Lafayette, Marquis de, 52.
Lamartine, Alphonse M. L. de, 161.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 207.
Lawton, William C., 234, 266;
his “The New England Poets,” cited, 234 note, 265 note.
Lenau, Nicholas, 161.
Leopold, King of the Belgiums, 195.
Lincoln, Abraham, 6.
Liston, Sir Robert, 93.
Liszt, Abbé, 223.
Liverpool, Eng., 219.
Locke, John, 55.
Loire, the river, 49.
London, 2, 8, 87, 88, 91, 92, 103, 105, 106, 170, 209, 210, 221, 223, 241, 245, 278.
Longfellow, Alexander W., 83, 129.
Longfellow, Alice M., 117 note, 209.
Longfellow, Fanny, 201.
Longfellow, Frances A., Longfellow’s engagement to, 171, 172;
appearance, 173;
assists her husband, 173;
her letter to Eliza Potter, 174, 175;
death, 211.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, birth of, 11;
youth, 14–18;
first poem on American subject, 17;
college life, 18–20;
shows American feeling in his Commencement oration, 21;
early writings, 22;
offers poems anonymously, 23;
selections appear in Miscellaneous Poems, 23;
his early poems compared with Bryant’s, 24–26;
one of his poems attributed to Bryant, 27;
involuntary imitation of Bryant, 27;
contributes articles in Irving’s style, 27;
letter to, from Jared Sparks, declining article, 29, 30;
his “Our Native Writers,” 30–36;
graduates from Bowdoin, 37;
literature his definite purpose, 37;
writes to his father about his profession, 38–40, 41, 43;
father’s reply, 40, 41;
first visit to Europe to prepare for Bowdoin professorship, 45;
writes to his mother, 46, 47;
enjoyment of France, 48–50;
begins his studies in Germany, 51, 52;
beginning of “Outre-Mer,” 55;
“Hyperion,” 55;
returns home, 56;
becomes professor of modern languages at Bowdoin College, 56;
prepares his own text-books, 57;
contributes to the “North American Review,” 58;
publishes translations, 60;
marries Mary S. Potter, 60;
salary at Bowdoin, 64;
life at Brunswick, 65, 66;
writes to G. W. Greene, 67;
publishes sketches in New England Magazine, 67;
early sketches, 68;
comparison of the “Sketch Book” and “Outre-Mer,” 69–71;
a puzzle about his writings, 72–74;
his “Defence of Poetry,” 75–80;
project of taking the Round Hill School, 81, 82;
position in regard to temperance, 83;
his wife’s letter about “Outre-Mer,” 83;
letter inviting him to become a professor at Harvard, 84, 85;
his reply, 85–87;
his first book, 87;
second visit to Europe, 87–106;
letter to his mother, 97, 98;
his wife’s illness and death, 107–111;
buries himself in studies, 112;
returns home, 113;
his letter about his wife, 113–115;
settles in Craigie House, 116;
description of Mrs. Craigie, 118–120;
interest in Craigie estate, 122, 123;
his “Hyperion,” 124–134;
his letter to his wife’s sister, 129, 130;
on “Twice-Told Tales,” 130–132;
his desire for a national literature, 133;
his best piece of prose, 135, 136;
literary projects, 137;
letter about “Hyperion,” 139, 140;
criticisms of, 141–143;
his relation with Bryant, 145, 146;
social side, 146,
338 147;
costume of, 147;
suggestions for poems, 149, 150;
college duties, 150–155;
asks for leave of absence, 155, 156;
sails for Europe, 157;
asks for further leave of absence, 157, 158;
the “Spanish Student,” 162;
returns home, 162;
anti-slavery poems, 163–165;
abolitionists on, 166;
Irish abolitionist on, 167;
intimacy with Lowell, 169;
announces his engagement and marriage to Frances Appleton, 171, 172;
aided in “Poets and Poetry of Europe,” 173;
in the class room, 176–179;
letters about college work, 179–183;
letter about elective system, 182, 183;
finds college work monotonous, 186, 187;
writes about his “Spanish Student,” 188, 189;
his “Poets and Poetry of Europe,” 189–191;
his fame, 192;
“Evangeline,” 194, 195;
compared with Scandinavian poets, 196, 197;
“Kavanagh,” 198–200;
resigns professorship, 202–207;
begins “Hiawatha,” 208;
writes “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” 210;
death of his wife, 211;
shorter poems, 213–218;
sails for Europe, 219;
speech by, 219, 220;
receives honorary degree at Cambridge, Eng., 220, 221;
English praise for, 221–223;
receives honorary degree at Oxford, 223;
arrives home, 223;
works on Dante translation, 225;
friendly criticism, 226, 227;
comparison of early with late translations, 229–231;
comparison with Norton’s translation, 231, 232;
“Christus,” 236–238, 242, 243;
“New England Tragedies,” 239;
requests for autographs, 240, 275, 276;
“The Divine Tragedy,” 244;
criticisms of “The Divine Tragedy,” 245, 246;
commemorated in Westminster Abbey, 248–257;
his works essentially American, 258–260;
interested in local affairs, 260;
dislikes English criticism of our literature, 263, 264;
manner in which his poems came to him, 264, 265;
his alterations, 266, 267;
compared with Browning, 270;
relations with Whittier and Emerson, 271, 272;
on Browning, 272, 273;
on Tennyson, 273;
his table-talk, 273–275;
unpublished poems, 276;
descriptions of, 278, 279;
his works popular, 280;
Cardinal Wiseman on, 281;
resembles Turgenieff, 282;
home life, 282–285;
member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Spanish Academy, 288;
removal of “spreading chestnut-tree” and armchair made, 289, 290;
his speech at Cambridge anniversary, 290, 291;
his study, 291, 292;
as a man, 292, 293;
sickness, 293;
death, 294.
Longfellow, Mary S. P., 172;
schoolmate of Longfellow, 60;
becomes Longfellow’s wife, 60;
description of, 61;
her books, 62–64;
begins housekeeping, 66;
her letter about the Round Hill School, 81, 82;
her letter about Longfellow’s “Outre-Mer,” 83;
her letters about their European trip, 88–106;
her illness and death, 107–111;
H. W. Longfellow’s letter about, 113–115;
her journals destroyed, 170.
Longfellow, Rev. Samuel, 71, 91, 92, 106;
his memoir of his brother, cited, 30 note, 85 note, 99 note, 189 note, 191 note, 199 note, 207 note, 224 note;
quoted, 37, 38, 41–43, 48–52, 113, 124, 126, 141, 145, 147, 148, 165, 168, 191, 192, 202, 203, 219–222, 226, 242, 245, 246, 257, 263, 264, 266, 276.
Longfellow, Stephen, 11, 13, 14, 17, 97;
spelling of name, 11;
letters to, from H. W. L. about his profession, 38–43;
his reply, 40, 41;
Mary S. P. Longfellow’s letter to, 98, 99.
Longfellow, Judge Stephen, appearance of, 13.
Longfellow, William, 12.
Longfellow, Zilpah (Wadsworth), 11, 87, 99;
description of, 15;
Longfellow writes to, 46, 47;
Mary S. P. Longfellow’s letter to, about European trip, 88–97;
H. W. L.’s letter to, 97, 98.
Longfellow family, 60.
Longfellow Memorial Association, 121.
Louis the Sixteenth, 47.
“Lover’s Seat,” the, cited, 143 note.
Lowell, John A., 182.
Lowell, James R., 1, 6, 57, 59, 82, 146, 192, 197, 211, 223, 228, 248, 251, 271, 273, 285, 294;
intimacy with Longfellow, 168, 169;
on
339 Longfellow’s Dante translations, 227;
expresses gratitude for honor done to Longfellow, 251–255;
likes English ways, 260, 261;
Poe’s influence on, 268;
his literary alterations, 269.
Lowell, Miss Sally, 121.
Lucerne, 8.
Lugano, 224.
Lundy, Benjamin, his “Genius of Universal Emancipation,” mentioned, 163.
Lunt, George, 165.
Lyly, John, 55.
McHenry, Dr. James, praises Longfellow, 22.
McLane, Mr., 118.
Madrid, 50.
Maine, 11, 17, 208;
Cumberland County, 220.
Mäler River, the, 93.
Malherbe, Francis de, 191.
Marshall, Emily, 19.
Marshall, Chief Justice John, 6.
Massachusetts, 186;
Legislature, 11.
Mather, Cotton, 138, 239;
his “Magnalia,” mentioned, 149.
Matsys, Quintin, 161.
Mayence, 162.
Mayflower (ship), 13.
Medici, Cosmo de, 164.
Mellen, Mr., 140.
Mellen, Judge, 17.
Mellen, Frederic, 17.
Mellen, Grenville, 23.
Menzel, Charles Adolphus, his “History of German Literature,” mentioned, 112.
Mexico, 263.
Middleton, Thomas, 188.
Milton, John, 268.
Mittermaier, Karl J. A., 112.
Molière, Jean B. P. de, 121, 176.
Montalvan, John P. de, 188.
Monti, Prof. Luigi, 215.
Morris, William, 6.
Morton, Eng., 219.
Motley, John L., 287.
Mt. Vernon, position similar to Craigie House, 116.
Mullins, Priscilla, 146.
Mussey, Dr., 83.