INDEX

A

Agassiz, Alexander, in college, 287; leads to the adoption of crimson as the Harvard colour, 289; as captain of industry, 289; as scientist, 290; as philanthropist, 293 Agassiz, Louis, in 1851, 283; as scientist and teacher, 284; his strength and limitations, 287 Alcott, A. Bronson, at Concord, 249 Alcott, Louisa M., in young womanhood, 237; as writer for children, 238 Andrew, John A., Governor of Massachusetts, 22; his speech to the selectmen, 24 Antioch College, in the sixties, 67; dramatics at, 71

B

Bancroft, George, at Berlin, 162; his love for roses, 165; at Washington, 166; as a historical path-breaker, 167 Banks, N.P., a pathetic figure, his rise and fall, 38 Barlow, Francis C., in college, 57; as a soldier, 61; after the war, 65 Bartlett, W.P., as a soldier, 54 Battle-fields, as places of interest, 316 Berlin, in 1870, 110 Brooks, Phillips, as a youth, 255; in comic opera, 257; at the Harvard Commemoration, 260; his breadth of spirit, 261; at Lowell's funeral, 262 Bryce, James, his home in London, 194 Buffalo, in 1840, 1 Bunsen, the chemist, at Heidelberg, 266 Butler, B.F., at New Orleans, 41

C

Churchill, Lord Randolph, 198 Churchill, Winston, 200 Clark, James B., of Mississippi, 54 Concord, the town of, 233 Cox, Jacob D., 34 Curtius, Ernst, at Berlin, 206

D

Dancer, the, at the Königs-See, 310; at Salzburg, 313 Douglas, Stephen A., in his prime, 6; supports Lincoln in 1861, 8 Dramatics, at Antioch College, 71; in the schools of England, 80 in the schools of France, 76; in the schools of Germany, 72

E

Eliot, President C.W., as an oarsman, 223 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, in his prime, 246; his hospitality, 248; and Walt Whitman, 250; in old age, 253 Eupeptic musings, 332 Everett, Edward, his conservatism, 16; as an off-hand speaker, 17

F

Fillmore, Millard, as a friend, 2; signs the Fugitive Slave Bill, 3; effects of the measure, 3; his home-life, 4; with Lincoln at church, 5 Fiske, John, in youth, 168 and Mary Hemenway, 169; the "Extension of Infancy," 170; his love for music, 174; in social life, 175; at Petersham, 178 France, in war-time, 151 Francis Joseph, the Emperor, 141 Franciscan, the, at Salzburg, 307 Frederick, the Emperor, 139 Frederick the Great, his statue, 110; his sepulchre, 131 Freeman, Edward A., in America, 185; at Somerleaze, 186

G

Gardiner, Samuel R., in London, 181; at Bromley, 183 Garnett, Sir Richard, at the British Museum, 179 Germany, in 1870, 108 Gladstone, W.E., in 1886, 200 Goethe and Schiller, their graves, 129 Grant, U.S., his greatest conquest, 28 Gray, Asa, in the Botanic Garden, 278; in the class-room, 279; as a lecturer, 281; his services to science, 282 Grenadier, the young, of Potsdam, 144; of Weimar, 145 Grey, Mr. William, see Stamford. Grimm, the brothers, their graves, 128 Grimm, Hermann, at Berlin, 212

H

Harrison, W.H., the campaign of 1840,1 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, at Concord, 239; at Brook Farm, 240; as a ghost-seer, 242; as literary artist, 243 Heidelberg, in 1870, 204 Helmholtz, the scientist, at Heidelberg, 268 Hohenzollern, the line of, 132 Hollis, 8; at Harvard, 161 Holmes, O.W., as an oarsman, 223; his versatility and wit, 224; his deeper moods, 226 Home-life, in Germany in 1870, 124 Howard, O.O., at Gettysburg, 47

K

Kirchoff, the physicist, at Heidelberg, 265

L

Lepsius, the Egyptologist, 209 Lexington, Va., graves of R.E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson at, 325 Lincoln, Abraham, at church, 5 Longfellow, H.W., in 1851, 218; the incubation of Hiawatha, 225; memorial service for, 221 Lowell, Charles R., as a soldier, 55 Lowell, James Russell, in his prime, 227; his Yankee story, 227; his Commemoration Ode, 229; his funeral, 232 Ludwig, King of Bavaria, 143 Luther, Martin, his grave at Wittenberg, 130

M

Mann, Horace, as an inspirer, 67 Meade, George G., at the Harvard Commemoration, 29 Militarism, in Germany, 111 Mommsen, Theodor, at Berlin, 209 Munich, in 1870, 148 Museum, the Royal, at Berlin, 121

N

New Wrinkle at Sweetbrier, 71 Newcomb, Simon, as a youth, 271; his parentage, 272; as an astronomer, 274; his last years, 276 Norman, Sir Henry, 197

P

Paris, in war-time, 152 Parliament, in 1886, 195 Pope, John, a pathetic figure, 42

R

Ranke, Leopold von, 207

S

Saxton, Rufus, at Port Royal, S.C., 48 Schenkel, Daniel, 211 Schools, in Russia, 116 Sedan, The débâcle at, 159 Seward, William H., his Plymouth oration, 13; his too careless cigar, 14; the Alaska purchase, 15 Sheridan, Philip H., 28 Sherman, T.W., at Port Royal, S.C., 50 Sherman, W.T., in private life, 30; at dinner with, 31; and John Fiske, 32; his funeral, 34 Slocum, Henry W., and Samuel J. May, 45 Smith, Goldwin, at Niagara, 191; his memorial stone at Cornell, 192 Stamford, the Earl of, encountered on the Mississippi, 296; as a household guest, 301; a high-born philanthropist, 304 Stevens, Isaac I., 52 Sumner, Charles, his fine presence, 18; as a youth, 19; a conversation with, 21; and John A. Andrew, 24; his strength and weakness, 26 Switzerland, in 1870, 150

T

Taft, W.H., in boyhood, 34 Thoreau, Henry D., in his early time, 235 "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," 2 Treitschke, von, at Heidelberg, 205

U

Uhlan, the young, of Erfurt, 145 Union, value of its triumph in the Civil War, 327 Universities, of Germany, in 1870, 119

V

Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia, 139

W

Webster, Daniel, his last speech in Faneuil Hall, 10; his "big way," 11; his "Liberty and Union, now and forever," 12 Weimar, the young grenadier of, 145 West Pointers and civilians in the Civil War, 33 Whitman, Walt, and Emerson, 250 Wilhelm der Grosse, Kaiser, 138 Wilhelm II., Kaiser, 139 Wilson, James H., 49 Winsor, Justin, as youth and man, 167 Winthrop, Robert C., his ability and conservatism, 17; as master of the feast, 18 Wright, H.G., 57