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VOL. IX
LIVES AND LETTERS
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Table of Contents
ABÉLARD AND HÉLOÏSE
Love-Letters
I.--Héloïse to Abélard
II. Abélard to Héloïse
III.--Héloïse to Abélard
IV.--Héloïse to Abelard
V.--Abélard to Héloïse
HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL
Fragments of an Intimate Diary
Thoughts on Life and Conduct
Heroism and Duty
The Era of Mediocrity
Lessons from the Greeks
The Glory of Motherhood
The Secret of Perpetual Youth
The Fascination of Love
Man's Useless Yearning
Memories of the Golden Age
Goethe Under the Lash
Nothing New Under the Sun
The Only Art of Peace and Rest
ST. AUGUSTINE
Confessions
I.--Regrets of a Mis-spent Youth
II.--Monica's Prayers and Augustine's Paganism
III.--The Influence of St. Ambrose on Augustine's Life
IV.--The Birth of a New Life
V.--God's Command to Augustine and the Death of Monica
JAMES BOSWELL
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
I.--Parentage and Education
II--Marriage and Settlement in London
III.--Poverty Stricken in London
IV.--Preparation of the "Dictionary"
V.--"The Rambler" and New Acquaintance
VI.--Lord Chesterfield and the "Dictionary"
VII.--Boswell's First Meeting with Johnson
VIII.--Tours in the Hebrides and in Wales
IX.--Johnson's Physical Courage and Fear of Death
X.--Johnson's "Seraglio"
XI.--Johnson's Humanity to Children, Servants, and the Poor
XII.--The Last Year
SIR DAVID BREWSTER
Life of Sir Isaac Newton
I.--The Young Scientist
II.--The Colours of Natural Bodies
III--The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation
IV.--Later Years of Newton's Life
JOHN BUNYAN
Grace Abounding
I.--To the Chief of Sinners
II.--Bunyan Becomes a Preacher
III.--In a Prison Cell
IV.--Bunyan's Story Supplemented
ALEXANDER CARLYLE
Autobiography
I.--In the Days of Prince Charlie
II.--Literary Lions of Edinburgh
III.--Scottish Social Life
THOMAS CARLYLE
Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell
I.--Puritan Oliver
II.--Regicide
III.--Crowning Mercies
IV.--Protector Oliver
The Life of Friedrich Schiller
Schiller's Youth
(1759-1784)
From His Settlement at Manheim to His Settlement at Jena
(1783-1790)
From His Settlement at Jena to His Death
(1790-1805)
Schiller's Character
BENVENUTO CELLINI
Autobiography
I.--The Making of a Craftsman
II.--A Soldier and Goldsmith
III.--Intrigues at the Papal Court
IV.--At the French Court
V.--His Later Life in Florence
CHATEAUBRIAND
Memoirs From Beyond the Grave
I.--Youth and Its Follies
II.--In the Years of Revolution
III.--Paris in the Reign of Terror
IV.--The Army of Princes
V.--Letters from the Dead
THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD
Letters to His Son
I.--On Manners and Address
II.--On the Art of Pleasing
III.--The Secret of Good Breeding
IV.--The Fruits of Observation
V.--On the Arts
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
The Letters of Cicero
To Atticus
To Lucius Lucceius, the Historian
B.C. 56
To Marcus Marius
B.C. 55
To Atticus, in Rome
Laodicea, B.C. 51
To Atticus, a Few Days Later
Cilicia
To Marcus Caelius Rufus
Asia, B.C. 50
To Atticus, in Rome
Athens, B.C. 50
To L. Papirius
Rome, B.C. 46
To L. Minucius Basilus
Rome, March, B.C. 44
To Atticus
May, B.C. 44
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Biographia Literaria
I.--The Nature of Poetic Diction
II.--In Praise of Southey
III.--Wordsworth's Early Poems
IV.--The Philosophical Critic
V.--What is a Poem?
VI.--A Criticism of Wordsworth
WILLIAM COWPER
Letters Written in the Years 1782-1790
To the Rev. John Newton
To the Rev. William Unwin
To the Same
To the Same
To Mrs. Newton
To the Rev. John Newton
To the Same
To His Cousin, Lady Hesketh
To the Same
To the Same
To John Johnson, Esq.
Obiter Dicta
THOMAS DE QUINCEY
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
I.--The Descending Pathway
II.--Effects of the Seductive Drug
III.--A Fearful Nemesis
IV.--The Horrors of Dreamland
V.--The Monster-Haunted Dreamer
VI.--The Agonies of Sleep
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
Memoirs
I.--Memories of Boyhood
II.--Launched in Paris
III.--Under Shakespeare's Spell
IV.--Dumas Arrives
JOHN EVELYN
Diary
I.--Early Years
II.--Travels Abroad
III.--Evelyn in England
IV.--Plague and Fire
V.--Fall of the Stuarts
JOHN FORSTER
Life of Goldsmith
I.--Misery and Ill-luck
II.--Through Europe with a Flute
III.--Physic, Teaching, and Authorship
IV.--Social and Literary Success
V.--Poet, Dramatist, and Spendthrift
GEORGE FOX
Journal
I.--His Youth and Divine Calling
II.--Preaching and Persecution
III.--In Perils Oft
IV.--A Willing Sufferer
V.--Encounters with Cromwell
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Autobiography
I.--Early Education
II.--Making His Way
III.--The Scheme of Virtues
IV.--Public Life
MRS. GASKELL
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
I.--The Children Who Never Played
II.--Girlhood of Charlotte Bronte
III.--Her Life as a Governess
IV.--The Sisters' Book of Poems
V.--The Coming of Success
VI.--Charlotte Brontë's Closing Years
EDWARD GIBBON
Memoirs
I.--Birth and Education
II.--A Happy Exile
III.--To England and Authorship
IV.--Soldiering and Travel
V.--History and Politics
VI.--A Quiet Consummation
GOETHE
Letters to Zelter
I.--Art Greater than the Beauty of Art
II.--Music and Musicians
III.--"Poetry and Truth"
IV.--The Birth of "Iphigenia"
Poetry and Truth from My Own Life
I.--Birth and Childhood
II.--A Romantic Episode
III.--University Life
IV.--Fascinating Friendship
V.--Among the Jurists
Conversations with Eckermann
I.--On Poets and Poetry
II.--Philosophical Discussions
III.--Literary Dicta
IV.--"Faust" and Victor Hugo
V.--On the Bible
THOMAS GRAY
Letters
I.--The Student's Freedom
II.--Travels with Horace Walpole
III.--The Birth of the "Elegy"
ANTONY HAMILTON
Memoirs of the Count de Grammont
I.--Soldier and Gamester
II.--A Complete Education
III.--The Restoration Court
IV.--The Chevalier's Marriage
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Our Old Home
I.--Consular Experiences
II.--A Sentimental Experience
III.--The English Vanity Fair
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