1755 the peaceful French farmers of Acadia, without adequate
notice or proper regard for family ties, were hurried aboard waiting
British vessels and arbitrarily deported to various ports, where they
were turned adrift to join the scattered members of their families and
earn their living as best they could. The outline of the story of
Evangeline, and of her long, faithful search for her lover Gabriel, is
too well known to need mention. There are besides few who cannot
vividly recall the reunion of the long-parted lovers just as Gabriel's
life is about to end. All through this hopeless search we are
vouchsafed enchanting descriptions of places and people, and
fascinating glimpses of scenery in various sections of our country,
visiting in imagination the bayous of the South and the primeval
forests, drifting along the great rivers, and revelling in the
beauties of nature so exquisitely delineated for our pleasure. But, as
is fitting in regard to the theme, an atmosphere of gentle melancholy
hovers over the whole poem and holds the listener in thrall long as
its musical verses fall upon the ear.

Still stands the forest primeval; but under the shade of its branches
Dwells another race, with other customs and language.
Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic
Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile
Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom.

In the fisherman's cot the wheel and the loom are still busy;
Maidens still wear their Norman caps and their kirtles of homespun,
And by the evening fire repeat Evangeline's story,
While from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced, neighboring ocean
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.

INDEX OF NAMES

A

Abbasides, 398
Abdiel, 298, 299
Abduction of Persephone, 64
Abel, 142, 311
Abeniaf, 116, 118
Abenteuerbuch, 326
Abraham, 311
Abstinence, 263
Abul Kasin Mansur, 398
Abu Zaid, 398
Acadia, 468
Achan, 170
Achates, 64-66
Acheron, 141
Achilleis, 63, 69
Achilles, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30-40, 42, 46, 53, 61, 88, 143, 269
Acrasia, 264, 265, 267-269
Active Virtues, 354
Acvaghosha, 415
Adam, 142, 179, 186, 293-298, 302-313, 317, 322
Adamastor, 134, 135
Adonais, 221
Adone, 139
Adonis, 139
Adrian V., Pope, 170
Adventurous Band, 202, 204
Adversary, 292, 395
Aegistheus, 43
Aeneas, 23, 25-27, 37, 64-74, 76-80, 142,