Strenuous life, phrase used by Theodore Roosevelt,555.Ströhbeck, chess-playing in,450.Sue, Eugene, death of,534.Sullivan, John L., as an actor,38.Sulu, Sultan of, anecdote of,221.Superstitions of the Theater,28.Swat, death of Ahkoond of,141.Sweden:Gustavus IV, deposition of,46.Gustavus Vasa, precocity of,392.Charles XI, vision of,417.Charles XIII, accession of,46.Charles XIV (Jean Baptiste Bernadotte) becomes crown prince,46;accession of,163;death of,430.Oscar I, accession of,430.Swedenborg, Emanuel, celibacy of,157.Symbolism of Playing-Cards, The,556.TTahiti, natives of, slaughtered by crew of the American ship Elinora,247.Taiping rebellion in China,433.Talavera, battle of,46.Talleyrand, Charles M. de, letters of,507;death of,340.Tasso, Torquato, precocity of,392.Taurus, zodiacal sign of,282.Tavolara, republic of,122.Taylor, Benjamin F.,362.Taylor, Zachary, becomes President,433;grave of,488.Teaching, growing popularity of, as a profession,472.Telegraph, beginnings of,183;Wheatstone's experiments with,339;Morse constructs line between Baltimore and Washington,430;laying of submarine cable between France and England,531.Telephone, invention of,414.Temperance approved by National Liquor Dealers' Association,476.Templeton, Fay, career of,68.Tennyson, Lord,48,454;quotations from,132.Texas, independence of,339;annexation of,430;rapid development of,118.Thacher, John, second marriage of,517.Thackeray, William M., poem by,155;foible of,180;anecdote of,241;letter to James Fraser,311.Thayer, Phineas,179.Theater and opera, dress for,72.Thierry, Amédée S.D., death of,534.Thiers, Louis A., banishment of,531.Thomas, Calvin, on simplified spelling,382.Thornton, Abraham, trial of,162.Thorwaldsen, Albert, death of,430.Thumb Bible, The,134.Thurlow, Lord, last words of,296.Tilden, Samuel Jones, celibacy of,158.Time in Which Money Will Double at Several Rates of Interest,50.Tippecanoe, battle of,159.Toads, longevity of,124.To "Fool" His Cows,88.Tolstoy, Count Lyof, peculiarities of,180;on Nicholas II of Russia,238.Tomb of Napoleon, The,469.Tombs of the Presidents of the United States,486.Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolt of,42;death of,43.Townsend, Marquis of, anecdote of,305.Trade Schools, value of,98.Trafalgar, battle of,44.Trains, the world's fastest,181.Traveling, etiquette of, in 1853,498.Treacle Bible, The,134.Tributes to Dead Brothers,170.Tricks That Words May Be Made to Play,27.Trimalchio, banquet of,527.Triplicities, the four,86.Trolley-car, invention of,147.Trombetti, Alfredo, linguistic gifts of,209.Tuan Fang, on China and America,108.Tuohey, George V.,437.Turkey:Loss of Danubian provinces,260.Unkiar Skelessi, treaty of,338.War with Egypt,338.War with Greece,257,258,259.War with Russia (1828),259.War with Russia (1853-1855),532,533.Turkey, discovery of the,183.Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens), anecdote of,30;definition of a gentleman,189;J.K. Jerome's estimate of,103;Twain and William Gillette,168.Two Sicilies, the, seeNaples.Two Views of Old Age,32.Tyler, John, becomes President,429;grave of,488.Typewriter, the, origin of,524.Typewriting, expenditure of force in,326.UUlm, capture of, by Napoleon,44.United States:Canada, relations with,286.Cities, nicknames of,356.Embargo on British Goods,45.Era of Good Feeling,162.Florida ceded to United States by Spain,163.Future of, as predicted by Macaulay,477.Gadsden Purchase,532.Louisiana, acquisition of,43.Monroe Doctrine, enunciation of,258.Presidents, graves of,486;previous careers of,517.Revolutionary War, incident of,515.Royalties who have visited the United States,549.Southwestern States, growth of,117.States, nicknames of,356.Supreme Court, Theodore Roosevelt on,470.Texas, annexation of,430.War of 1812,159,160,161.War with Mexico,431.United States Military Academy, foundation of,43.United States Naval Academy, foundation of,430.University of Wisconsin, foundation