[146] "Life of Pitt." (Eng., 19th cent.)
[147] "Life of Byron." (Eng., 19th cent.)
[148] "Lives of Female Sovereigns and Illustrious Women." (Eng., 19th cent.)
[149] "Lives of the Saints." (Eng., 19th cent.)
[150] "Memories of many Men." (U. S., 19th cent.)
[151] "Reminiscences." (U. S., 18th cent.)
The Life and Letters of Darwin, Talleyrand, and Macaulay; the Journals of Miss Alcott, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Eugénie de Guerin; the Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson; the "American Statesmen" series, edited by John T. Morse, Jr., and the "English Men of Letters" series are all valuable books. The Journals of Miss Alcott and Marie Bashkirtseff are stories of heart struggles, longings, failures, and triumphs, and are of exceeding interest and great popularity. The Journal of Eugénie de Guerin deserves to be better known than it is, for the delicate sweetness of feeling that fills its pages.
HISTORY.
Remarks may be made about History very similar to those in the special remarks concerning Biography. The field is too vast for an ordinary life, and there is no book that will give in brief compass the net results and profits of man's investment in experience and life,—the dividends have not been declared. Guizot and Buckle come nearer to doing this than any other writers; but the book that shall reduce the past to principles that will guide the future has not yet been written. The student will be greatly assisted by the "Manual of Historical Literature," by C. K. Adams. It is an admirable guide. Putnam's series, "The Stories of the Nations," and Scribner's "Epoch" series are very useful, especially for young people.