CONTENTS. 



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MY GARDEN ACQUAINTANCE 1 



A GOOD WORD FOR WINTER . . . . 24 



ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS . . 54 



A GREAT PUBLIC CHARACTER 83 



CARLTLE 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 



