[Roman numerals indicate volumes, Arabic numerals indicate pages]
Adams, Henry;
biographical note on, X, 219;
Jefferson's retirement, 219.
Adams, John;
biographical note on, IX, 87;
articles by--on his nomination of Washington to be
commander-in-chief, 87;
an estimate of Franklin, 90.
Adams, John Quincy;
biographical note on, IX, 133;
articles by--of his mother, 133;
the moral taint inherent in slavery, 135.
Addison, Joseph;
biographical note on, III, 236;
articles by--in Westminster Abbey, 236;
Will Honeycomb and his marriage, 240;
on pride of birth, 246;
Sir Roger and his home, 251.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey;
biographical note on, X, 195;
articles by--a sunrise in Stillwater, 195;
the fight at Slatter's Hill, 198;
on returning from Europe, 204.
Andersen, Hans Christian;
biographical note on, VIII, 231;
the Emperor's new clothes, 231.
Aquinas, St. Thomas;
biographical note on, VII, 12;
a definition of happiness, 12.
Aristotle;
biographical note on, I, 149;
articles by--what things are pleasant, 149;
the lite most desirable, 155;
ideal husbands and wives, 158;
happiness as an end of human action, 165.
Arnold, Matthew;
biographical note on, VI, 208;
on the motive for culture, 208.
Ascham, Roger;
biographical note on, III, 40;
article by--on gentle methods in teaching, 40.
Aucassin and Nicolette;
note on the authorship of the work bearing that name, VII, 30;
a passage from the book, 30.
Audubon, John James;
biographical note on, IX, 144;
where the mocking-bird dwells, 144.
Augustine, Aurelius St.;
biographical note on, VII, 3;
on imperial power for good and bad men 3.
Bacon, Francis;
biographical note on, III, 53;
essays by--of travel, 53;
of riches, 56;
of youth and age, 60;
of revenge, 63;
of marriage and single life, 65;
of envy, 67;
of goodness and goodness of nature, 74;
of studies, 77;
of regiment of health, 79.
Balzac, Honore de;
biographical note on, VII, 210;
articles by--the death of Pere Goriot, 210;
Birotteau's early married life, 215.
Bancroft, George;
biographical note on, IX, 217;
the fate of Evangeline's countrymen, 217.
Beaconsfield, Lord;
biographical note on, VI, 31;
on Jerusalem by moonlight, 31.
Bellay, Joachim du;
biographical note on, VII, 87;
why old French was not as rich as Greek and Latin, 87.
Blackstone, Sir William;
biographical note on, IV, 169;
on professional soldiers in free countries, 169.
Boccaccio, Giovanni;
biographical note on, VIII, 167;
the patient Griselda, 167.
Boethius, Anicius;
biographical note on, VII, 6;
on the highest happiness, 6.
Bolingbroke, Lord;
biographical note on, IV, 32;
articles by--of the shortness of human life, 32;
rules for the study of history, 36.
Boswell, James;
biographical note on V, 3;
articles by--Boswell's introduction to Dr. Johnson, 3;
Johnson's audience with George III, 8;
the meeting of Johnson and John Wilkes, 15;
Johnson's wedding-day, 21.
Bradford, William;
biographical note on, IX, 11;
his account of the landing of the Pilgrims, 11.
Bronte, Charlotte;
biographical note on, VI, 119;
of the author of "Vanity Fair," 119.
Brown, John;
biographical note on, VI, 56;
of Rab and the game chicken, 56.
Browne, Sir Thomas;
biographical note on, III, 114;
articles by--of charity in judgments, 114;
nothing strictly immortal, 116.
Bryant, William Cullen;
biographical note on, IX, 194;
an October day in Florence, 194.
Buckle, Henry Thomas;
biographical note on, VI, 198;
articles by--the isolation of Spain, 198;
George III and the elder Pitt, 204.
Bunyan, John;
biographical note on, III, 165;
articles by--a dream of the Celestial City, 165;
the death of Valiant-for-truth and of Stand-fast, 169;
ancient Vanity Fair, 172.
Burke, Edmund;
biographical note on, IV, 194;
articles by--the principles of good taste, 194;
a letter to a noble lord, 207;
on the death of his son, 212;
Marie Antoinette, 214.
Burnet, Gilbert;
biographical note on, III, 195;
on Charles II, 195.
