ansas as issue, 88;
1876, controversy, and flexibility of Constitution, 203, 219, 245;
1896, bimetallism as issue, 228;
attitude of Godkin, 286.

Elizabeth, Froude and Gardiner on, 149;
and Anglo-Saxon development, 172.

Emerson, R. W., on originality, 28;
on mathematics, 57;
on philanthropists, 181;
on _The Nation_, 270.

England, Macaulay's history, 37, 41, 62;
Gardiner's history, 143-150;
Lecky's history, 154, 155;
Walpole's history, 161, 163, 164;
conditions in 1815, 161;
Green's history, 171, 172;
Alabama claims arbitration, 217;
Venezuela-Guiana boundary, 225, 285;
draft general arbitration treaty, 226;
attitude of Godkin, 272, 284, 290;
Cromwell and the Commonwealth, 317-323.

Evarts, W. M., Secretary of State, ability, 246;
social character, 262;
pessimism, 288.

_Evening Post_, acquires _The Nation_, Godkin as editor, 274.

Evolution, and history, 4, 36.

Executive. _See_ Civil service, Presidential office.

Federal Constitution, English model, 203;
rigidity and flexibility, 203, 216;
as political tradition, 208.
_See also_ Presidential office.

Ferrero, Guglielmo, as historian, 75;
on Cicero's contradictions, 290.

Fessenden, W. P., and Whig nominations in 1852, 87.

Fillmore, Martin, as President, 212.

Finances, greenback craze, 219, 246, 281;
silver agitation of 1878, 221, 259, 260;
Silver Act of 1890, 224, 227;
Cleveland's soundness, 225;
attitude of Republican party on money, 227, 257;
issue in campaign of 1896, 228, 286;
gold standard, 231;
depression (1877-1878), 251, 258;
Hayes's administration, 257-260;
Sherman's refunding, 257;
resumption of specie payments, 258, 259;
_The Nation_ and sound, 280-282.

Fine arts, and training of historian, 59.

Firth, C. H., to continue Gardiner's history, 148.

Fish, Hamilton, and arbitration of Alabama claims, 218.

Fiske, John, anecdote of the Websters, 54;
as popular scientist, 58;
power of concentration, 69.

Footnotes, use in histories, 33.

Ford, P. L., on writing criticisms for _The Nation_, 292.

Foreign relations, under Washington, 206;
under Tyler and Polk, 211;
under Grant, 218;
under Cleveland, 225, 285;
under McKinley, 231-234.
_See also_ Monroe Doctrine.

Fourth estate, newspaper as, 96.

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