.

Pope, Alexander;
biographical note on, IV, 41;
articles by--an ancient English country seat, 41;
his compliments to Lady Mary, 47;
how to make an epic poem, 52.

Prescott, William H.;
biographical note on, IX, 198;
articles by--the fate of Egmont and Hoorne, 198;
the genesis of "Don Quixote," 209.

Quintillian;
biographical note on, II, 171;
articles by--on the orator as a good man, 171.

Rabelais, Francois;
biographical note on, VII, 58;
articles by--Gargantua and his childhood, 58;
Gargantua's education, 64;
of the founding of an ideal abbey, 74.

Raleigh, Sir Walter;
biographical note on, III, 49;
on the mutability of human affairs, 49.

Renan, Joseph Ernest;
biographical note on, VIII, 30;
the Roman empire in robust youth, 30.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques;
biographical note on, VII, 170;
articles by--of Christ and Socrates, 170;
of the management of children, 173.

Ruskin, John;
biographical note on, VI, 140;
articles by--of the history and sovereignty of Venice, 140;
St. Marks at Venice, 151;
of water, 159.

Saint-Simon, Duc de;
biographical note on, VII, 141;
articles by--the death of the Dauphin, 141;
the public watching the king and madame, 145.

Sallust;
biographical note on, II, 91;
articles by--the genesis of Catiline, 91;
the fate of the conspirators, 98.

Sand, George;
biographical note on, VII, 250;
Leila and the poet, 250.

Schiller, Friedrich von;
biographical note on, VIII, 107;
articles by--the battle of Lutzen, 107;
Philip II and the Netherlands, 117.

Schlegel, August Wilhelm von;
biographical note on, VIII, 124;
on Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 124.

Scott, Sir Walter;
biographical note on, V, 31;
articles by--the arrival of the master of Ravenswood, 31;
the death of Meg Merriles, 35;
a vision of Rob Roy, 40;
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, 48;
the illness and death of Lady Scott, 62.

Seneca;
biographical note on, II, 128;
articles by--the wise man, 128;
consolation for the loss of friends, 134;
to Nero on clemency, 141;
the pilot, 149;
a happy life, 153.

Sevigne, Madame de;
biographical note on, VII, 123;
articles by--great news from Paris, 123;
an imposing funeral described, 125.

Sewall, Samuel;
biographical note on, IX, 19;
his account of how he courted Madame Winthrop, 19.

Shakespeare, William;
biographical note on,