N National Gazette, 71. National Literature, Channing, 112. National Ode, Taylor, 255. Nature, Emerson, 123, 128, 131. Nature-writing, 262. Netherlands, History of the United, Motley, 181. New England, a digression from English society, 14; at the beginning of 18th century, 43-44; characteristics of the people of, 109-111; in last quarter of 19th century, 248 et seq. New England, History of, Winthrop, 28-29. New England Courant, 61. New National period in American literature, 234 et seq.; bibliography, 272. New York at beginning of 18th century, 44. New York Tribune, 140, 218. Newburyport Free Press, 90, 159. Newspapers, in colonies, 60-61; in 20th century, 263-264. North American Review, 88, 103, 104, 112, 170. North Carolina in 1724, 44. North of Boston, Frost, 261. Norwood, Colonel, 27. O Oakes, Urian, 41. Old Creole Days, Cable, 246. Old Homestead, The, Thompson, 248. Old Ironsides, Holmes, 166. Old Manse, 119, 120, 145. Old Régime, The, Parkman, 185. Old Swimmin' Hole, The, Riley, 247. Oldtown Fireside Stories, Stowe, 223. Oldtown Folks, Stowe, 223. Olmsted, F. L., 246. On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners, Lowell, 174. Oratory in America, 208 et seq. Oregon Trail, The, Parkman, 184. Otis, James, 72, 73. Our Hundred Days, Holmes, 168. Outcast of Poker Flat, The, Harte, 242. Outre-mer, Longfellow, 152. Overland Monthly, 240. P Page, T. N., 246, 247. Paine, Thomas, 74-76. Parker, Theodore, 115, 119, 141, 209. Parkman, Francis, 143-144, 176, 182-186. Passage to India, Whitman, 204. Passionate Pilgrim, A, James, 253. Pathfinder, The, Cooper, 99. Pattee, F. L., 236. Paul Revere's Ride, Longfellow, 155. Paulding, J. K., 107. Payne, J. H., 107. Pennsylvania, University of, 62. Pennsylvania Gazette, 62. Pennsylvania Magazine, 74. Pequot War (1637), 38-39. Percy, George, 27, 38. Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 249. Philip II, History of the Reign of, Prescott, 179. Phillips, Wendell, 208, 215-216. Picture of New York, Mitchill, 90. Pilot, The, Cooper, 98. Pioneers, O Pioneers, Whitman, 204. Pioneers, The, Cooper, 97-98, 99. Pioneers of France, The, Parkman, 185. Pirate, The, Scot, 98. Plymouth Plantation, History of, Bradford, 28-29. Poe, E. A., "literature of escape," 8; in 1826, 89; in New York, 108; life and writings, 187-196. Poet at the Breakfast Table, The, Holmes, 168. Poetry, Revolutionary verse, 69-72; of freedom, 223 et seq.; of the 20th century, 260-261. Poets and Poetry of America, Griswold, 107. Poor Richard, Franklin, 20, 57. Pory, John, 27. Prairie, The, Cooper, 98, 99. Precaution, Cooper, 97. Prescott, W. H., 89, 143-144, 176, 178-180. Present Crisis, The, Lowell, 172. Prince of Parthia, The, 260. Professor at the Breakfast Table, The, Holmes, 168. Psalm of Life, The, Longfellow, 156. Psalm of the West, Lanier, 255. Publick Occurrences, 60. Puritans, The, 34-35. Purloined Letter, The, Poe, 193. Q Quarterly, The, 88.