of civilization, 189.

Hamilton, Alexander;
biographical note on, IX, 123;
articles by--of the failure of the Confederation, 123;
his reasons for not declining Burr's challenge, 129.

Harrison, Frederick;
biographical note on, VI, 230;
the great books of the world, 230.

Harte, Bret;
biographical note on, X, 224;
articles by--Peggy Moffat's inheritance, 224;
John Chinaman, 236;
M'liss goes to school, 240.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel;
biographical note on, IX, 235;
articles by--occupants of an old manse, 235;
Arthur Dimmesdale on the scaffold, 242;
of life at Brook Farm, 248;
the death of Judge Pyncheon, 252.

Hay, John;
biographical note on, X, 211;
Lincoln's early fame, 211.

Hazlitt, William;
biographical note on, V, 111;
on Hamlet, 111.

Heine, Heinrich;
biographical note on, VIII, 139;
reminiscences of Napoleon, 139.

Herodotus;
biographical note on, I, 3;
articles by--Solon's words of wisdom to Croesus, 3;
Babylon and its capture by Cyrus, 9;
the pyramid of Cheops, 18;
the story of Periander's son, 20.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell;
biographical note on, X, 31;
articles by--of doctors, lawyers and ministers, 31;
of the genius of Emerson, 36;
the house in which the professor lived, 42;
of women who put on airs, 49.

Howell, James;
biographical note on, III, 106;
articles by--the Bucentaur in Venice, 106;
the city of Rome in 1621, 109.

Howells, William Dean;
biographical note on, X, 207;
to Albany by the night boat, 207.

Hugo, Victor;
biographical note on, VII, 228;
articles by--the Battle of Waterloo, 228;
the beginnings and expansions of Paris, 235.

Humboldt, Alexander von;
biographical note on, VIII, 130;
an essay on man, 130.

Hume, David;
biographical note on, IV, 110;
articles by--on the character of Queen Elizabeth, 110;
the defeat of the Armada, 113;
the first principles of government, 118.

Huxley, Thomas Henry;
biographical note on, VI, 219;
a piece of chalk, 219.

Ibsen, Henrik;
biographical note on, VIII, 245;
the thought child, 245.

Irving, Washington;
biographical note on, IX, 147;
articles by--the last of the Dutch governors of New York, 147;
the awakening of Rip Van Winkle, 151;
at Abbotsford with Scott, 161.

James, Henry;
biographical note on, X, 246;
articles by--among the Malvern Hills, 246;
Turgeneff's world, 252.

Jefferson, Thomas;