Abbott, Jacob, 105.
Abbott, John S. C., 105.
Abbott, Lyman, 295.
Abolition agitation, 118.
Adams, John, 66.

Adams, Samuel, quoted, 73.
"A Forest Hymn," 438.
Alcott, Amos Bronson, 103.
Alcott, Louisa May, 292.

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 291; brief
sketch of, 315; "Story of a Bad
Boy," 316; as editor, 316; critique
of, 317.

Allen, James Lane, 298.
Allston, Washington, 104; influence on
Irving, 138.

American literature, 3; first two cen-
turies of, 3; brief period of, 4; future
development, 4; favorable conditions
for, 5; a branch of English Liter-
ature, 5; cosmopolitan character, 6;
national periods, 7; distinctive, 119;
hopeful outlook, 351.

"A Psalm of Life," 494.

Art, Emerson's essay on. 466.

Articles of Confederation, 74.

Brown, Charles Brockden, 67, 77; his
novels, 77.

Browne, Charles Farrar, 292.

Bryant, William Cullen, sketch of, 164;
genius and character, 164; moral ele-
ment in literature, 164; truth in his
work, 164; ancestry, 165; precocity,
165; a youthful satire, 166; the study
of law, 166; legal career, 167; love
of nature, 167; "Thanatopsis," 168;
"To a Waterfowl," 169; new source
of inspiration, 169; a helpmeet, 170;
dissatisfaction with law, 170;
"The
Death of the Flowers," 171; mag-
azine writer, 171; the Evening Post,
171; prose writing, 172; harmless
idiosyncrasies, 173; wide travels, 173;
public addresses, 173; poetic vocation,
174; first volume, 174; English edi.
tion, 175; a misunderstanding, 175;
distinctve qualities, 175; ethical tone,
176; sincerity, 177; translations, 177;
homes in the country, 178; deeply re-
ligious, 178; end of a long life, 179;
illustrative selections, 435-450.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 297.
Burroughs, John, 294.

support, 75.

"Contentment," Holmes's poem, 561.
Convention of Albany, 43.

Cooke, John Esten, 108, 127; War ex-
periences, 128.

Cooke, Philip Pendleton, 109.
Cooke, Rose Terry, 292.
Cooper, James Fenimore, a national
writer, 151; childhood, 151; school
and college, 152; naval career, 152;
domestic life, 153; first novel, 153;
"The Spy," 154; "The Pioneers,"
154; a tale of the sea, 155; "The
Pilot," 155; "The Last of the Mo-
hicans," 156; a New York Club,
156; sojourn in Europe, 156; liter-
ary activity, 157; patriotic spirit,
157; loss of popularity, 158; suits for
libel, 159; naval history, 159; the
Leather-stocking series, 159; last
years, 160; personal character, 161;
the American Scott, 161; literary
shortcomings, 161; graphic descrip-
tion, 162; vivid narration, 162; il-
lustrative selection, 427-434.

austere life, 57; parentage and early
training, 57; observation of nature,
58; at Yale, 58; reading and study,
58; religious experience, 59; preacher
and tutor, 59; resolutions, 60; do-
mestic life, 60; pulpit power, 60;
"Great Awakening," 61; resignation,
61; missionary work, 62; "Freedom
of the Will," 62; president of Prince-
ton, 63; "History of Redemption,"
63; last days, 63; estimate of, 64;
illustrative selection, 379-386.

Eggleston, Edward, 299, 348; mastering
difficulties, 348; editorial labors, 349;
historical works, 349.

Eliot, John, 10.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, sketch of, 196;
a record of thought, 196; relative
originalty, 196; intuitional gift, 197;
an idealistic philosopher, 197; com-
mon sense, 197; ancestry and edu-
cation, 198; teacher and preacher,
198; increasing doubt, 199; a trip
abroad, 199; as lecturer, 200; matter
and manner, 200; at Concord, 201;
"Nature," 202; Transcendental Club,
202; transcendentalism, 203; The
Dial, 203; Brook Farm experiment,
203; first essays, 204; keynote, 205;
duty of self-reliance, 205; simple, stu-
dious life, 206; bereavement and con-
solation, 206; essays and addresses,
207; second visit to England, 207;
poetry, 208; meaning of the world,
208; poetic office, 209; metre-making
argument, 209; a student of nature,
209; lessons of wisdom, 210; esti-
mate of his poetry, 210; literary
method, 211; twilight years, 212; il-
lustrative selection, 466-478.

