VICTOR HUGO Deeds and Words I.--Right and Law II.--Days of Childhood III.--Before the Exile IV.--Republican Principles V.--In Exile VI.--After the Exile MARTIN HUME The Courtships of Elizabeth I.--Foreign Philandering II.--The Nine Years' Comedy III.--Catholics and Heretics IV.--The Lovelorn Alençon V.--The Battle of Wits The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots I.--Betrothed in her Cradle II.--Intrigue, Plot, and Intrigue III.--Prudence Overcome by Passion IV.--Dire Infatuation V.--Langside and After WASHINGTON IRVING Life of Christopher Columbus The Years of Waiting The First Voyage (August, 1492--March, 1493) The Second Voyage (September, 1493--June, 1496) The Third Voyage (May, 1498--October, 1500) The Fourth Voyage (May, 1502--November, 1504) Life of George Washington Conflicts with the French The Dawn of Independence Declaration of Independence The Winning of Independence The Years of Peace JOSEPHUS Autobiography I.--Priest of the Blood-Royal II.--The Prelude to the Great Crisis III.--Governor of Galilee IV.--The Failure of His Foes JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART Life of Sir Walter Scott Early Years The Poet's Education Marriage Early Poems Scott's Chief Poems The Waverley Novels Abbotsford The End of All The Life of Robert Burns I.--The Poet in the Making II.--The Loves of a Peasant Poet III.--Burns at His Zenith IV.--The Clarinda Romance V.--Closing Years of the Poet's Life MARTIN LUTHER Table Talk God's Word and Book God's Dealing with Us Points from "Popedom" Patristic Literature Hints for Preachers Time's Forelock Modern Luxury Ministers and Matrimony Miscellaneous Topics Strong Opinions Outworn by Time Characteristic Sayings MIRABEAU Memoirs I.--"The Hurricane" II.--Into Political Life III.--For King and People IV.--President of the National Assembly THOMAS MOORE Life of Byron I.--Ancestors and Early Days II.--The Poet Finds Himself III.--Byron's Unfortunate Marriage IV.--Wanderings and Work V.--A Bewildering Personality JAMES COTTER MORISON Life and Times of St. Bernard I.--The Early Days of a Useful Life II.--A Great Preacher and Essayist III.--St. Bernard and the Second Crusade JOHN MORLEY Life of Richard Cobden I.--On the Road II.--The Corn Laws III.--Cobden and Bright IV.--In the Cause of Peace V.--Cobden as Treaty-Maker VI.--The Last Days of Cobden SAMUEL PEPYS Diary I.--"God Bless King Charles" II.--The Plague III.--The Great Fire IV.--Of the Badness of the Government V.--The End of the Diary PLINY THE YOUNGER Letters To Cornelius Tacitus To Minucius Fundanus To Septicius Clarus To Avitus To Baebius Macer To Cornelius Tacitus To Calpurnia, His Wife To Germinius To the Emperor Trajan CARDINAL RICHELIEU Political Testament Retrospect Of Education Of the Nobility Of the Disorders of Justice To the Officers of Finance Of the People Reason and Government Public Interests First The Power of Kingship The Whole Duty of Princes JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Confessions Madame de Warens Three Years in Turin Seeking a Career Our Little Circle Les Charmettes The Gathering Gloom LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Memoirs Court Intrigues Richelieu's Death Under Mazarin's Rule Wars of the Fronde MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ Letters Love for her Daughter The Brinvilliers Affair Devotion Love of Life The Order of God The Prince of Orange and England Old Age ROBERT SOUTHEY The Life of Nelson I.--A Captain at Twenty II.--In the Mediterranean III.--St. Vincent and the Nile IV.--Lady Hamilton V.--Trafalgar MADAME DE STAAL Memoirs A Convent Child Thrown on the World Political Intrigues In the Bastille EARL STANHOPE Life of William Pitt I.--The Boy Statesman II.--The Regency Problem III.--The Struggle with France IV.--Resignation V.--The Last Ministry ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY The Life of Thomas Arnold, D.D. I.--Youth and Early Manhood II.--Headmaster of Rugby III.--As Teacher and Preacher IV.--Influence of the Great Teacher AGNES STRICKLAND Life of Queen Elizabeth I.--The Lady Elizabeth II.--Mary Stuart and Saint Bartholomew III.--The Hour of Mary's Doom IV.--Elizabeth's Closing Years JONATHAN SWIFT Journal to Stella LONDON, Sept. 9, 1710. LONDON, NOV. 11, 1710. CHELSEA, June, 1711. LONDON, July, 1711. LONDON, Dec. 1, 1711. LONDON, Dec. 20, 1711. LONDON, Feb. 26, 1712. LONDON, April 6, 1713 LYOF N. TOLSTOY Childhood, Boyhood, Youth I.--Childhood II.--Boyhood III.--Youth My Confession I.--Evil Early Years II.--Groping in Darkness III.--The Spirit of Despair IV.--Mistakes Apprehended V.--Feeling Versus Reason PASQUALE VILLARI The Life of Girolamo Savonarola I.--1452-1494 II.--1475-1481 III.--1481-1490 IV.--1491 V.--1492-1494 VI.--1495-1497 VII.--1497-1498 JOHN WESLEY Journal The Holy Club A Missioner to Georgia Warrant for Wesley's Arrest In London Again Beau Nash Argues with Wesley "All the World My Parish" The Colliers of Kingswood In Ireland Clothing French Prisoners Gwennap's Famous Amphitheatre The American War City Road Chapel Begun Attended by Felons Enters His 80th Year His 86th Christmas JOHN WOOLMAN Journal I.--The Curse of Slavery II--Among the Indians III.--Across the Atlantic IV.--Prices, Wages, and Religion