16-19; life in Macon, 19-23;
early schools, 23; fondness
for music and books, 24, 25;
at Oglethorpe University, 26–
41; influence of Dr. Woodrow,
28-30; of comrades, 32; vaca-
tion at Montvale Springs,
Tenn., 35-37; tutor in Greek, 38;
plans to go to Heidelberg, 39;
catches war fever and joins
Macon Volunteers, 42-48; at
Norfolk, 48; in battles around
Richmond, 48, 49; at Peters-
burg, 49; vacation in Macon,
52, 53; as scout at Fort Boy-
kin reads German poetry and
begins "Tiger Lilies," 54-56,
84; captured on blockade-run-
ner at Wilmington, N. C., 57;
and taken to Point Lookout
Prison, 58-60; rescue from
death, 60; after illness in Ma-
con, goes to Point Clear on
Mobile Bay, 64; hotel clerk at
Exchange Hotel, Montgom-
ery, Alabama, 64-78; resumes
literary work, 74; goes to
New York with "Tiger Lil-
ies," 78; teaches school at
Prattville, Alabama, 91-97;
suffers from reconstruction
governments, 91-95; marriage,
93; practices law at Macon,
delivers Confederate

99;
Memorial address, 103; goes
to Alleghany Springs, Virgi-
nia, 112, to New York, 114, to
San Antonio, 117; resolves to
give the remainder of his life
to music and poetry, 120-126;
goes to New York to study
music, 129; first flute in Pea-
body Orchestra in Baltimore,
130; popularity in Baltimore,
135; on a visit to Georgia
writes "Corn," 153; at work
on other poems, and books,

161-165; appointed to write
a cantata for the opening
of Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia, 166; publishes
first volume of poems, 181;
meets wider circle of literary
men and women, 181; visit to
Boston, 190; attends Century
Club and Goethe celebration,
192; moves family to Chadd's
Ford, Pa., 194; goes to Florida
for health, 195, 196; seeks
in vain for government
position in Washington, 198,
199; settles with family in
Baltimore, 200; at work in
Peabody Library on English
literature, 202; lectures at
the Peabody Institute, 206-
210; appointed lecturer at
Johns Hopkins University,

233;
writes article on the
"New South," 264; last ill-
ness begins, 321; birth of
fourth son at West Chester,
Pa., 322; lectures at Johns
Hopkins, 328-330; goes to
New York, 330; to Asheville,
N. C., 331; death, 335; burial
in Baltimore, 336; memorial
exercises at Johns Hopkins
University, 337-338.
Characteristics: physical ap-
pearance, 190 (Lowell), 193
(Stedman), 300 (Wysham),
301 (Gilman; humor, 21, 32,
33, 79, 80, 100, 200, 204, 310,
311; buoyancy of spirit,
4-7, 96, 322, 323; lack of Bo-
hemianism, 18, 301, 302, 307;
knightliness and chivalry, 54,
158, 309; capacity for hard
work, 129-130, 134, 163, 187, 211,
238; capacity for friendship,
302-307; fondness for children,
79, 80, 303, 307; love of nature,
18, 19, 37, 112-114, 224-226; pu-

rity of life, 59, 60, 162; rever-
ence for science, 28, 29, 138,
232, 312-317, 333, 334 (see also
Darwin, Gilman, Kirk); enthu-
siasm for literature, 32-34, 108-
110, 205, 211, 212, 350 (see also
Elizabethan poetry and old
English); as a scholar, 7, 34,
238-250; as teacher, 258-260;
as critic, 344-366; as poet, 360-
375; as musician, 24, 31, 32, 38,
55, 58, 59, 74, 86, 115-117, 120-
123, chapter vi; his national
spirit, 175-181; his religious
faith, 6, 17, 22, 23, 27, 28, 87, 145,
317-319, 326; inheritor of un-
fulfilled renown, 3, 341, 342.
Works: A Birthday Song, 76;
A Florida Ghost, 310; A Flor-
ida Sunday, 197, 368; Acknow-
ledgment, 364; An Evening
Song, 197, 368, 369 (quoted);
Baby Charley, 100, 307; Ballad
of Trees and Master (quoted),
318, 368; Barnacles, 76; Be-
trayal, 368; Bob, 307; Boy's
Froissart, The, 326; Boy's
King Arthur, The, 109, 326-328;
Boy's Mabinogion, The, 326,
332; Boy's Percy, The, 326;
Cantata, the Centennial, 166-
176, 291; Clover, 360, 367, 369,
370; Confederate Memorial
Address, 103-106, 344; Corn,
153-157, 181, 183, 268, 364, 366;
Crystal, The, 318, 347, 370;
English Novel, The, 294, 314,
315, 322, 328-330, 344, 351, 352,
360; Florida, 36 (note), 164-
166, 187; From Bacon to Bee-
thoven, 140, 344; From the
Flats, 197, 368, 369; Hard Times
in Elfland, 307; Harlequin of
Dreams, The, 368; How Love
looked for Hell, 368; In Ab-
sence, 307; In the Foam, 76
(note); India, Sketches of, 163;

