Literary criticism in _The Nation_, 291-295.
Literary style, acquisition by historian, 52-55; Macaulay's, 55; Gibbon's, 133; Gardiner's, 148; Spencer Walpole's, 165.
Logan, J. A., at burning of Columbia, 303, 311, 312.
London _Daily News_, Godkin as American correspondent, 273.
Louisiana, purchase as precedent, 208; overthrow of carpet-bag government, 248, 249.
Lowell, J. R., on present-day life, 21; on Carlyle, 39; on college training, 102; on Darwin, 145; on Grant's cabinet, 186; on _The Nation_, 268, 271, 278; on importance of Godkin to it, 275.
Macaulay, Lord, on Shakespeare as historian, 2; on Herodotus, 5; prolixity, 11, 16, 36; on Thucydides, 19, 61; lack of reflection and digestion, 37; enthusiasm, 38; as partisan, 41; and popularity, 44; on Greek and Latin, 51; style, 55; on mathematics, 56; importance in training of historian, 62; biography, 64; as reader, 69; on Gibbon, 115; on Wentworth and Laud, 149; Gladstone on, 155; on Cromwell, 318; on character of Puritans, 318; on Cromwell's army, 319; Auckland on agreeing with, 323.
McKim, J. M., and foundation of _The Nation_, 273, 274.
McKinley, William, as leader of House, 227; tariff bill, 227; as President, 229-234; change in tariff views, 229-231; and gold standard, 231; and public opinion, Spanish War and Philippines, 231-234; diplomacy, 234; influence on Congress, 234; as speaker, 241; attitude of Godkin, 286.
Mackintosh, Sir James, on irreligion of Gibbon's time, 132.
Mahaffy, J. P., on Herodotus, 5; on Thucydides, 8.
Mahan, A. T., anticipation of theory, 127.
Maine, Sir Henry, on Federal Constitution, 203, 206.
Manuscript sources, value, 85, 91, 294; Gardiner's use, 143, 144.
Massachusetts Historical Society, papers by author before, 141, 151, 159, 175, 183, 189, 315; recognition of Gardiner, 147; of Lecky, 156; interest of E. L. Pierce in, 181; E. G. Bourne and editorship of publications, 199.
Mathematics, and training of historian, 55-57.
Matthews, William, on _The Nation_, 278, 279.
Merritt, E. A., appointment by Hayes, 255.
Mexican War, aggression, 212; and slavery, 212.
Mill, J. S., and mathematics, 56; prodigy, 56.
Milligan case, and arbitrary government, 215.
Milman, H. H., on Gibbon's history, 125, 139.
Mommsen, Theodor, on Gibbon, 11, 125; as scientific historian, 43.