homas Wharton)

II To His Friend Mason on the Death of Mason's Mother

III On His Own Writings.
(A Letter to Horace Walpole)

IV His Friendship for Bonstetten.
(From a Letter to Bonstetten)

HORACE WALPOLE--(Born in 1717, died in 1797.)

I Hogarth.
(From the "Anecdotes of Painting in England")

II The War in America.
(From a Letter written at Strawberry Hill)

III The Death of George II.
(A Letter to Sir Horace Mann)

GILBERT WHITE--(Born in 1720, died in 1793.)

The Chimney Swallow.
(From "The Natural History of Selborne")

ADAM SMITH--(Born in 1723, died in 1790.)

I Of Ambition Misdirected.
(From the "Theory of Moral Sentiments")

II The Advantages of a Division of Labor.
(From "The Wealth of Nations")

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE--(Born in 1723, died in 1780.)

Professional Soldiers in Free Countries.
(From the "Commentaries")

OLIVER GOLDSMITH--(Born in 1728, died in 1774.)

I The Ambitions of the Vicar's Family.
(From "The Vicar of Wakefield")

II Sagacity in Insects.
(From "The Bee")

III A Chinaman's View of London.
(From the "Citizen of the World")

EDMUND BURKE--(Born in 1729, died in 1797.)

I The Principles of Good Taste.
(From "The Sublime and Beautiful")

II A Letter to a Noble Lord

III On the Death of His Son

IV Marie Antoinette.
(From the "Reflections on the Revolution in France")

WILLIAM COWPER--(Born in 1731, died in 1800.)

I Of Keeping One's Self Employed.
(A Letter to John Newton)

II Of Johnson's Treatment of Milton.
(Letter to the Rev. William Unwin)

III On the Publication of His Books.
(Letter to the Rev. William Unwin)

EDWARD GIBBON--(Born in 1737, died in 1794.)

I The Romance of His Youth.
(From the "Memoirs")

II The Inception and Completion of the "Decline and Fall."
(From the "Memoirs")

III The Fall of Zenobia.
(From "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire")

IV Alaric's Entry into Rome.
(From "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire")

V The Death of Hosein.
(From "The Decline and Fall of the Ro