The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index

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• Bacon, Francis;
  • biographical note on, III, 53;
  • essays by—of travel, 53;
  • of riches, 56;
  • of youth and age, 60;
  • of revenge, 63;
  • of marriage and single life, 65;
  • of envy, 67;
  • of goodness and goodness of nature, 74;
  • of studies, 77;
  • of regiment of health, 79.
• Balzac, Honoré de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 210;
  • articles by—the death of Père Goriot, 210;
  • Birotteau's early married life, 215.
• Bancroft, George;
  • biographical note on, IX, 217;
  • the fate of Evangeline's countrymen, 217.
• Beaconsfield, Lord;
  • biographical note on, VI, 31;
  • on Jerusalem by moonlight, 31.
• Bellay, Joachim du;
  • biographical note on, VII, 87;
  • why old French was not as rich as Greek and Latin, 87.
• Blackstone, Sir William;
  • biographical note on, IV, 169;
  • on professional soldiers in free countries, 169.
• Boccaccio, Giovanni;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 167;
  • the patient Griselda, 167.
• Boethius, Anicius;
  • biographical note on, VII, 6;
  • on the highest happiness, 6.
• Bolingbroke, Lord;
  • biographical note on, IV, 32;
  • articles by—of the shortness of human life, 32;
  • rules for the study of history, 36.
• Boswell, James;
  • biographical note on V, 3;
  • articles by—Boswell's introduction to Dr. Johnson, 3;
  • Johnson's audience with George III, 8;
  • the meeting of Johnson and John Wilkes, 15;
  • Johnson's wedding-day, 21.
• Bradford, William;
  • biographical note on, IX, 11;
  • his account of the landing of the Pilgrims, 11.
• Bronté, Charlotte;
  • biographical note on, VI, 119;
  • of the author of "Vanity Fair," 119.
• Brown, John;
  • biographical note on, VI, 56;
  • of Rab and the game chicken, 56.
• Browne, Sir Thomas;
  • biographical note on, III, 114;
  • articles by—of charity in judgments, 114;
  • nothing strictly immortal, 116.
• Bryant, William Cullen;
  • biographical note on, IX, 194;
  • an October day in Florence, 194.
• Buckle, Henry Thomas;
  • biographical note on, VI, 198;
  • articles by—the isolation of Spain, 198;
  • George III and the elder Pitt, 204.
• Bunyan, John;
  • biographical note on, III, 165;
  • articles by—a dream of the Celestial City, 165;
  • the death of Valiant-for-truth and of Stand-fast, 169;
  • ancient Vanity Fair, 172.
• Burke, Edmund;
  • biographical note on, IV, 194;
  • articles by—the principles of good taste, 194;
  • a letter to a noble lord, 207;
  • on the death of his son, 212;
  • Marie Antoinette, 214.
• Burnet, Gilbert;
  • biographical note on, III, 195;
  • on Charles II, 195.
• Bury, Richard de;
  • biographical note on, III, 3;
  • in praise of books, 3.
• Byrd, William;
  • biographical note on, IX, 38;
  • at the home of Colonel Spotswood, 38.
• Byron, Lord;
  • biographical note on, V, 134;
  • articles by—his mother's treatment of him, 134;
  • to his wife after the separation, 138;
  • to Sir Walter Scott, 140;
  • of art and nature as poetical subjects, 143.

