Boston Hymn, 48.

Boston News-Letter, The, 13; selections
from, 187-189; facsimile of, 188.
Bowdoin College, 53; 63; 70; 80.
Boylston Prize, 78.
Bracebridge Hall, 32.

Bradford, William, 2; 13; 14; selec-
tions from works of, 138-141.
Bradstreet, Anne, account of, 5-6; 13;
14; 126; selections from works of,
152-155.

Bridge, Horatio, 54.

"Charles Egbert Craddock," 107.
Charleston, 94.

Chambered Nautilus, The, 79.
Chatham, Lord, 195.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 50.
Cheever, George B., 53.
Child, Francis James, 124.
Children, literature for, in colonial
times, 6-7; in recent years, 124-125;
128.

Choate, Rufus, 66; 67; 68.
Cincinnati, 63.

Brook Farm, account of, 52-53; 55; Civil War, 64; 95; 102; 120.

57; 90.

Brown, Alice, 108; 126.
Brown, Charles Brockden, account of,
26; 27; compared with Hawthorne,
56; selections from works of, 236-
240; portrait, 237-

Browne, Charles Farrar, 120; 127; 128.
Bryant, Dr. Peter, 38.

Bryant, William Cullen, account of,
37-40; 42; 43; III.
Building of the Ship, The, 71.
Bunker Hill, 66.
Burlington, 33.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 110; 125;
126.

Burns, Robert, Freneau compared with,
25; 60.

Burroughs, John, 122; portrait, 123;
127.

Butler, Bishop Joseph, 63.

Clark, William, 28.
Clay, Henry, 94.

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 121; 127;
128.

Clifford, in The House of the Seven
Gables, 56.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 44; 45.
Colonial Period, 1-14.
Columbia, 22, 223.

Columbiad, The, 24; 27; 229.
Columbus, 121.

Columbus, Life of, Irving's, 32.
Commemoration Ode, 76.
Common Sense, 20.

Companions of Columbus, The, 32.
Compensation, 46; 48.

Concord, 47; 48; 53; 74; 124.
Concord Hymn, 48.
Concord River, 50.
Condensed Novels, 115.

Butler, Samuel, Trumbull compared Confederate Army, 95; 102; 104.

with, 23.

Byrd, William, 12-13; 14; selections
from writings of, 181-183; illustra-
tion, 181.

Cable, George Washington, 126.

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 94.

California, 108; 115.

Connecticut, 22; 40; 62.

Conquest of Canaan, The, 22, 27; 222.
Conquest of Granada, The, 32.
Conquest of Mexico, The, 85.
Conquest of Peru, The, 85.

Conspiracy of Pontiac, The, 88.
Constitution (frigate), 77.

Constitution of the United States, 84.

Cambridge, 38; illustration, 69; 71; 101. Contemplations, 6, 152.

Cambridge Poets, The, 69-81.

Camden, 116; 117.

Carlyle, Thomas, 44.

Cask of Amontillado, The, 99; 100.
Cavalry Crossing a Ford, 118.
Century, The, 110.

Channing, William Ellery, 44; por-
trait, 45; 57.

Contentment, 79.

Cooke, John Esten, 107; 126.
Cooke, Rose Terry, 108; 126.

Cooper, James Fenimore, account of,
33-37; portrait, 34; 39; 40; 42; 43;
compared with Simms, 94-95; 104.
Cooper of the South," 94; 104.
Cooperstown, 33; 36; 124.

Cotter's Saturday Night, The, 61.
Cotton Boll, The, 97.

Courtship of Miles Standish, The, 71;
80.

"Crackers," 107.
Craigenputtock, 47.

Craigie House, 71; illustration, 72.
Cranford, 110.

Crawford, Francis Marion, 107; 126.
Croakers, The, 40; 41.

Crothers, Samuel McChord, 123.
Culprit Fay, The, 40.

Cummington, 37.

portrait, 11; 13; 14; 22; 27; selections
from the works of, 168-171.
Eggleston, Edward, 108; 122; 126.
Egypt, 50.

Eliot, John, 12; 14; selections from the
works of, 175-178; portrait, 176.
Elizabethan Age, 124.

Elizabeth, Queen, 90.
Elsie Venner, 79.

Elmwood, illustration, 74.

Embargo, The, 37.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 45; account
of, 46-48; 49; 50; 57.

Curtis, George William, 89; 90-91; 92; England, 1; 2; 4; 13; 15; 16; 25; 30; 31;

119; 127.

Dana, Richard Henry, 38; 39; 89; 92.
Dandelion, The, 76.

