Willis, Nathaniel, Jr., his education and character, 5, 7, 8, 11-13; edits three newspapers, 8-10; 17, 26, 95. Willis, Nathaniel Parker, born at Portland, 1; ancestry, 6-10; home and school life, 11-17; at Andover, 18-30; at Yale College, 31-70; begins his literary career in Boston, 71-82; edits the American Monthly, 82-100; goes abroad as foreign correspondent of the New York Mirror, 100-106; spends five months in Paris, 110-115; a year in Italy, 119-125; half a year in a cruise up the Mediterranean, 125-130; four months more in Italy, Switzerland, and France, 130; two years in England, 130-179; marries, 177; returns to America and travels and corresponds for the Mirror, 219-222; settles at Owego, N. T., 223-238; starts the Corsair, and makes a second trip to England, 239-259; returns to America and edits Brother Jonathan, 259-263; sells his place at Owego and moves to New York, 263; edits the New Mirror, 265-272; the Evening Mirror, 273-275; loses his wife and makes a third visit to England, 276; taken ill in London, 283; makes a short visit to Germany and returns to America, 284; marries again, 287; edits the Home Journal and makes his residence in New York, 287-307; becomes involved in the Forrest divorce case, 307-319; is assaulted by Edwin Forrest, 312-314; goes on a health trip to Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Southern States, 321; buys a country home on the Hudson, 326; life at Idlewild, 329-334; spends the first year of the war at Washington, writing letters to the Home Journal, 342-346; takes lodgings in New York, 346, 347; in failing health, 347-349; dies at Idlewild, 350. _Writings_:-- Absalom, 48, 49, 66, 296. Absent, the, 155. À L’ABRI. See LETTERS FROM UNDER A BRIDGE. Albina M’Lush, 85, 90. American Literature, 216. AMERICAN SCENERY, 128, 221, 222, 244. Annoyer, the, 75, 90, 97. Bandit of Austria, the, 251. Baron von Raffloff, 85. Belfry Pigeon, the, 183. Betrothal, the, 232, 233. Better Moments, 69, 169. Beware of Dogs and Waltzing, 277. BIANCA VISCONTI, 231, 232, 234, 235, 249. Birth-Day Verses, 13, 77, 183. Born to love Pigs and Chickens, 279. Broadway, a Sketch, 262. Brown’s Day with the Mimpsons, 258. Burial of Arnold, the, 48, 59. By a Here and Thereian, 154. Cabinet, the, 299. CANADIAN SCENERY, 244, 247, 248. Captain Thompson, 85. Chamber Scene, 155. Charming Widow of Sixty, A, 265. Cherokee’s Threat, the, 39, 57, 63, 155, 207. City Lyrics, 267, 268. Cloister, the, 299. Confessional, the, 183. Contemplation, 82, 98.