• Cæsar, Julius;
  • biographical note on, II, 61;
  • articles by—the building of the bridge across the Rhine, 61;
  • the invasion of Britain, 64;
  • overcoming the Nervii, 71;
  • the Battle of Pharsalia and the death of Pompey, 78.
• Calvin, John;
  • biographical note on, VII, 84;
  • of freedom for the will, 84.
• Carlyle, Thomas;
  • biographical note on, V, 179;
  • articles by—Charlotte Corday, 179;
  • the blessedness of work, 187;
  • Cromwell, 190;
  • in praise of those who toil, 201;
  • the certainty of justice, 202;
  • the greatness of Scott, 206;
  • Boswell and his book, 214;
  • might Burns have been saved, 223.
• Casanova, Jacques (Chevalier de Seingalt);
  • biographical note on, VIII, 200;
  • an interview with Frederick the Great, 200.
• Cato, the Censor;
  • biographical note on, II, 3;
  • on work on a Roman Farm, 3.
• Caxton, William;
  • biographical note on, III, 22;
  • on true nobility and chivalry, 22.
• Cellini, Benvenuto;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 182;
  • the casting of his Perseus and Medusa, 182.
• Cervantes, Miguel de;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 218;
  • articles by—the beginnings of Don Quixote's Career, 218;
  • how Don Quixote died, 224.
• Channing, William E.;
  • biographical note on, IX, 139;
  • of greatness in Napoleon, 139.
• Chateaubriand, Viscomte de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 182;
  • in an American forest, 182.
• Chaucer, Geoffrey;
  • biographical note on, III, 17;
  • on acquiring and using riches, 17.
• Chesterfield, Lord;
  • biographical note on, IV, 66;
  • articles by—on good manners, dress and the world, 66;
  • of attentions to ladies, 71.
• Cicero;
  • biographical note on, II, 8;
  • articles by—the blessings of old age, 8;
  • on the death of his daughter Tullia, 34;
  • of brave and elevated spirits, 37;
  • of Scipio's death and of friendship, 43.
• Clarendon, Lord;
  • biographical note on, III, 144;
  • on Charles I, 144.
• Coleridge, Samuel Taylor;
  • biographical note on, V, 70;
  • articles by—does fortune favor fools? 70;
  • the destiny of the United States, 76.
• Comines, Philipe de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 46;
  • the character of Louis XI, 46.
• Cooper, James Fenimore;
  • biographical note on, IX, 170;
  • articles by—his father's arrival at Otsego Lake, 170;
  • running the gantlet, 178;
  • Leather-stocking's farewell, 185.
• Cowley, Abraham;
  • biographical note on, III, 156;
  • articles by—of obscurity, 156;
  • of procrastination, 159.
• Cowper, William;
  • biographical note on, IV, 217;
  • articles by—on keeping one's self employed, 217;
  • Johnson's treatment of Milton, 219;
  • the publication of his books, 221.
• Curtis, George William;
  • biographical note on, X, [183];
  • our cousin the curate, [183].

• Dana, Charles A.;
  • biographical note on, X, [146];
  • Greeley as a man of genius, [146].
• Dana, Richard Henry (the younger);
  • biographical note on, X, [93];
  • a fierce gale under a clear sky, [93].
• D'Angoulême, Marguerite;
  • biographical note on, VII, 53;
  • of husbands who are unfaithful, 53.
• Dante Alighieri;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 152;
  • articles by—that long descent makes no man noble, 152;
  • of Beatrice and her death, 157.
• Darwin, Charles;
  • biographical note on, VI, 47;
  • articles by—on variations in mammals, birds and fishes, 47;
  • on the genesis of his great book, 51.
• Daudet, Alphonse;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 55;
  • articles by—a great man's widow, 55;
  • his first dress coat, 61.
• Defoe, Daniel;
  • biographical note on, III, 201;
  • the shipwreck of Crusoe, 201;
  • the rescue of Man Friday, 204;
  • the time of the great plague, 211.
• De Quincey, Thomas;
  • biographical note on, V, 115;
  • articles by—dreams of an opium eater, 115;
  • Joan of Arc, 123;
  • Charles Lamb, 128.
• Descartes, René;
  • biographical note on, VII, 107;
  • of material things and of the existence of God, 107.
• Dickens, Charles;
  • biographical note on, VI, 86;
  • articles by—Sydney Carton's death, 86;
  • Bob Sawyer's party, 88;
  • Dick Swiveler and the Marchioness, 97;
  • a happy return of the day, 105.
• Dryden, John;
  • biographical note on, III, 181;
  • of Elizabethan dramatists, 181.
• Dumas, Alexander;
  • biographical note on, VII, 241;
  • the shoulder, the belt and the handkerchief, 241.

