I. History 1
President's Inaugural Address, American Historical
Association, Boston, December 27, 1899; printed in the
_Atlantic Monthly_ of February, 1900.
II. Concerning the Writing of History 25
Address delivered at the Meeting of the American
Historical Association in Detroit, December, 1900.
III. The Profession of Historian 47
Lecture read before the History Club of Harvard
University, April 27, 1908, and at Yale, Columbia, and
Western Reserve Universities.
IV. Newspapers as Historical Sources 81
A Paper read before the American Historical Association
in Washington on December 29, 1908; printed in the
_Atlantic Monthly_ of May, 1909.
V. Speech prepared for the Commencement Dinner at Harvard
University, June 26, 1901. (Not delivered) 99
VI. Edward Gibbon 105
Lecture read at Harvard University, April 6, 1908, and
printed in _Scribner's Magazine_ of June, 1909.
VII. Samuel Rawson Gardiner 141
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the March Meeting of 1902, and printed in the
_Atlantic Monthly_ of May, 1902.
VIII. William E. H. Lecky 151
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the November Meeting of 1903.
IX. Sir Spencer Walpole 159
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the November Meeting of 1907.
X. John Richard Green 169
Address at a Gathering of Historians on June 5, 1909, to
mark the Placing of a Tablet in the Inner Quadrangle of
Jesus College, Oxford, to the Memory of John Richard
Green.
XI. Edward L. Pierce 175
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the October Meeting of 1897.
XII. Jacob D. Cox 183
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the October Meeting of 1900.
XIII. Edward Gaylord Bourne 189
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the March Meeting of 1908.
XIV. The Presidential Office 201
An Essay printed in _Scribner's Magazine_ of February,
1903.
XV. A Review of President Hayes's Administration 243
Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, on
October 8, 1908; printed in the _Century Magazine_ for
October, 1909.
XVI. Edwin Lawrence Godkin 265
Lecture read at Harvard University, April 13, 1908;
printed in the _Atlantic Monthly_ for September, 1908.
XVII. Who Burned Columbia? 299
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the November Meeting of 1901, and printed in the
_American Historical Review_ of April, 1902.
XVIII. A New Estimate of Cromwell 315
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society
at the January Meeting of 1898, and printed in the
_Atlantic Monthly_ of June, 1898.