Part 28

"Kate Bonnet," Stockton's, 135, 136

Kelly, John, 234

Kentuckians in the Northwest, 9-11

Khedive, 244

Kossuth, Louis, 297, 298

=L=

"Lady Gay," steamer, 96-98

Laffan, Wm. M., 304

Lakewood, 328-330

Language. _See_ English language

Lanier, Sidney, 262

"Last of the Flatboats, The," 185

"Late Mrs. Null," Stockton's, 135

Lathrop, George Parsons, 150

Latin, 33

Laziness, 17

Lecture system, 108

Lee, Fitzhugh, 81-84, 86

Lee, Gen. Robert E., 240

Lee family, 83

Letcher, John, 76, 91

Letters of introduction, 255-264

Lewis, Charlton T., 129, 130

Libel, 117-124, 272

"Liber Scriptorum," 285

Liberty, 296, 336

"Liffith Lank," 156

Lincoln, President, 84, 85, 334

Lindsay's Turnout, 88

Literary aspirants, 255-259

Literary criticism, anonymous, 203-205; of the _Saturday Review_, 206; ignorance displayed in, 226, 227

Literary work, 339. _See also_ Editorial writing

"Literati," Poe's, 172

Literature, place in 1840-50, 23-26

"Little Breeches," 157-159

Local independence, 1840-50, 18

Logan, Sidney Strother, 291

London, and Joaquin Miller, 173, 174

Longfellow, Henry W., 208

Longstreet, Gen., 87, 93, 94

Loomis, Charles Battell, 283

Loring, Gen. W. W., 243-247

Los Angeles, Cal., 31

Lothrop Publishing Company, 185, 263

Louisville and Cincinnati Mail Line, 30

Lowell, James Russell, 101, 106, 195

=M=

McCabe, Gordon, 267

McKane, John Y., 120

McKelway, Dr. St. Clair, 126

McKinley, President, 162

Madison, Ind., 15, 21, 36, 43, 44

Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, 13

Mallon, George B., 291

"Man of Honor, A," 151-155

"Man of Honor, A," Mrs. Stannard's, 154, 155

Manassas, 71, 78

Mann, Horace, 33

Manufactures, 1840-50, 18-20

Manuscripts for publication, 171, 172

"Manyest-sided man," 143

Marquand, Henry, 251, 290, 294

"Master of Warlock, The," 155-157

Matthews, Brander, 204, 269

Maynard, Judge, 323, 324

Mazeppa, quoted, 83, 84

Merrill, Wm. M., 312-314

Methodism and literature, 23-26

Mexican War, 243

"Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War between the States," Roman's, 237

Military prisoners, 88

Miller, Joaquin, 172-176

Mims, Fort, 183

Mitchell, Donald G., 131

Model, artist's, 274

Money, its place in Virginia, 49-52

Munroe, Capt. Kirk, 257

Moody, Dwight, 168

Morey letter, 119

Morgan Syndicate, 1895-6, 327-329

Mortar service at Petersburg, 94, 95

Moses, ex-Governor, 262-264

Myths, 47

=N=

Nadeau House, Los Angeles, 31

Napoleon, Ind., 5

Nash, Thomas, 307

_Nation, The_, 231

New Orleans, 3, 4, 96, 98, 183

New York authors in 1882, 272

New York _Commercial Advertiser_, 251, 286-292

New York _Evening Sun_, 304

New York _Evening Post_, 68, 129, 131, 137, 140, 142, 143; character under Bryant and Godwin, 187-189; G. C. Eggleston literary editor, 192-194; use of English, 209-213; book reviews, 217, 218; Godwin editor, 227; writers, 228; change of ownership, 230

New York _Graphic_, 180

New York _Herald_, 162

New York _Independent_, 100, 107, 110

New York _Sun_, 291, 301, 304

New York _Times_, 101

New York _Tribune_, 105, 129, 159, 164, 165

New York _World_, 120, 121, 122, 185, 291, 292, 303-331

Newspaper book reviews, 217

Newspaper correspondents, 245-247

Newspaper illustration, 179, 180

Newspaper libel suits, 117-124

Newspapers, character, 189; earlier methods, 300-303; revolution in conducting, 303; emergency problems, 313-315; power in politics, 327-332

