Chapter 15

Machi, Padre,visits the catacombs with the Howes,128.Mackintosh, Robert James,calls on Mrs. Jameson,42.Maclaren, Mrs.,assists Mrs. Howe in her peace movement,341.Maclise, Daniel,the painter,110.MacMahon, Marshal,his reception to Gen. and Mrs. Grant,421.Macready, William Charles,the actor,104.Mailliard, Adolph,201.Mailliard, Mrs. Adolph (Annie Ward),sister of Mrs. Howe: accompanies her to Europe,88;dines with Carlyle at Chelsea,96;her loveliness,137;her husband,201;her toast at the Washington's Birthday dinner in Rome,203;returns to America with Mrs. Howe,204.Malibran, Madame,in the rôles of Cenerentola and Rosina,15.Mallock, William H.,at a dinner for Mrs. Howe,412.Manchester, Bishop of,opposes the founding of schools for girls of the middle class,333.Mann, Horace,uplifts the public schools,88;goes to Europe,89;visits Carlyle at Chelsea,96;inspects the London prisons,108,109;opinion of George Combe,133;praises Dr. Howe's work in the Boston schools,148;advocates the teaching of speech to deaf-mutes,149;shrinks from woman suffrage,157.Mann, Mrs. Horace (Mary Peabody),goes to Europe with the Howes,89;visits Thomas Carlyle,96.Manning, Cardinal,presides at a Prison Reform meeting,339."Marco Bozzaris,"22.Margherita, Queen,at King Umberto's coronation,424.Mario,sings at Lansdowne House,101.Marion, Gen. Francis,4.Martel,a hair-dresser,65."Martin Chuzzlewit,"transcendental episode in,139.Martineau, Harriet,statue of,158.May, Abby W.,aids bazaar in behalf of the Cretans,320;her energy in the Association for the Advancement of Women,393.May, Rev. Samuel J.,394.McAllister, Julian,marries Louisa Cutler,33.McAllister, Mrs. Julian,33.McAllister, Judge Matthew H.,33.McCabe, Chaplain,mentions the singing of the "Battle Hymn" in Libby Prison,276.McCarthy, Mrs. Justin,"rout" given by,413.McVickar, John,professor of philosophy at Columbia College,23."Merchant Princes of Wall Street, The,"inaccuracy of,52.Merritt, Mrs.,a New Orleans lady,addresses the colored people,398.Metastasio,dramas of, read,57,206.Milan,the Howes in,119,120.Milnes, Richard Monckton.SeeHoughton, Lord.Milton, John,his "Paradise Lost" used as a text-book,58.Mitchell, Maria,her character and attainments: signs the call for a congress of women,385;becomes the president in 1876,387;lectures to the Town and Country Club,406.Mitchell, Dr. Weir,lectures to the Town and Country Club,406.Molière,his comedies read,206.Monza,trip to,119.Moore, Prof.,at Columbia College,23."Moral Philosophy,"William Paley's,13.Morecchini, Monsignore,minister of public charities at Rome,124.Morpeth, George, Lord (afterwards seventh earl of Carlisle),at Lansdowne House,102,103;Sydney Smith's dream about,107;takes the Howes to Pentonville prison,109.Motley, John Lothrop,at school with Tom Applet on,433.Mott, Lucretia,166;at the Radical Club,283.Moulton, Mrs. William U. (Louise Chandler),reports the Radical Club meetings for the " New York Tribune,"290.Mozart,symphonies of, given in Boston,14;appreciation of his work taught,16;his work given at the Wards',49;admired by Sumner,176.Munich,works of art at,described by Mrs. Jameson,40.Museum of Fine Arts, The,in Boston,44.Music,early efforts for, in Boston and New York,14,15;effect on youthful nerves considered,17,18."Mystères de Paris,"Eugène Sue's,204.