Historians -- United States -- Biography; Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859
_II._, 99, 100, 101, 102;
his Boston residence, 83, 96;
the homestead at Pepperell, 96, 97;
his cottage at Nahant, 96, 97;
cottage at Lynn, 97, 98;
third visit to England, 94, 102-111;
presented at court, 105;
his sensibility, 110;
at zenith of his fame, 111, 112;
his opinions of contemporary writers, 112, 113, 114, 115;
completes two volumes of _Philip II._, 115, 116, 117;
rewrites conclusion of Robertson's _Charles V._, 117, 118;
health fails, 118;
completes third volume of _Philip II._, 119;
death, 119;
his burial, 119, 120;
style and accuracy of _Ferdinand and Isabella_, 121-131;
criticised by Ford, 124, 125, 126;
his place as an historian, 173-181.
Q
Quincy, Josiah, 7, 25.
R
Raumer, Friedrich von, 81.
_Review_, _Edinburgh_, notices of Prescott's books, 70, 76, 85, 116.
_Review_, _English Quarterly_, 46, 70, 85.
_Review, North American_, Prescott's contributions to, 41, 46, 64, 65;
its notices of Prescott's books, 62, 69.
Robertson, William, 117, 146.
Rogers, Samuel, 108, 109.
S
Scott, General Winfield, 90, 91.
Scott, Sir Walter, 6, 86, 108, 122;
a favourite of Prescott's, 41, 115;
quoted, 129.
Shepherd, Dr. W.R. 100 _n._
Simancas, archives at, 99, 100.
Southern States, literature in the, 2-4.
Southey, Robert, 20, 67;
praises _Ferdinand and Isabella_, 71;
quoted, 107.
Sparks, Jared, 12, 42;
estimate of, 9, 10;
encourages Prescott, 46, 65, 68, 88.
Stith, Dr. W., quoted, 3.
Story, Judge Joseph, 25.
Sumner, Charles, Prescott's friendship with, 88, 89, 90.
T
Talleyrand, quoted, 11.
Thackeray, W. M., 43, 86;
entertained by Prescott, 91, 114;
tribute to Prescott, 114, 115.
Thierry, Augustin, 54, 86.
Thoreau, Henry D., quoted, 168, 169.
Ticknor, George, 25, 94, 111;
quoted, 19, 22, 26, 28, 43, 48, 71, 84, 103, 127;
letters to, 46, 69, 70, 107, 117, 118;
reads to Prescott, 47.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 11, 71.
V
Victoria, Queen, 105, 106.
W
Ware, John, 42.
Wars, Napoleonic, 21.
Wellington, Duke of, 21, 104.
Wendell, Prof. Barrett, 5.
Wilson, J. Grant, quoted, 91 n.
Wilson, Robert A., criticises Prescott's _Conquest of Mexico_, 147, 148;
reply to, 149-151.
X
Xenophon, Prescott compared with, 142, 143.
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