Senate. See Congress.

Seward, W. H., and arbitrary arrests, [214].

Shakespeare, William, as historian, [1], [7], [22]; conciseness, [36]; and study of human character, [67].

Shaw, Bernard, on reality of Shakespeare’s characters, [67].

Sheffield, Lord, sends wine to Gibbon, [135].

Sherman, John, and Silver Bill of 1878, [221], [259], [260]; on contact of President and Congress, [237]; in Ohio campaign of 1875, [246]; Secretary of Treasury, ability, [247], [258]; refunding, [258]; abused for depression, specie resumption, [258], [259]; social character, [263]; and greenback inflation, [281].

Sherman, W. T., and Hayes’s suggestion of war portfolio for General Johnston, [247]; and burning of Columbia, [301][313].

Sicilian expedition, Thucydides’s account, [19], [61].

Silver. See Finances.

Slavery, and westward expansion, [212].