CRAWFORD H. TOY, A. M., LL. D.,

Professor of Hebrew, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass.

THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL. D., L. H. D.,

Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn.

WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH. D., L. H. D.,
Professor of History and Political Science,
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, N. J.

BRANDER MATTHEWS, A. M., LL. B.,

Professor of Literature, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL. D.,
President of the

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Mich.

WILLARD FISKF, A. M., PH. D.,

Late Professor of the Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
and Literatures,
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, N. Y.

EDWARD S. HOLDEN, A. M., LL. D.,

Director of the Lick Observatory, and Astronomer,
UNIVERSITY OF California, Berkeley, Cal.

ALCEF FORTIER, LIT. D.,

Professor of the Romance Languages,

TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, La.

WILLIAM P. TRENT, M. A.,

Dean of the Department of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of
English and History,

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tenn.

PAUL SHOREY, PH. D.,

Professor of Greek and Latin Literature,
UNIVERSITY Of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL. D.,

United States Commissioner of Education,

BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C.

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A. M., LL. D.,
Professor of Literature in the

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D. C.

HORACE GREELEY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The United States Just After the Revolution ('The Ameri-
can Conflict')

Political Compromises and Political "Log-Rolling" (same)

JOHN RICHARD Green

VOL. XII

BY CLARENCE CLOUGH BUEL

1837-1883

The Battle of Hastings (History of the English People')

The Rising of the Baronage against King John (same)

England's Growth in Commerce and Comfort under Eliza-

beth (same)

William Pitt (same)

Attempt on the Five Members: Preparations for War

(same)

THOMAS HILL GREEN

ROBERT GREENE

LIVED

1811-1872

1836-1882

The Scope of the Novelist (Value and Influence of

Works of Fiction')

GERALD GRIFFIN

1560-1592

Deceiving World ('A Groatsworth of Wit')

The Shepherd's Wife's Song (The Mourning Garment')

Down the Valley (Never Too Late')

Philomela's Ode (Philomela')

Sweet are the Thoughts (Farewell to Folly')

Sephestia's Song to her Child (Menaphon')

1803-1840

How Myles Murphy is Heard on Behalf of his Ponies

(The Collegians')

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How Mr. Daly the Middleman Rose Up from Breakfast

(same)

vi

Florence (Life of Michael Angelo')

THE GRIMM BROTHERS

GEORGE GROTE

LIVED

1785-1863

BY BENJAMIN W. WELLS

A Word to the Reader (Preface to the 'Household Tales')

Little Briar-Rose (Household Tales')

The Three Spinners (same)

The Author to the Reader (Preface to the 'Deutsche

Grammatik')

FRANÇOIS GUIZOT

1791-1872

ERNST HAECKEL

1828-1901

1794-1871

The Death, Character, and Work of Alexander the Great

("A History of Greece')

The Rise of Cleon (same)

1786-1859

EUGENIE AND MAURICE DE GUÉRIN: 1805-1848, 1810-1839

From the 'Journal' of Eugénie de Guérin

From the Journal' of Maurice de Guérin

The Thoughts of Macareus (The Centaur')

1787-1874

BY CHARLES GROSS

Civilization (General History of Civilization in Europe')

The Example of Shakespeare (Shakespeare and his

Times')

1834-

At Peradenia ('A Visit to Ceylon')

Color and Form in the Ceylon Coral Banks (same)

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