114

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS--(Born in 1752, died in 1816.)

I The Opening of the French States-General.
(From a letter to Mrs. Morris) 117

II Of the Execution of Louis XVI.
(From a letter to Thomas Jefferson) 120

ALEXANDER HAMILTON--(Born in 1757, died in 1804.)

I Of the Failure of Confederation.
(From _The Federalist_) 123

II His Reasons for not Declining Burr's
Challenge.
(From a statement written before the
day of the duel) 129

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS--(Born in 1767, died in 1848.)

I Of His Mother.
(From the "Diary") 133

II The Moral Taint Inherent in Slavery.
(From the "Diary") 135

WILLIAM E. CHANNING--(Born in 1780, died in 1842.)

Of Greatness in Napoleon.
(From a review of Scott's "Life of Napoleon") 139

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON--(Born in 1780, died in 1857.)

Where the Mocking Bird Dwells.
(From the "Birds of America") 144

WASHINGTON IRVING--(Born in 1783, died in 1859.)

I The Last of the Dutch Governors of New York.
(From "Knickerbocker's History of New York") 147

II The Awakening of Rip Van Winkle.
(From the "Sketch Book") 151

III At Abbotsford with Scott.
(From the "Crayon Miscellany") 161

FENIMORE COOPER--(Born in 1789, died in 1851.)

I His Father's Arrival at Otsego Lake.
(From "The Pioneers") 170

II Running the Gantlet.
(From "The Last of the Mohicans") 178

III Leather-Stocking's Farewell.
(From "The Pioneers") 185

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT--(Born in 1794, died in 1878.)

An October Day in Florence.
(From a letter) 194

WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT--(Born in 1796, died in 1859.)

I The Fate of Egmont and Hoorne.
(From "Philip II") 198

II The Genesis of Don Quixote.
(From the "Miscellanies") 209

GEORGE BANCROFT--(Born in 1800, died in 1891.)

The Fate