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 



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 