Bury, Richard de;
biographical note on, III, 3;
in praise of books, 3.
Byrd, William;
biographical note on, IX, 38;
at the home of Colonel Spotswood, 38.
Byron, Lord;
biographical note on, V, 134;
articles by--his mother's treatment of him, 134;
to his wife after the separation, 138;
to Sir Walter Scott, 140;
of art and nature as poetical subjects, 143.
Caesar, Julius;
biographical note on, II, 61;
articles by--the building of the bridge across the Rhine, 61;
the invasion of Britain, 64;
overcoming the Nervii, 71;
the Battle of Pharsalia and the death of Pompey, 78.
Calvin, John;
biographical note on, VII, 84;
of freedom for the will, 84.
Carlyle, Thomas;
biographical note on, V, 179;
articles by--Charlotte Corday, 179;
the blessedness of work, 187;
Cromwell, 190;
in praise of those who toil, 201;
the certainty of justice, 202;
the greatness of Scott, 206;
Boswell and his book, 214;
might Burns have been saved, 223.
Casanova, Jacques (Chevalier de Seingalt);
biographical note on, VIII, 200;
an interview with Frederick the Great, 200.
Cato, the Censor;
biographical note on, II, 3;
on work on a Roman Farm, 3.
Caxton, William;
biographical note on, III, 22;
on true nobility and chivalry, 22.
Cellini, Benvenuto;
biographical note on, VIII, 182;
the casting of his Perseus and Medusa, 182.
Cervantes, Miguel de;
biographical note on, VIII, 218;
articles by--the beginnings of Don Quixote's Career, 218;
how Don Quixote died, 224.
Channing, William E.;
biographical note on, IX, 139;
of greatness in Napoleon, 139.
Chateaubriand, Viscomte de;
biographical note on, VII, 182;
in an American forest, 182.
Chaucer, Geoffrey;
biographical note on, III, 17;
on acquiring and using riches, 17.
Chesterfield, Lord;
biographical note on, IV, 66;
articles by--on good manners, dress and the world, 66;
of attentions to ladies, 71.
Cicero;
biographical note on, II, 8;
articles by--the blessings of old age, 8;
on the death of his daughter Tullia, 34;
of brave and elevated spirits, 37;
of Scipio's death and of friendship, 43.
Clarendon, Lord;
biographical note on, III, 144;
on Charles I, 144.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor;
biographical note on, V, 70;
articles by--does fortune favor fools? 70;
the destiny of the United States, 76.
Comines, Philipe de;
biographical note on, VII, 46;
the character of Louis XI, 46.
Cooper, James Fenimore;
biographical note on, IX, 170;
articles by--his father's arrival at Otsego Lake, 170;
running the gantlet, 178;
Leather-stocking's farewell, 185.
Cowley, Abraham;
biographical note on, III, 156;
articles by--of obscurity, 156;
of procrastination, 159.
Cowper, William;
biographical note on, IV, 217;
articles by--on keeping one's self employed, 217;
Johnson's treatment of Milton, 219;
the publication of his books, 221.
Curtis, George William;
biographical note on, X, 183;
our cousin the curate, 183.
Dana, Charles A.;
biographical note on, X, 146;
Greeley as a man of genius, 146.
Dana, Richard Henry (the younger);
biographical note on, X, 93;
a fierce gale under a clear sky, 93.
D'Angouleme, Marguerite;
biographical note on, VII, 53;
of husbands who are unfaithful, 53.
Dante Alighieri;
biographical note on, VIII, 152;
articles by--that long descent makes no man noble, 152;
of Beatrice and her death, 157.
Darwin, Charles;
biographical note on, VI, 47;
articles by--on variations in mammals, birds and fishes, 47;
on the genesis of his great book, 51.
Daudet, Alphonse;
biographical note on, VIII, 55;
articles by--a great man's widow, 55;
his first dress coat, 61.
Defoe, Daniel;
biographical note on, III, 201;
the shipwreck of Crusoe, 201;
the rescue of Man Friday, 204;
the time of the great plague, 211.
De Quincey, Thomas;
biographical note on, V, 115;
articles by--dreams of an opium eater, 115;
Joan of Arc, 123;
Charles Lamb, 128.
Descartes, Rene;
biographical note on, VII, 107;
of material things and of the existence of God, 107.
