Emerson, Ralph Waldo, characterizes Charles Lowell, i. 8; J. R. L. goes to hear him lecture in his junior year at college, 49; his acquaintance made by J. R. L. in Concord, 50; animadverted on in class poem, 56, 57; letter to, by J. R. L. in exculpation, 58, 59; his abandonment of the ministry, 64; characterizes “Philothea,” 80; introduced into _A Fable for Critics_, 239, 240, 243, 254; on J. R. L.’s magazine project, 287; as a friend of Thoreau, 293; characteristic of, 297; promises to write for _Putnam’s_, 350; his “Adirondacs” quoted, 404; a member of the Adirondack Club, 405; dines with Mr. Phillips, 410; J. R. L. to, on his signature of article, 414; on “Days,” 414; his Brahma, 415; J. R. L. to, on his contributions, 416; his importance to the _Atlantic_, 420; advised by J. R. L. respecting his publisher, 451. Comments of, on J. R. L.’s poetry, ii. 33, note; on Lincoln, 71; extract from his journal on J. R. L.’s poetry, 121; is with J. R. L. in Paris, 161; his character, 164; good to love, 167; in _Agassiz_, 177, 178; on J. R. L.’s _Under the Old Elm_, 189; characterized, 365; his Life by J. E. Cabot, 366. Emiliani, i. 329. _Endymion_, ii. 371. England, J. R. L. finds reaction in politics since 1848, in, ii. 27; J. R. L. an exponent of American temper toward, 40. Episcopal church, J. R. L. on, ii. 311. _Epistle to George William Curtis, An_, quoted, i. 17; postscript to, ii. 368. _E Pluribus Unum_, ii. 23; quoted, 276. Erskine, Fanny, i. 329. “Essays on Free Thinking and Plain Speaking,” J. R. L. on, ii. 175. _Estrangement_, ii. 295. Eudamidas, brother of Agis, i. 434. _Eurydice_, i. 228. Evarts, William Maxwell, J. R. L. sends despatch to on congratulating the king of Spain, ii. 224; and on the king’s marriage, 230; and on a bull fight, 234; J. R. L. to, on the Irish question, 277; approves J. R. L.’s course, 280. _Every Saturday_, J. R. L. proposes to translate for, ii. 137. Exhibition Day at Harvard, i. 26. _Ex-Mayor’s Crumb of Consolation, The_, i. 259. _Fable for Critics, A_, quoted, i. 139, 166; begun, 238; specimens of it sent to Briggs, 239; a gift to that friend, 240; proposed disposition of profits by J. R. L., 241; by Briggs, 242; interrupted, 243; resumed, 245; passage in it on bores, traced, 246; its title-page, 249; published, 250; comparison with Hunt’s “The Feast of the Poets,” 250; no mystery about its authorship, 251; J. R. L.’s afterthought of it, 252; its ephemeral character, 253; its permanent qualities, 254; its expression of its author, 254; thrown into the shade by the _Biglow Papers_, 255; the apostrophe to Massachusetts in it, 266; contrasted with _Agassiz_, ii. 176. “Faery Queene, The,” the first poem read by J. R. L., i. 14; discussed by the boys J. R. L. and W. W. S., 24. _Falconer, The_, afterward _The Falcon_, i. 180. _Fancy’s Casuistry_, i. 406.