp. Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827.
2. Fugitive Poetry. 91 pp. Boston: Peirce & Williams, 1829.
3. Poem delivered before the Society of United Brothers, at Brown University, on the Day preceding Commencement, September 6, 1831, with other poems. 76 pp. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1831.
4. Melanie and Other Poems. Edited by Barry Cornwall. 231 pp. London: Saunders & Otley, 1835. The first American edition was published by Saunders & Otley, at New York, in 1837, and contained some additional pieces. 242 pp.
5. Pencillings by the Way. 3 vols. London: Macrone, 1835.
This was an imperfect edition. The first complete edition was published by Morris & Willis, in the “Mirror Library,” New York, 1844.
6. Inklings of Adventure. 3 vols. London: Saunders & Otley, 1836.
7. Bianca Visconti; or, The Heart Overtasked. A Tragedy in Five Acts. New York: Samuel Colman, 1839.
8. Tortesa; or, The Usurer Matched. A Play by N. P. Willis. New York: Samuel Colman, 1839. Nos. 7 and 8 were published in one volume in England. Two Ways of Dying for a Husband. 1. Dying to keep Him; or, Tortesa the Usurer. 2. Dying to lose Him; or, Bianca Visconti. 245 pp. London: Hugh Cunningham, 1839.
9. À l’Abri; or, The Tent Pitched. New York: Samuel Colman, 1839.
This was published as Letters from under a Bridge, together with poems, by George Virtue, in London, 1840; and under the same title, with the addition of the “Letter to the Purchaser of Glenmary,” by Morris & Willis in the “Mirror Library,” New York, 1844.
10. Loiterings of Travel. 3 vols. London: Longman, 1840. Published in America as Romance of Travel; comprising Tales of Five Lands. 1 vol. New-York: S. Colman, 1840.
11. The Sacred Poems of N. P. Willis [Mirror Library]. New York, 1843.
12. Poems of Passion, by N. P. Willis [Mirror Library]. New York, 1843.
13. Lady Jane and Humorous Poems [Mirror Library]. New York, 1844.
14. Lecture on Fashion before the New York Lyceum. New York, 1844.
15. Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil. New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co., 1845.
16. Rural Letters and Other Records of Thought at Leisure. New York: Baker & Scribner, 1849.
17. People I Have Met. New York: Baker & Scribner, 1850.
18. Life Here and There. New York: Baker & Scribner, 1850.
19. Hurrygraphs. New York: Charles Scribner, 1851.
20. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean. New York: Charles Scribner, 1853.
21. Fun Jottings; or, Laughs I have taken a Pen to. New York: Charles Scribner, 1853.
22. Health Trip to the Tropics. New York: Charles Scribner, 1854.
23. Ephemera. New York: G. W. Simmons, 1854.
24. Famous Persons and Places. New York: Charles Scribner, 1854.
25. Out Doors at Idlewild; or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson. New York: Charles Scribner, 1855.
26. The Rag Bag. A Collection of Ephemera. New York: Charles Scribner, 1855.
27. Paul Fane; or, Parts of a Life Else Untold. A Novel. New York: Charles Scribner, 1857.
28. The Convalescent. New York: Charles Scribner, 1859.
29. The Poems, Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous of N. P. Willis. Complete edition. 380 pp. New York: Clark & Maynard, 1868.
The following list includes the works, edited, compiled, and partly written by Willis, but not the various journals and magazines of which he was editor.
1. The Legendary. Edited by N. P. Willis. 2 vols. Boston: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1828.
2. The Token. A Christmas and New Year’s Present. Edited by N. P. Willis. Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1829.
3. American Scenery. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. The Literary Department by N. P. Willis, Esq. 2 vols. London: George Virtue, 1840.
4. Canadian Scenery. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. The Literary Department by N. P. Willis, Esq. 2 vols. London: George Virtue, 1842.
5. The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated by Drawings from W. H. Bartlett. The Literary Portion of the Work by N. P. Willis and J. Sterling Coyne, Esqs. London: George Virtue, 1842.
6. The Opal. New York: J. C. Riker, 1844.
7. Trenton Falls. Edited by N. Parker Willis. 90 pp. New York: George P. Putnam, 1851.
8. Memoranda of the Life of Jenny Lind. By N. Parker Willis. 238 pp. Philadelphia: Robert E. Peterson, 1851.
9. The Thought Blossom. A Memento. New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1854.
INDEX.
Aberdeen, Lord, 151, 186, 189.
Adams, John, principal of Phillips Academy, 18, 27.
Adams, William, 27, 28.
Album, The, 49.
Aldrich, T. B., 298, 336, 350.
Alger’s Life of Forrest, 316.
Allston, Washington, 91.
Amaranth, The, 101.
Amateur, The, travesties Willis, 90.
American Monthly Magazine, The, 20, 21, 51; established by Willis, 82; contributors to, 83, 84; Willis’s contributions to, 84-88; discontinuance of, 98, 99; 206, 207, 265.
