Synoptic Index 



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His " Mountaineering " papers 138 



At the White House, Washington 141 



His indifference to literary repute 141 



Meeting in London 142 



A Fortuny watercolor 145 



King's princely generosity 146 



His frank bonhomie 148 



Meeting in Boston Common 149 



Voting for Blaine 149 



King's characteristic smile, delicately intimated 



in his portrait by George Howland . . . 150 



Sympathetic anti-obesity hopes 150 



Pleasures of the table 151 



A noteworthy beefsteak and sauce at a dinner in 



New York 151 



King's friendly sympathies 152 



King's work in American literature 153 



Memoir by Henry Adams 157 



" How I first knew King " 159 



His bubbling life and energy 159 



His charming companionship 160 



Our last vacation 161 



King's letter from Bloomingdale 162 



At Havana 165 



At Santiago 166 



His love of paradox — the only excuse for thought 167 



Dos Bocas — a dream of Paradise 169 



Paradoxical geology 171 



The archaic female 172 



Rebellion and brigandage 173 



A critical situation 174 



Fate of a bandit-friend 177 



Cuban rebellion 180 



King's letter proposing trip to Mexico .... 183 



The best companion in the world 185 



Memoir by John LaFarge 187 



A fancied resemblance between King and Dante 



Gabriel Rossetti 189 



King's artistic temperament 190 



His acquaintance with Ruskin 191 



420 



