Episodes Before Thirty/Index
INDEX
"A Case of Eavesdropping," 252
Abbott, Dr. Lyman, sermons on the theology of an Evolutionist, 292 et seq.
tribute to N.Y. Times report of his sermons, 294
Aberdeen, Lord, Governor-General of Canada, 66
Advertising extraordinary, 105
Ahlwardt, Rector, anti-semitism of, 229
his meeting at Cooper Union
Hall, 229 et seq.
Alden, Mr., and A. H. Louis, 271
Amityville, a quasi lunatic asylum at, 226
Anti-semitic campaign in New York, 229 et seq.
Apples, dried, and hot water, as hunger-appeaser, 111
Arson, frequency of, among Jews, 106
Barnum and Bailey's Circus, a banquet at, 226
Beattie, Mr., Boyde and, 206
Beauchamp, Montague, 23
Belloc, Hilaire, an article by, based on author's book, 224
Bennett, Sterndale, A. H. Louis a pupil of, 269
Benson, Archbishop, A. H. Louis's memories of, 268
Bernhardt, Sarah, interview with, 106
Bernstein, Mrs., a long-outstanding account with, settled, 213
and her third floor back, 80
reduces rent--and why, 85
removes to another house, 209
"Bhagavad Gita," the, world-scripture of, 32
Bingham, Billy, former proprietor of the Hub, 17, 39 et seq.
Black Forest, schooldays in the, 24
Blackwood, Algernon, a childish recollection of his mother, 259
a poem in The Week by, 38
an earl's visit to Sun office, 230
an interlude of play-acting, 255 et seq.
and Boyde: a scene, 161 et seq.
and the Hub hotel, 14, 16 et seq., 39 et seq.
as reporter in the Tombs, 99 et seq.
as story-teller, 222
as violinist, 5, 46, 75, 83, 87, 107, 168, 180
assigns his interest in the Hub, 61
attends a ball at Government House, 66
becomes a partner in an eau de Cologne business, 273, 274
beginning of friendship with Alfred H. Louis, 266
credited with powers of Black Magic, 77
"cribs" from an intoxicated reporter, 108
death of his father, 35, 231
"detachment" method of, 51, 227, 228
disagreement with Dr. Huebner, 156
discovers Boyde's forgery, 132
dissolves partnership with Cooper, 14
Edinburgh University course of, 14, 51
eighteen months on staff of New York Times, 288 et seq.
essays magazine writing, 84
evangelical upbringing of, 20, 23, 27, 71
examined on a charge of arson, 286
first experience of morphine, 178
five months on Lake Rosseau, 73 et seq.
free-lance journalism, 252, 274
friendship with a dying doctor, 58 et seq.
his mother's letters, 258
improvises accompaniment to "Invocation to Opium," 168
interviews a lion, 102
interviews in Tombs prison cell before trial, 101
learns French, 37
literary apprenticeship of, 6
loses faith in mankind, and a regretted act, 210 et seq.
maiden speech of, 5, 291
off to the goldfields, 235 et seq.
on staff of Evening Sun, 91
parents of, 17, 18, 21 et seq.
partner in dairy concern, 10 et seq.
pawnbroking experiences, 88, 110, 120, 252
plays in Drinkwater's "Oliver Cromwell," 256
poses in studios, 44, 158
reads Patanjali's "Yoga Aphorisms," 28 et seq.
receives a visit from Pauline, 152
reports a raid on a quasi lunatic asylum, 226
reports Dr. Lyman Abbott's sermons, 292 et seq.
resumes duties on Evening Sun, 209
returns from Muskoka lakes, 78
returns to England, 304
secretary to James Speyer, 297 et seq.
tackles Boyde re a forged cheque, 138 et seq.
talks with Boyde in his cell at Tombs prison, 202
teaches French, 5, 7
translates French stories, 102, 124, 128, 129
unhappy days in New York, 288
visited by a banker: further disclosures concerning Boyde, 148
visits of an eccentric German doctor, 116, 120, 125
visits winter quarters of Barnum and Bailey's circus, 226
warned against Boyde, 112, 135, 136, 147
warns a pastor's daughter against Boyde, 139
"Whitey's" useful hints to, 96, 97, 98
why an opening in C.P.R. did not eventuate, 66 et seq.
works by, 53, 78, 102, 123, 163, 182, 223, 224, 252
Blackwood, Sir Arthur (father), a disregarded counsel of perfection of, 76
and the Hub venture, 40
death of, 35, 231
farewell to author, 40
fêted in New York, 5
marriage of, 21
religious and temperance views of, 17, 18, 21 et seq., 30
Bond, Bligh, his "Gate of Remembrance," 228
Bookkeeping, author's frank opinion of, 298
Borden, Lizzie, interview with, 100
Bostock's Circus, a lion escapes from: reporting the episode, 102 et seq.