American Review, The, 275.
Andover, school life at, 18-20.
Annuals, The, 77-80.
Antrobus’s, Lady, a Supper at, 159.
Appleton, T. G., 82.
Apthorp, Mrs., her seminary at New Haven, 57.
Athenæum, The, Willis’s contributions to, 164, 216, 217.
Atlantic Monthly, The, 345; reminiscences of Willis in, 351.
Atlantic Souvenir, The, 49, 77.
Aytoun, W. E., his parody of Melanie, 181.
Bailey, John, an ancestor of Willis, 4.
Baillie, Joanna, Willis’s acquaintance with, 160, 163-165, 167; 271.
Barry Cornwall. See _Procter_.
Bartlett, W. H., 128, 221, 222, 249.
Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms quotes Willis, 341.
Beattie, Dr. Wm., 97, 149, 166, 330.
Beecher, Edward, 35, 94, 95.
Belknap, Abigail, 5.
Benjamin, Mary, Willis’s engagement to, 96, 97, 140; poem to, 97, 183.
Benjamin, Park, 83, 96.
Berkeley, Grantley, his duel with Maginn, 196, 197.
Bermuda, visit to, 321.
Blackwood’s Magazine, 180, 195.
Blessington, Margaret, Countess of, Willis’s introduction to, 131, 134, 135; her receptions at Seamore Place, 137-139; her position in literature and society, 137, 138, 158, 159; her kindness to Willis, 141, 148, 156, 165, 168; letter to Willis, from, 173, 174; 151, 186, 192, 193, 237, 246, 251, 270, 283.
Bolney Priory, 283.
Bonaparte, Jerome, entertains Willis at Florence, 120.
Bonaparte, Lucien, 159.
Boston, Willis’s residence in, 10, 16, 17, 71-99; literature and society in, 83, 92, 93; Willis’s feelings toward, 99.
Boston Courier, 86, 87.
Boston Latin School, 16, 17.
Boston Recorder, established by Willis’s father, 9; his contributions to, 48, 49, 52, 71.
Boston Statesman, 89, 91.
Boston Traveller, 90.
Botta, Mrs. Vincenzo, 293.
Bowring, Sir John, 111, 119, 141, 194, 271.
Bristol Reporter, 49.
Brother Jonathan, The, Willis a contributor to, 259, 260, 262, 263; 239.
Brown, Sexton, his epitaph on Cæsar, 332.
Brown University, Willis’s poem before, 100, 104.
Bryant, W. C., 49, 217, 220, 291, 308, 310, 313.
Buckingham, J. T., 86-88.
Bulwer, E. L., 138, 141, 237.
Bushnell, Horace, 32, 33, 47.
Byron, Ada, 164, 168.
Byron, Lady, 164, 168, 216.
Cæsar, Dr. Kane’s dog, 334.
Campbell, Thomas, a dinner with, 166, 167; 149, 245.
Cape Cod, letters from, 322, 323.
Carr, Mr., offers Willis Secretaryship at Tangiers, 112.
Censor, The, 90.
Channing, W. E., 144, 216; Willis’s Sketch of, 164.
Charleville, Lady, 156, 157.
Cheney, J., 80, 81.
Child, Mrs. L. M., 80, 90, 199.
Cholera in Paris, the, 114, 115.
Christian Examiner, The, 48.
Christian Watchman, The, 49.
Christopher North. See _Wilson_.
Cincinnati Monthly Review, 216.
Citation and Examination of William Shakespeare, MS. of given to Willis, 131.
Class Day poem, 59.
Clay, Henry, 221, 242.
Clifton, Josephine, plays in Bianca Visconti, 231-233.
Colvin, Sidney, on Willis, 133.
Concord, N. H., school life at, 16.
Congdon, C. T., his Reminiscences of a Journalist quoted, 260.
Conic Sections Rebellion, 47.
Connecticut Journal, 49.
Constantinople, visit to, 126-128.
Cooper, J. F., entertains Willis in Paris, 110, 111; Willis’s defense of, 216; 136, 210, 291, 306, 351.
Cork, Dowager Countess of, 166.
Corsair, The, 227; established by Porter and Willis, 239-242; Willis’s contributions to, 243, 244, 247, 249, 253; Thackeray’s letters to, 253-256; suspends publication, 259, 260; 265.
Coughton Court, visit at, 172.
Court Magazine, The, Willis’s contributions to, 140, 154, 206.
Cox, William, 103.
Culprit Fay, The, 217.
Dalhousie, Earl of, Willis’s visit to, 149, 150, 152; letters from, 174, 190; 189.
Dalhousie, Lady, 149, 190; letter from, 191.
Dana, C. A., 63, 332.
Dana, R. H., 350.
Dawes, Rufus, 84, 91, 92.
Day, Jeremiah, 35.
De Forest, Mrs., 58.
Dewey, Dr. O. P., 308, 310.