of,531.VVagaries of Mathematics,91.Van Buren, Martin, inauguration of,340;grave of,488.Vane, Henry, last words of,296.Vann, Joe, death of,452.Vega, Lope de, precocity of,392.Venezuela, independence of, recognized by Spain,431.Vest, George G.,93.Vesuvius, eruption of, described by Pliny,285.Vignaud, Henry, anecdote of,152.Vinegar Bible, The,134.Virginia, severe old-time laws of,252.Vision of Charles XI, The,417.Vivier, Eugene, practical jokes of,121.Volta, Alessandro, death of,259.Voltaire, François M.A., celibacy of,157;peculiarities of,180;on mortality,126.WWagner, Charles, impressions of America,191.Wagner, Richard, career of,554.Wagram, battle of,46.Walcheren, British expedition to,46.Walker, William, in Nicaragua,533,534.Wall paper, origin of,183.Walpole, Horace, celibacy of,157;epigram on Franklin,83.Walsh, William, on curiosities of mathematics,91.Wanamaker, John, and his mother,310;career of,149.Ward, Artemus, anecdote of,152.Washington, Booker T., on future of the negro,9.Washington, George, and his mother,307;love-letter of,110;weight of,451;farm at Mount Vernon,513;last words of,296;grave of,486.Washington, The Real,89.Waterloo, battle of,161.Waterman, Nixon,69.Watt, James, death of,163.Waves, height of,177.Wealth, Russell Sage on,12.Webster, Daniel, speech in reply to Hayne,260;speech on Bunker Hill,283;gems from speeches of,90;last words of,296;death of,532.Webster, Noah, death of,430.Weddings, dress for,72.Weights, average at different ages,123.Welford, Dallas, career of,461.Wellington, Duke of, wins distinction in India,43;takes command in Portugal,45;wins battle of Talavera,46;drives Masséna from Portugal,159;captures Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos,159;wins battle of Salamanca,160;wins battle of Vittoria,160;wins battle of Waterloo,161;last words of,296;curt letter of,507;death of,532.Wells, Carolyn,313.Wemyss, Earl of, anecdote of,80.Wesley, John, last words of,296.West, Benjamin, death of,163.West, Mrs. George Cornwallis, anecdote of,559.Westminster Abbey, American memorials in,370.West Point, seeUnited States Military Academy.When Thackeray Went on Strike,311.When the Last Curtain Fell,200.When the Patriots Wavered,436.When Vesuvius Destroyed Pompeii,297.White, Andrew D., on crime in the United States,287;on Nicholas II of Russia,238.White, Frank Marshall,236.White, Joseph Blanco,456.White, Matthew, Jr.,64,166,263,371,457,537.White, Stephen V., and his mother,309.Whittier, John Greenleaf, celibacy of,158;early romance of,452;tribute to his sister,235.Wilberforce, William, death of,338.Wilkie, Sir David, death of,429.Will, curious, of Charles Lounsberry,403.Willets, Gilson,307.Williams, Hattie, career of,537.Wilson, Francis, career of,267.Wilson, Woodrow, on William R. Harper,10.Winslow, B.R.,449.Winter Photography for Amateurs,49.Wire, invention of,183.Wit and Cruelty as Allies,558.Witherspoon, John, in the Continental Congress,436.Wit of the Ancient Greeks,350.Woffington, Peg, death of,200.Wolcott, Edward O., career of,148.Woman, Byron on,31; Hugo on,63;Scott on,416;Shakespeare on,31;Wordsworth on,416.Women in business,293;occupations of,52;place of, in literature,103;time spent before mirror by,123;Balzac on women,346;Emil Reich on American women,284.Wood, Eugene,201.Woodruff, Henry, career of,538.Wordsworth, William,416; death of,433.World-Famous Bachelors,156.World's Fastest Trains, The,181.World's Great Operas, The,554.World's Richest Hundred, The,348.World's Richest Legacy, The,403.YYankee, origin of the term,464."Yellow Journal" Glossary, A,151.Yellow Journalism, Norman Hapgood on,101.Young, Arthur, death of,163.Young, Brigham, leader of the Mormons,430.Young, Thomas, death of,260.Young Men's Christian Association, foundation of,430.ZZahm, Albert F., experiments in flight,449."Zaza," Mrs. Leslie Carter in,67.Ziem, Felix, and Chopin,79.Ziska, John, career of,407.Zodiacal Signs, The,86.Zola, Emile, peculiarities of,180.