m the Preface to the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads")

SIR WALTER SCOTT--(Born in 1771, died in 1832.)

I The Arrival of the Master of Ravenswood.
(From Chapter XXXIII of "The Bride of Lammermoor")

II The Death of Meg Merriles.
(From Chapter LV of "Guy Mannering")

III A Vision of Rob Roy.
(From Chapter XXIII of "Rob Roy")

IV Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth.
(From "Kenilworth")

V The Illness and Death of Lady Scott.
(From Scott's "Journal")

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE--(Born in 1772, died in 1834.)

I Does Fortune Favor Fools?
(From "A Sailor's Fortune")

II The Destiny of the United States.
(From the "Table Talk")

ROBERT SOUTHEY--(Born in 1774, died in 1843.)

Nelson's Death at Trafalgar.
(From the "Life of Nelson")

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR--(Born in 1775, died in 1864.)

I The Death of Hofer

II Napoleon and Pericles

CHARLES LAMB--(Born in 1775, died in 1834.)

I Dream Children--A Reverie.
(From the "Essays of Elia")

II Poor Relations.
(From the "Essays of Elia")

III The Origin of Roast Pig.
(From the "Essays of Elia")

IV That We Should Rise with the Lark.
(From the "Essays of Elia")

WILLIAM HAZLITT--(Born in 1778, died in 1830.)

Hamlet.
(From the "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays")

THOMAS DE QUINCEY--(Born in 1785, died in 1859.)

I Dreams of an Opium-Eater.
(From the "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater")

II Joan of Arc.
(From the "Biographical and Historical Essays")

III Charles Lamb.
(From the "Literary Reminiscences")

LORD BYRON--(Born in 1788, died in 1824.)

I Of His Mother's Treatment of Him.
(A letter to his half-sister, Augusta)

II To His Wife after the Separation.
(A letter written in Italy)

III To Sir Walter Scott.
(A letter written in Italy)

IV Of Art and Nature as Poetical Subjects.
(From the "Reply to Bowles")

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY--(Born in 1792, died in 1822.)

I In Defense of Poetry.
(From an essay written some time in 1820-21)

II The Baths of Caracalla.
(From a letter to Thomas Love Peacock)

III The ruins of Pompeii.
(A letter to Thomas Love Peacock)

GEORGE GROTE--(Born in 1794, died in 1871.)

I The Mutilation of the Hermae.
(From Chapter LVIII of the "History