Diary, Passages from Willis’s, 165-169.
Dickens, Charles, Willis’s acquaintance with, 264.
Disraeli, Benjamin, 138, 237, 252, 253.
Doane, G. W., 81.
Dollar Magazine, The, Willis’s editorship of, 260.
D’Orsay, Count Alfred, 75, 138, 158, 166, 237, 251.
Douglas, Francis, 8.
Douglas, Lucy, 6, 55.
Down Town Bard, lyrics by, 267.
Drake, J. R., 217, 292.
Duganne, A. J. H., his Parnassus in Pillory, 298.
Durant, Henry, Willis’s room-mate at Yale, 31, 40.
Duyckinck, Evert A., 293.
Dwight, Louis, 27, 28.
Dwight, Louisa. See _Louisa Willis_.
Eastern Argus, The, 8.
Edinburgh, visit to, 150.
Edinburgh Review, The, 118, 194.
Eglintoun Tournament, 244.
Emerson, R. W., 16, 345.
England, Willis’s arrival in, 130; residence in, 135-179; liking for, 135-137; second visit to, 243-259; third visit to, 276, 283-286.
English, T. D., 275.
Erie Canal, the trip along, 60, 61.
Europe, Willis’s life in, 107-179; influence of, on his character and writings, 107-110.
Everett, Edward, 16, 18, 167; Inklings dedicated to, 206.
Fable for Critics, A, passage from, 302.
Fane, Lady Georgiana, 246, 343, 344.
“Fanny Fern.” See _Sarah P. Willis_.
Fay, T. S., edits the Mirror, 100; his writings, 102, 103; 132, 284, 291.
Felton, C. C., 206.
Fields, J. T., 271, 332, 350.
Fishwoman’s Son, The, a parody of Willis, 304.
Flint, Rev. Timothy, 216, 217.
Florence, Willis’s residence at, 119-125.
Fonblanque, A. W., 138; offended by Pencillings, 192, 193.
Forget-Me-Not, The, 77.
Forrest, Edwin, Willis involved in his divorce suit, 307-321; assaults Willis, 312-314.
Forrest, Mrs. Edwin, _vide supra_.
Forster, John, his Life of Landor quoted, 133, 264.
Franklin, Benjamin, 6.
Franklin, Lady, 163.
Franklin, Sir John, 160.
Fraser, James, 197, 237.
Fraser’s Magazine, reviews Pencillings, 194-197.
Fuller, Hiram, 273, 276, 286.
Germany, visit to, 284, 286.
Gibson, John, teaches Willis to Sculp, 121.
Gift, the, 82, 262.
Glenmary, 32, 163, 220; description of, 223; Willis’s life at, 223-231; sale of, 263; 264, 285, 329.
Godey’s Lady’s Book, Willis a contributor to, 260-263, 266, 286; parodied in, 303, 304.
Godwin, Parke, 308-310, 313.
Goodrich, S. G., 49, 72; his impressions of Willis, 73-75, 77, 81, 89, 90.
Gordon, Duke of, visit to the, 151, 152; 186; his opinion of Pencillings, 190.
Gore House, Lady Blessington at, 156, 158, 193, 194, 252.
Graham’s Magazine, Willis a contributor to, 260-262, 266.
Gray, Dr. J. F., 330, 348.
Greeley, Horace, 293, 345.
Greene, Nathaniel, 91.
Greenough, Horatio, his friendship with Willis abroad, 110, 120, 121.
Grigsby, H. B., his reminiscences of Willis at college, 47, 48.
Grinnell, Cornelia. See _Cornelia Grinnell Willis_.
Grinnell, Hon. Joseph, 121, 287, 321, 323, 330, 340.
Grisi, Julia, a supper with, 159.
Guiccioli, Countess, 112, 119, 165, 168.
Halleck, Fitz Greene, 56, 102, 220, 264, 291.
Harding, Chester, 63, 92.
Harper’s Ferry, excursion to, 345.
Harper’s Monthly Magazine, description of Idlewild in, 332.
Harvard College, 17.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 72, 74, 80, 345.
Hildreth, Richard, 83.
Hillhouse, James, his influence on Willis, 70.
Hoffman. C. F., 292, 293.
Holmes, Dr. O. W., his recollections of Willis, 75; 271, 350, 351.
Home Journal, The, 15, 163, 215, 266; established by Morris and Willis, 287; character of, 288; Willis’s contributions to, 273, 288-290, 293, 322, 325, 328, 330, 338, 340, 342, 344; associate editors of, 296, 298, 335, 336; 304; on Edwin Forrest, 308, 311, 314, 319; 337; its circulation, 346; 347.
Howe, Dr. S. G., with Willis in Paris, 110, 111; 350.
Idlewild, 93, 307; Willis’s country seat, 326-350; description of, 326, 327, 332 _note_; naming of, 328, 329; 345-347, 349.
Imaginary Conversations, Landor’s intrusted to Willis, 131.
