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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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];
- 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]