MARCH to AUGUST, 1906
NEW YORK
THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY, Publishers
175 FIFTH AVENUE
1906
INDEX TO VOLUME I.
NOTE.—For titles of stories, see the "[Fiction]" index; for titles of poems, the "[Poetry]" index. The "[General Index]" contains all other references that the reader is likely to require, including names of authors, titles of articles and departments, and all leading subjects treated in THE SCRAP BOOK.
FICTION.
Box Tunnel, The, by Charles Reade, [74].
Captain Obstinate (anonymous), [360].
Chops the Dwarf, by Charles Dickens, [543].
Con Cregan's Legacy, by Charles Lever, [137].
Course from Trimalchio's Dinner, A, by Gaius Petronius, [527].
Descent into the Maelstrom, A, by Edgar A. Poe, [17].
Devil and Tom Walker, The, by Washington Irving, [57].
Doomed to Live, by Honoré de Balzac, [397].
Fight with a Cannon, A, by Victor Hugo, [491].
First Piano in Camp, The, by Sam Davis, [509].
Gridiron, The, by Samuel Lover, [33].
Mr. Caudle Lends Five Pounds, by Douglas Jerrold, [143].
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An, by Ambrose Bierce, [111].
Rivals, The, by Benson J. Lossing, [127].
Stolen Letter, The, by Wilkie Collins, [272].
Tapestried Chamber, The, by Sir Walter Scott, [212].
Tournament Scene from "Ivanhoe," by Sir Walter Scott, [351].
POETRY.
Abide With Me, [269].
Abou Ben Adhem, [94].
Ahkoond of Swat, The, [141].
American Flag, The, [466].
America's First Great Poem, [172].
Angler's Chant, The, [242].
Annabel Lee, [164].
Anthology of the Links, An, [552].
"Auto" Idyl, An, [303].
Baseball Bards "On Deck," [178].
Battle of the "Yatches," The, [557].
Better Luck Another Year, [48].
Bivouac of the Dead, The, [254].
Boss, The, [221].
Boy Who Keeps the Bats, The, [178].
Brahma, [508].
Byron on Woman, [31].
Carmen Bellicosum, [434].
Casey at the Bat, [179].
Casey's Revenge, [526].
Castle Yesterday, [69].
Changes, [221].
Church Porch, The, [155].
Cold-Water Man, The, [242].
Compensation, [221].
Correction, A, [222].
Dying Shoemaker, The, [141].
Easter Gossip, [221].
England and America, [454].
Equality, [31].
Evolution, [184].
Exile, An, [389].
Famous Love Poems, [318].
Fantom of the Links, The, [552].
Fate, [87].
Feast of Auto Song, A, [302].
Feminine Arithmetic, [153].
Field's Appreciation, [235].
Fighting Race, The, [390].
Fishin'? [415].
Fish Lines, [243].
Flag Goes By, The, [454].
Fragment, A, [222].
Friend of My Heart, The, [47].
Friends, [47].
Furtheruptown, [233].
Gather Ye Rosebuds, [262].
Glory of Failure, The, [416].
Golf in Cactus Center, [552].
Good-by, Bret Harte, [357].
Greeley on Journalism, [305].
He Bided His Time, [302].
He's None the Worse for That, [48].
Household Gods in Transit, [233].
How Punsters Smite the Lyre, [141].
"Hullo!" [48].
Independence Bell, [454].
Independence Day Rhymes, [454].
Isle of the Long Ago, The, [362].
Ivy Green, The, [154].
I Want to Go to Morrow, [141].
Kelly and Burke and Shea, [390].
Kipling's Lyric to Lies, [484].
Last Leaf, The, [32].
Last Word, The—Poet to Poet, [357].
Lead, Kindly Light, [268].
Light, [305].
Lines on a Skeleton, [522].
Little Church 'Round the Corner, The, [358].
Little Gems from Tennyson, [132].
Long Ago, [69].
Lord Byron's Riddle, [462].
Lost Ball, The, [552].
Lost Grip, The, [553].
Love, a Sonnet from the Portuguese, [542].
Love, the Illusion, [304].
Lyric to Lies (Rudyard Kipling), [484].
Moving Ballad, A, [233].
My Aunt, [313].
My Lady on Parade, [312].
Night and Death, [456].
Oh, Breathe Not His Name, [125].
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud? [27].
Old Enthusiast, The, [178].
Omar for Ladies, An, [312].
On His Blindness (Milton), [405].
Opportunity, [26].
Original Grafter, The, [56].
Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al, The, [84].
Passionate Shepherd to His Love, The, [318].
Paying the Piper, [30].
Pity the Blind! [387].
Poems by Dickens and Thackeray, [154].
Poems of Good-Fellowship, [47].
Pre-Easter Philosophy, [174].
Prejudice, A, [455].
Recessional, [482].
Regrets, [313].
Republic, The, [455].
Rescued Poem, A, [184].
Resignation (Paul Laurence Dunbar), [305].
Rhymes by the Bards of Graft, [56].
Scott on Woman, [416].
Seven Ages of Graft, [56].
Shakespeare on Woman, [31].
She Felt of Her Belt, [312].
Shelley on Children, [63].
Short Story of Speed, [303].
Song of the Automobile, [303].
Star-Spangled Banner, The, [422].
Thanatopsis, [172].
Things to Forget, [47].
Three Fishers, [243].
Tips for Authors, [152].
To Althea from Prison, [319].
Two Immortal Hymns, [268].
Two Zuzim, The, [519].
Uncle Henry on the Passing of the Horse, [302].
Via Solitaria, [165].
Village Smithy, The, [415].
Washerwoman's Song, The, [142].
What He Got Out of It, [416].
What the Choir Sang, [312].
Whatchy Goin' t' Gimme? [56].
What They Call It, [303].
When Adam Was a Boy, [69].
When Maclaren Foozled Out, [553].
When Paw Was a Boy, [415].
When the Muse Cuts Bait, [242].
When We Old Boys Were Young, [69].
Whittier's Tribute, [235].
Wordsworth on Woman, [416].
Yankee's Return from Camp, The ("Yankee Doodle"), [465].
GENERAL INDEX.
A
Acting, Richard Mansfield on, [381].
Actors, careers of, [64], [166], [263], [371], [457], [537];
superstitions of, [28].
Actual Height of Sea Waves, The, [177].
Adams, John, death of, [259]; last words of, [295];
grave of, [486].
Adams, John Quincy, and his mother, [308];
elected President, [258];
death of, [432];
last words of, [295];
grave of, [487].
Adams, Maude, career of, [457];
story told by, [304].
Adeler, Max, [89].
Aden, annexation of, [340].
Advertisement, curious, of 1875, [296].
Afternoon dress, [71].
Age, how to tell, [133].
Age of the Earth, The, [551].
Air-Ship, development of the, [107].
Alamo, the, massacre of, [339].
Aleppo destroyed by earthquake, [257].
Alfieri, Vittorio, death of, [43].
Algiers captured by the French, [260].
Allen, Viola, career of, [266].
Allin, L.C., invents friction matches, [525].
All Kinds of Things, [120], [227], [323], [449], [513].
Allston, Washington, death of, [430].
Aluminum, discovery of, [259].
Ambergris, value of, [519].
America's Cup, the, first race for, [531], [557].
Amiens, peace of, [42].
Ampère, André, death of, [339].
Anachronisms in art and literature, [325].
Anecdotes of Authors, [241].
Anglin, Margaret, career of, [66].
Animals, longevity of, [521];
remarkable endurance of, [123].
Annapolis, see [United States Naval Academy].
Anthracite coal, first use of, [45].
April, traditions of, [188].
Aries, zodiacal sign of, [187].
Ariosto, Ludovico, [174].
Arithmetical signs, origin of, [232].
Arnold, Sir Edwin, [363].
Arnold, Thomas, death of, [430].
Arthur, Chester A., grave of, [490].
Ashburton, Lord, death of, [432].
Ashburton Treaty, negotiation of, [429].
Aspden, Joseph, invents Portland cement, [1824].
Asphalt, introduction of, as a pavement, [246].
Astor, John Jacob, and his mother, [311].
Astor Library, opening of, [533].
Astrology, traditions of, [85].
Athens, captured by Turks, [259].
Audubon, J.J., death of, [531].
Auerstadt, battle of, [44].
August, traditions of, [560].
Aungerville, Richard (Richard de Bury), on Books, [281].
Austerlitz, battle of, [44].
Australia: discovery of Gold, [531].
Status of women, [55].
Austria: Ferdinand I, accession of, [339];
abdication of, [432].
Francis I, death of, [339].
Francis Joseph, accession of, [432].
Hungary, rebellion of (1848-1849), [432], [433].
Vienna captured by the French (1805), [44].
War with France (1800), [41].
War with France (1805), [44].
War with France (1809), [46].
War with France (1859), [535].
Authors, poor conversationalists, [317].
Avebury, Lord, on militarism, [5].
Average Ages of Animals, The, [521].
