Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier

Whittier, John Greenleaf, much read in England, 1; compared with Longfellow, 1, 2; interest in reforms, 3; birth, 4; ancestry, 4, 5; his homestead, 6-8; his “Snow-bound,” quoted, 6, 8-13; his Works, quoted, 6, 7, 19, 29, 34, 35, 52-55, 73-75, 84, 122-124, 166, 184,185; cited, 25 n., 35 n., 139 n., 175 n.; family group, 9-14, 107, 108; describes himself in “The Barefoot boy,” 14-16; his farm duties, 16, 17, 19, 20; his early reading, 17-19; his letters, 19, 20, 26, 32, 33, 37, 38, 41, 42, 44-47, 49, 50, 70, 71, 78, 79, 81, 82, 90, 92, 93, 96-98, 108, 109, 128-130, 167, 168, 182; early poems, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29; early acquaintance with Garrison, 22-24; edits “American Manufacturer,” 25,34; relation to Garrison, 26, 27, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 87; his “Justice and expediency,” mentioned, 27, 40; studies at Academy, 27; personal appearance, 29, 30, 94, 95; character, 30-32; offered editorship of the Philanthropist, 32; plunges into journalism, 33; edits Haverhill Gazette and New England Review, 34; letters to, 34, 35, 118-120, 167, 183; his social life at Hartford, 35; first volume called “Legend of New England,” 35, 36; difference between youthful and mature poetry, 36, 37; gives up editorship of New England Review, 37; public life, 38, 39; in politics, 40-43; defeats Caleb Cushing, 43; political foresight, 44; his view of Sumner's election, 45, 46; of party organization, 46, 47; becomes an ally of the antislavery movement, 48; opposes Clay, 49; attends antislavery convention, 50; his account of the convention, 51-53; J. M. McKim's description of, 54; his verses to Garrison, 54, 55; encounters first violence in antislavery cause, 56; conceals George Thompson, 58; encounters with mobs, 58, 59, 61, 62; edits Pennsylvania Freeman, 62; burning of his Philadelphia office, 63, 64; memorial of mob period, 65; a leader of the Disunionists, 68; Garrison's tribute to, 72; his tribute to Garrison, 72-75; differs from Garrison, 75; writes to Channing, 75; first edition of poems, 76; moves to Amesbury, 77; service to freedom, 77; Quaker principle, 78; interest in reform, 80; his “Tent on the beach,” 81, 82; his conscientiousness, 82; writes “The King's Missive,” 83; elected a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 83, 176; his argument about the “King's Missive,” 84-86; interest in labor, 86, 87; his position in regard to strike at Amesbury, 87, 88; addresses poem of indignation to Pius IX., 88; interest in temperance, 88, 89; his attitude toward reform, 89,90; supports woman suffrage, 91-93; his “Massachusetts to Virginia,” mentioned, 95; compared with Garrison, 95, 96; his generosity 96-98; his kindness, 98, 99; moral effect of his poems, 99, 100; acquaintance with an Emperor, 100, 101; receives many letters, 101; his shyness, 102, 103, 110; his sense of humor, 103, 104; seriousness of early poems, 103; compared with Whitman, 106; pleasure in tending fire, 109; R. S. Rantoul's delineation of, 110; acquaintance with fellow-authors, 110-112; his heroes, 112, 113; Hayne's poem on, 113, 114; a liberal Quaker, 115-117; fondness for Rossetti's ballad of “Sister Helen,” 117-118; his relation to Society of Friends, 118-124; his interpretation of “The Inward Light,” 124-126; his interest in spiritualism, 126, 127; his thoughts on spiritual subjects, 127, 130; describes himself in “My namesake,” 130, 131; his “My birthday,” 132-134; early sentimentalism, 135; personal relations with women, 136-139; his love poe-try, 138-149; his “My Playmate,” 141, 161; sound effect produced in his poetry, 142, 161, 162; his “Amy Wentworth,” 142; his “The Henchman,” 143-145; his “The sisters,” 145-147; his “Memories,” 147-149; his prose, 150, 151; compared with Burns, 152; D. A. Wasson's opinion of, 153,154; E. C. Stedman's opinion of, 154-157; his “Cassandra Southwick,” 155, 157-159; little known as to origin of poems, 159; his antislavery poetry, 160; his “The New wife and the old,” 161; his “Songs of labor,” 162; his hymns, 162, 163; his poems of the sea, 163; success of his poems, 164; his “Mabel Martin,” 165; defects of execution, 165, 166; his “The Vaudois Teacher,” 166-168; his career, 168; his “Proem,” 168, 169; words written on death of Longfellow, 169, 170; his health, 171-174; his “The Opium Eater,” 175; receives honorary degree, 176; seventieth birthday celebration, 176-178; his summary of Dr. Holmes, 178, 179; companionship, 179, 180; edits volume of Mrs. Child's letters, 180; illness and death, 183; his “At last,” 184, 185; his funeral, 185.