Independent Chronicle, The, 6, 7.
Ireland, tour of, 244-246.
Irving, Washington, 136, 140, 291; exchanges visits with Willis, 332, 333; 351.
Italy, residence in, 119-125.
Jackson, Andrew, 135, 196.
Jacobs, Harriet, 276, 350; story of her escape from slavery, 284, 285.
Jeffrey, Lord, a dinner with, 150; 194.
Jenkins, Joseph, 28, 93; marries Mary Willis, 30.
Johnson family, The, of Stratford, Conn., 55.
Kemble, Charles, 246.
Kennedy, J. P., letter from, 318; 332, 342.
Killinger, Freiherr Von, letter from, 217, 218.
Knickerbocker Magazine, The, 292.
Knickerbocker School, The, 290-293.
Ladies’ Companion, The, 157, 261.
Lafayette, Marquis of, 110.
Lamb, Charles and Mary, a breakfast with, 141.
Landon, Miss L. E., 80, 86, 184, 197, 237, 238.
Landor, W. S., Willis’s relations with, 131-135; letter from, 134; 141, 271.
Langdon, Octavus, entertains Willis at Smyrna, 128, 129.
Ledger, The, 66.
Leech, John, 165.
Legendary, The, edited by Willis, 72, 75, 80, 81.
Leigh, Augusta, 164.
Leipsic, The great fair at, 286.
Lennox, Lady Sophia, 151.
Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham, 342, 343; letter from, 344.
Linonian Society, The, 37, 41, 51; poem before 271.
Literati of New York, The, 274, 293.
Livingston, Miss Adele, visit to at Skaneateles, 62.
Lockhart, J. G., 77; his attack on Pencillings, 185-190, 193, 196, 199.
London, residence in, 137-149, 154-169.
London Literary Souvenir, 77.
London Morning Herald, 129.
London Morning Chronicle, 286, 287.
London Times, on the Willis and Marryat affair, 202, 203, 205.
Longfellow, H. W., a fellow townsman of Willis, 1-3; 10, 117, 220, 269 _note_, 350.
Lover, Samuel, 253.
Lowell, J. R., correspondence with Willis, 300, 301; his estimate of Willis, 66, 302; 350.
Lucca, Baths of, 122.
Lunt, George, 75, 83, 91.
Lyceum, The, 49.
Lynch, Miss Anne. See _Mrs. Vincenzo Botta_.
McLellan, Isaac, 20, 83.
Maclise Portrait Gallery, 196 _note_.
Macready, W. C., 253, 308.
Madden, R. R., his Life of Lady Blessington quoted, 151, 192, 245; impressions of Willis, 156, 157.
Maginn, Dr. William, reviews Pencillings, 195, 196, 199; his duel with Berkeley, 196, 197.
Malta, sojourn at, 130.
Marryat, Frederick, 89, 154, 193; his quarrel with Willis, 197-206; 234.
Marseilles, letter from, 109; adventure at, 124.
Marsh, G. P., 341.
Marshall, Emily, 62; acrostic to, 98.
Martineau, Harriet, her impressions of Willis, 142-148.
Mediterranean, Cruise up the, 125-129.
Memorial, The, 49.
Metropolitan Magazine, The, Willis’s contributions to, 140, 154, 206; its review of Pencillings, 89, 197-201.
Michell, William, 178, 179, 251.
Millingen, Dr., 128.
Mirror Library, The, 269.
Mitford, Mary R., 76, 142, 152.
Moncrieff, Lady, 150, 159.
Moore, Thomas, 141, 160, 171; his remarks about O’Connell, 186, 188, 192, 193.
Morgan, Lady Sydney, 163, 253.
Morris, G. P., editor of the Mirror, 100; his character and talents, 100-102; 110, 112, 155, 197, 206; coolness between, and Willis, 236-239; establishes The New Mirror, 265; Evening Mirror, 273; National Press and Home Journal, 286-88; Willis’s affection for, 296, 297, 347; 303, 327.
Morse, S. F. B., 110.
Motley, J. L., 82, 96.
Musical World, The, 15.
Mustapha, the perfumer, 127, 128, 213.
Nahant, 88, 92, 209, 212.
National Press, The, started by Morris, 286, 287.
Neal, John, 1, 81, 303.
New England Galaxy, The, 88.
New Haven in 1827, 37-39.
New Mirror, The, established, 265, 266; Willis’s contributions to, 266-269, 288, 308, 338; suspends publication, 272; 296, 299, 300.
New Monthly Magazine, The, Willis’s contributions to, 140, 154, 155, 161, 206, 227, 249.
New World, The, 239.
New York Albion, 259.
New York Commercial Advertiser, 306.
New York Courrier and Enquirer, 242, 307, 320.
New York Courier des États Unis, 332.
New York Evening Mirror, edited by Morris and Willis, 266, 273, 275, 286.
New York Evening Post, 291, 313.
New York Herald, on the Forrest testimony, 310, 311.
