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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW--(Born in 1807, died in 1882.)
Musings in Pere Lachaise.
(From "Outre-Mer") 3
EDGAR ALLAN POE--(Born in 1809, died in 1849.)
I The Cask of Amontillado.
(Published originally in _Godey's Magazine_ in 1846) 11
II Of Hawthorne and the Short Story.
(From a review of Hawthorne's "Twice Told Tales"
and "Mosses from an Old Manse" published
in _Godey's Magazine_ in 1846) 19
III Of Willis, Bryant, Halleck and Macaulay.
(Passages selected from articles printed in
Volume II of the "Works of Poe") 25
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES--(Born in 1809, died in 1894.)
I Of Doctors, Lawyers and Ministers.
(From Chapter V of "The Poet at the Breakfast Table") 31
II Of the Genius of Emerson.
(From an address before the Massachusetts Historical
Society in 1882) 36
III The House in Which the Professor Lived.
(From Part X of "The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table") 42
IV Of Women Who Put on Airs.
(From Part XI of "The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table") 49
MARGARET FULLER--(Born in 1810, lost in a shipwreck off
Fire Island in 1850.)
I Her Visit to George Sand.
(From a letter to Elizabeth Hoar) 52
II Two Glimpses of Carlyle.
(From a letter to Emerson) 54
HORACE GREELEY--(Born in 1811, died in 1872.)
The Fatality of Self-Seeking in Editors and Authors.
(Printed with the "Miscellanies" in the "Recollections
of a Busy Life") 58
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY--(Born in 1814, died in 1877.)
I Charles V and Philip II in Brussels.
(From Chapter I of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic") 63
II The Arrival of the Spanish Armada.
(From Chapter XIX of the "History of the United
Netherlands") 74
III "The Spanish Fury."
(From Part IV, Chapter V, of
"The Rise of the Dutch Republic") 84
RICHARD HENRY DANA, THE YOUNGER--(Born in 1815, died in 1882.)
A Fierce Gale under a Clear Sky.
(From "Two Years Before the Mast") 93
HENRY DAVID THOREAU--(Born in 1817, died in 1862.)
I The Building of His House at Walden Pond.
(From Chapter I of "Walden, or, Life in the Woods") 99
II How to Make Two Small Ends Meet.
(From Chapters I and II of "Walden") 103
III On Reading the Ancient Classics.
(From Chapter III of "Walden") 115
IV Of Society and Solitude.
(From Chapter IV of "Walden") 120
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL--(Born in 1819, died in 1891.)
I The Poet as Prophet.
(From an essay contributed to _The Pioneer_ in 1843) 125
II The First of the Moderns.
(From the first essay in the first series, entitled
"Among My Books") 129
III Of Faults Found in Shakespeare.
(From the essay entitled "Shakespeare Once More,"
printed in the first series entitled "Among My Books") 133
IV Americans as Successors of the Dutch.
(From the essay entitled "On a Certain Condescension
in Foreigners," printed in "From My Study Window") 138
CHARLES A. DANA--(Born in 1819, died in 1897.)
Greeley as a Man of Genius.
(From an article printed in the New York _Sun_,
December 5, 1872) 146
JAMES PARTON--(Born in 1822, died in 1891.)
Aaron Burr and Madame Jumel.
(From his "Life of Burr") 150
FRANCIS PARKMAN--(Born in 1823, died in 1893.)
I Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois.
(From Chapter X of "The Pioneers of France
in the New World") 157
II The Death of La Salle.
(From Chapter XXV of "La Salle and the Discovery
of the Great West") 161
III The Coming of Frontenac to Canada.
(From Chapters I and II of "Count Frontenac and
New France") 167
IV The Death of Isaac Jogues.
(From Chapters XVI and XX of "The Jesuits in
North America") 171
V Why New France Failed.
(From the Introduction to "The Pioneers of France
in the New World") 176
VI The Return of the Coureurs-de-Bois.
(From Chapter XVIII of "The Old Regime in Canada") 179
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS--(Born in 1824, died in 1892.)
Our Cousin the Curate.
(From Chapter VII of "Prue and I") 183
ARTEMUS WARD--(Born in 1824, died in 1867.)
Forrest as Othello.
(From "Artemus Ward, His Book") 191
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH--(Born in 1836, died in 1908.)
I A Sunrise in Stillwater.
(From Chapter I of "The Stillwater Tragedy") 195
II The Fight at Slatter's Hill.
(From Chapter XIII of "The Story of a Bad Boy") 198
III On Returning from Europe.
(From Chapter IX of "From Ponkapog to Pesth") 204
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS--(Born in 1837.)
To Albany by the Night Boat.
(From Chapter III of "The Wedding Journey") 207
JOHN HAY--(Born in 1838, died in 1905.)
Lincoln's Early Fame.
(From Volume X, Chapter XVIII of "Abraham Lincoln,
A History") 211
HENRY ADAMS--(Born in 1838.)
Jefferson's Retirement.
(From the "History of the United States") 219
BRET HARTE--(Born in 1839, died in 1902.)
I Peggy Moffat's Inheritance.
(From "The Twins of Table Mountain") 224
II John Chinaman.
(From "The Luck of Roaring Camp") 236
III M'liss Goes to School.
(From "M'liss," one of the stories in "The Luck
of Roaring Camp") 240
HENRY JAMES--(Born in 1843.)
I Among the Malvern Hills.
(From "A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Tales") 246
II Turgeneff's World.
(From "French Poets and Novelists") 252