Nicoll, De Lancy, 122

Nineteenth Century Club, 296

_North American Review_, 223

Novels _See_ Fiction, Scott. Dime novel

=O=

Occultism, 60-66, 299

"On March," Mrs. Stannard's, 155

O'Rell, Max, 287, 282

Osgood, James R., 306, 307

=P=

_Pall Mall Gazette_, 188

"Paul, John," 285

Personalities in newspapers, 189

Petersburg, 94-98

Philp, Kenward, 116-119

Piatt, Donn, 315-319

"Pike County Ballads," 157-159

Piracy, of American publishers, 231, 232; of English publishers, 233

Plagiarism, 137-144; Stockton on, 137, 138; Franklin on, 139

Planter's life in Virginia, 50-53

Plaquemine, 248-251

Platt, Tom, 319

Pocotaligo, 87

Poe, Edgar Allan, 100-102, 172, 207

Poetic ambition, 44, 45

Poetry, bad, 199-202, 205, 206; genuine, 221

Political corruption, 124-126, 334, 335

Political prescience, 326

"Poor Whites" in the Northwest, 11, 12

Potter, Bishop, 283, 284

Poverty in Indiana, 1840-50, 13

Preachers, stories of, 158, 162, 166, 167

Predicting election results, 326

Press. _See_ Newspapers, Journalism

"Prince Regent," 67, 68

_Princeton Review_, 296

Printers. _See_ Compositors, Copy

Prisoners, military, 88

Progress, 75, 76

Prohibition, 296

Proof-reading, 241-243

"Proverbial Philosophy," Tupper's, 208, 209

Provincialism of American literature, 269-271

Publishing, uncertainties, 254

Pulitzer, Joseph, 214, 303-305, 308, 311, 312, 314, 319-331

Punctuation, serious result of error, 238, 239

Putnam, George Haven, 147, 184

Putnam, George P., 146, 171

"Putnam's Handy Book Series," 136, 147

_Putnam's Monthly_, 101, 171

=R=

Radicalism after Civil War, 108

Railroad Iron Battery, 95, 96-98

Railroads, early, in the West, 20-22, 26, 27, 32-34

Randall, James R., 261, 262

Raymond, Henry J., 101

"Rebel's Recollections," 148-150, 240

Reid, Whitelaw, 143, 159, 164

"Reirritation," 213

Religious intolerance, 1840-50, 26

Restfulness of life in Virginia, 48, 49

Reviewing. _See under_ Book

Revision of manuscript, 341

Revivals, 168

_Revue des Deux Mondes_, publishes "Hoosier Schoolmaster," 145

Rhodes, James Ford, 334

Richmond, Arthur, 316, 317

Richmond, Va., 67, 68, 69, 84, 85

Riddel, John, 42, 43

Riker's Ridge, 35-45

Ripley, George, 167

"Rise and fall of the Confederate Government," Davis's, 164, 165

Ritchie, Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt, 67

"Robert E. Lee," steamer, 161

Roman, Col. Alfred, 237

Roman Catholicism. _See_ Catholicism

Roosevelt, Dr., 294

"Rudder Grange," Stockton's, 136

Russell, Charles E., 290

"Ruth," yacht, 295

=S=

St. Louis newspapers, 327

_St. Nicholas_, 132, 183

"St. Twelvemo," 156

Sanborn, Frank B., 150

_Saturday Review_, 206

Schools and school-teaching, 1850, 32-34, 45; Western, 1840-50, 10, 11

Schurz, Carl, 208, 230, 332-337

Scotch-Irish, 9

Scott's novels, 275

Scott, Gen., 243, 244

Sexes, relations in Virginia, 53-59

Shakespeare, 220, 221

Shams of English society, 215-217

Sherman, Gen., his March to the Sea, 280; quoted, on war, 80

Shiloh, battle, 238

"Shiveree," 14, 15

"Shocky," 41

Shooting, 14-16

Sidney, Sir Philip, 224, 225

Sieghortner's, 274

"Signal Boys, The," 183

"Skinning," 139, 144

Sloane, Dr. Wm. M., 296

Smith, Ballard, 309

