ABUSE of America, English, 252.

Addison, writings of, compared with
those of Washington Irving, 288.
Address of eminent Frenchmen to loyal |
Americans, 154.

Addresses, commemorative, 421.

Adriani, Count, 340; Washington's opin-
ion of his book, 340.

Adventure, spirit of Americans for, 434.
Agassiz, on the priority of the formation
of the American continent, 14.
Albany, sketch of society at, by Mrs.
Grant, 172; Peter Kalm's picture of, in
1749, 296.

Alessandro, Pietro d', 342; his letters from
Boston, 343; visits Cambridge, 349; the
Boston Athenæum, 351.

Allouez, Father Claude, narrative of, 44.
Allston, Washington, on the affinity which
should exist between the United States
and England, 259.
Alyaco, Petrus de, Imago Mundi,"
Washington Irving's remarks on, 23.
America, similarity of, to Italy in furnish-
ing subjects of interest to authors, 2;
general sameness of writings of travels
in, 4; European writers of travels in,
each interested in a different theme, 4;
toleration in, the source of its attraction
to foreign exiles, 7; natural features
also interest, 7; early discoverers and
explorers of, 13; its natural features
conduce to the spread of civilization,
15; its antiquities compared with those
of the Old World, 16; conjectures in
regard to the primitive inhabitants of
America, 17; claimed by the Welsh to
have been discovered by Madoc in 1170,
18; early pictorial representations of
manners and customs of its inhabitants, |
23; the fifteenth and sixteenth centu-
ries prolific in works on, 24 ; curious re-
lics of annals of discovery in, 26; mis-
cellaneous publications relating to, 33;
English abuse of, 252; book collectors
in, 317; deceptions practised upon trav-
ellers in, 341; self-respect of its people,
441.

American travellers and writers, 371.

Ampère, J. J.," Promenade en Amérique,"
142; notes carelessness of Americans,
143; versatility of his descriptions, 144.
Anbury, Thomas, "Travels in the Inte-
rior of America," 186; description of
Cambridge, Mass., 187; notices the de-
fective teeth of Americans, 188; regrets
that he cannot visit Boston, 188; anx-
iety to return to England, 188.
Antiquities, American, compared with
those of the Old World, 16.

Ashe, Thomas, 202; his travels in Amer-
ica, 203; his peculiar opinions of Amer-
icans, 204.

Athenæum, the Boston, described by Pie-
tro d'Alessandro, 350.

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ACKWOODSMEN, American, Tal-
leyrand's opinion of, 114.
Bancroft, George, visit of John G. Kohl to,
at Newport, 324.

Barre, Col., on English of America before
the Revolutionary war, 254.
Bartlett, John R., "Dictionary of Amer-
icanisms," 286; similarity between the
provincialisms of New England and
those of Great Britain, 286.
Bartram, John, 372; his botanical labors,
372; his travels, 374; Peter Collinson's
opinion of him, 374; his close observ.
ance of nature, 376; description of Os-
wego, 377; appointed botanist and nat.-
uralist to the king of England, 378; ex-
plores Florida, 379; his home life, 380.
Bartram, William, 382; his study of na-
ture, 384.

Beaumont, Gustave de, his "Marie," 139
women of America and France com-
pared, 141.

Belknap, Dr., the foremost primitive lo-
cal historian of America, 3; founder of
the Massachusetts Historical Society,
3; his description of the White Moun-
tains, 3.

Beltrami, J. C., " Pilgrimage in Europe
and America," 342.
Benton, Thomas H., sketch of, 322.
Berkeley, Bishop G., 156; obtains a char-
ter for erecting a college in Bermuda,

157; his letters, 157; Walpole and, 158;
lines of, 159; marries and embarks for
America, 159; his friendship for Smi-
bert the painter, 161; his sacrifices, 161;
arrives at Newport, R. I., 162; religious
condition of Rhode Island in 1714, 162;
his reception at Newport, 163; letter
describing the town, 164; is delighted
with American scenery, 165; his muni-
ficence to Yale College, 167; memorials
of his residence in América, 169.
Biography, American, 424, 432.
Blackwood's Magazine, remarks of, on
Harriet Martineau's book, 225; its ridi-
cule of Yale College and New England-
ers, 263.

Bonaparte, Joseph, resides in seclusion in
New Jersey, 122.

Book collectors, American, 317.
Books of travel, diversity of treatment of, 4.
Boston, notes of Marquis de Chastellux

Bulow, M., visit of Brillat-Savarin to the
family of, 127.