New York Mirror; Willis becomes editor of, 99; described 102, 103; Willis’s foreign correspondence in, 103, 104, 114, 115-119, 129, 130, 153, 172, 184, 185, 188, 189, 197, 201, 206, 237; Willis ceases to edit, 236; discontinuance of, 265; miscellaneous contributions to, 48, 141, 155, 193, 215, 221, 223, 231, 233, 236, 249, 261; 145, 282, 238, 256, 284, 292.
New York, literature and society in, 290-294; Willis’s residence in, 288-290, 294.
New York Spirit of the Times, 238.
Niagara, 62, 219, 221.
Norfolk Beacon, 47.
Norton, Caroline, 141, 184, 237, 253.
North American Review, The, 2, 206.
O’Connell, Daniel, 186, 188, 192.
O’Conor, Charles, 314.
Opal, The, 82, 262, 286.
Otis, Mrs. H. G., 93.
Owego, N. Y., 32, 222, 223, 225-227, 262.
Pardoe, Miss, 160, 163.
Paris, residence in, 110-115; wedding trip to, 178.
Park Street Church, 4, 11, 35, 93, 94; excommunicates Willis, 95.
Parnassus in Pillory, passages from, 298-300.
Parton, James, 296-298, 335, 336.
Parton, Mrs. James. See _Sarah P. Willis_.
Patterson, Commodore, 125, 129.
Paulding, J. K., 102, 243, 292.
Payson, Rev. Edward, 9.
Percival, J. G., 70, 80, 184, 217.
“Peter Parley.” See _S. G. Goodrich_.
Phillips, Morris, 288, 296, 297, 347, 349.
Pierpont, Rev. John, 343.
Pike, Albert, 83, 84.
Pirate, The, prospectus of, 240.
Placide, Harry, 231.
Poe, Edgar A., his relations with Willis, 273; impressions of Willis, 274, 275; 206, 217, 269, 293, 295, 296, 303.
Poniatowski, Prince, 120.
Porter, Admiral Ker, 164.
Porter, Jane, Willis’s friendship with, 160, 163-166, 170, 172, 176, 177.
Porter, Dr. T. O., letters to, 225, 234, 238, 248, 249; associated with Willis on the Corsair, 239, 240, 254, 259.
Portland, Maine, Willis’s birthplace, 1, 8, 10.
Potomac Guardian, 6, 7.
Praed, W. M., 163.
Procter, Bryan Waller, 138; edits Melanie, 180.
Pumpelly, Geo. J., 32, 223.
Quarterly Review, The, abuses Pencillings, 133, 185-191, 194, 197.
Quincy, Edmund, 350.
Ramsay, Lord, 150, 190; letter from, 174, 175.
Rand, the portrait painter, 166, 227.
Raymond, H. J., 307.
Remember Me, 82.
Republic, The, 33.
Rives, Mr., appoints Willis _attaché_, 113.
Robinson, H. C., a breakfast with, 141.
Rogers, Samuel, 149, 165.
“Roy,” Willis’s _nom de plume_, 48.
Ruth Hall, caricature of Willis in, 334-337.
Saratoga, letters from, 100; described in Inklings, 209-211; 281.
Sargent’s Magazine, 262.
Scioto Gazette, 6.
Scotland, visit to, 149-152.
Scriptural poems, origin of, 10; estimate of, 66-69.
Seamore Place, 137, 156.
Sharon Springs, letters from, 322.
Shaw, Mrs. Fanny, her friendship with Willis, 160-162, 165, 166, 170.
Shawsheen River, the, at Andover. 20-22.
Shirley Park, at Croydon, 160, 161, 169, 170, 278.
Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., 75, 80, 81, 84, 184, 261.
Silliman, Benjamin, 35, 36, 49.
Skaneateles, visit to, 62.
Skinner, Mrs Mary, her intimacy with Willis, 160; letter to, from Willis, 161-163; letter from, to Jane Porter, 176; 165, 219, 278.
Slingsby Papers, the, 63, 77, 154, 155, 207, 211.
Smith, Forbearance, 76.
Smith, Horace and James, 138, 246.
Smyrna, visit to, 128, 129.
Snelling, W. J., lampoons Willis, 88-90, 198, 199.
Stace, Mary. See _Mary Stace Willis_.
Stace, Gen. Wm., 170, 171, 243, 262.
Stanhope, Sir Leicester and Mrs., 141, 165, 166.
Staunton, Sir Geo., 156.
Stepney, Lady, 156, 246.
Steventon, Vicarage, 283, 284.
Stoddard, R. H., visits Glenmary, 228.
Stone, W. L., 81, 306.
Storm King, named by Willis, 327, 331.
Storrs, Dr. R. S., 351.
Stuart, Isaac, 28, 30.
Stuart, Lady Dudley, 159.
Sumner, Charles, 220, 343.
Susquehanna, rafting on the, 227.
Talfourd, Serjeant, 174, 249.
