Mr. Wetherell, to whom she was wedded just before her debut in opera; he has been a constant solace and help, she says, and no disagreement or harshness has ruffled the felicity of their holy relation.  In the appendix to the memoirs are to be found letters addressed at different times to Miss Abbott by Patti, Gounod, Kellogg, Longfellow, Jenny Lind, Nilsson, Wagner, Dumas, Brignoli, Liszt, and other notables.  Numerous fine steel portraits add value to the volume.

In a word, this book serves as a delightful history of the time of which it treats.  It gives us pictures of places, manners, and morals, and chats with distinguished men and women.  Better than this, it is the reflex of an earnest life and of a stanch, pure heart, challenging our admiration, and worthy of our emulation.

INDEX

Abbott, Miss Emma, a friend of Field, i., 228, 346;
  Field’s review of her imaginary autobiography, ii., 332-340
“Ailsie, My Bairn,” ii., 129
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, i., 134
“Alliaunce, The,” ii., 124-126
“An Appreciation” of Eugene Field, i., 201
“April Vespers,” i., 129, 130
Archer, Belle, i., 249
Arion Quartette, formed by Field and others, i., 113
Armour, George A., ii., 173
Auer, Louis, ii., 294
“Aunt Mary Matilda Series,” ii., 28, 35
“Auto-Analysis, An,” i., 51, 99, 106;
  reference to Field’s early verse, 135, 227;
  origin and publication of, ii., 234-240
“Awful Bugaboo, The,” i., 152, 153

Baker, Thomas C., i., 113
Ballantyne, John F., i., 206;
  his relations with Field, 207, 208;
  his office, 215;
  hero of “How Mary Matilda Won a Prince,” ii., 36;
  married, 89, 90
“Bar Harbor:  A Reminiscence,” ii., 212, 213
Barrett, Wilson, ii., 276, 277
Barnes, Charles A., ii., 173
Barnum, P.T., ii., 153
Barren, Elwin, i., 285
Bates, Mrs. Morgan, entertains Field, ii., 84-86
Bates, Morgan, i., 216, 282;
  suffers from his political attitude, ii., 223, 224
Below, Mrs., i., 101, 105
Bernhardt, Madame, i., 173, 243
“Bibliomaniac’s Prayer, The,” ii., 170, 171
Bikens, Judge, i., 27
Bingham, Joseph, ii., 226, 227
Blaine, James G., ii., 10, 11, 217;
  defeated in his campaign for the Presidency, 221
Blair, Montgomery, i., 44
Bristol, Rev. Frank M., ii., 173;
  delivers address at Field’s funeral, 315
Broderick, Mr. and Mrs. George, i., 249
Browne, Francis, proposes to publish Field’s writings, ii., 56
Burdette, Robert J., i., 134
Burgess, Professor John W., i., 78
Burke, Judge Henry W., association with Field, i., 115
Buskett, William C., hero of “Penn Yan Bill,” i., 112;
  describes Field’s life in St. Louis, 112-114;
  receives letter from Field, ii., 161, 162