Humiston, Esther S., 54, 103, 135; letters to, 54, 75; dying, 91; death, 92; grave of, 136; letters of, 138; mother of, 142, 152. Hunter, Dr. John, 197. “Idyl of Work,” 179, 190. “Immortal Now,” The, 285. Independent, The, 233. Ingelow, Jean, 174; letter to, 165. Ipswich, 1; Academy of, 172. Isles of Shoals, 166. Italy, 83, 108. Jackson, H. H., 196. Jameson’s, Mrs., “Legends of the Madonna,” 79. Kant, 128. Keble, 209, 215. Kennebec River, 74. Knickerbocker, The, 63; letter to, 64. Koeppen, 83. Lamb’s “Dream Children,” 176. Larcom, Mrs., 6, 262; boarding-house of, 8; death of, 171. Larcom, Benjamin, 1. Larcom, Cornelius, 1. Larcom, David, 1. Larcom, Jonathan, 1. Larcom, Lucy, birth, 1; at school, 4; love for hymns, 5; books she read, 9; writes for manuscript papers, 9; working in Lowell mills, 11; early religious ideas, 12; signs petition to Congress, 14; meets Mr. Whittier, 15; book-keeper in Lawrence Mills, 15; writing in prose sketch-book, 16; writing poetry, 17; goes to Illinois, 18; diary of journey, 21-27; in Maryland, 23; At Pittsburgh, 25; at St. Louis, 26; lives on Looking-glass Prairie, 27; hardships in school-teaching, 28; letters to sisters, Abby and Lydia, 29; examined for position as teacher, 31; sick with “agey,” 33; enters Monticello, 38; life at Monticello, 39-43; debating society, 40; compositions, 41; engagement, 43; teaching in Beverly, 44-46; enters Wheaton Seminary, 46-47; room at Norton, 48; love for flowers, 49; knitting stockings for soldiers, 49; power as a teacher, 49-53; lecture on Anglo-Saxon Poetry, 49; lecture on compositions, 50; in the class-room, 50; founding the “Rushlight,” and Psyche Literary Society, 50-51; called “Mother Larcom,” 51; letter on death, 52; girl’s love affairs, 52; scholar’s love for her, 52; friendship for Miss Humiston, 54-57; ideas about church-membership, and doctrines, 55-57; leaves Norton, 57; reasons for not marrying, 57-59; publishes “Similitudes,” 61; wins Kansas prize song, 62; publishes Lottie’s Thought-book, 62; prints “Hannah Binding Shoes,” 63; writes to New York Tribune, 64; letter to John Durand, 65; unsuccessful attempt to print a volume of verse, 66; submits verses to Mr. Whittier for criticism, 68; diary, 69-147; thoughts on mystics, 70; thoughts on “The Sabbath,” 74; reasons for keeping a diary, 75; remarks on ministers, 76-77; reads “Wilhelm Meister,” 78; depression of spirits, 84; thoughts on eternal life and death, 85; gifts on her birthday, 86; unpleasant sermon on Satan, 88; remarks on friendship, 93; visits the Webster place, 96; visits Plymouth, 96; visits the Whittiers, 98;