Tacitus, rank as historian, 5; characteristics as historian, 8-10, 128; conciseness, 11, 16; use of source material, 15; as contemporary historian, 17, 19, 111; on history, 43; importance in training of historian, 61; Gibbon on, 116; on censure, 276. Taine, H. A., use of journals, 83. Tariff, Cleveland's attitude, 225; McKinley Act, 227; Dingley Act, 229; McKinley's change of opinion, 229-231; _The Nation_ and protection, 282. Taylor, Zachary, as President, 212. Texan annexation, 211; and slavery, 212. Thackeray, W. M., on Macaulay, 38. Theodora, Gibbon's treatment, 133. Thompson, R. W., in Hayes's cabinet, 247. Thucydides, rank as historian, 5; on history, 6; characteristics as historian, 6-8, 39, 128; conciseness, 11, 14, 16, 36; use of personal sources material, 12-14; as contemporary historian, 17, 111; importance in training of historian, 61. Thurman, A. G., and greenback inflation, 281. Ticknor, George, pessimism, 288. Tilden, S. J., election controversy, 203, 219, 245. Tocqueville, Alexis de, style, 65; on presidential office, 210. Trajan, "wise emperor," 127. Treaty-making power, Jay Treaty as precedent, 206. Trent, W. P., on burning of Columbia, 302. Trevelyan, Sir G. O., biography of Macaulay, 64. Tyler, John, as President, 211, 212. Tyndall, John, as popular scientist, 58. Ulysses, and study of human character, 67. United States, Goethe's prophecy of westward extension and Panama Canal, 71; political traditions, 208; Godkin's early optimism and later pessimism concerning, 272, 284-290, 296; Godkin on general progress and political decline, 296. _See also_ American, Finances, Newspapers, Politics. Universities, strife after exact knowledge, 101; advantages and aim of training, 102. Vallandigham case, Lincoln's attitude, 214. Van Buren, Martin, as President, 211. Venezuela-Guiana boundary, Cleveland's action, 225 Godkin's attitude, 285. Veto power, wisdom, 219. Voltaire, importance to historians, 51; theatre at Lausanne, 121; and Gibbon, 121. Walker, F. A., career, 283; _The Nation_ ignores death of, 283, 284. Walpole, Sir Spencer, essay on, 161-167; "England," 161, 163, 164; biography of Lord John Russell, 162; knowledge of men, 164; of continental politics, 164; "Studies in Biography," 164; knowledge of practical politics, 165; as man of affairs, 165; style, 165; visit to, character, 165-167; death, 167. War power, exemplification by Lincoln, 213-216. Warner, C. D., on originality in style, 27. Washington, George, as President, 205-207; prescience, 206; as political tradition, 208. Webb, J. W., power as journalist, 90. Webster, Daniel, basis of style, 53, 54; and presidential nomination in 1852, 86. Weed, Thurlow, power as journalist, 90.