FRIENDS AND WORTHIES: SOCIAL SUCCESSES
Time would fail me if I should undertake to mention the valued
friendships which have gladdened my many years in Boston, or to indicate
the social pleasures which have alternated with my more serious
pursuits. One or two of these friends I must mention, lest my
reminiscences should be found lacking in the good savor of gratitude.
I have already spoken of seeing the elder Richard H. Dana from time to
time during the years of my young ladyhood in New York. He himself was
surely a transcendental, of an apart and individual school.
Nevertheless, the transcendentals of Boston did not come within either
his literary or his social sympathies. I never heard him express any
admiration for Mr. Emerson. He may, indeed, have done so at a later
period; for Mr. Emerson in the end won for himself the heart of New
England, which had long revolted at his novelties of thought and
expression. Mr. Dana's ideal evidently was Washington Allston, for whom
his attachment amounted almost to worship. The pair were sometimes
spoken of in that day as "two old-world men who sat by the fire
together, and upheld each other in aversion to the then prevailing state
of things."
I twice had the pleasure of seeing Washington Allston. My first sight of
him was in my early youth when, being in Boston with my father for a
brief visit, my dear tutor, Joseph G. Cogswell, undertook to give us
this pleasure. Mr. Allston's studio was in Cambridgeport. He admitted no
one within it during his working hours, save occasionally his friend
Franklin Dexter, who was obliged to announce his presence by a
particular way of knocking at the door. Mr. Cogswell managed to get
possession of this secret, and when we drove to the door of the studio
he made use of the well-known signal. "Dexter, is that you?" cried a
voice from within. A moment later saw us within the sanctuary.
My father was intending to order a picture from Mr. Allston, and this
circumstance amply justified Mr. Cogswell, in his own opinion, for the
stratagem employed to gain us admittance. Mr. Allston was surprised but
not disconcerted by our entrance, and proceeded to do the honors of the
rather bare apartment with genial grace. He had not then unrolled his
painting of Belshazzar's Feast, which, begun many years before that
time, had long been left in an unfinished condition.
As I remember, the great artist had but little to show us. My father was
especially pleased with a group, one figure of which was a copy of
Titian's well-known portrait of his daughter, the other being a somewhat
commonplace representation of a young girl of modern times.
My father afterwards told me that he had thought of purchasing this
picture. While he was deliberating about it Thomas Cole the landscape
painter called upon him, bringing the design of four pictures
illustrating the course of human life. The artist's persuasion induced
him to give an order for this work, which was not completed until after
my dear parent's death, when we found it something of a white elephant.
The pictures were suitable only for a gallery, and as none of us felt
able to indulge in such a luxury they were afterward sold to some public
institution, with a considerable loss on our part.
Some years after my marriage I encountered Mr. Allston in Chestnut
Street, Boston, on a bitter winter day. He had probably been visiting
his friend Mr. Dana, who resided in that street. The ground was covered
with snow, and Mr. Allston, with his snowy curls and old-fashioned
attire, looked like an impersonation of winter, his luminous dark eyes
suggesting the fire which warms the heart of the cold season. The
wonderful beauty of the face, intensified by age, impressed me deeply.
He did not recognize me, having seen me but once, and we passed without
any salutation; but his living image in my mind takes precedence of all
the shadowy shapes which his magic placed upon canvas.
Boston should never forget the famous dinner given to Charles Dickens on
the occasion of his first visit to America in 1842. Among the wits who
made the feast one to be remembered Allston shone, a bright particular
star. He was a reader of Dickens, but was much averse to serials, and
waited always for the publication of the stories in book form. He died
while one of these was approaching completion, I forget which it was,
but remember that Felton, commenting upon this, said, "This shows what a
mistake it is not to read the numbers as they are issued. He has thereby
lost the whole of this story when he might have enjoyed a part of it."
One other singular figure comes back to me across the wide waste of
years, and seems to ask some mention at my hands.
The figure is that of Thomas Gold Appleton, a man whom, in his own
despite, the old Boston dearly cherished. In appearance he was of rather
more than medium height, and his countenance, which was not handsome,
bore a curious resemblance to that of his beautiful sister Fanny, the
beloved wife of the poet Longfellow. He wore his hair in what might have
been called elf locks, and the expression of his dark blue eyes varied
from one of intense melancholy to amused observation.
[Illustration: THOMAS GOLD APPLETON
_From a photograph lent by Mrs. John Murray Forbes._]
Tom Appleton, as he was usually called, was certainly a man of parts and
of great reputation as a wit, but I should rather have termed him a
humorist. He cultivated a Byronic distaste for the Puritanic ways of New
England. In truth, he was always ready for an encounter of arms
(figuratively speaking) with institutions and with individuals, while
yet in heart he was most human and humane. Born in affluence, he did not
embrace either business or profession, but devoted much time to the
study of painting, for which he had more taste than talent. It was as a
word artist that he was remarkable; and his graphic felicities of
expression led Mr. Emerson to quote him as "the first conversationalist
in America," an eminence which I, for my part, should have been more
inclined to accord to Dr. Holmes.
He loved European life, and had many friends among the notabilities of
English society. He was a fellow passenger on the steamer which carried
Dr. Howe and myself as far as Liverpool on our wedding journey. People
in our cabin were apt to call for a Welsh rabbit before turning in for
the night. Apropos of this, he remarked to me, "You eat a rabbit before
going to bed, and presently you dream that you are a shelf with a large
cheese resting upon it."
He was much attached to his father, of whom he once said to me, "We
don't dare to mention anything pathetic at our table. If we did, father
would be sure to spoil the soup" (with his tears, being understood). The
elder Appleton belonged to the congregation of the Federal Street
Church. I asked his son if he ever attended service there. He said, "Oh,
yes; I sometimes go to hear the minister exhort that assemblage of weary
ones to forsake the vanities of life. Looking at the choir, I see some
forlorn women who seem, from the way in which they open their mouths, to
mistake the congregation for a dentist." He did not care for music. At a
party devoted to classical performances, he turned to me: "Mrs. Howe,
are you going to give us something from the symphony in P?"
He was much of an amateur in art, literature, and life, never appearing
to take serious hold of matters either social or political. Wendell
Phillips had been his schoolmate, and the two, in company with John
Lothrop Motley, had fought many battles with wooden swords in the
Appleton garret. For some unexplained reason, he had but little faith in
Phillips's philanthropy, and the relations of childhood between the two
did not extend to their later life.
His Atlantic voyages became so frequent that he once said to a friend,
"I always keep my steamer ticket in my pocket, like a soda-water
ticket." Indeed, his custom almost carried out this saying. I have heard
that once, being in New York, he invited friends to breakfast with him
at his hotel. On arriving they found only a note informing them of his
departure for Europe on that very morning.
I myself one day invited him to dinner with other friends, among whom
was his sister, Mrs. Longfellow. We waited long for him, and I at last
said to Mrs. Longfellow, "What can it be that detains your brother so
late?"
"I don't know, indeed," was her reply.
"Your brother?" cried one of the guests. "I met him this morning on his
way to the steamer. He must have sailed some hours since."
A friend once spoke to him of matrimony, of which he said in reply,
"Marriage? I could never undergo it unless I was held, and took
chloroform."
Yet those who knew him well supposed that he had had some romance of his
own. To his praise be it said that he was a man of many friendships, and
by no means destitute of public spirit.
It was from Mr. Dana that I first heard of John Sullivan Dwight, whom he
characterized as a man of moderate calibre, who had "set up for an
infidel," and who had dared to speak of the Apostle to the Gentiles as
Paul, without the prefix of his saintship. In the early years of my
residence in Boston I sometimes heard of Mr. Dwight as a disciple of
Fourier, a transcendental of the transcendentals, and a prominent member
of a socialist club.
I first came to know him well when Madame Sontag was singing in Boston.
We met often at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Schlesinger-Benzon, a house
which deserves grateful remembrance from every lover of music who was
admitted to its friendly and aesthetic interior. Many were the merry and
musical festivities enjoyed under that hospitable roof. The house was of
moderate dimensions and in a part of Boylston Street now wholly devoted
to business. Mrs. Benzon was a sister of the well-known Lehmann artists
and of the father of the late coach of the Harvard boating crew. She was
very fond of music, and it was at one of her soirees that Elise Hensler
made her first appearance and sang, with fine expression and a beautiful
fresh voice, the air from "Robert le Diable:"--
"Va, dit-elle, va, mon enfant,
Dire au fils qui m'a delaissee."
These friends, with others, interested themselves in Miss Hensler's
musical education and enabled her to complete her studies in Paris. As
is well known, she became a favorite prima donna in light opera, and was
finally heard of as the morganatic wife of the King (consort) Ferdinand
of Portugal.
Madame Sontag and her husband, Count Rossi, came often to the Benzon
house. I met them there one day at dinner, when in the course of
conversation Madame Sontag said that she never acted in private life.
The count remarked rather rudely, "I saw you enact the part of Zerlina
quite recently." This was probably intended for a harmless pleasantry,
but the lady's change of color showed that it did not amuse her.
Before this time Dwight's "Journal of Music" had published a very
friendly review of my first volume of poems. It did not diminish my
appreciation of this kind service to learn in later years that it had
been rendered by Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, then scarcely an acquaintance of
mine, to-day an esteemed friend of many years, whom I have found
excellent in counsel and constant and loyal in regard.
During the many years of my life at South Boston, Mr. Dwight and his
wife were among the faithful few who would brave the disagreeable little
trip in the omnibus and across the bridge with the low draw, to enliven
my fireside. I valued these guests very highly, having had occasion to
perceive that Bostonians are apt to limit their associations to the
regions in which they are most at home. Speaking of this once with a
friend, I said, "In Boston Love crosses the bridge, but Friendship stops
at the Common."
After the death of his wife Mr. Dwight had many lonely years. He was
very fond of young people, and as my younger children grew up he became
strongly attached to them. As editor of the "Journal of Music" he was
the recipient of tickets for musical entertainments of all sorts. His
enjoyment of these was heightened by congenial company, and to my
children, and later to my grandchildren, he was the great dispenser of
musical delights. He was to us almost as one of the family, and to him
our doors were never closed. His was a very individual strain of
character, combining a rather flamboyant imagination with a severe
taste. He could never accept the Wagner cult, and stood obstinately for
the limits of classical music, insisting even that the performance of
Wagner's operas perverted the tone both of strings and brasses, and that
it took some time for the instruments to recover from this misuse. He
had much to do with the formation of the Harvard Musical Association,
and the programmes which he arranged for its concerts are precious in
remembrance.
Dr. Holmes sat near me at Mr. Dwight's funeral, which took place in the
Harvard rooms, whose presiding genius he had been. The services were
very simple and genial. Some lovely singing, a poetical tribute or so,
some heart-warm words spoken by friends, mingled with the customary
prayer and scripture reading. In the interval of silence before these
began, Dr. Holmes said to me, in a low tone, "Mrs. Howe, we may almost
imagine the angels who announced a certain nativity to be hovering near
these remains."
