152
Edgeworth, Maria, 15
Egypt, a trip to, 176-183;
second visit to, 272-273
Elliott, Edward, brother of author’s husband, 229;
untimely death by drowning, 229-230
Elliott, Sir George, 176
Elliott, John, author’s escort at Royal Academy reception, 145; 174;
marriage of Maud Howe and, 216;
in Chicago, 217-222;
mural decorations for Mrs. Potter Palmer’s home, 217;
work in collaboration with Pretyman, 221; 223, 225-226;
appreciation of music, 227;
proposed decoration for Boston Public Library by, 229;
his brother Edward’s death, 229-230;
visits London, 232-242;
in Spain and Morocco, 248-255;
in Rome, 256;
studio in Palazzo Santa Croce, 259;
pastel drawing of Dante, 259-260; 263-264;
home in Palazzo Rusticucci, 265; 266, 269, 275, 287;
designs Mrs. Howe’s costumes, 289; 293;
portraits of heroes of Boer War, 296, 299, 300;
portrait of the Duke of Cambridge, 296-297;
on English feeling at close of Boer War, 298;
Queen Margherita visits studio of, 300-302;
his “Triumph of Time”, 302; 303, 305, 306, 313;
poses for figure in portrait of the king of Spain by Villegas, 319-320; 321, 323;
completion of “Diana of the Tides”, 326, 329, 334;
important relief work in Messina disaster, 327-328;
Red Cross medal conferred on, 341; 347, 348;
a founder of the Art Association of Newport, 352; 353, 355;
presentation to Bostonian Society of portrait of Mrs. Howe by, 359; 365, 366, 367;
picture exhibition and sale for Red Cross, 369-370; 371, 372, 386, 388;
portraits of young Americans dead in the World War, 389
Elliott, Mrs. John (Maud Howe Elliott), birth, 4;
home in Perkins Institution for the Blind, 5;
sisters and brothers, 6;
early memories, 6-9;
homes at Green Peace and in Lawton’s Valley, 11;
and Fourth of July, 11-14;
her parents’ friends, 14-15;
and story of John Brown, 15-17;
recollections of Sumner and Andrew, 17-19;
and death of Lincoln, 21;
her mother’s friends “The Owls”, 22-27;
the spell of Hawthorne, 28;
favorite books, 29;
memories of Green Peace, 30-32;
death of little Sam the younger brother, 33;
her father’s family, 34-38;
sees first play, 38-39;
early love for music, 40-43;
school exhibitions, 43-45;
schools and teachers, 46-60;
school-day games and pastimes, 48-52;
and Francis Parkman, 53;
dancing school, 55-57;
home life in girlhood, 61-62;
acquiring a taste for poetry, music, and art, 62-63;
first visit to New York, 64-71;
her mother’s family, 64-68;
Grandfather Ward’s home “The Corner”, 65;
Uncle Samuel Ward, 68-70;
in Washington, 71-73;
her aunt’s home in Bordentown, 74-76;
and George V autograph collection, 76-77;
absence of parents in Europe, 78-80;
engagement of sisters, 80-82;
first literary effort, 83;
a week in the White House, 83-85;
marriage of her three sisters, 86;
her brother Henry, 87;
household duties, 88;
trip to Santo Domingo, 91-101;
experiences first earthquake, 98;
meets DeLong, future arctic explorer, 99-100;
in Cuba, 101-104;
intimate companionship with father, 106-107;
the Boston Fire, 107-108;
presidential campaign of 1872, 108-109;
memories of summer home at Portsmouth, R. I., 109-116;
girlhood friends, 111, 114;
early days in Newport, 116-117;
a change of summer homes, 117;
acquaintance with William M. Hunt, 118-120;
meets Edward A. Sothern, 121-123;
home life at Green Peace, 123-127;
Porter’s portrait of, 124-126;
home at No. 32 Mt. Vernon Street, 127;
meets Bret Harte, 127-129;
again in Washington, 129-133;
funeral of Charles Sumner, 133;
death of her father, 134;
added responsibilities, 134;
Philadelphia and the Centennial, 135;
trip through the Middle West, 135-136;
an Emerson lecture, 137;
first trip to Europe, 138;
in England, 139-157;
meeting with Parnell, 140;
and Robert Browning, 141;
the Alma-Tademas, 142;
entertained by Edmund Yates, 142-143;
sits for Burne-Jones, 144;
art exhibitions, 145-146;
social activities, 146-147;
the world of sport, 147-148;
a week with the Rothschilds, 148-150;
differences in English and American social life, 150;
the opera and theater in London, 150-152;
impressions of Irving, 151;
hears noted preachers, 152-153;
enjoys hansom cab and bus, 155-157;
in Rome, 158-173;
Christmas Eve, 158;
her aunt Mrs. Terry’s salon, 159-161;
memorable day in the Forum, 161;
hears Abbé Liszt, 161;
studies painting under Costa, 163;
attack of Roman fever, 164-165;
convalescence in Orvieto, 165-166;
Mrs. Terry and her family, 166-168;
