BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1
The Way to Wealth 3
Morals of Chess 11
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING 15
Self-Culture 17
WASHINGTON IRVING 63
The Mutability of Literature 65
RICHARD HENRY DANA 75
Kean＇s Acting 77
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 89
Essay on American Poetry 91
WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT 101
Sir Walter Scott 103
GEORGE BANCROFT 149
The Last Moments of Eminent Men 151
RALPH WALDO EMERSON 169
Compensation 171
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 191
The Procession of Life 193
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 207
Defence of Poetry 209
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 233
John Bunyan 235
EDGAR ALLAN POE 253
The Philosophy of Composition 255
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 267
The Professor＇s Paper 269
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 291
The Old Oak of Andover 293
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY 297
Peter the Great 299
HENRY DAVID THOREAU 351
Solitude 353
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL 361
Cambridge Thirty Years Ago 363
WALT WHITMAN 399
Preface to＂Leaves of Grass＂ 401
FRANCIS PARKMAN 417
James Fenimore Cooper 419
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS 435
Our Best Society 437