Hillard, George S., his friends and character, 169, 170. Hillard, Kate, speaks at the Town and Country Club, 406. "Hippolytus," Mrs. Howe's drama of, proposed by Booth, 237; ultimately declined, 240. Hoar, Hon. George Frisbie, a friend of woman suffrage, 378; secures an appropriation for the New Orleans Exposition, 398. Hoffman, Matilda, engaged to Washington Irving, 28. Holland, Mrs. Henry (Saba Smith), reception at her house, 92. Holland, Dr. J. G., at Newport, 402. Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, at the Bryant celebration, 277-280; as a traveling companion, 277, 280; his paper at the Radical Club on Jonathan Edwards, 286; speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents, 313; writes a poem for the memorial meeting to Dr. Howe, 370. Hooker, Mrs. Isabella Beecher, speaks at the woman's congress, 385. Horace, 174; Orelli's edition of, 209. Houghton, Lord (Richard Monckton Milnes), the poet, Mrs. Howe meets, 97; entertains her in 1877, 410; takes her to Mr. Gladstone's, 411. Housekeeping, the trials of, 213-215; every girl should learn the art of, 216. Howe, Florence. See Hall, Mrs. David P. Howe, Julia Romana. See Anagnos, Mrs. Michael. Howe, Mrs. Julia Ward, asked to write her reminiscences, 1; birth and parentage, 3, 4; brothers and sisters, 4, 5; early indication of inaptness with tools, 7; travels to Niagara, 8, 9; childish incidents, 7-10; her mother's death, 10; early education, 13, 14; musical training, 16, 17; seclusion of her home, 18; first ball, 29; acquaintance with Mrs. Jameson, 41, 42; leaves school: studies German with Dr. Cogswell, 43; reviews Lamartine's "Jocelyn," 44; manner of living at home, 47; her social intercourse restricted, 48; feelings on the death of her father, 52; his guidance of, 53; effect of her brother Henry's death, 54; her studies, 56-63; in chemistry, 56; in French and Italian, 57; literary work, dramas and lyrics, 57, 58; reading, 58; German studies, 59; further literary work, essays and poems, 60, 61; religious growth, 62; first dinner party, 64; her attire: bridesmaid at her brother's wedding, 65; fear of lightning, 78; social opportunities, 78, 79; spends the summer of 1841 near Boston: visits the Perkins Institution, 81; sees Dr. Howe, 82; her memoir of Dr. Howe for the blind, 83; engagement and marriage, 88; voyage to Europe, 89-91; entertained in London, 92-110; in Scotland, 111; in Dublin, 112; visits Miss Edgeworth, 113; the poet Wordsworth, 115; at Vienna, 118; at Milan, 119; arrival in Rome, 121; birth of eldest daughter, 128; leaves Rome, 133; returns to England, 133-135; visits Atherstone, 136, 137; sees the Nightingales, 138;