Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Feminists -- United States -- Biography; Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850
her relations with William Henry Channing, 86-90;
her relation to the Transcendental movement in New England, 92-99;
her visit to the Brook Farm Community, 97, 98;
her love for little children, 100;
her visit to Concord after the death of Ralph Waldo Emerson's son, 101;
extracts from her journal, 101-103;
her conversations in Boston, 104-115;
the extraordinary success of her undertaking, 108;
the second series of her conversations, 111, 114;
variety of topics discussed in her conversations, 114;
her summer on the Lakes, 115;
extracts from her record of the journey, 115-125;
her visit to, and impressions of, the Indians, 120-125;
the composition of her "Summer on the Lakes," 126, 127;
her engagement on the "New York Tribune," and consequent close of her
New England life, 127;
her intercourse with Horace Greeley, 130, 131;
her contributions to the "Tribune," 133;
remarks on some of her literary contemporaries, 134, 135;
her criticism of George Sand, 137-139;
her residence at the Greeley mansion, 130, 140, 141;
her entrance into New York society, 142;
her visits to the women's prison at Sing Sing, and address to its
inmates, 143-146;
visits Blackwell's Island, 146;
letters of, to her brothers, 147-150;
publication of her "Woman in the Nineteenth Century," 147, 149, 150;
brief review of the work, 151-158;
essay on American Literature, 159-167, 282;
her criticism of contemporary authors, 162-167;
concerning the justice of her criticism, 168, 169;
her visit to Europe, 170-277;
her anticipations of the journey, 170, 171;
the voyage and arrival at Liverpool, 171;
her visit to the lake country, 171, 172;
impressions of her visit to Wordsworth, 172;
renewal of her intercourse with Harriet Martineau, 172;
her visit to Edinburgh and meeting
with literary men, 172, 173;
her impression of De Quincey, 173;
her meditations on Mary, Queen of Scots, while in Scotland, 174;
makes an excursion to the Highlands, 174;
her ascent to Ben Lomond, 175-177;
her comparison of George Dawson, William Fox, and James Martineau with
Dr. Channing and Theodore Parker, 177;
her remarks on the social condition of England, 179, 180;
visits the different institutions of science, art, and benevolence in
London, 180;
mention of her visit to Joanna Baillie, 180, 181;
her visit to Miss Berry, 181;
her intercourse with Thomas Carlyle, 180-185;
Thomas Carlyle's impressions of, 186;
her high estimation of Mazzini and his work, 186-188;
her visit to Paris and her reception there, 189, 190;
her visit to and impressions of George Sand, 191-193;
her acquaintance with Chopin, 193;
her remarks on the French stage and its actors, 194-196;
calls upon Lamennais, 196;
her mention of Béranger, 196;
visits the Chamber of Deputies, 197;
attends a ball at the Tuileries, and the Italian opera in Paris, 197, 198;
her acquaintance with Alexandre Vattemare, 198;
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