• Edwards, Jonathan;
  • biographical note on, IX, 44;
  • on liberty and moral agencies, 44.
• Eliot, George;
  • biographical note on, VI, 167;
  • the Hall Farm, 167.
• Emerson, Ralph Waldo;
  • biographical note on, IX, 223;
  • articles by—Thoreau's broken task, 223;
  • the intellectual honesty of Montaigne, 229;
  • his visit to Carlyle at Craigenputtock, 231.
• Epictetus;
  • biographical note on, I, 223;
  • articles by—on freedom, 223;
  • on friendship, 229;
  • the philosopher and the crowd, 235.
• Erasmus, Desiderius;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 209;
  • specimens of his wit and wisdom, 209.

• Fielding, Henry;
  • biographical note on, IV, 75;
  • articles by—Tom the hero enters the stage, 75;
  • Partridge sees Garrick at the play, 83;
  • Mr. Adams in a political light, 89.
• Flaubert, Gustave;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 22;
  • Yonville and its people, 22.
• Fox, George;
  • biographical note on, III, 161;
  • an interview with Oliver Cromwell, 161.
• Foxe, John;
  • biographical note on, III, 45;
  • on the death of Anne Boleyn, 45.
• Franklin, Benjamin;
  • biographical note on, IX, 51;
  • articles by—his first entry into Philadelphia, 51;
  • warnings Braddock did not heed, 55;
  • how to draw lightning from the clouds, 59;
  • the way to wealth, 61;
  • a dialog with the gout, 68;
  • a proposal to Madame Helvetius, 76.
• Freeman, Edward A.;
  • biographical note on, VI, 214;
  • the death of William the Conqueror, 214.
• Froissart, Jean;
  • biographical note on, VII, 39;
  • the battle of Crécy, 39.
• Froude, James Anthony;
  • biographical note on, VI, 122;
  • articles by—of history as a science, 122;
  • the character of Henry VIII, 132;
  • Cæsar's mission, 136.
• Fuller, Margaret;
  • biographical note on, X, [52];
  • articles by—her visit to George Sand, [52];
  • two glimpses of Carlyle, [54].
• Fuller, Thomas;
  • biographical note on, III, 149;
  • on the qualities of the good school-master, 149.

• Gautier, Theophile;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 14;
  • Pharaoh's entry into Thebes, 14.
• Gibbon, Edward;
  • biographical note on, IV, 226;
  • articles by—the romance of his youth, 226;
  • the inception and completion of his "Decline and Fall," 229;
  • the fall of Zenobia, 230;
  • Alaric's entry into Rome, 237;
  • the death of Hosein, 242;
  • the causes of the destruction of the city of Rome, 246.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 95;
  • articles by—on first reading Shakespeare, 95;
  • the coronation of Joseph II, 99.
• Goldsmith, Oliver;
  • biographical note on, IV, 177;
  • articles by—the ambitions of the vicar's family, 177;
  • sagacity in insects, 182;
  • a Chinaman's view of London, 188.
• Gray, Thomas;
  • biographical note on, IV, 141;
  • articles by—Warwick Castle, 141;
  • to his friend Mason on the death of Mason's mother, 143;
  • on his own writings, 144;
  • his friendship for Bonstetten, 146.
• Greeley, Horace;
  • biographical note on, X, [58];
  • the fatality of self-seeking in editors and authors, [58].
• Green, John Richard;
  • biographical note on, VI, 242;
  • on George Washington, 242.
• Grote, George;
  • biographical note on, V, 165;
  • articles by—the mutilation of the Hermæ, 165;
  • if Alexander had lived, 172.
• Guizot, François;
  • biographical note on, VII, 189;
  • Shakespeare as an example of civilization, 189.