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZNapoleon I.,anecdote of,1;invasion of Italy by,17;incidents of that invasion,120.Nassau, visit to,232.Newgate prison, visit to,108.Newport,Mrs. Howe spends a summer at the Cliff House there,221;Dr. Howe buys an estate at,238;Mrs. Howe writes her play there,239;people who stayed at,401,402;the Town and Country Club of, formed,405.New Year's Day,custom of visiting on,31,32.New York City,growth of, shown,12,13;first musical ventures in,14,15;its people of culture,21-25;social events in,29,66;Bryant celebration at,277-280;meetings in, to encourage the woman's peace crusade,329."New York Review,"publishes an essay by Mrs. Howe,60.New York State,Indians of,9;in the financial crisis of 1837,51.Niagara,surprise at the first sight of,8.Nightingale, Florence,136;her character: conversation with Dr. Howe,138;studies nursing,139;travels abroad: visited by Margaret Fuller,188.Nightingale, Parthenope,138,188.Nineteenth century, the,its mechanical and intellectual achievements,1,2.Nordheimer, Dr. Isaac,teaches Mrs. Howe German,59."North American Review, The,"articles by Samuel Ward in,68.Norton, Rev. Andrews,in Cranch's caricature,145.Norton, Hon. Mrs. (Caroline Sheridan),at Lansdowne House: her attire,102."Nozze di Figaro, Le,"libretto of,by whom,24.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZO'Connell, Daniel,the Irish agitator,113.Ordway, Mrs. Eveline M.,with Mrs. Elliott at the New Orleans Exposition,399.O'Sullivan, John L.,editor of the "Democratic Review,"79.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZPaddock, Mary C.,goes to Santo Domingo with the Howes,347.Paley, William,his "Moral Philosophy,"13;his "Evidences of Christianity,"56.Palgrave, F. T.,reception at his house,412."Paradise Lost,"used as a text-book,58;religious interpretation of,62.Paris,Samuel Ward in: his work descriptive of,68;the Howes arrive in,134;peace congress at,338;Mrs. Howe's last visit to,413.Parker, Dr. Peter,attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington,309.Parker, Theodore,105;Mrs. Howe attends his meetings,150;his Sunday evenings,153;his sermon on "The Transient and the Permanent in Christianity,"159;his visit to Rome: christens Mrs. Howe's eldest daughter,160;his culture,161;affection for his wife,162;musical attainments,163;his great sermons,164;at the Shadrach meeting,165;women admitted to his pulpit,166;his personal characteristics,167;death,168;compared with Sumner,176;his opinion of Hegel,211;repeats lines from "Passion Flowers,"228;goes to Cuba accompanied by the Howes,231;continues to Vera Cruz and Europe,233;his meetings,244;his parting gift to Massachusetts,263;his opinion of Emerson,291;of Dr. Hedge,298;sympathizes with Mrs. Howe's desire for expression,305.Parker, Mrs. Theodore,160,162.Parnell, Charles S.,escorts Mrs. Howe to the House of Commons,412.Parnell, Mrs. Delia Stuart,gives Mrs. Howe a note of introduction to her son,412.Parsons, Thomas W.,his poem on the death of Mary Booth,241;suggests a poem for Mrs. Howe's Sunday meetings in London,332."Passion Flowers,"Mrs. Howe's first volume of poems,228,229;reviewed in Dwight's "Journal of Music" by Mrs. E. D. Cheney,436.Passy, Frederic,takes Mrs. Howe to the French Academy,414;also to the crowning of arosière,415;presents her with a volume of his essays,416.Paul, Jean,works of, read,59.Pegli,Samuel Ward dies at,73.Peirce, Benjamin,a member of the Radical Club,282.Pellico, Silvio,an Italian patriot,119.Pentonville prison,visited,109.Perkins, Col. Thomas H.,his recollection of Mrs. Cutler,35.Persiani, Mlle.,an opera singer,104."Phædo,"Plato's,read by Mrs. Howe,321.Phillips, Wendell,his prophetic quality of mind recognized,84;leader of the abolitionists: his birth and education,154;at anti-slavery meetings,155-157;an advocate of woman