195, 368
Lafayette, 15
Lafayette Escadrille, the, 389
Lanciani, Rudolpho, 166
Langdon, Professor Courtney, 360
Langen Schwalbach, 275, 276
Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 334, 335
Langtry, Mrs., the “Jersey Lily”, 146, 147;
Watts’ portrait of, 239
Lansdowne, Lady, 296
Lawson, Gladys and Marion, in Europe with author, 310-312
Lawton’s Valley, Rhode Island, summer home at, 11; 114;
charades at, 115; 380
Lectures, author’s first course of, 218
Lehmann, Mrs., author entertained by, 141;
meets Browning at home of, 141
Lehmann, Rudolph, 141
Leighton, Sir Frederick, and the Royal Academy, 145
Leiter, Mary, 222
Leiter, Mrs., 220
Leo XIII, 260;
pilgrimages to jubilee of, 295; 303
Liberali, Doctor, 164
“Life and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe”, Richards, 330
Lincoln, President Abraham, 19, 21
Lincoln, Mrs. Roland, 227
Lind, Jenny, 40
Liszt, Abbé Franz, 161, 162
“Little Rudy”, Andersen, 29
Liverpool, 139
“Locandiera”, 284
Locomotive, thrilling experience of driving a, 136
Lodge, Senator Henry Cabot, 336, 340;
lunch with, 344;
on nominating Roosevelt in 1912, 344
Lodge, Mrs. Henry Cabot, 336, 344
London, first visit to, 139;
charm of first season in, 141;
fashions in dress, 146;
aesthetic movement in, 147;
statesmen in social life of, 150;
opera and theater in, 150-152;
hansom cabs and busses in, 155;
in the Nineties, 232-247;
again in 1896, 280;
and the close of the Boer War, 298
London Times, 325, 326
London World, The, 142, 143
Long, John D., 359
Longfellow, Alice, 290
Longfellow, Edith, 290
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 196;
an early call on, 199-200
“Looking Backward”, Bellamy, 223
“Lorenzacchio”, 300
Loring, Dr. Frank, 130
Loring, General, 177
Lothrop, Dr., 52
Loudon, John, 291, 293;
Minister from the Low Countries to the United States, 343-344, 349
Loudon, Mrs. John, 343-344;
gives dinner in author’s honor, 349
Louisburg Square, favorite playground in school days, 49-50
Louisville Courier Journal, 210, 267
Lowry, Jenny, 129
Loyson, Paul, 288, 290, 294
Lucca, Madame de, 306
Ludwig II, the mad King and his palaces, 277
Lusitania, the, and the American flag, 382;
torpedoing of, 383-384
“Lyons Mail, The”, Irving in, 151

McAllister, Julia G., the author’s cousin, 176, 182, 184, 185;
writes of mummy bought, 189
McClellan, General George B., visits Boston, 58
MacDonald, Alexander, 19
MacDonald, Mrs. Margaret, 4
McEnery, Governor, of Louisiana, 204
MacKaye, Captain Donald, of s. s. Parthia, 138
McLaren, Eva, 234
MacVeagh, Franklin, Secretary of Treasury, 339-342
MacVeagh, Wayne, 256;
and Fourth of July in Rome, 265; 268
MacVeagh, Mrs. Wayne, 268
Madison Square Garden, rally of Progressive Party in, 364
Madrid, Spain, 318-320
“Magda”, 284
Mailliard, Adolph, the author’s uncle, 74-76
Mailliard, Mrs. Adolph, the author’s aunt, letter from author’s father to, 34;
a visit to, 74-76;
in California, 200
Maine, U. S. s. s., destruction of the, 285
Malbone, Edward, 368-369
Mallock, William H., 143, 259
“Mammon”, the author’s story, 218
“The Man Without a Shadow”, Chamisso, 226, 227
Mansfield, Richard, in London, 150, 151;
requests author to write a play, 226;
in “Beau Brummel”, 228-229
Mapleson Opera Company, 215
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, 206-207
Margherita, Queen, of Italy, 161, 173;
audience with, 261-263; 264;
visits John Elliott’s studio, 300-301;
lover and patron of art, 301;
gift of jewel to author by, 303; 328
Mariette Bey, 177, 178
Marina Grande, the, Capri, 292
“Marius, the Epicurean”, Pater, 218
Mark Twain. See Clemens, Samuel L.
Marks, Josephine Peabody, 377
Marlowe, Julia, 229, 388
Marsh, George Perkins, first Minister of United States to United Italy, 160;
important services of, 161
Marzials, Theodore, composer, 236
Mason, Miss, 302
Massimo, Duchess, 301
Matanzas, Cuba, 103
Matsura, our Japanese servant, 371
Matthews, Nathan, Mayor of Boston, 227
“May Blossom”, author’s first story in Godey’s Magazine, 194
Mayflower, the America’s cup and the, 148
“Merchant of Venice, The”, Booth and Modjeska in, 224-225; 237
Merrill, Mr., 370
“Messenger, The”, painting by Watts, 239-240
Messina, destroyed by earthquake of 1908, 326
Mexico, rumor of war with, 371
Meyer, George von L., Secretary of the Navy, 339, 340
Milldam, the, 54
Miller, Joaquin, 214, 215
Millet, Frank, 352
Mills, Sir Arthur, lifelong friend of Mrs. Howe, 155
Mills, Major Dudley, 155
Milnes, Monckton. See Houghton, Lord
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 136
Missions in Europe and the East, talk on the, 359
Mitchell, Julius, 360, 365
Modjeska, Helena, as Portia, 224, 225; 268
Monks, George, 44
Montefiori, Sir Moses, 153, 154
Monti, Signor Luigi, 332
Morehead, Colonel, 204
Morocco, visit to, 249-252
Morris, Harrison, 351
Morris, William, 145
Mt. Vernon Street, a favorite playground in school days, 49-50;
Number 32, 127;
Number 129, 195
“Mr. Isaacs”, the writing of, by Crawford, 197;
its success, 197
Mummy, Mrs. Howe’s purchase of a, 189-190
Munthe, Dr. Axel, 291
Murillo, his finest paintings in Seville, 254-255
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Porter’s portrait of author in, 125;
a student at the, 194;
opening of the Evans’ addition to, 381
Music, early lessons in, 47-48;
mother teaches a love for good, 62
Mycenae, excavations at, 191

