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Start of eBook	1
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
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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
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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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