Amusements, in New England, 30.

  Anaemia, artistic, 334.

  Ancestry: 
    in general, 1-3;
    Emerson’s, 3 et seq.
      (See Heredity.)

  Andover, Mass.: 
    Theological School, 48;
    graduates, 411.

  Andrew, John Albion: 
    War Governor, 223;
    hearing Emerson, 379. 
      (See South.)

  Angelo. (See Michael Angelo.)

  Antinomianism: 
    in The Dial, 162;
    kept from, 177. 
      (See God, Religion, etc.)

  Anti-Slavery: 
    in Emerson’s pulpit, 57;
    the reform, 141, 145, 152;
    Emancipation address, 181;
    Boston and New York addresses, 210-212;
    Emancipation Proclamation, 228;
    Fugitive Slave Law, and other matters, 303-307. 
      (See South.)

  Antoninus, Marcus, allusion, 16.

  Architecture, illustrations, 253.

  Arianism, 51. 
      (See Unitarianism.)

  Aristotle: 
    influence over Mary Emerson, 17;
    times mentioned, 382.

  Arminianism, 51. 
      (See Methodism, Religion, etc.)

  Arnim, Gisela von, 225.

  Arnold, Matthew: 
    quotation about America, 137: 
    lecture, 236;
    on Milton, 315;
    his Thyrsis, 333;
    criticism, 334;
    string of Emerson’s epithets, 406.

  Aryans, comparison, 312.

  Asia: 
    a pet name, 176;
    immovable, 200.

  Assabet River, 70, 71.

  Astronomy: 
    Harp illustration, 108;
    stars against wrong, 252, 253. 
    (See Galileo, Stars, Venus, etc.)

  Atlantic Monthly: 
    sketch of Dr. Ripley, 14, 15;
    of Mary Moody Emerson, 16;
    established, 221;
    supposititious club, 222;
    on Persian Poetry, 224;
    on Thoreau, 228;
    Emerson’s contributions, 239, 241;
    Brahma, 296.

  Atmosphere: 
    effect on inspiration, 290;
    spiritual, 413, 414.

  Augustine, Emerson’s study of, 52.

  Authors, quoted by Emerson, 381-383. 
    (See Plutarch, etc.)

  Bacon, Francis: 
    allusion, 22, 111;
    times quoted, 382.

  Bancroft, George: 
    literary rank, 33;
    in college, 45.

  Barbier, Henri Auguste, on Napoleon, 208.

  Barnwell, Robert W.: 
    in history, 45;
    in college, 47.

  Beaumont and Fletcher, disputed, line, 128, 129.

  Beauty: 
    its nature, 74, 94, 95;
    an end, 99, 135, 182;
    study, 301.

  Beecher, Edward, on preexistence, 391. 
    (See Preexistence.)

  Behmen, Jacob: 
    mysticism, 201, 202, 396;
    citation, 380.

  Berkeley, Bishop: 
    characteristics, 189;
    matter, 300.