Otto Dresel, beloved as an artist and dreaded as a critic, was an
intimate of the Benzon household, and was almost idolized by Mr. Dwight.
He had the misfortune to be over-critical, but no less so of himself
than of others. He did much to raise the appreciation of music in
Boston, possessed as he was with a sense of the dignity and sacredness
of the art. His compositions, not many in number, had a deep poetical
charm, as had also his soulful interpretation of Chopin's works. As a
teacher he was unrivaled. Two of my daughters were indebted to him for a
very valuable musical education.
Boston has seemed darker to me since the light of this eminent musical
intelligence has left it. I subjoin a tribute of my affection for him in
these lines, which were suggested by Mr. Loeffler's rendering of
Handel's "Largo" at a concert, especially dedicated to the memory of
this dear friend. I also add a verse descriptive of the effect of the
funeral march from Beethoven's "Heroica," which made part of the
programme in question.
HANDEL'S LARGO.
_Boston Music Hall, October 11, 1890._
IN MEMORIAM OTTO DRESEL.
On every shining stair an angel stood,
And to our dear one said, "Walk higher, friend."
Till, rapt from earth, in a celestial mood,
He passed from sight to blessings without end;
And where his feet had trod, a radiant flood
His lofty message of content did send.
BEETHOVEN'S FUNERAL MARCH.
The heavy steps that 'neath new burdens tread,
The heavy hearts that wait upon the dead,
The struggling thoughts that single out, through tears,
The happy memories of bygone years,
And on the deaf and silent presence call:
O friend belov'd! O master! is this all?
But as the cadence moves, the song flowers fling
To us the promise of eternal spring,
Love that survives the wreck of its delight,
And goes, torch bearing, into darksome night.
Trumpet and drum have marked the victor's way,
The seraph voices now their legend say:
"O loving friends! refrain your waiting fond;
The gates are passed, and heaven is bright beyond."
In March, 1885, I had the unspeakable grief of losing my dear eldest
daughter, Julia Romana, of whose birth in Rome I have made mention. She
was a person of rare endowments and of great originality of character,
inheriting much of her father's personal shyness, but more of his
benevolence and public spirit. She was the constant companion and
faithful ally of that beloved parent. During the years of our residence
in the city, she would often walk over with him to South Boston before
breakfast. She delighted in giving lessons to the blind pupils of the
Institution, and succeeded so well in teaching German to a class of the
blind teachers that these were enabled, on visiting Germany, to use and
understand the language. She read extensively, and was gifted with so
retentive a memory that we were accustomed to refer to her disputed
dates and other questions in history. A small volume of her verses has
been printed, with the title of "Stray Chords." Some of these poems show
remarkable depth of thought and great felicity of expression.
[Illustration: JULIA ROMANA ANAGNOS
_From a photograph._]
A new source of delight was opened to her by the summer school of
philosophy held for some years at Concord, Mass. Here her mind seemed to
have found its true level, and I cannot think of the sittings of the
school without a vision of the rapt expression of her face as she sat
and listened to the various speakers. Something of this pleasure found
expression in a slender volume named "Philosophiae Quaestor," in which she
has preserved some features of the school, now, alas! a thing of remote
remembrance. The impressions of it also took shape in a club which she
gathered about her, and to which she gave the name of the Metaphysical
Club. It was beautiful to see her seated in the midst of this thoughtful
circle, which she seemed to rule with a staff of lilies. The club was
one in which diversity of opinion sometimes brought individuals into
sharp contrast with each other, but her gentle government was able to
bring harmony out of discord, and to subdue alike the crudeness of
skepticism and the fierceness of intolerance.
Her interest in her father's pupils was unremitting. A friend said to me
not long ago, "It was one of the sights of Boston in the days of the
Harvard musical concerts to see your Julia's radiant face as she would
come into Music Hall, leading a blind pupil by either hand."
In December, 1869, she became the wife of Michael Anagnos, who was then
my husband's assistant, and who succeeded him as principal of the
Institution at South Boston. After fifteen years of happy wedlock, she
suffered a long and painful illness which terminated fatally. Almost her
last thought was of her beloved club, and she asked that a valued friend
might be summoned, that she might consult with him, no doubt, as to its
future management. To her husband she said, "Be kind to the little blind
children, for they are papa's children." These parting words of hers are
inscribed on the wall of the Kindergarten for the Blind at Jamaica
Plain. Beautiful in life, and most beautiful in death, her sainted
memory has a glory beyond that of worldly fame.
* * * * *
A writer of my own sex, years ago, desiring to do me some pen-service,
wrote to me asking for particulars of my life, and emphasizing her
wishes with these words: "I wish to hear not of your literary work, but
of your social successes." I could not at the time remember that I had
had any, and so did not respond to her request. But let us ask what are
social successes? A climb from obscurity to public notice? An abiding
place on the stage of fashionable life? A wardrobe that newspaper
correspondents may report? Fine equipages, furniture, and
entertainments? These things have had small part in my thoughts.
As I take account of my long life, I become well aware of its failures.
What may I chronicle as its successes? It was a great distinction for me
when the foremost philanthropist of the age chose me for his wife. It
was a great success for me when, having been born and bred in New York
city, I found myself able to enter into the intellectual life of Boston,
and to appreciate the "high thinking" of its choice spirits. I have sat
at the feet of the masters of literature, art, and science, and have
been graciously admitted into their fellowship. I have been the chosen
poet of several high festivals, to wit, the celebration of Bryant's
sixtieth birthday, the commemoration of the centenary of his birth, and
the unveiling of the statue of Columbus in Central Park, New York, in
the Columbian year, so called. I have been the founder of a club of
young girls, which has exercised a salutary influence upon the growing
womanhood of my adopted city, and has won for itself an honorable place
in the community, serving also as a model for similar associations in
other cities. I have been for many years the president of the New
England Woman's Club, and of the Association for the Advancement of
Women. I have been heard at the great Prison Congress in England, at
Mrs. Butler's convention _de moralite publique_ in Geneva, Switzerland,
and at more than one convention in Paris. I have been welcomed in
Faneuil Hall, when I have stood there to rehearse the merits of public
men, and later, to plead the cause of oppressed Greece and murdered
Armenia. I have written one poem which, although composed in the stress
and strain of the civil war, is now sung South and North by the
champions of a free government. I have been accounted worthy to listen
and to speak at the Boston Radical Club and at the Concord School of
Philosophy. I have been exalted to occupy the pulpit of my own dear
church and that of others, without regard to denominational limits.
Lastly and chiefly, I have had the honor of pleading for the slave when
he was a slave, of helping to initiate the woman's movement in many
States of the Union, and of standing with the illustrious champions of
justice and freedom, for woman suffrage, when to do so was a thankless
office, involving public ridicule and private avoidance.
I have made a voyage upon a golden river,
'Neath clouds of opal and of amethyst.
Along its banks bright shapes were moving ever,
And threatening shadows melted into mist.
The eye, unpracticed, sometimes lost the current,
When some wild rapid of the tide did whirl,
While yet a master hand beyond the torrent
Freed my frail shallop from the perilous swirl.
Music went with me, fairy flute and viol,
The utterance of fancies half expressed,
And with these, steadfast, beyond pause or trial,
The deep, majestic throb of Nature's breast.
My journey nears its close--in some still haven
My bark shall find its anchorage of rest,
When the kind hand, which every good has given,
Opening with wider grace, shall give the best.
INDEX
Abbott, Francis E.,
his comparison of Jesus and Socrates, 208;
expounds his views, 289.
Abbott, Rev. Jacob,
stanza to, 91.
"Accademia," an,
in Rome, 130.
Adams, John Quincy,
on Governor Andrew's staff, 266.
Adams, Mrs. John (Abigail Smith),
anecdote of, 36.
Agassiz, Alexander, 184;
lectures to the Town and Country Club, 406.
Agassiz, Louis,
personal appearance, 182;
scientific interests, 183;
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306.
Agassiz, Mrs. Louis (Elizabeth Cary),
president of Radcliffe College, 183.
Albinola,
an Italian patriot, 120.
Alfieri,
dramas of, 57, 206.
Alger, William R.,
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306.
Allston, Washington,
his studio, 429;
at a dinner to Charles Dickens, 431.
Almack's,
ball at, 105, 106.
Anagnos, Michael, 313;
marries Julia Romana Howe, 441.
Anagnos, Mrs. Michael,
born at Rome, 128;
accompanies her parents to Europe, 313;
her death, 439;
her work and study, 440;
her Metaphysical Club, and interest in the blind, 441.
Andrew, John A.,
war governor of Massachusetts, 258;
his character, 259;
his genial nature, 260;
becomes governor of Massachusetts, 261;
pays for the legal defense of John Brown, 262;
a Unitarian: broad religious sympathies, 263, 264;
his energy in national affairs, 265;
his trips about the State, 266;
supports emancipation, 267;
arranges an interview with Lincoln for the Howes, 271;
his faith in Lincoln, 272.
Anthon, Charles,
professor at Columbia College, 23.
Appleton, Thomas G.,
of Boston, 104;
conversation with Samuel Longfellow, 293;
his appearance, 431;
his wit and culture, 432;
lack of serious application, 433;
his voyages to Europe, 434.
Arconati, Marchese,
his hospitality to the Howes, 119.
Argyll, Duchess of,
declines to aid the woman's peace crusade plan, 338.
Armstrong, General John,
father of Mrs. William B. Astor, 64.
Association for the Advancement of Women, the,
founded, 386;
distribution of its congresses, 392.
Astor, John Jacob,
Washington Irving at the house of, 27;
calls on Mrs. Howe's father on New Year's Day, 32;
wedding gift of, to his granddaughter, 65;
fondness for music, 74;
anecdotes of, 75, 76.
Astor, William B.,
his culture and education, 73.
Astor, Mrs. William B. (Margaret Armstrong),
her recollection of Mrs. Howe's mother, 5;
describes a wedding, 31;
gives a dinner: her good taste, 64.
Atherstone,
the Howes at, 136.
"Atlantic Monthly, The," 232, 236, 280;
first published the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," 275.
Austin, Mrs.,
sings in New York, 15.
Avignon,
the Howes at, 133.
Bache, Prof. A. D.,
at Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309.
Baez,
President of Santo Domingo,
calls upon the Howes, 355;
invites them to a state dinner: is expelled by a revolution, 360.
Baggs,
Monsignore, Bishop of Pella,
presents the Howes to the Pope, 125.
Bailey, Prof. J. W.,
lectures on insectivorous plants, 407.
Balzac, Honore de,
his works read, 58, 206.
Bancroft, George,
the historian,
his estimate of Hegel, 210;
invites Mrs. Howe to write something for the Bryant celebration, 277;
his part therein, 279;
his life at Newport, 401;
in the Town and Country Club, 407.
"Barbiere di Seviglia,"
given in New York, 15;
admired by Charles Sumner, 176.
Bartol, Dr. C. A.,
first meeting of the Boston Radical Club held at his house, 281.