Social conditions, 1840-50, 18-20

"Solitary Horseman," 67

"Son of Godwin, The," 220

"Song of Marion's Men," Bryant's, 196

_Southern Literary Messenger_, 68

Spanish-American War, 81

Sperry, Watson R., 191, 193, 208, 209

_Springfield Republican_, 208

Stannard, Mrs., 154, 155

Stapps, the, 8

Steamboats, 1850, 30

Stedman, E. C., 143, 144, 177, 178, 262

Stephens, Alexander H., 223

Stevens, Judge Algernon S., 8

Stewart, A. T., 121, 122

Stockton, Frank R., 133-139, 281, 283

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 202, 261, 262

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 131

"Stranded Goldbug," 251

Stuart, J. E. B., 70, 71, 77, 78, 81

Sullivan, Judge Algernon S., 8

Sumter, Fort, 164

_Sun, The._ _See under_ New York

Supernatural. _See_ Occultism

Surnames in fiction, 156

"Surrey of Eagle's Nest," 69

Swinton, William, 244

=T=

Tariff. _See_ Free trade and protection

Taylor, Judge, of Madison, 15

Temperance, 104, 112. _See also_ Prohibition

Tennyson, 143-145, 218

"Thanatopsis," Bryant's, 221, 222

Thompson, John R., 67, 68, 190

Thompson, Wm. Gilman, 294

Tilden, Samuel J., 228

Tilden-Hayes controversy, 332

Tile Club, 274, 275

Tilton, Theodore, 99, 100, 107-116, 125, 129, 259

_Times, The._ _See under_ New York

Titles, book, 154-157

Travel, 1840-50, 20, 21, 28-30

_Tribune, The._ _See under_ New York

"Tristram Shandy," saves life, 80

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 208, 209

Tuttle, Dr., 294

Twain, Mark, 150, 160, 259, 265, 281

Tweed, Wm. M., 226

=U=

_Union_, Brooklyn. _See under_ Brooklyn

United States, lack of nationality, 1840-50, 6, 7

United States Government, bond issue, 1895-6, and the N. Y. _World_, 327-331; departments, 235, 236

United States Treasury, 327-331

=V=

Vevay, Ind., 2, 18

"Victorian Poets," Stedman's, on Tennyson's plagiarism, 143, 144

Virginia, home of the Egglestons, 46; life in, 48, 49, 72; present conditions, 73-76; in the Civil War, 76, 77

"Virginia Comedians, The," 69

Virginian English, 59

"Virginians, The," society, 82

Voice, Virginia girls', 59

=W=

Walker, Gen. Lindsay, 87

Wappoo Cut, 86

War, 70, 71, 80, 81

War correspondents, 244, 245

Warlock, Mr., 155-157

Warner, Charles Dudley, 283

Washington executive departments, 235, 236

Wason, Rev. Hiram, 8

Wass, Jerome B., 127

Waste, saving, 52

Webb, Charles Henry, 156, 285

Wedding customs in Indiana, 1840-50, 14, 15

West, the, homogeneity in eighteen-forties, 7; most representative of the country, 7, 27; remoteness, 1840-50, 4, 5

White, Horace, 230

White, Richard Grant, 222-225, 274

Wickham, Williams C., 77

"Wild Western Scenes," Jones's, 275

Wilderness, 93

Will, story of a, 61, 62

Williams, Timothy Shaler, 290

Willis, N. P., 68

Winter, John Strange, 154, 155

Wise, Henry A., 77

Wister, Mrs., 142

Women, deference to, 56, 57; in Virginia, 53-59

_World, The._ _See under_ New York

"Wreck of the Redbird, The," 184, 185

Wright, Henry, 291

=Y=

Yachting, 294

Yerger, E. M., of Jackson, Miss., 105

Yerger, Judge E. M., of Memphis, Tenn., 105

Youmans, Dr., 274

=Z=

Ziegenfust, Mr., 247, 248

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