He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat!
Finis
INDEX
[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y], [Z]
Abbott, Jere, [52]
Abdin Palace, and the Khedive’s wives, [179];
ball at the, [181]
Abdul Hamid, Sultan, [257]
Aberdeen, Lady, [235]
Abolitionist, author first learns meaning of, [58]
Abyssinia, war between Italy and, [275]
Accoramboni, Palazzo. See Rusticucci, Palazzo
Acropolis, the, [193], [311]
Adams, Henry, his Washington home, [337];
genius for friendship, [337];
and Saint-Gaudens’ bronze “Nirvana”, 337-[338];
and “The Education of Henry Adams”, [338];
last meeting with, [338];
comment on treatment of our presidents, [342]; [343]
Addams, Jane, [358]
Aesthetic movement, height of the, in 1877, [147]
Agassiz, Louis J. R., [25]
“Age of Fable, The”, Bulfinch, [29]
Aïdé, Hamilton, [241], [297], [299]
Albani, Madame, [151]
Albert, King, of Belgium, [387]
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, [298]
Alexandria, Egypt, [176]
Alger, Abbie L., a gifted woman, [24]
Alger, Kitty, intimate friend and classmate, [24], [46], [56]
Alger, William Rounseville, characteristics of, [24];
and his “Poetry of the Orient”, 24-[25];
at home of, [25];
preaches in Music Hall, [25]
Alhambra, the, [253]
“Alice in Wonderland”, Carroll, [29]
Alma-Tadema, Sir Laurence, home in London, [142]
Alma-Tadema, Mrs. Laurence, [142]
“American House Building at Messina”, Belknap, [327]
American Relief Committee, and its work for the earthquake sufferers, 327-[328]
American School for Classical Study in Rome, [310]
American School of Archaeology in Athens, [312]
America’s Cup, the, [148]
“Ami des femmes, L’”, [271]
Anacapri, [291-292]
Anagnos, Michael, 80-[81];
and Helen Keller, [228]; [380]
Anagnos, Mrs. Michael, the author’s sister, [6];
characteristics of, 37 [61];
reads aloud to author, 62 [78], [79];
engagement, [81];
marriage, [86];
death, [216]
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, [12]
Andalusia, [254]
Anderson, Larz, [256], [334]
Anderson, Mrs. Larz, a year of travel with the author, 271-[282];
presents “Diana of the Tides” to New National Museum, [334]; [348]
Andrew, Bessie, [18]
Andrew, Edith, [17], [18]
Andrew, Forrester, [18]
Andrew, Harry, [18]
Andrew, John Albion, the great War Governor, [17];
his home, 17-[18];
personal appearance, [18];
letters from S. G. Howe to, [19], [20];
Howe’s services, 19-[20];
and the box of snakes, [19]
Anglin, Margaret, as Phedra in “Hippolytus”, [348]
“Antiques and Horribles”, [11]
Appleton, Henry, of Leeds, England, [280]
Appleton, Thomas Gold, [196]
Apthorp, Robert, [40]
“Arabian Days”, 248-[255]
Arctic exploration, compelling fascination of, 100-[101]
Armour, Mr. and Mrs. George, course of lectures at home of, [218]
Art, acquiring a love of, 62-[63];
Centennial Exposition did much for, [135];
one of author’s absorbing interests, [135]
Art Association of Newport, inception of, [367];
first home of, 367-[368];
researches in early art traditions of town, 368-[369];
enthusiasm of founders of, [369];
larger quarters of, [384];
last reception and musicale in old home, [384];
importance of work of, 385-[386];
effect of World War on, [391];
welfare work for service men by, 391-[392]
“Artists’ Life in Rome”, lecture on, [351], [367]
Ascension Church, New York, [317]
Ashburton Place, Joseph Howe’s home in, 36-[37]
Association for the Advancement of Women, [135]
Assouan, [273]
Aston Clinton, country seat of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 148-[150]
Astronomy, study of, 59-[60]
Asylum for the Insane, Taunton, [83]
Asylums, conditions in the pauper, [227]
Athens, Greece, 190-[193], 310-[312]
Atlantic Monthly, [289]
“At the Sign of the Dollar”, Deland, [203]
Austin, Henry, [214]
Austria, Empress of, [278]
Autograph collectors, impositions practised by, 84-[85]
“Aventurière, L’”, [281]
“Bab Ballads, The”, Gilbert, [29], [151]
Back Bay, new section of the, [54];
naming the streets of the, [55]
Baden Baden, [278]
Baez, President, of Republic of Santo Domingo, [84], [91];
the Howe party, guests of, [94]
Baker, Sir Samuel and Lady, [177]
Balfour, Arthur, [233]
Balkan Relief Fund, art exhibition and sale for, 369-[370]
Balloon ascension on Boston Common, 12-[13]
Bancroft, George, famous rose garden of, [117];
personal appearance of, [132];
enjoyment of young company, [132]
Bancroft, Mrs. George, [132]
“Barbauld’s Poems, Mrs.”, [29]
“Barber of Seville, The”, [215];
in Rome, [293]
Barnard, Inman, [177]
Barrère, Madame, [329]
Bartol, Rev. Cyrus, [52]
Battersea, Lord. See Flower, Cyril
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”, Julia Ward Howe, [21], [286], [359], [388]
Bayard, Senator Thomas F., [130]
Bayard, Mrs. Thomas F., [336]
Bayreuth, and the Wagner operas, 278-[279]
Beaconsfield, Earl of, [139], [140]
Beal, Harriet Blaine, [374]
“Beau Brummel”, [228], [229]
Beauregard, General P. G. T., 211-[212]
Bedford, Duchess of, [235]
Befana, the children’s Christmas in Italy, [324]
Belgian Relief, presides at Tremont Temple meeting for, [377]
Belgium, memories of visit to, [174]
Belknap, Commander Reginald R., and relief work in Sicily, 327-[328];
appreciation of John Elliott’s labors, 327-[328]; [371], [372]
Bell, Sir James and Lady, [280]
Bellamy, Edward, [223]
Bellew, Kyrle, [233]
Benlliure, Mariano, Spanish sculptor, [265]