Taylor, Bayard, 117, 119; befriended by Willis, 298; 299, 331.
Telegraph, The, 49.
Thackeray, W. M., 215; writes for the Corsair, 253-256; his notices of Willis, 256-259; 352.
Thought Blossom, The, 82.
Throckmorton, Sir Chas., visit to, 170, 172.
Token, The, 49; edited by Willis, 72-74, 77, 80, 81.
Trenton Falls, first visit to, 62; described, 76; letters from, 322-324.
Truth: a New Tear’s Gift for Scribblers, lampooning Willis, 89.
Tupper, M. F., 165.
Undercliff, 247.
Unitarians, 11, 16, 17, 18, 32, 93.
United Brothers, Society of, poem before, 104.
United Service Gazette, The, 205.
United States, the, cruise of, 125, 129.
Upper ten thousand, the, 256, 341.
Utica, N. Y., visit to, 61.
Vail, Minister, 156.
Van Buren, John, 33, 34; engaged in Forrest suit, 34, 316; challenged by Willis, 317, 318.
Van Buren, Martin, 110, 222.
“Veritas,” letters to the Mirror, 237, 238.
Verplanck, G. C., 293.
Vienna, projected visit to, 284.
Vincent, Wm., 244, 283.
Virtue, Geo., 221, 244.
Voorhies, Mrs., 308.
Walker, Dr. J. B. F., medical reminiscences of Willis, 349.
Wallack, James, plays Tortesa, 232-234, 246.
Washington, correspondence from, 221, 222, 287; during the war, 342-346.
Washington National Intelligencer, 263, 266.
Watts, Alaric A., 77.
Webb, J. W., his attacks on Willis, 242, 307, 320.
Webster, Daniel, commends Pencillings, 119; 214.
Weld, H. H., 260.
Westminster Review, The, 111, 194.
Wheaton, Henry, 284.
Whipple, E. P., 332, 350.
Wikoff, Henry, recollections of Willis, 33, 34; 35, 37, 58, 239; his part in the Forrest case, 34, 308, 312.
Willis, Bailey, 5, 329.
Willis, Charles, 5.
Willis, Cornelia Grinnell, 121, 287, 308, 310, 316, 318, 319, 326, 343, 346.
Willis, Edith, 329.
Willis, George, 4.
Willis, Grinnell, 294.
Willis, Hannah Parker, her character and influence, 13, 14; her death, 275.
Willis, Imogen, 264, 276, 284, 288.
Willis, Julia, 15, 45, 140.
Willis, Lilian, 294.
Willis, Louisa, 28, 284.
Willis, Lucy, 19.
Willis, Mary, 30.
Willis, Mary Stace, her engagement and marriage, 170, 171, 176, 177; letter to, from Willis, 176, 177; 219-221, 228, 243, 244; her death, 276; 278.
Willis, Nathaniel, Sr., 5, 6.
Willis, Nathaniel, Jr., his education and character, 5, 7, 8, 11-13; edits three newspapers, 8-10; 17, 26, 95.
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, born at Portland, 1; ancestry, 6-10; home and school life, 11-17; at Andover, 18-30; at Yale College, 31-70; begins his literary career in Boston, 71-82; edits the American Monthly, 82-100; goes abroad as foreign correspondent of the New York Mirror, 100-106; spends five months in Paris, 110-115; a year in Italy, 119-125; half a year in a cruise up the Mediterranean, 125-130; four months more in Italy, Switzerland, and France, 130; two years in England, 130-179; marries, 177; returns to America and travels and corresponds for the Mirror, 219-222; settles at Owego, N. T., 223-238; starts the Corsair, and makes a second trip to England, 239-259; returns to America and edits Brother Jonathan, 259-263; sells his place at Owego and moves to New York, 263; edits the New Mirror, 265-272; the Evening Mirror, 273-275; loses his wife and makes a third visit to England, 276; taken ill in London, 283; makes a short visit to Germany and returns to America, 284; marries again, 287; edits the Home Journal and makes his residence in New York, 287-307; becomes involved in the Forrest divorce case, 307-319; is assaulted by Edwin Forrest, 312-314; goes on a health trip to Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Southern States, 321; buys a country home on the Hudson, 326; life at Idlewild, 329-334; spends the first year of the war at Washington, writing letters to the Home Journal, 342-346; takes lodgings in New York, 346, 347; in failing health, 347-349; dies at Idlewild, 350. _Writings_:-- Absalom, 48, 49, 66, 296. Absent, the, 155. À L’ABRI. See LETTERS FROM UNDER A BRIDGE. Albina M’Lush, 85, 90. American