De Quincy, Thomas, death of,536.Descartes, René, celibacy of,156.Detroit surrendered to the British,159.Diary of an Old Maid, The,220.Dickens, Charles,154,543; foible of,180;relations to Wilkie Collins,272.Diet, Dr. Woods Hutchinson on,289.Dillon, E.J., on Nicholas II of Russia,237.Dingaan's Day,339.Dinners That Consisted of Books,500.Discovery of Niagara, the,364.Disraeli, Benjamin (Lord Beaconsfield), becomes chancellor of the exchequer,532;foibles of,180;anecdote of,559.D'Israeli, Isaac, death of,432.Diving-bell, first record of,183.Doctors and patients, relation of,106.Dodgson, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll), on feeding the mind,379.Dog, Senator Vest's eulogy on the,93.Donizetti, Gaetano, death of,432.Dow, Neal,395.Doyle, Sir A. Conan, peculiarities of,180.Drake, Sir Francis, celibacy of,158.Drake, Joseph Rodman,466.Drama, Otis Skinner on the,293.Dred Scott decision,534.Dresden, battle of,160.Dress for All Occasions,71.Dress, gorgeous, of old-time courtiers,525.Dudley, Bide,178.Duluth, Proctor Knott's speech on,320.Dumas, Alexandre, the younger, foible of,180.Dunbar, Paul Laurence,305.Dust, explosions caused by,323.EEarth, age of,551.East, William, manufactures first tinted paper,245.Eastman, Dr. Charles A., on the American Indians,385.Eaton, General, defeats Barbary pirates,44.Ector, Sir, to Sir Launcelot,170.Edeson, Robert, career of,373.Edgeworth, Maria, death of,433.Edison, Thomas A., anecdotes of,79,270.Edwards, Elisha J.,13.Edwards, Henry Sutherland, recollections of,121.Eggs, nourishment contained in,124.Egypt: End of French campaign in (1801),42.Mamelukes, massacre of,159.Mehemet Ali, campaign against Turkey,338.Ptolemy Philadelphus erects the first lighthouse,524.Electricity, studied by Franklin,82.Electro-magnet, discovery of,183.Elephant, the longevity of,521.Elinora, the encounter with natives of Tahiti,247.Eliot, Charles W., on William R. Harper,11;on the penalties of wealth,97.Ellenborough, Lord, anecdote of,304.Emerson, Ralph Waldo,508.Emmet, Robert, career of,43,125;speech of vindication,125.Empire State Express, the,181.England, seeGreat Britain.Erie Canal, construction of,162;opening of,258.Essen, steel industry of,146.Etiquette, manual of (1853),497;proper dress for various occasions,71.Eulogy on the Dog,93.Europe, small republics of,122.Evening dress,71.Everett, Edward,408.Express company, first, founded by W.F. Harnden,505.Eylau, battle of,44.Eytinge, Rose, and Annie Russell,167.FFagnani, Charles P., on the character of Joseph,192.Faraday, Michael, discovers magneto-electric induction,337.Fawcett, Henry, career of,407.Field, Eugene,69;anecdotes of,80,304;tribute to his sister,235.Fillmore, Millard, becomes President,433;grave of,489.Finland ceded to Russia,46.Fish, Stuyvesant, on national economy,190.Flashes of Royal Repartee,306.Flaxman, John, death of,259.Flint, Charles R., on Nicholas II of Russia,237.Foibles of Literary Men,180.Folk, Joseph W., on enforcement of law,7.Food as a factor of character, John Spargo on,106.Foss, S.W.,48.Foster, John W., on Chinese civilization,108.Fourier, François, death of,339.Fowler, Sir Henry, on tariff question,5.Fox, Charles James, death of,44.France: Algiers, seizure of,260.France:Charles X, accession of,259;deposition of,260.Commerce, destruction of (1803),43.Crimean War,532,533.Henry IV, anecdote of,306.Josephine, Empress, coronation of,43;divorced by Napoleon,46; death of,161.Louis XIII, last words of,295.Louis XIV, last words of,295.Louis XVIII, coronation of,160;death of,258;last words of,296.Louis Philippe visits America,549;accession of,260;abdication of,432.Marie Louise, death of,432.Napoleon I wins battle of Marengo,41;executes the Duc