Individuality, 360, 368; Jac-
querie, The, 38, 101, 118, 158, 159;
Laughter in the Senate, 76
(note), 92, 93 (quoted); Laus
Mariae, 307; Legend of St.
Leonor, The, 315; Life and
Song, 76, 370; Marsh Song
at Sunset, 364; Marshes of
Glynn, The, 3, 320, 322, 324,
363, 370-375; Mazzini on Music,
145-147; Mocking - Bird, The,
197, 368; Modern Orchestra,
The, 140; Music and Poetry,
172, 217; My Springs, 97, 98,
307, 368; Nature - Metaphors,
96; New South, The, 157, 264-
272, 344; Night and Day, 368;
Nirvana, 108, 368; Ode to Johns
Hopkins University, The, 230,
234, 236, 238; Opposition, 128,
368; Orchestra of To-day, 344;
Power of Prayer, The, 185,
186; Psalm of the West, The,
176-178, 181,360, 366, 369; Raven
Days, 93; Remonstrance, 364;
Retrospects and Prospects
(essay), 19, 70-72, 94, 96, 344;
Retrospects and Prospects
(book), 103-106, 117-122, 264-
272; Revenge of Hamish, The,
368; San Antonio de Bexar,
117-122, 344; Science of Eng-
lish Verse, The, 3, 239, 249, 320,
329, 337, 352-359; Shakspere
and His Forerunners, 98, 210-
228, 243-245, 351, 352; Song of
the Chattahoochee, The, 197,
368; Special Pleading, 367;
Steel in Soft Hands, 93; Stir-
rup-Cup, The, 197, 368; Sun-
rise, 322, 336, 363, 365-367; Sym-
phony, The, 158-163, 181, 185,
187, 368; Tampa Robins, 197;
Tiger Lites, 35-37, 43, 44, 55,
57, 58, 72, 74, 78, 80-89, 143, 144,
312, 344; Tyranny, 76, 93; Un-
der the Cedarcroft Chestnut,

(note), 107, 282, 283.
South, The, Lanier's inherit-
ance from the, 8, 91, 126, 297;
what he means to the, 8, 298-
299; denominational colleges
in, 26, 27; Lanier's view of the
social life of the Old South,
35, 36; war fever in, 43-47;
effect of war on, 45, 65–73; re-
construction in, 89-96, 113, 274,
275; in 1873, 123; in 1874,
156; in 1885, 279; Lanier's in-
terest in, 264-267; the conser-
vative leader in, 272-275; the
progressive leader in, 275–279;
literature in, 279-291; Lanier's
relation to Southern literature,
291-297; see also civil war,
Georgia, Macon.

South Atlantic Quarterly,"
quoted from, 173, 301, 331.
"Southern Magazine, The," 118,
280, 289, 292; Lanier contri-
butes to, 282.
"Southern Review, The," 280.
Spann, Miss Minnie, reminis-

cences of Lanier, 334-335.
Stebbins, Miss Emma, friend of
Charlotte Cushman, 183, 186,
190, 194.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 2,
75; describes Lanier, 193; let-
ter to Dr. Gilman about La-
nier, 262.

Stephens, Alexander H., 44, 73,
277, 282.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 211,
311.

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 75,
183.

nier's life in prison, 59; La.
nier's influence on, 294; his
opinion of a fragment of La-
nier's poetry, 334; his appear-
ance at Johns Hopkins me-
morial exercises, 338.

Talmage, Rev. Samuel K., 27.
"Tannhäuser," Lanier's inter-
pretation of, 116.

Taylor, Bayard, 159, 182, 192,
199; has Lanier appointed to
write the Centennial Cantata,
166; introduces him to men of
letters at Century Club and
at Goethe celebration, 192;
Lanier writes to, 65, 166, 167,
176, 192, 205.

Tennyson, Alfred, 33, 34, 186,
188, 251, 312, 338, 347, 357, 366.
Thackeray, W. M., 53, 224, 299;
Lanier's opinion of, 346.
Thomas, Edith, poem on La-
nier, 338.

Thomas, Theodore, 115-117, 129,

130, 134, 137, 144, 340; offers
Lanier place in Orchestra,
133; Lanier's description of,
as conductor, 140; his opinion
of the Centennial poem, 166.
Thompson, Maurice, 44, 68, 96,
285, 286, 299.

Timrod, Henry, 44, 45, 107, 283;
Lanier's opinion of, 293.
Turnbull, Lawrence, 280, 281,
336.

Turnbull, Mrs. Lawrence, poem
on Lanier, 304; Mme. Blanc's
description of her home, 304-
307; Lanier buried on lot in
Greenmount Cemetery, 336.

Uhland, 56, 173.

348, 359, 366.

Sylvester, J. J., 353; Lanier's

characterization of, 236.

281.

Von Bülow, 131, 173.