r III of "Walden") 115
IV Of Society and Solitude.
(From Chapter IV of "Walden") 120

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL--(Born in 1819, died in 1891.)
I The Poet as Prophet.
(From an essay contributed to _The Pioneer_ in 1843) 125
II The First of the Moderns.
(From the first essay in the first series, entitled
"Among My Books") 129
III Of Faults Found in Shakespeare.
(From the essay entitled "Shakespeare Once More,"
printed in the first series entitled "Among My Books") 133
IV Americans as Successors of the Dutch.
(From the essay entitled "On a Certain Condescension
in Foreigners," printed in "From My Study Window") 138

CHARLES A. DANA--(Born in 1819, died in 1897.)
Greeley as a Man of Genius.
(From an article printed in the New York _Sun_,
December 5, 1872) 146

JAMES PARTON--(Born in 1822, died in 1891.)
Aaron Burr and Madame Jumel.
(From his "Life of Burr") 150

FRANCIS PARKMAN--(Born in 1823, died in 1893.)
I Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois.
(From Chapter X of "The Pioneers of France
in the New World") 157
II The Death of La Salle.
(From Chapter XXV of "La Salle and the Discovery
of the Great West") 161
III The Coming of Frontenac to Canada.
(From Chapters I and II of "Count Frontenac and
New France") 167
IV The Death of Isaac Jogues.
(From Chapters XVI and XX of "The Jesuits in
North America") 171
V Why New France Failed.
(From the Introduction to "The Pioneers of France
in the New World") 176
VI The Return of the Coureurs-de-Bois.
(From Chapter XVIII of "The Old Regime in Canada") 179

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS--(Born in 1824, died in 1892.)
Our Cousin the Curate.
(From Chapter VII of "Prue and I") 183

ARTEMUS WARD--(Born in 1824, died in 1867.)
Forrest as Othello.
(From "Artemus Ward, His Book") 191

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH--(Born in 1836, died in 1908.)
I A