Darwin, C. R., biography, 59; truthfulness, 145. Dates in historical work, importance of newspapers, 87. Democratic party, and Cleveland's administration, 223, 226. Demosthenes, and Thucydides, 15. Desultory reading in training of historian, 64, 65, 199. Devens, Charles, in Hayes's cabinet, 247. Deyverdun, Georges, collaboration with Gibbon, 124. Dicey, A. V., as contributor to _The Nation_, 282, 294. Dictionaries, importance of quotations in, 55. Dingley Tariff Act, 229. Duff, Sir M. E. Grant, on Herodotus, 5. Eckermann, J. P., "Conversations with Goethe," 70-72. Elections, 1852, Whig nominations, Scott's stumping tour, 86, 87; 1856, Kansas as issue, 88; 1876, controversy, and flexibility of Constitution, 203, 219, 245; 1896, bimetallism as issue, 228; attitude of Godkin, 286. Elizabeth, Froude and Gardiner on, 149; and Anglo-Saxon development, 172. Emerson, R. W., on originality, 28; on mathematics, 57; on philanthropists, 181; on _The Nation_, 270. England, Macaulay's history, 37, 41, 62; Gardiner's history, 143-150; Lecky's history, 154, 155; Walpole's history, 161, 163, 164; conditions in 1815, 161; Green's history, 171, 172; Alabama claims arbitration, 217; Venezuela-Guiana boundary, 225, 285; draft general arbitration treaty, 226; attitude of Godkin, 272, 284, 290; Cromwell and the Commonwealth, 317-323. Evarts, W. M., Secretary of State, ability, 246; social character, 262; pessimism, 288. _Evening Post_, acquires _The Nation_, Godkin as editor, 274. Evolution, and history, 4, 36. Executive. _See_ Civil service, Presidential office. Federal Constitution, English model, 203; rigidity and flexibility, 203, 216; as political tradition, 208. _See also_ Presidential office. Ferrero, Guglielmo, as historian, 75; on Cicero's contradictions, 290. Fessenden, W. P., and Whig nominations in 1852, 87. Fillmore, Martin, as President, 212. Finances, greenback craze, 219, 246, 281; silver agitation of 1878, 221, 259, 260; Silver Act of 1890, 224, 227; Cleveland's soundness, 225; attitude of Republican party on money, 227, 257; issue in campaign of 1896, 228, 286; gold standard, 231; depression (1877-1878), 251, 258; Hayes's administration, 257-260; Sherman's refunding, 257; resumption of specie payments, 258, 259; _The Nation_ and sound, 280-282. Fine arts, and training of historian, 59. Firth, C. H., to continue Gardiner's history, 148. Fish, Hamilton, and arbitration of Alabama claims, 218. Fiske, John, anecdote of the Websters, 54; as popular scientist, 58; power of concentration, 69. Footnotes, use in histories, 33. Ford, P. L., on writing criticisms for _The Nation_, 292.