espeare as historian, 2;
on Herodotus, 5;
prolixity, 11, 16, 36;
on Thucydides, 19, 61;
lack of reflection and digestion, 37;
enthusiasm, 38;
as partisan, 41;
and popularity, 44;
on Greek and Latin, 51;
style, 55;
on mathematics, 56;
importance in training of historian, 62;
biography, 64;
as reader, 69;
on Gibbon, 115;
on Wentworth and Laud, 149;
Gladstone on, 155;
on Cromwell, 318;
on character of Puritans, 318;
on Cromwell's army, 319;
Auckland on agreeing with, 323.

McCrary, G. W., in Hayes's cabinet, 247.

McKim, J. M., and foundation of _The Nation_, 273, 274.

McKinley, William, as leader of House, 227;
tariff bill, 227;
as President, 229-234;
change in tariff views, 229-231;
and gold standard, 231;
and public opinion, Spanish War and Philippines, 231-234;
diplomacy, 234;
influence on Congress, 234;
as speaker, 241;
attitude of Godkin, 286.

Mackintosh, Sir James, on irreligion of Gibbon's time, 132.

Madison, James, as President, 207.

Mahaffy, J. P., on Herodotus, 5;
on Thucydides, 8.

Mahan, A. T., anticipation of theory, 127.

Maine, Sir Henry, on Federal Constitution, 203, 206.

Manuscript sources, value, 85, 91, 294;
Gardiner's use, 143, 144.

Massachusetts Historical Society, papers by author before, 141, 151,
159, 175, 183, 189, 315;
recognition of Gardiner, 147;
of Lecky, 156;
interest of E. L. Pierce in, 181;
E. G. Bourne and editorship of publications, 199.

Mathematics, and training of historian, 55-57.

Matthews, William, on _The Nation_, 278, 279.

Merritt, E. A., appointment by Hayes, 255.

Mexican War, aggression, 212;
and slavery, 212.

Mill, J. S., and mathematics, 56;
prodigy, 56.

Milligan case, and arbitrary government, 215.

Milman, H. H., on Gibbon's history, 125, 139.

Milton, John, on books, 60.

Moliere, importance to historians, 49.

Mommsen, Theodor, on Gibbon, 11, 125;
as scientific historian, 43.

Money. _See_ Finances.

Monographs, use by general historians, 22.

Monroe, James, as President, 207, 209.

Monroe Doctrine, and Philippines, 195;
and development of presidential office, 209.

Montesquieu, Gibbon on, 119.

Morison, J. A. Cotter, on Gibbon, 131.

Morley, John, on Macaulay, 16, 38, 55;
on Cicero and Vol