Ayacucho, battle of, [257].
B
Bacheller, Irving, anecdote of, [241].
Bachelors, famous, [156].
Badajos, stormed by British under Wellington, [159].
Balliet, T.M., on technical training, [98].
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, opening of, [260].
Balzac, Honoré de, [397];
on women, [346];
death of, [433].
Banquet, Roman, description of, [527].
Bantry Bay, mutiny in, [43].
Baroda, Gaekwar of, visits the United States, [551].
Barr, Matthias, [31].
Barrett, Lawrence, and Wilton Lackaye, [263].
Barrows, Samuel J., on the indeterminate sentence, [195].
Bates, Blanche, career of, [166].
Battles fought in June, [330].
Bear-hunting, Theodore Roosevelt on, [341].
Beaumont and Fletcher, [174].
Beaux and Gallants of Former Days, [525].
Beethoven, Ludwig van, [259];
celibacy of, [158];
last words of, [295].
Beginnings of Stage Careers, The, [64], [166], [263], [371], [457], [537].
Beginnings of Things, The, [183], [524].
Behavior Book, The, [497].
Belasco, David, and Mrs. Carter, [67].
Belgium: Curious English from, [121].
Leopold I called to Belgian throne, [337].
Separation from Holland, [260].
Bell, Alexander Graham, career of, [413].
Bellew, Kyrle, career of, [169].
Bennett, H.H., [454].
Bennett, James Gordon, career of, [208].
Béranger, Pierre Jean de, death of, [534].
Berlin captured by Napoleon (1806), [44].
Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste, see [Sweden], Charles XIV of.
Berry, Duc de, assassination of, [163].
Berzelius, Jons, death of, [432].
Bewick, Thomas, death of, [260].
Beyle, M.H. ("Stendhal"), death of, [429].
Bible, parallels between Shakespeare and, [134];
various editions of, [134].
Bierce, Ambrose, [111].
Billion, time needed to count a, [453].
Birds, ages of, [453].
Bismarck, Prince Otto von, love-letter of, [110].
Björnson, Björnstjerne, foible of, [180].
Bladensburg, battle of, [161].
Blaine, James G., early career of, [331].
Blake, William, death of, [259].
Blindness, Helen Keller on, [387];
R.W. Gilder on, [387].
Blind People Who Won Fame, [405].
Blood, circulation of, [122].
Blücher, Gebhard L. von, invades France, [160];
defeated at Ligny, [161];
death of, [163].
Blue Laws in Old New England, [251].
Boardman, George Dana, anecdote of, [222].
Bolivar, Simon, death of, [260].
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, career of, [550].
Bonaparte, Jerome, visits America, [549];
marries Elizabeth Patterson, [44];
becomes King of Westphalia, [44];
is dethroned, [160].
Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Naples, [44];
King of Spain, [45];
residence in America, [549];
death of, [430].
Bonaparte, Letizia, death of, [340].
Bonaparte, Louis, King of Holland, [44];
death of, [431].
Bonaparte, Lucien, death of, [340].
Books, earliest printed, [524];
eaten by their authors, [500];
John Morley on, [102];
Richard de Bury on, [281];
smallest and largest, [116];
rejected books that proved successful, [136].
Borodino, battle of, [159].
Boston, railroad stations in, [182].
Bourdillon, Francis W., [305].
Bozzaris, Markos, gallantry of, [258];
last words of, [295].
Brady, William A., and Wilton Lackaye, [264].
Brazil, foundation of the empire of, [45];
separation from Portugal, [257];
first railroad in, [533].
Breeches Bible, The, [134].
Breese, Edmund, career of, [371].
Britt, J.E., as an actor, [38].
Brooks, Phillips, last words of, [295].
Brotherhood of man, the, Dr. Parkhurst on, [387].
Brothers, eulogies on, [170].
Brothers to Sisters, [234].
Brown, Henry B., justice of United States Supreme Court, retirement of, [470].
Brown, John, execution of, [535].
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, [542].
Browning, Robert, foible of, [180].
Brummel, Beau (George Bryan), death of, [340].
Brunel, Isambard K., death of, [536].
Bryant, William Cullen, [172].
Buchanan, James, inauguration of, [535];
grave of, [489].
Buckingham, Duke of (1592-1628), gorgeous costumes of, [525].
Buckwheat, origin of, [183].
Buena Vista, battle of, [431].
Bug Bible, The, [134].
Bulls in Parliament, [244].
Bulwer-Clayton treaty, negotiation of, [433].
Bunker Hill, Webster's speech on, [283].
Bunner, Marion Y., [85], [187], [282], [376], [468], [560].
Bunsen, Baron von, death of, [536].
Burnand, Sir Francis C., editor of "Punch," [101].
Burns, John, career of, [411].
Burr, Aaron, trial and acquittal of, [45];
death of, [339].
Burritt, Elihu, career of, [518].
Burroughs, John, story told by, [88].
Burton, Frederick R., on the American Indians, [384].
Burton, Robert, [174].
Butler, Nicholas Murray, on the value of a college career, [98].
Butler, Samuel, [174].
Byron, Lord, [462];
death of, [258];
last words of, [295];
on woman, [31].
C
Calhoun, John C., death of, [433].
California, occupied by Fremont, [431];
gold discovered in, [432];
pioneer journalism in, [327].
Camera-obscura, invention of, [183].
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, on the tariff question, [5].
Canada: Development of, [285].
Railroad, first, opening of, [339].
Rebellion of 1837, [339].
Relations with the United States, [286].
Status of women in, [55].
Cancer, zodiacal sign of, [468].
Canning, George, death of, [259].
Cannon, Joseph G., on public life, [474].
Canova, Antonio, death of, [257].
Cape of Good Hope ceded to the British, [160].
Cards, symbolism of, [556].
Carlyle, Thomas, sketch of, [175].
Carnegie, Andrew, and spelling reform, [194].
Carroll, Charles, death of, [338].
Carroll, Lewis, see [Dodgson, Charles L].
Carter, Mrs. Leslie, career of, [67].
Cassatt, Alexander J., career of, [150].
Castelmary, Signor, death of, [200].
Castle, Henry A., on the humors of the postal service, [227].
Castlereagh, Viscount, suicide of, [257].
Cat, the, mysterious characteristics of, [480].
Catholic Emancipation Act, [260].
Cato, Marcus Porcius, [368].
Caxton Memorial Bible, the, [134].
Chalmers, Thomas, death of, [432].
Chamfort, Sebastien R.N., on happiness, [119].
Chance as a factor in inventions, [245].
Chapin, Benjamin, career of, [460].
Chapter on Puns, A, [315].
Chartist movement, [338];
petitions rejected, [429], [432].
Chateaubriand, François René de, death of, [432].
Check written on pine shingle, [124].
Cherubini, Luigi, death of, [429].
Chesapeake, United States frigate, encounter with the Leopard, [45];
captured by the Shannon, [160].
Chess, popularity of, at Strohbeck, [450].
Chesterfield, Lord, last words of, [295].
Chevrial, Baron, Richard Mansfield as, [65].
Chicago organized as a town (1831), [337].
Chicago, University of, development under President Harper, [10].
Chile, independence declared by, [163].
Chillianwalla, battle of, [433].
China: Awakening of, [6], [388].
America's opportunity in China, [294].
Chinese Commissioners in the United States, [108].
Taiping rebellion, [433].
China: Taou-Kwang, Emperor, death of, [433].
Chivalry, Southern, decay of, [384].
Choate, Joseph H., tribute to Franklin, [81].
Choate, Rufus, death of, [535].
Chopin, Frederick, anecdote of, [79];
death of, [432].
Churchill, Charles, [174].
Churchill, Winston, on tariff question, [5].
Cibber, Colley, [174].
City and Country Life, [105].
Clark, J.S., anecdote of, [152].
Clark, Marguerite, career of, [459].
Clarke, Joseph I.C., [390].
Clarkson, Thomas, death of, [431].
Classics from Carlyle, [175].
Clay, Henry, death of, [532].
Clemens, Samuel L., see [Twain, Mark].
Cleveland, Grover, on doctors and patients, [106].
Clinton, Sir Henry, letter to Sir John Burgoyne, [516].
Cloud, Virginia Woodward, [30].
Cobb, Colonel, speech of, [427].
Cobbett, William, death of, [339].
Coeducation: G. Stanley Hall on disadvantages of, [9];
David Starr Jordan on benefits of, [196].
Foundation of first coeducational college, [532].
Coincidence in a Paris court, [120].
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, death of, [339].
College career, value of a, [98].
Collingwood, Admiral, [43].
Collins, Wilkie, [272].
Cologne, first use of, [183].
Colt, Samuel, career of, [503].
Columbus, Christopher, misled by birds, [326];
last words of, [295].
Commander, Lydia Kingsmill, [51].
Comte, Auguste, death of, [534].
Conde, Prince of, precocity of, [392].
Coné, Joe, [303].
Congress first meets in Washington, [42].