Literature, 216. AMERICAN SCENERY, 128, 221, 222, 244. Annoyer, the, 75, 90, 97. Bandit of Austria, the, 251. Baron von Raffloff, 85. Belfry Pigeon, the, 183. Betrothal, the, 232, 233. Better Moments, 69, 169. Beware of Dogs and Waltzing, 277. BIANCA VISCONTI, 231, 232, 234, 235, 249. Birth-Day Verses, 13, 77, 183. Born to love Pigs and Chickens, 279. Broadway, a Sketch, 262. Brown’s Day with the Mimpsons, 258. Burial of Arnold, the, 48, 59. By a Here and Thereian, 154. Cabinet, the, 299. CANADIAN SCENERY, 244, 247, 248. Captain Thompson, 85. Chamber Scene, 155. Charming Widow of Sixty, A, 265. Cherokee’s Threat, the, 39, 57, 63, 155, 207. City Lyrics, 267, 268. Cloister, the, 299. Confessional, the, 183. Contemplation, 82, 98. CONVALESCENT, THE, 330-333, 340, 343. Countess Nyschriem and the Handsome Artist, the, 277. Daguerreotype Sketches of New York, 266. DASHES AT LIFE WITH A FREE PENCIL, reviewed by Thackeray, 256; estimate of, 276-282; 262, 286, 325, 338. Death of Arnold, the. See the Burial of Arnold. Death of Harrison, the, 270. Death of the Gentle Usher, the, 85. Dedication Hymn, 97. Departed Improvisatrice, the, 242. Diary of Town Trifles, 267. Dilemma, the, 216. Divan, the, 242. Dying Alchemist, the, 105. Dying for Him. See TORTESA THE USURER. Edith Linsey, 39, 62, 63, 65, 76, 85, 88, 155, 161, 183, 212, 213, 277, 323, 324. Elms of New Haven, the, 271. Elopement, the, 84. EPHEMERA, 216, 261, 264, 276, 288, 289, 337. FAMOUS PERSONS AND PLACES, 286, 337. Fancy Ball, the, 84. Female Ward, the, 92, 279. First Impressions of Europe. See PENCILLINGS BY THE WAY. Fitz Powys and the Nun, 261. Flirtation and Fox Chasing, 277. Florence Gray, 183. Four Rivers, the, 153, 223. Fragments of Rambling Impressions, 216. F. Smith, 63, 85, 88, 92, 155. FUGITIVE POETRY, 97. FUN JOTTINGS, 337. Gallery, the, 242. Getting to Windward, 277. Ghost Ball at Congress Hall, the, 280, 281. Gipsy of Sardis, the, 127, 129, 155, 212, 213. Hagar in the Wilderness, 296. HEALTH TRIP TO THE TROPICS, A, 322. High Life in Europe and American Life, 276. HURRYGRAPHS, 322. Idle Man, the, 86. Imei the Jew, 233. Imogen and Cymbeline, 265. Incidents in the Life of a Quiet Man, 85. Incidents on the Hudson, 154, 218. Inkling of Adventure, An, 85. INKLINGS OF ADVENTURE, 178, 206; estimate of, 207-215; 217, 247, 276. Inlet of Peach Blossoms, the, 280. Invalid Letters from Germany, 286, 322. Jephthah’s Daughter, 66. Jottings, 267. Jottings Down in London, 253. Just You and I, 267. Kate Crediford, 280. LADY JANE, 260, 269-271. Lady Rachel, 277. Lady Ravelgold, 86, 167, 252. Larks in Vacation, 63, 85, 155. Lazarus and Mary, 68. Leaves from a Colleger’s Album, 76. Leaves from a Table-Book, 261. Leaves from the Heart Book of Ernest Clay, 252, 256, 277, 279. LECTURE ON FASHION, 272. LETTERS FROM UNDER A BRIDGE, 127, 132, 207, 223; estimate of, 224-231; 236, 242, 248, 249, 263, 269, 282, 302, 322, 330. Letters of Horace Fritz, Esq., 85. Letter to the Unknown Purchaser and Next Occupant of Glenmary, 263. LIFE HERE AND THERE, 325. Lines on leaving Europe, 13, 179, 236. Lines to Laura W----, 58. Log in the Archipelago, A, 130, 206. LOITERINGS OF TRAVEL. See ROMANCE OF TRAVEL. Loiterings of Travel, 153. Lookings on at the War, 342, 343. Lord Iron, 181, 182. Lost Letter Rewritten, A, 130. Love and Diplomacy, 154, 213, 277. Love in a Cottage, 268. Love in the Library. See Edith Linsey. Lunatic’s Skate, the, 17, 20, 46, 154, 218, 277. Madhouse of Palermo, the, 154. Mad Senior, the, 155. Marquis in Petticoats, the, 262. Meena Dimity, 279. MELANIE AND OTHER POEMS, 161, 164, 166, 179-181; estimate of, 181-184; 236, 270. MEMORANDA OF THE LIFE OF JENNY LIND, 324. Minute Philosophies, 88, 206. Misanthropic Hours, 52. Miss Jones’s Son, 279. More Particularly, 267. Morning in the Library, A, 88. My Adventures at the Tournament, 244. My Hobby--Rather, 154. New Year’s Verses, 71. Niagara, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence, 