Jackson, Dr. James, 31. Jameson, Prof. J. F., quoted, 3 _n._, 54 _n._, 176. Jeffrey, Lord, 108. Johnson, Dr. Samuel, quoted, 54; style of, 122, 129. K Kirk, John Foster, Prescott's secretary, 87, 119, 136. Kirkland, Rev. Dr. John Thornton, 22, 23. Knapp, Jacob Newman, 16. L La Bruyère, quoted, 111. Lafitau, Père, 145. Lawrence, Abbott, 103, 105; memoir of, 118. Lawrence, James, 97, 103. Lembke, Dr. J. B., Prescott's agent in Spain, 77, 100, 101. Linzee, Hannah, 43. Longfellow, Henry W., Prescott's admiration for, 113. Lowell, James Russell, 12, 23, 103. Lyell, Lady, entertained by Prescott, 91; letter to, 115, 166. Lyell, Sir Charles, 91, 103. Lynn, Prescott's house at, 97, 98. M Macaulay, Lord, anecdotes of, 108, 109; style of, 117, 133. Marina, 144. Markham, Sir Clements, judgment of Prescott's _Peru_, 165. Massachusetts Historical Society, 57, 86, 120, 142, 172. Mather, Cotton, his _Magnalia_, 8. _Mexico_, _Conquest of_, preparations for, 72-77; four years of work on, 78-79; publication and success of, 79-81, 95; estimate of, 133-159. Middle States, literature in the, 4-6. Middleton, Arthur, 26; aids Prescott in Spain, 77, 100. Mommsen, Theodor, as a partisan compared with Motley, 177, 178; compared with Prescott, 180. Montezuma, described by Prescott, 139, 143; Spaniards' view of, 153-156. Morgan, Lewis Henry, Indian researches of, 152, 153, 155, 156; quoted, 157. Motley, J. L., quoted, 89, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172; compared with Prescott, 176-179, 180. N Nahant, Prescott's cottage at, 91, 96, 97. Navarrete, M. F., 76, 80. New England, literature in, 6-10; historians of, 10-12. Noctograph, description of, 57. Northumberland, Duke of, entertains Prescott, 110, 111. O Ogden, Rollo, quoted, 93, 172. Oxford University, 88; confers degree on Prescott, 106, 107. P Parkman, Francis, style of, 133, 145; compared with Prescott, 179, 180. Parr, Dr. Samuel, 18. Parsons, Theophilus, 42; quoted, 89. Peabody, Dr. A. P., _Harvard Reminiscences_, 22 _n._ Peel, Sir Robert, 104. Peirce, Benjamin, 25. Pepperell, Prescott's home at, 96, 97. _Peru_, _Conquest of_, memorising of parts of, 59; composition and publication, 81, 82, 84, 85, 95; estimate of, 160-165. Peruvians, 163-165. Phi Beta Kappa, 34. _Philip II._, Prescott's memorising of parts, 59; obstacles in way, 99-100; preparations for, 101, 102; two volumes completed, 115, 116, 117; third volume, 119; estimate of, 165-172; compared with _Dutch Republic_, 177. Pickering, John, memoir of, 86. Pizarro, Francisco, 160; character of, 161; quoted, 162. Poe, Edgar Allan, 4.