MEDITATION, value of, 129.
MEMORY, as an art, 120, 122.
MENDELSSOHN, Moses, his remarkable history, 61-64.
MEN of LETTERS, their definition, 226-238.
METASTASIO a bad sportsman, 38; his susceptibility, 140.
MILTON, his high idea of the literary character, 12; his theory of genius, 25; his love of study, 135; sacrifices sight to poetry, 152.
MISCELLANISTS and their works, 282-286.
MODES OF STUDY used by great men, 125.
MOLIERE, his dramatic career, 310-325.
MONTAIGNE, his personal traits, 223.