St. Joseph Gazette, i., 114
St. Louis, Field’s father dies in, i., 84;
Field’s home, 91-98, 112
“Saints’ and Sinners’ Corner,”
origin of, ii., 173-175;
described, 178;
description of entertainment given by
Field, 193-197
Sandford, Alexander, i., 41
Schurz, Carl, misreported by Field, 131, 132
Sclanders, J.L., i., 218
Scott, Dred, statement of his case, i., 38;
first petition to the Circuit Court, 39,
40;
complaint against Alexander Sandford and
others, 41, 42;
Justice Taney’s decision, 42, 43
“Second Book of Verse,” i., 53; ii., 264
“Seein’ Things,” i., 153
Sembrich, Madame, a favorite of Field, i., 251;
her genius and accomplishments, 252, 253
Shackelford, Collins, i., 217;
wheedled into advancing money to Field,
ii., 7-9
“Shadwell Folio, The,” ii., 122-129
“Sharps and Flats,” i., 53, 97, 114;
beginning and origin of, 201-203;
mention of William Crane, 235, 240;
ii., 56, 119, 254
“Singer Mother, The,” i., 255, 256
Skiff, Fred V., i., 144;
advances money to Field, 162;
subscribes to the “Little Books,”
ii., 132
Smith, Harry B, ii., 250
“Songs and Other Verse,” ii., 129
“Sonnet to Shekelsford, A,” ii., 8
“Souvenirs from Egypt,” ii., 179-182
“Statesman’s Sorrow, A,” ii., 231-233
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, writes an appreciation of
Eugene Field, i.,
340, 341;
visits Chicago, 341-345
Stevenson, Adlai, ii., 207, 288
Stone, Melvin B., establishes the Chicago Daily News,
i., 185, 186;
first meeting with Field, 187;
offers Field a position, 188;
accounts for “Sharps and Flats,”
203;
a Mugwump, ii., 218-220;
retires from the Daily News, 222;
described before and after Blaine’s
defeat, 224-226;
bears expense of painting Field’s
house, 288
Stryker. Rev. M. Woolsey, ii., 173
“Symbol and the Salut, The,” ii., 167
Taney, Chief Justice, decision in Dred Scott case,
i., 37, 38, 42, 43
“Ten Years of a Song Bird: Memoirs of a
Busy Life,” ii., 321, 332-340
Terry, Ellen, i., 264
“The Eugene Field I Knew,” i., 96
Thompson, Mary Matilda, receives illuminated letters
from Field, ii.,
27, 28, 33, 34;
“How Mary Matilda Won a Prince,”
dedicated to, 36
Thompson, Mrs., i., 156
Thompson, Slason, personal relations with Field, ii.,
1-14;
his marriage, 1, 2, 120;
bombarded with postal-cards, 9-12;
receives a Christmas stocking, 12-14;
his rooms pictured by Field, 28-31;
letters and poems from Field, 47-58, 65-70;
publishes “The Humbler Poets,”
56;
receives twelve more letters from Field,
77-105;
retires from The Daily News to join America,
121;
letters from John Wilson & Son concerning
publication of Field’s
“Little Books,”
133-136;
receives two letters from Francis Wilson
about publication
of “Echoes from the
Sabine Farm,” 153-157;


