Briggs, Charles Frederick (Harry Franco), i. 110; J. R. L. makes the acquaintance of, 114; criticises _A Legend of Brittany_, 129; letter to, from M. W., 129; projects _Broadway Chronicle_, 130; condemns customary marriage ceremonies, 131, note; starts the _Broadway Journal_, 156; seeks contributions from J. R. L. and M. W. L., 156; offers to make a contract with J. R. L., 157; upon compensation, 158; objects to J. R. L.’s first article, 159; abandons his paper, 160; corresponds with J. R. L. regarding Poe, 163-166; receives a visit from J. R. L. and M. W. L., 173; J. R. L. to, on his anticipated child, 179; J. R. L. to, after the birth of Blanche, 181; is amused over J. R. L.’s French exercise, 182, and note; J. R. L. to, on Anti-Slavery, 183; and on the training of Blanche, 185; is notified of _A Fable for Critics_, 238; asks after it, 239; has it offered to him as a New Year’s gift, 240; accepts it, and proposes distribution of profits, 242; writes J. R. L. to retain passage on Miss Fuller, 245; does not like Bryant, 245; hears of _Sir Launfal_, 266; comments on _The Changeling_, 279; writes to J. R. L. of Willis and Mrs. Clemm, 282; begs J. R. L. not to undertake editorship, 287; J. R. L. writes to him of _The Nooning_, 300; is editor of _Putnam’s Monthly_, 348; looks to J. R. L. for contributions, 350; receives _Our Own_, 351; J. R. L. to, on magazines popularity, 352; on _Cambridge Thirty Years Ago_, 354; prints M. W. L’s verses, 358; J. R. L. to, on the death of M. W. L., 360; on his own appointment at Harvard, 376. Bright, Henry, sends grouse to Longfellow, i. 346. Bright, John, J. R. L. essays to write a paper on, ii. 388. Bristol, J. R. L. visits, ii. 157. Bristow, Benjamin H., a candidate for the presidency, ii. 203. _British Poets_, J. R. L. helps edit the, i. 364; ii. 101. _Broadway Chronicle, The_, projected by C. F. Briggs, i. 130. _Broadway Journal, The_, edited by C. F. Briggs, i. 154; J. R. L. and M. W. L. contribute to, 156, 538-160; is discontinued, 160. _Brook, The_, ii. 393. Brooks, Phillips, makes prayer at Harvard Commemoration, ii. 364. Brown, Charles Brockden, ii. 364. Browning, Robert, poems of, reviewed by J. R. L., i. 290, 291; met by J. R. L., 381; his dramas to be read, not seen, ii 70; met by J. R. L. in Venice, 272. Bruges, ii. 170. Bryant, William Cullen, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 245; criticise J. R. L., 245, note; J. R. L. uneasy over his judgment on, 253; A New Englander in New York, 420; his “Waterfowl,” ii. 365. Buchanan, James, criticised by Parke Godwin in the _Atlantic_ ii. 3; and by J. R. L., 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 21. Buckingham, J. T., editor of _Boston Courier_, J. R. L. addresses, i. 174; a hater of slavery, 175. Bulfinch, Charles, architectural works of, i. 26. Bull-fight, J. R. L. witnesses a, ii. 234. Burke, Edmund, ii. 362. Burleigh, C. C., editor of _Pennsylvania Freeman_, i. 152.