Harrison, Benjamin, as President, 226; as speaker, 241. Harrison, Frederic, on Gibbon, 10; on Spencer Walpole, 165. Harrison, W. H., as President, 211. Hart, A. B., on Herodotus, 6. Harvard University, addresses of author at, 47, 101-103, 105, 243, 265; striving after exact knowledge, 101; honorary degree for Hayes, 251; offers professorship to Godkin, 274, 275; Godkin Lectureship, 296. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, conciseness, 36. Hay, John, anecdote of Grant, 218; as Secretary of State, 234; on Hayes and finances, 260. Hayes, Lucy W., as wife of President, 221, 262. Hayes, R. B., election controversy, 203, 219, 245; administration, 219-222, 245-264; as a prime minister, 241, 263; righteousness of acceptance of election, 245; difficulty of situation, 245, 261; as governor, 246; letter of acceptance, 246; inaugural, 246; cabinet, 246-248, 262; withdrawal of troops from South, 248, 249; and Congress, 249, 256, 257, 261; civil service reforms, contest with Conkling, 250, 254-257; honorary degree from Harvard, 251; and railroad riots, 253, 254; and finances, independent thinking, 257-260; vetoes of repeal of Federal election laws, 260; extra sessions of Congress, 261; serenity, 261; popular support, 261; and election of 1880, 261; moral tone of administration, 262; and Cleveland, 263. Herodotus, on purpose of history, 2; rank as historian, 5, 34, 40; as contemporary historian, 17. Higginson, T. W., on Bancroft, 294. Hildreth, Richard, historical value of newspaper articles, 31. Hill, G. B., on Gibbon's history and autobiography, 125. Historian, training, 49-79; necessary linguistic knowledge, 49-52; acquisition of style, 52-55; knowledge of mathematics, 55-57; of other sciences, 57-59; of fine arts, 59; general historical reading, 60-70; mastery of Gibbon and Bryce, 60; of Tacitus and Thucydides, 61; of other historians, 62-64; knowledge of lives of historians, 64; desultory reading, 64-65; study of human character, experimental and through books, 66-68; thorough reading of characteristic works, 68; speed and retention of reading, 69; importance of "Conversations of Goethe," 70-72; of Sainte-Beuve's criticisms, 72; choice of subject, 74; method, originality, 75; note-making, 76; Carlyle on method, 77; remuneration, 77; and teaching of history, 78; and business training, 78. _See also_ next two titles.