_New York Evening Post_, W. writes for, 42. _New York Herald, The_, 115, 316. _New York Saturday Press_, W. and the, 138-9. _New York Sun_, W. writes for, 37, 127. _New York Times_, 184, 209. _New York Tribune_, the, 39, 40, 87, 108, 259, 285; W.'s poems in, 46. Newspapers, W. and, 62-3. Niagara, W. at, 54, 274. Nibelungenlied, 58, 337. Nietzsche and Whitman, 213, 293, 296-8. Nonconformity, W.'s, 99. North, its interests antagonistic to the South, 24-5; becomes identified with Federalism, 26; not united, 176; idealism of, 177; and protection, _ib._ _North American Review_, 108. _November Boughs_, 329-30, 339. "Now Finalé to the Shore," 243. Nurse, W.'s, 326. "Occupations, Song for," 101. O'Connor, W. D., W. visits and boards with, 190, 201, 215, 225; described, 190-1; and Harlan, 214; his _The Carpenter_, 227-9; W.'s quarrel with, 236, 248, 250, 258; and Messrs. Osgood, 285; dies, 326-7, 336. See also _Good Gray Poet_. O'Connor, Mrs., 234, 248. See also W. D. O'C. Officials, W.'s dislike of, 306. Old-age, W.'s view of, 330. "Old Jim Crow," W. fond of, 303. Omar Khayyam, 159, 318. "On the Beach at Night alone," 120. "Once I passed through a populous City," 51. Open-air, cure, W. tries, 260; W.'s love for, 199; W. writes in the, 101. See Nature. "Open Road, Song of the," 116, 119-20. Opera, W. at, 88, 178. Optimism, W.'s, 41-2, 91, 151, 200; false popular, 237-8. Oratory, W.'s love for, 33; his conception of, 129-31, 135, 143. See also Lectures. Oregon, dispute over boundary of, 43. Oriental writers, W.'s interest in, 115. Orsini, 136. Osgood & Co., 280, 285, 301. Ossian, 58, 289, 318. "Our old Feuillage," 150. "Out of the Cradle," 12, 158, 211, 281. "Outlines for a Tomb," 313. "Overmen," doctrine of, 297, 299. Owen, Robert, 308-9. Paine, Thomas, xxv, 5, 16, 25, 38. Painting, W.'s appreciation of, 84, 279-80. Paley, 62. _Pall Mall Gazette_ fund, 316. Pan, W. compared with, 112. Paralysis, W. begins to suffer from, 232. See Health. Parker, T., 143. Parodi, 85. Parties, W. outside political, 312. _Passage to India_ (booklet), 242-244; poem, 243-4, 249, 266, 287. Passion, W. and, 161-2, 206. Passionate element in W., 13, 68. Past, the, still present, 153, 256. Patent Office, Washington, used as hospital, 194; ball, 210. Paternity, redemption of, 127, 241. Patriotism, W.'s, aroused, 54-5. Paumànackers, 3. "Paumanok," nom-de-plume of W., 39. Peabody, George, 313. Peace, efforts towards, 185, 188; need for heroic idea of, 206-9. Penn, William, 5. Pension, proposed, 316. Personal note in _L. of G._, 158.