Bennett, James Gordon, and the Jeannette expedition, [99];
and polo, [116], [117]
Bernstorff, Count von, [349];
reported remark of, [375]
Bethlehem, Palestine, [185]
Biggar, Mr., [140]
Bird, Charles Sumner, [355], [357], [358]
Bird, Mrs. Charles Sumner, [355], [361]
Bird, Effie. See Tilden, Mrs. Linzee
Black, William, [143]
“Black Crook”, [71]
Blackler, Edith, the author’s “twin”, [114]
Blackwell, Alice Stone, [381]
Blaine, Emmons, [131]
Blaine, James G., Speaker of the House, [131];
his home in Augusta, [131]
Blaine, Walker, [131]
Bliss, Alexander, “Sandy”, [132]
Blücher, sinking of the, [380]
Boardman, Mabel, [341], [349]
Boer War, [295], [296];
siege of Ladysmith, [297];
scenes in London at close of, [298]
Boni, Giacomo, [175]
“Book of Nonsense”, Lear, [29]
Booth, Edwin, in “The Iron Chest”, [39];
a matinée idol, [39];
as Shylock, 224-[225];
letter from, [225]
Booth, General William, and “In Darkest England”, [242], [247]
Bordentown, N. J., visit to, 74-[76]
Boston Common, and Fourth of July celebrations, 12-[14]
Boston Evening Transcript, [195], [260]
Boston Fire of 1872, 107-[108]
Boston Herald, [352]
Boston Latin School, prize drills in Music Hall, 43-[44];
prize declamations of, [44];
head master of, [45]
Boston Music Hall, [40];
favorite resort, [40];
dedication of great organ, [40]; 41-[43]
Boston Public Library, decorations by John Elliott for ceiling of, [296], 300-[301], [306]
Boston Symphony Concerts, [227]
Bostonian Society, portrait of Mrs. Howe presented to, [359]
Bowdoin, Anthony, funeral of, 329-[330]
Boxer Rebellion, [302], [306]
Boylston Place, fire at Howe home in, 81-[82]
Bradford, Daniel, steward at Perkins Institution, 8-[9]
Bradford, George, a favorite teacher of history and astronomy, 58-[60]
Bradley, Rev. Leverett, [294]
Braemar, Scotland, [280], [281]
Bridgman, Laura, [6];
at Bradford’s wedding, [9];
education of, [10];
enjoyment of music, [10]; [228];
author in collaboration with sister writes life of, [228], [314];
characteristic letter from Henry James on life of, 315-[316];
letter from Roosevelt on life of, [317]
Brighton Road, riding and driving on the, [54]
British Embassy in Rome, [256]
British Museum, [144]
Brittany, recollections of, [174], [175]
Broadwood, Maud, [171]
Brooke, Stopford A., [152];
popularity of, [153]
Brooks, Phillips, [201], [229]
Brown, John, at the Howe home, 15-[16]
Browning, Penn, [290]
Browning, Robert, meeting with, [141];
impressions of, 141-[142]
Brownson, Admiral, [340]
Buffalo Bill. See Cody, Colonel William F.
Bulak Museum, [178]
Bull, Ole, [42]
Burlington House, London, [145]
Butler, Captain and Mrs., [292]
Butler, Mr., author of “Nothing to Wear”, [285]
Cable, George W., 212-[213];
feeling in New Orleans against, 214-[215];
personal appearance and charm of, [215]
Caine, Hall, and D. G. Rossetti, [285];
personal appearance of, [285];
opinion of Rome, [285]
Cairo, Egypt, [176]
Calabria, earthquake of 1908 in, 326-[329]
Cambridge, Duke of, visits John Elliott’s studio in Rome, [296];
sits for portrait, 296-[297]
Campello, Count Salome, [333]
Cannon, Joseph G., congressman, [336]
Cantrell, Mr., [370]
Capel, Monsignor, [160]
Capri, visit to, 291-[292]
Carlisle, Lord, attentions shown the Howes in London by, [144]
Carlisle, Lady, [144], [145]
Carlyle, Thomas, [15]
Carpathia, s. s., [352]
Carpenter, Miss, [358]
Carreño, Theresa, [42]
Catholicism, Mrs. Howe’s fear that author might embrace, [290]
Cavalotti, [286]
Cecilia Society, The, [41]
Centennial Exposition of 1876, [135]
Central National Society for Women’s Suffrage, [235]
Century Magazine, the, [324]
Chaldeans, Mass celebrated by the, [284]
Chanler, Daisy, [230], [288], [289]
Chanler, Elizabeth, [389]
Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop (née Ward), the author’s cousin, 70-[71]
Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop (née Terry), the author’s cousin, [167], [195]
Channing, William Henry, letter to Mrs. Howe, [85]
Chant, Mrs. L. Ormiston, 234-[235]
Chapman, Victor, [389]
Charitable institutions, visits to, 82-[83]
Chauncy Hall School, 44-[45]
Chester, England, [139]
Chestnut Street, home at No. [13], [51]
Chicago, [136];
author and her husband in, 217-[222];
gives first lecture course in, [218];
secret of the city’s strength, [219]
Child, Richard Washburn, [358]
“Christian, The”, Caine, [285]
Christian Science, comment on, [381]
Christmas Eve, in Rome, [158]
Church of the Disciples, first home of, [47];
fiftieth anniversary of, [229]
Churchill, Sir Randolph, [233]
Churchill, Winston, [355];
at Progressive rally in Providence, [360]
Circolo Italiano, founded in Boston by author, [333]
Civil War, vague recollections of the, [20]
Clark, Lester W., [44]
Clarke, Rev. James Freeman, the Howes’ minister, [25]; [47];
performs marriage ceremony of author, [216]; [229]
Clemens, Samuel L., [248]
Clement, Mr., [330]
Cobbe, Francis Power, [148]
Cochran, W. Burke, [362]
Cochrane, Jessie, [291], [300]
Cody, Colonel William F., [215], [232]
Coleman, C. C., [292]
Coleman, Enrico, [321]
Colfax, Schuyler, [108]
Columbian Exposition, [222]
Columbus, Bartholomew, [99]
Columbus, Christopher, Dominican legend concerning, [93];
tomb in Santo Domingo, [97];
the tomb in Havana, [102];
an apostrophe to, [138]
Conanicut Island, [110]
“Concerning X 107”, Deland, [203]