Bates, Joshua,
founder of the Boston Public Library, 93.
"Battle Hymn of the Republic," the,
writing of, 273-275.
Baxter, Sally.
See Hampton, Mrs. Frank.
Bean, Mrs.,
stewardess of Cunard steamer, 89;
lines to, 90.
Beecher, Miss Catherine,
her "Cook Book," 215.
Beecher, Henry Ward,
his letter on Mary Booth's death, 242;
advocates woman's suffrage, 378.
Beethoven,
symphonies of, in Boston, 14;
appreciation of his work taught, 16;
selections from, given at the Wards', 49.
Belgioiosa, Princess,
her origin and marriage, 422.
Benzon, Mr. Schlesinger,
his house a musical centre, 435.
Berlin,
Dr. Howe imprisoned at, 118.
Black, William,
the novelist, 412.
Blackwell, Henry B.,
his efforts in the cause of woman suffrage, 380-382.
Blackwell, Rev. Mrs. S. C. (Antoinette Brown),
first woman minister in the United States, 166;
preaches, 392.
Blair's Rhetoric, 57.
Bloomingdale,
country-seat of Mrs. Howe's father at, 10.
Boker, George H.,
at the Bryant celebration, 279.
Bonaparte, Charles, 202.
Bonaparte, Joseph,
ex-king of Spain, 5, 202.
Bonaparte, Joseph,
Prince of Musignano, 202.
Boocock, Mr.,
a music teacher, 16.
Booth, Edwin,
at the Boston Theatre, requests Mrs. Howe to write him a play, 237;
his marriage, 241;
his wife's death, 242.
Booth, Mrs. Edwin (Mary Devlin),
her marriage and death, 241, 242.
Booth, Wilkes,
at Mary Booth's funeral, 242.
Boppard,
water-cure at, 189.
Bordentown, N. J.,
residence of Joseph, ex-king of Spain, 5, 202.
Borsieri,
an Italian patriot, 120.
Boston,
Mrs. Howe spends the summer of 1842-43 near, 81;
her first years in, 144-187;
its workers and thinkers, 150;
high level of society in, 251.
Boston Radical Club, 208;
founded, 281;
its essayists: subjects discussed, 282;
John Weiss at, 283, 284;
Athanase Coquerel at, 284-286;
Mrs. Howe reads her paper on "Polarity" before, 311.
Bostwick, Professor,
his historical charts, 14.
"Bothie of Tober-na-Fuosich,"
Clough's, 184.
Botta, Prof.,
speaks on Aristotle, 408.
Boutwell, Gov. George S.,
attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309.
Bowery Theatre,
fire in, 16.
Bowling Green,
early recollections of, 4.
Bowring, Sir John, 331;
speaks at woman's peace crusade meeting in London, 341.
Boyesen, Prof. H. H.,
speaks on Aristotle, 408.
Bracebridge, Charles N., 136;
travels in Egypt with Florence Nightingale, 188.
Bracebridge, Mrs. C. N., 136;
her opinion of Florence Nightingale, 137;
travels in Egypt with her, 188.
Brambilla,
an opera singer, 104.
Breakfasts
as a form of entertainment, 98.
Bridewell Prison, 108.
Bridgman, Laura,
first blind deaf mute taught the use of language, 81;
referred to in Dickens's "American Notes," 87;
mentioned by Thomas Carlyle, 95;
by Maria Edgeworth, 113;
described to the Pope, 126;
lives with the Howes, 151;
at Dr. Howe's death-bed, 369;
at the memorial meeting to him, 370.
Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob,
at Mrs. Howe's peace meeting in London, 341.
Brokers, New York Board of,
portrait of John Ward in their rooms, 55.
Brook Farm, 145.
Brooks, Rev. Charles T.,
invites Mrs. Howe to speak in his church, 321;
his advice asked with regard to starting the woman's
peace crusade, 328;
writes a poem for the memorial meeting for Dr. Howe, 370;
in the Town and Country Club, 407.
Brooks, Rev. Phillips,
anecdote of, 322.
Brooks, Preston Smith, 179.
Brown, John,
calls on Dr. Howe, 254;
his attack on Harper's Ferry, 255;
in Missouri, 256;
anecdote of, 257.
Bruce, Robert,
regalia of, 111.
Bryant, William Cullen,
editor of the "Evening Post," 21;
visitor at the Ward home, 79;
celebration of his seventieth birthday, 277-280;
at the meetings for promoting the woman's peace crusade, 329;
admires the sermon of Athanase Coquerel at Newport, 342.
Bull Run,
second battle of, 258.
Buller, Charles,
his appreciation of Carlyle, 110.
Bunsen, Chevalier,
Prussian ambassador to England, 118.
Burns, Anthony, 164.
Butler, Benjamin F.,
disinterestedness of his friendship for
woman suffrage questioned, 395.
Butler, Mrs. Josephine,
encourages the woman's peace congress idea, 329.
Byron, Lord,
at Harrow, 22;
his works unwillingly allowed in the Ward family, 58;
his example leads Dr. Howe to Greece, 85;
autograph letter of, 100;
praise of, unpardonable in London, 115.
Cardini, Signor,
Mrs. Howe's instructor in vocal music, 16;
his anecdote of the Duke of Wellington, 17.
Carlisle, Earl of,
dinner given by, 106.
Carlisle, Countess of,
dinner given by, 106;
her good nature: pleasantry about, 107.
Carlyle, Thomas,
his courtesy to the Howes, 96;
appearance, 97.
Carreno, Teresa,
party for, at Secretary Chase's house, 309.
Cass, Lewis,
_charge d'affaires_ in the Papal States, 196.
Castiglia,
an Italian patriot, 120.
Castle Garden, 4.
Cerito,
her dancing, 104.
Chace, Mrs. Elizabeth B.,
at the Prison Reform meetings, 339.
Channing, William Ellery,
the preacher,
sermon by, 144;
bells tolled in France at the death of, 416.
Channing, William Ellery,
the poet,
writes a poem for the memorial meeting for Dr. Howe, 370;
Channing, William Henry,
his ministry in Washington in war time, 270;
in the Radical Club, 286;
his attitude in that organization, 287-289;
introduces Mrs. Howe at her Washington lecture, 309;
aids her woman's peace crusade movement, 330.
Chapman, Mrs. Maria Weston,
a leading abolitionist, 153;
at an abolition meeting, 156;
acts as body-guard to Wendell Phillips, 157.
Charnaud, Monsieur,
his dancing classes, 19.
Chase, Hon. Salmon P., 225;
his courtesy to Mrs. Howe, 308, 309.
Chasles, Philarete,
his disparaging lecture on American literature, 134.
Chateaubriand,
his "Atala" and "Rene," 206.
Chemistry,
Mrs. B.'s "Conversations" on, 56.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D.,
aids the woman suffrage movement, 382;
speaks before a Unitarian society, 392;
introduces Mrs. Howe to Princess Belgioiosa, 423;
her review of Mrs. Howe's first book of poems, 436.
Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria,
acts as body-guard to Wendell Phillips, 157.
Christianity,
Mrs. Howe's views on, 207, 208;
attitude of the Boston Radical Club towards, 286.
Civil War, the, 257, 258, 265;
condition of Washington during, 270.
Clarke, James Freeman,
his meetings at Williams Hall, 245;
goes abroad, 246;
at Indiana Place Chapel, 247;
his marriage, 249;
always supported by Gov. Andrew, 261;
goes to Washington in 1861, 269;
visits hospitals, 270;
his opinion of Abraham Lincoln, 272;
opposes Weiss at the Radical Club, 284;
upholds the Christian tone of that organization, 286;
his tribute to Margaret Fuller, 301;
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306;
in the woman suffrage movement, 375, 382.
Clarke, Mrs. J. F.,
her character, 250.
Clarke, Sarah, 202;
at the coronation of King Umberto at Rome, 424.
Clarke, William, 202.
Claudius, Matthias,
works of, 59;
his "Wandsbecker Bote," 62.
Clay, Henry,
advocates the Missouri Compromise, 22.
Clough, Miss Anne J., 335.
Clough, Arthur Hugh,
visits the Howes, 184;
his manner and appearance, 185;
his repartee, 187.
Cobbe, Frances Power, 332.
Cogswell, Dr. Joseph Green,
principal of the Round Hill School, 43;
teaches Mrs. Howe German, 44, 59, 206;
resides at the Astor mansion, 75;
anecdotes of, 76;
introduces the Wards to Washington Allston, 429.
Columbia College,
its situation on Park Place, its
conservatism: eminent professors at, 23;
Samuel Ward attends, 67.
Combe, George, 22;
in Rome, 131, 132;
his "Constitution of Man," 133.
Combe, Mrs. George (Cecilia Siddons),
anecdote of, 132.
"Commonwealth, The," 252.
Comte, Auguste,
his "Philosophie Positive," 211;
Mrs. Howe's estimate of, 307.
"Conjugal Love,"
Swedenborg's, 209.
Constantinople,
the fall of, drama upon, 57.
"Consuelo," George Sand's,
reveals the author's real character, 58.
Contoit, Jean,
a French cook, 30.
Conway, Miss,
exercises by her school, 389.
Copyright, International,
urged by Charles Dickens, 26.
Coquerel, Athanase,
the French Protestant divine,
at the Radical Club, 284, 285;
sees Mrs. Howe in London, 331;
his sermon in Newport, 342;
his explanation of the Paris commune, 343.
Corporal punishment, 109.
Coventry, England, 136.
Cowper, William,
his "Task" read by Mrs. Howe at school, 58.
Cramer, John Baptist,
a London musician, 16.
Cranch, Christopher P.,
caricatures the transcendentalists, 145;
his present to Bryant on his seventieth birthday, 278.
Crawford, F. Marion,
the novelist, 45.
Crawford, Thomas,
the sculptor,
his work in the Ward mansion, 45;
meets the Howes in Rome: marries Louisa Ward, 127;
travels to Rome with Mrs. Howe, 190;
his statue of Washington, 203.
Crawford, Mrs. Thomas. See Ward, Louisa.
Cretan insurrection of 1866,
Dr. Howe's efforts in behalf of, 312, 313;
distribution of clothes to the refugees of, 317-319;
bazaar in aid of the sufferers, 320.
"Critique of Pure Reason,"
Kant's, 212.
Curtis, George William,
his opinion of "Words for the Hour," 230;
writes about Newport, 238;
presides at the Unitarian anniversary in 1886, 302;
advocates woman suffrage, 378.
Cushing, Caleb, 180.
Cushman, Miss Charlotte, 240.
Cutler, Benjamin Clarke,
Mrs. Howe's grandfather, 4.
Cutler, Rev. Benjamin Clarke (son of the preceding),
officiates at his sister's wedding, 34.
Cutler, Mrs. Benjamin Clarke,
Mrs. Howe's grandmother,
her costume at her daughter Louisa's wedding, 34;
her beauty and charm, 35;
describes the dress of her younger days, 35, 36.
Cutler, Eliza.
See Francis, Mrs. John W.
