Normandy, and the mystery of the Druid stones, 174 Northcote, Sir Stafford, 140 Norton, Mr. and Mrs., 283, 284 Norton, Richard, 287, 310 Nott, George William, 208 Novelli, 333 Nubians, author impressed by beauty of the, 273 Oak Glen, purchase of, 117; Crawford writes “Mr. Isaacs” at, 197; first telephone message received at, 198 “Oberon”, author at rehearsal of, 43 O’Connell, Monsignor, 260 Odeschalchi, Palazzo, the Terrys’ home in Rome, 158; open house at the, 159-161; author’s illness in, 164-165 Old State House, Boston, Mrs. Howe’s portrait in the, 355, 359 Olga, Queen, of Greece, 190; audience with, 311 Opera, fondness for, 43 Orvieto, convalescence at, 165, 166 Osterauer, Fraulein, pianist, 42 O’Sullivan, Judge, 92 “Our American Cousin”, Sothern as _Lord Dundreary_ in, 121 _Outlook, The_, 324, 350 “Owls, The”, early designation of her mother’s friends, 14; 21-29 “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”, 392 Page, Thomas Nelson, 349 Palestine, Mrs. Howe and the visit to, 184, 185; traveling in, 184, 185; a trip through, 274, 275 Palmer, Mrs. Potter, mural decorations in home of, 217; rare gift of leadership, 219; 261, 262 Pans, The, literary society in New Orleans founded by Mrs. Howe, 214 Papanti, Lorenzo, first meeting with, 56; his manner of teaching, 56-57 Papanti’s Dancing Academy, author attends, 55-57 Parepa-Rosa, Madame, in “Oberon”, 43 Paris, in 1895, 271; decadence of the theater in, 272; in 1896, 281 Park, Maud Wood, 381 Parker, Theodore, unique request of, 4-5; 15, 29 Parker Memorial, 225 Parkman, Francis, 53; funeral of, 231 Parks, Mrs. Austin, the author’s cousin, 36; her children, 36 Parks, Lilian, second-cousin of the author, 36 Parks, Dr. Luther, 52 Parks, Maud, second-cousin and intimate of the author, 36 Parks, William, second-cousin of the author, 36 Parnell, Charles Stewart, amusing incident in first meeting with, 140 Partenkirchen, 276, 277 Parthenon, the, 311 _Parthia_, s. s., to Europe on the, 138 Patti, Adelina, 151 Paul, Miss, an early teacher, 47 Peabody, Elizabeth, her sobriquet, 26; popularity, 26; philosophical view of life, 26-27; author attends kindergarten of, 46; and the Boston Fire, 108 Peace between United States and Great Britain, one hundredth anniversary of, 382 Pearse, Mrs., 286 People’s Forum, Providence, 374 Perkins, Charles C., 40 Perkins, George Hamilton, 212-213; 271 Perkins, Isabel. _See_ ANDERSON, MRS. LARZ Perkins Institution for the Blind, author born at, 4; founded and built by author’s father, 5; interior of, 4; the steward of the, 8-9; Laura Bridgman educated at, 10; exhibition day at, 10-11; 228 “Peter Ibbetson”, Du Maurier, 261 Philadelphia, 135 “Phil Owens,” the author’s story, 218 Pilgrims, in Rome, 295 “Pinafore”, 152 Pinchot, Gifford, 343 Pinchot-Ballinger controversy, 337 Pius IX, Pope, mortal illness of, 168 “Plea for Humor”, Mrs. Howe’s, 287 Poetry, a love for, 62