ss,
in the thirties, 30, 31;
at Mrs. Astor's dinner, 64, 65;
at Samuel Ward's wedding, 65;
at Lansdowne House, 102, 103;
at the ball at Almack's, 106.

Dublin,
the Howes in, 112-114.

Duer, John,
at the Dickens dinner, 26.

Dwight, John S.,
translates Goethe and Schiller, 147;
tries to teach Theodore Parker to sing, 162, 163;
Henry James reads a paper at the house of, 324;
admires Athanase Coquerel's sermon at Newport, 342;
Dana's estimate of, 435;
his "Journal of Music," 436;
his kindness to Mrs. Howe's children, 437;
Dr. Holmes's remark at his funeral, 438.

Eames, Charles, 223, 224.

Eames, Mrs. Charles,
her kindness to Count Gurowski, 223-226;
invites Mrs. Howe to dinner, 308.

Edgeworth, Maria,
the Howes' visit to, 113.

Edinburgh, 121.

Edwards, Jonathan,
Dr. Holmes's paper on, 286.

Eliot, Thomas,
attends a lecture by Mrs. Howe in Washington, 309.

Elliott, Mrs. (Maud Howe),
her remark to Henry James, the elder, 325;
goes to Santo Domingo with her parents, 347;
takes charge of the woman's literary work
at the New Orleans exposition, 395;
goes abroad with her mother, 410.

Ellis, Rev. George E.,
lectures on the Rhode Island Indians, 407.

Elssler, Fanny,
a ballet dancer, 104;
opinions of Emerson and Margaret Fuller on her dancing, 105.

Emblee,
the Nightingales at, 138.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 87;
remark on Fanny Elssler's dancing, 105;
begins his work, 144;
caricatured by Cranch, 145;
avoids woman suffrage, 158;
praises "Passion Flowers," 228;
at the Bryant celebration, 279;
a member of the Radical Club, 282;
objects to having its meetings reported: his paper
on Thoreau, 290;
Theodore Parker's opinion of, 291;
character and attainments, 292;
his interest in Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 307.

England, Bank of,
visited, 116, 117.

Evans, Mrs., 421.

Everett, C. C.,
a member of the Radical Club, 282.

"Evidences of Christianity,"
Paley's, 56.

Fabens, Colonel,
on the voyage to Santo Domingo, 347.

Farrar, Mrs.,
visited by Mrs. Howe, 295, 296.

Faucit, Helen,
the actress, 104.

"Faust," Goethe's,
condemned by Mr. Ward, 59.

Felton, Prof. C. C.,
first known by the Ward family through
Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel