The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 / March 1906

by Various

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].

THE SCRAP BOOK.

Vol. I.

MARCH, 1906.

No. 1.

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