death of King Victor Emmanuel, 168;
Garibaldi, 168-169;
in elaborate tableaux, 170-173;
in Holland, Belgium, Brittany and Switzerland, 174-175;
a trip to Egypt, 176-184;
Cairo, 176-177;
ascent of the great pyramid, 178;
and the Khedive’s royal wives, 179-181;
the ball at the palace, 181-183;
in Palestine, 184-186;
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Garden of Gethsemane, 185-186;
Constantinople, 188-189;
the secret of the mummy, 189-190;
in Greece, 190-193;
father’s memory revered by Cretans, 190-191;
the Schliemanns and their excavations, 191-192;
souvenirs of the Grecian trip, 192;
art not her métier, 194;
first payment for literary work, 194;
regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, 195;
Saint-Gaudens and the Shaw Memorial, 195;
home life, 195-196;
and Marion Crawford, 195-197;
at Oak Glen, 197;
Crawford and the writing of “Mr. Isaacs”, 197;
first telephone message at Oak Glen, 198;
in new Beacon Street home, 198-199;
and Crawford’s success as a novelist, 199;
her brother Henry Marion Howe, 199;
calls on Longfellow, 199-200;
first book published anonymously, 200;
a summer in California, 200;
writes “San Rosario Ranch”, 200;
friendship with the Delands, 200-203;
six months in New Orleans, 204-216;
the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-206, 209, 211, 215;
round of social gaiety, 206-209;
the Mardi Gras, 206-207;
meeting with Henry Watterson, 209-210;
some literary lights, 214;
and George W. Cable, 214-215;
writes “Atlanta in the South”, 216;
death of her sister Julia and Uncle Sam Ward, 216;
marriage, 216;
in Chicago, 217-222;
course of lectures by, 218;
meets Eugene Field, 220;
editor of book on women’s work at Columbian Exposition, 222;
return to Boston, 222;
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, 223-224;
Booth and Modjeska in “The Merchant of Venice”, 224-225;
a play for Richard Mansfield, 236;
and William Dean Howells, 226;
on conditions in pauper asylums, 227;
Helen Keller and the Perkins Institution, 228;
work on story of education of Laura Bridgman, 228;
death of her brother-in-law, 229-230;
mother preaches at the Church of the Disciples, 230-231;
funeral of Francis Parkman, 231;
again in London, 232-247;
hospitality of English friends, 234-236;
and Henry James, 236-237;
the theater in London, 237;
George Watts the artist, 237-238;
Watts’ pictures and methods of work, 238-240;
Watts’ equestrian statue “Physical Energy”, 240-241;
and Henry M. Stanley, 241-242;
and the work of the Salvation Army, 242-247;
lecture on “With Booth in Darkest England”, 247;
in Spain and Morocco, 248-255;
experiences in Tangier, 249-251;
and the Sharifa, 251-252;
beauty and charm of Granada, 253;
Andalusia, 253-254;
a week of romance, 254-255;
artist life in Rome, 256-270;
fascination of the city, 257-258;
and Marion Crawford, 258;
first home in Rome, 258-259;
syndicate letters, 260;
colorful functions in St. Peter’s, 260-261;
an audience with Queen Margherita, 261-263;
home in Palazzo Rusticucci, 264-265;
summer in Rome, 266-267;
round of social amenities, 267-269;
Lenten services, 270;
year of travel, 271-282;
in Paris, 271-272;
Egypt and the Nile, 272-273;
Assouan, 273;
Jaffa and Palestine, 274-275;
in Italy, 273;
Emperor William II at the theater, 275-276;
through Germany and Austria, 276-278;
Wagner operas at Bayreuth, 278-279;
the charm of Holland, 279;
in London, 280;
Scotland, 280-281;
glimpses of Queen Victoria, 281;
back in Paris, 281;
return to Rome, 283;
her mother’s last visit to Rome, 283-289;
Christmas in Rome, 283;
tea with a gobbo, 284;
meets Hall Caine, 285;
the war with Spain, 287;
Villegas’ portrait of her mother, 288;
her mother’s return home, 289;
letter from her mother, 289;
and the Church of Rome, 290;
a trip to Capri, 291-292;
beauty of the island, 291;
and Henry James, 294;
dawn of the twentieth century in Rome, 295;
the Boer War, 295, 297-298;
and the Duke of Cambridge, 296-297;
dismantling the terrace, 299-300;
Queen Margherita at the studio, 300-301;
the Boxer Rebellion, 302, 306;
a gift from the Queen, 303;
American pilgrims in Rome, 303;
assassination of King Umberto, 303-305;
closing the home in Rome, 306;
the mural decoration for the Boston Public Library, 307;
letter from Henry James, 307-308;
a second “dawn” of the twentieth century, 309;
at New England Woman’s Club, 310;
abroad again, 310;
Athens, 310-311;