suffrage,157,158;his death,159;compared with Sumner,175;effect of his presence at the Radical Club,286;his orthodoxy,287;speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents,313;at the woman suffrage meeting,375;supports that cause,378,382;at school with Tom Appleton,433."Philosophie Positive,"Comte's,211.Phrenology,belief in,132,133.Pius IX.,Pope,125;his weakness,194,195;his death,425.Poe, Edgar Allan,his visit to Dr. Francis,39.Polish insurrection of 1830, the,connection of Dr. Howe with,117.Polish refugees,ball in aid of,105.Powel, Samuel,his prophecy in regard to Newport,408.Powell, Mr. Aaron,asks Mrs. Howe to attend the Paris Peace Congress as a delegate,338.Priessnitz, his water cure,189.Prime, Ward & King,firm of,Mrs. Howe's father a member,50,51;her brother Samuel admitted,69.Prisons,visited by Dr. Howe,108,109.Pulszky, Mme. (Theresa von Walther),118.Pym, Capt.,an Arctic voyager,399.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZQuincy, Edmund,his remark to Theodore Parker,287.Quincy, Jr., Mrs. Josiah,woman's club started at her house,400.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZRachel, Madame,the actress,135.Racine,his tragedies read,206.Red Jacket,an Indian Chief,9.Reed, Lucy,a blind deaf mute,81,82.Regnault, Henri,eulogized at the French Academy,414.Repeal Measures,agitation for, in Dublin,112.Rice, A. H.,governor of Massachusetts,presides at the Music Hall meeting in memory of Dr. Howe,370.Richards, Mrs. Henry (Laura Howe),accompanies her parents to Europe,313.Richmond, Duke of,visits Bridewell prison with the Howes,109.Richmond, Rev. James,210.Richmond, Va.,theatre in, burned,16;Crawford's statue of Washington for,203.Ripley, George,his efforts at Brook Farm,145;reviews "Passion Flowers,"228;sees the Howes and Parkers off for Cuba,231.Ripley, Mrs. George (Sophia Dana),296.Ripley, Mary,speaks at the woman's congress in Memphis,389.Ristori, Mme.,the actress,264;reads Marie Stuart in Rome,424.Ritchie, Harry,the handsome,on Gov. Andrew's staff,266.Ritchie, Mrs.,daughter of Harrison Gray Otis,401.Rogers, Samuel,the poet,dinner at his house,99,100;his economical dinner,141.Rogers, Prof. William B.,vice-president of the Town and Country Club,405;lectures to the club,406.Rome,the Howes' arrival in,121;stiffness of society in,123,127;Mrs. Howe's second visit to,191;political condition of,193-195;Mrs. Howe's stay in, on her way to Greece,313;spends the winter of 1877-78 in,423-427.Rosebery, Lord,a friend of Samuel Ward,72;visited by,73;at Devonshire House,410.Rosebery, Lady,73.Rossi, Count,at Mrs. Benzon's,436.Rossini,works of performed in New York,14;admired by Sumner,176.Round Hill School,5;its principal,43;Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel at,67."Routs,"receptions so called,93.Russell, Mrs. Sarah Shaw,a friend of Theodore Parker,168.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZSt. Angelo,Castle of,130.St. Calixtus,catacombs of,128.St. Luke,academy of,124.St. Peter,church of,121,125,126.Salisbury,the Howes at,139-141.Samana Bay,the Howes' first visit to,348;later stay at,361-368;school at,364.Samana Bay Company,Dr. Howe visits Santo Domingo in its interests,346;ended by order of the Dominican government,367.San Francisco,Samuel Ward at,70.San Michele,industrial school of,124.Sanborn, Franklin B.,his biography of Dr. Howe,82;reviews "Passion Flowers,"185,228.Sand, George,her works read by Mrs. Howe,58,206.Sands, Julia,her biography of her brother,21.Sands, Robert,the poet, of an old New York family,21.Santa Maria Maggiore,church of,125.

