Abbott, Jere, 52
Abdin Palace, and the Khedive’s wives, 179;
ball at the, 181
Abdul Hamid, Sultan, 257
Aberdeen, Lady, 235
Abolitionist, author first learns meaning of, 58
Abyssinia, war between Italy and, 275
Accoramboni, Palazzo. See Rusticucci, Palazzo
Acropolis, the, 193, 311
Adams, Henry, his Washington home, 337;
genius for friendship, 337;
and Saint-Gaudens’ bronze “Nirvana”, 337-338;
and “The Education of Henry Adams”, 338;
last meeting with, 338;
comment on treatment of our presidents, 342; 343
Addams, Jane, 358
Aesthetic movement, height of the, in 1877, 147
Agassiz, Louis J. R., 25
“Age of Fable, The”, Bulfinch, 29
Aïdé, Hamilton, 241, 297, 299
Albani, Madame, 151
Albert, King, of Belgium, 387
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 298
Alexandria, Egypt, 176
Alger, Abbie L., a gifted woman, 24
Alger, Kitty, intimate friend and classmate, 24, 46, 56
Alger, William Rounseville, characteristics of, 24;
and his “Poetry of the Orient”, 24-25;
at home of, 25;
preaches in Music Hall, 25
Alhambra, the, 253
“Alice in Wonderland”, Carroll, 29
Alma-Tadema, Sir Laurence, home in London, 142
Alma-Tadema, Mrs. Laurence, 142
“American House Building at Messina”, Belknap, 327
American Relief Committee, and its work for the earthquake sufferers, 327-328
American School for Classical Study in Rome, 310
American School of Archaeology in Athens, 312
America’s Cup, the, 148
“Ami des femmes, L’”, 271
Anacapri, 291-292
Anagnos, Michael, 80-81;
and Helen Keller, 228; 380
Anagnos, Mrs. Michael, the author’s sister, 6;
characteristics of, 37 61;
reads aloud to author, 62 78, 79;
engagement, 81;
marriage, 86;
death, 216
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 12
Andalusia, 254
Anderson, Larz, 256, 334
Anderson, Mrs. Larz, a year of travel with the author, 271-282;
presents “Diana of the Tides” to New National Museum, 334; 348
Andrew, Bessie, 18
Andrew, Edith, 17, 18
Andrew, Forrester, 18
Andrew, Harry, 18
Andrew, John Albion, the great War Governor, 17;
his home, 17-18;
personal appearance, 18;
letters from S. G. Howe to, 19, 20;
Howe’s services, 19-20;
and the box of snakes, 19
Anglin, Margaret, as Phedra in “Hippolytus”, 348
“Antiques and Horribles”, 11
Appleton, Henry, of Leeds, England, 280
Appleton, Thomas Gold, 196
Apthorp, Robert, 40
“Arabian Days”, 248-255
Arctic exploration, compelling fascination of, 100-101
Armour, Mr. and Mrs. George, course of lectures at home of, 218
Art, acquiring a love of, 62-63;
Centennial Exposition did much for, 135;
one of author’s absorbing interests, 135
Art Association of Newport, inception of, 367;
first home of, 367-368;
researches in early art traditions of town, 368-369;
enthusiasm of founders of, 369;
larger quarters of, 384;
last reception and musicale in old home, 384;
importance of work of, 385-386;
effect of World War on, 391;
welfare work for service men by, 391-392
“Artists’ Life in Rome”, lecture on, 351, 367
Ascension Church, New York, 317
Ashburton Place, Joseph Howe’s home in, 36-37
Association for the Advancement of Women, 135
Assouan, 273
Aston Clinton, country seat of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 148-150
Astronomy, study of, 59-60
Asylum for the Insane, Taunton, 83
Asylums, conditions in the pauper, 227
Athens, Greece, 190-193, 310-312
Atlantic Monthly, 289
“At the Sign of the Dollar”, Deland, 203
Austin, Henry, 214
Austria, Empress of, 278
Autograph collectors, impositions practised by, 84-85
“Aventurière, L’”, 281

“Bab Ballads, The”, Gilbert, 29, 151
Back Bay, new section of the, 54;
naming the streets of the, 55
Baden Baden, 278
