The following are arranged for:
| SPENSER | The Dean of St. Paul's. | [In the Press. |
| HUME | Professor Huxley. | [Ready. |
| BUNYAN | James Anthony Froude. | |
| JOHNSON | Leslie Stephen. | [Ready. |
| GOLDSMITH | William Black. | [Ready. |
| MILTON | Mark Pattison. | |
| COWPER | Goldwin Smith. | |
| SWIFT | John Morley. | |
| BURNS | Principal Shairp. | [Ready. |
| SCOTT | Richard H. Hutton. | [Ready. |
| SHELLEY | J. A. Symonds. | [Ready. |
| GIBBON | J. C. Morison. | [Ready. |
| BYRON | Professor Nichol. | |
| DEFOE | W. Minto. | [Ready. |
| BURKE | John Morley. | |
| HAWTHORNE | Henry James, Jnr. | |
| CHAUCER | A. W. Ward. | |
| THACKERAY | Anthony Trollope. | [Ready. |
| ADAM SMITH | Leonard H. Courtney, M.P. | |
| BENTLEY | Professor R. C. Jebb. | |
| LANDOR | Professor Sidney Colvin. | |
| POPE | Leslie Stephen. | |
| WORDSWORTH | F. W. H. Myers. | |
| SOUTHEY | Professor E. Dowden. |
[OTHERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED.]
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
"The new series opens well with Mr. Leslie Stephen's sketch of Dr. Johnson. It could hardly have been done better; and it will convey to the readers for whom it is intended a juster estimate of Johnson than either of the two essays of Lord Macaulay."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"We have come across few writers who have had a clearer insight into Johnson's character, or who have brought to the study of it a better knowledge of the time in which Johnson lived and the men whom he knew."—Saturday Review.
"We could not wish for a more suggestive introduction to Scott and his poems and novels."—Examiner.
"The tone of the volume is excellent throughout."—Athenæum Review of "Scott."
"As a clear, thoughtful, and attractive record of the life and works of the greatest among the world's historians, it deserves the highest praise."—Examiner Review of "Gibbon."
"The lovers of this great poet (Shelley) are to be congratulated at having at their command so fresh, clear, and intelligent a presentment of the subject, written by a man of adequate and wide culture."—Athenæum.