Cowley, Abraham; biographical note on, III, 156; articles by--of obscurity, 156; of procrastination, 159. Cowper, William; biographical note on, IV, 217; articles by--on keeping one's self employed, 217; Johnson's treatment of Milton, 219; the publication of his books, 221. Curtis, George William; biographical note on, X, 183; our cousin the curate, 183. Dana, Charles A.; biographical note on, X, 146; Greeley as a man of genius, 146. Dana, Richard Henry (the younger); biographical note on, X, 93; a fierce gale under a clear sky, 93. D'Angouleme, Marguerite; biographical note on, VII, 53; of husbands who are unfaithful, 53. Dante Alighieri; biographical note on, VIII, 152; articles by--that long descent makes no man noble, 152; of Beatrice and her death, 157. Darwin, Charles; biographical note on, VI, 47; articles by--on variations in mammals, birds and fishes, 47; on the genesis of his great book, 51. Daudet, Alphonse; biographical note on, VIII, 55; articles by--a great man's widow, 55; his first dress coat, 61. Defoe, Daniel; biographical note on, III, 201; the shipwreck of Crusoe, 201; the rescue of Man Friday, 204; the time of the great plague, 211. De Quincey, Thomas; biographical note on, V, 115; articles by--dreams of an opium eater, 115; Joan of Arc, 123; Charles Lamb, 128. Descartes, Rene; biographical note on, VII, 107; of material things and of the existence of God, 107. Dickens, Charles; biographical note on, VI, 86; articles by--Sydney Carton's death, 86; Bob Sawyer's party, 88; Dick Swiveler and the Marchioness, 97; a happy return of the day, 105. Dryden, John; biographical note on, III, 181; of Elizabethan dramatists, 181. Dumas, Alexander; biographical note on, VII, 241; the shoulder, the belt and the handkerchief, 241. Edwards, Jonathan; biographical note on, IX, 44; on liberty and moral agencies, 44. Eliot, George; biographical note on, VI, 167; the Hall Farm, 167. Emerson, Ralph Waldo; biographical note on, IX, 223; articles by--Thoreau's broken task, 223; the intellectual honesty of Montaigne, 229; his visit to Carlyle at Craigenputtock, 231. Epictetus; biographical note on, I, 223; articles by--on freedom, 223; on friendship, 229; the philosopher and the crowd, 235. Erasmus, Desiderius; biographical note on, VIII, 209; specimens of his wit and wisdom, 209. Fielding, Henry; biographical note on, IV, 75; articles by--Tom the hero enters the stage, 75; Partridge sees Garrick at the play, 83; Mr. Adams in a political light, 89. Flaubert, Gustave; biographical note on, VIII, 22; Yonville and its people, 22. Fox, George; biographical note on, III, 161; an interview with Oliver Cromwell, 161. Foxe, John; biographical note on, III, 45; on the death of Anne Boleyn, 45.