Connaught, Duke of, visits America, [550].
Conscience Fund of the United States Treasury, [223].
Constitution, United States frigate, sinks the Guerrière, [159].
Cooper, Sir Astley, death of, [429].
Cooper, James Fenimore, death of, [531].
Copenhagen, battle of, [42].
Corbett, James J., as an actor, [38].
Corelli, Marie, anecdote of, [241].
Cork, first use of, [183].
Corn, R.J. Oglesby's speech on, [369].
Corn Laws, controversy over, [429];
repeal of, [431].
Corn-mills, first records of, [183].
Cotton-mills, work and wages in, [378].
"Counsels and Ideals," by Dr. William Osler, [8].
Cowper, William, [174];
death of, [42];
last words of, [295].
Crabbe, George, death of, [338].
Craigie, Mrs. (John Oliver Hobbes), on coeducation, [9].
Crane, Winthrop M., career of, [410].
Crawford, F. Marion, anecdote of, [80];
foible of, [180].
Creating Wealth from Waste, [201].
Crimean War, [532], [533].
Cromwell, Oliver, love-letter of, [110];
last words of, [295].
Cunningham, Allan, death of, [430].
Cuvier, Georges, death of, [338].
D
Daguerre, Louis J.M., perfects the daguerreotype process, [183];
death of, [531].
Dalton, John, death of, [430].
Daly, Augustin, and Wilton Lackaye, [264].
Damascus, antiquity of, [301].
Dantzig captured by the French, [45].
Darling, Grace, heroism of, [340].
Darrow, Clarence S., on public ownership, [11].
Darwin, Charles, foibles of, [180].
Daskam, Josephine D., [312].
David, Jacques Louis, death of, [258].
Davies, Acton, criticism of Margaret Anglin, [66].
Davis, Sam, [509].
Davy, Sir Humphry, inventions of, [43];
death of, [260].
De Bury, Richard, on books, [281].
Decatur, Stephen, exploit in harbor of Tripoli, [43];
captures the Macedonian, [159];
captured by the British, [161].
Decoration Day, 1868-1906, [250].
Definitions of "A Friend," [70].
Definitions of "Home," [481].
De Kay, Charles, on industrial arts, [100].
Delaroche, Paul, death of, [534].
De Quincy, Thomas, death of, [536].
Descartes, René, celibacy of, [156].
Detroit surrendered to the British, [159].
Diary of an Old Maid, The, [220].
Dickens, Charles, [154], [543]; foible of, [180];
relations to Wilkie Collins, [272].
Diet, Dr. Woods Hutchinson on, [289].
Dillon, E.J., on Nicholas II of Russia, [237].
Dingaan's Day, [339].
Dinners That Consisted of Books, [500].
Discovery of Niagara, the, [364].
Disraeli, Benjamin (Lord Beaconsfield), becomes chancellor of the exchequer, [532];
foibles of, [180];
anecdote of, [559].
D'Israeli, Isaac, death of, [432].
Diving-bell, first record of, [183].
Doctors and patients, relation of, [106].
Dodgson, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll), on feeding the mind, [379].
Dog, Senator Vest's eulogy on the, [93].
Donizetti, Gaetano, death of, [432].
Dow, Neal, [395].
Doyle, Sir A. Conan, peculiarities of, [180].
Drake, Sir Francis, celibacy of, [158].
Drake, Joseph Rodman, [466].
Drama, Otis Skinner on the, [293].
Dred Scott decision, [534].
Dresden, battle of, [160].
Dress for All Occasions, [71].
Dress, gorgeous, of old-time courtiers, [525].
Dudley, Bide, [178].
Duluth, Proctor Knott's speech on, [320].
Dumas, Alexandre, the younger, foible of, [180].
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, [305].
Dust, explosions caused by, [323].
E
Earth, age of, [551].
East, William, manufactures first tinted paper, [245].
Eastman, Dr. Charles A., on the American Indians, [385].
Eaton, General, defeats Barbary pirates, [44].
Ector, Sir, to Sir Launcelot, [170].
Edeson, Robert, career of, [373].
Edgeworth, Maria, death of, [433].
Edison, Thomas A., anecdotes of, [79], [270].
Edwards, Elisha J., [13].
Edwards, Henry Sutherland, recollections of, [121].
Eggs, nourishment contained in, [124].
Egypt: End of French campaign in (1801), [42].
Mamelukes, massacre of, [159].
Mehemet Ali, campaign against Turkey, [338].
Ptolemy Philadelphus erects the first lighthouse, [524].
Electricity, studied by Franklin, [82].
Electro-magnet, discovery of, [183].
Elephant, the longevity of, [521].
Elinora, the encounter with natives of Tahiti, [247].
Eliot, Charles W., on William R. Harper, [11];
on the penalties of wealth, [97].
Ellenborough, Lord, anecdote of, [304].
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, [508].
Emmet, Robert, career of, [43], [125];
speech of vindication, [125].
Empire State Express, the, [181].
England, see [Great Britain].
Erie Canal, construction of, [162];
opening of, [258].
Essen, steel industry of, [146].
Etiquette, manual of (1853), [497];
proper dress for various occasions, [71].
Eulogy on the Dog, [93].
Europe, small republics of, [122].
Evening dress, [71].
Everett, Edward, [408].
Express company, first, founded by W.F. Harnden, [505].
Eylau, battle of, [44].
Eytinge, Rose, and Annie Russell, [167].
F
Fagnani, Charles P., on the character of Joseph, [192].
Faraday, Michael, discovers magneto-electric induction, [337].
Fawcett, Henry, career of, [407].
Field, Eugene, [69];
anecdotes of, [80], [304];
tribute to his sister, [235].
Fillmore, Millard, becomes President, [433];
grave of, [489].
Finland ceded to Russia, [46].
Fish, Stuyvesant, on national economy, [190].
Flashes of Royal Repartee, [306].
Flaxman, John, death of, [259].
Flint, Charles R., on Nicholas II of Russia, [237].
Foibles of Literary Men, [180].
Folk, Joseph W., on enforcement of law, [7].
Food as a factor of character, John Spargo on, [106].
Foss, S.W., [48].
Foster, John W., on Chinese civilization, [108].
Fourier, François, death of, [339].
Fowler, Sir Henry, on tariff question, [5].
Fox, Charles James, death of, [44].
France: Algiers, seizure of, [260].
France:
Charles X, accession of, [259];
deposition of, [260].
Commerce, destruction of (1803), [43].
Crimean War, [532], [533].
Henry IV, anecdote of, [306].
Josephine, Empress, coronation of, [43];
divorced by Napoleon, [46]; death of, [161].
Louis XIII, last words of, [295].
Louis XIV, last words of, [295].
Louis XVIII, coronation of, [160];
death of, [258];
last words of, [296].
Louis Philippe visits America, [549];
accession of, [260];
abdication of, [432].
Marie Louise, death of, [432].
Napoleon I wins battle of Marengo, [41];
executes the Duc d'Enghien, [43];
crowned Emperor of France, [43];
crowned King of Italy, [43];
wins battle of Austerlitz, [44];
wins battle of Jena, [44];
excommunication of, [46];
wins battle of Wagram, [46];
marries Marie Louise, [46];
invades Russia, [159];
arranges Concordat, [160];
loses battle of Leipzig, [160];
abdicates, [160];
returns from Elba, [161];
progress from Elba to Paris, [246];
loses battle of Waterloo, [161];
sent to St. Helena, [161];
death of, [257];
last words of, [296];
body removed to Paris, [340];
anecdote of, [558];
prophecies of, [135];
letter to Josephine, [110];
as an actor, [382];
Ingersoll on, [469].
Napoleon III visits the United States, [550];
imprisoned at Ham, [340];
escapes, [431];
elected president of France, [432];
becomes emperor, [532];
marries Eugénie de Montijo, [532];
last words of, [296];
praised by Eugene Vivier, [121].
Revenues of French kings, [323].
Second Republic, [432].
Trains, speed of, [182].
War with Austria (1859), [535].
Franklin, Benjamin, and his mother, [310];
career of, [81];
philosophy of, [83];
last words of, [295].
Franklin, Sir John, arctic expedition of, [430].
Fresnel, Augustine, death of, [258].
Friedland, battle of, [45].
Friend, definitions of a, [70].
From the Country Press, [261], [424].
From the Lips of Ananias, [88], [270], [328], [395], [484].
Fry, Elizabeth, death of, [431].
Fuller, Thomas, [174].
Fulton, Robert, and his mother, [310];
and Napoleon, [42];
experiments on the Seine, [43];
success with the Clermont, [45];
death of, [161].
G
Galt, John, [363], [364];
death of, [340].
Galveston, commerce of, [119].
Garfield, James A., and his mother, [308];
early life of, [149];
grave of, [490].
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, achievements of, [536].
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, death of, [433].
Gemini, zodiacal sign of, [376].
Genealogy, genuine and fictitious, [471].