Dickens, Charles;
biographical note on, VI, 86;
articles by--Sydney Carton's death, 86;
Bob Sawyer's party, 88;
Dick Swiveler and the Marchioness, 97;
a happy return of the day, 105.
Dryden, John;
biographical note on, III, 181;
of Elizabethan dramatists, 181.
Dumas, Alexander;
biographical note on, VII, 241;
the shoulder, the belt and the handkerchief, 241.
Edwards, Jonathan;
biographical note on, IX, 44;
on liberty and moral agencies, 44.
Eliot, George;
biographical note on, VI, 167;
the Hall Farm, 167.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo;
biographical note on, IX, 223;
articles by--Thoreau's broken task, 223;
the intellectual honesty of Montaigne, 229;
his visit to Carlyle at Craigenputtock, 231.
Epictetus;
biographical note on, I, 223;
articles by--on freedom, 223;
on friendship, 229;
the philosopher and the crowd, 235.
Erasmus, Desiderius;
biographical note on, VIII, 209;
specimens of his wit and wisdom, 209.
Fielding, Henry;
biographical note on, IV, 75;
articles by--Tom the hero enters the stage, 75;
Partridge sees Garrick at the play, 83;
Mr. Adams in a political light, 89.
Flaubert, Gustave;
biographical note on, VIII, 22;
Yonville and its people, 22.
Fox, George;
biographical note on, III, 161;
an interview with Oliver Cromwell, 161.
Foxe, John;
biographical note on, III, 45;
on the death of Anne Boleyn, 45.
Franklin, Benjamin;
biographical note on, IX, 51;
articles by--his first entry into Philadelphia, 51;
warnings Braddock did not heed, 55;
how to draw lightning from the clouds, 59;
the way to wealth, 61;
a dialog with the gout, 68;
a proposal to Madame Helvetius, 76.
Freeman, Edward A.;
biographical note on, VI, 214;
the death of William the Conqueror, 214.
Froissart, Jean;
biographical note on, VII, 39;
the battle of Crecy, 39.
Froude, James Anthony;
biographical note on, VI, 122;
articles by--of history as a science, 122;
the character of Henry VIII, 132;
Caesar's mission, 136.
Fuller, Margaret;
biographical note on, X, 52;
articles by--her visit to George Sand, 52;
two glimpses of Carlyle, 54.
Fuller, Thomas;
biographical note on, III, 149;
on the qualities of the good school-master, 149.
Gautier, Theophile;
biographical note on, VIII, 14;
Pharaoh's entry into Thebes, 14.
Gibbon, Edward;
biographical note on, IV, 226;
articles by--the romance of his youth, 226;
the inception and completion of his "Decline and Fall," 229;
the fall of Zenobia, 230;
Alaric's entry into Rome, 237;
the death of Hosein, 242;
the causes of the destruction of the city of Rome, 246.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von;
biographical note on, VIII, 95;
articles by--on first reading Shakespeare, 95;
the coronation of Joseph II, 99.
Goldsmith, Oliver;
biographical note on, IV, 177;
articles by--the ambitions of the vicar's family, 177;
sagacity in insects, 182;
a Chinaman's view of London, 188.
Gray, Thomas;
biographical note on, IV, 141;
articles by--Warwick Castle, 141;
to his friend Mason on the death of Mason's mother, 143;
on his own writings, 144;
his friendship for Bonstetten, 146.
Greeley, Horace;
biographical note on, X, 58;
the fatality of self-seeking in editors and authors, 58.
Green, John Richard;
biographical note on, VI, 242;
on George Washington, 242.
Grote, George;
biographical note on, V, 165;
articles by--the mutilation of the Hermae, 165;
if Alexander had lived, 172.
Guizot, Francois;
biographical note on, VII, 189;
Shakespeare as an example of civilization, 189.
Hamilton, Alexander;
biographical note on, IX, 123;
articles by--of the failure of the Confederation, 123;
his reasons for not declining Burr's challenge, 129.
Harrison, Frederick;
biographical note on, VI, 230;
the great books of the world, 230.
Harte, Bret;
biographical note on, X, 224;
articles by--Peggy Moffat's inheritance, 224;
John Chinaman, 236;
M'liss goes to school, 240.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel;
biographical note on, IX, 235;
articles by--occupants of an old manse, 235;
Arthur Dimmesdale on the scaffold, 242;
of life at Brook Farm, 248;
the death of Judge Pyncheon, 252.
