| I. | CARLYLE’S LAUGH | [1] |
| II. | A SHELLEY MANUSCRIPT | [13] |
| III. | A KEATS MANUSCRIPT | [21] |
| IV. | MASSASOIT, INDIAN CHIEF | [31] |
| V. | JAMES FENIMORE COOPER | [45] |
| VI. | CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN | [55] |
| VII. | HENRY DAVID THOREAU | [65] |
| VIII. | EMERSON’S “FOOT-NOTE PERSON,”—ALCOTT | [75] |
| IX. | GEORGE BANCROFT | [93] |
| X. | CHARLES ELIOT NORTON | [119] |
| XI. | EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN | [137] |
| XII. | EDWARD EVERETT HALE | [157] |
| XIII. | A MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL, RUFUS SAXTON | [173] |
| XIV. | ONE OF THACKERAY’S WOMEN | [183] |
| XV. | JOHN BARTLETT | [191] |
| XVI. | HORACE ELISHA SCUDDER | [201] |
| XVII. | EDWARD ATKINSON | [213] |
| XVIII. | JAMES ELLIOT CABOT | [231] |
| XIX. | EMILY DICKINSON | [247] |
| XX. | JULIA WARD HOWE | [285] |
| XXI. | WILLIAM JAMES ROLFE | [313] |
| XXII. | GÖTTINGEN AND HARVARD A CENTURY AGO | [325] |
| XXIII. | OLD NEWPORT DAYS | [349] |
| XXIV. | A HALF-CENTURY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | [367] |