Boyde, Arthur Glyn, an echo of, 299
arrest of, 198
author's attachment to, 108, 111
committed for trial to General Sessions, 201
communicates with Sir A. Blackwood, 202
confessions of, 139, 144, 206
disguises himself, 160
duplicity of, 132, 138 et seq., 149, 160, 206, 207, 211
his varied experience of New York, 86 et seq.
hunt for, 182 et seq.
last sight of, 207
letters to author from Tombs prison, 203 et seq.
meeting with, 86
sentenced, 203
telegraphs news of his marriage, 151
uneasy suspicions regarding, 119, 122, 124, 129, 131, 134
warrant for arrest of, 163
Brodie, as salesman, 275
heavy insurances of—and a fire, 278 et seq.
how he obtained recipe for eau de Cologne, 273
introduction to, 272
social aspirations of, 273
Bronx Park, Sundays in, 216 et seq.
Brooklyn Bridge, reflections on, 81
Buddhism, a German doctor's opinion of, 170
author's interest in, 8, 51, 54
Dr. Withrow and, 8
Calder, introduces himself, 210
uninvited, sleeps in author's bed, 211
Campbell, Sir Alexander, Governor of Ontario, 66
Canada, social customs unwittingly broken by author in, 66
Canadian Pacific Railway, how an opening in, was lost, 65 et seq.
Canoeing on Canadian lakes, 74
Carey, Mr., manager of New York Times, 291
Clay, Cecil, introduction to, 90
Clothes, interchangeable, 110
Conversion, reflections on, 23 et seq.
Cooper, Alfred, partner in Islington Jersey Dairy, 10 et seq.
Cooper, Mr., news-editor of Evening Sun, 95
Cox, Cleveland, posing for, 158
Crayford, home life at, 33, 40
Croker, Boss, head of Tammany, 232
Dana, Charles A., editor of Evening Sun, 93
Davies, Acton, 211
and the Boyde story, 201
Davis, Richard Harding, a play by, 86
an interview with, 83
Boyde and, 206
Davis, R. H., witnesses capture of an escaped lion, 103
de Chaillu, M., 297
De Quincey's "Confessions," Dr. Huebner and, 125, 168
Dixon, his tight-rope walk across the Niagara, 130
Dodge, William E., a chance meeting with, 295 et seq.
Drug stores and their attraction, 97
Drummond, Professor, Sunday lectures at Edinburgh of, 32
Dufferin, Lord, a photograph of, in Hub hotel, 43
Duluth, and the gold rush, 240
"Earth's Earliest Ages," Pember's, 30
Easter Day in the Black Forest, 25
Eau de Cologne business, author and, 272 et seq.
Edinburgh University, author at, 14, 51
"Education of Uncle Paul, The," 123
Elephants, their fear of rats, 226
Eliot, George, and her Sunday receptions, 269
Etruria, launching of, 5
Evening Sun, slogan of, 91
Evening World, the, a scoop in, 98
Evolutionist theology, sermons on, 292 et seq.
ffoulkes, Maude, author's indebtedness to, 224
"Final Word, The" (poem), 267
Free-lunch counters, 87, 90
Freytag, German reporter, 202, 229
his advice to author, 100
Frohman, Daniel, and Angus Hamilton, 222
Gallup, a half-breed guide, 240
camp-fire stories of, 242
Galt, Sir Thomas, 6
Germans, talkative, 251
Gibson, Charles Dana, author poses for, 158
Gilmour, jealousy of--and a realistic performance, 256-7
Gilmour, organizes a theatrical touring company, 112, 116
Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., A. H. Louis and, 268
Goff, John, replaces Judge Smythe as Recorder, 232
Gold, a quest in search of, 235 et seq.
