AAcademy, Royal Spanish,76,80.Adair, James,146.Adams, Dr. C. K., quoted,180.Adams, John Quincy, library of,20;absence in Europe,20,23,37;professor at Harvard,23;Minister to England,37.Adams, Sir William,37.Albert, Prince,105,106.Amory, Thomas C.,43.Amory, William, letter to,172.Athenæum, Boston,19,20,21.Aztecs,76,82,136,143,144,146;as viewed by Wilson,147-151;Morgan's view of,152-155;later opinions regarding,155-156.BBancroft, George,10;letters to,48,114,117;reviewsFerdinand and Isabella,69;honour conferred on,86;quoted,87; estimate of,122.Bancroft, H. H., quoted,153,159.Bandelier, A. F.,155,163,165;quoted,136,153,154.Bentley, Richard,69,80,85,112,116,117.Bradford, Governor William,8.Brougham, Lord, Prescott's description of,107,108.Brown, Charles Brockden, novels of,5;Life of,65,112.Bunsen, Baron,107,108.Byron, Lord, Prescott's estimate of,113;as exponent of romanticism,122;quoted,166.CCalderon de La Barca, Señor,76,91.Carlisle, Lord, Prescott's friendship with,88,91,104,105,106.Carlyle, Thomas, Prescott's comment on,114.Channing, W. E.,28,107,124,126.Charles V.,History of,117,118.Circourt, Comte Adolphe de,71.Club-Room, edited by Prescott,42.Cogswell, J. G.,74,75.Condé,History of the Arabs in Spain,65,130.Cooper, Sir Astley,37.Cortés, Hernan,134,135,155;quoted,136;attack on Cholulans,137,138;retreat from Mexico,141,142;characterof,143,144,147,151;compared with Pizarro,160,161.Cashing, Caleb,88.DDante, Prescott's admiration for,46.Daudet, Alphonse,86.Dexter, Franklin,42.Diaz, Bernal,146,159;quoted,144.Dickens, Charles, entertained by Prescott,91;preferred by him to Thackeray,115.Dumas, Alexandre,115.Dunham, Dr. S.P.,70,126.EEdwards, Jonathan,7,9.English, James, Prescott's secretary,58,59,60,61,63,64.Everett, A. H.,77.Everett, Edward,25,106.FFarre, Dr.,37.Ferdinand and Isabella, beginnings of,52,61;progress,62-65;completion and publication,66-71;success of,69-71,77,79,95;style of,121,127;historical accuracy,129,130,131,132.Ford, Richard, criticisesFerdinand and Isabella,70;his ridicule of Prescott's style,124-126;Prescott's reply,127,128;quoted,129,130.Franklin, Benjamin,5;style of,129.GGardiner, Rev. Dr. John S.,18,19.Gardiner, William,20,21,22,40.Gayangos, Don Pascual de, reviewsFerdinand and Isabella,70,132;aids Prescott,76,77,101.Grenville, Thomas, quoted,142.Guatemozin, character of,143,144;successor of Montezuma,135,154.Guizot, M., reviewsPhilip II.,116.HHale, Edward Everett, quoted,77,78.Hallam, Henry, praisesFerdinand and Isabella,71;Prescott's acquaintance with,108.Harper Brothers, publishConquest of Mexico,79,80;publishConquest of Peru,84;Prescott's generosity to,116.Harvard College, faculty of, in 1811,22,23,25;entrance examinations,24;curriculum,24,25;methods,25,26,33;confers degree upon Prescott,80.Hickling, Thomas,15,35,36.Higginson, Mehitable,16.Higginson, T. W.,113.Hughes, Thomas, quoted,55.Humboldt, Baron Alexander von,81,101.IIrving, Washington, characteristics of,5;quoted,57;correspondence regardingConquest of Mexico,74-77;praised by Prescott,113;compared to Goldsmith,122;style of,124,129; hisColumbuscriticised by Prescott,134;comment onPhilip II.,169;compared with Prescott,173-175,180.JJackson, Dr. James,31.Jameson, Prof. J. F., quoted, 3n., 54n.,176.Jeffrey, Lord,108.Johnson, Dr. Samuel, quoted,54;style of,122,129.KKirk, John Foster, Prescott's secretary,87,119,136.Kirkland, Rev. Dr. John Thornton,22,23.Knapp, Jacob Newman,16.LLa Bruyère, quoted,111.Lafitau, Père,145.Lawrence, Abbott,103,105;memoir of,118.Lawrence, James,97,103.Lembke, Dr. J. B., Prescott's agent in Spain,77,100,101.Linzee, Hannah,43.Longfellow, Henry W., Prescott's admiration for,113.Lowell, James Russell,12,23,103.Lyell, Lady, entertained by Prescott,91;letter to,115,166.Lyell, Sir Charles,91,103.Lynn, Prescott's house at,97,98.MMacaulay, Lord, anecdotes of,108,109; style of,117,133.Marina,144.Markham, Sir Clements, judgment of Prescott'sPeru,165.Massachusetts Historical Society,57,86,120,142,172.Mather, Cotton, hisMagnalia,8.Mexico,Conquest of, preparations for,72-77;four years of work on,78-79;publication and success of,79-81,95;estimate of,133-159.Middle States, literature in the,4-6.Middleton, Arthur,26;aids Prescott in Spain,77,100.Mommsen, Theodor, as a partisan compared with Motley,177,178;compared with Prescott,180.Montezuma, described by Prescott,139,143;Spaniards' view of,153-156.Morgan, Lewis Henry, Indian researches of,152,153,155,156;quoted,157.Motley, J. L., quoted,89,165,166,167,168,171,172;compared with Prescott,176-179,180.NNahant, Prescott's cottage at,91,96,97.Navarrete, M. F.,76,80.New England, literature in,6-10;historians of,10-12.Noctograph, description of,57.Northumberland, Duke of, entertains Prescott,110,111.OOgden, Rollo, quoted,93,172.Oxford University,88;confers degree on Prescott,106,107.PParkman, Francis, style