INDEX.

Abraham, Mount, 72. Adirondacks, 237. Advertiser, Boston Daily, 182. Alden, John, 97. Aldrich, T. B., 84. Alps, 84, 122, 168. “American Women of Note,” 239. Amesbury, 98, 134, 146, 170. Anderson, Hans, 176. Andover, 145, 219. Andrew, Governor, 111. Androscoggin, 227. Anglo-Saxon Poetry, 49. Annapolis, 224. Appledore, 166. Appleton, Nathan, 7. Arnold, Matthew, 191. Arthur, Prince, 131. Asquam, Lake, 229. Atlantic Monthly, 153, 189, 239. “At Her Bedside,” 199. Attleboro’, 122. “At the Beautiful Gate,” 173, 187. Bacon, Francis, 91. Baker, Mrs. I. W., 32; letter to, 38; living with, 44. Barrett, Lois, 1. Bass River, 2. Beaufort, S. C., 112. Berkshire Hills, 237. Berlin Falls, 188, 227. Bermuda, 182. Bethel, 224, 227. Bethlehem, 227, 230. Betsy’s, Aunt, cucumbers, 32. Beverly, 1, 2; life in, 43-46, 74, 113, 115, 133, 144, 153, 156, 170; division of, 246; love for, 252. Beverly Farms, 1. Blanchard, Dr. Amos, 13. Blue, Mount, 42. Bonnechose, de, 118. Boston, 123, 125, 156, 172, 246; troops in, 89; Harbor, 115. Boston Journal, 36. Bradford Academy, 172. Bradford, England, 190. “Breathings of the Better Life,” 159. Brooks, Rev. Phillips, 185, 207, 209, 225, 248, 252, 275; letter on preaching, 185; friendship for Lucy Larcom, 186; letter on Lord’s Supper, 186; preaching of, 207; preaches on “Old Year,” 211; preaches about Heaven, 214; letter about church-membership, 220; letter about “The Little Town of Bethlehem,” 232; letter, 241; invites all to Communion, 244; letter, 250; at Wheaton, 265; elected Bishop, 268; Consecration of, 274; death of, 285. Brown, J. Appleton, 183. Brown of Ossawatomie, 81. Browning, 180, 278. Browning, Mrs., 159. Bushnell, Horace, 159. Campton, 99, 152. Cape Ann, 166, 180. Carlyle, 70. Carter, Franklin, 153, 237; letters to, 205, 281. Cary Sisters, The, 196. Centre Harbor, 227, 230. Chadwick, Rev. J. W., 174. Chasles, Philarète, 11. Chaucer’s Daisies, 167. Childs, G. W., 234, 236. Childs, Mrs., 118. Childhood Songs, 3, 176, 177. Child-Life, 3, 176, 177. Christian Union, 233, 285. Clough, Arthur, 258. Coleridge, 5, 54. Congregational Church, 55, 190, 201, 207, 242; administration of Communion in, 245. Congregationalist, The, 233. Contrabands, 154. Conybeare, and Howson, Life of St. Paul, 116. Cook, Mrs., 196. Corinth, 144. Cottage Hearth, The, 233. Cousin, 70. Crayon, The, 63. Croswell, Dr., poems, 81. Curtiss, Hariot, 10. Cushman, Miss, 149. Davis, Jeff, 102; capture of, 157. Dickens, Charles, 8. Dickinson, Emily, 285. Digby, 224. District of Columbia, slavery in, 139. Dodge, Mrs. Mary Mapes, 177-178. Donelson, Fort, 124. Durand, John, 65; letter to, 66. Easter Gleams, 187. Elizabeth, Queen, 93. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 125, 178, 278; “Parnassus,” 186. England, 117, 190; against slavery, 116. Episcopal Church, 11, 81, 187, 207, 209, 220, 243, 249, 284; criticism of, 254-256; little side of, 272. Essex County, 1, 193. Evangeline, 223. Farley, Hariett, 10. Farrar, Canon, 226. Fichte, 128. Fields, James T., letter to, 148, 153, 159. Fields, Mrs. James T., 149; letters to, 155, 160, 163, 178; books loaned by, 156. Fitch, Mrs., 224. Florida, 130. Fobes, Miss P., 38; letters to, 46, 47, 282. Forrester, Fanny, 175. Fox, George, journal of, 97, 106. Franconia Notch, 100, 151. Freeman, Miss, 247. Frémont, 111. French Acadians, 224. Gannett’s, Dr., school, 172. Gardiner, Maine, 71. Garfield, Mrs., 210. Garfield, President, 191; assassination of, 210. Garrison, W. L., 14. Gaspereau, 