[1] The Forms of Prose Literature, courtesy of Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons.
[2] This sermon is published with the kind permission of the author and the publisher.
[3] This selection from Prof. Arlo Bates's Talks on Writing English is printed by permission of the author and his publishers, Houghton Mifflin Company.
[4] Reprinted by permission from Pancoast's Introduction to English Literature. Copyright, 1907, by Henry Holt and Company.
[5] This and the following poem appear by special permission of Houghton Mifflin Company, the publishers of Mr. Aldrich's poems.
[6] From Along the Trail, by Richard Hovey. Copyright, 1898, by Small, Maynard & Co., Duffield & Co., successors.
[7] By permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.
[8] These following selections are taken from Harper & Brothers' edition of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass.
[9] The "Good News" is that of the "Pacification de Gant," concluded in 1576. It was a treaty of union between Holland, Zealand, and the southern Netherlands, against Spain, under tyrannical Philip II. The treaty was greeted rapturously by the frontier cities, because it was expected to free the Netherlands from Spanish power.