of,133,145;compared with Prescott,179,180.Parr, Dr. Samuel,18.Parsons, Theophilus,42;quoted,89.Peabody, Dr. A. P.,Harvard Reminiscences, 22n.Peel, Sir Robert,104.Peirce, Benjamin,25.Pepperell, Prescott's home at,96,97.Peru,Conquest of, memorising of parts of,59;composition and publication,81,82,84,85,95;estimate of,160-165.Peruvians,163-165.Phi Beta Kappa,34.Philip II., Prescott's memorising of parts,59;obstacles in way,99-100;preparations for,101,102;two volumes completed,115,116,117;third volume,119;estimate of,165-172;compared withDutch Republic,177.Pickering, John, memoir of,86.Pizarro, Francisco,160;character of,161;quoted,162.Poe, Edgar Allan,4.Prescott, Catherine Hickling, parentage and character,15,16;rearing of son,16.Prescott, Colonel William,13,14,43.Prescott, John,18.Prescott, Oliver,14.Prescott, Susan Amory,50,93;marriage to Prescott,42,43;character,43;letters to,104,105,111.Prescott, William, birth and career,14;characteristics of,15,82,83;home,14,15;illness of,17;removal to Boston,17,18;quoted,67;death,82.Prescott, William Hickling, literary importance of,12;birth of,15;his first teachers,16;traits as a boy,16,17;prepares for college,18,19;his tastes in reading,19,20;amusements,20,21,22;candidate for Harvard,22;letter to father about examination,25,26;enters college,27;his studies and ideals,27;love of pleasure,28;laxity of conduct,28,29,30;accident,31;loss of eye,31;effect on character,32;magnanimity,32;returns to college,32;dislike for mathematics,33;commencement poem,33,34;election to Phi Beta Kappa,34;studies law,34;second illness and temporary blindness,34,35;sails for Azores,35,36;third illness,36;first visit to London,36,37;visits Paris and Italy,37,38;returns to England,38;sails for home,38;anxiety regarding career,39,40;vicarious reading,40,41;first attempts at composition,41,42,46;marriage,42,43;resolves to become a man of letters,44;studies languages,45,46,47;interest in Spanish,47,48;drift toward historical composition,49,50;perplexity in choosing subject,50,51,52;decides uponFerdinand and Isabella,52,53;difficulties of task,54,55;time of preparation and composition,55,56,62,66;his methods, of work,56,57,58,59,61;his memory,33,57,58,59;his mode of life,59,60,61,62;death of daughter,62,63,73;contributes to periodicals,64,65;completesFerdinand and Isabella,66;search for publisher,66,67;terms of contract,67;success of book,68,69,70,71,72,95;criticisms,69,70,71;theological studies and beliefs,73,74;begins Mexican researches,74,75,76,77;correspondence with Irving,75;writesConquest of Mexico,78,79;contract with the Harpers,79,80;honours conferred upon,80,81;writesConquest of Peru,81,82,84;reception of book,85,86;death of father,82;opinion of American critics,85;period of inactivity,83,86;political views,89,90;entertainment of friends,91,92,93;his boyish ways,93;his tactlessness,93;his Yankeeisms,94;preparations forPhilipII.,99,100,101,102;his Boston residence,83,96;the homestead at Pepperell,96,97;his cottage at Nahant,96,97;cottage at Lynn,97,98;third visit to England,94,102-111;presented at court,105;his sensibility,110;at zenith of his fame,111,112;his opinions of contemporary writers,112,113,114,115;completes two volumes ofPhilip II.,115,116,117;rewrites conclusion of Robertson'sCharles V.,117,118;health fails,118;completes third volume ofPhilip II.,119;death,119;his burial,119,120;style and accuracy ofFerdinand and Isabella,121-131;criticised by Ford,124,125,126;his place as an historian,173-181.QQuincy, Josiah,7,25.RRaumer, Friedrich von,81.Review,Edinburgh, notices of Prescott's books,70,76,85,116.Review,English Quarterly,46,70,85.Review, North American, Prescott's contributions to,41,46,64,65;its notices of Prescott's books,62,69.Robertson, William,117,146.Rogers, Samuel,108,109.SScott, General Winfield,90,91.Scott, Sir Walter,6,86,108,122;a favourite of Prescott's,41,115;quoted,129.Shepherd, Dr. W.R. 100n.Simancas, archives at,99,100.Southern States, literature in the,2-4.Southey, Robert,20,67;praisesFerdinand and Isabella,71;quoted,107.Sparks, Jared,12,42;estimate of,9,10;encourages Prescott,46,65,68,88.Stith, Dr. W., quoted,3.Story, Judge Joseph,25.Sumner, Charles, Prescott's friendship with,88,89,90.TTalleyrand, quoted,11.Thackeray, W. M.,43,86;entertained by Prescott,91,114;tribute to Prescott,114,115.Thierry, Augustin,54,86.Thoreau, Henry D., quoted,168,169.Ticknor, George,25,94,111;quoted,19,22,26,28,43,48,71,84,103,127;letters to,46,69,70,107,117,118;reads to Prescott,47.Tocqueville, Alexis de,11,71.VVictoria, Queen,105,106.WWare, John,42.Wars, Napoleonic,21.Wellington, Duke of,21,104.Wendell, Prof. Barrett,5.Wilson, J. Grant, quoted, 91 n.Wilson, Robert A., criticises Prescott'sConquest of Mexico,147,148;reply to,149-151.XXenophon, Prescott compared with,142,143.