Baez, President, of Republic of Santo Domingo, 84, 91;
the Howe party, guests of, 94
Baker, Sir Samuel and Lady, 177
Balfour, Arthur, 233
Balkan Relief Fund, art exhibition and sale for, 369-370
Balloon ascension on Boston Common, 12-13
Bancroft, George, famous rose garden of, 117;
personal appearance of, 132;
enjoyment of young company, 132
Bancroft, Mrs. George, 132
“Barbauld’s Poems, Mrs.”, 29
“Barber of Seville, The”, 215;
in Rome, 293
Barnard, Inman, 177
Barrère, Madame, 329
Bartol, Rev. Cyrus, 52
Battersea, Lord. See Flower, Cyril
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”, Julia Ward Howe, 21, 286, 359, 388
Bayard, Senator Thomas F., 130
Bayard, Mrs. Thomas F., 336
Bayreuth, and the Wagner operas, 278-279
Beaconsfield, Earl of, 139, 140
Beal, Harriet Blaine, 374
“Beau Brummel”, 228, 229
Beauregard, General P. G. T., 211-212
Bedford, Duchess of, 235
Befana, the children’s Christmas in Italy, 324
Belgian Relief, presides at Tremont Temple meeting for, 377
Belgium, memories of visit to, 174
Belknap, Commander Reginald R., and relief work in Sicily, 327-328;
appreciation of John Elliott’s labors, 327-328; 371, 372
Bell, Sir James and Lady, 280
Bellamy, Edward, 223
Bellew, Kyrle, 233
Benlliure, Mariano, Spanish sculptor, 265
Bennett, James Gordon, and the Jeannette expedition, 99;
and polo, 116, 117
Bernstorff, Count von, 349;
reported remark of, 375
Bethlehem, Palestine, 185
Biggar, Mr., 140
Bird, Charles Sumner, 355, 357, 358
Bird, Mrs. Charles Sumner, 355, 361
Bird, Effie. See Tilden, Mrs. Linzee
Black, William, 143
“Black Crook”, 71
Blackler, Edith, the author’s “twin”, 114
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 381
Blaine, Emmons, 131
Blaine, James G., Speaker of the House, 131;
his home in Augusta, 131
Blaine, Walker, 131
Bliss, Alexander, “Sandy”, 132
Blücher, sinking of the, 380
Boardman, Mabel, 341, 349
Boer War, 295, 296;
siege of Ladysmith, 297;
scenes in London at close of, 298
Boni, Giacomo, 175
“Book of Nonsense”, Lear, 29
Booth, Edwin, in “The Iron Chest”, 39;
a matinée idol, 39;
as Shylock, 224-225;
letter from, 225
Booth, General William, and “In Darkest England”, 242, 247
Bordentown, N. J., visit to, 74-76
Boston Common, and Fourth of July celebrations, 12-14
Boston Evening Transcript, 195, 260
Boston Fire of 1872, 107-108
Boston Herald, 352
Boston Latin School, prize drills in Music Hall, 43-44;
prize declamations of, 44;
head master of, 45
Boston Music Hall, 40;
favorite resort, 40;
dedication of great organ, 40; 41-43
Boston Public Library, decorations by John Elliott for ceiling of, 296, 300-301, 306
Boston Symphony Concerts, 227
Bostonian Society, portrait of Mrs. Howe presented to, 359
Bowdoin, Anthony, funeral of, 329-330
Boxer Rebellion, 302, 306
Boylston Place, fire at Howe home in, 81-82
Bradford, Daniel, steward at Perkins Institution, 8-9
Bradford, George, a favorite teacher of history and astronomy, 58-60
Bradley, Rev. Leverett, 294
Braemar, Scotland, 280, 281
Bridgman, Laura, 6;
at Bradford’s wedding, 9;
education of, 10;
enjoyment of music, 10; 228;
author in collaboration with sister writes life of, 228, 314;
characteristic letter from Henry James on life of, 315-316;
letter from Roosevelt on life of, 317
Brighton Road, riding and driving on the, 54
British Embassy in Rome, 256
British Museum, 144
Brittany, recollections of, 174, 175
Broadwood, Maud, 171
Brooke, Stopford A., 152;
popularity of, 153
Brooks, Phillips, 201, 229
Brown, John, at the Howe home, 15-16
Browning, Penn, 290
Browning, Robert, meeting with, 141;
impressions of, 141-142
Brownson, Admiral, 340
Buffalo Bill. See Cody, Colonel William F.