Congress of Berlin in 1878, Italy at the, [169]
Congress of Women, in London, [290]
Conrad, Lily. See Theodoli, Marchesa
Constantinople, 188-[189]
Contoocook, N. H., a week in winter in, 348-[349]
Conway, Moncure D., [152];
assertive personality of, [153]
Coolidge, Baldwin, [353]
Coolidge, Hamilton, [389]
Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, Porter’s portrait of author in, [125]
Cordova, beauty of the mosque of, [317]
“Corner, The”, New York home of Grandfather Ward, [65], [72]
Cornish, N. H., beauty of the country around, 311-[312]
Corso, the, on Christmas Eve, [158]
Cortazzo, Miss Renée, [389]
Corti, Count, bitter irony of, 169-[170]
Costa, Giovanni, studying painting under, [163]
Cram, Ralph Adams, [223]
Crane, Walter, Watts’ portrait of, [239]
Crawford, Annie. See Rabé, Baroness Erich Von
Crawford, Francis Marion, the author’s cousin, [159], [161];
personal appearance, [162]; [165], [166];
and his sister Annie, [167]; [195];
gift of story-telling, [196];
literary reviews for magazines, [196];
studies for operatic stage, [197];
writes “Mr. Isaacs”, [197];
“Dr. Claudius”, and “A Roman Singer”, [199];
achieves fame by his books, [199];
an indefatigable worker, [258]; [265], [293];
inclined to superstitions, [323]; [334]
Crawford, Mimola. See Fraser, Mrs. Hugh
Crawford, Thomas, sculptor, [41];
uncle of the author, [65];
work on the Capitol at Washington, [72]; [167]
Crawford, Mrs. Thomas. See Terry, Mrs. Luther
Creoles, of New Orleans, [213]
Cretan chieftains, banquet to the Howes, 190-[191]
Cretan insurrection, [78]
Crispi, Francesco, Minister of the Interior, [163];
and the Triple Alliance, [163], [169]; [261], [264], [286]
Crowninshield, Frederick, [194]
Cuba, visit to, 101-[104]
Current Topics Club, [351]
Currie, Lady, [143], [256], [257]
Currie, Lord, [256];
a faux pas by, [257]
Cushman, the Misses Alice and Ida, [135]
Cyprus, [186]
Dante, John Elliott’s drawing of, 259-[260]
Davis, Major, [298]
“Débâcle”, Zola, [268]
Decies, Lady, [372]
De Koven, Reginald and Mrs., [218]
Deland, Lorin, [200];
genial and kindly nature of, [202];
pride in his wife’s success, [202];
his writings, [203]
Deland, Mrs. Lorin, close friendship with, 200-[201];
regard for Mrs. Howe, [201];
author one of literary advisers of, [201];
her writings, [202];
love for flowers, [202]; [377]
Deland, Margaret. See Deland, Mrs. Lorin
De Long, George W., arctic explorer, [92], [97], 99-[100]
Derby, Haskett, [121]
Derby, Lucy, intimate friend, [120], [121];
Edward A. Sothern at home of, [121]
Derby, Richard, [121]
“Diana of the Tides”, painting by John Elliott, [326], [328], [329];
gift to New National Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, [334]
Dickinson, J. McG., Secretary of War, [339]
Dilke, Sir Charles, [140]
“Discoverer, The”, Hunt’s fresco in Capitol at Albany, [119]
Disraeli, Benjamin. See Beaconsfield, Earl of
Dixon, Senator, [364]
“Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, Hall and Howe, [228], [314]
Doggett, Mrs., [136]
Dorr, Mrs. Charles H., [116]
Drake, Sir Francis, [99]
Draper, General and Mrs. William F., 286-[287]
Dresser, LeRoy, [354]
Dudley, Lady, [147]
Dumaresq, Francis, [44]
Dundreary, Lord, Sothern’s chief rôle, [121]
Dunraven, Lady, [148]
Dunraven, Lord, 147-[148]
Duse, Madame, [284]
Dwight, John Sullivan, president of Harvard Musical Association, [40];
founds his Journal of Music, [40];
“adopted son” of author, [40];
devotee of Boston Music Hall, [41];
his outspoken criticism, [41];
classical taste and indifference to opera, 42-[43];
enjoyed “Oberon”, [43]
Dwight’s Journal of Music, [40], [41]
Earthquake, author experiences first, in Santo Domingo, [98];
in Sicily, 326-[329]
Easter, gorgeousness of, services in Rome, [295]
“Ecce Homo”, Seeley,
[152]
Edgeworth, Maria, [15]
Egypt, a trip to, 176-[183];
second visit to, 272-[273]
Elliott, Edward, brother of author’s husband, [229];
untimely death by drowning, 229-[230]
Elliott, Sir George, [176]
Elliott, John, author’s escort at Royal Academy reception, [145]; [174];
marriage of Maud Howe and, [216];
in Chicago, 217-[222];
mural decorations for Mrs. Potter Palmer’s home, [217];
work in collaboration with Pretyman, [221]; [223], 225-[226];
appreciation of music, [227];
proposed decoration for Boston Public Library by, [229];
his brother Edward’s death, 229-[230];
visits London, 232-[242];
in Spain and Morocco, 248-[255];
in Rome, [256];
studio in Palazzo Santa Croce, [259];
pastel drawing of Dante, 259-[260]; 263-[264];
home in Palazzo Rusticucci, [265]; [266], [269], [275], [287];
designs Mrs. Howe’s costumes, [289]; [293];
portraits of heroes of Boer War, [296], [299], [300];
portrait of the Duke of Cambridge, 296-[297];
on English feeling at close of Boer War, [298];
Queen Margherita visits studio of, 300-[302];
his “Triumph of Time”, [302]; [303], [305], [306], [313];
poses for figure in portrait of the king of Spain by Villegas, 319-[320]; [321], [323];
completion of “Diana of the Tides”, [326], [329], [334];
important relief work in Messina disaster, 327-[328];
Red Cross medal conferred on, [341]; [347], [348];
a founder of the Art Association of Newport, [352]; [353], [355];
presentation to Bostonian Society of portrait of Mrs. Howe by, [359]; [365], [366], [367];
picture exhibition and sale for Red Cross, 369-[370]; [371], [372], [386], [388];