223. Gethsemane, 137. Gibbon, 118. Godfrey, Captain B., 37. “Golden-Rod,” 191. Gordon, Rev. Mr., 267. Grand Pré, 223. Great Britain, 166. Greenough, Mrs., 186. Greenwood, Grace, 175. Guild, Mrs., 236, 276. Gulliver’s Travels, 5. Guyon, Madame, 159. “Hail Columbia,” 139. Halifax, 224. Hamilton, Gail, 157. Hammond, Wisconsin, 155. “Hand in Hand with Angels,” 173. Hannah, Aunt, 4. “Hannah Binding Shoes,” 63, 173, 179; set to music, 65. Hare’s “Mission of the Comforter,” 54. Harper’s Magazine, 183, 233. Haskell, Mrs. Abby O., 29; letter to, 42. Hatteras, Fort, 102. Hawthorne’s “Little Annie’s Ramble,” 176. “Heart of God,” The, 189. Hegel, 128. Herbert, George, 79, 159. Higginson, Mr., 197. “Hilary,” 153, 173. Hindoo, 112. Hopkins, Dr. Mark, 281. Horder, Rev. W. Garrett, 190, 196. Horticultural Association, 152. Howells, W. D., 189, 230. Humiston, Esther S., 54, 103, 135; letters to, 54, 75; dying, 91; death, 92; grave of, 136; letters of, 138; mother of, 142, 152. Hunter, Dr. John, 197. “Idyl of Work,” 179, 190. “Immortal Now,” The, 285. Independent, The, 233. Ingelow, Jean, 174; letter to, 165. Ipswich, 1; Academy of, 172. Isles of Shoals, 166. Italy, 83, 108. Jackson, H. H., 196. Jameson’s, Mrs., “Legends of the Madonna,” 79. Kant, 128. Keble, 209, 215. Kennebec River, 74. Knickerbocker, The, 63; letter to, 64. Koeppen, 83. Lamb’s “Dream Children,” 176. Larcom, Mrs., 6, 262; boarding-house of, 8; death of, 171. Larcom, Benjamin, 1. Larcom, Cornelius, 1. Larcom, David, 1. Larcom, Jonathan, 1. Larcom, Lucy, birth, 1; at school, 4; love for hymns, 5; books she read, 9; writes for manuscript papers, 9; working in Lowell mills, 11; early religious ideas, 12; signs petition to Congress, 14; meets Mr. Whittier, 15; book-keeper in Lawrence Mills, 15; writing in prose sketch-book, 16; writing poetry, 17; goes to Illinois, 18; diary of journey, 21-27; in Maryland, 23; At Pittsburgh, 25; at St. Louis, 26; lives on Looking-glass Prairie, 27; hardships in school-teaching, 28; letters to sisters, Abby and Lydia, 29; examined for position as teacher, 31; sick with “agey,” 33; enters Monticello, 38; life at Monticello, 39-43; debating society, 40; compositions, 41; engagement, 43; teaching in Beverly, 44-46; enters Wheaton Seminary, 46-47; room at Norton, 48; love for flowers, 49; knitting stockings for soldiers, 49; power as a teacher, 49-53; lecture on Anglo-Saxon Poetry, 49; lecture on compositions, 50; in the class-room, 50; founding the “Rushlight,” and Psyche Literary Society, 50-51; called “Mother Larcom,” 51; letter on death, 52; girl’s love affairs, 52; scholar’s love for her, 52; friendship for Miss Humiston, 54-57; ideas about church-membership, and doctrines, 55-57; leaves Norton, 57; reasons for not marrying, 57-59; publishes “Similitudes,” 61; wins Kansas prize song, 62; publishes Lottie’s Thought-book, 62; prints “Hannah Binding Shoes,” 63; writes to New York Tribune, 64; letter to John Durand, 65; unsuccessful attempt to print a volume of verse, 66; submits verses to Mr. Whittier for criticism, 68; diary, 69-147; thoughts on mystics, 70; thoughts on “The Sabbath,” 74; reasons for keeping a diary, 75; remarks on ministers, 76-77; reads “Wilhelm Meister,” 78; depression of spirits, 84; thoughts on eternal life and death, 85; gifts on her birthday, 86; unpleasant sermon on Satan, 88; remarks on friendship, 93; visits the Webster place, 96; visits Plymouth, 96; visits the Whittiers, 98; love for mountains, 100; on the