• Hamilton, Alexander;
  • biographical note on, IX, 123;
  • articles by—of the failure of the Confederation, 123;
  • his reasons for not declining Burr's challenge, 129.
• Harrison, Frederick;
  • biographical note on, VI, 230;
  • the great books of the world, 230.
• Harte, Bret;
  • biographical note on, X, [224];
  • articles by—Peggy Moffat's inheritance, [224];
  • John Chinaman, [236];
  • M'liss goes to school, [240].
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel;
  • biographical note on, IX, 235;
  • articles by—occupants of an old manse, 235;
  • Arthur Dimmesdale on the scaffold, 242;
  • of life at Brook Farm, 248;
  • the death of Judge Pyncheon, 252.
• Hay, John;
  • biographical note on, X, [211];
  • Lincoln's early fame, [211].
• Hazlitt, William;
  • biographical note on, V, 111;
  • on Hamlet, 111.
• Heine, Heinrich;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 139;
  • reminiscences of Napoleon, 139.
• Herodotus;
  • biographical note on, I, 3;
  • articles by—Solon's words of wisdom to Crœsus, 3;
  • Babylon and its capture by Cyrus, 9;
  • the pyramid of Cheops, 18;
  • the story of Periander's son, 20.
• Holmes, Oliver Wendell;
  • biographical note on, X, [31];
  • articles by—of doctors, lawyers and ministers, [31];
  • of the genius of Emerson, [36];
  • the house in which the professor lived, [42];
  • of women who put on airs, [49].
• Howell, James;
  • biographical note on, III, 106;
  • articles by—the Bucentaur in Venice, 106;
  • the city of Rome in 1621, 109.
• Howells, William Dean;
  • biographical note on, X, [207];
  • to Albany by the night boat, [207].
• Hugo, Victor;
  • biographical note on, VII, 228;
  • articles by—the Battle of Waterloo, 228;
  • the beginnings and expansions of Paris, 235.
• Humboldt, Alexander von;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 130;
  • an essay on man, 130.
• Hume, David;
  • biographical note on, IV, 110;
  • articles by—on the character of Queen Elizabeth, 110;
  • the defeat of the Armada, 113;
  • the first principles of government, 118.
• Huxley, Thomas Henry;
  • biographical note on, VI, 219;
  • a piece of chalk, 219.

• Ibsen, Henrik;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 245;
  • the thought child, 245.
• Irving, Washington;
  • biographical note on, IX, 147;
  • articles by—the last of the Dutch governors of New York, 147;
  • the awakening of Rip Van Winkle, 151;
  • at Abbotsford with Scott, 161.

• James, Henry;
  • biographical note on, X, [246];
  • articles by—among the Malvern Hills, [246];
  • Turgeneff's world, [252].
• Jefferson, Thomas;
  • biographical note on, IX, 98;
  • articles by—when the Bastile fell, 98;
  • the futility of disputes, 106;
  • of blacks and whites in the South, 108;
  • his account of Logan's famous speech, 114.
• Johnson, Samuel;
  • biographical note on, IV, 94;
  • articles by—on publishing his "Dictionary," 94;
  • Pope and Dryden compared, 97;
  • his letter to Chesterfield on the completion of his "Dictionary," 101;
  • on the advantage of living in a garret, 104.
• Joinville, Jean de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 27;
  • Greek fire in battle described, 27.
• Jonson, Ben;
  • biographical note on, III, 87;
  • of Shakespeare and other wits, 87.

• Kempis, Thomas à;
  • biographical note on VII, 16;
  • of eternal life and of striving for it, 16.
• Kinglake, Alexander W.;
  • biographical note on, VI, 42;
  • articles by—on mocking at the Sphinx, 42;
  • on the beginnings of the Crimean war 44.
• Knox, John;
  • biographical note on, III, 36;
  • his account of his interview with Mary Queen of Scots, 36.