Conrad, Lily. _See_ THEODOLI, MARCHESA Constantinople, 188-189 Contoocook, N. H., a week in winter in, 348-349 Conway, Moncure D., 152; assertive personality of, 153 Coolidge, Baldwin, 353 Coolidge, Hamilton, 389 Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, Porter’s portrait of author in, 125 Cordova, beauty of the mosque of, 317 “Corner, The”, New York home of Grandfather Ward, 65, 72 Cornish, N. H., beauty of the country around, 311-312 Corso, the, on Christmas Eve, 158 Cortazzo, Miss Renée, 389 Corti, Count, bitter irony of, 169-170 Costa, Giovanni, studying painting under, 163 Cram, Ralph Adams, 223 Crane, Walter, Watts’ portrait of, 239 Crawford, Annie. _See_ RABÉ, BARONESS ERICH VON Crawford, Francis Marion, the author’s cousin, 159, 161; personal appearance, 162; 165, 166; and his sister Annie, 167; 195; gift of story-telling, 196; literary reviews for magazines, 196; studies for operatic stage, 197; writes “Mr. Isaacs”, 197; “Dr. Claudius”, and “A Roman Singer”, 199; achieves fame by his books, 199; an indefatigable worker, 258; 265, 293; inclined to superstitions, 323; 334 Crawford, Mimola. _See_ FRASER, MRS. HUGH Crawford, Thomas, sculptor, 41; uncle of the author, 65; work on the Capitol at Washington, 72; 167 Crawford, Mrs. Thomas. _See_ TERRY, MRS. LUTHER Creoles, of New Orleans, 213 Cretan chieftains, banquet to the Howes, 190-191 Cretan insurrection, 78 Crispi, Francesco, Minister of the Interior, 163; and the Triple Alliance, 163, 169; 261, 264, 286 Crowninshield, Frederick, 194 Cuba, visit to, 101-104 Current Topics Club, 351 Currie, Lady, 143, 256, 257 Currie, Lord, 256; a _faux pas_ by, 257 Cushman, the Misses Alice and Ida, 135 Cyprus, 186 Dante, John Elliott’s drawing of, 259-260 Davis, Major, 298 “Débâcle”, Zola, 268 Decies, Lady, 372 De Koven, Reginald and Mrs., 218 Deland, Lorin, 200; genial and kindly nature of, 202; pride in his wife’s success, 202; his writings, 203 Deland, Mrs. Lorin, close friendship with, 200-201; regard for Mrs. Howe, 201; author one of literary advisers of, 201; her writings, 202; love for flowers, 202; 377 Deland, Margaret. _See_ DELAND, MRS. LORIN De Long, George W., arctic explorer, 92, 97, 99-100 Derby, Haskett, 121 Derby, Lucy, intimate friend, 120, 121; Edward A. Sothern at home of, 121 Derby, Richard, 121 “Diana of the Tides”, painting by John Elliott, 326, 328, 329; gift to New National Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, 334 Dickinson, J. McG., Secretary of War, 339 Dilke, Sir Charles, 140 “Discoverer, The”, Hunt’s fresco in Capitol at Albany, 119 Disraeli, Benjamin. _See_ BEACONSFIELD, EARL OF Dixon, Senator, 364 “Dr. Howe and His Famous Pupil Laura Bridgman”, Hall and Howe, 228, 314 Doggett, Mrs., 136 Dorr, Mrs. Charles H., 116 Drake, Sir Francis, 99 Draper, General and Mrs. William F., 286-287 Dresser, LeRoy, 354 Dudley, Lady, 147 Dumaresq, Francis, 44