_Democratic Vistas_, W. at work on, 234; America's need for national literature, 236; reasons for his criticism, 237; vast task of America, _ib._; fears for her, 238, 238-9 _n._; her need for religion, 238, and for great men, 239; too much "culture," 241; need of personality, of religion and of literature, 242, 245, 248. Denver, 272, 320. Depression, W.'s, during illness, 249. "Devil, If I felt like the," 338. See Satan. Dickens in America, 35, 42. Dix, Dorothea, 195. Dixon, Thomas, and _L. of G._, 171, 223. Dog, W.'s, 257. Don Quixote, W. reads, 58. Doubt, W. and, 100, 155, 164. "Dough-faces," 27, 39. "Dough-face Song, A," 39. Douglas, S. A., 44, 80, 134, 135, 172, 174, 176. Dramatic gift, W. has not the, 73. Dreams, W. on, 102. Doyle, Peter G., 210, 215, 258, 301, 305, 336, 344-5; account of, 230; and W., 231-4; nurses W., 247-8; letters to, 250, etc.; baggage-master, 257. Dred Scott decision, 135. Dress. See Clothes. Driving, W.'s love of, 303, 314. _Drum-taps_, published, 205; recalled, 212. See _L. of G._ Dutch, on Long Island, 3; realism, W.'s, 85. Dying, W.'s long, 330. Early tales, W.'s, 33-5, 286; early verses, W.'s, 39, 47-8, 290. Earth, W.'s conception of the, 117-9, 330; and evil, 122. Editor, W. as an, 37. Education, W.'s, 28. Edward VII. See Prince of Wales. Egoism, a divine, 90; of _L. of G._, 91. Egoist, W. not an, 53. Eldridge, C. (see also Thayer and Eldridge), 191, 247-8, 251. Election, methods of presidential, 174. Elizabeth, Queen, xx-xxi. Elliott, E., W. and, 327. Emancipation, Proclamation of, 183. Emerson, R. W., xxiii, 59, 62, 81, 108, 110, 129, 136, 151, 176, 258, 263, 291, 293, 303, 318, 328, 336; position in American letters, 91-3; and free rhythm, 92-3; Emerson and Whitman, 59, 91-4, 106-7, 112, 114-5, 137, 143-7, 148, 159, 163, 171, 322; his letter to W., 92-3, 127-8; W.'s letter to E., 127, 179; discussion between, 145-7, 159, 223; helps W. to get funds for hospitals, 198; W. revisits, 281-2; their friendship, 146, 163, 282-3; contrast of his and W.'s temperaments, 294; death of, 301. Emotional, atmosphere of poetry, 290-1; character of W.'s mysticism, 70-1. _Enfans d'Adam._ See _Children of Adam_. English, demand for _L. of G._, 257; fame of W., 223, 245; friends help W., 258-9, see Friends; habit of compromise, 208; language, W. and the, 97; readers of _L. of G._, 171; Reviews, W. reads, 57; W.'s appreciation of the, 338. England and America compared, xxii; dispute between, 43; W.'s idea of a home in, 338. Enjoyment, W.'s power of, 314-5. _En-masse_, frequent use by W. of, 216-7. "Ensemble," W.'s use of, 255. Epictetus, 318, 342-3.