the
pressure deepen, the ironical element figures not a little in our form
of address to those short-sighted friends who have whispered that it
is an easy one.

END OF VOL. X

INDEX TO THE TEN VOLUMES

[Roman numerals indicate volumes, Arabic numerals indicate pages]

Adams, Henry;
biographical note on, X, 219;
Jefferson's retirement, 219.

Adams, John;
biographical note on, IX, 87;
articles by--on his nomination of Washington to be
commander-in-chief, 87;
an estimate of Franklin, 90.

Adams, John Quincy;
biographical note on, IX, 133;
articles by--of his mother, 133;
the moral taint inherent in slavery, 135.

Addison, Joseph;
biographical note on, III, 236;
articles by--in Westminster Abbey, 236;
Will Honeycomb and his marriage, 240;
on pride of birth, 246;
Sir Roger and his home, 251.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey;
biographical note on, X, 195;
articles by--a sunrise in Stillwater, 195;
the fight at Slatter's Hill, 198;
on returning from Europe, 204.

Andersen, Hans Christian;
biographical note on, VIII, 231;
the Emperor's new clothes, 231.

Aquinas, St. Thomas;
biographical note on, VII, 12;
a definition of happiness, 12.

Aristotle;
biographical note on, I, 149;
articles by--what things are pleasant, 149;
the lite most desirable, 155;
ideal husbands and wives, 158;
happiness as an end of human action, 165.

Arnold, Matthew;
biographical note on, VI, 208;
on the motive for culture, 208.

Ascham, Roger;
biographical note on, III, 40;
article by--on gentle methods in teaching, 40.

Aucassin and Nicolette;
note on the authorship of the work bearing that name, VII, 30;
a passage from the book, 30.

Audubon, John James;
biographical note on, IX, 144;
where the mocking-bird dwells, 144.

Augustine, Aurelius St.;
biographical note on, VII, 3;
on imperial power for good and bad men 3.

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, Honore de;
biographical note on, VII, 210;
articles by--the death of Pere Goriot, 210;
Birotteau's early married life, 215.

Bancroft, George;
biographical note on, IX, 217;
the fate of Evangeline's countrymen, 217.