FOOTNOTES:[66]From "A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Tales." Copyright, 1875. Houghton, Mifflin Company.[67]From "French Poets and Novelists," published by Macmillan & Company, of London.
[66]From "A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Tales." Copyright, 1875. Houghton, Mifflin Company.
[66]From "A Passionate Pilgrim and Other Tales." Copyright, 1875. Houghton, Mifflin Company.
[67]From "French Poets and Novelists," published by Macmillan & Company, of London.
[67]From "French Poets and Novelists," published by Macmillan & Company, of London.
[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, 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.