taire, 51.

Morrill, J. S., and Hayes's New York Custom-house appointments, 255.

Morris, Gouverneur, and framing of Constitution, 204.

Morse, C. F., on feeling in Union army towards South Carolina, 307.

Motley, J. L., best work, 68;
advice to historians, 74, 75;
and manuscript sources, 86, 91;
Bourne's unfinished biography, 196.

_Nation_, as historical source, 95;
J. D. Cox as contributor, 187;
circulation, 270;
foundation, 273;
weekly edition of _Evening Post_, 274.
_See also_ Godkin.

Necker, Mme. _See_ Curchod.

Negro suffrage, opposition of J. D. Cox, 186.

Nerva, as "gray emperor," 127.

"New English Dictionary," importance of quotations in, 55.

New York Custom-house, Hayes's reforms and appointments, 254.

_New York Weekly Tribune_, influence, 31, 90, 91, 267.
_See also_ Greeley.

Newspapers, as historical sources, 29-32, 83-97;
use by Von Holst, 29;
as registers of facts, 30, 86-89;
importance for dates, 30, 87;
as guide of public opinion, 31, 89-92;
power of _New York Weekly Tribune_, 31, 90, 91, 267-269;
qualities of evidence, 83, 84;
value in American history, for period 1850-1860, 85-92;
and correction of logical assumptions, 87-89;
as record of speeches and letters, 89;
value of partisanship, 91;
value of Northern, for Civil War period, 92, 93;
of Southern, 93;
laboriousness of research, 93;
value for Reconstruction, 94;
canons of use, 96;
as fourth estate, 96;
criticisms of Presidents, 239.
_See also Nation_.

Niebuhr, B. G., on Gibbon, 10, 109;
on training of historian, 29.

North, Sir Thomas, translation of Plutarch, 1.

Norton, C. E., on Godkin, 270;
and foundation of _The Nation_, 273, 274.

Note-making in historical work, 76.

Nullification, Jackson's course, 210.

"Official Records of Union and Confederate armies," value as
historical source, 92.

"Ohio idea," 259.

Oliver, J. M., at burning of Columbia, 313.

Olmsted, F. L., Godkin on Southern books, 273;
interest in _The Nation_, 274;
on importance of Godkin to it, 275.

Olney, Richard, draft general arbitration treaty, 226.

Originality in history, 27-29, 34, 75.

Oxford University, address of author at, 169.

Pacific Coast, Goethe's prophecy, 71.

Packard, S. B., overthrow of government, 248, 249.

Palmerston,