portraits of young Americans dead in the World War, [389]
Elliott, Mrs. John (Maud Howe Elliott), birth, [4];
home in Perkins Institution for the Blind, [5];
sisters and brothers, [6];
early memories, 6-[9];
homes at Green Peace and in Lawton’s Valley, [11];
and Fourth of July, 11-[14];
her parents’ friends, 14-[15];
and story of John Brown, 15-[17];
recollections of Sumner and Andrew, 17-[19];
and death of Lincoln, [21];
her mother’s friends “The Owls”, 22-[27];
the spell of Hawthorne, [28];
favorite books, [29];
memories of Green Peace, 30-[32];
death of little Sam the younger brother, [33];
her father’s family, 34-[38];
sees first play, 38-[39];
early love for music, 40-[43];
school exhibitions, 43-[45];
schools and teachers, 46-[60];
school-day games and pastimes, 48-[52];
and Francis Parkman, [53];
dancing school, 55-[57];
home life in girlhood, 61-[62];
acquiring a taste for poetry, music, and art, 62-[63];
first visit to New York, 64-[71];
her mother’s family, 64-[68];
Grandfather Ward’s home “The Corner”, [65];
Uncle Samuel Ward, 68-[70];
in Washington, 71-[73];
her aunt’s home in Bordentown, 74-[76];
and George V autograph collection, 76-[77];
absence of parents in Europe, 78-[80];
engagement of sisters, 80-[82];
first literary effort, [83];
a week in the White House, 83-[85];
marriage of her three sisters, [86];
her brother Henry, [87];
household duties, [88];
trip to Santo Domingo, 91-[101];
experiences first earthquake, [98];
meets DeLong, future arctic explorer, 99-[100];
in Cuba, 101-[104];
intimate companionship with father, 106-[107];
the Boston Fire, 107-[108];
presidential campaign of 1872, 108-[109];
memories of summer home at Portsmouth, R. I., 109-[116];
girlhood friends, [111], [114];
early days in Newport, 116-[117];
a change of summer homes, [117];
acquaintance with William M. Hunt, 118-[120];
meets Edward A. Sothern, 121-[123];
home life at Green Peace, 123-[127];
Porter’s portrait of, 124-[126];
home at No. 32 Mt. Vernon Street, [127];
meets Bret Harte, 127-[129];
again in Washington, 129-[133];
funeral of Charles Sumner, [133];
death of her father, [134];
added responsibilities, [134];
Philadelphia and the Centennial, [135];
trip through the Middle West, 135-[136];
an Emerson lecture, [137];
first trip to Europe, [138];
in England, 139-[157];
meeting with Parnell, [140];
and Robert Browning, [141];
the Alma-Tademas, [142];
entertained by Edmund Yates, 142-[143];
sits for Burne-Jones, [144];
art exhibitions, 145-[146];
social activities, 146-[147];
the world of sport, 147-[148];
a week with the Rothschilds, 148-[150];
differences in English and American social life, [150];
the opera and theater in London, 150-[152];
impressions of Irving, [151];
hears noted preachers, 152-[153];
enjoys hansom cab and bus, 155-[157];
in Rome, 158-[173];
Christmas Eve, [158];
her aunt Mrs. Terry’s salon, 159-[161];
memorable day in the Forum, [161];
hears Abbé Liszt, [161];
studies painting under Costa, [163];
attack of Roman fever, 164-[165];
convalescence in Orvieto, 165-[166];
Mrs. Terry and her family, 166-[168];
death of King Victor Emmanuel, [168];
Garibaldi, 168-[169];
in elaborate tableaux, 170-[173];
in Holland, Belgium, Brittany and Switzerland, 174-[175];
a trip to Egypt, 176-[184];
Cairo, 176-[177];
ascent of the great pyramid, [178];
and the Khedive’s royal wives, 179-[181];
the ball at the palace, 181-[183];
in Palestine, 184-[186];
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Garden of Gethsemane, 185-[186];
Constantinople, 188-[189];
the secret of the mummy, 189-[190];
in Greece, 190-[193];
father’s memory revered by Cretans, 190-[191];
the Schliemanns and their excavations, 191-[192];
souvenirs of the Grecian trip, [192];
art not her métier, [194];
first payment for literary work, [194];
regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, [195];
Saint-Gaudens and the Shaw Memorial, [195];
home life, 195-[196];
and Marion Crawford, 195-[197];
at Oak Glen, [197];
Crawford and the writing of “Mr. Isaacs”, [197];
first telephone message at Oak Glen, [198];
in new Beacon Street home, 198-[199];
and Crawford’s success as a novelist, [199];
her brother Henry Marion Howe, [199];
calls on Longfellow, 199-[200];
first book published anonymously, [200];
a summer in California, [200];
writes “San Rosario Ranch”, [200];
friendship with the Delands, 200-[203];
six months in New Orleans, 204-[216];
the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-[206], [209], [211], [215];
round of social gaiety, 206-[209];
the Mardi Gras, 206-[207];
meeting with Henry Watterson, 209-[210];
some literary lights, [214];
and George W. Cable, 214-[215];
writes “Atlanta in the South”, [216];
death of her sister Julia and Uncle Sam Ward, [216];
marriage, [216];
in Chicago, 217-[222];
course of lectures by, [218];
meets Eugene Field, [220];
editor of book on women’s work at Columbian Exposition, [222];
return to Boston, [222];
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, 223-[224];
Booth and Modjeska in “The Merchant of Venice”, 224-[225];
a play for Richard Mansfield, [236];
and William Dean Howells, [226];
on conditions in pauper asylums, [227];
Helen Keller and the Perkins Institution, [228];
work on story of education of Laura Bridgman, [228];
death of her brother-in-law, 229-[230];
mother preaches at the Church of the Disciples, 230-[231];
funeral of Francis Parkman, [231];
again in London, 232-[247];
hospitality of English friends, 234-[236];
and Henry James, 236-[237];
the theater in London, [237];
George Watts the artist, 237-[238];
Watts’ pictures and methods of work, 238-[240];
Watts’ equestrian statue “Physical Energy”, 240-[241];
and Henry M. Stanley, 241-[242];
and the work of the Salvation Army, 242-[247];
lecture on “With Booth in Darkest England”, [247];
in Spain and Morocco, 248-[255];
experiences in Tangier, 249-[251];
and the Sharifa, 251-[252];
beauty and charm of Granada, [253];
Andalusia, 253-[254];
a week of romance, 254-[255];
artist life in Rome, 256-[270];
fascination of the city, 257-[258];
and Marion Crawford, [258];
first home in Rome, 258-[259];
syndicate letters, [260];
colorful functions in St. Peter’s, 260-[261];
an audience with Queen Margherita, 261-[263];
home in Palazzo Rusticucci, 264-[265];
summer in Rome, 266-[267];
round of social amenities, 267-[269];
Lenten services, [270];
year of travel, 271-[282];
in Paris, 271-[272];
Egypt and the Nile, 272-[273];
Assouan, [273];
Jaffa and Palestine, 274-[275];
in Italy, [273];
Emperor William II at the theater, 275-[276];
through Germany and Austria, 276-[278];
Wagner operas at Bayreuth, 278-[279];
the charm of Holland, [279];
in London, [280];
Scotland, 280-[281];
glimpses of Queen Victoria, [281];
back in Paris, [281];
return to Rome, [283];
her mother’s last visit to Rome, 283-[289];
Christmas in Rome, [283];
tea with a gobbo, [284];
meets Hall Caine, [285];
the war with Spain, [287];
Villegas’ portrait of her mother, [288];
her mother’s return home, [289];
letter from her mother, [289];
and the Church of Rome, [290];
a trip to Capri, 291-[292];
beauty of the island, [291];
and Henry James, [294];
dawn of the twentieth century in Rome, [295];
the Boer War, [295], 297-[298];
and the Duke of Cambridge, 296-[297];
dismantling the terrace, 299-[300];
Queen Margherita at the studio, 300-[301];
the Boxer Rebellion, [302], [306];
a gift from the Queen, [303];
American pilgrims in Rome, [303];
assassination of King Umberto, 303-[305];
closing the home in Rome, [306];
the mural decoration for the Boston Public Library, [307];
letter from Henry James, 307-[308];
a second “dawn” of the twentieth century, [309];
at New England Woman’s Club, [310];
abroad again, [310];
Athens, 310-[311];
audience with Queen Olga, [311];
in England, [312];
art and literary work in Cornish, 312-[313];
completion of “Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, [314];
her “Roma Beata” and “Two in Italy”, [314];
characteristic letter from Henry James, 315-[316];
letter from Theodore Roosevelt, [317];
on the Russo-Japanese War, [317];
the great mosque at Cordova, [317];
High Mass at the Seville Cathedral, [318];
a visit to Villegas in Madrid, 318-[320];
in Rome, 320-[329];
the new home, [322];
Thanksgiving Day in Rome, 322-[323];
Christmas and Befana, [324];
the earthquake in Sicily, 326-[329];
work for relief of the sufferers, 327-[329];
completion of “Diana of the Tides”, [329];
return to Boston, [329];
suggested memorial to her father, [330];
on the development of Italy, 331-[332];
founds the Circolo Italiano in Boston, [333];
a successful test of aviation in Rome, 334-[335];
Washington in 1910, 336-[343];
changes in the city, [336];
Henry Adams and his intimates, 337-[339];
meets President Taft and the Cabinet, 339-[342];
in Washington in 1912, 343-[344];
Roosevelt and the nomination, 344-[345];
death of her mother and tributes to, [346];
letter from Roosevelt, 346-[347];
a call from Roosevelt, [347];
production of her mother’s “Hippolytus”, 347-[348];
a week in Contoocook, [348];
calls on Roosevelt in New York, 349-[350];
Roosevelt announces candidacy for nomination, [350];
on the opposition to Roosevelt, [351];
loss of the Titanic, [352];
inception of the Art Association of Newport, [352];
and the Suffrage Parade in New York, [353];
Republican National Convention, [353];
first rally of Progressive Party in Massachusetts, [354];
in charge of women’s part in Progressive State campaign, [355];
the Progressive campaign, 355-[366];
presentation of mother’s portrait to Bostonian Society, [359];
Progressive rally in New York, [364];
end of campaign and election of Wilson, [366];
“Artists’ Life in Rome” and the Current Topics Club, [367];
the Art Association of Newport, 367-[369];
picture exhibition and sale for the Red Cross, 369-[370];
on death of King George of Greece, [370];
remarkable dream of her mother, [371];
outbreak of the World War, 372-[373];
in Gardiner, Maine, 373-[374];
at People’s Forum in Providence, [374];
remark of Count von Bernstorff, [375];
on Germany’s ruthlessness, [376];
Tremont Temple meeting for Belgian relief, [377];
appreciation of Mrs. John L. Gardner, 378-[380];
destruction of the Blücher, [380];
comment on Christian Science, [381];
administration in the Philippines, [382];
successful suffrage meeting, [382];
the sinking of the Lusitania, 383-[384];
success of the Art Association of Newport, 384-[385];
war relief work, 385-[386];
declaration of war by United States, [388];
the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, [388];
portraits of Americans lost in the War, [389];
