Boer War, Godkin on, 290. Boston, H. G. Wells's criticism considered, 138. Boston Athenaeum, editions of Gibbon in, 138. Bourne, E. G., and preparation of author's history, as critic, 85, 86, 197-199; essay on, 191-200; malady, 191, 192; physique, 191; death, 192; education, 192; works, 193-195; professorships, 193; on Marcus Whitman, 193; on Columbus, 194, 195; on Philippines and Monroe Doctrine, 195; unfinished biography of Motley, 196; critical notices, 196, 197; thoroughness, 196; interest in American Historical Association, 196; desultory reading, 199; and editorship of publications of Massachusetts Historical Society, 199. Bowles, Samuel, as journalist, 90. Brown, John, Pottawatomie Massacre and election of 1856, 88. Browning, Oscar, on Carlyle, 41. Brunetiere, Ferdinand, on French literary masters, 73. Bryan, W. J., campaign of 1896, 228, 286. Bryant, W. C., as journalist, 90; and Greeley, 269. Bryce, James, importance of "Holy Roman Empire," 60, 61; on Federal Constitution, 203; on presidential office, 204, 205, 235, 240; on Godkin and _The Nation_, 276, 286, 295; on Herbert Spencer, 293. Buchanan, James, as President, 213. Buckle, H. T., enthusiasm, 38; influence on Lecky, 154. Burt, S. W., appointment by Hayes, 255. Bury, J. B., edition of Gibbon, 61; on Gibbon, 109, 110. Butler, Joseph, influence on Lecky, 154. Cabinet, Grant's, 186, 278; character of Jackson's, 210; Pierce and Buchanan controlled by, 213; Hayes's, 221, 246-248, 262. Cabot, Charles, gift to Boston Athenaeum, 138. Calhoun, J. C., and annexation of Texas, 211. Carlyle, Thomas, as historian, 38, 41; and mathematics, 56, 57; importance in training of historians, "French Revolution" and "Frederick," 62-64; biography, 64; self-education, 65; lack of practical experience, 66; on historical method, 77; on Gibbon, 115; on Cromwell, inaccuracy of quotations, 144, 318, 321; on pecuniary rewards of literary men, 146; Gladstone on, 155. Chamberlain, D. H., contested election, 248. Chamberlain, Joseph, on newspapers and public opinion, 31; Godkin on, 290. Chambliss, N. R., on burning of Columbia, 305, 309. Channing, Edward, on Gardiner, 323. Charleston, secession movement, 91; feeling of Union army towards, 306. _Charleston Courier_, and secession movement, 92. _Charleston Mercury_, and secession movement, 92. Chatham, Earl of, on Thucydides, 15. Choate, Rufus, and Whig nominations in 1852, 87. Christianity, Gibbon on early church, 131-133. Cicero, homage to history, 4; importance to historians, 51; Gibbon on, 120; contradictions, 290.