Poe, Edgar Allan; biographical note on, X, 11; articles by--the cask of Amontillado, 11; of Hawthorne and the short story, 19; of Willis, Bryant, Halleck and Macaulay, 25. Polo, Marco; biographical note on, VIII, 147; a description of Japan, 147. Polybius; biographical note on, I, 171; articles by--the battle of Cannae, 171; Hannibal's advance on Rome, 178; the defense of Syracuse by Archimedes, 183. Pope, Alexander; biographical note on, IV, 41; articles by--an ancient English country seat, 41; his compliments to Lady Mary, 47; how to make an epic poem, 52. Prescott, William H.; biographical note on, IX, 198; articles by--the fate of Egmont and Hoorne, 198; the genesis of "Don Quixote," 209. Quintillian; biographical note on, II, 171; articles by--on the orator as a good man, 171. Rabelais, Francois; biographical note on, VII, 58; articles by--Gargantua and his childhood, 58; Gargantua's education, 64; of the founding of an ideal abbey, 74. Raleigh, Sir Walter; biographical note on, III, 49; on the mutability of human affairs, 49. Renan, Joseph Ernest; biographical note on, VIII, 30; the Roman empire in robust youth, 30. Rousseau, Jean Jacques; biographical note on, VII, 170; articles by--of Christ and Socrates, 170; of the management of children, 173. Ruskin, John; biographical note on, VI, 140; articles by--of the history and sovereignty of Venice, 140; St. Marks at Venice, 151; of water, 159. Saint-Simon, Duc de; biographical note on, VII, 141; articles by--the death of the Dauphin, 141; the public watching the king and madame, 145. Sallust; biographical note on, II, 91; articles by--the genesis of Catiline, 91; the fate of the conspirators, 98. Sand, George; biographical note on, VII, 250; Leila and the poet, 250. Schiller, Friedrich von; biographical note on, VIII, 107; articles by--the battle of Lutzen, 107; Philip II and the Netherlands, 117. Schlegel, August Wilhelm von; biographical note on, VIII, 124; on Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 124. Scott, Sir Walter; biographical note on, V, 31; articles by--the arrival of the master of Ravenswood, 31; the death of Meg Merriles, 35; a vision of Rob Roy, 40; Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, 48; the illness and death of Lady Scott, 62. Seneca; biographical note on, II, 128; articles by--the wise man, 128; consolation for the loss of friends, 134; to Nero on clemency, 141; the pilot, 149; a happy life, 153. Sevigne, Madame de; biographical note on, VII, 123; articles by--great news from Paris, 123; an imposing funeral described, 125. Sewall, Samuel; biographical note on, IX, 19; his account of how he courted Madame Winthrop, 19. Shakespeare, William; biographical note on, III, 82; the speech of Brutus to his countrymen, 82; Shylock in defense of his race, 83; Hamlet to the players, 85.