Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, 74.
Bradford, William, 9.
Bradstreet, Anne, 10, 22.
Brainerd, David, 39.
"Broken Heart, The," 454.
Brook Farm, 217, 232.
Brown, Alice, 309.
Brown, Charles Brockden, 74, 84.
Browne, Charles Farrar, 309.
Bryant, William Cullen, sketch of, 175-
191; genius and character, 175; moral
element in literature, 175; ancestry,
176; precocity, 177; a youthful satire,
177; the study of law, 178; legal career,
178; love of nature, 179; "Thanatop-
sis," 179; "To a Waterfowl," 180; new
source of inspiration, 181; wedded
happiness, 181; dissatisfaction with law,
182; "The Death of the Flowers," 182;
The Evening Post, 183; prose writing,
183; harmless idiosyncrasies, 184; wide
travels, 184; public addresses, 185;
poetic vocation, 185; first volume, 186;
English edition, 187; distinctive quali-
ties, 187; translates the "Iliad" and
"Odyssey," 188; country homes, 190;
religious spirit, 190; sudden death, 190;
illustrative selections, 472-486.
"Building of the Ship, The," 538.
Bunner, Henry Cuyler, 309.
Burdette, Robert J., 309.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 309.
Burnham, Clara Louise, 309.
Burroughs, John, 309.
Byles, Mather, 39.
Byrd, William, 40.
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Civil War, The, a dividing line, 327; and Drake, Joseph Rodman, 114, 134.
Clarke, James Freeman, 310.
Drama, first American, 50.
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, 312.
Clemens, Samuel L., 310; rugged honesty Dunne, Finley Peter (Mr. Dooley), 312.
of, 342; influence of, 343.
College of William and Mary, 15; location
and purpose of, 15.
Colonization, 11; first English settlements,
"Columbiad, The," our first epic, 87.
Congress, The Continental, 78.
Constitution, the framing of, 80.
"Contentment," 598.
Cooke, John Esten, 114, 137.
Cooke, Philip Pendleton, 114.
Cooke, Rose Terry, 310.
Cooper, James Fenimore, sketch of, 162-
174; a national writer, 162; childhood,
163; school and college, 163; naval
career, 163; domestic life, 164; first
novel, 165; "The Spy," 165; "The
Pioneers," 166; a tale of the sea, 166;
"The Last of the Mohicans," 167; a
New York Club, 168; a sojourn in Eu-
rope, 168; literary activity, 168; pa-
triotic spirit, 169; loss of popularity,
169; suits for libel, 170; history of the
navy, 170; the Leather-stocking series,
171; last years, 172; character, 172;
literary shortcomings, 173; graphic de-
scription, 173;
illustrative selection,
464-471.
Cotton, John, 9.
Country, Our, a world power, 330.
Craddock, Charles Egbert. See Mary N.
Murfree.
Craigie, Pearl Mary-Teresa, 311.
Cranch, Christopher P., 311.
Crane, Stephen, 311.
Crawford, Francis Marion, 311.
Curtis, George William, 114.
Dwight, Timothy, 73.
Education, in First Colonial Period, 17;
in Second, 42; in First National, 121;
since Civil War, 329.
Edwards, Jonathan, sketch of, 62-70; a
great, austere life, 62; parentage and
early training, 63; an observer of nature,
63; at Yale, 63; reading and study, 64;
religious experience, 64; preacher and
tutor, 64; seventy resolutions, 65;
domestic life, 65; pulpit power, 66;
"Great Awakening," 66; controversy
and resignation, 67; missionary work,
67; "Freedom of the Will," 67; presi-
dent of Princeton, 68; "History of Re-
demption," 69; last days, 69; estimate
of, 69; illustrative selection, 414-422.
Eggleston, Edward, 312; sketch of, 381-
384.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, sketch of, 208-
226; a record of thought, 208; relative
originality, 208; an idealistic philoso-
pher, 209; his common sense, 210;
ancestry and education, 210; teacher
and preacher, 210; increasing doubt,
211; a trip abroad, 212; as a lecturer,
212; at Concord, 214; "Nature, 215;
Transcendental Club, 215; Transcen-
dentalism, 216; The Dial, 217; Brook
Farm experiment, 217; first volume of
Essays, 218; a simple studious life, 219;
bereavement and consolation, 220;
second volume of Essays, 220; second
visit to England, 221; poetry, 222; a
student of nature, 223; estimate of his
poetry, 224; literary method, 225; twi-
light years, 225; illustrative selection,
England, mistaken policy of, 45.
"Evening Wind, The," 480.
Everett, Alexander H., 114.
Everett, Edward, 114.
Expansion, National, 330.
"Fancy's Show Box," 521.
"Federalist, The," 106.
Federalist and Anti-Federalist, 81.
Federation, attempts at, 48.
Field, Eugene, 312.
Fields, James T., 115.
First Colonial Period, 11.
