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, Honoré de; biographical note on, VII, 210; articles by—the death of Père 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.

Bronté, 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.

Cæsar, 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'Angoulême, 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, René; 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 Crécy, 39.

Froude, James Anthony; biographical note on, VI, 122; articles by—of history as a science, 122; the character of Henry VIII, 132; Cæsar'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 Hermæ, 165; if Alexander had lived, 172.

Guizot, François; 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 Crœsus, 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 à; 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 René; 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 Père 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 Cæsar, 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 Cannæ, 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, François; 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.

Sévigné, 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.

Staël, 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, François 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.