England, mistaken policy of, 40; strug-
gle with France, 41; tyranny of, 71.
Everett, Alexander H., 104.
Everett, Edward, 104.
Expansion, national, 111, 307.

"Fancy's Show-Box," 486.
Federalist and anti-federalist, 75.
"Federalist, The," 96.
Fiction, historical, 312.
Field, Eugene, 300.
Fields, James T., 105.
First Colonial Period, II.
First English settlements, II.
First National Period, 103, 111.

Fiske, John, 291.

Footsteps of Angels," 495.
Ford, Paul Leicester, 295.
Fox, John, jr., 299.

Franklin, Benjamin, 47; youth and
education, 47; reading, 47; style, 48;
first literary effort, 48; in Philadel-
phia, 49; in England, 49; return to
America, 49; the Junto, 50; self-con-
trol, 50; habit of statement, 51; news-
"Poor
paper, 51;
Richard's Al-
manac." 52; interest in public affairs,
52; honors, 53; plan for union, 53;
defense of Pennsylvania, 54; scientific
experiments, 54; reception abroad,
55; governor, 56; closing years, 56;
illustrative selection, 369-378.

France, purpose of, 40; results of

French success, 42.
French, Alice, 301.

Frenean, Philip, 68; quoted, 78.

Gilder, Richard Watson, 294.
Glasgow, Ellen A., 298.

Godfrey, Thomas, 36, quoted, 46.
Goodrich, Samuel G., 107.
Great Britain, influence of, 116.

Hale, Edward Everett, 292; early life,
319; editorial work, 319; famous stor-
ies, 320; varied activity, 320.

Hale, Sarah Josepha, 107.

579

youthful ambition, 91; education, 92;
a colonial patriot, 92; a pamphleteer,
93; resists mob voilence, 93; military
officer, 93; on Washington's staff, 94;
display of anger, 94; not a popular
leader, 95; a statesman, 95; marriage,
95; labors in congress, 96; "The
Federalist," 96, 97; a forensic vic-
tory, 97; secretary of the treasury,
98; a cabinet feud, 98; rank as pub-
licist, 99; as lawyer, 99; duel and
death, 99; estimate, 100; illustrative
selection, 396-402.

Hamilton, Gail. See Mary A. Dodge.
Harland, Marion. See Mary Virginia
Terhune.

Harris, Joel Chandler, 297.
Harris, William T., 293.

Harte, Francis Bret, 299, 343; early
career, 343; stories and poems, 344;
literary and other labors, 344; dis-
tinctive American writer, 345.
Harvard College, 18.
Hawthorne, Julian, 297.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, sketch of, 214;
man of genius, 214; ancestry, 214;
school days, 215; college career, 215;
inclination to literature, 216; reading
and obseravtion, 216; study and se
clusion, 217; literary apprenticeship,
217; "Twice-Told Tales," 217; Bos-
ton custom-house, 218; at Brook
Farm, 219; "The Blithedale Ro-
mance," 219; a happy union, 220;
poverty and contentment, 220;
"Mosses from an Old Manse," 221;
opinion of his native town, 221; por-
traits from the custom-house, 222;
"The Scarlet Letter," 223;
House of Seven Gables," 223; vari-
ous literary labors, 224; irksome con-
sular duties, 224; "Our Old Home,"
225; travel and observation, 225;
deep sense of sin, 225; death, 226;
character and genius, 226; illustra-
tive selections, 479-493.
Hay, John, 300.

"The

"Marco Bozzaris," 126.

Hamilton, Alexander, sketch of, 91;

tion to poetry, 130; love of nature,
130; war poetry, 131; Copse Hill, 131.