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

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• Lamartine, Alphonse de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 195;
  • of Mirabeau's origin and place in history, 195.
• Lamb, Charles;
  • biographical note on, V, 93;
  • articles by—dream children, 93;
  • poor relations, 99;
  • the origin of roast pig, 102;
  • that we should rise with the lark, 107.
• Landor, Walter Savage;
  • biographical note on, V, 87;
  • articles by—the death of Hofer, 87;
  • Napoleon and Pericles, 91.
• La Rochefoucauld, Duc de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 112;
  • selections from the "Maxims," 112.
• Le Sage, Alain René;
  • biographical note on, VII, 129;
  • articles by—in the service of Dr. Sangrado, 129;
  • as an archbishop's favorite, 135.
• Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 86;
  • articles by—poetry and painting compared, 86;
  • of suffering in restraint, 89.
• Livy;
  • biographical note on, II, 105;
  • articles by—Horatius Cocles at the bridge, 105;
  • Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, 108;
  • Hannibal and Scipio at Zama, 117.
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth;
  • biographical note on, X, [3];
  • musings in Père Lachaise, [3].
• Lowell, James Russell;
  • biographical note on, X, [125];
  • articles by—the poet as prophet, [125];
  • the first of the moderns, [129];
  • of faults found in Shakespeare, [133];
  • Americans as successors of the Dutch, [138].
• Lucian;
  • biographical note on, I, 237;
  • articles by—a descent to the unknown, 237;
  • among the philosophers, 243;
  • of liars and lying, 253.
• Luther, Martin;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 79;
  • some of his table talk and sayings, 79.
• Lytton, Edward Bulwer;
  • biographical note on, VI, 21;
  • his description of the descent of Vesuvius on Pompeii, 21.

• Macaulay, Lord;
  • biographical note on, V, 233;
  • articles by—Puritan and Royalist, 233;
  • Cromwell's army, 238;
  • the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings, 242;
  • the gift of Athens to man, 248;
  • the pathos of Byron's life, 251.
• Machiavelli, Niccolo;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 178;
  • ought princes to keep their promises, 178.
• Malory, Sir Thomas;
  • biographical note on, III, 26;
  • article by—on the finding of a sword for Arthur, 26.
• Mandeville, Sir John;
  • biographical note on, III, 8;
  • articles by—the route from England to Constantinople, 8;
  • at the court of the great Chan, 11.
• Marcus Aurelius;
  • biographical note on, II, 248;
  • his debt to others, 248.
• Mather, Cotton;
  • biographical note on, IX, 33;
  • in praise of John Eliot, 33.
• Maupassant, Guy de;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 69;
  • Madame Jeanne's last days, 69.
• Merivale, Charles;
  • biographical note on, VI, 37;
  • on the personality of Augustus, 37.
• Milton, John;
  • biographical note on, III, 121;
  • articles by—on his own literary ambitions, 121;
  • a complete education defined, 126;
  • on reading in his youth, 129;
  • in defense of books, 131;
  • a noble and puissant nation, 135;
  • of fugitive and cloistered virtue, 141.
• Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley;
  • biographical note on, IV, 58;
  • articles by—on happiness in the matrimonial state, 58;
  • inoculation for the smallpox, 63.
• Montaigne, Michel de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 90;
  • articles by—a word to his readers, 90;
  • of society and solitude, 92;
  • of his own library, 94;
  • that the soul discharges her passions among false objects where true ones are wanting, 99;
  • that men are not to judge of our happiness until after death, 102.
• Montesquieu, Baron de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 150;
  • articles by—of the causes which destroyed Rome, 150;
  • of the relation of laws to different human beings, 156.
• More, Sir Thomas;
  • biographical note on, III, 29;
  • on life in Utopia, 29.
• Morley, John;
  • biographical note on, VI, 244;
  • on Voltaire as an author and man of action, 244.
• Morris, Gouverneur;
  • biographical note on, IX, 117;
  • articles by—the opening of the French States-General, 117;
  • the execution of Louis XVI, 120.
• Motley, John Lothrop;
  • biographical note on, X, [68];
  • articles by—Charles V and Phillip II in Brussels, [63];
  • the arrival of the Spanish Armada, [74];
  • "The Spanish Fury," [84].
• Musset, Alfred de;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 8;
  • Titian's son after a night at play, 8.

• Newman, John Henry;
  • biographical note on, VI, 3;
  • articles by—on the beginnings of tractarianism, 3;
  • on his submission to the Catholic Church, 7;
  • of Athens as a true university, 13.