Gosse, Edmund, "Father and Son" of, 22
Grant, and author, 114
hears and witnesses Boyde's confession, 140 et seq.
warns author against Boyde, 135, 136, 147
Hamilton, a clergyman publicly thrashed in, 233
Hamilton, Angus, 221, 222
and author's stories, 223, 224
suicide of, 224
Harcourt, Sir William, president of Cambridge Union, 268
Harper's Magazine, publication of A. H. Louis's poems in, 267
Harris, Carlyle, electrocuted, 101
Haschisch, an experiment with, 182
Haultain, Arnold, private secretary to Goldwin Smith, 37
Henry, O., his conception of New York, 109
"Hereafter," poem by A. H. Louis, 270
Hopf, Max, 298, 300
Hub hotel, advice to new proprietors of, 41
early customers at, 45
in hands of a receiver, 61
its former proprietor, 17, 39 et seq.
opening of, 43
purchase of, 41, 42
Huebner, Dr. Otto, a disappointment for, 149
administers morphine to author, 178, 181
and Boyde, 122, 127, 155, 166
called in by Boyde, 116 et seq.
confesses himself a morphine taker, 171
death of, 213
friendship with, 164 et seq.
his wife and daughter, 164, 165
joins in search for Boyde, 183 et seq.
life-story of, 174
urges author to become a doctor, 127
varying moods of, 125, 153, 155, 165, 170, 173, 185
Hypnotism, experiments in, 51, 52
Irving, Henry, interview with, 106
Irvington, Mr. Speyer's country house at, 299
Islington Jersey Dairy, partnership in, 10
James, General, a dinner to Sir A. Blackwood, 5, 291
James, William, "Varieties of Religious Experience" by, 22, 217-18
Jews, a campaign against, 229
author's admiration of, 300
"Jimbo," author's, 223
"John Silence," 53, 78, 223
effects of haschisch described in, 182
publication of, 224
Jones, Colonel, 291
Joseph Lake, Northern Ontario, 74
"Julius Le Vallon," 53
Kay, John, and the "Hub" venture, 16 et seq., 39 et seq., 46
effect of morphine on, 179
his immunity to "night-attacks," 109
histrionic bent of, 46, 75, 90, 111, 112, 255
in search of Boyde, 189
poses to Smedley, 112
served with a blue writ, 64
Kingsley, Charles, baptizes A. H. Louis, 266
Laffan, Mr., of New York Sun, 91
Lake Rosseau, departure for, 63
five months on, 74 et seq.
Lawler, Detective, 163, 186, 189, 200, 201
Lewes, George Henry, A. H. Louis's talks with, 269
Lexow, Senator, and a Tammany investigation, 232
Liebesmahl, the, of Moravian Brotherhood, 25
Lightfoot, Bishop, A. H. Louis and, 268.
Lion, an escaped, a "strong man" and, 104
"Listener, The," author's, 163, 266
Louis, Alfred H., advice re eau de Cologne business, 277
and politics, 268, 269
arrives, and a description of, 213
as editor, 269
breakdown of, 269
buried in a Hebrew cemetery, 266
Cambridge days of, 268
claims to be original of Daniel Deronda, 209
condemns Gladstone, 268
"Hereafter" of, 270
his farewell to author, 304
legal attainments of, 269
meeting with, 262
"Night Song" of, 264, 265, 271
self-chosen epitaph of, 267, 290
"The Final Word" of, 267
unfailing guidance of, 301
Lowry, Mrs., marries James Speyer, 304
Lunatic asylum (a quasi), raid on, 226 et seq.
Manchester, Duchess of, marries Sir A. Blackwood, 21
Manning, Cardinal, A. H. Louis and, 269
Mantell, Bob (Shakespearean actor), 85
introduces author to Cecil Clay, 90
"Max Hensig, Bacteriologist and Murderer," author's story of, 102, 163
McCloy, Mr. (managing editor of Evening Sun), 91
and author, 221
interview with, 92
recollections of, 94, 95
McKay, owner of olive-oil warehouse, 262, 263
Messe noire, a, and its performers, 215
Methodist Magazine, author on staff of, 6 et seq.
Miller, C. W., editor in chief of New York Times, 291
Mitchell, Fire-Marshal, examines author, 286
prosecutes Brodie, 282
Moody and Sankey visit England, 23
Morning Post, an article on the genus "ghost story" in: its writer, 224
Morphine, and its effects, 172 et seq., 178, 179
Morris (a reputed "stiff" and cut-throat), 248
an instance of his kindness, 249
Mosquitoes of Rainy Lake City, 247
Muldoon, Mr., and author's report of a students' concert, 292
City editor of New York Times, 285, 291
joins staff of Brooklyn Eagle, 300
Mullins, editorial writer on Evening Sun, 284
Muskoka Lakes of Northern Ontario, 73, 74
Mystical minor poet, a, 55 et seq.
