Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 87; remark on Fanny Elssler's dancing, 105; begins his work, 144; caricatured by Cranch, 145; avoids woman suffrage, 158; praises "Passion Flowers," 228; at the Bryant celebration, 279; a member of the Radical Club, 282; objects to having its meetings reported: his paper on Thoreau, 290; Theodore Parker's opinion of, 291; character and attainments, 292; his interest in Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 307. England, Bank of, visited, 116, 117. Evans, Mrs., 421. Everett, C. C., a member of the Radical Club, 282. "Evidences of Christianity," Paley's, 56. Fabens, Colonel, on the voyage to Santo Domingo, 347. Farrar, Mrs., visited by Mrs. Howe, 295, 296. Faucit, Helen, the actress, 104. "Faust," Goethe's, condemned by Mr. Ward, 59. Felton, Prof. C. C., first known by the Ward family through Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel, 49; his friends, 169. "Female Poets of America," Griswold's, 5. Fern, Fanny, her essay on _rhinosophy_, 404. Field, David Dudley, addresses the second meeting of the woman's peace crusade, 329. Field, Mrs. D. D., 191. Field, Kate, at the Radical Club, 290; at Newport, 402. Fields, James T., 228. Finotti, Father, 263, 264. Fitzmaurice, Lady Louisa, daughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne, 103. Fletcher, Alice, prominent at the woman's congress, 386. Follen, Dr. Karl, 22. Foresti, Felice, an Italian patriot, 120; reads Dante with Mrs. Howe, 206. Forks, three-pronged steel, in general use, 30. Fornasari, an opera singer, 104. Forster, John, at Charles Dickens's dinner: invites the Howes to dine, 110. Fowler, Dr. and Mrs., their courtesy to the Howes, 139-141. Francis, Dr. John W., accompanies Mrs. Ward to Niagara, 8; becomes a member of the Ward household, 12; his appearance, 36; his humor, 37; his habits, 38; his introduction of Edgar Allan Poe, 39. Francis, Mrs. John W. (Eliza Cutler), takes charge of the Ward family at her sister's death, 11, 12; dances in "stocking-feet" at her sister's wedding, 34; her kindness, 38; her hospitality, 39. François, a colored man in Santo Domingo, invites Mrs. Howe to hold religious services, 350, 353. Freeman, Edward, the artist, 127; a neighbor of Mrs. Howe in Rome, 191. Freeman, Mrs. Edward, 192. "From the Oak to the Olive," extracts from, 315-319. Frothingham, O. B., a member of the Radical Club, 282. Froude, James Anthony, the historian, at Miss Cobbe's reception, 333.