Cutler, Louisa Corde.
See McAllister, Mrs. Julian.
Daggett, Mrs. Kate Newell,
third president of the Association for the Advancement of Women, 393.
Dana, Richard H., the elder,
a visitor at the Ward home, 79;
a kind of transcendentalist, 428.
Danforth, Elizabeth,
describes Louisa Cutler's wedding, 33, 34.
Dante,
his works read, 206.
Da Ponte, Lorenzo,
teacher of Italian in New York,
his earlier career, 24.
Da Ponte, Lorenzo (son of preceding),
teaches Mrs. Howe Italian, 57.
Davenport, E. L.,
manager of the Howard Athenaeum,
declines Mrs. Howe's drama, 240.
Davidson, Prof. Thomas,
lectures on Aristotle, 406, 408.
Davis, Charles Augustus,
his "Downing Letters," 24, 25.
Davis, Admiral Charles H.,
attends one of Mrs. Howe's lectures, 309.
De Long, Lieut. G. W.,
at the dance given by the Howes in Santo Domingo, 356.
De Mesmekir, John, 4.
Denison, Bishop, 140.
Desmoulins, M. Benoit C.,
his kindness to Mrs. Howe, 413.
Devlin, Mary.
See Booth, Mrs. Edwin.
Dexter, Franklin,
a friend of Allston, 429.
"Dial, The,"
Margaret Fuller's paper, 145.
"Diary of an Ennuyee,"
Mrs. Jameson's, 40.
Dickens, Charles,
dinner to, in New York, 26;
at Mr. Rogers's dinner, 99;
takes the Howes to Bridewell Prison, 108;
gives a dinner for them, 110.
Dickinson, Anna, 305.
Disciples, Church of the, 256;
Governor Andrew a member of, 263.
"Divine Love and Wisdom,"
Swedenborg's, 204, 209.
Dix, Dorothea L.,
her work for the insane, 88.
"Don Giovanni,"
its libretto, 24;
admired by Charles Sumner, 176.
Dore, Gustave, the artist,
his studio and work, 416-419.
Douglas, Stephen A., 178.
"Downing Letters,"
those of C. A. Davis, 25.
Dresel, Otto,
musical critic and teacher, 438;
tribute to his memory, 439.
Dress,
in the thirties, 30, 31;
at Mrs. Astor's dinner, 64, 65;
at Samuel Ward's wedding, 65;
at Lansdowne House, 102, 103;
at the ball at Almack's, 106.
Dublin,
the Howes in, 112-114.
Duer, John,
at the Dickens dinner, 26.
Dwight, John S.,
translates Goethe and Schiller, 147;
tries to teach Theodore Parker to sing, 162, 163;
Henry James reads a paper at the house of, 324;
admires Athanase Coquerel's sermon at Newport, 342;
Dana's estimate of, 435;
his "Journal of Music," 436;
his kindness to Mrs. Howe's children, 437;
Dr. Holmes's remark at his funeral, 438.
Eames, Charles, 223, 224.
Eames, Mrs. Charles,
her kindness to Count Gurowski, 223-226;
invites Mrs. Howe to dinner, 308.
Edgeworth, Maria,
the Howes' visit to, 113.
Edinburgh, 121.
Edwards, Jonathan,
Dr. Holmes's paper on, 286.
Eliot, Thomas,
attends a lecture by Mrs. Howe in Washington, 309.
Elliott, Mrs. (Maud Howe),
her remark to Henry James, the elder, 325;
goes to Santo Domingo with her parents, 347;
takes charge of the woman's literary work
at the New Orleans exposition, 395;
goes abroad with her mother, 410.
Ellis, Rev. George E.,
lectures on the Rhode Island Indians, 407.
Elssler, Fanny,
a ballet dancer, 104;
opinions of Emerson and Margaret Fuller on her dancing, 105.
Emblee,
the Nightingales at, 138.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 87;
remark on Fanny Elssler's dancing, 105;
begins his work, 144;
caricatured by Cranch, 145;
avoids woman suffrage, 158;
praises "Passion Flowers," 228;
at the Bryant celebration, 279;
a member of the Radical Club, 282;
objects to having its meetings reported: his paper
on Thoreau, 290;
Theodore Parker's opinion of, 291;
character and attainments, 292;
his interest in Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 307.
England, Bank of,
visited, 116, 117.
Evans, Mrs., 421.
Everett, C. C.,
a member of the Radical Club, 282.
"Evidences of Christianity,"
Paley's, 56.
Fabens, Colonel,
on the voyage to Santo Domingo, 347.
Farrar, Mrs.,
visited by Mrs. Howe, 295, 296.
Faucit, Helen,
the actress, 104.
"Faust," Goethe's,
condemned by Mr. Ward, 59.
Felton, Prof. C. C.,
first known by the Ward family through
Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel, 49;
his friends, 169.
"Female Poets of America,"
Griswold's, 5.
Fern, Fanny,
her essay on _rhinosophy_, 404.
Field, David Dudley,
addresses the second meeting of the woman's peace
crusade, 329.
Field, Mrs. D. D., 191.
Field, Kate,
at the Radical Club, 290;
at Newport, 402.
Fields, James T., 228.
Finotti, Father, 263, 264.
Fitzmaurice, Lady Louisa,
daughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne, 103.
Fletcher, Alice,
prominent at the woman's congress, 386.
Follen, Dr. Karl, 22.
Foresti, Felice,
an Italian patriot, 120;
reads Dante with Mrs. Howe, 206.
Forks,
three-pronged steel,
in general use, 30.
Fornasari,
an opera singer, 104.
Forster, John,
at Charles Dickens's dinner: invites the Howes
to dine, 110.
Fowler, Dr. and Mrs.,
their courtesy to the Howes, 139-141.
Francis, Dr. John W.,
accompanies Mrs. Ward to Niagara, 8;
becomes a member of the Ward household, 12;
his appearance, 36;
his humor, 37;
his habits, 38;
his introduction of Edgar Allan Poe, 39.
Francis, Mrs. John W. (Eliza Cutler),
takes charge of the Ward family at her sister's death, 11, 12;
dances in "stocking-feet" at her sister's wedding, 34;
her kindness, 38;
her hospitality, 39.
Francois,
a colored man in Santo Domingo,
invites Mrs. Howe to hold religious services, 350, 353.
Freeman, Edward,
the artist, 127;
a neighbor of Mrs. Howe in Rome, 191.
Freeman, Mrs. Edward, 192.
"From the Oak to the Olive,"
extracts from, 315-319.
Frothingham, O. B.,
a member of the Radical Club, 282.
Froude, James Anthony,
the historian,
at Miss Cobbe's reception, 333.
Fuller, Margaret,
urges Mrs. Howe to publish her earlier poems, 61;
her remark on Fanny Elssler's dancing, 105;
in Cranch's caricature, 145;
translates Eckermann's "Conversations with Goethe," 147;
life of, undertaken by Emerson, 158;
criticises Dr. Hedge's Phi Beta address, 296;
highly esteemed by Dr. Hedge, 300;
the sixtieth anniversary of her birth celebrated, 301.
Fuller, Mrs. Samuel R.,
goes to Santo Domingo with the Howes, 347.
Galway, Lady, 98.
Gambetta, M.,
at Mr. Healey's ball, 421.
Garcia,
the opera singer, 14.
Garrison, William Lloyd,
Mrs. Howe's dislike of, dispelled, 152, 153;
attacks a statement of hers, 236;
joins the woman suffrage movement, 375;
his work for that cause, 380, 381.
Gennadius, John,
Greek minister to England, 411.
German scholarship,
its beneficial effect on New England, 303.
Gibbon, Edward, 57;
his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," 205.
Gladstone, William E.,
at Devonshire House, 410;
breakfast with him, 411.
Gloucester, Duchess of,
her appearance, 101.
Godwin, Parke,
admires Athanase Coquerel's sermon at Newport, 342.
Goethe,
his "Faust" and "Wilhelm Meister," 59;
Mrs. Howe's essay on his minor poems, 60;
his motto, 205.
Gonfalonieri, Count,
an Italian patriot imprisoned at Spielberg:
his life saved by his wife, 119.
Goodwin, Juliet R.,
becomes secretary of the Town and Country Club, 406.
Goodwin, Prof. William W., 402;
his Latin version of the "Man in the Moon," 404.
Graham, Mrs. Elizabeth,
school of, 5.
Grant, Gen. U. S.,
at the ball at Mr. Healy's, 421.
Graves, Rev. Mary H.,
takes part in the convention of women ministers, 312.
Greeks,
Dr. Howe's labors for, 85, 86, 313, 319.
"Green Peace Estate, The," 152.
Green, J. R.,
the historian, 412.
Greene, George Washington,
American consul at Rome,
helps Dr. Howe, 123;
accompanies the Howes to the papal reception, 125.
Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 7, 123.
Greene, Mrs. N. R.,
cousin of Mrs. Howe's father,
anecdote of, 6.
Greene, William,
governor of Rhode Island, 4.
Greene, Mrs. William (Catharine Ray),
an ancestress of Mrs. Howe, 3;
her connection with Block Island families of service, 51.
Greene, William B.,
colonel of the First Mass. Heavy Artillery, 271.
Gregory XVI., Pope,
receives the Howes, 125;
anecdote of, 126, 127.
Grey, Mrs.,
her interest in schools for girls of the middle class, 333.
Grimes, Brother,
a colored preacher, 263.
Grimes, James W.,
senator from Iowa, 225.
Grimes, Medora.
See Ward, Mrs. Samuel.
Grisi,
sings at Lansdowne House, 101;
in "Semiramide," 104.
Griswold, R. W.,
his "Female Poets of America," 5.
Grote, George,
the historian, 93.
Grote, Mrs. George (Harriet Lewin),
somewhat _grote_sque, 93.
Guizot, M.,
prime minister of France, 135.
Gurowski, Adam,
Count, 220;
employed by the State Department: his temper and
curiosity, 221, 222;
dismissed by Seward, 222;
his breach with Sumner, 223;
befriended by Mrs. Eames, 223, 224;
his death, 225;
his family affairs, 227.
Gurowski, John, 227.
Gustin, Rev. Ellen,
at the convention of women ministers, 312.
Hair,
mode of dressing, 65.
Hale, Rev. Edward Everett,
his opinion of Samuel Longfellow, 293;
speaks at the meeting in behalf of the Cretan insurgents, 313.
Hale, George S.,
a friend of woman suffrage, 378.
Hall, Mrs. David P. (Florence Howe),
her interest in sewing for the Cretan refugees, 316.
Hallam, Henry,
the historian, 139.
Halleck, Fitz-Greene,
his "Marco Bozzaris," 22;
frequent visitor at the Astor mansion, 77;
his remarks on Margaret Fuller's English, 146.
Hampton, Mrs. Frank (Sally Baxter),
meets the Howes in Havana, 234;
invites them to her home in South Carolina, 235.
Hampton, Wade,
his statement with regard to slavery, 235.
