tings, 244;
his parting gift to Massachusetts, 263;
his opinion of Emerson, 291;
of Dr. Hedge, 298;
sympathizes with Mrs. Howe's desire for expression, 305.

Parker, Mrs. Theodore, 160, 162.

Parnell, Charles S.,
escorts Mrs. Howe to the House of Commons, 412.

Parnell, Mrs. Delia Stuart,
gives Mrs. Howe a note of introduction to her son, 412.

Parsons, Thomas W.,
his poem on the death of Mary Booth, 241;
suggests a poem for Mrs. Howe's Sunday meetings in London, 332.

"Passion Flowers,"
Mrs. Howe's first volume of poems, 228, 229;
reviewed in Dwight's "Journal of Music" by Mrs. E. D. Cheney, 436.

Passy, Frederic,
takes Mrs. Howe to the French Academy, 414;
also to the crowning of a _rosiere_, 415;
presents her with a volume of his essays, 416.

Paul, Jean,
works of, read, 59.

Pegli,
Samuel Ward dies at, 73.

Peirce, Benjamin,
a member of the Radical Club, 282.

Pellico, Silvio,
an Italian patriot, 119.

Pentonville prison,
visited, 109.

Perkins, Col. Thomas H.,
his recollection of Mrs. Cutler, 35.

Persiani, Mlle.,
an opera singer, 104.

"Phaedo,"
Plato's,
read by Mrs. Howe, 321.

Phillips, Wendell,
his prophetic quality of mind recognized, 84;
leader of the abolitionists: his birth and education, 154;
at anti-slavery meetings, 155-157;
an advocate of woman suffrage, 157, 158;
his death, 159;
compared with Sumner, 175;
effect of his presence at the Radical Club, 286;
his orthodoxy, 287;
speaks at the meeting to help the Cretan insurgents, 313;
at the woman suffrage meeting, 375;
supports that cause, 378, 382;
at school with Tom Appleton, 433.

"Philosophie Positive,"
Comte's, 211.

Phrenology,
belief in, 132, 133.

Pius IX.,
Pope, 125;
his weakness, 194, 195;
his death, 425.

Poe, Edgar Allan,
his visit to Dr. Francis, 39.

Polish insurrection of 1830, the,
connection of Dr. Howe with, 117.

Polish refugees,
ball in aid of, 105.

Powel, Samuel,
his prophecy in regard to Newport, 408.

Powell, Mr. Aaron,
asks Mrs. Howe to attend the Paris Peace Congress as a delegate, 338.

Priessnitz,
his water cure, 189.

Prime, Ward & King,
firm of,
Mrs. Howe's father a member, 50, 51;
her brother Samuel admitted, 69.

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