Franklin, Benjamin; biographical note on, IX, 51; articles by--his first entry into Philadelphia, 51; warnings Braddock did not heed, 55; how to draw lightning from the clouds, 59; the way to wealth, 61; a dialog with the gout, 68; a proposal to Madame Helvetius, 76. Freeman, Edward A.; biographical note on, VI, 214; the death of William the Conqueror, 214. Froissart, Jean; biographical note on, VII, 39; the battle of Crecy, 39. Froude, James Anthony; biographical note on, VI, 122; articles by--of history as a science, 122; the character of Henry VIII, 132; Caesar's mission, 136. Fuller, Margaret; biographical note on, X, 52; articles by--her visit to George Sand, 52; two glimpses of Carlyle, 54. Fuller, Thomas; biographical note on, III, 149; on the qualities of the good school-master, 149. Gautier, Theophile; biographical note on, VIII, 14; Pharaoh's entry into Thebes, 14. Gibbon, Edward; biographical note on, IV, 226; articles by--the romance of his youth, 226; the inception and completion of his "Decline and Fall," 229; the fall of Zenobia, 230; Alaric's entry into Rome, 237; the death of Hosein, 242; the causes of the destruction of the city of Rome, 246. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von; biographical note on, VIII, 95; articles by--on first reading Shakespeare, 95; the coronation of Joseph II, 99. Goldsmith, Oliver; biographical note on, IV, 177; articles by--the ambitions of the vicar's family, 177; sagacity in insects, 182; a Chinaman's view of London, 188. Gray, Thomas; biographical note on, IV, 141; articles by--Warwick Castle, 141; to his friend Mason on the death of Mason's mother, 143; on his own writings, 144; his friendship for Bonstetten, 146. Greeley, Horace; biographical note on, X, 58; the fatality of self-seeking in editors and authors, 58. Green, John Richard; biographical note on, VI, 242; on George Washington, 242. Grote, George; biographical note on, V, 165; articles by--the mutilation of the Hermae, 165; if Alexander had lived, 172. Guizot, Francois; biographical note on, VII, 189; Shakespeare as an example of civilization, 189. Hamilton, Alexander; biographical note on, IX, 123; articles by--of the failure of the Confederation, 123; his reasons for not declining Burr's challenge, 129. Harrison, Frederick; biographical note on, VI, 230; the great books of the world, 230. Harte, Bret; biographical note on, X, 224; articles by--Peggy Moffat's inheritance, 224; John Chinaman, 236; M'liss goes to school, 240. Hawthorne, Nathaniel; biographical note on, IX, 235; articles by--occupants of an old manse, 235; Arthur Dimmesdale on the scaffold, 242; of life at Brook Farm, 248; the death of Judge Pyncheon, 252. Hay, John; biographical note on, X, 211; Lincoln's early fame, 211. Hazlitt, William; biographical note on, V, 111; on Hamlet, 111.