Elliott, Mrs. John (Maud Howe Elliott), birth, 4; home in Perkins Institution for the Blind, 5; sisters and brothers, 6; early memories, 6-9; homes at Green Peace and in Lawton’s Valley, 11; and Fourth of July, 11-14; her parents’ friends, 14-15; and story of John Brown, 15-17; recollections of Sumner and Andrew, 17-19; and death of Lincoln, 21; her mother’s friends “The Owls”, 22-27; the spell of Hawthorne, 28; favorite books, 29; memories of Green Peace, 30-32; death of little Sam the younger brother, 33; her father’s family, 34-38; sees first play, 38-39; early love for music, 40-43; school exhibitions, 43-45; schools and teachers, 46-60; school-day games and pastimes, 48-52; and Francis Parkman, 53; dancing school, 55-57; home life in girlhood, 61-62; acquiring a taste for poetry, music, and art, 62-63; first visit to New York, 64-71; her mother’s family, 64-68; Grandfather Ward’s home “The Corner”, 65; Uncle Samuel Ward, 68-70; in Washington, 71-73; her aunt’s home in Bordentown, 74-76; and George V autograph collection, 76-77; absence of parents in Europe, 78-80; engagement of sisters, 80-82; first literary effort, 83; a week in the White House, 83-85; marriage of her three sisters, 86; her brother Henry, 87; household duties, 88; trip to Santo Domingo, 91-101; experiences first earthquake, 98; meets DeLong, future arctic explorer, 99-100; in Cuba, 101-104; intimate companionship with father, 106-107; the Boston Fire, 107-108; presidential campaign of 1872, 108-109; memories of summer home at Portsmouth, R. I., 109-116; girlhood friends, 111, 114; early days in Newport, 116-117; a change of summer homes, 117; acquaintance with William M. Hunt, 118-120; meets Edward A. Sothern, 121-123; home life at Green Peace, 123-127; Porter’s portrait of, 124-126; home at No. 32 Mt. Vernon Street, 127; meets Bret Harte, 127-129; again in Washington, 129-133; funeral of Charles Sumner, 133; death of her father, 134; added responsibilities, 134; Philadelphia and the Centennial, 135; trip through the Middle West, 135-136; an Emerson lecture, 137; first trip to Europe, 138; in England, 139-157; meeting with Parnell, 140; and Robert Browning, 141; the Alma-Tademas, 142; entertained by Edmund Yates, 142-143; sits for Burne-Jones, 144; art exhibitions, 145-146; social activities, 146-147; the world of sport, 147-148; a week with the Rothschilds, 148-150; differences in English and American social life, 150; the opera and theater in London, 150-152; impressions of Irving, 151; hears noted preachers, 152-153; enjoys hansom cab and bus, 155-157; in Rome, 158-173; Christmas Eve, 158; her aunt Mrs. Terry’s salon, 159-161; memorable day in the Forum, 161; hears Abbé Liszt, 161; studies painting under Costa, 163; attack of Roman fever, 164-165; convalescence in Orvieto, 165-166; Mrs.