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INDEX 



Earthauakes and volcanoes in southern 

 countries as an aid in maintaining su- 



ESurn?B P ^|t 6 ories of, told by Arthur 



Edlson ^Thomas, W. s speech in behalf of, 

 at the Paris Exposition of 1878, i. 514 



Edmunds. George F., a candidate for the 

 presidency in 1884, i. 202, 204 



Egypt, W. s visit to, with Willard Fiske, 



Elbaffsland of, W.8 visit to, ii. 212 

 Elocutionary training in universities, the- 



lyTA^freVcaptured at the battle of Bull 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, lecturer in Syra 



cuse, i. 16 . in New Haven, i. 29; W. s ac 



quaintance with, ii. 381 

 Emmanuel, Victor, called Bisnlarck 



&quot;cousin&quot; and gave him the Order of 



the Annunciata, i. 583 

 England, W. s visit to, in 1885, ii. 391-410 

 Englishmen agreeable conversationists, 



Erasmus, statue of, at Rotterdam, ii. 324 ; 



his colloquy of &quot; The Shipwreck,&quot; ii. 554 

 Esterhazy, Count, Austrian minister at 



St. Petersburg, a fine exhibition of man- 



Estournelles, Baron d , on the attitude of 

 the French socialists toward the Peace 

 Conference, ii. 300, 304 



Evans, Evan William, professor at Cor 

 nell, i. 365 



Evarts, William M., delegate to the Na 

 tional Convention of I860, i. 86 ; member 

 of the Constitutional Convention of 

 1867, i. 142 ; a brilliant talker, i. 195 ; as 

 Secretary of State, i. 528 ; on the admis 

 sion of cabinet ministers to Congress, i. 

 629 ; motto on his dinner-service, i. 530 



Everett, Edward, stories concerning, i. 



&quot; Evolution versus Revolution in Poli 



tics,&quot; by W., i. 239 

 Extemporaneous speaking, Abbe Bau- 



tain s book on, i. 260 



Fassett, Jacob S., suggested by W. for the 



governorship in 1891, i. 232, 234; enter 



tained by W., i. 235 

 Felch, Alpheus.his experiences as a bank 



examiner, i. 184 

 Fenton, Reuben E., Governor of New 



York, his reception of President John 



son, i. 130, 131 ; signed the Cornell bill, 



i. 305 

 Fessenden, William Pitt, his &quot;Roman 



heroism,&quot; ii. 147 

 Field, David Dudley, i. 155 

 Field, Henry M., W. s visit with, at Stock- 



bridge, i. 154 

 Field, John, his conversation with Gen 



eral Grant on the Franco-Prussian War, 



i. 221 

 Fields, James T., i. 99; his birthday party 



to Bayard Taylor, ii. 381 ; his acquain 



tance with Tennyson, ii. 382 

 Fields, Thomas C., senator at Albany, i. 



104, 113 

 Fillmpre, Millard, personal appearance 



of, i. 59; promoted &quot;compromise mea 



sures,&quot; i. 60 ; candidate for President on 



&quot; The American Ticket &quot; in 1856, i. 73 

 Finch, Francis Miles, address at the open 



ing of Cornell University, i. 343 ; its de 



voted legal adviser, i. 416 

 Finland, policy of Nicholas II toward, i. 



470, ii. 29, 30, 31 ; famine in, ii. 10 ; bread 



made of ferns, ii. 10; character of the 



Finnish peasant, ii. 29, 30; devotion of 

 Finland to Russia, ii. 31 ; De Plehve a 

 cruelties, ii. 39 ; Pobedonostzeffs reli 

 gious aggression, ii. 70 



Fish, Hamilton, Grant s affection for, i. 

 180 ; his regret at suppression of foreign 

 attacheships, i. 449; his relations with 

 Charles Sumner, i. 485 



Fisher, George Park, his influence on W., 



Fisher, Sir John, delegate to the Peace 

 Conference, ii. 267 



Fisheries exhibit. American, at the Inter 

 national Fisheries Exhibition at Berlin, 

 i. 571 



Fiske, Jenny (McGraw), gift of bells to 

 Cornell, i. 343, 419 ; large bequest to Cor 

 nell and the loss of it, i. 419-421, ii. 428 



Fiske, Willard, gifts to Cornell Library, 

 i. 421, 422; his journey with W. through 

 Italy and Egypt, ii. 433 



Fitch, Charles Elliot, i. 186 



Florence, earthquake at, ii. 457 ; W. s plan 

 for a history of, ii. 498 



Floyd-Jones, David R., Lieutenant-gov 

 ernor of New York, i. 104 



Folger, Charles James, judge in Geneva, 

 N. Y., i. 21 ; president New York State 

 Senate, i. 101 ; characteristics, i. 102 ; 

 opposes bills introduced by W., i. 137, 

 140 ; loses the presidency of the Consti 

 tutional Convention, i. 139; elected 

 judge of the Court of Appeals, i. 153; 

 again friends with W., i. 154 ; nominated 

 Governor of New York, i. 197 ; his influ 

 ence in securing the Cornell charter, i. 

 332-334 



Foraker, Joseph B., W. s vote for, in 1884, 

 i. 206; he presents W. s letter on civil- 

 service reform to Elaine, i. 209 



Foreign policy of the United States illus 

 trated by Lothar Bucher s interview 

 with W. concerning South American 

 territory, i. 596-598 



Forrest, Edwin, in &quot; Richelieu,&quot; i. 32 



Fould, Achille, minister of finance to Na 

 poleon III, i. 96 



Fowler, president of Corpus Christ! Col 

 lege, ii. 397 



France, W. s walking tour in, i. 36 ; visit 

 in 1886, ii. 411 



Francis Joseph I, his characteristics, his 

 views on American questions, ii. 185-187 



Franco-German War, disagreement of 

 Bismarck and Von Moltke, i. 565 



Frankfort-on-the-Main a center of Amer 

 ican ideas, i. 97 



Franklin, Benjamin, his presentation to 

 Louis XVI, ii. 372 



Frederick the Great, his recognition of the 

 American Republic, i. 534 ; his inusical 

 powers, ii. 136; stories concerning, ii. 

 179, 432 



Frederick III, W. s acquaintance with, i. 

 570 ; his interest in the fisheries of Ger 

 many, i. 571; in the Brooklyn Bridge, i. 

 571; his likeness to Marcus Aurelius, 

 i. 572 ; family relations, ii. 219 



Frederick William, Crown Prince, his 

 birthday celebration, ii. 184-186 



Freeman, Edward A., his lectures at Cor 

 nell, i. 356 ; W. s acquaintance with, ii. 

 392 ; as a political speaker, ii. 393 



Free-Soil party nominated Van Buren for 

 President in 1848, i. 56, 57 



Free trade, W. s views on, i. 270, 271, 379, 

 380 



Fremont, John C., Republican candidate 

 for President in 1856, i. 72 ; his career 

 and his unfltness for the presidency, i. 75 



French Revolution, W. s study of, his lee- 