Dante, 71; 124.

Dartmouth College, 61; 77; 78.
Day of Doom, The, 4, 5; 14; 149.
Declaration of Independence, 15; 20.
Deer slayer, The, 37.

Defoe, Daniel, compared with Poe, 99.
Delaware River, 117.

Description of New England, A, 137.
Dial, The, 44; 57.

Dictionary, Webster's, 91, 92.
Diedrich Knickerbocker, 29; 30.
Discourse on the Character of George
Washington, A, 223.
Discoverer, The, 113.
Dismal Swamp, 13.
Dividing Line, The, 181.
Divine Comedy, The, translated by
Longfellow, 71; by Norton, 124.
Donne, John, compared with Mather, 9.
Drake, Joseph Rodman, account of,
40-41; 42; 43.
Dream Life, 90.
Du Bartas, 152.

Dutch Republic, The Rise of the, Mot-
ley's, 86.

Dwight, Timothy, 22; 23; 27; selections
from the works of, 222-225.

Each and All, 48.

Easy Chair, 90; 92.

Ecclesiastical History, Bede's, 9.

Edinburgh, 16.

35; 44; 76; 81; 84; 87; 92; 110.
English and Scottish Ballads, 124.
English Lands, Letters, and Kings, 90.
Essay on the Human Understanding, 10.
Eternal Goodness, The, 62.

Europe, 32; 41; 42; 46; 47; 70; 83; 111;

121.

Eutaw Springs, 25.
Evangeline, 71; 80.

Evening Post, The, 30; 39; 43.
Everett, Edward, 64-66; 67; 68.
Every Saturday, 114.
Exile's Departure, The, 60.

Fable for Critics, A, 75; 80.

Fall of the House of Usher, The, 99.
Farewell Address, Washington's, 20; 209.
"Father of American History," 2.
"Father of American Poetry," 39; 43.
Faust, translated by Taylor, 112.
Federalist, The, 21; 27; 213.
Felton, Cornelius, 124.
Ferdinand and Isabella, Prescott's His-
tory of the Reign of, 84-85.
Fiction, Recent, 106; 110; 127.
Fields, James T., 55.

First Church, of Boston, 46.
Fiske, John, 122; 126; 127.
Flood of Years, The, 39.
Foote, Mary Hallock, 108-110; 126.
Forbearance, 48.

France, 15; 16; 30; 87; 92.

Franklin, Benjamin, account of, 15-18;
portrait, 16; 20; 27; 30; selections
from the works of, 189-193.
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins, 108; 126.

Edwards, Jonathan, account of, 10-12; Free Press, The, 60; 68.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 59; 60; 61; 64; History of New England, Palfrey's,

"Hartford Wits," account of, 21-24; Home Pastorals, 112.

Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 94; account of, Hyperion, 70.

Henry, Patrick, 18, 19; illustration, 19; | Iliad, translated by Bryant, 39.

Inaugural Speeches of Washington, | Larcom, Lucy, 118; 127.

Adams, and Jefferson, 206.

Indiana, 108.

Indian Bible, 12.

Indians, studied by Parkman, 87;
treated by Freneau, 25; by Brown,
26; by Cooper, 35; by Simms, 95;
by Helen Hunt Jackson, 108.
Innocents Abroad, 121.
Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will, 11.
In School-Days, 62.

Irving, Washington, account of, 29-
33; portrait, 29; 35; 39; 42; 43; 82;
87; 92; 119.

Isles of Shoals, 118.
Italy, 30.

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 108; 126.
James, Henry, 106-107; 126.
Jay, John, 20; portrait, 21, 27; selec-
tions from the works of, 216-219.
Jefferson, Thomas, 20; 27; 229; selec-
tions from the works of, 205-209;
portrait, 203.

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 108; 126.

Last Leaf, The, 77.

Leatherstocking, in several of Cooper's
novels, 35.

Leather stocking Tales, 35-
Leaves of Grass, 117.

Lee, Richard Henry, 18; 27; selections
from the works of, 195-199.
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The, 3'1.
Letters of a British Spy, The, 94.
Lewis, Meriwether, 28.

Life and Death of John of Barneveld,
Motley's, 87.

Life and Writings of George Washing-
ton, Sparks's, 83.

Life of George Washington, Irving's, 32.
Lincoln, Abraham, 64; Whitman's
poem on, 116.
Litchfield, 62.

Literary activity of the present, 106;
127.

Literary progress, 125, 126.
Little Beach-Bird, The, 89.
Little Brothers of the Air, 122.
Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, 122.