Handel,
his "Messiah" given in New York, 15;
appreciation of his work taught, 16.
Handel and Haydn Society, 14.
Harte, Bret,
at Newport, 402.
Harvard College,
shunned as a Unitarian institution, 24.
Harvard Divinity School,
Theodore Parker at, 162.
Hawkes, Rev. Francis L.,
his abuse of Germans and abolitionists, 61.
Haynes, Rev. Lorenza,
takes part in the convention of women ministers, 312.
Healy, G. P. A.,
the artist, ball at his residence, 420, 421.
Healy, Mrs., 420.
Hedge, Dr. F. H.,
his translations, 147;
member of the Radical Club, 282;
defends Protestant progress, 285;
his Phi Beta address, 295;
pastorates in Providence and Boston, 296, 297;
second Phi Beta address, 298;
becomes professor of German at Harvard, 299;
fondness for the drama, 299, 300;
his high opinion of Margaret Fuller, 300, 301;
his statement of the Unitarian faith, 302;
broadening effect of his studies in Germany, 303.
Hegel,
the German philosopher, 209;
estimates of, 210;
his "Aesthetik" and "Logik," 212.
Hell,
ideas of, 62.
Hensler, Miss Elise,
sings first at Mrs. Benzon's house, 435.
Herder,
works of,
read, 59, 206.
Herne, Colonel,
first husband of Mrs. Cutler, Mrs. Howe's grandmother, 35.
Heron, Matilda,
in "The World's Own," 230.
Higginson, Colonel Thomas Wentworth,
at the Shadrach meeting, 165;
his paper "Ought Women to learn the Alphabet," 232;
his position on Christianity at the Radical Club, 285;
at the woman suffrage meeting, 375;
aids that cause, 382;
at Newport, 402;
at a mock "Commencement," 403;
becomes treasurer of the Town and Country Club, 406;
at the woman's rights congress in Paris, 420.
Hillard, George S.,
his friends and character, 169, 170.
Hillard, Kate,
speaks at the Town and Country Club, 406.
"Hippolytus,"
Mrs. Howe's drama of,
proposed by Booth, 237;
ultimately declined, 240.
Hoar, Hon. George Frisbie,
a friend of woman suffrage, 378;
secures an appropriation for the New Orleans Exposition, 398.
Hoffman, Matilda,
engaged to Washington Irving, 28.
Holland, Mrs. Henry (Saba Smith),
reception at her house, 92.
Holland, Dr. J. G.,
at Newport, 402.
Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell,
at the Bryant celebration, 277-280;
as a traveling companion, 277, 280;
his paper at the Radical Club on Jonathan Edwards, 286;
speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents, 313;
writes a poem for the memorial meeting to Dr. Howe, 370.
Hooker, Mrs. Isabella Beecher,
speaks at the woman's congress, 385.
Horace, 174;
Orelli's edition of, 209.
Houghton, Lord (Richard Monckton Milnes),
the poet,
Mrs. Howe meets, 97;
entertains her in 1877, 410;
takes her to Mr. Gladstone's, 411.
Housekeeping,
the trials of, 213-215;
every girl should learn the art of, 216.
Howe, Florence.
See Hall, Mrs. David P.
Howe, Julia Romana.
See Anagnos, Mrs. Michael.
Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward,
asked to write her reminiscences, 1;
birth and parentage, 3, 4;
brothers and sisters, 4, 5;
early indication of inaptness with tools, 7;
travels to Niagara, 8, 9;
childish incidents, 7-10;
her mother's death, 10;
early education, 13, 14;
musical training, 16, 17;
seclusion of her home, 18;
first ball, 29;
acquaintance with Mrs. Jameson, 41, 42;
leaves school: studies German with Dr. Cogswell, 43;
reviews Lamartine's "Jocelyn," 44;
manner of living at home, 47;
her social intercourse restricted, 48;
feelings on the death of her father, 52;
his guidance of, 53;
effect of her brother Henry's death, 54;
her studies, 56-63;
in chemistry, 56;
in French and Italian, 57;
literary work, dramas and lyrics, 57, 58;
reading, 58;
German studies, 59;
further literary work, essays and poems, 60, 61;
religious growth, 62;
first dinner party, 64;
her attire: bridesmaid at her brother's wedding, 65;
fear of lightning, 78;
social opportunities, 78, 79;
spends the summer of 1841 near Boston: visits
the Perkins Institution, 81;
sees Dr. Howe, 82;
her memoir of Dr. Howe for the blind, 83;
engagement and marriage, 88;
voyage to Europe, 89-91;
entertained in London, 92-110;
in Scotland, 111;
in Dublin, 112;
visits Miss Edgeworth, 113;
the poet Wordsworth, 115;
at Vienna, 118;
at Milan, 119;
arrival in Rome, 121;
birth of eldest daughter, 128;
leaves Rome, 133;
returns to England, 133-135;
visits Atherstone, 136, 137;
sees the Nightingales, 138;
goes to Lea Hurst, 139;
Salisbury, 139-143;
her travesty of Dr. Howe's letter, 142;
attends Theodore Parker's meetings, 150;
life in South Boston, 151, 152;
in Washington, 178;
second trip abroad, 188;
reaches Rome, 191;
returns to America, 204;
studious nature, 205;
ideas on Christianity, 206-208;
work in Latin, 209;
philosophical studies, 210-213;
housekeeping trials, 214-217;
free-soil preferences, 219;
at Count Gurowski's death-bed, 226;
her "Passion Flowers" published, 228;
her "Words of the Hour"
and "The World's Own" published, 230;
trip to Cuba, 231;
parting with Theodore Parker, 233, 234;
her book about the Cuban trip, 236;
writes for the "New York Tribune," 236, 237;
requested by Booth to write a play, 237;
disappointed at its nonappearance, 240;
attends James Freeman Clarke's meetings, 245;
helps Dr. Howe edit "The Commonwealth," 253;
sees John Brown, 254;
goes on some trips with Gov. and Mrs. Andrew, 266;
visits Washington in 1861, 269;
first attempt at public speaking, 271;
meets Abraham Lincoln, 272;
how she came to write the "Battle Hymn," 273-275;
takes part in the Bryant celebration, 277-280;
her papers before the Radical Club, 287;
pleasantry with Dr. Hedge, 297;
increasing desire to write and speak, 304, 305;
gives parlor lectures at her home, 306;
repeats the course in Washington, 308, 309;
various philosophical papers and essays, 310;
reads a paper on "Polarity" before the Radical Club,
and one on "Ideal Causation" to the Parker Fraternity, 311;
interested in calling the first convention of woman ministers, 312;
starts for Greece, 313;
arrival in Athens, 314;
distributes clothes to the Cretan refugees, 316-318;
returns to Boston: conducts the Cretan Bazaar, 320;
lectures in Newport and Boston, 321, 322;
starts a woman's peace crusade, 328;
holds meetings to advance the cause in New York, 329;
visits England to organize a Woman's Peace Congress, 329;
speaks at the banquet of the Unitarian Association, 331;
her Sunday afternoon meetings at Freemasons' Tavern, 331, 332;
meets Mrs. Grey, 333;
visits Prof. Seeley, 335;
is constrained to apply her energy to the woman's club movement, 336;
her peace addresses in England, where made, 337;
asked to attend the Peace Congress in Paris, 338;
attends a Prison Reform meeting, 339;
her speech there, 340;
holds a final meeting to further her peace crusade in London, 341;
goes to Santo Domingo with Dr. Howe, 349;
holds religious services for the negroes there, 350-352;
visits a girls' school, 352;
invited to speak to a secret Bible society, 353;
every-day life there, 357, 358;
invited to a state dinner by President Baez, 360;
her second visit to Santo Domingo, 360;
her difficulties in riding horseback, 362;
her interest in the emancipation of woman takes more
definite form, 372, 373;
attends the meeting to found the New England Woman's Club, 374;
joins the woman suffrage movement, 375;
her efforts for that cause, 376;
gains experience, 377;
trips to promote the cause, 379-381;
at legislative hearings, 381-384;
attends the woman's congress in 1868, 385;
elected fourth president of the Association
for the Advancement of Women, 393;
directs the woman's department at a Boston fair, 394;
at the New Orleans Exposition, 395;
difficulties encountered there, 396;
speech to the negroes, 398;
considered _clubable_ by Dr. Holmes, 400;
presides at a mock "Commencement," 403;
goes abroad with her daughter Maud in 1877:
entertained by Lord Houghton, 410;
breakfasts with Mr. Gladstone, 411;
goes to the House of Commons with Charles Parnell, 412;
visits Paris, 413;
goes to the French Academy, 414;
at the crowning of a _rosiere_, 415;
visits Dore's studio, 416-419;
lectures in Paris, 419;
president of a woman's rights congress, 420;
at the Healys' ball, 421;
speaks on suffrage in Italy, 422;
visits Princess Belgioiosa, 422, 423;
sees Umberto crowned, 424;
reads with Madame Ristori, 424, 425;
sees Leo XIII. consecrated, 426;
meets Washington Allston, 429;
first acquaintance with John S. Dwight, 435;
feeling of loss at Otto Dresel's death, 438;
her eldest daughter's death, 439;
successes and failures of her life, 442-444.
Howe, Maud.
See Elliott, Mrs.
Howe, Dr. Samuel Gridley,
first known to the Wards through Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel, 49;
his achievement in Laura Bridgman's case, 81;
Mr. Sanborn's estimate of, 83;
his philanthropic efforts, 84;
espouses the cause of Greece, 85, 86;
his work for the blind, 86, 87;
other activities: marries Julia Ward, 88;
goes abroad, 89;
entertained in London, 92-107, 110, 111;
visits London prisons, 108, 109;
in Scotland, 111;
in Dublin, 112;
visits Miss Edgeworth, 113;
the poet Wordsworth, 115;
his connection with the Polish rebellion, 117, 118;
excluded from Prussia, 118;
tour through Europe to Rome, 118-121;
arrested in Rome, 123;
presented to the Pope, 126;
with George Combe, 131, 132;
leaves Rome, 133;
conversation with Florence Nightingale, 138;
his visit to Rotherhithe workhouse, 141;
his activity on the Boston School Board, 148;
advocates the teaching of speech to deaf-mutes, 149;
inability to sing, 163;
his circle of friends, 169, 170;
his interest in prison reforms, 173;
commissioner on the annexation of Santo Domingo, 181;
visits Europe in 1850, 188;
takes the water cure at Boppard, 189;
his abolition sympathies, 218;
trip to Cuba, 230;
buys Lawton's Valley at Newport, 238;
objects to his children attending the Parker meetings, 244;
edits "The Commonwealth," 252;
his friendship with Gov. Andrew, 253;
his judgment in military affairs, 269;
averse to women speaking in public, 305;
his interest in the Cretan insurrection, 312, 313;
starts for Greece, 313;
arrival in Athens: his life endangered, 314;
visits Crete: returns to Boston, 320;
visits Santo Domingo to report on the advisibility
of annexing it, 345;
goes to Santo Domingo again, 347;
gives a dance for the people, 355;
goes to Santo Domingo a third time, 360;
hears of Sumner's death, 364;
returns to Boston, 368;
his death, 369;
tributes to his memory, 370.
