CONTENTS. 



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MY GARDEN ACQUAINTANCE . , . . j 



A GOOD WORD FOR WINTER 1 8 



ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS . .... 4! 



A GREAT PUBLIC CHARACTER . . . . . . 63 



CARLYLE S 



ABRAHAM LINCOLN , . . , . . . .114 

 THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES GATES TERCIVAL . .135 

 THOREAU 145 



SWINBURNE S TRAGEDIES 157 



CHAUCER 168 



LIBRARY OF OLD AUTHORS 214 



EMERSON, THE LECTURER 274 



POPE 2Sl 