John of Barneveld, Life and Death of, Little Women, 44; 125.
Motley's, 87.

Johns Hopkins University, 102.
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 107; 126.
Jonathan and David, 108.
Jonson, Ben, 1I.
"Josh Billings," 120.

Journal of John Woolman, The, 183.
"Juvenile Book-Store," 124.
Juvenile literature, 124-125; 128.

105; 126.

Liverpool, 55.

Locke, David Ross, 120; 127.
Locke, John, 10.
London, 31.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 9; 47;
53; 57; 69; account of, 70-74; in-
fluence of his translations, 72; 76; 80;
81; 82; 91; 92; 126.
Louisiana Purchase, 28.

Lowell, James Russell, criticism of
Bryant, 39; of Willis, 42; 69; account
of, 74-76; 80; 81; 119.
Luck of Roaring Camp, The, 115.
Lucy Books, 124.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Emer-
son compared with, 48.

M'Fingal, 23; 27; 225; illustration, 226.
McMaster, John Bach, 122; 127.
Macon, 101.

Madison, James, 20; portrait, 21; 27;
selections from the works of, 219–222.
Magazine article, 122, 123; 128.

Lanier, Sidney, account of, 101-104; Magazines, the four monthlies, 110;

for children, 125.

Marjorie Daw, 114.

Natty Bumpo, 35. See Leatherstocking.
Neighbor Jackwood, 108.
Newbury, 9.

New England, 3; the literary leader-
ship returns to, 42; 43; 44; 45; 57;
59; 64; 66; 68; 69; 80; 82; 91; stories
of life in, 108; Stedman's idyls of, 113;

124.

"Mark Twain," criticises Cooper, 36- New England, History of, Palfrey's,

37; 124. See Clemens, S. L.
Marshes of Glynn, The, 103.
Maryland, 94.

Massachusetts, 2; 3; 14; 28; 37; 38; 47;
66; 83; 91.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 3.
Massachusetts Register, 76.
Massachusetts Spy, 193.
Mather, Cotton, criticises Anne Brad-
street, 6; account of, 8-10; compared
with Edwards, 11; 13; 14; 126; 148;
selections from the works of, 159-163;
portrait, 160; 175.

Memoir of Life of Richard Henry Lee,
196.

Merrimack, river, 50.
Merry's Museum, 125.
Metamorphoses, 1, 131.

Metres introduced by Longfellow, 73;
80.

Miller, Olive Thorne, 122; 127.
Minister's Wooing, The, 64.
Minor authors of 1815-1865, 89-91; 92.
Minor Knickerbocker Poets, 40-42.
Minor poets since 1865, 118-119.
Missouri, 121.

Missouri Compromise, 59.
Mitchell, Donald Grant, 89-90;

119; 127.

Mosses from an Old Manse, 54.

89; Winthrop's, 3.

New England Primer, The, account
of, 6, 7, illustration, 7; 13; 14; 126;
selections from, 155-159.

New Hampshire, 66; History of, Bel-
knap's, 89.

New Haven, 8.

New Jersey, 33; 116.
New Orleans, 107.
Newspapers, colonial, 13.
New World, 1; 31; 72.

New York, 24; becomes a literary cen
tre, 28-29; 30; 33; 39; 40; 41; 43)
111; 124; group of poets, 114; 119
State, 33.

New York Historical Society, 31.
Nile Notes of a Howaḍji, 87.
Nineteenth century, progress in early
years of, 28.
North America, 92.

North American Review, 38; 76.
Northampton, 10; II.
North Church, 8.
Note-Books, 55; 58.
Norton, Charles Eliot, 124.

O Captain, My Captain, 116; 117.

92; Odyssey, translated by Bryant, 39.
Of Plimoth Plantation, 138, 141.
Ohio River, 63.

Motley, John Lothrop, 83; account of, Old Dominion, 107.

85-87; portrait, 86; 89; 91; 92.
Mountain and the Squirrel, The, 48.
Mrs. Malaprop, in Sheridan's Rivals,

I 20.

"Mrs. Partington," 120.

Murfree, Mary Noailles, 107; 126.
Murray, John, 31; 86.

My Aunt, 77.

Old Ironsides, 77; 78.

Old Manse, 53.
Oldtown Folks, 64.
Old World, 2; 72; 92.
One-Hoss Shay, The, 79.
Opportunity, 119.

Oratory of the Revolutionary Period,
18-19; 27; of New England, 64-67,
68; of the South, 93-94, 104.

National Period, 28-129; later years of, Oregon Trail, The, 87.

106-128.

Ormulum, The, 209.