Hudson River,
journey up the, 8.
Hugo, Victor,
remark on John Brown, 256;
at the congress of _gens de lettres_, 413.
Hunt, Helen,
at Newport, 402.
Hunting, Rev. J. J.,
commends the exercises of the convention of woman ministers, 312.
Huntington, Daniel,
paints portrait of Mrs. Howe's father, 55.
"Hymns of the Spirit,"
collected by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson, 293.
Indians, the,
in New York State, 9;
Samuel Ward's intercourse with, in California, 70.
Inglis, Sir Robert Harry, 98.
Iron Crown of Lombardy, 119, 120.
Irving, Sir Henry, 410.
Irving, Washington,
his embarrassment in public speaking, 25;
at the dinner to Charles Dickens, 26;
his manners and travels, 27;
his love affair, 28;
frequent visitor at the Astor mansion, 75.
Italy,
emancipation of, 121, 193-196.
Jackson, Andrew,
ridiculed in the "Downing Letters," 25;
crushes the bank of the United States, 50.
James, Henry, the elder,
his character and culture, 323, 324;
his views on immortality, 325;
Swedenborgian tendencies, 326;
at Newport, 402.
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna Brownell Murphy),
visits New York: her books and ability, 40;
private history and appearance, 41;
Mrs. Howe's acquaintance with her, 41, 42;
describes Canada: later books by, 42.
Janauschek, Madame,
visited by Dr. Hedge and Mrs. Howe in Boston, 299.
Janin, Jules,
French critic,
friend of Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel, 68.
Johnson, Samuel,
joint editor of "Hymns of the Spirit," 293.
Johnston, William P.,
president of Tulane University, 399.
Julian, George W.,
attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309.
Kant, Immanuel,
his transcendental philosophy, 146;
his "Critique of Pure Reason," 212;
influence on Mrs. Howe, 310.
Kemble, Fanny,
story of, 131, 132.
"Kenilworth,"
Scott's novel of, play founded on, 57.
Kenyon, John,
his dinner for the Howes, 108.
King, Charles,
editor of the "New York American," 22;
president of Columbia College, 23.
King, James,
junior partner of Samuel Ward, 23.
King, Rufus, 23.
Knowles, James,
editor of the "Nineteenth Century," 412.
Lafayette, General,
interested in the Polish revolution, 117.
Lamartine,
his poems and travels, 206.
Landseer, Sir Edwin,
at the Rogers dinner, 99.
Lane, Prof. George M., 402.
Lansdowne, Marquis of,
his courtesy to the Howes, 100, 101.
Lansdowne, Marchioness of, 100.
Lansdowne House,
musical evening at, 100-102;
dinner at, 103.
Lawton's Valley,
the Howes' summer home at Newport, 238.
Lee, Henry,
on Gov. Andrew's staff, 266.
Lemonnier, M. Charles,
editor, 413.
Lemonnier, Mme. Elise,
founder of industrial schools for women, 413.
Leo XIII.,
consecrated: revives certain points of ceremony, 426.
Lesczinska, Maria,
wife of Louis XV., 227.
Leveson-Gower, Lady Elizabeth, 106.
Leveson-Gower, Lady Evelyn, 106.
Libby Prison,
the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" sung at, 276.
"Liberator, The," 236.
"Liberty Bell, The," 154.
Lieber, Dr. Francis,
his opinion of Hegel, 210;
commends a passage from "Passion Flowers," 229;
at the Bryant celebration, 278.
Lincoln, Abraham,
services at his death, 248;
Mrs. Howe's interview with, 271, 272.
"Linda di Chamounix," 104.
"Literary Recreations,"
poems by Samuel Ward, 73.
Livermore, Mrs. Mary, 158, 294;
her eloquence and skill, 377, 378;
labors for woman suffrage, 380-382;
prominent in the woman's congress, 385, 386.
Livy,
histories of, 209.
Llangollen,
story of the two maids of, 111.
London,
the Howes in, 91-111;
Mrs. Howe's work there for the peace crusade, 330-336;
her last stay there, 410-413.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
becomes a friend of Mrs. Howe through her brother Samuel, 49;
his opinion of Samuel Ward, 73;
takes Mrs. Howe to the Perkins Institution, 81, 82;
his translations, 147.
Longfellow, Rev. Samuel,
ordained, 292;
his character and convictions: hymns, 293;
his essay on "Law" before the Radical Club, 294.
Loring, Judge,
denounced by Theodore Parker, 164.
Lothrop, Rev. Samuel K.,
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306;
requests her to prolong the course, 308.
Lucas, Mrs. Margaret,
assists Mrs. Howe in her woman's peace movement, 341.
"Lucia di Lammermoor," 104.
"Luther,"
Dr. Hedge's essay on, 301.
Lynch, Dominick,
introduces the first opera troupe to New York, 24.
Lyons, Richard, Lord,
British minister at Washington, 309.
Machi, Padre,
visits the catacombs with the Howes, 128.
Mackintosh, Robert James,
calls on Mrs. Jameson, 42.
Maclaren, Mrs.,
assists Mrs. Howe in her peace movement, 341.
Maclise, Daniel,
the painter, 110.
MacMahon, Marshal,
his reception to Gen. and Mrs. Grant, 421.
Macready, William Charles,
the actor, 104.
Mailliard, Adolph, 201.
Mailliard, Mrs. Adolph (Annie Ward),
sister of Mrs. Howe: accompanies her to Europe, 88;
dines with Carlyle at Chelsea, 96;
her loveliness, 137;
her husband, 201;
her toast at the Washington's Birthday dinner in Rome, 203;
returns to America with Mrs. Howe, 204.
Malibran, Madame,
in the roles of Cenerentola and Rosina, 15.
Mallock, William H.,
at a dinner for Mrs. Howe, 412.
Manchester, Bishop of,
opposes the founding of schools for girls of the middle class, 333.
Mann, Horace,
uplifts the public schools, 88;
goes to Europe, 89;
visits Carlyle at Chelsea, 96;
inspects the London prisons, 108, 109;
opinion of George Combe, 133;
praises Dr. Howe's work in the Boston schools, 148;
advocates the teaching of speech to deaf-mutes, 149;
shrinks from woman suffrage, 157.
Mann, Mrs. Horace (Mary Peabody),
goes to Europe with the Howes, 89;
visits Thomas Carlyle, 96.
Manning, Cardinal,
presides at a Prison Reform meeting, 339.
"Marco Bozzaris," 22.
Margherita, Queen,
at King Umberto's coronation, 424.
Mario,
sings at Lansdowne House, 101.
Marion, Gen. Francis, 4.
Martel,
a hair-dresser, 65.
"Martin Chuzzlewit,"
transcendental episode in, 139.
Martineau, Harriet,
statue of, 158.
May, Abby W.,
aids bazaar in behalf of the Cretans, 320;
her energy in the Association for the Advancement of Women, 393.
May, Rev. Samuel J., 394.
McAllister, Julian,
marries Louisa Cutler, 33.
McAllister, Mrs. Julian, 33.
McAllister, Judge Matthew H., 33.
McCabe, Chaplain,
mentions the singing of the "Battle Hymn" in Libby Prison, 276.
McCarthy, Mrs. Justin,
"rout" given by, 413.
McVickar, John,
professor of philosophy at Columbia College, 23.
"Merchant Princes of Wall Street, The,"
inaccuracy of, 52.
Merritt, Mrs.,
a New Orleans lady,
addresses the colored people, 398.
Metastasio, dramas of,
read, 57, 206.
Milan,
the Howes in, 119, 120.
Milnes, Richard Monckton.
See Houghton, Lord.
Milton, John,
his "Paradise Lost" used as a text-book, 58.
Mitchell, Maria,
her character and attainments:
signs the call for a congress of women, 385;
becomes the president in 1876, 387;
lectures to the Town and Country Club, 406.
Mitchell, Dr. Weir,
lectures to the Town and Country Club, 406.
Moliere,
his comedies read, 206.
Monza,
trip to, 119.
Moore, Prof.,
at Columbia College, 23.
"Moral Philosophy,"
William Paley's, 13.
Morecchini, Monsignore,
minister of public charities at Rome, 124.
Morpeth, George, Lord
(afterwards seventh earl of Carlisle),
at Lansdowne House, 102, 103;
Sydney Smith's dream about, 107;
takes the Howes to Pentonville prison, 109.
Motley, John Lothrop,
at school with Tom Applet on, 433.
Mott, Lucretia, 166;
at the Radical Club, 283.
Moulton, Mrs. William U. (Louise Chandler),
reports the Radical Club meetings for the
"New York Tribune," 290.
Mozart,
symphonies of, given in Boston, 14;
appreciation of his work taught, 16;
his work given at the Wards', 49;
admired by Sumner, 176.
Munich,
works of art at,
described by Mrs. Jameson, 40.
Museum of Fine Arts, The,
in Boston, 44.
Music,
early efforts for, in Boston and New York, 14, 15;
effect on youthful nerves considered, 17, 18.
"Mysteres de Paris,"
Eugene Sue's, 204.
Napoleon I.,
anecdote of, 1;
invasion of Italy by, 17;
incidents of that invasion, 120.
Nassau,
visit to, 232.
Newgate prison,
visit to, 108.
Newport,
Mrs. Howe spends a summer at the Cliff House there, 221;
Dr. Howe buys an estate at, 238;
Mrs. Howe writes her play there, 239;
people who stayed at, 401, 402;
the Town and Country Club of, formed, 405.
New Year's Day,
custom of visiting on, 31, 32.
New York City,
growth of, shown, 12, 13;
first musical ventures in, 14, 15;
its people of culture, 21-25;
social events in, 29, 66;
Bryant celebration at, 277-280;
meetings in, to encourage the woman's peace crusade, 329.
"New York Review,"
publishes an essay by Mrs. Howe, 60.
New York State,
Indians of, 9;
in the financial crisis of 1837, 51.
Niagara,
surprise at the first sight of, 8.
Nightingale, Florence, 136;
her character: conversation with Dr. Howe, 138;
studies nursing, 139;
travels abroad: visited by Margaret Fuller, 188.
Nightingale, Parthenope, 138, 188.
Nineteenth century, the,
its mechanical and intellectual achievements, 1, 2.
Nordheimer, Dr. Isaac,
teaches Mrs. Howe German, 59.
"North American Review, The,"
articles by Samuel Ward in, 68.
Norton, Rev. Andrews,
in Cranch's caricature, 145.
Norton, Hon. Mrs. (Caroline Sheridan),
at Lansdowne House: her attire, 102.
"Nozze di Figaro, Le,"
libretto of, by whom, 24.
O'Connell, Daniel,
the Irish agitator, 113.
Ordway, Mrs. Eveline M.,
with Mrs. Elliott at the New Orleans Exposition, 399.
