Pardee, Rebecca, a friend of N. W., 11. "Peculiar Doctrines of the Gospel explained and defended, The," by N. W., 167. Perkins, Nathan, N. W.'s teacher, 4; what books he found at Yale College Library, 23. Pickering, John, is to be instructed in N. W.'s speller, 73; later in life, appears as a critic of N. W., 225; goes to him for Americanisms, 264. Pickering, Timothy, sits up late at night to read N. W.'s Spelling-Book, 72. "Porsenna in pursuit of the Kingdom of Felicity," 25. Priestley, Joseph, lectures the young America, 104; and draws down upon himself a letter by N. W., 105. Princeton, N. J., visit to, by N. W., 53. "Prompter, The," by N. W., 153; extracts from, 154-160. Pronunciation, in different parts of the United States, 209; N. W.'s treatment of in his Dictionary, 255-257. Quincy, Josiah, letter to, by N. W., 185. Ramsay, Dr., draws down N. W.'s criticism of Johnson, 219. "Remarks on the Manners, Government, and Debt of the United States," by N. W., 163, 202. Revision Committee's work and N. W.'s compared, 173, 175, 176, 181; the American company and N. W., 291. Revolution, The, and its connection with American history, 283, 284. Roman precedents, 49. Rousseau, 119. Rowan, Mr., 66. Sabbath, the, as the shrine of Puritanism, 30. Sabbath-Day Houses, 27; description of, by W. C. Fowler, 28-30. Savage, James, and his sarcastic remarks on N. W., 95. School-teaching by N. W., at Glastonbury, 8; at Hartford, 9; at Sharon, 10; at Goshen, 33. Schuyler, Philip, 55. Sharon, N. W. teaches school at, 9; advertisement of school there, 10. "Sketches of American Policy," 113; N. W.'s publication of, 115; a specimen of political thought, 119; analyzed, 120-126. Slavery, N. W. on, 139. Sleighing parties, 11. Smith, Samuel Stanhope, examines N. W.'s manuscript, 53. Smith, Zephaniah, N. W.'s classmate, 4. South, literature at the, in the War of 1861-1865, 74. Spelling-reform, hints of by N. W., 40; his pioneer efforts at, 187; his formal views on, 192-202. Stiles, Ezra, President of Yale College, 4; his impressive scholarship, 5. Strong, Jedediah, 9. Sunday, observance of, in New England, 27, 31. Tetard, M., N. W.'s French teacher, 12. Thomas, Isaiah, 89. Ticknor, George, quoted, upon the difficulties in the way of a student, 21. "Times, The," a series of papers by N. W., 134. Tooke, Horne, N. W.'s teacher in grammar, 43; in derivations, 258. Trumbull, Governor, of Connecticut, 95. Trumbull, John, on N. W.'s prospects, 97. Unabridged, The, 275. Union, The, and its connection with social and individual life, 293. Verplanck, Mr., 63, 66.