Marsh, George Perkins, first Minister of United States to United Italy, 160; important services of, 161 Marzials, Theodore, composer, 236 Mason, Miss, 302 Massimo, Duchess, 301 Matanzas, Cuba, 103 Matsura, our Japanese servant, 371 Matthews, Nathan, Mayor of Boston, 227 “May Blossom”, author’s first story in _Godey’s Magazine_, 194 _Mayflower_, the _America’s_ cup and the, 148 “Merchant of Venice, The”, Booth and Modjeska in, 224-225; 237 Merrill, Mr., 370 “Messenger, The”, painting by Watts, 239-240 Messina, destroyed by earthquake of 1908, 326 Mexico, rumor of war with, 371 Meyer, George von L., Secretary of the Navy, 339, 340 Milldam, the, 54 Miller, Joaquin, 214, 215 Millet, Frank, 352 Mills, Sir Arthur, lifelong friend of Mrs. Howe, 155 Mills, Major Dudley, 155 Milnes, Monckton. _See_ HOUGHTON, LORD Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 136 Missions in Europe and the East, talk on the, 359 Mitchell, Julius, 360, 365 Modjeska, Helena, as _Portia_, 224, 225; 268 Monks, George, 44 Montefiori, Sir Moses, 153, 154 Monti, Signor Luigi, 332 Morehead, Colonel, 204 Morocco, visit to, 249-252 Morris, Harrison, 351 Morris, William, 145 Mt. Vernon Street, a favorite playground in school days, 49-50; Number 32, 127; Number 129, 195 “Mr. Isaacs”, the writing of, by Crawford, 197; its success, 197 Mummy, Mrs. Howe’s purchase of a, 189-190 Munthe, Dr. Axel, 291 Murillo, his finest paintings in Seville, 254-255 Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Porter’s portrait of author in, 125; a student at the, 194; opening of the Evans’ addition to, 381 Music, early lessons in, 47-48; mother teaches a love for good, 62 Mycenae, excavations at, 191 _Nantasket_, U. S. s. s., 92, 97 Naples, 302, 320 Naples, Bay of, 292 National Club, proposed for membership in, 223 National Gallery, London, 144 New England Woman’s Club, 135; talk on Roman experiences at the, 310 _New Hampshire_, U. S. s. s., 105 Newlands, Edith, 349 Newlands, Senator, 349 New Orleans, extended visit in, 204; opening of the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-205; quaintness of old quarter of, 206; the Twelfth Night Revelers in, 206; the Mardi Gras, 206-207; social life and hospitality in, 207-214; close of the Exposition, 215 New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exposition, 204-216 _New Orleans Times Democrat_, 260 Newport, Rhode Island, 109-117; 128 “Newport Aquarelle, The”, the author’s, 197 Newport Art Association, 352. _See also_ ART ASSOCIATION OF NEWPORT Newport County Suffrage League, 356 Newport County Woman’s Progressive League, 355 Newport Historical Society, 386-387 Newport Reading Room, 110 New York, first visit to, 64-71; Suffrage parade in, 353; great Progressive rally in, 364 _New York Times_, 387, 388 _New York Tribune_, 195 _New York World_, 195 Niagara Falls, 136 Nightingale, Florence, 6, 15, 294 Nile, trip up the river, 272, 273 Nilsson, Christine, 42 “Norma”, first opera seen by author, 39