, 29-32, 83-97;
generalizations, 32, 178;
use of footnotes, 33;
fresh combination of well-known facts, 34;
present-day models, 34-43;
reflection, 37;
enthusiasm, 38;
Macaulay, 36-38, 41, 62;
Carlyle, 38, 41, 62;
old and new schools, ethical judgments, human interest, 39, 43-45;
Hume, Robertson, Alison, 40;
Froude, 41;
Green, 42, 171-173;
Stubbs, 42, 157;
Gardiner, 42, 143-150, 157, 323;
and popularity, 44;
growth of candor, 45;
Bryce, 60, 61;
use of manuscript material, 85, 294;
gospel of exact knowledge, 101;
Lecky, 153-158;
Spencer Walpole, 161-167;
E. L. Pierce, 177-181;
J. D. Cox, 187;
E. G. Bourne, 191-200;
Bancroft, 294.
_See also_ titles above and below.
History, intellectual rank, 1;
and poetry, 1, 2;
and physical sciences, 2;
definitions, 2, 6, 43, 126;
homage of politicians, 3;
and evolution, 4, 36;
newspapers as source, 29-32, 83-97;
value of manuscript sources, 85, 294.
_See also_ two titles above.
Hoar, E. R., in Grant's cabinet, 186, 278;
and _The Nation_, 278.
Holm, Adolf, on Thucydides, 39;
on scientific history, 43; as historian, 75.
Holst, H. E. von, use of newspapers, 29, 85;
on westward expansion and slavery, 212.
Home rule, Lecky's attitude, 156.
Homer, as historian, 1, 2, 22;
and study of human character, 67.
House of Representatives. See Congress.
Howard, O. O., at burning of Columbia, 302, 307, 311, 312.
Howells, W. D., pessimism, 288.
Hugo, Victor, influence, 73.
Hume, David, present-day reputation, 40, 111;
on Gibbon's history of Switzerland, 124.
Huxley, T. H., as popular scientist, 58;
biography, 59;
on things useful, 102;
on college training, 102.
Income tax decision, Lecky on, 157.
Ireland, Lecky's history, 155.
Jackson, Andrew, as President, 209-211;
as leader of democracy, 209;
and spoils system, 209;
and training for administrative work, 210;
and nullification, 210.
James, Henry, on Sainte-Beuve, 73.
James, T. L., as postmaster of New York, 254.
James, William, on Godkin, 270.
Jay Treaty, as precedent for treaty-making power, 206.
Jebb, Sir R. C., on Herodotus, 6, 17;
on Tacitus, 10;
on Thucydides, 17.
Jefferson, Thomas, as President, 207, 208;
Louisiana Purchase, 208.
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