General Armstrong, American privateer, at Fayal, [161].
Genoa, siege of, [41];
annexed by France, [43].
Germany:
Berlin captured by Napoleon (1806), [44].
Confederation of the Rhine, formation of, [44].
Holy Roman Empire, dissolution of, [44].
Rebellion of 1848, [432].
Status of women in, [53].
William II, friendship for America, [471];
instructions for care of horses, [198].
Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln's speech at, [250].
Giant and Pygmy of Bookland, The, [116].
Gibbon, Edward, celibacy of, [158].
Gibbons, James (Cardinal), anecdotes of, [221].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, last words of, [295].
Gilbert, W.S., and Richard Mansfield, [64];
anecdote of, [153].
Gilder, Richard Watson, on blindness, [387].
Gillette, William, career of, [168].
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, as a champion of women, [103].
Gladiators, Spartacus's address to, [520].
Gladstone, William E., maiden speech of, [338];
last words of, [295]; anecdote of, [241].
Glass, colored, origin of, [183].
Glory of the Corn, The, [369].
Glycerin, manufacture of, [202].
Godfrey, Thomas, career of, [230].
Goethe, J.W. von, death of, [338];
last words of, [295].
Gold, discovery of, in California, [432];
in Australia, [531];
in Colorado, [535].
Good Manners Fifty Years Ago, [497].
Goodwin, N.C., anecdote of, [153].
Gorky, Maxim, and the Russian revolutionary movement, [386].
Gorman, Arthur Pue, president of National Baseball Association, [441].
Gould, Jay, and Frank J. Sprague, [147].
Goust, republic of, [122].
Grace, William R., career of, [506].
Grant, Ulysses S., grave of, [490].
Grattan, Henry, death of, [163].
Grave, Gay, and Epigrammatic, [30], [152], [221], [304], [415].
Graves of Our Presidents, The, [486].
Great Britain:
Albert, Prince Consort, love-letter of, [109].
Caroline, Queen, death of, [257].
Charles I, love-letter of, [109];
last words of, [295].
Charles II, last words of, [295].
Crimean War, [532], [533].
Edward VII visits America, [550].
Foreign trade of, [5].
George III, insanity of, [42];
death of, [163];
proclamation of, [140];
anecdotes of, [306].
George III Sought Heaven's Aid, [140].
George IV, regency of, [46];
accession of, [163];
death of, [260].
Industrial conditions in, [4].
Military expenses of, [5].
Regency of Prince of Wales (George IV), [46].
Status of women in, [53].
Trafalgar, battle of, [44].
Trains, speed of, [181].
Victoria, birth of, [163];
accession of, [339];
betrothal of, [340];
marriage of, [340];
romance of, [109];
Diamond Jubilee of, [482].
William IV visits the United States, [549];
accession of, [260];
death of, [340].
Great Southwest, The, [117].
Great Writers Often Poor Talkers, [317].
Greece:
Capo d'Istria, Giovanni, president, [259];
assassination of, [337].
Culture of the ancient Greeks, [99].
Independence established, [259].
Otto, King of, [337].
Philip of Macedon, anecdotes of, [350]
Rebellion against Turkey, [257].
Wit of the ancient Greeks, [350].
Greeley, Horace, [305]; last words of, [295].
Gregory XVI, Pope, accession of, [337];
death of, [431].
Grey, Earl, on Canada and the United States, [286].
Grotius, Hugo, precocity of, [392].
Grouchy, Emmanuel de, death of, [432].
Grubauer, Albert, visits Malacca Negritos, [120].
Guillotine, derivation of the word, [514].
Gunter, Archibald C, anecdote of, [241].
Gurney, Sir Charles, builds steam omnibus, [260].
Gutenberg Bible, The, [134].
H
Hackett, James K., career of, [458].
Hadley, Arthur T., on William R. Harper, [11].
Hadley, Herbert S., on corporations and the law, [293].
Hahnemann, Christian S.F., founder of homeopathy, [46];
death of, [430].
Hale, Edward Everett, anecdote of, [79];
estimate of Franklin, [84].
Hale, Nathan, last words of, [295].
Hall, G. Stanley, on coeducation, [9].
Hallam, Henry, death of, [536].
Hamilton, Alexander, death of, [43].
Hamilton, Sir William (British diplomat), death of, [43].
Hamilton, Sir William (Scottish philosopher), death of, [534].
Hammond, Harriette, [312].
Hancock, John, dress of, [513].
Handel, G.F., precocity of, [392].
Hanover, Ernest Augustus, King of, [339].
Hapgood, Norman, on magazine exposures, [292];
on yellow journalism, [101].
Happiness, Chamfort on, [119].
Harnden, William F., career of, [504].
Harper, William R., appreciations of, [10].
Harrison, Benjamin, grave of, [490].
Harrison, William Henry, wins battle of Tippecanoe, [159];
elected President, [340];
death of, [429];
grave of, [488].
Hart, Albert B., on William R. Harper, [10].
Harte, Bret, peculiarities of, [180];
death of, [357].
Harvard University, baseball at, [443].
Harvey, Charles M., [117].
Harvey, G. Upton, on college athletics, [197].
Hastings, Warren, death of, [163].
Hate for Napoleon Turned to Love, [246].
Havelock, Henry, last words of, [295].
Havemeyer, Henry O., and his mother, [310].
Hawaii:
King Kalakaua visits the United States, [551].
Queen Liliuokalani visits the United States, [551].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, foible of, [180].
Haydn, Joseph, unhappy married life of, [314];
death of, [46].
Hayes, Rutherford B., grave of, [490].
Hayti, French driven out of, [43].
Hearn, Lafcadio, letters to H.E. Krehbiel, [289].
Heber, Reginald, death of, [259].
Heenan, John C, marriage to Adah Isaacs Menken, [389].
Hegel, Georg W.F., death of, [337].
Heine, Heinrich, death of, [534].
Hemans, Felicia, death of, [339].
Hemenway, James A., career of, [501].
Henry, Patrick, [393]; last words of, [295].
Herbert, Hilary A., on the status of the Confederates, [473].
Herreshoff, John B., success of, [407].
Herrick, Robert, [174], [262].
Herschel, Caroline, death of, [432].
Herschel, Sir William, death of, [257].
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, foible of, [180].
Hill, James J., on American resources, [3].
Hirsch, Emil G., on the trials of the rich, [193].
Hitchcock, Raymond, career of, [373].
Hoar, George F., anecdote of, [30].
Hobbes, John Oliver, see [Craigie].
Hoch, Edward Wallis, career of, [226].
Hodgetts, Brayley, on Nicholas II of Russia, [237].
Hofer, Andreas, execution of, [46].
Hogg, James, death of, [339].
Hohenlinden, battle of, [41].
Holland, separation of, from Belgium, [260].
Holland, George, funeral of, [358].
Holland, John P., on the flight of birds, [107].
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, [313];
peculiarities of, [180];
on old age, [32];
last words of, [295].
Holy Roman Empire, dissolution of, [44].
Home, definitions of, [481].
Homeopathy founded by Hahnemann, [46].
Hong-Kong, annexation of, [429].
Hood, Thomas, death of, [431].
Hook, Theodore,
[315];
death of, [429].
Hopper, De Wolf, career of, [265].
Horoscope of the Months, A, [85], [187], [282], [376], [468], [560].
Horse-cars, introduction of, [525].
Horses, the German emperor's rules for the care of, [198].
Hough, Emerson, anecdote of, [241].
Houghton, Rev. George H., [358].
House That Jack Built, The, origin of, [519].
How They Got On in the World, [145], [207], [331], [409], [501].
How to Tell a Woman's Age, [133].
How "Yankee Doodle Came to Town," [464].
Hudson River, tunnel under the, [332].
Hugo, Victor, [491];
on woman, [63].
Hull, General William, surrenders Detroit to the British, [159].
Humboldt, Friedrich Alexander von, death of, [536];
last words of, [295].
Humboldt, Wilhelm Karl von, death of, [339].
Humorists, American, [103].
Humphrey, W.B., on the American Indians, [385].
Hungary, rebellion of (1848-1849), [432], [433].
Hunt, Leigh, [94];
love-letter of, [109];
death of, [536].
Hunter, Robert, on socialism, [287].
Hunting the Grizzly, [341].
Hutchinson, Dr. Woods, on rational diet, [290].
I
Ibsen, Henrik, reviewed by a Nevada critic, [424].
Ideals, Theodore Parker on, [131].
India:
Burmese Wars, [258].
Hastings, Lord, victories of, [162].
Mahratta War, [43].
Red tape in, [490].
Scinde, annexation of, [430].
Indians, American, civilizing of, [384].
Industrial Arts, American neglect of, [100].
Ingalls, John J., [26].
Ingalls, Rufus, anecdote of, [221].
Ingersoll, E.C., eulogy on, [171].
Ingersoll, Robert G., [404];
eulogy on his brother, [170];
on Napoleon, [469].
In Nature's Wilds, [176].
