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 Régime 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 Sunrise in Stillwater. (From Chapter I of "The Stillwater Tragedy") 195 II The Fight at Slatter's Hill. (From Chapter XIII of "The Story of a Bad Boy") 198 III On Returning from Europe. (From Chapter IX of "From Ponkapog to Pesth") 204
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS--(Born in 1837.) To Albany by the Night Boat. (From Chapter III of "The Wedding Journey") 207
JOHN HAY--(Born in 1838, died in 1905.) Lincoln's Early Fame. (From Volume X, Chapter XVIII of "Abraham Lincoln, A History") 211
HENRY ADAMS--(Born in 1838.) Jefferson's Retirement. (From the "History of the United States") 219