Persiani, Mlle., an opera singer, 104. "Phædo," Plato's, read by Mrs. Howe, 321. Phillips, Wendell, his prophetic quality of mind recognized, 84; leader of the abolitionists: his birth and education, 154; at anti-slavery meetings, 155-157; an advocate of woman suffrage, 157, 158; his death, 159; compared with Sumner, 175; effect of his presence at the Radical Club, 286; his orthodoxy, 287; speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents, 313; at the woman suffrage meeting, 375; supports that cause, 378, 382; at school with Tom Appleton, 433. "Philosophie Positive," Comte's, 211. Phrenology, belief in, 132, 133. Pius IX., Pope, 125; his weakness, 194, 195; his death, 425. Poe, Edgar Allan, his visit to Dr. Francis, 39. Polish insurrection of 1830, the, connection of Dr. Howe with, 117. Polish refugees, ball in aid of, 105. Powel, Samuel, his prophecy in regard to Newport, 408. Powell, Mr. Aaron, asks Mrs. Howe to attend the Paris Peace Congress as a delegate, 338. Priessnitz, his water cure, 189. Prime, Ward & King, firm of, Mrs. Howe's father a member, 50, 51; her brother Samuel admitted, 69. Prisons, visited by Dr. Howe, 108, 109. Pulszky, Mme. (Theresa von Walther), 118. Pym, Capt., an Arctic voyager, 399. Quincy, Edmund, his remark to Theodore Parker, 287. Quincy, Jr., Mrs. Josiah, woman's club started at her house, 400. Rachel, Madame, the actress, 135. Racine, his tragedies read, 206. Red Jacket, an Indian Chief, 9. Reed, Lucy, a blind deaf mute, 81, 82. Regnault, Henri, eulogized at the French Academy, 414. Repeal Measures, agitation for, in Dublin, 112. Rice, A. H., governor of Massachusetts, presides at the Music Hall meeting in memory of Dr. Howe, 370. Richards, Mrs. Henry (Laura Howe), accompanies her parents to Europe, 313. Richmond, Duke of, visits Bridewell prison with the Howes, 109. Richmond, Rev. James, 210. Richmond, Va., theatre in, burned, 16; Crawford's statue of Washington for, 203. Ripley, George, his efforts at Brook Farm, 145; reviews "Passion Flowers," 228; sees the Howes and Parkers off for Cuba, 231. Ripley, Mrs. George (Sophia Dana), 296. Ripley, Mary, speaks at the woman's congress in Memphis, 389. Ristori, Mme., the actress, 264; reads Marie Stuart in Rome, 424. Ritchie, Harry, the handsome, on Gov. Andrew's staff, 266. Ritchie, Mrs., daughter of Harrison Gray Otis, 401. Rogers, Samuel, the poet, dinner at his house, 99, 100; his economical dinner, 141. Rogers, Prof. William B., vice-president of the Town and Country Club, 405; lectures to the club, 406.