INDEX 



595 



Mississippi River, impression made on 

 W. by, ii. 379 



Mitchell, David J., i. 125 



&quot; Modern Oracles,&quot; W. s commencement 

 speech at Yale College, i. 70 



Mohammedan worship at Cairo and else 

 where, ii. 567 



Mohonk Conference and President Hayes, 

 ii. 445 



Moltke, Count von, in the imperial parlia 

 ment, i. 599 ; his disagreement with Bis 

 marck in regard to Alsace-Lorraine, i. 

 566 



Mommsen, Theodor, his attitude toward 

 the United States, ii. 177-179 



Monarchs of Europe, severe training of, 

 ii 167, 168 



Monarchy, William IPs theory of, ii. 184, 

 242 ; Thomas Jefferson s views of, ii. 243 



Monetary standard, double, Bismarck s 

 discussion with William D. KeUy, i. 581- 

 585 



Monreale cathedral, ii. 456 



Monroe Doctrine, attitude of Great Brit 

 ain toward, ii. 118 ; Haitian theory of, 

 ii. 150 ; alleged violation of, by the Ger 

 man Government, ii. 247 ; difficulties at 

 The Hague Peace Conference, ii. 339- 

 341, 346 



Monte Cassino, W. s visit to, ii. 417 



Montebello, Count de, French ambassador 

 at St. Petersburg, ii. 23, 111 



Monticello, W. s visit to, ii. 128 



Morgan, Edwin D., United States senator, 

 i. 133 



Morier, Sir Robert, British ambassador at 

 St Petersburg, ii. 12; his victory in the 

 Behring Sea controversy, ii. 13-20; his 

 personal relations with W., ii. 22; his 

 last days, ii. 22 



Mormons, a policy of force against, a 

 mistake,!. 567 



Merrill, Justin S., author of the Momll 

 Bill of 1862, i. 200 



Morris, John L., professor at Cornell, i. 



OfTf) 



Morris, O Connor, W. s introduction to his 

 history of the French Revolution, ii. 501 



Morton, Levi P., honorary commissioner 

 to the Paris Exposition of 1878, i. 511 ; de 

 clined the vice-presidency in 1880, i. 193 



Moscow, W. s visits to, i. 467, ii. 72; the 

 museum, ii. 78-81 ; condition of the city, 

 ii. 453 ; Muscovite ideas of trade, ii. 454; 

 government control of railways, ii. 454 



Motley, John Lothrop, his relations with 

 Bismarck, i. 580 



Mowbray, Sir John, W. s acquaintance 

 with, ii. 401, 402 



Munger, George G., senator at Albany, i. 

 103 



Munich, W. s stay in, ii. 441 



Municipal government in Europe, ii. 226, 

 229 



Munster, Count, his &quot; common sense,&quot; ii. 

 236; at the Peace Conference, ii. 259, 

 264 ; his opposition to arbitration, ii. 265, 

 296, 297, 301-306, 308 ; his quarrel with 

 Gortchakoff, ii. 281 



Munster, treaty of, ii. 119 



Murphy, Henry C., senator at Albany, i. 

 104 



Murphy, William Walton, his influence 

 in Europe at the time of the Civil War, 

 i. 97-99 



Murray, Sir Charles, W. s acquaintance 

 with, ii. 412 



Music in Berlin, ii. 225, 240, 646 



Napier, Sir Charles, Russian caricature 

 Of, i. 467 



Naples, moral condition of, ii. 552 

 Napoleon I, reminiscences of, by old sol 

 diers, i. 35 ; Tolstoi s view of, ii. 95 ; relics 

 of, at Ajaccio, ii. 212, 213; Lord Acton s 

 view of, ii. 414, 415 



Napoleon III, his dislike of Prince Napo 

 leon, i. 36; personal appearance, i. 95; 

 W. s horror of, i. 96; Bismarck s esti 

 mate of, i. 96 ; his prison, i. 572 

 National banking system, Conkling s 



speeches on, iu 1878, i. 183-185 

 National Republican Conventions, 1860, at 

 Chicago, i. 86; 1864, at Baltimore, W. as 

 a substitute delegate, i. 117 ; great con 

 fusion, i. 118; rescue of convention by 

 H. J. Raymond, i. 119; nomination of 

 Lincoln and Johnson, i. 120; 1872, at 

 Philadelphia, W. a substitute delegate, 

 i. 171 ; speeches of colored delegates, i. 

 172 ; 1884, at Chicago, party factions, i. 

 201 ; W. a delegate, i. 201 ; proceedings, 

 i. 202-206 ; mob hysterics at, i. 204-206 

 &quot; Nearer, My God, to Thee &quot; played as a 



waltz, ii. 390 

 Negro song, &quot;The Seven Glories of 



Mary,&quot; ii. 386 



Neri, St. Philip, the saying of, i. 442 

 Nesselrode, Count, i. 451 ; his kindness to 



W., i. 453 



Netherlands, political parties in, ii. 284; 

 correspondence between the Vatican 

 and the government at the time of the 

 Peace Conference, ii. 338, 342, 349, 350 

 New York barge canal, cost of, ii. 156 

 New York Central Railroad, early recol 

 lections Of, i. 251 

 New York City, W. s reminiscences of, 



ii. 376, 378 



New York City &quot;Health Department&quot; 

 investigated by the New York Senate, i. 

 108-111, 126 



&quot; New York Evening Post &quot; misrepresents 

 the work of the Senate committee in 

 New York City, i. Ill 

 New York State Capitol compared with 



the German Parliament House, ii. 156 

 New York State Constitutional Conven 

 tion, 1867, i. 139, 142 ; impatience of Hor 

 ace Greeley and its effects throughout 

 the State, i. 143-146 

 New York State Judiciary Convention of 



1870, W. s part in it, i. 152-154 

 New York State normal schools, law es 

 tablishing, i. 107 



New York State Republican Conventions, 

 W. s boyhood recollections of conven 

 tions in Syracuse, i. 57 ; 1867, W. a dele 

 gate, i. 148 ; 1870, W. a delegate, i. 152, 

 156 ; 1871, W. as president of, i. 164 ; his 

 opening speech, i. 165 ; warring fac 

 tions, i. 166 ; powerful speech by Rpscoe 

 Conkling, i. 167 ; seceding faction, i. 167 ; 

 attacks on W., i. 167-169 ; 1891, W. urged 

 to accept nomination for the governor 

 ship, i. 229-234; Fassett nominated, i. 



009 234 



Newel, Stanford, minister at The Hague 

 and a delegate to the Peace Conference, 



Newspaper criticism of public men, i. 72, 

 111, 167-171, 173, 198, ii. 125 



Nicholas I, appearance of, i. 45, 470 ; his 

 reign and symbols of his ideals, i. 469, 

 470; imposing funeral and burial of, i. 



Nicholas II, his policy in regard to Fin 

 land, i. 470, ii. 29-31, 70, 334 ; W. s presen 

 tation to, ii. 9 ; his indifference and his 

 ignorance, ii. 10, 11, 251 ; his programme 

 for the Peace Conference, ii. 11, 27, 69, 

 250, 262, 265 ; for the Japanese War, ii. 11 ; 



