Holmes, Oliver Wendell, in _A Fable for Critics_, i. 248, 254; has a copy of the book sent him, 249; writes of it to J. R. L., 251; is written to about it by J. R. L., 252, note; his poem at dinner given to J. R. L., 379; dines with Mr. Phillips, 411; J. R. L. makes it a condition precedent to the editorship of the _Atlantic_, that he shall be a contributor, 413; how he was regarded by some of the public, 426; his poem in “The Round Table,” 431; on the Saturday Club, 447; tells stories at dinner, 448; takes a photograph of J. R. L., ii. 72; has a colloquy with Anthony Trollope, 83; J. R. L. takes his place with an ode, 189; J. R. L. to, on Irish troubles, 292; his one imperishable poem, 365. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., wounded, ii. 31. _Home, The_, i. 435. Home rule, as a cure for Irish ills, ii. 284. Houghton, Henry Oscar, first printer of the _Atlantic_, i. 421. Howe, Estes, marries M. W. L.’s sister, i. 267; member, with J. R. L., of whist club, 271; letter to, from J. R. L. of approach to African coast, 313; writes to J. R. L. of his father’s illness, 317; letter to, from J. R. L. on travel, 329; J. R. L. makes his home with, 384; member of the Adirondack Club, 405. Howells, William Dean, characterizes Mrs. Frances Dunlap Lowell, i. 403; reviews Longfellow’s Dante, ii. 113; J. R. L. to him on his writing, and on contributions to the _Atlantic_, 127; and on _The Cathedral_, 130; his account of the offer of a foreign mission to J. R. L., 217; secures a poem from J. R. L. for _Harper’s Monthly_, 394. _How I consulted the Oracle of the Goldfishes_, ii. 368, 369. Hubbard, Gardiner Greene, on copyright, ii. 327. Hughes, Thomas, introduces the _Biglow Papers_ in England, i. 266; J. R. L’s letter to, on the book, 257, 262; his familiarity with the book, 264; J. R. L. writes to, on the demand for more _Biglow_, ii. 32; J. R. L. makes personal acquaintance of, 146; letters of J. R. L. to, on third journey in Europe, 151, 152, 164, 170, 172, 182, 183; J. R. L. to, on the political situation, 204; J. R. L. advises him of his appointment to Spain, 219. Hungarian question, the, discussed by Mrs. Putnam and J. R. L., i. 303, 304. Hunt, Leigh, his “Feast of the Poets,” possibly suggestive of _A Fable for Critics_, i. 250; his poem compared with that, 251; J. R. L. meets, 381. “Hyperion,” i. 347. _Ianthe_, a poetic image of M. W., i. 83. “Ichabod,” by Whittier, i. 201. “Illusions,” by Emerson, J. R. L. on, 414, 415. _Imaginary Conversation, An_, i. 215. Impeachment, J. R. L. on, ii. 109, note. _Impressions of Spain_, referred to, and quoted from, ii. 230, 242, 244. “In a Cellar,” by H. E. Prescott, i. 449. _In an Album_, ii. 205. _Incident in a Railroad Car, An_, i. 146. _Independent in Politics, The Place of the_, quoted, i. 214, ii. 313, 314; delivered in New York, 374. _Indian Summer Reverie, An_, i. 278. _Infant Prodigy, The_, ii. 397.