Alex'r B. Meek, 1814-1865 142. Exiled French Officers in Alabama. 143. The Youth of the Indian Chief, Weatherford. Abel Stevens, 1815- 144. The Early Methodist Clergy in America. Francis Parkman, 1823- 145. The Old Western Hunters and Trappers. 146. Marquette Exploring the Upper Mississippi. John G. Shea, 1824- 147. Difficulties of the Catholic Indian Missionaries. 148. Exploration of the Mississippi. John G. Palfrey, 1796- 149. Happiness of Winthrop's Closing Years. CHAPTER II. =_1._= ESSAYISTS, MORALISTS, AND REFORMERS. Joseph Dennie, 1768-1813 150. Reflections on the Seasons. William Gaston, 1778-1844 151. The Importance of Integrity. Jesse Buel, 1778-1839 152. Extent and Defects of American Agriculture. Robert Walsh, 1784-1859 153. False Sympathy with Criminals. Thomas S. Grimke, 1786-1834 154. Literary Excellence of the English Bible. Henry C. Carey, 1793- 155. Agriculture as a Science. Edmund Ruffin, 1793-1863 156. Improvement of Acid Soils. Francis Wayland, 1796-1865 157. Superiority of the Moral Sentiments. Horace Mann, 1796-1857 158. Thoughts for a Young Man. Orestes A. Brownson, 1800- 159. The Duty of Progress. 160. Catholic Europe in the Seventeenth Century, despotic. Theodore D. Woolsey, 1801- 161. Importance of the Study of International Law. Taylor Lewis, 1802- 162. Unity of the Mosaic Account of the Creation. 163. Cruel Intestine Wars caused by National Division. Horace Greeley, 1811-1872 164. The Problem of Labor. 165. The Beneficence of Labor-saving Inventions. 166. Literature as a Vocation;--the Editor. 167. Tranquility of Rural Life. Theodore Parker, 1810-1860 168. Winter and Spring. 169. The true idea of a Christian Church. 170. Character of Franklin. 171. Character of Jefferson. Wendell Phillips, 1811- 172. The War for the Union. 173. Character of Toussaint L'Ouverture. Thomas Starr King, 1824-1864 174. Great Principles and Small Duties. =_2._= GENERAL AND POLITE LITERATURE. William Wirt, 1772-1834 175. The Example of Patrick Henry no argument for Indolence. 176. Jefferson's Seat at Monticello. Timothy Flint, 1780-1840 177. The Western Boatman. Washington Irving, 1783-1859 178. Title and Table of Contents of Knickerbocker's History of New York. 179. The Army at New Amsterdam. 180. A Mother's Memory. 181. Columbus a Prisoner. 182. Arrival of Columbus at Court. 183. A Time of Unexampled Prosperity. 184. Death and Burial of General Braddock. 185. Baron Steuben in the Revolutionary Army. Richard H. Wilde, 1780-1847 186. Interest of Tasso's Life. George Ticknor, 1791-1871 187. The Design of Cervantes in writing Don Quixote. James Hall, 1793-1868 188. Description of a Prairie. H.R. Schoolcraft, 1793-1864 189. The Chippewa Indian.