First National Period, 120; growth in
population, 120; the Mississippi Valley,
121; Manufacture and Commerce, 121;
educational progress, 121; periodical
literature, 122; favorable conditions,
122; the West and the South, 123:
science and invention, 124; state rights.
126; slavery, 127; agitation for aboli-
tion, 127; Unitarian controversy, 128;
transcendental movement, 129.
Fiske, John, 312.
"Footsteps of Angels," 531.
Ford, Paul Leicester, 312.
Foster, Stephen Collins, 115.
Fox, John, Jr., 312.
France, purpose of, 45.
Franklin, Benjamin, sketch of, 51-61;
popularity of, 51; youth and education,
51; fondness for reading, 52; first lit-
erary effort, 52; in Philadelphia, 53; in
England, 53; the Junto, 55; self-control
and humility, 55; shrewdness and indus-
try, 56; newspaper publisher, 56; "Poor
Richard's Almanac," 56; interest in
public affairs, 58; honors and educa-
tional activity, 58; plan for colonial
union, 59; scientific experiments, 59;
honors abroad, 60; governor of Penn-
sylvania, 61; closing years, 61; illus-
trative selection, 403-413.
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins, 313.
French, Alice (Octave Thanet), 313.
Freneau, Philip, 74.
Gale, Zona, 313.
Garland, Hamlin, 313.
Genius and character, 175.
Gilder, Richard Watson, 313.
Glasgow, Ellen A., 313.
Godfrey, Thomas, 40.
Goodrich, Samuel G., 115.
Goodwin, Maud Wilder, 313.
Grant, Robert, 313.
"Gray Champion, The," 514.
Green, Anna Katherine, 313.
Guiney, Louise Imogen, 313.
Hale, Edward Everett, 314; sketch of, 349-
Hale, Sarah Josepha, 115.
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 115, 135.
Hamilton, Alexander, sketch of, 100-110;
youthful ambition, 100; education, 101;
a colonial patriot, 102; a pamphleteer,
102; resists a mob, 103; a military off-
cer, 103: on Washington's staff, 103;
an unpopular leader, 104; as a states-
man, 105; marriage and independence,
105: labors in congress, 105; "The
Federalist, 106; a forensic victory,
107; secretary of the treasury, 107;
a cabinet feud, 108; rank as a pub-
licist, 108; duel and death, 109; es-
timate of, 109; illustrative selection,
432-438.
Harland, Henry (Sidney Luska), 314.
Harris, Joel Chandler, 314.
Harris, William T., 314.
Harte, Francis Bret, 314; sketch of, 376-
378.
Harvard College, 18.
Hawthorne, Julian, 314.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, sketch of, 227-
241; men of genius, 227; ancestry, 228;
school days, 229; inclination to litera-
ture, 220; reading and observation,
230; study and seclusion, 230; "Twice-
told Tales," 231; Boston custom-house,
232; at Brook Farm, 232; "The Blithe-
dale Romance," 233; happy marriage,
234;
"Mosses from an Old Manse,'
234; portraits from the custom-house,
236; "The Scarlet Letter," 237; "House
of the Seven Gables,' 237; various
literary labors, 238; irksome consular
duties, 238; "Our Old Home," 239;
travel and observation, 239; deep sense
of sin, 239; failing strength and death,
240; character and genius, 240; illus-
trative selections, 514-529.
Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 115, 140.
Hearn, Lafcadio, 315.
"Height of the Ridiculous, The," 596.
Henry, O. See Sydney Porter.
Heredity, influence of, 100.
Herrick, Robert, 315.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 315.
Hildreth, Richard, 315.
Hobbes, John Oliver. See Pearl Mary-
Teresa Craigie.
Holland, James Gilbert, 115.
Holley, Marietta, 315.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, sketch of, 293-
305; popularity, 293; independent
aloofness, 293; versatility, 294; a be-
liever in heredity, 294; "Autobiograph-
ical Notes," 295; class of '29, 295;
student of medicine, 296; "Old Iron-
sides," 296; practising physician, 297;
first volume of verse, 297; a worthy
helpmate, 298; professor at Harvard,
298; a popular lecturer, 298; "Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table," 299; poems of
the "Autocrat," 299; the Saturday
Club, 300;
laureate of Boston, 301;
theological interest, 301; "The Pro-
fessor at the Breakfast Table," 301;
"The Poet at the Breakfast Table,"
302; two "medicated novels," 302; as
writer of biographies, 303; visit to Eng-
land, 303;
"Over the Teacups," 304;|
last years, 304; his broad sympathies,
305; illustrative selections, 594-608.
Hopkinson, Francis, 74.
influence of Allston, 150; law and litera-
ture, 150; a taste of politics, 150; love
and constancy, 151; "Knickerbocker's
History," 151; business and legislation,
151; not a partisan, 152; merchant and
editor, 152; long sojourn in Europe,
153; finds his vocation, 153; "The
Sketch-Book," 153; a literary lion, 154;
"Bracebridge Hall," 154; "Tales of a
Traveller," 155; "Life of Columbus,"
155; "Conquest of Granada," 156;
secretary of legation, 156; return to
America, 157; Sunnyside, 157; literary
labors, 158; minister to Spain, 159;
"Life of Goldsmith," 159; closing scenes,
160; illustrative selections, 439-463.
