he 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'Angouleme, 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, Rene;
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;
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