60, 62, 154, 212, 218. Nora Mehidy, 279. Notes from a Scrap Book, 215. Notes upon a Ramble, 85. On a Picture of a Girl, 81. On Dress, 82, 286. On the Death of a Young Lady, 57. Open Air Musings in the City, 322. OUT DOORS AT IDLEWILD, 330. Paletto’s Bride, 251. Parrhasius, 105. Pasquali, the Tailor of Venice, 85, 252. Passages from an Epistolary Journal, 253. Passages from Correspondence, 261. Paulding the Author disinterred, 242, 243. PAUL FANE, 121, 151; estimate of, 338-340. P. Calamus, Esq., 84. Pedlar Karl, 85, 154, 207. Pencil, the, 242. PENCILLINGS BY THE WAY, 85, 100, 104; estimate of, 115-119; 126, 130, 138, 152, 153, 157, 178; profits from, 184, 185; reception of, by British press, 185-199; 193, 206, 207, 213; translation of, 218; 236, 237, 249, 253, 269, 284, 298, 325. PEOPLE I HAVE MET, 256, 325. Phantom Head upon the Table, the, 278. Pharisee and the Barber, the, 17. Picker and Piler, the, 155, 227, 277. Pity of the Park Fountain, the, 268. Plain Man’s Love, A, 322. POEM DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF UNITED BROTHERS, 104. POEMS OF PASSION, 269, 275. Poet and the Mandarin, the, 280. Portrait, A, 98. Power of an Injured Look, the, 82, 262. Poyntz’s Aunt, 157, 261, 265. Psyche before the Tribunal of Venus, 81. Quarter Deck, the, 242. RAG-BAG, THE, 338. Revelation of a Previous Life, A, 278. Revenge of the Signor Basil, the, 155, 213, 277. Reverie at Glenmary, 230. ROMANCE OF TRAVEL, 236, 248; estimate of, 249-252; 276. RURAL LETTERS, 286, 322. Ruse, the, 81. SACRED POEMS, 269. Sacrifice of Abraham, the, 48, 49. Saturday Afternoon, 81, 98. SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND, 244, 247, 248. Scenes of Fear, 63, 85, 155. Scholar of Thebet Ben Chorat, the, 105. Scrap Book, the, 86. Scribblings, 86. She was not There, 169. SKETCHES, 66, 72, 73, 98. Sketches of Travel, 153, 172, 221, 247. Slipshoddities, 267. Soldier’s Widow, the, 81. Sparklings of Tenth Waves, 215. Spirit Love of Ione S----, the, 279. Spring, 236. Story writ for the Beautiful, A, 243. String that tied my Lady’s Shoe, the, 100. Substance of a Diary of Sickness, the, 88. SUMMER CRUISE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, A, 325. Tales of Five Lands. See ROMANCE OF TRAVEL. Tent Pitched, the. See LETTERS FROM UNDER A BRIDGE. Tête-à-tête Confessions, 86. Those Ungrateful Blidginses, 279. Thoughts in a Balcony at Daybreak, 155, 168. Thoughts while making the Grave of a New-Born Child, 264. Three Weeks’ Trip to the West, 341. To ----, 100. To ----, 155. To a City Pigeon, 81, 106. To a Face Beloved, 193, 236. To Edith, from the North. See To M----, from Abroad. To Ermengarde, 216, 236. To M----, from Abroad, 97, 183. To my Mother from the Apennines, 13, 183. To the Julia of Some Years Ago, 289. Tom Fane and I, 154, 207. Tom Hat, the, 82. TORTESA THE USURER, 233-235, 248, 249, 274 _note_. TRENTON FALLS, 324. Two Buckets in a Well, 2 _note_. Two Ways of Dying for a Husband. See BIANCA VISCONTI and TORTESA THE USURER. Unseen Spirits, 269. Unwritten Music, 84, 294. Unwritten Philosophy, 76, 142. Unwritten Poetry, 76, 142. Upon the Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Stanhope, 141. Usurer Matched, the. See TORTESA THE USURER. Violanta Cesarini, 250, 251. What I saw at the Fair, 286. While We hold You by the Button, 267. Widow by Brevet, the, 130. Wife’s Appeal, the, 105. Wigwam _v._ Almacks, 282.
Willis, Richard Storrs, 7, 14, 284, 298, 308, 310, 316.
Willis, Sarah P., “Fanny Fern,” 14; writes Ruth Hall, 334-337.
Wilson, John, 52; breakfast with, 150; reviews Melanie, 180, 181; 185, 189.
Winthrop, Theodore, 58, 343.
Woodworth, Samuel, 100.
Woolwich, 170, 172.
Woolsey, T. D., 35, 42.
Yale College, 17; Willis’s career at, 31-70; condition of, in 1827, 35-37; poem before, 271.
Youth’s Companion, The, established by Nathaniel Willis, 9; 49.
Youth’s Keepsake, The, 82.
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