1751.)

I Of the Shortness of Human Life

II Rules for the Study of History.
(One of the "Letters on the Study of History")

ALEXANDER POPE--(Born in 1688, died in 1744.)

I An Ancient English Country Seat.
(A Letter to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)

II His Compliments to Lady Mary.
(A Letter to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)

III How to Make an Epic Poem.
(From _The Guardian_)

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU--(Born in 1689, died in 1762.)

I On Happiness in the Matrimonial State.
(A Letter to Edward Wortley Montagu before she married him)

II Inoculation for the Smallpox.
(A Letter to Sarah Criswell, written from Adrianople, Turkey)

LORD CHESTERFIELD--(Born in 1694, died in 1773.)

I Of Good Manners, Dress and the World.
(From the "Letters to His Son")

II Of Attentions to Ladies.
(From the "Letters to His Son")

HENRY FIELDING--(Born in 1707, died in 1754.)

I Tom the Hero Enters the Stage.
(From "Tom Jones")

II Partridge Sees Garrick at the Play.
(From "Tom Jones")

III Mr. Adams in a Political Light.
(From "Joseph Andrews")

SAMUEL JOHNSON--(Born in 1709, died in 1784.)

I On Publishing His "Dictionary."
(From the Preface to the "Dictionary")

II Pope and Dryden Compared.
(From the "Lives of the Poets")

III Letter to Chesterfield on the Completion of the "Dictionary."
(From Boswell's "Life")

IV On the Advantages of Living in a Garret.
(From _The Rambler_)

DAVID HUME--(Born in 1711, died in 1776.)

I The Character of Queen Elizabeth.
(From the "History of England")

II The Defeat of the Armada.
(From the "History of England")

III The First Principles of Government

LAURENCE STERNE--(Born in 1713, died in 1768.)

I The Starling in Captivity.
(From "The Sentimental Journey")

II To Moulines with Maria.
(From "The Sentimental Journey")

III The Death of LeFevre.
(From "Tristram Shandy")

IV Passages from the Romance of My Uncle Toby and the Widow.
(From "Tristram Shandy")

THOMAS GRAY--(Born in 1716, died in 1771.)

I Warwick Castle.
(A Letter to T