O'Sullivan, John L.,
editor of the "Democratic Review," 79.
Paddock, Mary C.,
goes to Santo Domingo with the Howes, 347.
Paley, William,
his "Moral Philosophy," 13;
his "Evidences of Christianity," 56.
Palgrave, F. T.,
reception at his house, 412.
"Paradise Lost,"
used as a text-book, 58;
religious interpretation of, 62.
Paris,
Samuel Ward in: his work descriptive of, 68;
the Howes arrive in, 134;
peace congress at, 338;
Mrs. Howe's last visit to, 413.
Parker, Dr. Peter,
attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309.
Parker, Theodore, 105;
Mrs. Howe attends his meetings, 150;
his Sunday evenings, 153;
his sermon on "The Transient and the Permanent in Christianity," 159;
his visit to Rome: christens Mrs. Howe's eldest daughter, 160;
his culture, 161;
affection for his wife, 162;
musical attainments, 163;
his great sermons, 164;
at the Shadrach meeting, 165;
women admitted to his pulpit, 166;
his personal characteristics, 167;
death, 168;
compared with Sumner, 176;
his opinion of Hegel, 211;
repeats lines from "Passion Flowers," 228;
goes to Cuba accompanied by the Howes, 231;
continues to Vera Cruz and Europe, 233;
his meetings, 244;
his parting gift to Massachusetts, 263;
his opinion of Emerson, 291;
of Dr. Hedge, 298;
sympathizes with Mrs. Howe's desire for expression, 305.
Parker, Mrs. Theodore, 160, 162.
Parnell, Charles S.,
escorts Mrs. Howe to the House of Commons, 412.
Parnell, Mrs. Delia Stuart,
gives Mrs. Howe a note of introduction to her son, 412.
Parsons, Thomas W.,
his poem on the death of Mary Booth, 241;
suggests a poem for Mrs. Howe's Sunday meetings in London, 332.
"Passion Flowers,"
Mrs. Howe's first volume of poems, 228, 229;
reviewed in Dwight's "Journal of Music" by Mrs. E. D. Cheney, 436.
Passy, Frederic,
takes Mrs. Howe to the French Academy, 414;
also to the crowning of a _rosiere_, 415;
presents her with a volume of his essays, 416.
Paul, Jean,
works of, read, 59.
Pegli,
Samuel Ward dies at, 73.
Peirce, Benjamin,
a member of the Radical Club, 282.
Pellico, Silvio,
an Italian patriot, 119.
Pentonville prison,
visited, 109.
Perkins, Col. Thomas H.,
his recollection of Mrs. Cutler, 35.
Persiani, Mlle.,
an opera singer, 104.
"Phaedo,"
Plato's,
read by Mrs. Howe, 321.
Phillips, Wendell,
his prophetic quality of mind recognized, 84;
leader of the abolitionists: his birth and education, 154;
at anti-slavery meetings, 155-157;
an advocate of woman suffrage, 157, 158;
his death, 159;
compared with Sumner, 175;
effect of his presence at the Radical Club, 286;
his orthodoxy, 287;
speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents, 313;
at the woman suffrage meeting, 375;
supports that cause, 378, 382;
at school with Tom Appleton, 433.
"Philosophie Positive,"
Comte's, 211.
Phrenology,
belief in, 132, 133.
Pius IX.,
Pope, 125;
his weakness, 194, 195;
his death, 425.
Poe, Edgar Allan,
his visit to Dr. Francis, 39.
Polish insurrection of 1830, the,
connection of Dr. Howe with, 117.
Polish refugees,
ball in aid of, 105.
Powel, Samuel,
his prophecy in regard to Newport, 408.
Powell, Mr. Aaron,
asks Mrs. Howe to attend the Paris Peace Congress as a delegate, 338.
Priessnitz,
his water cure, 189.
Prime, Ward & King,
firm of,
Mrs. Howe's father a member, 50, 51;
her brother Samuel admitted, 69.
Prisons,
visited by Dr. Howe, 108, 109.
Pulszky, Mme. (Theresa von Walther), 118.
Pym, Capt.,
an Arctic voyager, 399.
Quincy, Edmund,
his remark to Theodore Parker, 287.
Quincy, Jr., Mrs. Josiah,
woman's club started at her house, 400.
Rachel, Madame,
the actress, 135.
Racine,
his tragedies read, 206.
Red Jacket,
an Indian Chief, 9.
Reed, Lucy,
a blind deaf mute, 81, 82.
Regnault, Henri,
eulogized at the French Academy, 414.
Repeal Measures,
agitation for, in Dublin, 112.
Rice, A. H.,
governor of Massachusetts,
presides at the Music Hall meeting in memory of Dr. Howe, 370.
Richards, Mrs. Henry (Laura Howe),
accompanies her parents to Europe, 313.
Richmond, Duke of,
visits Bridewell prison with the Howes, 109.
Richmond, Rev. James, 210.
Richmond, Va.,
theatre in, burned, 16;
Crawford's statue of Washington for, 203.
Ripley, George,
his efforts at Brook Farm, 145;
reviews "Passion Flowers," 228;
sees the Howes and Parkers off for Cuba, 231.
Ripley, Mrs. George (Sophia Dana), 296.
Ripley, Mary,
speaks at the woman's congress in Memphis, 389.
Ristori, Mme.,
the actress, 264;
reads Marie Stuart in Rome, 424.
Ritchie, Harry,
the handsome,
on Gov. Andrew's staff, 266.
Ritchie, Mrs.,
daughter of Harrison Gray Otis, 401.
Rogers, Samuel,
the poet,
dinner at his house, 99, 100;
his economical dinner, 141.
Rogers, Prof. William B.,
vice-president of the Town and Country Club, 405;
lectures to the club, 406.
Rome,
the Howes' arrival in, 121;
stiffness of society in, 123, 127;
Mrs. Howe's second visit to, 191;
political condition of, 193-195;
Mrs. Howe's stay in, on her way to Greece, 313;
spends the winter of 1877-78 in, 423-427.
Rosebery, Lord,
a friend of Samuel Ward, 72;
visited by, 73;
at Devonshire House, 410.
Rosebery, Lady, 73.
Rossi, Count,
at Mrs. Benzon's, 436.
Rossini,
works of performed in New York, 14;
admired by Sumner, 176.
Round Hill School, 5;
its principal, 43;
Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel at, 67.
"Routs,"
receptions so called, 93.
Russell, Mrs. Sarah Shaw,
a friend of Theodore Parker, 168.
St. Angelo,
Castle of, 130.
St. Calixtus,
catacombs of, 128.
St. Luke,
academy of, 124.
St. Peter,
church of, 121, 125, 126.
Salisbury,
the Howes at, 139-141.
Samana Bay,
the Howes' first visit to, 348;
later stay at, 361-368;
school at, 364.
Samana Bay Company,
Dr. Howe visits Santo Domingo in its interests, 346;
ended by order of the Dominican government, 367.
San Francisco,
Samuel Ward at, 70.
San Michele,
industrial school of, 124.
Sanborn, Franklin B.,
his biography of Dr. Howe, 82;
reviews "Passion Flowers," 185, 228.
Sand, George,
her works read by Mrs. Howe, 58, 206.
Sands, Julia,
her biography of her brother, 21.
Sands, Robert,
the poet,
of an old New York family, 21.
Santa Maria Maggiore,
church of, 125.
Santo Domingo,
annexation of, considered by a commission, 180, 345;
proper way to spell the name, 348;
religious meetings for the negroes in the city of, 349-351;
small amount of English spoken there, 352;
secret Bible society in, 353;
debating club there, 354;
a city of shopkeepers, 355;
pleasant winter climate of, 358;
longevity of the negroes in, 364;
characteristics of the people, 366.
Sargent, Rev. John T.,
meetings of the Boston Radical Club at his house, 281.
Satan,
idea of, 62.
Schiller,
Mrs. Howe's essay on his minor poems, 60;
plays read, 206.
Schlesinger, Daniel,
Mrs. Howe's music teacher,
stanzas on his death, 58.
Schliemann, Mrs., 410.
"Schoenberg-Cotta family, The," 6.
Schubert,
his music played at the Ward home, 49.
Schumann,
the composer, 40.
Schumann, Madame (Clara Wieck),
mentioned by Mrs. Jameson, 40.
Scotland,
the Howes in, 111, 112.
Scott, Sir Walter, 28;
his novel "Kenilworth," play founded on, 57;
grave of, at Abbotsford, 111;
works lightly esteemed by Charles Sumner, 169.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria,
on John Kenyon, 108;
her letter of introduction to Count Gonfalonieri, 119;
praises a line from "Passion Flowers," 228.
Sedgwick, Mrs. Theodore (Susan Ridley), 90.
Seeley, Prof. J. R.,
hospitality and kindness to Mrs. Howe: his lecture on Burke, 335.
Sewall, Judge Samuel E.,
aids the woman suffrage movement, 382.
Seward, William H.,
secretary of state,
stigmatized by Count Gurowski, 222.
Shaw, Mrs. Quincy A., 184.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe,
his books prohibited in the Ward family, 58.
Sherret, Miss,
her interest in schools for girls of the middle class, 333.
Sherwood, Mrs. (Mary Martha Butt),
her stories, 48.
Siddons, Mrs. William (Sarah Kemble),
fund for her monument, 104;
her daughter, 131.
Silliman, Prof. Benjamin,
of Yale College, 22.
Smith, Alfred,
real estate agent of Newport, 238.
Smith, Mrs. Seba, 166.
Smith, Rev. Sydney,
calls on the Howes: his reputation as a wit, 91;
appearance, 92;
anecdotes of, 92-95;
pleasantry about Lord Morpeth, 107.
Smith, Mrs. Sydney,
Mrs. Howe calls on, 94.
Somerville, Mrs. (Mary Fairfax),
intimate with Mrs. Jameson, 42.
"Sonnambula, La,"
given in New York, 15.
Sontag, Mme.,
at Mrs. Benzon's, 435.
Sothern, Edward Askew,
in "The World's Own," 230.
Southworth, Mrs. F. H. (Emma D. E. Nevitt),
attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309.
Spielberg,
the Austrian fortress of,
Italian patriots imprisoned in, 119, 120.
Spinoza, 212, 309.
Stanton, Theodore, 420.
Steele, Tom,
friend of Daniel O'Connell, 113.
Stone, Lucy, 305;
speaks for woman suffrage in Boston, 375;
her skill and zeal, 377, 378;
her work for that cause, 380, 381;
prominent at the woman's congress, 385.
Stonehenge, Druidical stones at, 140.
Story, Chief Justice, 169.
Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher,
her "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 253.
Sue, Eugene,
his "Mysteres de Paris," 204.
Sumner, Albert,
brother of the senator, 402.
