, 286;
moral censor, 289;
criticism of England, 290;
disappointment in democracy, 291;
literary criticism in _The Nation_, 291-295;
on W. P. Garrison, 291;
influence of foreign birth, 295;
fame, 295;
lectureship as memorial to, 296;
farewell words, on general progress and political decline, 296, 297.

Goethe, J. W. von, on Moliere, 50;
on linguistic ability, 52;
"Faust" and study of human character, 68;
"Conversations," 70, 72;
wide outlook, 71.

Gold Standard Act, 231.

Gordon, C. G., newspapers and Soudan expedition, 89.

Gout, Gibbon on, 135.

Grant, U. S., first cabinet, 186, 278;
and Cox, 187;
as President, moral tone of administration, 217-219, 262;
on criticism, 218, 239.

Greek, importance to historians, 51;
Gibbon's knowledge, 120, 122, 123.

Greek history. _See_ Herodotus, Thucydides.

Greeley, Horace, influence as journalist,
historical value of articles, 31, 90, 267;
partisanship, 91; character, 268-270.

Green, J. R., as historian, 42;
address on, 171-173;
popularity in America, 171;
on Elizabeth, 172;
accuracy, 172;
character, 172;
on Cromwell's army, 319.

Greenbacks. _See_ Finances.

Grote, George, on Thucydides, 7;
on references, 33;
business training, 78.

Guizot, F. P. G., on Gibbon's history, 125.

Hadrian, "traveling emperor," 127.

Halleck, H. W., attitude towards Charleston, 306.

Hamilton, Alexander, on presidential office, 204, 233, 240;
as adviser of Washington, 207.

Hampden, John, as possible Anglo-Saxon hero, 317;
and Revolution of 1688, 323.

Hampton, Wade, and burning of Columbia, 302-305, 308.

Harrison, Benjamin, as President, 226;
as speaker, 241.

Harrison, Frederic, on Gibbon, 10;
on Spencer Walpole, 165.

Harrison, W. H., as President, 211.

Hart, A. B., on Herodotus, 6.

Harvard University, addresses of author at, 47, 101-103, 105, 243, 265;
striving after exact knowledge, 101;
honorary degree for Hayes, 251;
offers professorship to Godkin, 274, 275;
Godkin Lectureship, 296.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, conciseness, 36.

Hay, John, anecdote of Grant, 218;
as Secretary of State, 234;
on Hayes and finances, 260.

Hayes, Lucy W., as wife of President, 221, 262.

Hayes, R. B., election controversy, 203, 219, 245;
administration, 219-222,