d'Enghien,43;crowned Emperor of France,43;crowned King of Italy,43;wins battle of Austerlitz,44;wins battle of Jena,44;excommunication of,46;wins battle of Wagram,46;marries Marie Louise,46;invades Russia,159;arranges Concordat,160;loses battle of Leipzig,160;abdicates,160;returns from Elba,161;progress from Elba to Paris,246;loses battle of Waterloo,161;sent to St. Helena,161;death of,257;last words of,296;body removed to Paris,340;anecdote of,558;prophecies of,135;letter to Josephine,110;as an actor,382;Ingersoll on,469.Napoleon III visits the United States,550;imprisoned at Ham,340;escapes,431;elected president of France,432;becomes emperor,532;marries Eugénie de Montijo,532;last words of,296;praised by Eugene Vivier,121.Revenues of French kings,323.Second Republic,432.Trains, speed of,182.War with Austria (1859),535.Franklin, Benjamin, and his mother,310;career of,81;philosophy of,83;last words of,295.Franklin, Sir John, arctic expedition of,430.Fresnel, Augustine, death of,258.Friedland, battle of,45.Friend, definitions of a,70.From the Country Press,261,424.From the Lips of Ananias,88,270,328,395,484.Fry, Elizabeth, death of,431.Fuller, Thomas,174.Fulton, Robert, and his mother,310;and Napoleon,42;experiments on the Seine,43;success with the Clermont,45;death of,161.GGalt, John,363,364;death of,340.Galveston, commerce of,119.Garfield, James A., and his mother,308;early life of,149;grave of,490.Garibaldi, Giuseppe, achievements of,536.Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, death of,433.Gemini, zodiacal sign of,376.Genealogy, genuine and fictitious,471.General Armstrong, American privateer, at Fayal,161.Genoa, siege of,41;annexed by France,43.Germany:Berlin captured by Napoleon (1806),44.Confederation of the Rhine, formation of,44.Holy Roman Empire, dissolution of,44.Rebellion of 1848,432.Status of women in,53.William II, friendship for America,471;instructions for care of horses,198.Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln's speech at,250.Giant and Pygmy of Bookland, The,116.Gibbon, Edward, celibacy of,158.Gibbons, James (Cardinal), anecdotes of,221.Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, last words of,295.Gilbert, W.S., and Richard Mansfield,64;anecdote of,153.Gilder, Richard Watson, on blindness,387.Gillette, William, career of,168.Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, as a champion of women,103.Gladiators, Spartacus's address to,520.Gladstone, William E., maiden speech of,338;last words of,295; anecdote of,241.Glass, colored, origin of,183.Glory of the Corn, The,369.Glycerin, manufacture of,202.Godfrey, Thomas, career of,230.Goethe, J.W. von, death of,338;last words of,295.Gold, discovery of, in California,432;in Australia,531;in Colorado,535.Good Manners Fifty Years Ago,497.Goodwin, N.C., anecdote of,153.Gorky, Maxim, and the Russian revolutionary movement,386.Gorman, Arthur Pue, president of National Baseball Association,441.Gould, Jay, and Frank J. Sprague,147.Goust, republic of,122.Grace, William R., career of,506.Grant, Ulysses S., grave of,490.Grattan, Henry, death of,163.Grave, Gay, and Epigrammatic,30,152,221,304,415.Graves of Our Presidents, The,486.Great Britain:Albert, Prince Consort, love-letter of,109.Caroline, Queen, death of,257.Charles I, love-letter of,109;last words of,295.Charles II, last words of,295.Crimean War,532,533.Edward VII visits America,550.Foreign trade of,5.George III, insanity of,42;death of,163;proclamation of,140;anecdotes of,306.George III Sought Heaven's Aid,140.George IV, regency of,46;accession of,163;death of,260.Industrial conditions in,4.Military expenses of,5.Regency of Prince of Wales (George IV),46.Status of women in,53.Trafalgar, battle of,44.Trains, speed of,181.Victoria, birth of,163;accession of,339;betrothal of,340;marriage of,340;romance of,109;Diamond Jubilee of,482.William IV visits the United States,549;accession of,260;death of,340.Great Southwest, The,117.Great Writers Often Poor Talkers,317.Greece:Capo d'Istria, Giovanni, president,259;assassination of,337.Culture of the ancient Greeks,99.Independence established,259.Otto, King of,337.Philip of Macedon, anecdotes of,350Rebellion against Turkey,257.Wit of the ancient Greeks,350.Greeley, Horace,305; last words of,295.Gregory XVI, Pope, accession of,337;death of,431.Grey, Earl, on Canada and the United States,286.Grotius, Hugo, precocity of,392.Grouchy, Emmanuel de, death of,432.Grubauer, Albert, visits Malacca Negritos,120.Guillotine, derivation of the word,514.Gunter, Archibald C, anecdote of,241.Gurney, Sir Charles, builds steam omnibus,260.Gutenberg Bible, The,134.HHackett, James K., career of,458.Hadley, Arthur T., on William R. Harper,11.Hadley, Herbert S., on corporations and the law,293.Hahnemann, Christian S.F., founder of homeopathy,46;death of,430.Hale, Edward Everett, anecdote of,79;estimate of Franklin,84.Hale, Nathan, last words of,295.Hall, G. Stanley, on coeducation,9.Hallam, Henry, death of,536.Hamilton, Alexander, death of,43.Hamilton, Sir William (British diplomat), death of,43.Hamilton, Sir William (Scottish philosopher), death of,534.Hammond, Harriette,312.Hancock, John, dress of,513.Handel, G.F., precocity of,392.Hanover, Ernest Augustus, King of,339.Hapgood, Norman, on magazine exposures,292;on yellow journalism,101.Happiness, Chamfort on,119.Harnden, William F., career of,504.Harper, William R., appreciations of,10.Harrison, Benjamin, grave of,490.Harrison, William Henry, wins battle of Tippecanoe,159;elected President,340;death of,429;grave of,488.Hart, Albert B., on William R. Harper,10.Harte, Bret, peculiarities of,180;death of,357.Harvard University, baseball at,443.Harvey, Charles M.,117.Harvey, G. Upton, on college athletics,197.Hastings, Warren, death of,163.Hate for Napoleon Turned to Love,246.Havelock, Henry, last words of,295.Havemeyer, Henry O., and his mother,310.Hawaii:King Kalakaua visits the United States,551.Queen Liliuokalani visits the United States,551.Hawthorne, Nathaniel, foible of,180.Haydn, Joseph, unhappy married life of,314;death of,46.Hayes, Rutherford B., grave of,490.Hayti, French driven out of,43.Hearn, Lafcadio, letters to H.E. Krehbiel,289.Heber, Reginald, death of,259.Heenan, John C, marriage to Adah Isaacs Menken,389.Hegel, Georg W.F., death of,337.Heine, Heinrich, death of,534.Hemans, Felicia, death of,339.Hemenway, James A., career of,501.Henry, Patrick,393; last words of,295.Herbert, Hilary A., on the status of the Confederates,473.Herreshoff, John B., success of,407.Herrick, Robert,174,262.Herschel, Caroline, death of,432.Herschel, Sir William, death of,257.Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, foible of,180.Hill, James J., on American resources,3.Hirsch, Emil G., on the trials of the rich,193.Hitchcock, Raymond, career of,373.Hoar, George F., anecdote of,30.Hobbes, John Oliver, seeCraigie.Hoch, Edward Wallis, career of,226.Hodgetts, Brayley, on Nicholas II of Russia,237.Hofer, Andreas, execution of,46.Hogg, James, death of,339.Hohenlinden, battle of,41.Holland, separation of, from Belgium,260.Holland, George, funeral of,358.Holland, John P., on the flight of birds,107.Holmes, Oliver Wendell,313;peculiarities of,180;on old age,32;last words of,295.Holy Roman Empire, dissolution of,44.Home, definitions of,481.Homeopathy founded by Hahnemann,46.Hong-Kong, annexation of,429.Hood, Thomas, death of,431.Hook, Theodore,