Rebellion, 101; concerning her diary, 103; concerning gossip, 110; on child’s knowledge of the Bible, 120; sleigh-ride to Attleboro’, 122; on Sarah Paine’s death, 128; hears Emerson, 125; education of nieces, 127; religious talks with scholars, 129; introspection, 132; thoughts on the resurrection, 133; love for the Whittiers, 135; singing around Liberty Pole, 139; prays for C——, 140; skeptical, 141; school trials, 141; death of C——, 144; visits Andover, 145; letter to Mr. Fields, enclosing poem, 149; letter to Whittier about the mountains, 150; gives up teaching at Wheaton, 152; home in Waterbury, 152; writes for the Atlantic, 153; letter about death of her sister Louisa, 155; edits “Our Young Folks,” 157; publishes “Breathings of the Better Life,” 159; letters to Mrs. James T. Fields, 159-163; letter to Mrs. Thaxter, 163; letter to Miss Ingelow, 165; letter to Mr. Whittier about her mother’s illness, 170; publishes “Poems,” 173; name of, 175; work with Mr. Whittier, 175; letters to Mrs. Dodge, 177; publishes “An Idyl of Work,” 179; prints “Roadside Poems,” 180; letter on Romans, 181; visits Bermuda, 182; prints “Landscape in American Poetry,” 183; letter to Mrs. Wheaton, 183; present at breakfast to Dr. Holmes, 184; first meeting with Phillips Brooks, 185; prints “Wild Roses of Cape Ann,” 187; letter to Mr. Pickard, 188; criticism of her poetry, 189-198; letter to Dr. Hunter, 197; religious changes, 200; letter to Franklin Carter, 205; learns to know the Episcopal Church, 107-120; opinion of faith-cure, 212; reads Renan, 216; letter from Nova Scotia, 223; letter to Phillips Brooks, 225; summer homes of, 227; on Theosophy, 231; conversation with Mr. Whittier about finances, 233; visits President Carter, 237; prints “A New England Girlhood,” 238; communes at Trinity Church, 244; confirmed, 252; converses with Mr. Brooks, 269-270; illness of, 280-281; letter to Miss Fobes, 282; last letter to Phillips Brooks, 285; on the death of Mr. Brooks, 287; death of, 289; burial of, 290. Larcom, Mordecai, 1. Lavater, 119. Lawrence Mills, 15. Lazarus, Emma, 259. Lebanon, 31. Lee, surrender of, 156. Leigh, Miss, 247. Liberty Pole, 139. Lincoln, Abraham, 191; assassination of, 156. Longfellow, H. W., 80, 166, 179, 180, 196; letter to Miss Larcom, 198; death of, 220. Longfellow, Rev. Samuel, 65. Lowell, mills in, 6; lyceum of, 8; poem on, 179; article in Atlantic Monthly on, 239. Lowell, Francis Cabot, 7. Lowell, J. R., 180. Lowell, Maria, 196. Lowell Offering, 10. “Loyal Woman’s No,” 58, 153. Maine, 226. Maintenon, Madame de, 93. Manassas, 130. Mansel, Dean, 75. Martineau, Dr., 196. Mason and Slidell, 115. Maurice, 70, 75, 76, 209, 214, 218, 265. Maury’s Physical Geography, 91. Melrose, 219. Memphis, 144. Merrimac, 99, 101, 130, 139; sinking of, 154. Middlesex Standard, 15. Milton, 194, 259. Milton Hills, 109. Mississippi, 167. Missouri, 124. “Monitor,” 130. Monticello, 238, 283; prospectus of, 37. Moosilauke, 227, 263, 272, 277. Morris’ Poems, 75. Moultrie, Fort, 81. Müller, Max, 210. “My Mountain,” 192. Myrtle, Minnie, 175. Neander’s “History of the Church,” 116, 118, 218. Neck-woods, 123. Newburyport, 179. New England Emigrant Aid Co., 62. “New England Girlhood,” 2, 238, 250. New Hampshire, 105, 168, 226. New York Tribune, The, 63, 64. Norfolk, 130, 139. North Carolina, 124. Norton, Mass., 53, 57, 105, 115, 153, 172, 183. Notch Mountains, 151, 168, 227. Nova Scotia, 224. Olivet, 137. “On the Beach,” 191. Operatives’ Magazine, 10. Osgood & Co., 179. Ossipee Park, 227, 230, 279. “Our Christ,” 190. Our Young Folks, 3, 157, 172, 176. Paine, Sarah, 123. Park, Professor, 145. Parker, Theodore, 71. Passion Week, 243, 266. Paula, 93. Pembroke, 98. Pemigewasset, 99, 168. Pilgrims, 80, 165, 167. Pilgrim’s Progress, 5. Pitman, Harriet, 171, 178. “Phebe,” 189. Phelps, Prof., 145. Phillips, Adelaide, 65. Plato, 119, 217, 236; reading, 54; teaching, 118. Plymouth, 96. “Poems,” 173, 174. Portland Transcript, 227. Potomac, 111. Prairie sleigh-ride, A, 36. Psyche Literary Society, 50. Puritans, 107, 113, 201, 150. Quaker, 97, 135; worship of, 98; contrast with Puritan, 107. Quaker Home, 234. Readville, 109. Renan, 216. Richter, Jean Paul, 16. “Roadside Poems,” 180. Robertson, F. W., 138, 159, 160, 203, 209, 266. “Rose Enthroned,” The, 154, 192. Rossetti, W. M., 197. Rushlight, The, 50. Ruskin, 75. Russell, John, 227. “Sabbath Bells,” 15. Saddle-back, 72. Schelling, 128. Scott, Sir Walter, 5. Sears’ “Foregleams and Foreshadows,” 54. Shakespeare, 118, 149, 194. “Shared,” 189. Shelley, 180. “Similitudes,” 61. “Skipper Ben,” 65, 173. Smith, John Cotton, 215. Spalding, Mrs. S. I., 179, 230; letters to, 181, 187, 193, 240, 250, 271. Spaulding, George, 33, 36. Spaulding, Lucy Larcom, 289. Spenser, 5, 191. Socrates, 217. Solis-Cohen, Dr. S., 260. “Songs of Three Centuries,” 259, 279. South Carolina, 81. Southey, 5. St. Ann’s Church, Lowell, 14, 207. St. Nicholas, 3, 157, 177, 178, 233. St. Peter’s Church, Beverly, 290. Standish, Miles, 97. Stanley, Aunt, 4. Stedman, Mr., 93. Stephen, Sir James, 118. Stone, Dr., 215. Stone, Lucy, 46. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 146. Stowe, Prof., 145. Sumatra, 133. Sumner, Charles, 108. Swedenborg, 54, 119. Switzerland, 168. Tauler’s Sermons, 54. Taunton, 90. Tennyson, 278. Thanksgiving, A, 174, 194. Thaxter, Mrs. Celia, 163. Thayer, Prof., 178. “The Chamber Called Peace,” 173. Tholuck, 159. Thomas, Rev. Abel C., 10. Thorndike, Colonel, 2. Trinity Church, 207, 226, 252; free seats in, 208; services at, 209; passing of old year at, 211. Trowbridge, 157. Unitarianism, 112, 215. Universalists, 56. Unseen Friend, The, 283. “Unwedded,” 59. Vincent, Henry, 179. Walker’s Rhyming Dictionary, 18. Wallace Lane, 2. Wallis, Becky, 32. Ward, Susan Hayes, 238; letters to, 53, 222. Waterbury, Conn., 54, 152. Waterville, 100. Webster, Daniel, 96. Wellesley College, 247. Wheaton, Judge, 46. Wheaton, Mrs. E. B., 183. Wheaton Seminary, 46, 152, 172, 238, 265. White Face, 192. White Mountains, 168. White, Richard Grant, 197. White, Sunday, A, 174. Whitney, Mrs. A. D. T., 184, 239. Whittier, Elizabeth, 15, 67, 80, 98, 137, 151, 154, 191. Whittier, John G., 66, 98, 134, 163, 179, 185, 232; first meeting with Miss Larcom, 15; friendship for Miss Larcom, 66; letter to Lucy Larcom, 67; “Home Ballads,” 80; “Panorama,” 80; letters to, 150, 170, 180, 223, 230, 275, 276; rhymed note of, 161; at Isles of Shoals, 166; collaboration with Miss Larcom, 175; letter to Lucy Larcom, 176; criticism of her poetry, 193; letter to O. W. Holmes, 198; visit of, 218; poem, “Wood-Giant,” 230; on Bishop Brooks, 271; death of, 277. Wide Awake, 233. Wilberforce, Canon, 247. “Wild Roses of Cape Ann,” 187, 188. Williams College, 153, 205. Williamstown, 237. Winnipiseogee, 98, 168. Winter, William, 185. Wolfboro’, 229. Woodberry, George E., 257, 258. Wordsworth, 5, 180. Year in Heaven, A, 173. Youth’s Companion, 3.

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