audience with Queen Olga, 311;
in England, 312;
art and literary work in Cornish, 312-313;
completion of “Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, 314;
her “Roma Beata” and “Two in Italy”, 314;
characteristic letter from Henry James, 315-316;
letter from Theodore Roosevelt, 317;
on the Russo-Japanese War, 317;
the great mosque at Cordova, 317;
High Mass at the Seville Cathedral, 318;
a visit to Villegas in Madrid, 318-320;
in Rome, 320-329;
the new home, 322;
Thanksgiving Day in Rome, 322-323;
Christmas and Befana, 324;
the earthquake in Sicily, 326-329;
work for relief of the sufferers, 327-329;
completion of “Diana of the Tides”, 329;
return to Boston, 329;
suggested memorial to her father, 330;
on the development of Italy, 331-332;
founds the Circolo Italiano in Boston, 333;
a successful test of aviation in Rome, 334-335;
Washington in 1910, 336-343;
changes in the city, 336;
Henry Adams and his intimates, 337-339;
meets President Taft and the Cabinet, 339-342;
in Washington in 1912, 343-344;
Roosevelt and the nomination, 344-345;
death of her mother and tributes to, 346;
letter from Roosevelt, 346-347;
a call from Roosevelt, 347;
production of her mother’s “Hippolytus”, 347-348;
a week in Contoocook, 348;
calls on Roosevelt in New York, 349-350;
Roosevelt announces candidacy for nomination, 350;
on the opposition to Roosevelt, 351;
loss of the Titanic, 352;
inception of the Art Association of Newport, 352;
and the Suffrage Parade in New York, 353;
Republican National Convention, 353;
first rally of Progressive Party in Massachusetts, 354;
in charge of women’s part in Progressive State campaign, 355;
the Progressive campaign, 355-366;
presentation of mother’s portrait to Bostonian Society, 359;
Progressive rally in New York, 364;
end of campaign and election of Wilson, 366;
“Artists’ Life in Rome” and the Current Topics Club, 367;
the Art Association of Newport, 367-369;
picture exhibition and sale for the Red Cross, 369-370;
on death of King George of Greece, 370;
remarkable dream of her mother, 371;
outbreak of the World War, 372-373;
in Gardiner, Maine, 373-374;
at People’s Forum in Providence, 374;
remark of Count von Bernstorff, 375;
on Germany’s ruthlessness, 376;
Tremont Temple meeting for Belgian relief, 377;
appreciation of Mrs. John L. Gardner, 378-380;
destruction of the Blücher, 380;
comment on Christian Science, 381;
administration in the Philippines, 382;
successful suffrage meeting, 382;
the sinking of the Lusitania, 383-384;
success of the Art Association of Newport, 384-385;
war relief work, 385-386;
declaration of war by United States, 388;
the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, 388;
portraits of Americans lost in the War, 389;
death of Roosevelt, 390;
work for men in the service, 391-392;
inspiration of the Sunday meetings with the “boys”, 392
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, anecdote told by, 23; 26;
impression of, 137
Emmanuel III, accession of, 303; 334
England, visited, 138, 232, 280, 298, 312
English High School, 43
Equal Suffrage League, 358
Erechtheum, souvenir photograph of, 192-193
Essipoff, Madame, Russian pianist, 42
Evangelides, Christy, 186, 187
Exhibition Day, at the Perkins Institution, 10-11

Fabens, Colonel, 92
Fairchild, Mrs., 224
Farman, Consul General, 177
Fawcett, Mrs., 234
Fearing, Daniel, 386
Federn, Carl, 326
Fenway Court, 377, 379
Ferguson, the guide, 248, 249
Fergusons, the, 280, 281
Field, Eugene, 220
Fields, James T., 25
Fireworks, on Boston Common, 13-14
“First Martyr, The”, Mrs. Howe’s poem, 16-17
Fish, Mrs. Hamilton, 129
“Flag, The”, Mrs. Howe’s poem, 286
“Flight of Night, The”, Hunt’s fresco in the Capitol at Albany, 119
Flower, Constance. See Flower, Mrs. Cyril
Flower, Cyril, marriage to Constance de Rothschild, 148-149; 235, 236
Flower, Mrs. Cyril, author visits, 148;
resentment of Jewish community at marriage of, 148-149; 290
“Flying Squadron”, in Progressive Party campaign, 357
Foley, Margaret, 353
Forbes-Robertson, Beatrice, 381, 382
Fourth of July, early celebrations of, 11-14;
in Rome, 265
“Franconia Stories, The”, 29
Fraser, Hugh, 297
Fraser, Mrs. Hugh, the author’s cousin, 167; 302
Frelinghuysen, Senator F. T., 129
“From Sunset Ridge”, Julia Ward Howe, 289
Fuller, George, not fully appreciated in life, 120;
some of his work, 120, 121
Fuller, Margaret, 15

Games and Pastimes,