Hay, John;
biographical note on, X, 211;
Lincoln's early fame, 211.
Hazlitt, William;
biographical note on, V, 111;
on Hamlet, 111.
Heine, Heinrich;
biographical note on, VIII, 139;
reminiscences of Napoleon, 139.
Herodotus;
biographical note on, I, 3;
articles by--Solon's words of wisdom to Croesus, 3;
Babylon and its capture by Cyrus, 9;
the pyramid of Cheops, 18;
the story of Periander's son, 20.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell;
biographical note on, X, 31;
articles by--of doctors, lawyers and ministers, 31;
of the genius of Emerson, 36;
the house in which the professor lived, 42;
of women who put on airs, 49.
Howell, James;
biographical note on, III, 106;
articles by--the Bucentaur in Venice, 106;
the city of Rome in 1621, 109.
Howells, William Dean;
biographical note on, X, 207;
to Albany by the night boat, 207.
Hugo, Victor;
biographical note on, VII, 228;
articles by--the Battle of Waterloo, 228;
the beginnings and expansions of Paris, 235.
Humboldt, Alexander von;
biographical note on, VIII, 130;
an essay on man, 130.
Hume, David;
biographical note on, IV, 110;
articles by--on the character of Queen Elizabeth, 110;
the defeat of the Armada, 113;
the first principles of government, 118.
Huxley, Thomas Henry;
biographical note on, VI, 219;
a piece of chalk, 219.
Ibsen, Henrik;
biographical note on, VIII, 245;
the thought child, 245.
Irving, Washington;
biographical note on, IX, 147;
articles by--the last of the Dutch governors of New York, 147;
the awakening of Rip Van Winkle, 151;
at Abbotsford with Scott, 161.
James, Henry;
biographical note on, X, 246;
articles by--among the Malvern Hills, 246;
Turgeneff's world, 252.
Jefferson, Thomas;
biographical note on, IX, 98;
articles by--when the Bastile fell, 98;
the futility of disputes, 106;
of blacks and whites in the South, 108;
his account of Logan's famous speech, 114.
Johnson, Samuel;
biographical note on, IV, 94;
articles by--on publishing his "Dictionary," 94;
Pope and Dryden compared, 97;
his letter to Chesterfield on the completion of his "Dictionary," 101;
on the advantage of living in a garret, 104.
Joinville, Jean de;
biographical note on, VII, 27;
Greek fire in battle described, 27.
Jonson, Ben;
biographical note on, III, 87;
of Shakespeare and other wits, 87.
Kempis, Thomas a;
biographical note on VII, 16;
of eternal life and of striving for it, 16.
Kinglake, Alexander W.;
biographical note on, VI, 42;
articles by--on mocking at the Sphinx, 42;
on the beginnings of the Crimean war 44.
Knox, John;
biographical note on, III, 36;
his account of his interview with Mary Queen of Scots, 36.
Lamartine, Alphonse de;
biographical note on, VII, 195;
of Mirabeau's origin and place in history, 195.
Lamb, Charles;
biographical note on, V, 93;
articles by--dream children, 93;
poor relations, 99;
the origin of roast pig, 102;
that we should rise with the lark, 107.
Landor, Walter Savage;
biographical note on, V, 87;
articles by--the death of Hofer, 87;
Napoleon and Pericles, 91.
La Rochefoucauld, Duc de;
biographical note on, VII, 112;
selections from the "Maxims," 112.
Le Sage, Alain Rene;
biographical note on, VII, 129;
articles by--in the service of Dr. Sangrado, 129;
as an archbishop's favorite, 135.
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim;
biographical note on, VIII, 86;
articles by--poetry and painting compared, 86;
of suffering in restraint, 89.
Livy;
biographical note on, II, 105;
articles by--Horatius Cocles at the bridge, 105;
Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, 108;
Hannibal and Scipio at Zama, 117.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth;
biographical note on, X, 3;
musings in Pere Lachaise, 3.
Lowell, James Russell;
biographical note on, X, 125;
articles by--the poet as prophet, 125;
the first of the moderns, 129;
of faults found in Shakespeare, 133;
Americans as successors of the Dutch, 138.