Insects, sounds made by, [515].
Insurance policies sold by machines, [232].
Interest, increment of various rates of, [50].
Iodin, discovery of, [160].
Ireland:
Famine in (1845), [430].
Irish Parliament, last meeting of, [42].
Irving, Sir Henry, death of, [200].
Irving, Washington, [57];
foible of, [180];
death of, [535].
Italy:
Charles Albert of Sardinia, abdication of, [433].
Victor Emmanuel II, accession of, [433].
J
Jackson, Andrew, and his mother, [307];
takes Pensacola, [161];
wins battle of New Orleans, [161];
inauguration of, [260];
opposes the United States Bank, [338];
death of, [431];
grave of, [488].
Jacobs, Charles M., career of, [331].
Jacquard, Joseph, death of, [339].
Jail cut from solid rock, [327].
James, Edmund J., on China and the United States, [294].
Japan:
Baseball in, [448].
First railroad in, [410].
Optimism of, [6].
Perry's mission to, [532].
Jefferson, Joseph, story told by, [79].
Jefferson, Thomas, and his mother, [307];
inauguration of, [42];
death of, [259];
last words of, [295];
grave of, [487].
Jeffrey, Lord, letter of, [507].
Jeffries, J.J., as an actor, [39].
Jena, battle of, [44].
Jenner, Dr. Richard, death of, [258].
Jerome, Jerome K., on American humorists, [103].
Jerome, William T., on criticisms of the United States Senate, [292].
Jerrold, Douglas, [143];
death of, [534].
Jews, prejudices against, [288].
Johnson, Andrew, grave of, [489].
Johnson, Samuel, and spelling reform, [195].
Joinville, Prince de, visits to the United States, [550].
Jordan, David Starr, career of, [145];
debt to his mother, [310];
on coeducation, [196].
Julian, Emperor, last words of, [295].
July, traditions of, [468].
June, the Month of Battles, [330].
June, traditions of, [376].
Junto Club, founded by Franklin, [82].
K
Kane, Elisha K., arctic expedition of, [532], [533].
Kang Yu Wan on the new spirit in China, [388].
Kant, Immanuel, celibacy of, [157];
death of, [43].
Kean, Edmund, death of, [200], [338].
Keats, John, foible of, [180];
last words of, [295];
death of, [257].
Keene, James R., career of, [210].
Keller, Helen, on the life of the blind, [387];
attainments of, [405].
Keller, Horace Seymour, [415].
Kellogg, Elijah, [520].
Kent, Duke of, in America, [549].
Key, Francis Scott, [421];
death of, [430].
Kinnosuke, Adachi, on Chinese students, [7].
Kipling, Rudyard, [482];
on literature, [380].
Kiser, S.E., [178].
Kitty Fisher's Jig, [465].
Kléber, General, assassination of, [41].
Kleist, Heinrich B.W. von, suicide of, [159].
Knight, Stephen A., on old-time industrial conditions, [378].
Knott, James Proctor, [320].
Knox, William, [27].
Kosciusko, Thaddeus, death of, [162].
Kossuth, Louis, imprisonment of, [339];
leads insurrection in Hungary, [432];
flight of, [433];
visits England and the United States, [531].
Koszta, Martin, controversy in case of, [532].
Kotzebue, August von, assassination of, [163].
Kotzebue, Otto von, death of, [431].
Krehbiel, H.E., correspondence with Lafcadio Hearn, [289].
Krupp, Alfred, career of, [146].
Krupp, Friedrich, career of, [146].
L
Lackaye, Wilton, career of, [263].
Lafayette, Marquis de, visits the United States, [258];
death of, [339].
Laibach, Congress of, [257].
Lake Erie, battle of, [160].
Lamarck, J.B. de, death of, [260].
Lamb, Lady Caroline, death of, [260].
Lamb, Charles, anecdote of, [558];
death of, [339].
Lancaster, A.E., [358].
Landor, Walter Savage, foible of, [180].
Languages, number of, [324].
Lanigan, George T., [141].
Laplace, Pierre Simon de, death of, [259].
Last Words of Famous Men, [295].
Latest Viewpoints of Men Worth While, The, [3], [97], [190], [284], [378], [470].
Latimer, Hugh, last words of, [295].
Laughter of Childhood, The, [404].
Launcelot, Sir, eulogy on, [170].
Lavater, Johann C., death of, [42].
Lawrence, James, last words of, [295];
death of, [160].
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, death of, [260].
Lawson, Thomas W., anecdote of, [559].
Lee, Robert E., rebukes sectionalism, [473].
Legendre, Adrien M., death of, [338].
Legion of Honor, founded by Napoleon, [42].
Leigh, Henry S., [174].
Leo, zodiacal sign of, [560].
Leo XII, Pope, death of, [260].
Leopardi, Alessandro, death of, [339].
Leslie, Eliza, [497].
Letters Famous for Brevity, [507].
Lever, Charles, [137].
Lewis and Clark expedition, [43].
Liang Cheng, Sir Chentung, on Chinese awakening, [108].
Light Brigade, the, charge of, [533].
Lighthouse, first, [524].
Lightning, statistics relating to, [324].
Lincoln, Abraham, and his mother, [308];
elected President, [536];
speech at Gettysburg, [250];
grave of, [489];
favorite poem of, [26].
Linguists, famous, [324].
Lion's Gratitude, A, [88].
Liquor dealers' approval of temperance, [476].
Literature, Rudyard Kipling on, [380].
Lithography, origin of, [245].
Little Gems from Webster, [90].
Little Glimpses of the Nineteenth Century, [41], [159], [257], [337], [429], [531].
Little Stories of Big People, [79].
Locke, John, [530].
Locomotive, invention of, [258];
first American, [260];
Elihu Burritt's description of, [518].
Lodge, Henry Cabot, on journalistic exposures, [292].
Lodge, Sir Oliver, on science and the occult, [479].
Longevity of animals, [521];
of birds, [453];
of men in various occupations, [231];
of toads, [124].
Longfellow, Henry W., [165], [455], [485];
foible of, [180];
death of wife of, [164].
Lossing, Benson J., [127].
Louisiana, cession of, [43].
Lounsberry, Charles, [403].
Lovelace, Richard, [319].
Love-Letters of the Great, [109].
Lover, Samuel, [33].
Lowell, James Russell, memorial of, in Westminster Abbey, [370].
Lowell, Jessica H., [243].
Lucy Walker, the, destruction of, [451].
Luncheons and breakfasts, dress for, [73].
Lundy's Lane, battle of, [161].
Luneville, Peace of, [42].
Luxembourg, claimed by Holland and Belgium, [337].
Lynch law, origin of, [228].
Lyte, Henry F., [269].
M
Macadamize, derivation of the word, [514].
Macaulay, Lord, foible of, [180];
death of, [536];
on the future of the United States, [477].
MacCracken, Henry M., on teaching as a profession, [472].
Macdonald, Etienne J.J., death of, [340].
McDonald, John B., career of, [148].
McGovern, Terence, as an actor, [38].
Machinery, increasing use of, [232].
McKinley, William, and his mother, [308];
last words of, [296];
grave of, [490].
Mackintosh, derivation of the word, [514].
Mackintosh, Sir James, death of, [338].
McLellan, Isaac, [242].
McMaster, Guy Humphreys, [434].
Madison, James, elected President, [45];
death of, [339];
grave of, [487].
Maeterlinck, Maurice, criticism of New York, [100].
Magenta, battle of, [535].
Maida, battle of, [44].
Maiook, Indian chief, [367].
Malibran, Marie, death of, [339].
Malory, Sir Thomas, [170].
Malta captured by the English, [42].
Malthus, Thomas R., death of, [339];
"Essay on Population," [43].
Mamelukes, massacre of, [159].
Mammoth Cave, discovery of, [46].
Manin, Daniel, heads insurrection at Venice, [432].
Mann, Horace, death of, [535].
Mansfield, Richard, career of, [64];
on acting, [381].
Mantell, Robert B., career of, [168].
March, traditions of, [86].
Markham, Edwin, and his mother, [310].
Marlowe, Christopher, [318].
Marlowe, Ethel, death of, [200].
Marlowe, Owen, death of, [200].
Marlowe, Virginia, death of, [200].
Marriage, discussion of, [289];
unhappy marriages, [314];
proper age for, [375].
Marryat, Captain Frederick, death of, [432].
Marshall, James W., discovers gold in California, [432].
Marshall, John, death of, [339].
Martin, Edward S., on city life, [105].
Martin, W.A.P., on the awakening of China, [6].
Marvels of Precocity, [392].
Masham, Lord, career of, [207].
Masséna, Marshal, besieged in Genoa, [41];
driven from Portugal by Wellington, [159].
Matches, invention of, [525].
Mathematics, curiosities of, [91].
Mathew, Theobald, temperance crusade of, [340].
May, traditions of, [282].
May-Day, customs of, [205].
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, death of, [432].
Menken, Adah Isaacs, [389].
