THE GREAT CONVERSERS,

AND OTHER ESSAYS.

BY

WILLIAM MATHEWS, LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO.

Je sais bien que le lecteur n'a pas grand besoin de savoir tout cela; mais
moi, j'ai grand besoin de le lui dire.-ROUSSEAU.

SIXTH EDITIO

IBRARY

(UNIVERSITY

CALIFORNIA

CHICAGO:

S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY.

1876.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874,

BY S. C. GRIGGS & CO.,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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KNIGHT & LEONARD, PRINTERS, CHICAGO,

TO

955

HORACE WHITE,

EDITOR OF

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED,

WITH THE SINCERE REGARDS OF

THE AUTHOR.