Owens, John, publishes _Conversations_, i. 132; reports success of the book, 158; wishes to suppress one of J. R. L.’s anti-slavery poems, 134. Oxford, J. R. L. goes to, for his degree, ii. 169, 170; professorship at, proposed for J. R. L., 318. Page, William, J. R. L. meets, i. 78; paints M. W.’s portrait, 79; J. R. L.’s affection for, 116; likened to Haydon, 117; paints J. R. L.’s portrait, 117; is shown a bit of _A Fable for Critics_, 240; proposed as a beneficiary of the book, 241; has faith in the book, 242; paints Bryant’s portrait, 246, note; with Briggs and Willis discusses J. R. L. and Poe, 282; meets J. R. L. in Florence, 314; dines with him there, 315; meets him at Orvieto, 384. Palfrey, John Gorham, his “History of New England” reviewed by J. R. L., ii. 79. Palmer, George Herbert, ii. 340. _Parable, A_, i. 228. Parker, Captain Montgomery, letter to, in China from J. R. L., i. 438. Parker, Friend, with whom the Whites and Lowells stayed in Philadelphia, i. 151, 152. Parker, Theodore, editor of _Massachusetts Quarterly_, i. 287; letter of J. R. L. to, 288; characterized by J. R. L., 290, note. Parkman, Francis, J. R. L. writes on, ii. 398. Parnell, Charles Stewart, prosecution of, ii. 278; his extraordinary characterization of Irish-Americans, 281. Parsons, Thomas William, contributor to the _Pioneer_, i. 105; J. R. L. to, on _A June Idyll_, ii. 117. Peabody, Andrew Preston, editor of the _North American_, ii. 45. Peirce, Benjamin, professor of mathematics at Harvard in J. R. L.’s youth, i. 27. Pellico, Silvio, i. 341. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, exhibition of, noticed by J. R. L., i. 160, 161. _Pennsylvania Freeman_, J. R. L. engaged to write for, i. 152, 154; his contributions to the paper, 169-173; _Letter from Boston_ sent to, 181. Pepperell, Massachusetts, i. 274. Perceval, Hugh, a nom de plume of J. R. L., i. 92, 161. Percival, James Gates, J. R. L. on, ii. 109. Perry, Mrs. Lilla Cabot, J. R. L. to, on Spenser, ii. 188. Peterboro, ii. 156. Petrarch and Michelangelo compared, ii. 111. Phillips, Moses Dresser, i. 409; won over to the scheme of a magazine, 410; gives a little dinner, 410; interests Mrs. Stowe, 412; dies, 449. Phillips, Wendell, contributor to the _Standard_, i. 193; his eloquence contrasted with that of the Charleston batteries, ii. 26. Phillips & Sampson undertake the _Atlantic Monthly_, i. 408; character of the house, 420; J. R. L.’s duty toward, 426; failure of, 450. _Phœbe_, ii. 295. _Pickens-and-Stealins’ Rebellion, The_, ii. 25. _Pictures from Appledore_, ii. 302, 367.