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WITH
THE BEST AUTHORS.
SELECTED AND ARRANGED,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES,
BY CHARLES KNIGHT.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON: CHARLES KNIGHT, LUDGATE STREET.
1847
LONDON :
GEORGE WOODFALL AND SON,
ANGEL COURT, SRINNER STREET.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
DAY.
SUBJECT.
AUTHOR. Page
91. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew
MME. DE MORNAY , 1
92. Prayer . . . . . . . . :
JEREMY TAYLOR . . 10
93. Trees . . . . . . . . . .
VARIOUS...
94.. Caius Marius . . . . . . . . .
PLUTARCH (LONG.]
95. Griselda . . . . . . . . . . .
BOCCACCIO . . .
96. The Death of Lord Falklan
CLARENDON . .
ANONYMOUS
97. The Slide of Alpnach iii.......
98. To his Brother . .i i . . :
KEATS. . . .
99. Christian Charity . i. iii....
J. B. SUMNER..
100. Escape from the Bastille .: : : : : :
DE LA TUDE..
101. Rural Life in England ..
W. IRVING . .
102. The Moskito Indian of Juan Fernandez . . DAMPIER. ...
103. Contentment and Thankfulness . . . . .
IZAAK WALTON .
104. Sisters of Charity . . . .
SOUTHEY ...
. .
105. The Mocking Bird :..;
· ALEX. WILSON .
BAXTER
106. Dying Thoughts ,iii:
. . :
107. Preface to the Schoolmaster : : :
AschaM . .
108. Gardens . . .
. . .
JESSE . . . .
. . . . .
109. Highland Snow Storm:....
John WILSON. .
110. Crabbe and Burke, i
(1. CRABBE, JUN.. .
111. Statesmanship. ..
MACHIAVELLI. .
112. The Great Dismal Swamp of America
LYELL . . . .
. 119
113. The Passage of the Red Sea ...,
HEBER . . . . . 123
114 and 115. The Earthquake at Lisbon . . .
Davy, .... 128
116. The Great Author of Civilization ..
Ray. . . . ..
.. ..
117. Epistle to a Friend . . . . . . . . . . .
S. ROGERS : .
118. The Mountain of Miseries . :..
ADDISON . . .
119. Of Improving by good Examples ..
O. FELTHAM, .
120. Primitive Christians :::.
W. CAVE . . . 160
121. Summer .
. 165
. . . . . . .
VARIOUS ...
.
122. Origin of Duelling . . . . . .
BASSOMPIERRE ,
123. Rural Life in Sweden .. . i
LONGFELLOW..
124. An Elizabethan Country-House :::
SIR J. CULLUM . , 181
125. The History of a Philosophic Vagabond . . . GOLDSMITH . . . 186
126. It will never do to be Idle . ........
ANONYMOUS . . . 194
127. Introduction to the Pight Thoughts ...i YOUNG . . . . . 199
128. Deposition of King Richard II. . . . . . . .
ANONYMOUS . . . 203
129. Apophthegms.-IV.. . . . . . . . . . .
VARIOUS . . .
130. John Elwes, the Miser . . . . . . . . . .
TOPHAM . . . . 216
131. Happiness in Solitude ..........
J. J. ROUSSEAU , . 230
132. Morning .. . · · · · ::
VARIOUS . . . . 234
133. Co-operation · · · · · · · · · · · ·
E. G. WAKEFIELD . 240
134. Fortune .............. LUCAS ..... 245
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