Mérimée, Prosper, [417].
Metternich, Prince, death of, [536].
Mexico:
Comonfort, Ignacio, becomes president, [534];
retires, [535].
Iturbide proclaims himself emperor, [257];
death of, [258].
Miramon, Miguel, becomes president, [536].
Santa Anna, Antonio de, establishes republic, [258];
loses battle of San Jacinto, [339];
becomes president, [532];
deposed and exiled, [533].
War with United States (1846-1848), [431], [432].
Mezzofanti, Giuseppe C., linguistic abilities of, [324].
Miles, Nelson A., anecdotes of, [304], [559].
Military Red Tape in India, [490].
Miller, Henry, career of, [167].
Miller, Hugh, death of, [534].
Miller, Joaquin, [357], [416].
Millionaires, richest, list of, [348].
Milton, John, [405].
Mismated Men of Genius, [314].
Missolonghi, siege of, [258];
captured by Turks, [259].
Mitchell, John, and President Roosevelt, [15], [16].
Money, John D. Rockefeller on, [105];
hidden in strange places, [516].
Monroe, James, becomes President, [162];
re-election of, [163];
death of, [337];
grave of, [487].
Monroe Doctrine, enunciation of, [258].
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, [174].
Moody, Dwight L., last words of, [296].
Moore, Sir John, death of, [45].
Moore, Thomas, verses on Robert Emmet and Miss Curran, [125];
death of, [531].
More, Hannah, death of, [338].
Moreau, General Jean V., wins battle of Hohenlinden, [41];
conspires against Napoleon, [43];
death of, [160].
Morgan, Walter V., on blessings of poverty, [97].
Morley, John, on books, [102].
Mormons, migration of, to Utah, [340];
rebellion of (1857), [534].
Morning dress, [71].
Morris, Gouverneur, death of, [162].
Mortality, Voltaire on, [126].
Morton, Levi P., and his mother, [309].
Moscow, burning of, [160].
Mount Vernon, Washington's farm at, [513].
Mourning dress, [73].
Mozart, W.A., precocity of, [392].
Munsey, Frank A., [1], [95].
Murat, Joachim, crowned King of Naples, [45];
two of his sons visit the United States, [550].
Murderers' Bible, The, [134].
Murray, Lindley, death of, [259].
Musicales, dress for, [73].
Musicians, longevity of, [231].
N
Napier, Sir William, death of, [536].
Naples:
Ferdinand II, death of, [536].
Francis II, accession of, [536];
expulsion of, [536].
Murat, Joachim, crowned king of, [45].
Napoleon, see [France].
Narodny, on Russian freedom, [386].
Natal proclaimed a British settlement, [430].
National Guard, practical training for, [8].
National Liquor Dealers' Association, address issued by, [476].
Nation's Conscience Fund, The,
[223].
Nation's Debt to Mothers, The, [307].
Nature's Wilderness Compasses, [322].
Navarino, battle of, [259].
Negritos of Malacca and Siam, [120].
Negro, future of, [9].
Nelson, Lord, aided by a pin-scratch, [325];
wins battle of Copenhagen, [42];
death of, [44];
last words of, [296].
Neptune, planet, discovery of, [431].
New England, Blue Laws in, [251].
Newman, John Henry, [268].
New Orleans, battle of, [161].
Newton, Sir Isaac, celibacy of, [156].
New York:
City Hall, foundation of, [43].
Maeterlinck's criticism of, [100].
New York Herald, founded by J.G. Bennett, [208].
New York Sun, on pugilists on the stage, [38];
"Yellow Journal" glossary, [151].
New Zealand, Status of women in, [55].
Niagara, discovery of, [364].
Niagara, the June Bride's Paradise, [363].
Nicknames of Our States and Towns, [356].
Niebuhr, Barthold, death of, [337].
Night View of a City, [175].
Nineteenth Century, events of, [41], [159], [257], [337], [429], [531].
Nixon, Lewis, on Nicholas II of Russia, [238];
on future of Russia, [7].
North, Lord, anecdote of, [80].
Northcote, James, death of, [337].
Norway, see [Sweden].
Noses as signs of character, [228].
Novara, battle of, [433].
Nutritive value of foods, [326].
O
Ocean travel, humors of, [206].
O'Connell, Daniel, excluded from Parliament, [259];
agitates against the Act of Union, [430];
death of, [432].
Oddities of Biblical Literature, [134].
Oersted, Hans C., death of, [531].
Oglesby, Richard J., [369].
O'Hara, Theodore, [254].
Ohio admitted to the Union, [43].
Oklahoma, population of, [119].
Old age, Oliver Wendell Holmes on, [32].
Old American newspapers, extracts from, [229].
Olden Time Publicity, [296].
Oldest City in the World, The, [301].
Old Maid, Diary of an, [220].
Old May-Day Customs, [205].
Osceola, capture and death of, [340].
Osler, William, philosophy of, [8];
story told by, [80].
Ostwald, Wilhelm, on American colleges, [197].
Other Ways of Saying "Howdy Do?" [428].
Oudinot, Nicholas C., death of, [432].
Our Interest in Westminster Abbey, [370].
Our National Anthem, [421].
Owen, Robert, founds New Harmony, Indiana, [258];
death of, [535].
Owners of the Soil, The, [408].
P
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, precocity of, [392].
Paganini, Nicolo, death of, [340].
Paine, Thomas, [461]; death of, [46].
Paley, William, death of, [44].
Palm, Johann, execution of, [44].
Palmer, A.M., and Richard Mansfield, [65].
Palmer, John, death of, [200]; last words of, [296].
Palmer, Joseph C., California banker, [124].
Palmerston, Lord, becomes prime minister, [533].
Paradox Proverbs, [199].
Park, Mungo, death of, [44].
Parker, Theodore, on ideals, [131]; death of, [536].
Parkhurst, Charles H., and his mother, [310];
on the brotherhood of man, [387].
Parliament, mixed metaphors in, [244].
Part of Chance in Progress, The, [245].
Pascal, Blaise, precocity of, [392].
Patrick Henry's Call to Arms, [393].
Patriotism, [377].
Patterson, Elizabeth, marries Jerome Bonaparte, [44], [549].
Patterson, Joseph M., on socialism, [192].
Peabody, Francis G., and the German Kaiser, [471].
Peck, Harry Thurston, [527].
Peel, Sir Robert, death of, [433].
Pellisier, Georges, on women in literature, [104].
Penfield, W.L., on the prevention of war, [475].
Penny postage, introduction of, [340].
Pension system, beginning of, [162].
Percy, Thomas, death of, [159].
Perry, Matthew C., makes treaty with Japan, [532].
Perry, Oliver H., wins battle of Lake Erie, [160].
Personal Character of the Czar, The, [236].
Petronius, Gaius, [527].
Phillips, Wendell, leader of Abolitionist movement, [338].
Philosophy of Trouble-Seeking, The, [253].
Photography, in winter, [49];
origin of, [183].
Piano, evolution of the, [524].
Pierce, Franklin, inauguration of, [532];
grave of, [489].
Pisces, zodiacal sign of, [85].
Pitkin, Albert J., career of, [335].
Pitt, William, last words of, [296];
death of, [44].
Pius VIII, Pope, accession of, [260];
death of, [260].
Pius IX, elected Pope, [431];
flees from Rome, [432];
restored, [433].
Place-Makers' Bible, The, [134].
Pliny, the Younger, [297].
Plutarch, witticisms of, [350].
Plympton, Eben, and Wilton Lackaye, [263].
Poe, Edgar Allan, [17], [164];
career of, [17];
foibles of, [180];
love-letter of, [110];
death of wife of, [164];
on his lost love, [164];
death of, [433];
Poe and R.H. Stoddard, [333].
Poland, rebellion in (1830), [260];
suppressed by Russians, [337].
Polk, James K., death of, [433];
grave of, [488].
Pompeii, destruction of, narrated by Pliny, [297].
Pope, Jessie, [552].
Porter, Jane, death of, [433].
Portugal, regency of Dom Miguel, [338].
Postmasters, curious letters from, [227].
Poverty, advantages of, [253].
Prescott, William H., death of, [535].
President and Little Belt, encounter of, [159].
Presidents of the United States, previous careers of, [517];
graves of, [486].
Price, Joseph, discovers Niagara, [364].
Printers' Bible, The, [134].
Printing-rollers, invention of, [245].
Profession of the Fool, The, [426].
Progress of Women, The, [51].
Prophecies of Bonaparte, The, [135].
Proverbs, inconsistencies of, [199].
Prussia: see also [Germany].
Frederick the Great, last words of, [295].
Louise, Queen, death of, [46].
Public life, Joseph G. Cannon on, [474].
Public ownership, C.S. Darrow on, [11].
Pugilism's Invasion of the Drama, [38].
Pullman, George M., career of, [502].
"Punch," a Canadian opinion of, [261];
editors and artists of, [101].
Puns, Theodore Hook on, [315].
Puritans, intolerance of, [251].