Sumner, Charles,
first known to the Wards through Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel, 49;
takes the Wards to the Perkins Institution, 81, 82;
Thomas Carlyle's estimate of, 96, 97;
inability to sing, 163;
his first appearance at the Ward home, 168;
his friends, 169;
his political opinions, 170;
his temperament and aspect, 171-173;
attitude on prison reform, 173, 174;
his eloquence, 175;
his culture, 176;
his life in Washington, 177-180;
opposes the annexation of Santo Domingo, 181;
his death, 182;
defeats Webster for the Senate, 218;
his breach with Count Gurowski, 223;
grieves at Gurowski's death, 226;
dines at Mrs. Eames's, 308.
Sumner, Charles Pinckney,
sheriff, anecdote of, 171, 172.
Sumner, Mrs. C. P.,
anecdotes of, 177, 178.
Sunday,
observance of, in the Ward family, 48.
Sutherland, Duke of, 99.
Sutherland, Duchess of (Harriet Howard), 99;
her attire at Lansdowne House, 102;
at the ball at Almack's, 106;
at the Countess of Carlisle's dinner, 106, 107;
her relations with the Queen, 107.
Swedenborg, Emanuel,
his "Divine Love and Wisdom," 204;
his theory of the divine man, 208;
works read, 209.
"Sylphide, La," 135.
Taddei, Rosa, 130.
Taglioni, Madame,
_danseuse_, 135.
"Task, The,"
William Cowper's, 58.
Tasso, 176, 206.
Taylor, "Father" (Edward T.),
Boston Methodist city missionary, 263.
Taylor, Mrs. Peter,
founds a college for working women, 333.
Terry, Luther,
an artist in Rome, 127;
married to Mrs. Crawford, 312.
Terry, Mrs. Luther.
See Ward, Louisa.
Thackeray, William M.,
his admiration for Mrs. Frank Hampton, 234;
depicts her in Ethel Newcome, 235.
Theatre, the,
frowned down in New York, 15, 16.
Thoreau, Henry D.,
Emerson's paper on, 290.
Ticknor, Miss Anna,
in the Town and Country Club, 407.
Ticknor, George,
letter of introduction from,
to Miss Edgeworth, 113;
to Wordsworth, 115.
Tolstoi, Count Lyeff,
his "Kreutzer Sonata" disapproved of, 17.
Torlonia,
a Roman banker,
anecdote of, 27;
ball given by, 123.
Torlonia's Palace, 122, 128.
Toermer,
an artist, 127.
Tourgenieff,
the Russian novelist, 412.
Town and Country Club of Newport
founded, 405;
its eminent lecturers, 406, 407.
Townsend, Mrs. Gideon (Mary A. Van Voorhis),
poet of the opening of the New Orleans Exposition, 399.
Transcendentalism,
ridiculed by Dickens, 139;
by Cranch, 145;
a world movement, 146, 147.
"Trip to Cuba,"
Mrs. Howe's book,
extract from, 233;
published in the "Atlantic Monthly" and in book form: attacked, 236.
Tuebingen, University of,
confers a degree on Samuel Ward, Mrs. Howe's brother, 68.
Turks,
their devastation of Greece, 85.
Tweedy, Edmund, 402.
Tweedy, Mary, 402.
Umberto,
king of Italy,
crowned, 424.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
Mrs. Stowe's, 253.
United States, Bank of,
Jackson's refusal to renew charter of, 50;
English sneer at, 117.
Van de Weyer, Mr. Sylvain,
Belgian minister to England, 93.
Van de Weyer, Mrs. Sylvain, 92.
Vatican,
evening visit to, 129;
head of Zeus in, 132.
"Via Felice,"
a poem, 200.
Victor Emmanuel,
his popularity and death, 423.
Victoria,
Queen, 93.
Vienna,
the Howes at, 118.
Von Walther, Mme., 118.
Voysey, Rev. Charles,
sermon by, 330.
Waddington, W. H., 410.
Wade, Benjamin F.,
commissioner on the annexation of Santo Domingo, 181, 345.
Wadsworth, William,
of Geneseo, 104.
Walcourt, Lord,
visited by the Howes, 114, 115.
Walcourt, Lady, 115.
Wall Street,
Samuel Ward in, 51;
John Ward in, 55.
Wallace, Horace Binney,
a delightful companion, 198, 199;
sad death, 200;
lines to, 200, 201;
recommends Comte's work, 211.
"Wandsbecker Bote,"
Matthias Claudius's, 62.
Ward, Annie.
See Mailliard, Mrs. Adolph.
Ward, Frances Marion,
sent to Round Hill School, 5;
at home, 45.
Ward, Henry,
uncle of Mrs. Howe,
a lover of music and good cheer, 19.
Ward, Henry,
brother of Mrs. Howe,
sent to Round Hill School, 5;
at home, 45;
his character, 53;
death, 54.
Ward, John,
uncle of Mrs. Howe, 19;
a practical man, 20;
notes of his life, 54-55;
anecdote of, 66.
Ward, Louisa,
wife of Thomas Crawford, 45;
at Rome, 73;
her beauty, 137;
her journey to Rome with Mrs. Ward, 190;
established at Villa Negroni, 192;
marries Luther Terry: visited in 1867 by Mrs. Howe, 313;
goes to the consecration of Leo XIII., 425.
Ward, Richard, 19.
Ward, Gov. Samuel,
of Rhode Island, 3, note.
Ward, Samuel,
grandfather of Mrs. Howe,
appearance and manner, 19;
her father's grief at his death, 50.
Ward, Samuel,
father of Mrs. Howe,
his birth and descent, 3;
grief at his wife's death, 11;
care for his children, 11;
plans for their education, 13;
religious views become more stringent, 15;
gives up wine, tobacco, and cards, 18-20;
his fine taste, 45;
generosity: discussion with his son
regarding social intercourse, 46;
his family habits, 47;
his observance of Sunday, 48;
ideas of propriety; religious faith, 49;
business ability, 50;
carries New York State through the crisis of 1837, 50, 51;
his early experience in Wall St., 51;
his death, 52;
his careful restraint of his daughter, 52, 53;
his portrait in the New York Bank of Commerce, 55;
condemns Goethe's "Faust," 59;
displeased with his son Samuel's work, 69.
Ward, Mrs. Samuel (Julia Rush),
mother of Mrs. Howe:
marriage and education: her charm of character, 5;
anecdotes of, 5, 6;
her tact, 6;
death, 10, 11.
Ward, Samuel,
brother of Mrs. Howe,
sent to Round Hill School, 5;
travels in Europe: at home, 45;
his defense of society, 46;
enlivens the austerity of the Ward household, 49;
establishes a home of his own, 53;
marries Emily Astor, 65;
his appearance and education, 67;
travels abroad, 68;
his lack of interest in business, his second marriage, 69;
goes to California, 70;
Indian adventures, 70, 71;
life in Washington: becomes "King of the Lobby," 72;
his friends, 72, 73;
his visit to Lord Rosebery: death at Pegli: volume
of poems, 73.
Ward, Mrs. Samuel (Emily Astor),
her marriage, 65;
her fine voice, 74, 75.
Ward, Mrs. Samuel (Medora Grimes),
married, 69.
Ward, William, 19.
Waring, Col. George E., 404.
Washington,
Samuel Ward in, 72;
Charles Sumner's residence in, 180;
Count Gurowski in, 221-223;
Mrs. Eames's position there, 224;
funeral of Gurowski in, 226;
condition of, during the civil war, 269, 270;
Mrs. Howe lectures in, 308.
Washington, Gen. George, 9;
his attention to Mrs. Cutler, 35;
waited on by "Daughters of Liberty," 36;
birthday celebrated in Rome, 203.
Wasson, David A.,
a member of the Radical Club, 282;
his reply to Mr. Abbott, 289.
Webster, Daniel,
Theodore Parker's sermon on, 164;
defeated for the senatorship by Sumner, 218.
Wedding ceremonies described, 33, 34, 65, 66.
Weiss, Rev. John,
at the Boston Radical Club, 283, 284;
on woman suffrage, 289;
on poets and philosophers, 304.
Welles, Gideon,
secretary of the navy, 225.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of,
anecdote of, 17.
Wentzler, A. H.,
paints portrait of John Ward, 55.
Whipple, Edwin P.,
reviews "Passion Flowers," 228;
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306.
White, Andrew D.,
commissioner on the annexation of Santo Domingo, 181, 345.
White, Mrs. Andrew D., 346.
White, Charlotte,
a "character" in early New York, 77.
Whiting, Solomon,
attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309.
Whitney, Miss Anne,
her statue of Harriet Martineau, 158.
Whittier, John G.,
praises "Passion Flowers," 228;
his characterization of Dr. Howe, 370.
Wieck,
the German composer,
described by Mrs. Jameson, 40.
Wilbour, Mrs. Charlotte B.,
prominent in the woman's congress, 385, 386.
Wilderness,
battle of, 265.
"Wilhelm Meister,"
Goethe's,
discussed, 59.
Wilkes, Rev. Eliza Tupper,
takes part in the convention of woman ministers, 312.
Willis, N. P.,
at the Bryant celebration, 278.
Wilson, Henry, 178.
Wines, Rev. Frederick,
at the Prison Reform meetings, 340.
Winkworth, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen,
friends of peace, their hospitality, 330.
Wolcott, Mrs. Henrietta L. T.,
her talk on waifs, 392;
helps Mrs. Howe with the woman's department
of a fair in Boston in 1882, 394.
Woman suffrage,
championed by Wendell Phillips, 157, 158;
by John Weiss, 289;
meeting in favor of, in Boston, 375;
other efforts, 376;
workers for it, 378;
urged in Vermont, 380;
legislative hearings upon, 381-384.
Wood, Mrs.,
sings in New York: her voice, 15.
Woods, Rev. Leonard,
invites Mrs. Howe to contribute to the "Theological
Review," 44.
"Words for the Hour,"
Mrs. Howe's second publication, 230.
Wordsworth, William,
the poet,
the Howes' visit to, 115, 116.
"World's Own, The,"
a drama by Mrs. Howe, 230.
Yerrington, James B., 156.
Zenaide, Princess, 202.
[Transcribers' note: Original spelling has been maintained and not
standardized. Footnotes have been renumbered for consistency. To indicate
text in italic font, _underscores_ have been used. Typographical errors
that were corrected:
'an-answered'-->'answered': It was a timid performance upon a slender reed,
but the great performers in the noble orchestra of writers answered to its
appeal, which won me a seat in their ranks.
'Gary'-->'Cary': The story of his life and work is beautifully told in the
"Life and Correspondence" published soon after his death by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, well known to-day as the president of Radcliffe
College.
'spoken or'-->'spoken of': The young man whom I saw at this time was spoken
of as much devoted to the turf, and the only saying of his that I have ever
heard quoted was his question as to how long it took Nebuchadnezzar to get
into condition after he had been out to grass.
'sum'-->'summer': spends the summer of 1841 near Boston: visits the Perkins
Institution.
'Vermoechtniss'-->'Vermaechtniss': "Die Zeit ist mein Vermaechtniss, mein
Acker ist die Zeit."
The index entries for 'William Ellery Channing', the preacher, referred to
on pp. 144 and 416; and the poet, referred to on p. 370, were separated.]
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