Bulak Museum, 178
Bull, Ole, 42
Burlington House, London, 145
Butler, Captain and Mrs., 292
Butler, Mr., author of “Nothing to Wear”, 285

Cable, George W., 212-213;
feeling in New Orleans against, 214-215;
personal appearance and charm of, 215
Caine, Hall, and D. G. Rossetti, 285;
personal appearance of, 285;
opinion of Rome, 285
Cairo, Egypt, 176
Calabria, earthquake of 1908 in, 326-329
Cambridge, Duke of, visits John Elliott’s studio in Rome, 296;
sits for portrait, 296-297
Campello, Count Salome, 333
Cannon, Joseph G., congressman, 336
Cantrell, Mr., 370
Capel, Monsignor, 160
Capri, visit to, 291-292
Carlisle, Lord, attentions shown the Howes in London by, 144
Carlisle, Lady, 144, 145
Carlyle, Thomas, 15
Carpathia, s. s., 352
Carpenter, Miss, 358
Carreño, Theresa, 42
Catholicism, Mrs. Howe’s fear that author might embrace, 290
Cavalotti, 286
Cecilia Society, The, 41
Centennial Exposition of 1876, 135
Central National Society for Women’s Suffrage, 235
Century Magazine, the, 324
Chaldeans, Mass celebrated by the, 284
Chanler, Daisy, 230, 288, 289
Chanler, Elizabeth, 389
Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop (née Ward), the author’s cousin, 70-71
Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop (née Terry), the author’s cousin, 167, 195
Channing, William Henry, letter to Mrs. Howe, 85
Chant, Mrs. L. Ormiston, 234-235
Chapman, Victor, 389
Charitable institutions, visits to, 82-83
Chauncy Hall School, 44-45
Chester, England, 139
Chestnut Street, home at No. 13, 51
Chicago, 136;
author and her husband in, 217-222;
gives first lecture course in, 218;
secret of the city’s strength, 219
Child, Richard Washburn, 358
“Christian, The”, Caine, 285
Christian Science, comment on, 381
Christmas Eve, in Rome, 158
Church of the Disciples, first home of, 47;
fiftieth anniversary of, 229
Churchill, Sir Randolph, 233
Churchill, Winston, 355;
at Progressive rally in Providence, 360
Circolo Italiano, founded in Boston by author, 333
Civil War, vague recollections of the, 20
Clark, Lester W., 44
Clarke, Rev. James Freeman, the Howes’ minister, 25; 47;
performs marriage ceremony of author, 216; 229
Clemens, Samuel L., 248
Clement, Mr., 330
Cobbe, Francis Power, 148
Cochran, W. Burke, 362
Cochrane, Jessie, 291, 300
Cody, Colonel William F., 215, 232
Coleman, C. C., 292
Coleman, Enrico, 321
Colfax, Schuyler, 108
Columbian Exposition, 222
Columbus, Bartholomew, 99
Columbus, Christopher, Dominican legend concerning, 93;
tomb in Santo Domingo, 97;
the tomb in Havana, 102;
an apostrophe to, 138
Conanicut Island, 110
“Concerning X 107”, Deland, 203
Congress of Berlin in 1878, Italy at the, 169
Congress of Women, in London, 290
Conrad, Lily. See Theodoli, Marchesa
Constantinople, 188-189
Contoocook, N. H., a week in winter in, 348-349
Conway, Moncure D., 152;
assertive personality of, 153
Coolidge, Baldwin, 353
Coolidge, Hamilton, 389
Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, Porter’s portrait of author in, 125
Cordova, beauty of the mosque of, 317
“Corner, The”, New York home of Grandfather Ward, 65, 72
