James T. Fields. 301
83. Scene from "The Poor Gentleman" George Colman. 303
84. My Mother's Picture William Cowper. 310
85. Death of Samson John Milton. 312
86. An Evening Adventure 315
87. The Barefoot Boy John Greenleaf Wittier. 317
88. The Glove and the Lions James Henry Leigh Hunt. 321
89. The Folly of Intoxication William Shakespeare. 322
90. Starved Rock Francis Parkman. 325
91. Prince Henry and Falstaff. William Shakespeare. 327
92. Studies. Sir Francis Bacon. 332
93. Surrender of Granada. Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. 334
94. Hamlet's Soliloquy. William Shakespeare. 339
95. Ginevra Samuel Rogers. 340
96. Inventions and Discoveries John Caldwell Calhoun. 344
97. Enoch Arden at the Window Alfred Tennyson. 347
98. Lochinvar Sir Walter Scott. 350
99. Speech on the Trial of a Murderer Daniel Webster. 352
100. The Closing Year George Denison Prentice. 355
101. A New City in Colorado Helen Hunt Jackson. 358
102. Importance of the Union Daniel Webster. 362
103. The Influences of the Sun John Tyndall. 364
104. Colloquial Powers of Franklin William Wirt. 366
105. The Dream of Clarence William Shakespeare. 368
106. Homeward Bound Richard H. Dana, Jr. 371
107. Impeachment of Warren Hastings T. B. Macaulay. 375
108. Destruction of the Carnatic Edmund Burke. 379
109. The Raven Edgar Allan Poe. 382
110. A View of the Colosseum Orville Dewey. 389
111. The Bridge Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.392
112. Objects and Limits of Science Robert Charles Winthrop. 394
113. The Downfall of Poland. Thomas Campbell. 396
114. Labor Horace Greeley. 398
115. The Last Days of Herculaneum Edwin Atherstone. 401
116. How Men Reason Oliver Wendell Holmes. 405
117. Thunderstorm on the Alps Lord Byron. 408
118. Origin of Property Sir William Blackstone. 410
119. Battle of Waterloo Lord Byron. 415
120. "With Brains, Sir" John Brown. 417
121. The New England Pastor Timothy Dwight. 410
122. Death of Absalom Bible. 420
123. Abraham Davenport John Greenleaf Whittier. 424
124. The Falls of the Yosemite Thomas Starr King. 426
125. A Psalm of Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.429
126. Franklin's Entry into Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin. 431
127. Lines to a Waterfowl William Cullen Bryant. 434
128. Goldsmith and Addison William Makepeace Thackeray. 435
129. Immortality of the Soul Joseph Addison. 438
130. Character of Washington Jared Sparks. 440
131. Eulogy on Washington Henry Lee. 444
132. The Solitary Reaper William Wordsworth. 446
133. Value of the Present Ralph Waldo Emerson. 447
134. Happiness Alexander Pope. 451
135. Marion William Gilmore Simms. 453
136. A Common Thought Henry Timrod. 456
137. A Definite Aim in Reading Noah Porter. 457
138. Ode to Mt. Blanc Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 462
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS. (9)
NAME PAGE NAME PAGE
1. ADDISON, JOSEPH 295, 438 38. GOLDSMITH 215
2. ARNOLD. GEORGE 133 39. GRATTAN. HENRY 154
3. ATHERSTONE. EDWIN 401 40. GRAY, THOMAS 108
4. BACON, SIR FRANCIS 332 41. GREELEY, HORACE 398
5. BEECHER, LYMAN 128, 228 42. GREENWOOD, F. W. P. 223
6. BIBLE, THE 160, 189, 420 43. GRIMKE. THOMAS S. 163
7. BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM 410 44. HALLECK.
FITZ-GREEN 202
8. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE 63 45. HAYNE, ROBERT YOUNG
257
9. BROWN, JOHN 417 46. HAZLITT, WILLIAM 278
10. BROWNING, ELIZABETH B. 195 47. HEMANS, FALICIA D.
226
11. BRYANT 141, 275, 434 48. HENRY, PATRICK 115
12. BULWER-LYTTON 334 19. HOLMES 246, 405
13. BURKE, EDMUND 379 50. HOOD, THOMAS 266
14. BYRD, WILLIAM 94 51. HOPKINSON, FRANCIS 73
15. BYRON 205, 408, 415 52. HOWELLS. W. D. 292
16. CALHOUN, JOHN C. 344 53. HOWITT, WILLIAM 132
17. CAMPBELL, THOMAS 211, 396 54. HUNT, LEIGH 321
18. CARY, ALICE 88 55. HUTTON, JOSEPH 161
19. CHANNING, WILLLIAM ELLERY 132 56. IRVING 192, 212,
249
20. CHORLEY, H. F. 81 57. JACKSON, HELEN HUNT 358
21. COLRIDGE. 462 58. JEFFERSON, THOMAS 253
22. COLMAN, GEORGE 303 59. JOHNSON, SAMUEL 78, 130
23. COWPER 310 60. JONES, SIR WILLIAM 255
24. DANA, RICHARD H. JR. 371 61. KENNEDY, JOHN P. 171
25. DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY 131 62. KING, THOMAS STARR 426
26. DEWEY, ORVILLE 389 63. LEE, HENRY 444
27. DICKENS 96, 135 64. LEFEBVRE-LABOULAYE 269
28. DISRAELI, BENJAMIN 70 65. LONGFELLOW 262,290,392,429
29. DRAKE, JOSEPH RODMAN 119 66. MACAULAY 375
30. DRYDEN 96 67. MACKENZIE. HENRY 218
31. DWIGHT, TIMOTHY 419 68. MILTON 312
32. EMERSON 447 69. MITFORD, MARY RUSSELL 221
33. EVERETT 68 70. NEAL, JOHN 104
34. FIELDS. JAMES T. 301 71. PARKMAN. FRANCIS 325
35. FLAGG, WILSON 90 72. PERCIVAL, J. G 251
36. FOX, CHARLES JAMES 102 73. PHILLIPS. CHARLES 143
37. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN 431 74. PIERPONT, JOHN 146
NAME PAGE NAME PAGE
75. PITT 152 93. TAYLOR, B. F, 231
76. POE, EDGAR ALLAN 382 94. TENNYSON 347
77. POPE 451 95. THACKERAY 435
78, PORTER, NOAH 457 96. THOMSON, JAMES 72, 95
79. PRENTICE, GEO.
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