death of Roosevelt, [390];
work for men in the service, 391-[392];
inspiration of the Sunday meetings with the “boys”, [392]
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, anecdote told by, [23]; [26];
impression of, [137]
Emmanuel III, accession of, [303]; [334]
England, visited, [138], [232], [280], [298], [312]
English High School, [43]
Equal Suffrage League, [358]
Erechtheum, souvenir photograph of, 192-[193]
Essipoff, Madame, Russian pianist, [42]
Evangelides, Christy, [186], [187]
Exhibition Day, at the Perkins Institution, 10-[11]
Fabens, Colonel, [92]
Fairchild, Mrs., [224]
Farman, Consul General, [177]
Fawcett, Mrs., [234]
Fearing, Daniel, [386]
Federn, Carl, [326]
Fenway Court, [377], [379]
Ferguson, the guide, [248], [249]
Fergusons, the, [280], [281]
Field, Eugene, [220]
Fields, James T., [25]
Fireworks, on Boston Common, 13-[14]
“First Martyr, The”, Mrs. Howe’s poem, 16-[17]
Fish, Mrs. Hamilton, [129]
“Flag, The”, Mrs. Howe’s poem, [286]
“Flight of Night, The”, Hunt’s fresco in the Capitol at Albany, [119]
Flower, Constance. See Flower, Mrs. Cyril
Flower, Cyril, marriage to Constance de Rothschild, 148-[149]; [235], [236]
Flower, Mrs. Cyril, author visits, [148];
resentment of Jewish community at marriage of, 148-[149]; [290]
“Flying Squadron”, in Progressive Party campaign, [357]
Foley, Margaret, [353]
Forbes-Robertson, Beatrice, [381], [382]
Fourth of July, early celebrations of, 11-[14];
in Rome, [265]
“Franconia Stories, The”, [29]
Fraser, Hugh, [297]
Fraser, Mrs. Hugh, the author’s cousin, [167]; [302]
Frelinghuysen, Senator F. T., [129]
“From Sunset Ridge”, Julia Ward Howe, [289]
Fuller, George, not fully appreciated in life, [120];
some of his work, [120], [121]
Fuller, Margaret, [15]
Games and Pastimes,
[32], 49-[52]
Gardiner, Maine, and the World War, [373]
Gardner, Amory, [178]
Gardner, Augustus P., public services of, [378]
Gardner, Francis, head-master of Boston Latin School, [45];
Hunt’s portrait of, [45]
Gardner, Helen, [130];
her charming personality, 132-[133]
Gardner, John L., [379]
Gardner, Mrs. John L., [267], [269], 377-[380]
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, at funeral of Victor Emmanuel, [168];
appeal to Italia Irredenta, [169];
and the Tiber Embankment, [169]
Gay, Fannie. See Howe, Mrs. Henry Marion
Gay, Willard, [87]
Gayarré, Judge Charles, [214]
Gennadius, M., Minister of Greece to Great Britain, [145]
George I, King of Greece, [190];
assassination of, [370]
Germany, infiltration of Italy by, [170];
uneasiness in London over aggressiveness of, 233-[234];
and the World War, [372];
ruthlessness of, [373];
conscious savagery of, [376];
and the Lusitania, 383-[384];
and deportation of Belgians, 386-[387];
declaration of war by United States against, [388]
Gethsemane, Garden of, [186]
Gilbert, William S., popularity of his light operas, [151], [152]
Gilder, Richard Watson, [75]
Gillette, William, 360-[361]
Gillow, Monsignore, [205]
Gladstone, William Ewart, eloquence of, [140]; [233];
“Female Suffrage” pamphlet, [235]
Glass, Billy, the coachman, [14]
Gobbo, Don R., the, 284-[285]
Godey’s Magazine, author’s first story appears in, [194]
Goring, England, [312]
Goschen, George, Jr., [197]
Gosse, Edmund, a stanch friend in London, [142]
Graham, Cunninghame, [326]
Granada, 253-[254]
Grant, Nellie, author visits, in White House, [84]
Grant, Judge Robert, [52]
Grant, Patrick, [52]
Grant, Rev. Percy, [317]
Grant, President Ulysses S., and annexation of Santo Domingo, 83-[84];
appoints S. G. Howe commissioner to Santo Domingo, [84];
and autograph collectors, 84-[85];
renomination and election of, [108], [109];
banquet in London to, [146]
Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S., invites author to visit White House, [84]
Gray, Ellen, [54]
Gray, Mrs. William, [54]
Greece, visited, [190], [310]
Greek Church in London, attends, [153]
Greeley, Horace, [109]
Green Peace, the home in South Boston, [11];
selection of the name, [30];
the garden, flowers and fruits, 31-[32];
favorite dogs at, [32];
the house closed, [51];
return to, [123];
home life at, 123-[124]
Greene, Rev. Boley, [356]
Greenough, Richard S., [258], [302]
Gridley, Jeremy, a paternal ancestor, [35];
attorney-general of Province of Massachusetts Bay, [35]
Gridley, Richard, a paternal ancestor, [35]
“Grimm’s Fairy Tales”, [29]
Griscom, Lloyd, American Ambassador to Italy, [322], [323], [327]
Griscom, Mrs. Lloyd, [322], 334-[335]
Grosvenor Gallery, London, [144], [145]
Guiccioli, Marchese, [300]
Gurnee, Augustus, [183]
Hading, Jane, in “L’Aventurière”, [281]
Hague, The, [279]
Hale, Edward Everett, [223], [309]
Hall, David Prescott, [78];
engagement to Florence Howe, [81]
Hall, Mrs. David Prescott, named for Florence Nightingale, [6]; [34];
instructs author in arithmetic, [46];
engagement of, [79], [81];
marriage, [86];
completes life of Laura Bridgman, [314]
“Hamlet”, [237]
Hampden, Walter, in “Hippolytus”, [348]
Hancock house, regret at demolition of the, [55]
Handel and Haydn Society, [41], [309]
Hansom cab, author’s liking for, [155], [156]
Harcourt, Sir Vernon, [233], [299]
Hare, Augustus J. C., [161]
Harland, Henry, a brilliant conversationalist, [236]
Harland, Mrs. Henry, [236]
Harte, Francis Bret, [126];
at the Howe home, 127-[128];
his wit and humor, [128]