Nash, Eveleigh, publishes stories by author, 224
Nature, spell of, and its influence on author, 32, 35, 49 et seq., 169, 218, 233, 236, 238, 240
New York, a lively anti-semitic meeting at, 229
horrors of, 108, 109
miseries of summer heat in, 231
New York Times, author on staff of, 288
slogan of, 91, 291
Newspaper reporting, reminiscences of, 225 et seq.
"Night Song," poem by A. H. Louis, 264, 265, 271
Novelists, instances of their creative power, 77
Olive-oil, its value as food, 262
Opium, the Invocation to, 168, 169, 180
Otto, waiter in Krisch's, 260
Palmer, Lynwood, and Boyde, 159, 206, 208
attends trial of Boyde, 203
kindness to author, 158
Patanjali, "Aphorisms" of, 28 et seq., 255
Pawnbroking, experiences of, 88 et seq., 110, 120, 252
Paxton, 233, 236 et seq., 246, 249
Pember, G. H., evangelical writer of prophetic school, 30, 31
Police, New York, the Tammany system and, 107, 183
Potter, Bishop, officiates at wedding of James Speyer, 304
Prison as "a proper vestibule to a city of Damned Souls," 109
Rainy Lake City, arrival at, 246
desolateness of, 248
Rainy River district, gold discovered in, 232
Reporter, a drunken, 108
Reporting for New York papers, experiences acquired from, 92
Revivalist movement, author and, 23
Roosevelt's Rough Riders, 301
Roper, and Boyde, 197, 198, 199
Ryan, a Tammany magistrate, 201
Schmidt, "Von," personality of, 276
warns author against Brodie, 275, 277 et seq.
Scott, Mr., revivalist, 28
Scribner's Magazine, "A Vagrant's Epitaph" in, 290
Selton, Morton, and his understudy, 86
Sevenoaks, a reminiscence of schooldays at, 253
Shakespearean rehearsals on Lake Rosseau, 75, 77
Smedley, Mr., posing for, 112, 158
Smith, Goldwin, and his private secretary, 37
Smith, Stanley, 23
Smythe, Judge, replaced by John Goff as Recorder, 232
sentences Boyde, 203
"Snipe" hunting, definition of, 214, 215
Social reporting, experiences of, 225
Sothern advances money to Boyde, 206
Spanish-American War, the, 301
Spectator reviews author's published stories, 224
Spencer, Herbert, A. H. Louis's talks with, 269
Speyer, James, a letter of introduction to, 297
a present to author, 304
and the University Settlement movement, 299
as friend and employer, 299
as philanthropist, 298, 299
author becomes secretary to, 297 et seq.
marriage of, 304
tact and kindly feeling of, 298
Speyer, Sir Edgar, 298, 300
Spiritualism, a doctor's exposition of, 52, 53
Spiritualist, a cement-maker as, 55
Staten Island, a cricket match on, 85, 86
Stephen, Sir George, 65
Stevenson, R. L., a dictum of, 78
Stewart, Sir Donald, 65
Storey, Mr., editor of Harper's Young People, accepts an article by author, 84
Strathcona, Lord, 5
Studd brothers (cricketers), 23
Sullivan, Tim, and his rival saloon, 19
Tammany Hall, a Committee of Investigation into methods of, 232
Tammany system, the, 97, 107
the "Tenderloin" region and, 183
Temperance and General Life Assurance Company, author's post in, 6, 18
Terry, Ellen, interview with, 106
Theosophical Society meetings, attendance at, 107
Theosophy, author's early interest in, 32
"The Interpreters," by A. E., 218, 219
"The Listener," 163, 266
Tombs Police Court and Prison, the, 99
trial of Boyde at, 200
Toronto, author as hotel proprietor in, 39
Understanding, a spiritual wisdom, 270, 271
Union League Club dinner, author's maiden speech at, 5, 291
University Settlement movement, the, James Speyer and, 299
"Vagrant's Epitaph, A," 290
van Horne, Sir William, 5, 65
Vermin-infested bedroom, an uncomfortable night in a, 85
Wallace, Professor, of Edinburgh University, 14
Whitey, a parting present of a bottle of rye whisky, 234, 237
hints to author, 96-98
Withrow, Dr., editor of Methodis Magazine, 6 et seq.
Yonkers theatre, a realistic scene in a, 257
Zogbaum, illustrator, 158