Lucian;
biographical note on, I, 237;
articles by--a descent to the unknown, 237;
among the philosophers, 243;
of liars and lying, 253.
Luther, Martin;
biographical note on, VIII, 79;
some of his table talk and sayings, 79.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer;
biographical note on, VI, 21;
his description of the descent of Vesuvius on Pompeii, 21.
Macaulay, Lord;
biographical note on, V, 233;
articles by--Puritan and Royalist, 233;
Cromwell's army, 238;
the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings, 242;
the gift of Athens to man, 248;
the pathos of Byron's life, 251.
Machiavelli, Niccolo;
biographical note on, VIII, 178;
ought princes to keep their promises, 178.
Malory, Sir Thomas;
biographical note on, III, 26;
article by--on the finding of a sword for Arthur, 26.
Mandeville, Sir John;
biographical note on, III, 8;
articles by--the route from England to Constantinople, 8;
at the court of the great Chan, 11.
Marcus Aurelius;
biographical note on, II, 248;
his debt to others, 248.
Mather, Cotton;
biographical note on, IX, 33;
in praise of John Eliot, 33.
Maupassant, Guy de;
biographical note on, VIII, 69;
Madame Jeanne's last days, 69.
Merivale, Charles;
biographical note on, VI, 37;
on the personality of Augustus, 37.
Milton, John;
biographical note on, III, 121;
articles by--on his own literary ambitions, 121;
a complete education defined, 126;
on reading in his youth, 129;
in defense of books, 131;
a noble and puissant nation, 135;
of fugitive and cloistered virtue, 141.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley;
biographical note on, IV, 58;
articles by--on happiness in the matrimonial state, 58;
inoculation for the smallpox, 63.
Montaigne, Michel de;
biographical note on, VII, 90;
articles by--a word to his readers, 90;
of society and solitude, 92;
of his own library, 94;
that the soul discharges her passions among false objects where
true ones are wanting, 99;
that men are not to judge of our happiness until after death, 102.
Montesquieu, Baron de;
biographical note on, VII, 150;
articles by--of the causes which destroyed Rome, 150;
of the relation of laws to different human beings, 156.
More, Sir Thomas;
biographical note on, III, 29;
on life in Utopia, 29.
Morley, John;
biographical note on, VI, 244;
on Voltaire as an author and man of action, 244.
Morris, Gouverneur;
biographical note on, IX, 117;
articles by--the opening of the French States-General, 117;
the execution of Louis XVI, 120.
Motley, John Lothrop;
biographical note on, X, 68;
articles by--Charles V and Phillip II in Brussels, 63;
the arrival of the Spanish Armada, 74;
"The Spanish Fury," 84.
Musset, Alfred de;
biographical note on, VIII, 8;
Titian's son after a night at play, 8.
Newman, John Henry;
biographical note on, VI, 3;
articles by--on the beginnings of tractarianism, 3;
on his submission to the Catholic Church, 7;
of Athens as a true university, 13.
Paine, Thomas;
biographical note on, IX, 94;
in favor of the separation of the colonies from Great Britain, 94.
Parkman, Francis;
biographical note on, X, 157;
articles by--Champlain's battle with the Iroquois, 157;
the death of LaSalle, 161;
the coming of Frontenae to Canada, 167;
the death of Isaac Jogues, 171;
why New France failed, 176;
the return of the Coureurs-de-Bois, 179.
Parton, James;
biographical note on, X, 150;
Aaron Burr and Madame Jumel, 150.
Pascal, Blaise;
biographical note on, VII, 118;
of the prevalence of self-love, 118.
Pepys, Samuel;
biographical note on, III, 185;
on various doings of Mr. and Mrs. Pepys, 185;
of England without Cromwell, 191.
Petrarch, Francis;
biographical note on, VIII, 162;
of good and evil fortune, 162.
Plato;
biographical note on, I, 95;
articles by--the image of the cave, 95;
of good and evil, 103;
Socrates in praise of love, 108;
the praise of Socrates by Alcibiades, 121;
the refusal of Socrates to escape from prison, 133;
the death of Socrates, 143.
Pliny, the Elder;
biographical note on, II, 162;
articles by--the qualities of the dog, 162;
three great artists of Greece, 165.
