JOSEPH ADDISON 1
HARRISON AINSWORTH 4
JANE AUSTEN 7
FRANCIS, LORD BACON 10
JOANNA BAILLIE 12
BENJAMIN, LORD BEACONSFIELD 15
JEREMY BENTHAM 17
RICHARD BENTLEY 20
JAMES BOSWELL 21
CHARLOTTE BRONTË 24
HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM 27
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 34
JOHN BUNYAN 36
EDMUND BURKE 39
ROBERT BURNS 42
SAMUEL BUTLER 47
GEORGE, LORD BYRON 47
THOMAS CAMPBELL 51
THOMAS CARLYLE 55
THOMAS CHATTERTON 58
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 61
PHILIP, LORD CHESTERFIELD 63
WILLIAM COBBETT 66
HARTLEY COLERIDGE 70
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 74
WILLIAM COLLINS 77
WILLIAM COWPER 79
GEORGE CRABBE 81
DANIEL DE FOE 83
CHARLES DICKENS 86
ISAAC D’ISRAELI 91
JOHN DRYDEN 94
MARY ANNE EVANS (GEORGE ELIOT) 98
HENRY FIELDING 102
JOHN GAY 105
EDWARD GIBBON 107
WILLIAM GODWIN 110
OLIVER GOLDSMITH 112
DAVID GRAY 114
THOMAS GRAY 116
HENRY HALLAM 118
WILLIAM HAZLITT 120
FELICIA HEMANS 125
JAMES HOGG 128
THOMAS HOOD 130
THEODORE HOOK 134
DAVID HUME 136
LEIGH HUNT 139
ELIZABETH INCHBALD 143
FRANCIS, LORD JEFFREY 144
DOUGLAS JERROLD 147
SAMUEL JOHNSON 150
BEN JONSON 152
JOHN KEATS 155
JOHN KEBLE 158
CHARLES KINGSLEY 164
CHARLES LAMB 168
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON 172
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 174
CHARLES LEVER 177
MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS 179
JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART 180
SIR RICHARD LOVELACE 181
EDWARD, LORD LYTTON 183
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY 187
WILLIAM MAGINN 190
FRANCIS MAHONY (FATHER PROUT) 195
FREDERICK MARRYAT 199
HARRIET MARTINEAU 202
FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE 205
JOHN MILTON 207
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD 211
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 215
THOMAS MOORE 217
HANNAH MORE 220
SIR THOMAS MORE 224
CAROLINE NORTON 227
THOMAS OTWAY 231
SAMUEL PEPYS 232
ALEXANDER POPE 234
BRYAN WALLER PROCTER 236
THOMAS DE QUINCEY 238
ANN RADCLIFFE 243
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 244
CHARLES READE 248
SAMUEL RICHARDSON 251
SAMUEL ROGERS 254
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 256
RICHARD SAVAGE 262
SIR WALTER SCOTT 264
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 267
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY 275
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 277
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 282
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 284
HORACE SMITH 286
SYDNEY SMITH 287
TOBIAS SMOLLETT 289
ROBERT SOUTHEY 290
EDMUND SPENSER 293
ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY 296
SIR RICHARD STEELE 299
LAURENCE STERNE 302
SIR JOHN SUCKLING 304
JONATHAN SWIFT 305
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 308
JAMES THOMSON 311
ANTHONY TROLLOPE 313
EDMUND WALLER 317
HORACE WALPOLE 319
IZAAC WALTON 323
JOHN WILSON 324
ELLEN WOOD (MRS. HENRY WOOD) 330
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 332
SIR HENRY WOTTON 335