. Charles
Mair, for the scenes from _Tecumseh_; and to Professor C. G. D. Roberts,
for _To Winter_.

To Miss A. T. Jones, thanks are due for permission to use _Abigail
Becker_, recently published in the _Century Magazine_. The heroic acts
described in this poem seem so wonderful, so greatly superior to woman's
strength, even to human strength and endurance, to accomplish, that were
it possible to doubt its truthfulness, doubt one certainly would.
Nevertheless the poem is not only strictly in accordance with the facts,
it is even within and below them.

CONTENTS.

_(The Titles of the Selections in Poetry are printed in Italics.)_

NUMBER. TITLE. AUTHOR. PAGE.

I. King Solomon's Prayer and Blessing at the
Dedication of the Temple. HOLY BIBLE 33

II. Invitation. HOLY BIBLE 39

III. _The Trial Scene in the "Merchant of
Venice."_ SHAKESPEARE 40

IV. Of Boldness. BACON 53

V. _To Daffodils._ HERRICK 55

VI. Of Contentedness in all Estates and
Accidents. TAYLOR 56

VII. _To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars._ LOVELACE 61

VIII. Angling. WALTON 62

IX. _On the Morning of Christ's Nativity._ MILTON 67

X. Character of Lord Falkland. CLARENDON 76

XI. _Veni, Creator Spiritus._ DRYDEN 81

XII. _Lines printed under the Portrait of
Milton._ DRYDEN 82

XIII. _Reason_ DRYDEN 83

XIV. On the Love of Country as a Principle of
Action. STEELE 83

XV. The Golden Scales. ADDISON 88

XVI. Misjudged Hospitality. SWIFT 93

XVII. _From the "Essay on Man."_ POPE 96

XVIII. _Rule, Britannia._ THOMSON 101

XIX. The First Crusade. HUME 102

XX. _The Bard._