Garfield, J. A., desire for fame, [3]; as President, [222]; as speaker, [241].
Garrison, W. P., as literary editor of The Nation, [291]–[295].
Generalizations, need of care, [32], [178].
German, importance to historians, [52].
German historians, and ancient history, [75].
Gibbes, R. W., destruction of collections, [312].
Gibbon, Edward, rank and characteristics as historian, [5], [10], [109], [114]; on Tacitus, [10], [116]; style, [53], [133]; and mathematics, [56]; importance in training of historian, [60]; autobiographies, [64], [134]; essay on, [107]–[140]; conception of history, [107]; completion of it, [108]; progress and success of work, [108]; and classic masters, [110]; range of work, [110]; its endurance, [110]; as possible writer of contemporary history, [111], [112]; political career, [111]; conservatism, [112]; and American Revolution, [113]; historical subjects considered by, [115]; and earlier period of Roman Empire, [116]; intellectual training, [117]–[123]; love of reading, [118]; at Oxford, [118]; conversion and reconversion, [118], [121]; at Lausanne, [119]; self-training, [119], [122]; linguistic knowledge, [119], [120], [122], [123]; influence of Pascal, [119]; and Voltaire, [121]; on Robertson, [122]; “Essay on Study of Literature,” [123]; service in militia, its influence, [123]; manuscript history of Switzerland, [124]; begins work on history, [124]; fame rests on it, [125]; Milman, Guizot, and Mommsen on it, [125]; quotations from, [126]–[128]; definitions of history, [126]; on religion under Pagan empire, [126]; on happiest period of mankind, [127]; on corruption, [127]; on sea-power, [127]; subjection to criticism, [128]; correctness, [128]; truthfulness, [129], [130]; use of conjecture, [129]; precision and accuracy, [129]; treatment of early Christian church, [131]–[133]; on Julian the Apostate, [132]; on Theodora, licentious passages, [133]; composition of history, [134]; love of books and wine, [135]; gout, [135]; and women, love affair, [136]–[138]; history in quarto edition, [138]; human importance of work, [139]; satisfaction with career, [139].
Gladstone, W. E., on Lecky, Carlyle, and Macaulay, [155].
Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of, on Gibbon’s history, [138].
Godkin, E. L., power as journalist, [95]; essay on, [267]–[297]; rank as journalist, [267]; on Greeley, [267], [268]; illustration of influence, [268]; character, [269]; indirect influence, character of clientèle, [270], [271]; authorship of articles in The Nation, [271]; Essays, [272]; early life, [272]; early optimism and later pessimism concerning America, [272], [284]–[290], [296]; as war correspondent, [272]; in America, journey in South, [273]; correspondent of London News, [273]; foundation of The Nation, [273]; editor of Evening Post, [274]; retirement, [274]; lectures, honors, [274]; and offer of professorship, [274]–[276]; nervous strain, [275]; accused of censorious criticism, [276]; of [p329] unfortunate influence on intellectual youth, [277]; influence on author, [278]–[282], [292]–[294]; influence in West, [279]; disinterestedness, [280]; and civil service reform, [280]; and sound finances, [280]–[282]; and tariff, [282]; and foreign affairs, [282]; other phases of influence, [282]; never retracted personal charges, [282]; implacability, ignores death of F. A. Walker, [282]–[284]; and Cleveland, [285]; and election of 1896, [286]; and Spanish War and Philippines, [286]; moral censor, [289]; criticism of England, [290]; disappointment in democracy, [291]; literary criticism in The Nation, [291]–[295]; on W. P. Garrison, [291]; influence of foreign birth, [295]; fame, [295]; lectureship as memorial to, [296]; farewell words, on general progress and political decline, [296], [297].