INDEX 



Abbey of St. Gall and its library, ii. 423 



Aberdeen, Lord, his fairness on the Vene 

 zuelan boundary question, ii. 122, 123 



About, Edmond, his wit and humor, i. 525 



Acton, Lord, his &quot; omniscience,&quot; ii. 412 ; 

 his view of Napoleon, ii. 415 



Adam, Mme. Edmond, W. at salon of, i. 

 567 



Adams, Charles Francis, his efforts in pre 

 venting war with England, i. 92, ii. 367, 

 401 



Adams, Charles Kendall, president of the 

 University of Wisconsin, i. 239 ; of Cor 

 nell University, i. 438, 440 ; his book on 

 modern history, ii. 502 



Agassiz, Louis, W. stalk with, concerning 

 Cornell University, i. 146; concerning 

 President Grant, i. 177 ; his friendship 

 with Ezra Cornell, i. 317; he , had &quot;no 

 time to waste in making money,&quot; i. 

 336; at opening of Cornell University, 

 i. 343 ; his lectures at Cornell, i. 355 ; 

 memorial tablet at Cornell, i. 358 



Ajaccio, W. s visit to, ii. 212 



Albert, King of Saxony, festivities on 

 his seventieth birthday, ii. 165-167 ; his 

 death, ii. 206 



Alexander I, Napoleon s estimate of, ii. 27 



Alexander II, his freeing of the serfs, i. 

 455, 470, ii. 7, 27, 28, 56, 109 ; his assassina 

 tion, ii. 56 



Alexander III, his reception of the diplo 

 matic corps, i- 451, 470 ; abolishment of 

 the serf system, ii. 7, 27, 28, 56, 109 ; ap 

 pearance of, i. 470, 471; his character 

 istics, ii. 7, 9; his mingling with the 

 people, i. 471 ; acts of his reign, i. 472 ; 

 Lord Rothschild s opinion of, ii. 4; 

 W. s presentation to, ii. 7 ; his view of 

 the Behring Sea question, ii. 7, 16 ; im 

 pression made upon W., ii. 9; his allu 

 sion to the Chicago Exposition, ii. 8; 

 Pobedonostzeff his tutor, ii. 55 ; the be 

 ginning of his fatal illness, ii. 114 



Alexander, Caleb, edited first edition of 

 Greek Testament published in America, 

 ii. 467 



Alexis, Grand Duke, his recollections of 

 the United States, ii. 12 



All Souls College, Oxford, founding of, 

 ii. 395 



Allaben, Dr., his speech against the war 

 bounty bill in the New York Senate, i. 

 112, 115 



Allen, Joseph A., teacher at Syracuse 

 Academy, i. 8 ; mistakes in teaching, i. 

 9, 10 ; influence over pupils, i. 11 ; disci 

 ple of Channing and an abolitionist, i. 11 



Alma-Tadema, W. s meeting with, i. 530 



Alsace-Lorraine Bismarck would have 

 left to France, i. 566 



Alvey, Richard Henry, a member of the 

 Venezuela Commission, ii. 119 



Ambassadors, presentation of, at Berlin 

 court, ii. 135 



Ameer of Bokhara, made a Russian sat 

 rap, ii. 43 ; his visit to St. Petersburg, ii. 

 112 



American Historical Association, W. S 

 part in organizing, i. 210, 432 



American representatives at foreign 

 courts not properly provided for, ii. 18- 

 21, 50, 142, 182, 364-367 



American Social Science Association, W. 

 president of, i. 432 



&quot;American Ticket&quot; in the presidential 

 campaign of 1856, i. 73 



Ames, Cheney, senator at Albany, i. 103 



Andrews, Charles, election as judge of the 

 Court of Appeals, i. 152, 153 



Andrews, George H., as senator at Al 

 bany, i. 102 



Ann Arbor, origin of name, i. 281 



Annenkoff, General, his part in building 

 the Caucasian railway and in the annex 

 ation of Bokhara, ii. 43, 112 



Anson, Sir William, ii. 405 



Aoki, Japanese minister at Berlin, i. 554 



Apuzzo, Archbishop, his famous &quot; Polit 

 ico-Philosophical Catechism,&quot; ii. 416, 552 



Argyll, Duke of, story concerning, i. 357 



Arne, Frederick, killed in the battle of 

 Shiloh, i. 90 



Arnold, Matthew, and the Church of 

 Brou, i. 568 



Arnould, professor at Coll5ge de France, 

 i. 34 



Arthur, Chester A., compared with Gar- 

 field, i. 190; story of his nomination to 

 the Vice-Presidency, i. 192; his success 

 as President, i. 193, 194 



Artin Pasha and the technical school at 

 Cairo, ii. 435 



Atkinson, Alatow-Tam Chiboulak, i. 464 



Atkinson, Thomas W., a traveler in Si 

 beria, i. 464 



Attacheships at American legations in 

 foreign countries, value of, i. 449, ii. 361 



&quot; Audit dinner &quot; at Trinity College, ii. 407 



Auerbach, Berthold, his friendship with 

 W., i. 560 



Augusta Victoria, Empress of Germany, 

 attitude of the people toward her, ii. 

 137, 138 



Austria, relations with Russia, i. 451, 452 



Bacon, Leonard, his attitude on the slav 

 ery question, i. 67; W. s meeting with, 

 in the South, ii. 383; his intellectual 

 power, ii. 539 



Baden, Grand Duke of, his public spirit, 

 ii. 168 



Baez, Buenaventura, president of Santo 

 Domingo, i. 490, 492, 502 



Bailey, Judge, senator at Albany, i. 103 



Baird the ironmaster, his yacht race with 

 the Grand Duke Alexander, i. 462 



Balfour, Arthur James, attack on, by the 

 Irish leaders in the House of Commons, 

 ii. 430 



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