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VOL. I
1
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
4
VIGNETTE PORTRAITS
4
GODEFREY OF BOLOYNE
5
ABELARD
5
BY THOMAS DAVIDSON
5
HELOISE TO ABELARD
15
ABELARD’S ANSWER TO HELOISE
18
EDMOND ABOUT
20
THE CAPTURE
21
HADGI-STAVROS
24
THE VICTIM
26
THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
28
ACCADIAN-BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE
33
57
TO HER HUSBAND
62
TO HER SISTER
71
THURSDAY MORNING.
74
FRIDAY MORNING.
75
HENRY ADAMS
78
THE AUSPICES OF THE WAR OF 1812
80
WHAT THE WAR OF 1812 DEMONSTRATED
84
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIERE
89
JOHN ADAMS
92
AT THE FRENCH COURT
96
THE CHARACTER OF FRANKLIN
98
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
99
LETTER TO HIS FATHER
101
FROM THE MEMOIRS
102
FROM THE MEMOIRS
103
FROM THE MEMOIRS
104
FROM THE MEMOIRS
104
THE MISSION OF AMERICA
105
THE RIGHT OF PETITION
105
NULLIFICATION
106
SARAH FLOWER ADAMS
108
JOSEPH ADDISON
110
BY HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
110
SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY AT THE PLAY
120
A VISIT TO SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY
123
THE VANITY OF HUMAN LIFE
125
AN ESSAY ON FANS
128
AELIANUS CLAUDIUS
130
OF CERTAIN NOTABLE MEN THAT MADE THEMSELVES PLAYFELLOWES WITH CHILDREN
132
OF A CERTAINE SICILIAN WHOSE EYSIGHT WAS WOONDERFULL SHARPE AND QUICK
132
THE LAWE OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS AGAINST COVETOUSNESS
133
THAT SLEEP IS THE BROTHER OF DEATH, AND OF GORGIAS DRAWING TO HIS END
133
OF THE VOLUNTARY AND WILLING DEATH OF CALANUS
133
OF DELICATE DINNERS, SUMPTUOUS SUPPERS, AND PRODIGALL BANQUETING
134
134
HOW SOCRATES SUPPRESSED THE PRYDE AND HAUTINESSE OF ALCIBIADES
135
OF CERTAINE WASTGOODES AND SPENDTHRIFTES
135
AESCHINES
135
A DEFENSE AND AN ATTACK
137
AESCHYLUS
139
BY JOHN WILLIAMS WHITE
139
AESOP
153
BY HARRY THURSTON PECK
153
THE FOX AND THE LION
155
THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN
156
THE ASS EATING THISTLES
156
THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING
156
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE
156
THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS
156
THE SATYR AND THE TRAVELER
157
THE LION AND THE OTHER BEASTS
157
THE ASS AND THE LITTLE DOG
158
THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE
158
THE DOG AND THE WOLF
159
JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ
160
THE SILURIAN BEACH
164
VOICES
167
FORMATION OF CORAL REEFS
169
AGATHIAS
171
GRACE AGUILAR
172
THE GREATNESS OF FRIENDSHIP
174
THE ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD
175
THE CULPRIT AND THE JUDGE
177
WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH
181
THE STUDENTS OF PARIS
183
MARK AKENSIDE
194
FROM THE EPISTLE TO CURIO
197
PEDRO ANTONIO DE ALARCON
202
A WOMAN VIEWED FROM WITHOUT
203
HOW THE ORPHAN MANUEL GAINED HIS SOBRIQUET
205
ALCAEUS
207
BALTAZAR DE ALCAZAR
209
ALCIPHRON
211
BY HARRY THURSTON PECK
211
FROM A MERCENARY GIRL
213
THE PLEASURES OF ATHENS
214
FROM AN ANXIOUS MOTHER
214
FROM A CURIOUS YOUTH
215
FROM A PROFESSIONAL DINER-OUT
215
UNLUCKY LUCK
215
ALCMAN
216
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
217
THE NIGHT WARD
219
AMY’S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
221
ALCUIN
227
BY WILLIAM H. CARPENTER
227
A LETTER FROM ALCUIN TO CHARLEMAGNE
231
HENRY M. ALDEN
233
From ‘A Study of Death,’ copyright 1895, by Harper and Brothers
234
TO MY BELOVED WIFE
234
From ‘A Study of Death,’ copyright 1895, by Harper and Brothers
235
From ‘A Study of Death,’ copyright 1895, by Harper and Brothers
236
From ‘A Study of Death,’ copyright 1895, by Harper and Brothers
239
I
239
II
239
III
240
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
241
PERE ANTOINE’S DATE-PALM
250
MISS MEHETABEL’S SON
254
I
254
II
259
ALEARDO ALEARDI
268
JEAN LE ROND D’ALEMBERT
272
MONTESQUIEU
274
VITTORIO ALFIERI
286
BY L. OSCAR KUHNS
286
AGAMEMNON
289
ALFONSO THE WISE
295
ON THE TURKS, AND WHY THEY ARE SO CALLED
299
ALFRED THE GREAT
300
KING ALFRED ON KING-CRAFT
303
ALFRED’S PREFACE TO THE VERSION OF POPE GREGORY’S ‘PASTORAL CARE’
304
BLOSSOM GATHERINGS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE
306
CHARLES GRANT ALLEN
307
THE COLORATION OF FLOWERS
309
AMONG THE HEATHER
311
THE HERON’S HAUNT
313
JAMES LANE ALLEN
316
OLD KING SOLOMON’S CORONATION
324
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM
331
KARL JONAS LUDVIG ALMQUIST
337
CHARACTERISTICS OF CATTLE
339
A NEW UNDINE
340
JOHANNA AMBROSIUS
343
A PEASANT’S THOUGHTS
343
EDMONDO DE AMICIS
348
THE LIGHT
350
RESEMBLANCES
351
BIRDS
352
CORDOVA
352
THE LAND OF PLUCK
355
THE DUTCH MASTERS
362
HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL
369
BY RICHARD BURTON
369
EXTRACTS FROM AMIEL’S JOURNAL
371
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