A
Academy, Royal Spanish, 76, 80.
Adair, James, 146.
Adams, Dr. C. K., quoted, 180.
Adams, John Quincy, library of, 20;
absence in Europe, 20, 23, 37;
professor at Harvard, 23;
Minister to England, 37.
Adams, Sir William, 37.
Albert, Prince, 105, 106.
Amory, Thomas C., 43.
Amory, William, letter to, 172.
Athenæum, Boston, 19, 20, 21.
Aztecs, 76, 82, 136, 143, 144, 146;
as viewed by Wilson, 147-151;
Morgan's view of, 152-155;
later opinions regarding, 155-156.

B
Bancroft, George, 10;
letters to, 48, 114, 117;
reviews Ferdinand and Isabella, 69;
honour conferred on, 86;
quoted, 87; estimate of, 122.
Bancroft, H. H., quoted, 153, 159.
Bandelier, A. F., 155, 163, 165;
quoted, 136, 153, 154.
Bentley, Richard, 69, 80, 85, 112, 116, 117.
Bradford, Governor William, 8.
Brougham, Lord, Prescott's description of, 107, 108.
Brown, Charles Brockden, novels of, 5;
Life of, 65, 112.
Bunsen, Baron, 107, 108.
Byron, Lord, Prescott's estimate of, 113;
as exponent of romanticism, 122;
quoted, 166.

C
Calderon de La Barca, Señor, 76, 91.
Carlisle, Lord, Prescott's friendship with, 88, 91, 104, 105, 106.
Carlyle, Thomas, Prescott's comment on, 114.
Channing, W. E., 28, 107, 124, 126.
Charles V., History of, 117, 118.
Circourt, Comte Adolphe de, 71.
Club-Room, edited by Prescott, 42.
Cogswell, J. G., 74, 75.
Condé, History of the Arabs in Spain, 65, 130.
Cooper, Sir Astley, 37.
Cortés, Hernan, 134, 135, 155;
quoted, 136;
attack on Cholulans, 137, 138;
retreat from Mexico, 141, 142;
character
of, 143, 144, 147, 151;
compared with Pizarro, 160, 161.
Cashing, Caleb, 88.

D
Dante, Prescott's admiration for, 46.
Daudet, Alphonse, 86.
Dexter, Franklin, 42.
Diaz, Bernal, 146, 159;
quoted, 144.
Dickens, Charles, entertained by Prescott, 91;
preferred by him to Thackeray, 115.
Dumas, Alexandre, 115.
Dunham, Dr. S.P., 70, 126.

E
Edwards, Jonathan, 7, 9.
English, James, Prescott's secretary, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64.
Everett, A. H., 77.
Everett, Edward, 25, 106.

F
Farre, Dr., 37.
Ferdinand and Isabella, beginnings of, 52, 61;
progress, 62-65;
completion and publication, 66-71;
success of, 69-71, 77, 79, 95;
style of, 121, 127;
historical accuracy, 129, 130, 131, 132.
Ford, Richard, criticises Ferdinand and Isabella, 70;
his ridicule of Prescott's style, 124-126;
Prescott's reply, 127, 128;
quoted, 129, 130.
Franklin, Benjamin, 5;
style of, 129.

G
Gardiner, Rev. Dr. John S., 18, 19.
Gardiner, William, 20, 21, 22, 40.
Gayangos, Don Pascual de, reviews Ferdinand and Isabella, 70, 132;
aids Prescott, 76, 77, 101.
Grenville, Thomas, quoted, 142.
Guatemozin, character of, 143, 144;
successor of Montezuma, 135, 154.
Guizot, M., reviews Philip II., 116.

H
Hale, Edward Everett, quoted, 77, 78.
Hallam, Henry, praises Ferdinand and Isabella, 71;
Prescott's acquaintance with, 108.
Harper Brothers, publish Conquest of Mexico, 79, 80;
publish Conquest of Peru, 84;
Prescott's generosity to, 116.
Harvard College, faculty of, in 1811, 22, 23, 25;
entrance examinations, 24;
curriculum, 24, 25;
methods, 25, 26, 33;
confers degree upon Prescott, 80.
Hickling, Thomas, 15, 35, 36.
Higginson, Mehitable, 16.
Higginson, T. W., 113.
Hughes, Thomas, quoted, 55.
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von, 81, 101.

I
Irving, Washington, characteristics of, 5;
quoted, 57;
correspondence regarding Conquest of Mexico, 74-77;
praised by Prescott, 113;
compared to Goldsmith, 122;
style of, 124, 129; his Columbus criticised by Prescott, 134;
comment on Philip II., 169;
compared with Prescott, 173-175, 180.