Pliny, the younger;
biographical note on, II, 218;
articles by--the Christians in his province, 218;
to Tacitus on the eruption of Vesuvius, 222.
Plutarch;
biographical note on, I, 190;
articles by--Demosthenes and Cicero compared, 190;
the assassination of Caesar, 197;
Cleopatra's barge, 207;
the death of Antony and Cleopatra, 211.
Poe, Edgar Allan;
biographical note on, X, 11;
articles by--the cask of Amontillado, 11;
of Hawthorne and the short story, 19;
of Willis, Bryant, Halleck and Macaulay, 25.
Polo, Marco;
biographical note on, VIII, 147;
a description of Japan, 147.
Polybius;
biographical note on, I, 171;
articles by--the battle of Cannae, 171;
Hannibal's advance on Rome, 178;
the defense of Syracuse by Archimedes, 183.
Pope, Alexander;
biographical note on, IV, 41;
articles by--an ancient English country seat, 41;
his compliments to Lady Mary, 47;
how to make an epic poem, 52.
Prescott, William H.;
biographical note on, IX, 198;
articles by--the fate of Egmont and Hoorne, 198;
the genesis of "Don Quixote," 209.
Quintillian;
biographical note on, II, 171;
articles by--on the orator as a good man, 171.
Rabelais, Francois;
biographical note on, VII, 58;
articles by--Gargantua and his childhood, 58;
Gargantua's education, 64;
of the founding of an ideal abbey, 74.
Raleigh, Sir Walter;
biographical note on, III, 49;
on the mutability of human affairs, 49.
Renan, Joseph Ernest;
biographical note on, VIII, 30;
the Roman empire in robust youth, 30.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques;
biographical note on, VII, 170;
articles by--of Christ and Socrates, 170;
of the management of children, 173.
Ruskin, John;
biographical note on, VI, 140;
articles by--of the history and sovereignty of Venice, 140;
St. Marks at Venice, 151;
of water, 159.
Saint-Simon, Duc de;
biographical note on, VII, 141;
articles by--the death of the Dauphin, 141;
the public watching the king and madame, 145.
Sallust;
biographical note on, II, 91;
articles by--the genesis of Catiline, 91;
the fate of the conspirators, 98.
Sand, George;
biographical note on, VII, 250;
Leila and the poet, 250.
Schiller, Friedrich von;
biographical note on, VIII, 107;
articles by--the battle of Lutzen, 107;
Philip II and the Netherlands, 117.
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von;
biographical note on, VIII, 124;
on Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 124.
Scott, Sir Walter;
biographical note on, V, 31;
articles by--the arrival of the master of Ravenswood, 31;
the death of Meg Merriles, 35;
a vision of Rob Roy, 40;
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, 48;
the illness and death of Lady Scott, 62.
Seneca;
biographical note on, II, 128;
articles by--the wise man, 128;
consolation for the loss of friends, 134;
to Nero on clemency, 141;
the pilot, 149;
a happy life, 153.
Sevigne, Madame de;
biographical note on, VII, 123;
articles by--great news from Paris, 123;
an imposing funeral described, 125.
Sewall, Samuel;
biographical note on, IX, 19;
his account of how he courted Madame Winthrop, 19.
Shakespeare, William;
biographical note on, III, 82;
the speech of Brutus to his countrymen, 82;
Shylock in defense of his race, 83;
Hamlet to the players, 85.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe;
biographical note on, V, 151;
articles by--in defense of poetry, 151;
the baths of Caracalla, 155;
the ruins of Pompeii, 158.
Smith, Adam;
biographical note on, IV, 163;
articles by--of ambition misdirected, 163;
the advantages of a division of labor, 166.
Smith, John;
biographical note on, IX, 3;
his story of Pocahontas, 3.
Southey, Robert;
biographical note on, V, 80;
Nelson's death at Trafalgar, 80.
Spencer, Herbert;
biographical note on, VI, 173;
articles by--the origin of professional occupations, 173;
self-dependence and paternalism, 181;
the ornamental and the useful in education, 186;
reminiscences of his boyhood, 191;
a tribute to E. L. Youmans, 195;
why he never married, 197.
Stael, Madame de;
biographical note on, VII, 178;
of Napoleon Bonaparte, 178.
