CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



MY GARDEN ACQUAINTANCE 1 



A GOOD WORD FOR WINTER 24 



ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS . . 54 



A GREAT PUBLIC CHARACTER 83 



CARLYLE 115 



ABRAHAM LINCOLN 150 



THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES GATES PERCIVAL . 178 



THOREAU 193 



SWINBURNE'S TRAGEDIES 210 



CHAUCER 227 



LIBRARY OF OLD AUTHORS . . . 290 



EMERSON, THE LECTURER 375 



POPE .... 385 