J
Jackson, Dr. James, 31.
Jameson, Prof. J. F., quoted, 3 n., 54 n., 176.
Jeffrey, Lord, 108.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, quoted, 54;
style of, 122, 129.

K
Kirk, John Foster, Prescott's secretary, 87, 119, 136.
Kirkland, Rev. Dr. John Thornton, 22, 23.
Knapp, Jacob Newman, 16.

L
La Bruyère, quoted, 111.
Lafitau, Père, 145.
Lawrence, Abbott, 103, 105;
memoir of, 118.
Lawrence, James, 97, 103.
Lembke, Dr. J. B., Prescott's agent in Spain, 77, 100, 101.
Linzee, Hannah, 43.
Longfellow, Henry W., Prescott's admiration for, 113.
Lowell, James Russell, 12, 23, 103.
Lyell, Lady, entertained by Prescott, 91;
letter to, 115, 166.
Lyell, Sir Charles, 91, 103.
Lynn, Prescott's house at, 97, 98.

M
Macaulay, Lord, anecdotes of, 108, 109; style of, 117, 133.
Marina, 144.
Markham, Sir Clements, judgment of Prescott's Peru, 165.
Massachusetts Historical Society, 57, 86, 120, 142, 172.
Mather, Cotton, his Magnalia, 8.
Mexico, Conquest of, preparations for, 72-77;
four years of work on, 78-79;
publication and success of, 79-81, 95;
estimate of, 133-159.
Middle States, literature in the, 4-6.
Middleton, Arthur, 26;
aids Prescott in Spain, 77, 100.
Mommsen, Theodor, as a partisan compared with Motley, 177, 178;
compared with Prescott, 180.
Montezuma, described by Prescott, 139, 143;
Spaniards' view of, 153-156.
Morgan, Lewis Henry, Indian researches of, 152, 153, 155, 156;
quoted, 157.
Motley, J. L., quoted, 89, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172;
compared with Prescott, 176-179, 180.

N
Nahant, Prescott's cottage at, 91, 96, 97.
Navarrete, M. F., 76, 80.
New England, literature in, 6-10;
historians of, 10-12.
Noctograph, description of, 57.
Northumberland, Duke of, entertains Prescott, 110, 111.

O
Ogden, Rollo, quoted, 93, 172.
Oxford University, 88;
confers degree on Prescott, 106, 107.