Machi, Padre,visits the catacombs with the Howes,128.

Mackintosh, Robert James,calls on Mrs. Jameson,42.

Maclaren, Mrs.,assists Mrs. Howe in her peace movement,341.

Maclise, Daniel,the painter,110.

MacMahon, Marshal,his reception to Gen. and Mrs. Grant,421.

Macready, William Charles,the actor,104.

Mailliard, Adolph,201.

Mailliard, Mrs. Adolph (Annie Ward),sister of Mrs. Howe: accompanies her to Europe,88;dines with Carlyle at Chelsea,96;her loveliness,137;her husband,201;her toast at the Washington's Birthday dinner in Rome,203;returns to America with Mrs. Howe,204.

Malibran, Madame,in the rôles of Cenerentola and Rosina,15.

Mallock, William H.,at a dinner for Mrs. Howe,412.

Manchester, Bishop of,opposes the founding of schools for girls of the middle class,333.

Mann, Horace,uplifts the public schools,88;goes to Europe,89;visits Carlyle at Chelsea,96;inspects the London prisons,108,109;opinion of George Combe,133;praises Dr. Howe's work in the Boston schools,148;advocates the teaching of speech to deaf-mutes,149;shrinks from woman suffrage,157.

Mann, Mrs. Horace (Mary Peabody),goes to Europe with the Howes,89;visits Thomas Carlyle,96.

Manning, Cardinal,presides at a Prison Reform meeting,339.

"Marco Bozzaris,"22.

Margherita, Queen,at King Umberto's coronation,424.

Mario,sings at Lansdowne House,101.

Marion, Gen. Francis,4.

Martel,a hair-dresser,65.

"Martin Chuzzlewit,"transcendental episode in,139.

Martineau, Harriet,statue of,158.

May, Abby W.,aids bazaar in behalf of the Cretans,320;her energy in the Association for the Advancement of Women,393.

May, Rev. Samuel J.,394.

McAllister, Julian,marries Louisa Cutler,33.

McAllister, Mrs. Julian,33.

McAllister, Judge Matthew H.,33.

McCabe, Chaplain,mentions the singing of the "Battle Hymn" in Libby Prison,276.

McCarthy, Mrs. Justin,"rout" given by,413.

McVickar, John,professor of philosophy at Columbia College,23.

"Merchant Princes of Wall Street, The,"inaccuracy of,52.

Merritt, Mrs.,a New Orleans lady,addresses the colored people,398.

Metastasio,dramas of, read,57,206.

Milan,the Howes in,119,120.

Milnes, Richard Monckton.SeeHoughton, Lord.

Milton, John,his "Paradise Lost" used as a text-book,58.

Mitchell, Maria,her character and attainments: signs the call for a congress of women,385;becomes the president in 1876,387;lectures to the Town and Country Club,406.

Mitchell, Dr. Weir,lectures to the Town and Country Club,406.

Molière,his comedies read,206.

Monza,trip to,119.

Moore, Prof.,at Columbia College,23.

"Moral Philosophy,"William Paley's,13.

Morecchini, Monsignore,minister of public charities at Rome,124.

Morpeth, George, Lord (afterwards seventh earl of Carlisle),at Lansdowne House,102,103;Sydney Smith's dream about,107;takes the Howes to Pentonville prison,109.

Motley, John Lothrop,at school with Tom Applet on,433.

Mott, Lucretia,166;at the Radical Club,283.

Moulton, Mrs. William U. (Louise Chandler),reports the Radical Club meetings for the " New York Tribune,"290.

Mozart,symphonies of, given in Boston,14;appreciation of his work taught,16;his work given at the Wards',49;admired by Sumner,176.

Munich,works of art at,described by Mrs. Jameson,40.

Museum of Fine Arts, The,in Boston,44.

Music,early efforts for, in Boston and New York,14,15;effect on youthful nerves considered,17,18.

"Mystères de Paris,"Eugène Sue's,204.

Napoleon I.,anecdote of,1;invasion of Italy by,17;incidents of that invasion,120.

Nassau, visit to,232.

Newgate prison, visit to,108.