Cornish, N. H., beauty of the country around, 311-312
Corso, the, on Christmas Eve, 158
Cortazzo, Miss Renée, 389
Corti, Count, bitter irony of, 169-170
Costa, Giovanni, studying painting under, 163
Cram, Ralph Adams, 223
Crane, Walter, Watts’ portrait of, 239
Crawford, Annie. See Rabé, Baroness Erich Von
Crawford, Francis Marion, the author’s cousin, 159, 161;
personal appearance, 162; 165, 166;
and his sister Annie, 167; 195;
gift of story-telling, 196;
literary reviews for magazines, 196;
studies for operatic stage, 197;
writes “Mr. Isaacs”, 197;
“Dr. Claudius”, and “A Roman Singer”, 199;
achieves fame by his books, 199;
an indefatigable worker, 258; 265, 293;
inclined to superstitions, 323; 334
Crawford, Mimola. See Fraser, Mrs. Hugh
Crawford, Thomas, sculptor, 41;
uncle of the author, 65;
work on the Capitol at Washington, 72; 167
Crawford, Mrs. Thomas. See Terry, Mrs. Luther
Creoles, of New Orleans, 213
Cretan chieftains, banquet to the Howes, 190-191
Cretan insurrection, 78
Crispi, Francesco, Minister of the Interior, 163;
and the Triple Alliance, 163, 169; 261, 264, 286
Crowninshield, Frederick, 194
Cuba, visit to, 101-104
Current Topics Club, 351
Currie, Lady, 143, 256, 257
Currie, Lord, 256;
a faux pas by, 257
Cushman, the Misses Alice and Ida, 135
Cyprus, 186

Dante, John Elliott’s drawing of, 259-260
Davis, Major, 298
“Débâcle”, Zola, 268
Decies, Lady, 372
De Koven, Reginald and Mrs., 218
Deland, Lorin, 200;
genial and kindly nature of, 202;
pride in his wife’s success, 202;
his writings, 203
Deland, Mrs. Lorin, close friendship with, 200-201;
regard for Mrs. Howe, 201;
author one of literary advisers of, 201;
her writings, 202;
love for flowers, 202; 377
Deland, Margaret. See Deland, Mrs. Lorin
De Long, George W., arctic explorer, 92, 97, 99-100
Derby, Haskett, 121
Derby, Lucy, intimate friend, 120, 121;
Edward A. Sothern at home of, 121
Derby, Richard, 121
“Diana of the Tides”, painting by John Elliott, 326, 328, 329;
gift to New National Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, 334
Dickinson, J. McG., Secretary of War, 339
Dilke, Sir Charles, 140
“Discoverer, The”, Hunt’s fresco in Capitol at Albany, 119
Disraeli, Benjamin. See Beaconsfield, Earl of
Dixon, Senator, 364
“Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, Hall and Howe, 228, 314
Doggett, Mrs., 136
Dorr, Mrs. Charles H., 116
Drake, Sir Francis, 99
Draper, General and Mrs. William F., 286-287
Dresser, LeRoy, 354
Dudley, Lady, 147
Dumaresq, Francis, 44
Dundreary, Lord, Sothern’s chief rôle, 121
Dunraven, Lady, 148
Dunraven, Lord, 147-148
Duse, Madame, 284
Dwight, John Sullivan, president of Harvard Musical Association, 40;
founds his Journal of Music, 40;
“adopted son” of author, 40;
devotee of Boston Music Hall, 41;
his outspoken criticism, 41;
classical taste and indifference to opera, 42-43;
enjoyed “Oberon”, 43
Dwight’s Journal of Music, 40, 41

Earthquake, author experiences first, in Santo Domingo, 98;
in Sicily, 326-329
Easter, gorgeousness of, services in Rome, 295
“Ecce Homo”, Seeley,