Steele, Sir Richard;
biographical note on, IV, 3;
articles by--of companions and flatterers, 3;
the story-teller and his art, 7;
Sir Roger and the widow, 10;
the Coverley family portraits, 16;
on certain symptoms of greatness, 21;
how to be happy tho married, 26.
Sterne, Laurence;
biographical note on, IV, 123;
articles by--the starling in captivity, 123;
to Moulines with Maria, 127;
the death of LeFevre, 129;
passages from the romance of my Uncle Toby and the widow, 131.
Stevenson, Robert Louis;
biographical note on, VI, 247;
articles by--Francis Villon's terrors, 247;
the lantern bearers, 251.
Suetonius;
biographical note on, II, 231;
articles by--the last days of Augustus, 231;
the good deeds of Nero, 236;
the death of Nero, 241.
Swift, Jonathan;
biographical note on, III, 216;
on pretense in philosophers, 216;
on the hospitality of the vulgar, 221;
the art of lying in politics, 224;
a meditation upon a broomstick, 228;
Gulliver among the giants, 230.
Tacitus;
biographical note on, II, 177;
articles by--from Republican to Imperial Rome, 177;
the funeral of Germanicus, 183;
the death of Seneca, 189;
the burning of Rome by order of Nero, 193;
the burning of the capitol at Rome, 202;
the siege of Cremona, 205;
Agricola, 212.
Taine, Hippolite Adolphe;
biographical note on, VIII, 38;
articles by--on Thackeray as a satirist, 38;
on the king's getting up for the day, 43.
Taylor, Jeremy;
biographical note on, III, 153;
on the benefits of adversity, 153.
Thackeray, William M.;
biographical note on, VI, 62;
articles by--the imperturbable Marlborough, 62;
the ball before the battle of Waterloo, 65;
the death of Colonel Newcome, 75;
London in the time of the first George, 80.
Thiers, Louis Adolph;
biographical note on, VII, 201;
the burning of Moscow, 201.
Thoreau, Henry David;
biographical note on, X, 99;
articles by--the building of his house at Walden Pond, 99;
how to make two small ends meet, 103;
on reading the ancient classics, 115;
of society and solitude, 120.
Thucydides;
biographical note on, I, 25;
articles by--the Athenians and Spartans contrasted, 25;
the plague at Athens, 38;
the sailing of the Athenian fleet for Sicily, 45;
the completion of the Athenian defeat at Syracuse, 52.
Tocqueville, Alexis de;
biographical note on, VIII, 3;
on the tyranny of the American majority, 3.
Tolstoy, Count Leo;
biographical note on, VIII, 252;
Shakespeare not a great genius, 252.
Turgeneff, Ivan;
biographical note on, VIII, 239;
Bazarov's death, 239.
Vasari, Giorgio;
biographical note on, VIII, 192;
of Raphael and his early death, 192.
Vigny, Alfred de;
biographical note on, VII, 222;
Richelieu's way with his master, 222.
Ville-Hardouin, Geoffrey de;
biographical note on, VII, 23;
the sack of Constantinople, 23.
Voltaire, Francois Arouet;
biographical note on, VII, 160;
articles by--of Bacon's greatness, 160;
England's regard for men of letters, 164.
Walpole, Horace;
biographical note on, IV, 149;
articles by--on Hogarth, 149;
the war in America, 154;
the death of George II, 155.
Walton, Izaak;
biographical note on, III, 92;
articles by--the antiquity of angling, 92;
of the trout, 96;
the death of George Herbert, 101.
Ward, Artemus;
biographical note on, X, 191;
Forrest as Othello, 191.
Washington, George;
biographical note on, IX, 79;
articles by--to his wife on taking command of the army, 79;
of his army in Cambridge, 81;
to the Marquis de Chastellux on his marriage, 84.
White, Gilbert;
biographical note on, IV, 158;
on the chimney swallow, 158.
Wordsworth, William;
biographical note on, V, 23;
a poet defined, 23.
Wyclif, John;
biographical note on, III, 4;
a passage from his translation of the Bible, 14.
Xenophon;
biographical note on, I, 68;
articles by--the character of Cyrus the younger, 68;
the Greek army in the snows of Armenia, 75;
the battle of Leuctra, 81;
the army of the Spartans, 84;
how to choose and manage saddle horses, 87.
Zola, Emile;
biographical note on, VIII, 48;
Napoleon III in time of war, 48.
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