Newport,Mrs. Howe spends a summer at the Cliff House there,221;Dr. Howe buys an estate at,238;Mrs. Howe writes her play there,239;people who stayed at,401,402;the Town and Country Club of, formed,405.

New Year's Day,custom of visiting on,31,32.

New York City,growth of, shown,12,13;first musical ventures in,14,15;its people of culture,21-25;social events in,29,66;Bryant celebration at,277-280;meetings in, to encourage the woman's peace crusade,329.

"New York Review,"publishes an essay by Mrs. Howe,60.

New York State,Indians of,9;in the financial crisis of 1837,51.

Niagara,surprise at the first sight of,8.

Nightingale, Florence,136;her character: conversation with Dr. Howe,138;studies nursing,139;travels abroad: visited by Margaret Fuller,188.

Nightingale, Parthenope,138,188.

Nineteenth century, the,its mechanical and intellectual achievements,1,2.

Nordheimer, Dr. Isaac,teaches Mrs. Howe German,59.

"North American Review, The,"articles by Samuel Ward in,68.

Norton, Rev. Andrews,in Cranch's caricature,145.

Norton, Hon. Mrs. (Caroline Sheridan),at Lansdowne House: her attire,102.

"Nozze di Figaro, Le,"libretto of,by whom,24.

O'Connell, Daniel,the Irish agitator,113.

Ordway, Mrs. Eveline M.,with Mrs. Elliott at the New Orleans Exposition,399.

O'Sullivan, John L.,editor of the "Democratic Review,"79.

Paddock, Mary C.,goes to Santo Domingo with the Howes,347.

Paley, William,his "Moral Philosophy,"13;his "Evidences of Christianity,"56.

Palgrave, F. T.,reception at his house,412.

"Paradise Lost,"used as a text-book,58;religious interpretation of,62.

Paris,Samuel Ward in: his work descriptive of,68;the Howes arrive in,134;peace congress at,338;Mrs. Howe's last visit to,413.

Parker, Dr. Peter,attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington,309.

Parker, Theodore,105;Mrs. Howe attends his meetings,150;his Sunday evenings,153;his sermon on "The Transient and the Permanent in Christianity,"159;his visit to Rome: christens Mrs. Howe's eldest daughter,160;his culture,161;affection for his wife,162;musical attainments,163;his great sermons,164;at the Shadrach meeting,165;women admitted to his pulpit,166;his personal characteristics,167;death,168;compared with Sumner,176;his opinion of Hegel,211;repeats lines from "Passion Flowers,"228;goes to Cuba accompanied by the Howes,231;continues to Vera Cruz and Europe,233;his meetings,244;his parting gift to Massachusetts,263;his opinion of Emerson,291;of Dr. Hedge,298;sympathizes with Mrs. Howe's desire for expression,305.

Parker, Mrs. Theodore,160,162.

Parnell, Charles S.,escorts Mrs. Howe to the House of Commons,412.

Parnell, Mrs. Delia Stuart,gives Mrs. Howe a note of introduction to her son,412.

Parsons, Thomas W.,his poem on the death of Mary Booth,241;suggests a poem for Mrs. Howe's Sunday meetings in London,332.

"Passion Flowers,"Mrs. Howe's first volume of poems,228,229;reviewed in Dwight's "Journal of Music" by Mrs. E. D. Cheney,436.

Passy, Frederic,takes Mrs. Howe to the French Academy,414;also to the crowning of arosière,415;presents her with a volume of his essays,416.

Paul, Jean,works of, read,59.

Pegli,Samuel Ward dies at,73.

Peirce, Benjamin,a member of the Radical Club,282.

Pellico, Silvio,an Italian patriot,119.

Pentonville prison,visited,109.

Perkins, Col. Thomas H.,his recollection of Mrs. Cutler,35.

Persiani, Mlle.,an opera singer,104.

"Phædo,"Plato's,read by Mrs. Howe,321.

Phillips, Wendell,his prophetic quality of mind recognized,84;leader of the abolitionists: his birth and education,154;at anti-slavery meetings,155-157;an advocate of woman suffrage,157,158;his death,159;compared with Sumner,175;effect of his presence at the Radical Club,286;his orthodoxy,287;speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents,313;at the woman suffrage meeting,375;supports that cause,378,382;at school with Tom Appleton,433.

