Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyrannical act of, 453.

Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but rationalistic) sentiment of, 406.

"American Citizen," new compost so called, 442.

American Eagle, a source of inspiration, 410 hitherto wrongly cla.s.sed, 414 long bill of, _ib._

Amos, cited, 405.

Anakim, that they formerly existed, shown, 453.

Angels, providentially speak French, 400 conjectured to be skilled in all tongues, _ib._

Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 398.

Anglo-Saxon mask, 399.

Anglo-Saxon race, 396.

Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to perfection, 393.

Antonius, a speech of, 408 by whom best reported, _ib._

Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic to theologians, 431.

Apollo, confessed mortal by his own oracle, 431.

Apollyon, his tragedies popular, 426.

Appian, an Alexandrian, not equal to Shakspeare as an orator, 408.

Ararat, ignorance of foreign tongues is an, 415.

Arcadian background, 443.

Aristophanes, 405.

Arms, profession of, once esteemed especially that of gentleman, 393.

Arnold, 409.

Ashland, 443.

Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 436.

Astraea, nineteenth century forsaken by, 442.

Athenians, ancient, an inst.i.tution of, 408.

Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 419.

Austin, Saint, profane wish of, 409, _note_.

Aye-Aye, the, an African animal, America supposed to be settled by, 401.

B.

Babel, probably the first Congress, 415 a gabble-mill, _ib._

Baby, a low-priced one, 440.

Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be d.a.m.ned, 421.

Baldwin apples, 454.

Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most pleasant, 442.

Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended to, 413.

Barrels, an inference from seeing, 454.

Baton Rouge, 443 strange peculiarities of laborers at, _ib._

Baxter, R., a saying of, 406.

Bay, Mattysqumscot, 450.

Bay State, singular effect produced on military officers by leaving it, 399.

Beast in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom, 431.

Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 419.

Behmen, his letters not letters, 427.

Bellevs, a saloon-keeper, 446 inhumanly refuses credit to a presidential candidate, _ib._

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 388 never heard of any one named Mundishes, _ib._ nearly fourscore years old, _ib._ his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of, 389.

Biglow, Hosea, excited by composition, 388 a poem by, 389, 422 his opinion of war, 390 wanted at home by Nancy, 391 recommends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors, _ib._ would not wonder, if generally agreed with, _ib._ versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 393 a letter from, 394, 417 his opinion of Mr. Sawin, 394 does not deny fun at Cornwallis, 395, _note_ his idea of militia glory, 396, _note_ a pun of, 397, _note_ is uncertain in regard to people of Boston, _ib._ had never heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 401 _aliquid sufflaminandus_, 402 his poems attributed to a Mr. Lowell, 405 is unskilled in Latin, 405 his poetry maligned by some, _ib._ his disinterestedness, _ib._ his deep share in commonweal, 405 his claim to the presidency, _ib._ his mowing, _ib._ resents being called Whig, 406 opposed to tariff, _ib._ obstinate, _ib._ infected with peculiar notions, _ib._ reports a speech, 408 emulates historians of antiquity, _ib._ his character sketched from a hostile point of view, 415 a request of his complied with, 421 appointed at a public meeting in Jaalam, 428 confesses ignorance, in one minute particular, of propriety, _ib._ his opinion of c.o.c.ked hats, _ib._ letter to, _ib._ called "Dear Sir," by a general, _ib._ probably receives same compliment from two hundred and nine, _ib._ picks his apples, 454 his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, _ib._

Billings, Dea. Cephas, 395.

Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead languages, 441.

Bird of our country sings hosanna, 396.

Blind, to go it, 439.