Burke, Edmund, "Account of the Euro-
pean Settlements in America," 181.
Burnaby, Rev. Andrew, 173; his descrip-
tion of Virginians, 173; visits Philadel-
phia, 174; New York, 174; opinion of
Long Island, 175; visits Rhode Island,
175; opinion of its people, 175; his de-
scription of Bishop Berkeley's residence
at Newport, 176; visits Boston and
Cambridge, 177; strict observance of
the Sabbath in New England, 178; his
opinions in regard to the American
colonies, 179.

Byrd, William, expeditions of, described
in the Westover Manuscripts, 32.
Byron, 211; his apostrophe to America,

212.

1781, 76; its people, 77; commerce, 78;
visit of Brissot de Warville to, 83; com-
mercial intercourse of, in 1729, 166; John
G. Kohl's impressions of, 313; book col-
lectors of, 317; Luigi Castiglione's im-
pressions of, 339; Pietro d'Alessandro's
description of its people, 345.
Botany, promoters of the science of, in
America, 372.
Botta, Carlo, 334.

Bradford, Governor, poetical description
of New England, 33.
Breckinridge, Dr., on the necessity of the
maintenance of the American Union, 277.
Bremer, Fredrika, her novels, 298; her
reception in America, 298; her compari-
sons of Swedish and American scene-
ry, 299; her curiosity, 299.
Bright, John, on the strength of, the
United States Government, 449.
Brillat-Savarin, "Physiologie du Gout,"
125; wild-turkey shooting, 126; visit to
the family of M. Bulow, 127.
Brissot de Warville, 82; visits Boston,
83; journeys to New York, 84; Phila-
delphia, 84; visits Washington at Mount
Vernon, 85; Whittier's lines on, 86; his
anti-slavery sympathies, 86; admiration
of Americans, 87; sketch of New York
city in 1788, 87; smoking in New York,
88.
Bristed, Rev. John, 205; his "America

and her Resources," 205; opinion of Lon-
don Quarterly Review on his work, 206.
British authors, writings of, compared
with those of America, 288.
British colonists in America described by
Charlevoix, 49.

British travellers and writers on America,

156; desirableness and feasibility of a
compilation of their works, 215; miscel-
laneous works of, on America, 218, 219,
220, 222, 224, 229.

Brown, Charles Brockden, translates Vol-
ney's work on America, 97.
Browning, Elizabeth, on British illiber-
ality, 290.

Bryant, William Cullen, his "Letters of a
Traveller," 418; his poems, 430.

Canonicut Island, Bishop Berkeley lands
at, 162.
ridiculous

Capobianco, Raffaelle, 358;

5.

statements of his book, 359.
Carli, Le Comte, "Lettres Americaines,"
Carlisle, Earl of, his lecture at Leeds on
the United States, 231.

Carver, Capt. John, 387; his "Travels,"
388.

Castiglione, Luigi, 338; his impressions of

Boston, 339; visit to Mount Vernon, 339.
Catholic missionaries the pioneer writers
of American travels, 37.
Channing, William Ellery, 436; his influ-
ence on free institutions in America,
437.
Charlevoix, P. F. X., travels in Canada
and the Northwest, 47; his letters, 49;
account of New England and other
British provinces, 49; description of the
Missouri and Mississippi, 50; review of
the scene of his labors, 51; his "His-
toire de la Nouvelle France," 57.
Chastellux, Marquis de, 58; a friend of
Washington, 59; his "Voyages dans
l'Amérique Septentrionale,60;" romance
of his style and comparisons, 60; opin-
ions of his writings, 61; his "Travels "
translated into English, 61; justness of
his criticisms, 62; visits Providence,
R. I., 63; Hartford, 64; sketch of Gov.
Trumbull, 64; visits the Hudson High-
lands, 65 interview with Washington
and his officers, 65; visits Philadelphia,
66; Mrs. Bache, 66; Robert Morris, 66;
social customs of Frenchmen and Qua-
kers compared, 66; his description of
Northern New York, 67; journey into
Virginia, 68; describes Jefferson, 69
minuteness of his observation, 71; traits
of different sections, 72; visits Ports-
mouth, N. H., 73; attends a ball at
Boston, and describes the "prettiest of
the women dancers," 74; other Boston
celebrities, 74; takes leave of Washing-
ton at Newburgh, 74; his description of
Washington, 75; translates Col. Hum-