Wells, H. G., on Boston, 138. Wentworth, Thomas, Macaulay and Gardiner on, 149. West Virginia, railroad riots of 1877, 252. Western Reserve University, lecture by author at, 47. Wheeler, Joseph, lootings by his cavalry at Columbia, 309. Whig party, nominations in 1852, 86. Whitman, Marcus, Bourne's essay on, 193. William I of Germany, "gray emperor," 127. William II of Germany, "traveling emperor," 127. Windom, William, and Hayes's New York Custom-house appointments, 255. Wine, Gibbon's love for, 135. Winthrop, R. C., on E. L. Pierce, 179. Woods, C. R., at burning of Columbia, 303, 311, 312. Woods, W. B., at burning of Columbia, 311. Woolsey, T. D., on Thucydides, 39. Yale University, lecture by author at, 47. This Index was made for me by D. M. Matteson.