Pushkin, Alexander, death of, [339].
Q
Quarantine, first record of, [183].
Quiller-Couch, A.T., anecdote of, [241].
R
Race Suicide, a defense of, [104].
Railroad:
first, in England, [258];
in the United States, [259];
in Canada, [339];
in Japan, [410];
in Brazil, [533].
Empire State Express, the, [181].
Fastest trains of various countries, [181].
Locomotive, invention of, [258];
first American, [260];
Elihu Burritt's description of, [518].
Panama Railroad, opening of, [533].
Sleeping-car, invention of, [502].
Rainsford, Rev. W.S., [107].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, gorgeous costumes of, [525];
last words of, [296].
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, death of, [338].
Reade, Charles, [74].
Red Man Eloquent, The, [427].
Reed, Charles A.L., on "The American Family," [104].
Reed, Thomas B., anecdote of, [222].
Reform Bill, passage of (1832), [338].
Rehan, Ada, in "The Kiss of Blood," [167].
Reich, Dr. Emil, on American women, [284].
Reichstadt, Duke of, death of, [338].
Rejected Books That Won Fame, [136].
Reminiscence, A, [88].
Renan, Ernest, foible of, [180];
dedication of "The Life of Jesus," [234].
Republics, small, in Europe, [122].
Revolver, invented by Samuel Colt, [504].
Ricardo, David, death of, [258].
Richest men, list of one hundred, [348].
Richman, Charles, career of, [67].
Richter, Jean Paul, death of, [258].
Riddle, Byron's, [462]; solution of, [463].
Rienzi, Wagner's opera of, [554].
Riley, James Whitcomb, anecdote of, [152].
Roberts, Lord, anecdote of, [558].
Roche, Sir Boyle, "bulls" perpetrated by, [244].
Rockefeller, John D., and his mother, [309];
on making money, [105].
Rockefeller, John D., Jr., on Joseph's corner in corn, [192].
Rogers, H.H., and his mother, [309];
career of, [150].
Rome, ancient, great fortunes of, [231].
Roosevelt, Theodore, [555];
favorite poem of, [26];
anecdote of, [222];
on hunting the grizzly bear, [341];
on military training, [8];
on the United States Supreme Court, [470].
Roosevelt and the Labor-Unions, [13].
Root, Elihu, on Canada and the United States, [286].
Rosin Bible, The, [134].
Rostopchin, Prince, death of, [259].
Rothschild, Mayer Amschel, career of, [335].
Rowland, Helen, [304].
Roxane, Margaret Anglin as, [66].
Royal Visitors in America, [549].
Royle, Edwin Milton, career of, [264].
Rumford, Count (Benjamin Thompson), death of, [161].
Russell, Annie, career of, [167].
Russia:
Alexander I, accession of, [42];
death of, [259].
Alexander II, accession of, [533].
Alexis, Grand Duke, visits the United States, [551].
Boris, Grand Duke, visits the United States, [551].
Crimean War, [532], [533].
Duma, proclamation at opening of, [386].
Finland, cession of, [46].
Future of, [7].
Invasion by Napoleon, [159].
Nicholas I, accession of, [258];
death of, [533].
Nicholas II, character of, [236];
proclamation of, [386].
Paul I, murder of, [42].
Polish rebellion suppressed (1831), [337].
Revolutionary movement in, [386].
Serfs, liberation of, in Baltic Provinces, [44].
War with France (1805), [44].
War with France (1807), [44], [45].
War with France (1812), [159].
Ryan, Thomas F., on great fortunes, [194].
S
Sackville, Lord, anecdote of, [559].
Sage, Russell, philosophy of, [11].
St. George's Church, New York, [107].
St. Helena, Napoleon's arrival at, [161].
St. Hilaire, Etienne, death of, [430].
St. Ulrich, toy-making in, [452].
San Jacinto, battle of, [339].
Santa Anna, Antonio de, see [Mexico].
Saragossa taken by the French, [46].
Sardou, Victorien, foible of, [180].
"Sartor Resartus," extracts from, [175].
Saxe, John G., [242].
Sayings in Every-Day Use, [78].
Schelling, Joseph, death of, [340].
Schiller, J.C.F., death of, [44].
Schlegel, Karl von, death of, [260].
Schleiermacher, F.E.D., death of, [339].
Schopenhauer, Arthur, death of, [536].
Schubert, Franz, death of, [260].
Schulman, S., on prejudices against the Jews, [288].
Schumann, Robert, death of, [534].
Schurman, Jacob G., on ancient and modern culture, [99];
on William R. Harper, [11].
Schwarzenberg, Prince, death of, [532].
Scinde, annexation of, [430].
Scott, Leroy, [386].
Scott, Sir Walter, [212], [351], [377], [416];
last words of, [296];
death of, [338].
Scott, Winfield, wins victories in Mexico, [431];
last words of, [296].
Scrap Book, The, announcement of, [1];
reception of, [95].
Scudder, John L., on business women, [293].
Sealing-wax, origin of, [183].
Seaman, Owen, editor of "Punch," [101].
Sebastopol, siege of, [533].
Selwyn, Edgar, career of, [539].
Sewing-machine, introduced by Thimonnier, [260].
Shakespeare, William, familiar maxims from, [78];
Bible sentences in plays of, [134];
on woman, [31];
on clothes, [174].
Shaw, George Bernard, on amateur actors, [198].
Shelley, Percy B., death of, [257].
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, death of, [162].
Shibuzawa, Baron, career of, [409];
on conditions in Japan, [6].
Siddons, Sarah, death of, [337].
Sidney, Sir Philip, last words of, [296].
Silver-plating, discovery of, [432].
Simms, W. Gilmore, [48].
Sioux, renaming of the, [386].
Skinner, Otis, on dramatic art, [293].
Sleeping-car, invention of, [502].
Smith, Joseph, founder of Mormonism, [259];
death of, [430].
Smith, Langdon, [184].
Smith, Sydney, death of, [431].
Smithsonian Institution, foundation of, [339], [431].
Smoking, prevalence of, among European monarchs, [230].
Snake stories, [484].
Socialism, William J. Bryan on, [286];
Robert Hunter on, [287].
Solferino, battle of, [535].
Some Deep-Sea Humor, [206].
Some of the Chances of Marriage, [375].
Something New in Magazine Making, [1].
Sonderbund, the, formation and dissolution of, [431].
Southey, Robert, death of, [430].
Southwestern States, growth of, [117].
Spain:
Charles IV, abdication of, [45].
Espartero, regency of, [340].
Eulalia, Princess, visits the United States, [551].
Ferdinand VII held prisoner by Napoleon, [45];
restoration of, [160];
death of, [338].
Isabella II, accession of, [338].
Maria Cristina, expulsion of, [340].
Rebellion of South American colonies, [162].
Spalding, Susan Marr, [87].
Spargo, John, on food as a factor of character, [106].
Sparta, ruined by its women, [285].
Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua, [520].
Speech on Duluth (Proctor Knott), [320].
Spelling reform, movement for, [195];
Calvin Thomas on, [382].
Spinoza, Baruch de, celibacy of, [156].
Splendor of Niagara, The, [363].
Spohr, Ludwig, death of, [536].
Sprague, Frank J., career of, [147].
Spy who swallowed a bullet, [515].
Staël, Madame de, exiled from France, [43];
death of, [162].
Stanhope, Lady Hester, death of, [340].
Stead, William T., on Nicholas II of Russia, [236].
Steinmetz, Charles P., career of, [333].
Stephenson, George, builds his first locomotive, [160];
death of, [432].
Stephenson, Robert, death of, [536].
Stevens, John, death of, [340].
Stevenson, Robert Louis, anecdote of, [305];
foible of, [180].
Stewart, Dugald, [260].
Stoddard, Richard Henry, career of, [333].
Stoddart, James H., and Richard Mansfield, [65].
Story of Baseball, The, [437].
Story of the Snow Elinora, The, [247].
Stothard, Thomas, death of, [339].
Strenuous life, phrase used by Theodore Roosevelt, [555].
Ströhbeck, chess-playing in, [450].
Sue, Eugene, death of, [534].
Sullivan, John L., as an actor, [38].
Sulu, Sultan of, anecdote of, [221].
Superstitions of the Theater, [28].
Swat, death of Ahkoond of, [141].
Sweden:
Gustavus IV, deposition of, [46].
Gustavus Vasa, precocity of, [392].
Charles XI, vision of, [417].
Charles XIII, accession of, [46].
Charles XIV (Jean Baptiste Bernadotte) becomes crown prince, [46];
accession of, [163];
death of, [430].
Oscar I, accession of, [430].
Swedenborg, Emanuel, celibacy of, [157].
Symbolism of Playing-Cards, The, [556].
T
Tahiti, natives of, slaughtered by crew of the American ship Elinora, [247].
Taiping rebellion in China, [433].
Talavera, battle of, [46].
Talleyrand, Charles M. de, letters of, [507];
death of, [340].