"Philosophie Positive,"Comte's,211.

Phrenology,belief in,132,133.

Pius IX.,Pope,125;his weakness,194,195;his death,425.

Poe, Edgar Allan,his visit to Dr. Francis,39.

Polish insurrection of 1830, the,connection of Dr. Howe with,117.

Polish refugees,ball in aid of,105.

Powel, Samuel,his prophecy in regard to Newport,408.

Powell, Mr. Aaron,asks Mrs. Howe to attend the Paris Peace Congress as a delegate,338.

Priessnitz, his water cure,189.

Prime, Ward & King,firm of,Mrs. Howe's father a member,50,51;her brother Samuel admitted,69.

Prisons,visited by Dr. Howe,108,109.

Pulszky, Mme. (Theresa von Walther),118.

Pym, Capt.,an Arctic voyager,399.

Quincy, Edmund,his remark to Theodore Parker,287.

Quincy, Jr., Mrs. Josiah,woman's club started at her house,400.

Rachel, Madame,the actress,135.

Racine,his tragedies read,206.

Red Jacket,an Indian Chief,9.

Reed, Lucy,a blind deaf mute,81,82.

Regnault, Henri,eulogized at the French Academy,414.

Repeal Measures,agitation for, in Dublin,112.

Rice, A. H.,governor of Massachusetts,presides at the Music Hall meeting in memory of Dr. Howe,370.

Richards, Mrs. Henry (Laura Howe),accompanies her parents to Europe,313.

Richmond, Duke of,visits Bridewell prison with the Howes,109.

Richmond, Rev. James,210.

Richmond, Va.,theatre in, burned,16;Crawford's statue of Washington for,203.

Ripley, George,his efforts at Brook Farm,145;reviews "Passion Flowers,"228;sees the Howes and Parkers off for Cuba,231.

Ripley, Mrs. George (Sophia Dana),296.

Ripley, Mary,speaks at the woman's congress in Memphis,389.

Ristori, Mme.,the actress,264;reads Marie Stuart in Rome,424.

Ritchie, Harry,the handsome,on Gov. Andrew's staff,266.

Ritchie, Mrs.,daughter of Harrison Gray Otis,401.

Rogers, Samuel,the poet,dinner at his house,99,100;his economical dinner,141.

Rogers, Prof. William B.,vice-president of the Town and Country Club,405;lectures to the club,406.

Rome,the Howes' arrival in,121;stiffness of society in,123,127;Mrs. Howe's second visit to,191;political condition of,193-195;Mrs. Howe's stay in, on her way to Greece,313;spends the winter of 1877-78 in,423-427.

Rosebery, Lord,a friend of Samuel Ward,72;visited by,73;at Devonshire House,410.

Rosebery, Lady,73.

Rossi, Count,at Mrs. Benzon's,436.

Rossini,works of performed in New York,14;admired by Sumner,176.

Round Hill School,5;its principal,43;Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel at,67.

"Routs,"receptions so called,93.

Russell, Mrs. Sarah Shaw,a friend of Theodore Parker,168.

St. Angelo,Castle of,130.

St. Calixtus,catacombs of,128.

St. Luke,academy of,124.

St. Peter,church of,121,125,126.

Salisbury,the Howes at,139-141.

Samana Bay,the Howes' first visit to,348;later stay at,361-368;school at,364.

Samana Bay Company,Dr. Howe visits Santo Domingo in its interests,346;ended by order of the Dominican government,367.

San Francisco,Samuel Ward at,70.

San Michele,industrial school of,124.

Sanborn, Franklin B.,his biography of Dr. Howe,82;reviews "Passion Flowers,"185,228.

Sand, George,her works read by Mrs. Howe,58,206.

Sands, Julia,her biography of her brother,21.

Sands, Robert,the poet, of an old New York family,21.

Santa Maria Maggiore,church of,125.


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