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INDEX 



Bancroft, George, i. 219; conversation 

 with Emperor William on the German 

 Navy, i. 220 ; Bismarck s feeling toward, 



Banking operations before the Civil War 

 and the later national banking system, 

 i. 183-185 



&quot; Barn Burners,&quot; an element in the Dem 

 ocratic party in 1848, i. 56 



Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, 

 commissioner to the Paris Exposition 

 of 1878, receives the cross of the Legion 

 of Honor, i. 525 



Barnes, Albert S., gift of Barnes Hall to 

 Cornell University, i. 406-408 



Earth, Theodor, W. s acquaintance with, 

 ii. 5 ; in the German Parliament, ii. 154 



Barthelemy-Saint-Hilaire, Jules, his con 

 versation concerning Bismarck and Von 

 Moltke, i. 565 ; his opinion on standing 

 armies, i. 566 



Bayard, Thomas F., i. 218 



Beaconsfield, Lord, his appearance at the 

 dinner of the Lord Mayor, i. 531, 532; 

 Bismarck s photograph of, i. 583 



Beaufort, M. de, honorary president of 

 the Peace Conference, ii. 258, 259, 317 



Bebel in the German Parliament, ii. 154 



Becker, Carl, W. s acquaintance with, i. 

 561, ii. 5 



Beecher, Henry Ward, W. s reminiscences 

 of, ii. 535 



Behring Sea question, opinion of Count 

 Shuvaloff, ii. 5, 15 ; of Alexander III, ii. 

 7 ; influence and power of Sir Robert 

 Morier, ii. 13-20 ; British agents guilty 

 of sharp practices, ii. 14, 18 ; testimony 

 of American experts and W. s efforts for 

 the United States, ii. 15-18, 21 



Belden, James, advises W. concerning a 

 nomination to Congress, i. 223 



Bell, Alexander Graham, and his &quot;toy&quot; 

 at the Centennial Exposition, i. 511 



Beni Hassan, W. s visit to the tombs at, 

 ii. 437 



Benjamin, Judah P., Confederate Secre 

 tary of State, i. 156 



Bennett, James Gordon, acquaintance 

 with Grand Duke Vladimir, ii. 12 



Berlin Court compared with that at St. 

 Petersburg, ii. no, 237 



Berlin University faculty, 1879-1881, i. 557 



Bernaert, M., president of the Belgian 

 Chamber, ii. 258, 264 



&quot; Bible for Learners,&quot; impression made 

 by, upon W., ii. 566 



Bickersteth, Bishop. W. s acquaintance 

 with, ii. 393 



Biddle, Judge, his remark on the taking of 

 life, i. 197 



Bigelow, John, consul-general to France, 



Bildt, Baron de, delegate to the Peace 

 Conference, ii. 264 



Birney, James G., a presidential candidate 

 in 1844, i. 54 



Bismarck, his estimate of Napoleon III, 

 i. 96 ; personal characteristics, i. 534 ; his 

 relations with Lord Odo Russell, i. 547 ; 

 how he got rid of bores, i. 548 ; would 

 have left Alsace-Lorraine to France, i. 

 566; W. s first glimpse of, i. 574; his re 

 ception of W. as minister of the United 

 States, i. 574 ; his dogs, i. 574, 585 ; his per 

 sonal appearance, i. 574, 598 ; his feelings 

 toward German-Americans, i. 575, 592; 

 W. dines with, i. 576 ; on the location of 

 capital cities, i. 576 ; his relations with 

 his family, i. 576, 580, 600 ; his opinion 

 of Thiers, i 578; his visits in England 

 and English spoken by, i. 579 ; his in 



terview with William D. Kelly and their 

 discussion of the tariff and the double 

 monetary standard, i. 582-585 ; the Or 

 der of the Aununciata given him by 

 King Victor Emmanuel, i. 583 ; his din 

 ner to the diplomatic corps, i. 585; his 

 feelings toward Carl Schurz, i. 586 ; his 

 severity toward those whom he dis 

 liked, i. 586-589 ; his antipathy to cere 

 monial, i. 589 ; his ill health, i. 590-592 ; 

 his kindness to Americans, i. 592; his 

 feelings toward Russia, i. 595 ; his fear 

 lessness, i. 595, 596 ; his famous saying, i. 

 596 ; his activity through the press, i. 596 ; 

 his attitude toward German interfer 

 ence in South America, i. 596-598 ; his ac 

 tivity in the imperial parliament, i. 598; 

 the greatest German since Luther, i. 

 601 ; his dismissal by Emperor .William, 

 ii. 220 



Blaine, James G., nomination for the 

 presidency in 1884, i. 201 ; his explana 

 tion of his defeat, ii. 134 ; his attitude on 

 the civil-service question due to W. s 

 letter, i. 208, 209 ; working habits, i. 213 ; 

 a fascinating personality, i. 214 



Blanc, Louis, his opinion of Thiers, i. 578 



Blaze de Bury, Mme., W. s acquaintance 

 with, ii. 399, 411, 425 



Bloch, M. de, his reputed influence over 

 Nicholas II, ii. 262 



Boating as part of college life, i. 33, 352, ii. 

 229 



Boeckh, August, lectures on the history 

 of Greece, i. 39 



Bokhara, annexation of, to Russia, ii. 43, 

 112 



Bonaparte, Jerdme, resemblance to Napo 

 leon I, i. 35, 95 



Bonaparte, Louis, letter written by, i. 95 



Bonaparte, Napoleon, Prince, disliked by 

 Napoleon III, i. 36; resemblance to 

 Napoleon I, i. 95 



Boole, head of New York City &quot; Health 

 Department,&quot; i. 108, 126 



Bouck, &quot;William, of Schoharie County, 

 N. Y., stories concerning, i. 57 



Bourgeois, Leon, delegate to the Peace 

 Conference, ii. 264 



Bourges Cathedral, i. 568 



Boussingault, Jean Baptiste, at the Paris 

 Exposition of 1878, i. 513 



Brady, Judge, his meeting with W. W. 

 Story, whom he resembled in appear 

 ance, i. 515 



&quot;Bramshill,&quot; the country-seat of Sir 

 William Cope, ii. 401 



Bread made of ferns, in Finland, in time 

 of famine, ii. 10 



Breckinridge, Robert, president of Na 

 tional Convention of 1864, i. 117 



Breslau, W. in, i. 475 



Brewer, David J., a member of the Vene 

 zuela Commission, ii. 119, 122 



Bright, John, in England in 1863, i. 93 



Bromley, Isaac, journalist, of Yale class 

 Of 1853, i. 254 



Brooks, Phillips, preaches at Cornell Uni 

 versity, i. 404, 410 



Brou, Church of, near Lyons, France, i. 

 568 



Brown, John, possibly influenced by John 

 Parker Hale, i. 55 ; his effort to free the 

 slaves, i. 85 



Browning, Oscar, ii. 403 ; on the flight of 

 Louis XVI to Varennes, ii. 406 ; his col 

 lection of Revolutionary War papers, 



11. 431 



Browning, Robert, W. s acquaintance 

 with, i. 530; story of, told by Thomas 

 Hughes, ii. 391 