P
Parkman, Francis, style of, 133, 145;
compared with Prescott, 179, 180.
Parr, Dr. Samuel, 18.
Parsons, Theophilus, 42;
quoted, 89.
Peabody, Dr. A. P., Harvard Reminiscences, 22 n.
Peel, Sir Robert, 104.
Peirce, Benjamin, 25.
Pepperell, Prescott's home at, 96, 97.
Peru, Conquest of, memorising of parts of, 59;
composition and publication, 81, 82, 84, 85, 95;
estimate of, 160-165.
Peruvians, 163-165.
Phi Beta Kappa, 34.
Philip II., Prescott's memorising of parts, 59;
obstacles in way, 99-100;
preparations for, 101, 102;
two volumes completed, 115, 116, 117;
third volume, 119;
estimate of, 165-172;
compared with Dutch Republic, 177.
Pickering, John, memoir of, 86.
Pizarro, Francisco, 160;
character of, 161;
quoted, 162.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 4.
Prescott, Catherine Hickling, parentage and character, 15, 16;
rearing of son, 16.
Prescott, Colonel William, 13, 14, 43.
Prescott, John, 18.
Prescott, Oliver, 14.
Prescott, Susan Amory, 50, 93;
marriage to Prescott, 42, 43;
character, 43;
letters to, 104, 105, 111.
Prescott, William, birth and career, 14;
characteristics of, 15, 82, 83;
home, 14, 15;
illness of, 17;
removal to Boston, 17, 18;
quoted, 67;
death, 82.
Prescott, William Hickling, literary importance of, 12;
birth of, 15;
his first teachers, 16;
traits as a boy, 16, 17;
prepares for college, 18, 19;
his tastes in reading, 19, 20;
amusements, 20, 21, 22;
candidate for Harvard, 22;
letter to father about examination, 25, 26;
enters college, 27;
his studies and ideals, 27;
love of pleasure, 28;
laxity of conduct, 28, 29, 30;
accident, 31;
loss of eye, 31;
effect on character, 32;
magnanimity, 32;
returns to college, 32;
dislike for mathematics, 33;
commencement poem, 33, 34;
election to Phi Beta Kappa, 34;
studies law, 34;
second illness and temporary blindness, 34, 35;
sails for Azores, 35, 36;
third illness, 36;
first visit to London, 36, 37;
visits Paris and Italy, 37, 38;
returns to England, 38;
sails for home, 38;
anxiety regarding career, 39, 40;
vicarious reading, 40, 41;
first attempts at composition, 41, 42, 46;
marriage, 42, 43;
resolves to become a man of letters, 44;
studies languages, 45, 46, 47;
interest in Spanish, 47, 48;
drift toward historical composition, 49, 50;
perplexity in choosing subject, 50, 51, 52;
decides upon Ferdinand and Isabella, 52, 53;
difficulties of task, 54, 55;
time of preparation and composition, 55, 56, 62, 66;
his methods, of work, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61;
his memory, 33, 57, 58, 59;
his mode of life, 59, 60, 61, 62;
death of daughter, 62, 63, 73;
contributes to periodicals, 64, 65;
completes Ferdinand and Isabella, 66;
search for publisher, 66, 67;
terms of contract, 67;
success of book, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 95;
criticisms, 69, 70, 71;
theological studies and beliefs, 73, 74;
begins Mexican researches, 74, 75, 76, 77;
correspondence with Irving, 75;
writes Conquest of Mexico, 78, 79;
contract with the Harpers, 79, 80;
honours conferred upon, 80, 81;
writes Conquest of Peru, 81, 82, 84;
reception of book, 85, 86;
death of father, 82;
opinion of American critics, 85;
period of inactivity, 83, 86;
political views, 89, 90;
entertainment of friends, 91, 92, 93;
his boyish ways, 93;
his tactlessness, 93;
his Yankeeisms, 94;
preparations for Philip
II., 99, 100, 101, 102;
his Boston residence, 83, 96;
the homestead at Pepperell, 96, 97;
his cottage at Nahant, 96, 97;
cottage at Lynn, 97, 98;
third visit to England, 94, 102-111;
presented at court, 105;
his sensibility, 110;
at zenith of his fame, 111, 112;
his opinions of contemporary writers, 112, 113, 114, 115;
completes two volumes of Philip II., 115, 116, 117;
rewrites conclusion of Robertson's Charles V., 117, 118;
health fails, 118;
completes third volume of Philip II., 119;
death, 119;
his burial, 119, 120;
style and accuracy of Ferdinand and Isabella, 121-131;
criticised by Ford, 124, 125, 126;
his place as an historian, 173-181.

Q
Quincy, Josiah, 7, 25.

R
Raumer, Friedrich von, 81.
Review, Edinburgh, notices of Prescott's books, 70, 76, 85, 116.
Review, English Quarterly, 46, 70, 85.
Review, North American, Prescott's contributions to, 41, 46, 64, 65;
its notices of Prescott's books, 62, 69.
Robertson, William, 117, 146.
Rogers, Samuel, 108, 109.

S
Scott, General Winfield, 90, 91.
Scott, Sir Walter, 6, 86, 108, 122;
a favourite of Prescott's, 41, 115;
quoted, 129.
Shepherd, Dr. W.R. 100 n.
Simancas, archives at, 99, 100.
Southern States, literature in the, 2-4.
Southey, Robert, 20, 67;
praises Ferdinand and Isabella, 71;
quoted, 107.
Sparks, Jared, 12, 42;
estimate of, 9, 10;
encourages Prescott, 46, 65, 68, 88.
Stith, Dr. W., quoted, 3.
Story, Judge Joseph, 25.
Sumner, Charles, Prescott's friendship with, 88, 89, 90.

T
Talleyrand, quoted, 11.
Thackeray, W. M., 43, 86;
entertained by Prescott, 91, 114;
tribute to Prescott, 114, 115.
Thierry, Augustin, 54, 86.
Thoreau, Henry D., quoted, 168, 169.
Ticknor, George, 25, 94, 111;
quoted, 19, 22, 26, 28, 43, 48, 71, 84, 103, 127;
letters to, 46, 69, 70, 107, 117, 118;
reads to Prescott, 47.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 11, 71.

V
Victoria, Queen, 105, 106.

W
Ware, John, 42.
Wars, Napoleonic, 21.
Wellington, Duke of, 21, 104.
Wendell, Prof. Barrett, 5.
Wilson, J. Grant, quoted, 91 n.
Wilson, Robert A., criticises Prescott's Conquest of Mexico, 147, 148;
reply to, 149-151.

X
Xenophon, Prescott compared with, 142, 143.