Harvard Musical Association, builds Boston Music Hall, 40-[41]
Hattori, Ichizo, commissioner at New Orleans Exposition, 210-[211]
Havana, 101-[104]
Hawthorne, Julian, personal appearance, [28];
effect of father’s reputation on, [29]
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [26];
dislike for housework, [27];
“The Scarlet Letter”, [27];
influence of his writings on author’s childhood, [28];
his children, 28-[29]
Hawthorne, Una, at Lawton’s Valley, [28]
Hay, John, [126], [127], [261]
Hazard, Thomas, Vancluse summer home of, 111-[114];
secures abolition of death penalty, [112];
a confirmed spiritualist, 113-[114]
Hedge, Rev. Frederick, [25]
Helbig, Professor and Madame, [171], [173], [329]
“Helena Ritchie”, Deland, [202]
“Henry VIII”, [237]
Herbert, Sir Arthur, 376-[377]
Higginson, Major Henry, [377]
Higginson, Captain Frank, [188]
Hill, Arthur, [361]
Hilliard, Mrs., gives author music lessons, [47]
Hilliard School, author attends, 47-[48]
“Hippolytus”, belated production of Mrs. Howe’s play, 347-[348]
Holidays in Italy, demoralizing effect of, [324]
Holland, impressions of, [174], [279]
Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, [146];
his favorite poems, [224];
putting up his first “shingle”, [224]
Holmes, Justice Oliver Wendell, [336]
Homer, the birthplace of, [187]
Horn, “Marm”, and her small shop, 48-[49]
Houghton, Lord, [144]
“How They Lived at Hampton”, Hale, [223]
Howard, George. See Carlisle, Lord
Howe, Anjie, the author’s cousin, [36]
Howe, Edward Compton, author’s great-grandfather, [35];
a member of the Boston Tea Party, [35]
Howe, Eliza, the author’s aunt, [36];
an able housekeeper, 36-[37]
Howe, Eliza, the author’s cousin, [36]
Howe, Florence, the author’s sister. See Hall, Mrs. David Prescott
Howe, Henry Marion, the author’s brother, [6];
elation over the fall of Vicksburg, [21]; [34];
graduation, [86];
student in steel works in Troy, [87];
engagement and marriage, [87];
death, 87 note
Howe, Mrs. Henry Marion, marriage, [87]
Howe, Joseph, the author’s uncle, [36];
personal appearance, [36];
president of Sandwich Glass Co., [36];
his home, 36-[38];
and Boston Theater, [38]
Howe, Joseph Neals, the author’s grandfather, [35];
his ropewalk, [35]
Howe, Julia, the author’s sister. See Anagnos, Mrs. Michael
Howe, Julia Ward (the author’s mother), comment on Theodore Parker’s request, [5];
her children, [6];
idea of discipline, [7];
author’s early classification of friends of, [14];
her “Reminiscences”, [15];
Henry James, the elder, and, [22];
and the Radical Club, [23];
and William R. Alger, [24];
choice of books for her children, [29];
and Green Peace, [31];
grief for death of little Sam, [33];
and the Music Hall organ, [41];
regard for her neighbors, 52-[53];
and Francis Parkman, [53];
instills a love for music and art, 62-[63];
in New York and Washington, 64-[73];
a trip to Greece, 78-[80];
and autograph
collectors, [85];
appeals for an International Peace Conference, [85];
letter from William H. Channing, 85-[86];
in Santo Domingo, 91-[99];
visits Cuba, 101-[104];
trip to Europe, [106];
reception to President and Mrs. Grant, [109], [127];
Oak Glen summer home of, [117];
Porter’s crayon drawing of, [124];
and John Hay, [126];
home in Mt. Vernon Street, [127];
Bret Harte at home of, [127];
Town and Country Club, [129];
in Washington, [129];
her husband’s death, [134];
lecture trip through the West, [135], [136];
a trip to Europe, [138];
hospitality of London friends, [139];
and the London World, [143];
on the loyalty of English audiences, [151];
in Rome, 158-[173];
daughter’s illness, [164];
and death of Victor Emmanuel II, [168];
through Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, 174-[175];
profoundly moved by visit to Egypt and Palestine, 183-[186];
in the Garden of Gethsemane, [186];
purchases a mummy, 189-[190];
her welcome in Greece, 190-[191];
comment on author’s first earnings, [194];
interest in Marion Crawford’s early work, [196];
winter home on Beacon Street, 198-[199];
Chief of Woman’s Department of New Orleans Cotton Centennial, 204-[216];
at brother’s grave in New Orleans, [213];
founds literary club in New Orleans, [214];
letter from author, [217];
visits author in Chicago, [222];
preaches at Church of the Disciples, 230-[231];
again in London, 232-[247];
appreciation of English friendships, [234];
letter from Mrs. Chant, [235];
letters from author, [249], [260], [265], [267], [271], 274-[282];
visits author in Rome, 283-[289];
organizes civic and literary clubs in Rome, [287];
Villegas’ portrait of, [288];
Anderson’s bust of, [288];
fondness for becoming dress, [289];
letter to author, [289];
letters from author, 290-[294], 298-[301], 302-[307], 310-[313], [314], 317-[326], 327-[329];
the beauty of her Italian speech, [383];
plea for the Americans, [341];
death, [346];
meetings in commemoration of and tributes to, 346-[347];
belated production of her “Hippolytus”, [347];
influence on Roosevelt for woman suffrage, [350];
presentation of portrait of, to Bostonian Society, [359];
author’s remarkable dream of, [371]
Howe, Laura E., the author’s sister. See Richards, Mrs. Henry
Howe, M. A. de Wolfe, [228]
Howe, Maria, the author’s cousin, [36]
Howe, Martha, the author’s cousin. See Parks, Mrs. Austin
Howe, Maud. See Elliott, Mrs. John