• Paine, Thomas;
  • biographical note on, IX, 94;
  • in favor of the separation of the colonies from Great Britain, 94.
• Parkman, Francis;
  • biographical note on, X, [157];
  • articles by—Champlain's battle with the Iroquois, [157];
  • the death of LaSalle, [161];
  • the coming of Frontenae to Canada, [167];
  • the death of Isaac Jogues, [171];
  • why New France failed, [176];
  • the return of the Coureurs-de-Bois, [179].
• Parton, James;
  • biographical note on, X, [150];
  • Aaron Burr and Madame Jumel, [150].
• Pascal, Blaise;
  • biographical note on, VII, 118;
  • of the prevalence of self-love, 118.
• Pepys, Samuel;
  • biographical note on, III, 185;
  • on various doings of Mr. and Mrs. Pepys, 185;
  • of England without Cromwell, 191.
• Petrarch, Francis;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 162;
  • of good and evil fortune, 162.
• Plato;
  • biographical note on, I, 95;
  • articles by—the image of the cave, 95;
  • of good and evil, 103;
  • Socrates in praise of love, 108;
  • the praise of Socrates by Alcibiades, 121;
  • the refusal of Socrates to escape from prison, 133;
  • the death of Socrates, 143.
• Pliny, the Elder;
  • biographical note on, II, 162;
  • articles by—the qualities of the dog, 162;
  • three great artists of Greece, 165.
• Pliny, the younger;
  • biographical note on, II, 218;
  • articles by—the Christians in his province, 218;
  • to Tacitus on the eruption of Vesuvius, 222.
• Plutarch;
  • biographical note on, I, 190;
  • articles by—Demosthenes and Cicero compared, 190;
  • the assassination of Cæsar, 197;
  • Cleopatra's barge, 207;
  • the death of Antony and Cleopatra, 211.
• Poe, Edgar Allan;
  • biographical note on, X, [11];
  • articles by—the cask of Amontillado, [11];
  • of Hawthorne and the short story, [19];
  • of Willis, Bryant, Halleck and Macaulay, [25].
• Polo, Marco;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 147;
  • a description of Japan, 147.
• Polybius;
  • biographical note on, I, 171;
  • articles by—the battle of Cannæ, 171;
  • Hannibal's advance on Rome, 178;
  • the defense of Syracuse by Archimedes, 183.
• Pope, Alexander;
  • biographical note on, IV, 41;
  • articles by—an ancient English country seat, 41;
  • his compliments to Lady Mary, 47;
  • how to make an epic poem, 52.
• Prescott, William H.;
  • biographical note on, IX, 198;
  • articles by—the fate of Egmont and Hoorne, 198;
  • the genesis of "Don Quixote," 209.

• Quintillian;
  • biographical note on, II, 171;
  • articles by—on the orator as a good man, 171.

• Rabelais, François;
  • biographical note on, VII, 58;
  • articles by—Gargantua and his childhood, 58;
  • Gargantua's education, 64;
  • of the founding of an ideal abbey, 74.
• Raleigh, Sir Walter;
  • biographical note on, III, 49;
  • on the mutability of human affairs, 49.
• Renan, Joseph Ernest;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 30;
  • the Roman empire in robust youth, 30.
• Rousseau, Jean Jacques;
  • biographical note on, VII, 170;
  • articles by—of Christ and Socrates, 170;
  • of the management of children, 173.
• Ruskin, John;
  • biographical note on, VI, 140;
  • articles by—of the history and sovereignty of Venice, 140;
  • St. Marks at Venice, 151;
  • of water, 159.

• Saint-Simon, Duc de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 141;
  • articles by—the death of the Dauphin, 141;
  • the public watching the king and madame, 145.
• Sallust;
  • biographical note on, II, 91;
  • articles by—the genesis of Catiline, 91;
  • the fate of the conspirators, 98.
• Sand, George;
  • biographical note on, VII, 250;
  • Leila and the poet, 250.
• Schiller, Friedrich von;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 107;
  • articles by—the battle of Lutzen, 107;
  • Philip II and the Netherlands, 117.
• Schlegel, August Wilhelm von;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 124;
  • on Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 124.
• Scott, Sir Walter;
  • biographical note on, V, 31;
  • articles by—the arrival of the master of Ravenswood, 31;
  • the death of Meg Merriles, 35;
  • a vision of Rob Roy, 40;
  • Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, 48;
  • the illness and death of Lady Scott, 62.
• Seneca;
  • biographical note on, II, 128;
  • articles by—the wise man, 128;
  • consolation for the loss of friends, 134;
  • to Nero on clemency, 141;
  • the pilot, 149;
  • a happy life, 153.
• Sévigné, Madame de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 123;
  • articles by—great news from Paris, 123;
  • an imposing funeral described, 125.
• Sewall, Samuel;
  • biographical note on, IX, 19;
  • his account of how he courted Madame Winthrop, 19.
• Shakespeare, William;
  • biographical note on, III, 82;
  • the speech of Brutus to his countrymen, 82;
  • Shylock in defense of his race, 83;
  • Hamlet to the players, 85.
• Shelley, Percy Bysshe;
  • biographical note on, V, 151;
  • articles by—in defense of poetry, 151;
  • the baths of Caracalla, 155;
  • the ruins of Pompeii, 158.
• Smith, Adam;
  • biographical note on, IV, 163;
  • articles by—of ambition misdirected, 163;
  • the advantages of a division of labor, 166.
• Smith, John;
  • biographical note on, IX, 3;
  • his story of Pocahontas, 3.
• Southey, Robert;
  • biographical note on, V, 80;
  • Nelson's death at Trafalgar, 80.
• Spencer, Herbert;
  • biographical note on, VI, 173;
  • articles by—the origin of professional occupations, 173;
  • self-dependence and paternalism, 181;
  • the ornamental and the useful in education, 186;
  • reminiscences of his boyhood, 191;
  • a tribute to E. L. Youmans, 195;
  • why he never married, 197.
• Staël, Madame de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 178;
  • of Napoleon Bonaparte, 178.
• Steele, Sir Richard;
  • biographical note on, IV, 3;
  • articles by—of companions and flatterers, 3;
  • the story-teller and his art, 7;
  • Sir Roger and the widow, 10;
  • the Coverley family portraits, 16;
  • on certain symptoms of greatness, 21;
  • how to be happy tho married, 26.
• Sterne, Laurence;
  • biographical note on, IV, 123;
  • articles by—the starling in captivity, 123;
  • to Moulines with Maria, 127;
  • the death of LeFevre, 129;
  • passages from the romance of my Uncle Toby and the widow, 131.
• Stevenson, Robert Louis;
  • biographical note on, VI, 247;
  • articles by—Francis Villon's terrors, 247;
  • the lantern bearers, 251.
• Suetonius;
  • biographical note on, II, 231;
  • articles by—the last days of Augustus, 231;
  • the good deeds of Nero, 236;
  • the death of Nero, 241.
• Swift, Jonathan;
  • biographical note on, III, 216;
  • on pretense in philosophers, 216;
  • on the hospitality of the vulgar, 221;
  • the art of lying in politics, 224;
  • a meditation upon a broomstick, 228;
  • Gulliver among the giants, 230.