Tasso, Torquato, precocity of, [392].
Taurus, zodiacal sign of, [282].
Tavolara, republic of, [122].
Taylor, Benjamin F., [362].
Taylor, Zachary, becomes President, [433];
grave of, [488].
Teaching, growing popularity of, as a profession, [472].
Telegraph, beginnings of, [183];
Wheatstone's experiments with, [339];
Morse constructs line between Baltimore and Washington, [430];
laying of submarine cable between France and England, [531].
Telephone, invention of, [414].
Temperance approved by National Liquor Dealers' Association, [476].
Templeton, Fay, career of, [68].
Tennyson, Lord, [48], [454];
quotations from, [132].
Texas, independence of, [339];
annexation of, [430];
rapid development of, [118].
Thacher, John, second marriage of, [517].
Thackeray, William M., poem by, [155];
foible of, [180];
anecdote of, [241];
letter to James Fraser, [311].
Thayer, Phineas, [179].
Theater and opera, dress for, [72].
Thierry, Amédée S.D., death of, [534].
Thiers, Louis A., banishment of, [531].
Thomas, Calvin, on simplified spelling, [382].
Thornton, Abraham, trial of, [162].
Thorwaldsen, Albert, death of, [430].
Thumb Bible, The, [134].
Thurlow, Lord, last words of, [296].
Tilden, Samuel Jones, celibacy of, [158].
Time in Which Money Will Double at Several Rates of Interest, [50].
Tippecanoe, battle of, [159].
Toads, longevity of, [124].
To "Fool" His Cows, [88].
Tolstoy, Count Lyof, peculiarities of, [180];
on Nicholas II of Russia, [238].
Tomb of Napoleon, The, [469].
Tombs of the Presidents of the United States, [486].
Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolt of, [42];
death of, [43].
Townsend, Marquis of, anecdote of, [305].
Trade Schools, value of, [98].
Trafalgar, battle of, [44].
Trains, the world's fastest, [181].
Traveling, etiquette of, in 1853, [498].
Treacle Bible, The, [134].
Tributes to Dead Brothers, [170].
Tricks That Words May Be Made to Play, [27].
Trimalchio, banquet of, [527].
Triplicities, the four, [86].
Trolley-car, invention of, [147].
Trombetti, Alfredo, linguistic gifts of, [209].
Tuan Fang, on China and America, [108].
Tuohey, George V., [437].
Turkey:
Loss of Danubian provinces, [260].
Unkiar Skelessi, treaty of, [338].
War with Egypt, [338].
War with Greece, [257], [258], [259].
War with Russia (1828), [259].
War with Russia (1853-1855), [532], [533].
Turkey, discovery of the, [183].
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens), anecdote of, [30];
definition of a gentleman, [189];
J.K. Jerome's estimate of, [103];
Twain and William Gillette, [168].
Two Sicilies, the, see [Naples].
Two Views of Old Age, [32].
Tyler, John, becomes President, [429];
grave of, [488].
Typewriter, the, origin of, [524].
Typewriting, expenditure of force in, [326].
U
Ulm, capture of, by Napoleon, [44].
United States:
Canada, relations with, [286].
Cities, nicknames of, [356].
Embargo on British Goods, [45].
Era of Good Feeling, [162].
Florida ceded to United States by Spain, [163].
Future of, as predicted by Macaulay, [477].
Gadsden Purchase, [532].
Louisiana, acquisition of, [43].
Monroe Doctrine, enunciation of, [258].
Presidents, graves of, [486];
previous careers of, [517].
Revolutionary War, incident of, [515].
Royalties who have visited the United States, [549].
Southwestern States, growth of, [117].
States, nicknames of, [356].
Supreme Court, Theodore Roosevelt on, [470].
Texas, annexation of, [430].
War of 1812, [159], [160], [161].
War with Mexico, [431].
United States Military Academy, foundation of, [43].
United States Naval Academy, foundation of, [430].
University of Wisconsin, foundation of, [531].
V
Vagaries of Mathematics, [91].
Van Buren, Martin, inauguration of, [340];
grave of, [488].
Vane, Henry, last words of, [296].
Vann, Joe, death of, [452].
Vega, Lope de, precocity of, [392].
Venezuela, independence of, recognized by Spain, [431].
Vest, George G., [93].
Vesuvius, eruption of, described by Pliny, [285].
Vignaud, Henry, anecdote of, [152].
Vinegar Bible, The, [134].
Virginia, severe old-time laws of, [252].
Vision of Charles XI, The, [417].
Vivier, Eugene, practical jokes of, [121].
Volta, Alessandro, death of, [259].
Voltaire, François M.A., celibacy of, [157];
peculiarities of, [180];
on mortality, [126].
W
Wagner, Charles, impressions of America, [191].
Wagner, Richard, career of, [554].
Wagram, battle of, [46].
Walcheren, British expedition to, [46].
Walker, William, in Nicaragua, [533], [534].
Wall paper, origin of, [183].
Walpole, Horace, celibacy of, [157];
epigram on Franklin, [83].
Walsh, William, on curiosities of mathematics, [91].
Wanamaker, John, and his mother, [310];
career of, [149].
Ward, Artemus, anecdote of, [152].
Washington, Booker T., on future of the negro, [9].
Washington, George, and his mother, [307];
love-letter of, [110];
weight of, [451];
farm at Mount Vernon, [513];
last words of, [296];
grave of, [486].
Washington, The Real, [89].
Waterloo, battle of, [161].
Waterman, Nixon, [69].
Watt, James, death of, [163].
Waves, height of, [177].
Wealth, Russell Sage on, [12].
Webster, Daniel, speech in reply to Hayne, [260];
speech on Bunker Hill, [283];
gems from speeches of, [90];
last words of, [296];
death of, [532].
Webster, Noah, death of, [430].
Weddings, dress for, [72].
Weights, average at different ages, [123].
Welford, Dallas, career of, [461].
Wellington, Duke of, wins distinction in India, [43];
takes command in Portugal, [45];
wins battle of Talavera, [46];
drives Masséna from Portugal, [159];
captures Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos, [159];
wins battle of Salamanca, [160];
wins battle of Vittoria, [160];
wins battle of Waterloo, [161];
last words of, [296];
curt letter of, [507];
death of, [532].
Wells, Carolyn, [313].
Wemyss, Earl of, anecdote of, [80].
Wesley, John, last words of, [296].
West, Benjamin, death of, [163].
West, Mrs. George Cornwallis, anecdote of, [559].
Westminster Abbey, American memorials in, [370].
West Point, see [United States Military Academy].
When Thackeray Went on Strike, [311].
When the Last Curtain Fell, [200].
When the Patriots Wavered, [436].
When Vesuvius Destroyed Pompeii, [297].
White, Andrew D., on crime in the United States, [287];
on Nicholas II of Russia, [238].
White, Frank Marshall, [236].
White, Joseph Blanco, [456].
White, Matthew, Jr., [64], [166], [263], [371], [457], [537].
White, Stephen V., and his mother, [309].
Whittier, John Greenleaf, celibacy of, [158];
early romance of, [452];
tribute to his sister, [235].
Wilberforce, William, death of, [338].
Wilkie, Sir David, death of, [429].
Will, curious, of Charles Lounsberry, [403].
Willets, Gilson, [307].
Williams, Hattie, career of, [537].
Wilson, Francis, career of, [267].
Wilson, Woodrow, on William R. Harper, [10].
Winslow, B.R., [449].
Winter Photography for Amateurs, [49].
Wire, invention of, [183].
Wit and Cruelty as Allies, [558].
Witherspoon, John, in the Continental Congress, [436].
Wit of the Ancient Greeks, [350].
Woffington, Peg, death of, [200].
Wolcott, Edward O., career of, [148].
Woman, Byron on, [31]; Hugo on, [63];
Scott on, [416];
Shakespeare on, [31];
Wordsworth on, [416].
Women in business, [293];
occupations of, [52];
place of, in literature, [103];
time spent before mirror by, [123];
Balzac on women, [346];
Emil Reich on American women, [284].
Wood, Eugene, [201].
Woodruff, Henry, career of, [538].
Wordsworth, William, [416]; death of, [433].
World-Famous Bachelors, [156].
World's Fastest Trains, The, [181].
World's Great Operas, The, [554].
World's Richest Hundred, The, [348].
World's Richest Legacy, The, [403].
Y
Yankee, origin of the term, [464].
"Yellow Journal" Glossary, A, [151].
Yellow Journalism, Norman Hapgood on, [101].
Young, Arthur, death of, [163].
Young, Brigham, leader of the Mormons, [430].
Young, Thomas, death of, [260].
Young Men's Christian Association, foundation of, [430].
Z
Zahm, Albert F., experiments in flight, [449].
"Zaza," Mrs. Leslie Carter in, [67].
Ziem, Felix, and Chopin, [79].
Ziska, John, career of, [407].
Zodiacal Signs, The, [86].
Zola, Emile, peculiarities of, [180].