CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER. ⭘ The Meditative School in American Literature ⭘ Birth, Ancestry and Education ⭘ Early Life ⭘ In “The Brotherhood of Authors” ⭘ His First Literary Work ⭘ A Few of his Other Publications ⭘ ‘The Moral Quality of Vegetables’ DONALD G. MITCHELL. ⭘ Characteristics of the Author ⭘ A Disciple of Washington Irving ⭘ Birth, Education, and Early Life ⭘ Home and Marriage ⭘ U. S. Consul to Venice ⭘ Semi-public Positions ⭘ His Most Prominent Books ⭘ ‘Washington Irving’ ⭘ ‘Glimpses of “Dream Life”’ THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. ⭘ A Noble Part in the Battles for Freedom ⭘ Activity in the Anti-Slavery Agitation ⭘ His Contributions to Literature ⭘ A Popular Historian ⭘ ‘A Puritan Sunday Morning’ HAMILTON W. MABIE. ⭘ Birth, Family, and Education ⭘ Familiar with the Classics ⭘ On the Staff of the “Christian Union” ⭘ Profound Study of the Problems of Life ⭘ A Declaration Typical of all his Thought ⭘ ‘Country Sights and Sounds’ EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN. ⭘ Two Sensational Poems ⭘ Birth, Ancestry, and Early Life ⭘ Journalist at Twenty-one ⭘ On the New York “Tribune” ⭘ Editor of the “World” ⭘ A Remarkable War Letter ⭘ A List of his Prominent Works ⭘ Poet and Man of Business ⭘ An Ideal Home Life ⭘ ‘Betrothed Anew’ ⭘ ‘The Door-Step’ GEORGE H. BANCROFT. ⭘ The First Among American Historians ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ Extensive Studies in Europe ⭘ Appointed to the Chair of Greek in Harvard College ⭘ A School of High Classical Character ⭘ Official Service ⭘ Removal to New York ⭘ Minister to Russia and to Germany ⭘ His “History of the United States” and other Works ⭘ A Long and Useful Life ⭘ ‘Character of Roger Williams’ ⭘ ‘Destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor’ ⭘ ‘Chivalry and Puritanism’ ⭘ ‘The Position of the Puritans’ JAMES PARTON. ⭘ Ancestry, Birth, and Education ⭘ A Very Successful Teacher ⭘ His Career as a Literary Man ⭘ On the Staff of “The New York Ledger” ⭘ His Most Prominent Works ⭘ ‘Old Virginia’ FRANCIS PARKMAN. ⭘ Birth, Education, and Visit Abroad ⭘ A Summer With the ♦Dacotah Indians ♦ ‘Dakotah’ replaced with ‘Dacotah’ ⭘ Compelled to Suspend Intellectual Work ⭘ An Interesting Example of his Persistency ⭘ His Interest in Horticulture ⭘ ‘The New England Colonies’ ⭘ ‘The Heights of Abraham’ WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT. ⭘ A Popular Historian ⭘ Birth, Parentage and Early Life ⭘ A Thorough Preparation ⭘ Marriage and Happy Home ⭘ His Method of Composition ⭘ Successful as a Writer from the First ⭘ A List of his Works ⭘ Many Engaging Qualities ⭘ ‘The Golden Age of Tezcuco’ ⭘ ‘The Banquet of the Dead’