• Tacitus;
  • biographical note on, II, 177;
  • articles by—from Republican to Imperial Rome, 177;
  • the funeral of Germanicus, 183;
  • the death of Seneca, 189;
  • the burning of Rome by order of Nero, 193;
  • the burning of the capitol at Rome, 202;
  • the siege of Cremona, 205;
  • Agricola, 212.
• Taine, Hippolite Adolphe;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 38;
  • articles by—on Thackeray as a satirist, 38;
  • on the king's getting up for the day, 43.
• Taylor, Jeremy;
  • biographical note on, III, 153;
  • on the benefits of adversity, 153.
• Thackeray, William M.;
  • biographical note on, VI, 62;
  • articles by—the imperturbable Marlborough, 62;
  • the ball before the battle of Waterloo, 65;
  • the death of Colonel Newcome, 75;
  • London in the time of the first George, 80.
• Thiers, Louis Adolph;
  • biographical note on, VII, 201;
  • the burning of Moscow, 201.
• Thoreau, Henry David;
  • biographical note on, X, [99];
  • articles by—the building of his house at Walden Pond, [99];
  • how to make two small ends meet, [103];
  • on reading the ancient classics, [115];
  • of society and solitude, [120].
• Thucydides;
  • biographical note on, I, 25;
  • articles by—the Athenians and Spartans contrasted, 25;
  • the plague at Athens, 38;
  • the sailing of the Athenian fleet for Sicily, 45;
  • the completion of the Athenian defeat at Syracuse, 52.
• Tocqueville, Alexis de;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 3;
  • on the tyranny of the American majority, 3.
• Tolstoy, Count Leo;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 252;
  • Shakespeare not a great genius, 252.
• Turgeneff, Ivan;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 239;
  • Bazarov's death, 239.

• Vasari, Giorgio;
  • biographical note on, VIII, 192;
  • of Raphael and his early death, 192.
• Vigny, Alfred de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 222;
  • Richelieu's way with his master, 222.
• Ville-Hardouin, Geoffrey de;
  • biographical note on, VII, 23;
  • the sack of Constantinople, 23.
• Voltaire, François Arouet;
  • biographical note on, VII, 160;
  • articles by—of Bacon's greatness, 160;
  • England's regard for men of letters, 164.

• Walpole, Horace;
  • biographical note on, IV, 149;
  • articles by—on Hogarth, 149;
  • the war in America, 154;
  • the death of George II, 155.
• Walton, Izaak;
  • biographical note on, III, 92;
  • articles by—the antiquity of angling, 92;
  • of the trout, 96;
  • the death of George Herbert, 101.
• Ward, Artemus;
  • biographical note on, X, [191];
  • Forrest as Othello, [191].
• Washington, George;
  • biographical note on, IX, 79;
  • articles by—to his wife on taking command of the army, 79;
  • of his army in Cambridge, 81;
  • to the Marquis de Chastellux on his marriage, 84.
• White, Gilbert;
  • biographical note on, IV, 158;
  • on the chimney swallow, 158.
• Wordsworth, William;
  • biographical note on, V, 23;
  • a poet defined, 23.
• Wyclif, John;
  • biographical note on, III, 4;
  • a passage from his translation of the Bible, 14.