Nantasket, U. S. s. s., 92, 97
Naples, 302, 320
Naples, Bay of, 292
National Club, proposed for membership in, 223
National Gallery, London, 144
New England Woman’s Club, 135;
talk on Roman experiences at the, 310
New Hampshire, U. S. s. s., 105
Newlands, Edith, 349
Newlands, Senator, 349
New Orleans, extended visit in, 204;
opening of the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-205;
quaintness of old quarter of, 206;
the Twelfth Night Revelers in, 206;
the Mardi Gras, 206-207;
social life and hospitality in, 207-214;
close of the Exposition, 215
New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-216
New Orleans Times Democrat, 260
Newport, Rhode Island, 109-117; 128
“Newport Aquarelle, The”, the author’s, 197
Newport Art Association, 352. See also Art Association of Newport
Newport County Suffrage League, 356
Newport County Woman’s Progressive League, 355
Newport Historical Society, 386-387
Newport Reading Room, 110
New York, first visit to, 64-71;
Suffrage parade in, 353;
great Progressive rally in, 364
New York Times, 387, 388
New York Tribune, 195
New York World, 195
Niagara Falls, 136
Nightingale, Florence, 6, 15, 294
Nile, trip up the river, 272, 273
Nilsson, Christine, 42
“Norma”, first opera seen by author, 39
Normandy, and the mystery of the Druid stones, 174
Northcote, Sir Stafford, 140
Norton, Mr. and Mrs., 283, 284
Norton, Richard, 287, 310
Nott, George William, 208
Novelli, 333
Nubians, author impressed by beauty of the, 273

Oak Glen, purchase of, 117;
Crawford writes “Mr. Isaacs” at, 197;
first telephone message received at, 198
“Oberon”, author at rehearsal of, 43
O’Connell, Monsignor, 260
Odeschalchi, Palazzo, the Terrys’ home in Rome, 158;
open house at the, 159-161;
author’s illness in, 164-165
Old State House, Boston, Mrs. Howe’s portrait in the, 355, 359
Olga, Queen, of Greece, 190;
audience with, 311
Opera, fondness for, 43
Orvieto, convalescence at, 165, 166
Osterauer, Fraulein, pianist, 42
O’Sullivan, Judge, 92
“Our American Cousin”, Sothern as Lord Dundreary in, 121
Outlook, The, 324, 350
“Owls, The”, early designation of her mother’s friends, 14; 21-29

“Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”, 392
Page, Thomas Nelson, 349
Palestine, Mrs. Howe and the visit to, 184, 185;
traveling in, 184, 185;
a trip through, 274, 275
Palmer, Mrs. Potter, mural decorations in home of, 217;
rare gift of leadership, 219; 261, 262
Pans, The, literary society in New Orleans founded by Mrs. Howe, 214
Papanti, Lorenzo, first meeting with, 56;
his manner of teaching, 56-57
Papanti’s Dancing Academy, author attends, 55-57
Parepa-Rosa, Madame, in “Oberon”, 43
Paris, in 1895, 271;
decadence of the theater in, 272;
in 1896, 281
Park, Maud Wood, 381
Parker, Theodore, unique request of, 4-5; 15, 29
Parker Memorial, 225
Parkman, Francis, 53;
funeral of, 231
Parks, Mrs. Austin, the author’s cousin, 36;
her children, 36
Parks, Lilian, second-cousin of the author, 36
Parks, Dr. Luther, 52
Parks, Maud, second-cousin and intimate of the author, 36
Parks, William, second-cousin of the author, 36
Parnell, Charles Stewart, amusing incident in first meeting with, 140
Partenkirchen, 276, 277
Parthenon, the, 311
Parthia, s. s., to Europe on the, 138
Patti, Adelina, 151
Paul, Miss, an early teacher, 47
Peabody, Elizabeth, her sobriquet, 26;
popularity, 26;
philosophical view of life, 26-27;
author attends kindergarten of, 46;
and the Boston Fire, 108
Peace between United States and Great Britain, one hundredth anniversary of, 382
Pearse, Mrs., 286
People’s Forum, Providence, 374
Perkins, Charles C., 40
Perkins, George Hamilton, 212-213; 271
Perkins, Isabel. See Anderson, Mrs. Larz
Perkins Institution for the Blind, author born at, 4;
founded and built by author’s father, 5;
interior of, 4;
the steward of the, 8-9;
Laura Bridgman educated at, 10;
exhibition day at, 10-11; 228
“Peter Ibbetson”, Du Maurier, 261
Philadelphia, 135
“Phil Owens,” the author’s story, 218
Pilgrims, in Rome, 295
“Pinafore”, 152
Pinchot, Gifford, 343
Pinchot-Ballinger controversy, 337
Pius IX, Pope, mortal illness of, 168
“Plea for Humor”, Mrs. Howe’s, 287
Poetry, a love for, 62
Point of Pines, rally of Progressive Party at, 354
Porter, Benjamin Curtis, work as a portrait painter, 124-126;
portraits of Laura Howe and the author, 124, 125
Porter, General Horace, secretary to President Grant, 84
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the Howes’ summer home at, 11, 109-117
Potter, Mrs. James Brown, 207, 233
Pratt, Minnie, 323
Pre-Raphaelite group of artists, 146
Preston, Mr., 223
Pretyman, William, interior decorator of note, 221;
his home and hospitality, 221-222
Pretyman, Mrs. William, 221-222
“Primavera”, 284
Prince, Morton, 44
Prince, Norman, 389
“Prince Karl,” Mansfield in, 151
Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), 139, 147
Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra), 139, 147-148
Princessen Cecile, 381
Progressive National Service, and work for Pinchot for senator, 373
Progressive Party, interest in, 345;
first Massachusetts rally of, 354;
in charge of woman’s part in, in Rhode Island, 355;
Newport County Woman’s League of, 355;
well organized in Massachusetts, 355;
meeting in Providence of, 356;
“Flying Squadron” of, 357, 362;
meetings in New York of, 358;
new State headquarters in Providence of, 360;
meeting in Providence’s “Little Italy” of, 361-362;
Rhode Island campaign of, 362-363;
great New York rally of, 364
Public Garden, Boston, 54
Puerta Plata, Santo Domingo, 92
Purdy Bey, 177
Putnam, John Pickering, 223
“Pygmalion and Galatea”, 151
Pyramid of Gizeh, ascent of the great, 178

Quilting parties, for war relief, 389
Quirinal, Palace of the, 168, 256, 261

Rabé, Baroness Erich von, the author’s cousin, 167;
a brilliant and gifted woman, 167
Radical Club, The, 23
Raymond, Dr. Rossiter, tribute to Henry Marion Howe, 87
“Recollections of Tristan and Isolde”, 223
Reeves, Sims, the people’s idol in London, 151
Reggio, earthquake of 1908 in Italian province of, 326
“Reminiscences”, of Julia Ward Howe, 284, 289
Republican National Convention of 1912, 353
“Rhapsodie Hongroise”, Liszt’s playing of his, 162
Rhodes, Cecil, memorial to, 241; 297
Richards, Alice, in London with author, 232
Richards, General John, 374
Richards, Henry, 82
Richards, Laura, first sight of her sister Maud, 4; 6, 34, 78, 79, 80, 82, 86, 123;
Porter’s portrait of, 124; 198;
memoir of her father, 330;
letter from author, 339-343
Richmond, Mrs., 358
Riddle, George, 44-45
Riis, Jacob, 356, 364
“Rising Tide, The”, Deland, 202
Ristori, Madame Adelaide, 172, 333
Roberts, Lord, 234
“Roma Beata”, the author’s, 314
Roman fever, severe attack of, 164-165
“Rome”, Zola, 281
Rome, winter of 1878-1879 in, 158-173;
Christmas Eve in, 158;
the Forum, 161;
political parties in, 162-163;
fever in, 164;
the Tiber Embankment, 169;
growth of German influence in, 170;
in 1894, 256;
in 1896, 275;
last visit of Mrs. Howe to, 283-289;
again in, 320-328
Roosevelt, Quentin, 389
Roosevelt, Theodore, reception in Sicily to, 332-333;
Lodge on advisability of nominating, 344;
urged to allow use of his name, 345;
author’s belief in, 345;
and memorial meeting for Mrs. Howe, 346-347;
calls on author, 347;
an interview with, 349-350;
and woman suffrage, 350;
announces candidacy for nomination, 350;
at first rally in Massachusetts, 354;
attempted assassination of, 359;
at great rally in New York, 364, 373;
on deportation of Belgians, 387;
the passing of, 389-390;
memorial meeting and resolution adopted, 390
Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, 389
Root, John, and Chicago’s Dream City, 221;
untimely death, 221