Howe, Samuel Gridley (the author’s father), and Parker’s request, [4];
founder and builder of the Perkins Institution for the Blind, [5];
his children, [6];
author’s first memory of, [6];
teaching author to tell the time, [7];
idea of discipline, [7];
good judge of character, [8];
education of Laura Bridgman, [10];
of restless temperament, [11];
and Fourth of July, 12-[14];
friends and associates, 14-[21];
and John Brown, 15-[16];
intimacy with Sumner, [17];
and John A. Andrew, [17];
letters to Governor Andrew, [19], [20];
services under Andrew, 19-[20];
one of the founders of the Sanitary Commission, 19-[20];
and the death of Lincoln, [21];
life at Green Peace, [32];
a fine horseman, [32], [54];
letter describing his children, [34];
and McClellan, [58];
activities, [61];
his sobriquet of “Chevalier”, [61];
reading aloud, [62];
an errand of mercy to Greece, 78-[80];
chairman of Board of State Charities, 82-[83];
commissioner for annexation of Santo Domingo, [84];
conflicting invitations to dinner, [85];
on domestic economy, [88];
letters to author, 89-[90];
failure of annexation a disappointment to, [91];
revisits Santo Domingo, 91-[99];
in Cuba, 101-[104];
close companionship with author, [106];
and Grant’s reëlection, 108-[109];
life at Portsmouth, 109-[110];
sells Lawton’s Valley, [117];
purchase of Oak Glen, [117];
home in Mt. Vernon Street, [127];
his death and its influence on the author, [134];
memory cherished in Greece, [190], [191];
greatest achievement the education of Laura Bridgman, [228];
his daughter Laura’s memoir of, [330];
thoughts of a memorial to, [330]
Howe, Samuel Gridley, Junior (the author’s brother), [5];
author’s first memory of, 6-[7];
born at Green Peace, [33];
early death of, [33]
Howells, William Dean, [226]
Hubbard, Miss, in charge of Miss Wilby’s School, [58]
Hubbard, Wilfranc, [325], [326]
“Huggermuggers and Kobbletozo, The”, [29]
“Humor and Philosophy of Woman Suffrage in England”, lecture by Samuels, [381]
Hunker, Lieutenant John J., [188]
“Hunkers”, [57]
Hunt, Richard, [115], [116], [367], [368]
Hunt, William M., [6];
studio of, [23];
author’s recollections of, 118-[119];
home at Readville, [118];
frescoes in the Capitol at Albany, [119];
feeling toward Boston, [120];
studio first home of Art Association of Newport, 367-[368];
studio acquired by John Elliott, 388-[389]
Huntress, Miss, [355]
Hurlburt, William Henry, [266], [268]
Hutchinson, Dr. Woods, [365]
Iddings, Mr. and Mrs., [302]
Ignazio, gardener at Palazzo Rusticucci, 320-[321]
“Imagination in Business”, Deland, [203]
“In Darkest England”, Booth, [242]
Indiana Place Chapel, first home of the Church of the Disciples, [47]
International Peace Conference, Mrs. Howe’s appeal for an, [85]
“Iron Chest, The”, first tragedy seen by author, [39]
“Iron Woman, The”, Deland, [202]
Irving, Sir Henry, preferred in melodrama and farce by author, [151]; [237]
Irving, Washington, and the Alhambra, [254]
Irwin, Robert, [178]
Ismaïl Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, [177];
visit to wives of, 179-[181];
ball given by, [181], [183];
personal appearance, [181];
his creditable administration, [182];
deposed, [183]
Italian Relief in World War, work for, [387]
Italy, disappointment in Congress of Berlin in 1878, [169];
German infiltration of, [170];
birth of modern, [331];
ties that bind United States and, 331-[332]
J. See Elliott, John
Jackson, Patrick, [52]
Jaffa, landing at, [184]; [274]
James, Arthur Curtis, [388]
James, Henry (the elder), valued friend of Mrs. Howe, [22];
ranked as chief of “The Owls”, [22];
personal appearance, [22];
a “Roland for his Oliver”, 22-[23];
writes of his childhood, [60]
James, Mrs. Henry, [23]
James, Henry (the younger), news of death of, [3];
characteristic utterance of, [3];
celebrates birthday at Palazzo Rusticucci, [3]; [22];
studied art under William M. Hunt, [23]; [60];
at Lawton’s Valley, [115];
author meets, in first London visit, [139], [140];
at Henry Harland’s home, [236];
wearies of London life, [237];
opinion of Mrs. Howe’s “Reminiscences”, [294];
his cure for lumbago, [305];
letter from, 307-[308];
in failing health, [347]; [368]
James, Mrs. Robertson, [23]
James, William, [22];
studied art under William M. Hunt, [23]; [368]
Jeannette, DeLong’s arctic expedition and the, 99-[100]
Jennings, Louis, [143], [257]
Jerusalem, [185], [187]
“Jessups”, a favorite schoolgirl confection, [49]
“Jocko, the Brazilian”, first play seen by author, 38-[39]
Johnson, Hiram, [364], 365-[366]
Johnson, Robert Underwood, [387]
Jones, William Safford, [370]
Jouett, Admiral, [209]
Kaiser, The. See William II, Emperor of Germany
Kalopothakis, Mr., appreciation of author’s father, [190]
Kane, Captain, [209]
Kansas City Star, [260]
Kehew, Mrs., Progressive meeting at home of, [361]
Kellar, Frances, [358]
Keller, Helen, [228]
Kemp, Miss, [299], [300]
Kendal, Mr. and Mrs., [237]
Kendall, William Sargeant, [351], [352], [369]
Kenmare, Lady, [287], [294], [297]
Kent, Alice, schoolmate of the author, [58];
a professional reader, [58]
Key West, Florida, [104], [105]
Kindergarten for the Blind, [228]
King, Mrs. William W., Creole dinner at home of, [205];
hospitality of, [207]
“King of the Golden River, The”, Ruskin, [29]
Knox, Philander C., Secretary of State, [340]
Labatt, Madame, [285]
Ladysmith, siege of, [297]
La Farge, John, [23],