Jackson, Helen Fiske, 315.
James, Henry, 316; notable works, 336;
style, 337.
Jefferson, Thomas, sketch of, 89-99; his
rank, 89; ancestry, 90; at college, 90;
legal career, 91; marriage, 91; com-
mittee of correspondence, 92; "Rights
of British America," 93; in Congress, 93;
Declaration of Independence, 94; law
of religious freedom, 95; educational
system, 95; varied public services, 95;
secretary of state, 96; an advocate of
State rights, 96; elected president, 96;
the University of Virginia, 97; death,
98; estimate of, 98; illustrative selec-
tion, 423-431.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 316.
Johnson, Edward, 10.
Johnston, Mary, 316.
Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 316.
Keller, Helen, 316.
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 116.
Howells, William Dean, 315; sketch of, Key, Francis Scott, 116.
Howard, Blanche Willis, 315.
Hunt, Helen. See Helen Fiske Jackson.
Hutchinson, Thomas, 39.
International relations of to-day, 330.
Invention and Science, 124.
Irving, Washington, sketch of, 147-161;
Lanier, Sidney, 316; sketch of, 369–373.
Larcom, Lucy, 316.
Lathrop, George Parsons, 317.
our first man of letters, 147; childhood, | Lawson, John, 40.
147; education and reading, 148; voy- Lazarus, Emma, 317.
age to Europe, 148; genial spirit, 149; Leland, Charles Godfrey, 317.
Locke, David Ross (Petroleum V. Nasby), Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 317.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 317.
London, Jack, 317.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, sketch of,
242-260; great popularity, 242; beauty
of his life, 242; parentage, 243; early
environment, 243; college career, 244;
literary bent, 244; professor of modern
languages, 245;
"Outre Mer," 245;
"Footsteps of Angels," 245; "Hy-
perion," 246; home in Cambridge, 246;
methods as teacher, 247; a literary
group, 248; "Voices of the Night," 248;
"Ballads and Other Poems," 249;
fundamental characteristics, 250; three
notable things, 250; noteworthy vol-
umes, 251; "Evangeline," 252; hostile
criticism, 253; prose and poetry, 254;
"Resignation," 254; "Hiawatha," 255;
parody and ridicule, 255; "Courtship
of Miles Standish," 256; some notable
pieces, 256; bereavement and toil, 257;
"Tales of a Wayside Inn," 257; "The
Golden Legend," 258; "New England
Tragedies," 259; "The Divine Tragedy,"
259; several admirable poems, 259;
death and burial, 259; illustrative
selections, 530-554.
Lossing, Benson J., 116.
Lowell, James Russell, sketch of, 261-275;
more than a writer, 261; New England
spirit, 262; distinguished ancestry, 262;
career at Harvard, 263; "A Year's
Life," 263; editor of The Pioneer, 263;
second volume of poetry, 264; funda-
mental beliefs, 264; "The Biglow
Papers," 265; "What Mr. Robinson
Thinks," 266; "A Fable for Critics," 267;
course of lectures, 268; successor to
Longfellow, 268; editorial labors, 269;
"Fireside Travels," 269; "Under the
Willows," 270; commemoration odes,
Macaulay, Fannie Caldwell, 317.
MacKaye, Percy, 318.
Madison, James, 74-
Magnalia Christi" 34; extract from, 394.
Markham, Edwin, 318.
Marshall, John, 75.
Marvel, Ik. See Donald G. Mitchell.
Masque of the Red Death," 490.
Mather, Cotton, sketch of, 30-36;
voluminous writer, 30; ancestry and
education, 30; a type of Puritan cul-
ture, 31; a minister of the Gospel, 31;
married life, 32; literary labors, 33;
his "Magnalia Christi," 34; philan-
thropic labors, 35; work on witchcraft,
35; attitude toward vaccination, 35;
disappointed ambition, 36; estimate of,
36; illustrative selection, 394-402.
Mather, Increase, 10.
Matthews, Brander, 318.
McCutcheon, George Barr, 318.
McMaster, John Bach, 318.
Melville, Herman, 318.
"Memories," 576.
Miller, Cincinnatus Heine (Joaquin Mil-
ler), 318; sketch of, 378-381.
Mitchell, Donald Grant (Ik Marvel),
318.
Mitchell, Silas Weir, 318.
Moody, William Vaughn, 319.
Moral element in literature, 175.
Morris, George P., 116.
Morris, Gouverneur, 319.
Motley, John Lothrop, 116, 132.
Moulton, Louise Chandler, 319.
Murfree, Mary Noailles, 319; sketch of,
367-369.
Nasby, Petroleum V. See David R.
Locke.
Nation, growth of, 41; schools and news-
papers, 42; sense of future greatness,
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