(1891.) I. The Greatest Genius of our WorldóNot of Supernatural Origin or of Royal BloodóIlliteracy of his ParentsóEducationóHis FatheróHis Mother a Great WomanóStratford Unconscious of the Immortal ChildóSocial Position of ShakespeareóOf his Personal PeculiaritiesóBirth, Marriage, and DeathóWhat we Know of HimóNo Line written by him to be FoundóThe Absurd EpitaphóII. Contemporaries by whom he was MentionedóIII. No direct Mention of any of his Contemporaries in the PlaysóEvents and Personages of his TimeóIV. Position of the Actor in Shakespeare's TimeóFortunately he was Not Educated at OxfordóAn IdealistóHis Indifference to Stage-carpentry and PlotóHe belonged to All LandsóKnew the Brain and Heart of ManóAn Intellectual SpendthriftóV. The Baconian TheoryóVI. Dramatists before and during the Time of ShakespeareóDramatic Incidents Illustrated in Passages from "Macbeth" and "Julius CÊsar"óVII. His Use of the Work of OthersóThe Pontic SeaóA Passage from "Lear"óVIII. Extravagance that touches the InfiniteóThe Greatest Complimentó"Let me not live after my flame lacks oil"óWhere Pathos almost Touches the GrotesqueóIX. An Innovator and IconoclastóDisregard of the "Unities"óNature ForgetsóViolation of the Classic ModelóX. TypesóThe Secret of ShakespeareóCharacters who Act from Reason and MotiveóWhat they Say not the Opinion of ShakespeareóXI. The Procession that issued from Shakespeare's BrainóHis Great WomenóLovable ClownsóHis MenóTalent and GeniusóXII. The Greatest of all PhilosophersóMaster of the Human HeartóLoveóXIII. In the Realm of ComparisonóXIV. Definitions: Suicide, Drama, Death, Memory, the Body, Life, Echo, the World, RumoróThe Confidant of NatureóXV. Humor and PathosóIllustrationsóXVI. Not a Physician, Lawyer, or BotanistóHe was a Man of ImaginationóHe lived the Life of AllóThe Imagination had a Stage in Shakespeare's Brain. ROBERT BURNS. (1878.) Poetry and PoetsóMilton, Dante, PetrarchóOld-time Poetry in ScotlandóInfluence of Scenery on LiteratureóLives that are PoemsóBirth of BurnsóEarly Life and EducationóScotland Emerging from the Gloom of CalvinismóA Metaphysical PeasantryóPower of the Scotch PreacheróFamous Scotch NamesóJohn Barleycorn vs. CalvinismóWhy Robert Burns is LovedóHis ReadingóMade Goddesses of WomenóPoet of Love: His "Vision," "Bonnie Doon," "To Mary in Heaven"óPoet of Home: "Cotter's Saturday Night," "John Anderson, My Jo"óFriendship: "Auld Lang-Syne"óScotch Drink: "Willie brew'd a peck o' maut"óBurns the Artist: The "Brook," "Tam O'Shanter"óA Real Democrat: "A man's a man for a' that"óHis Theology: The Dogma of Eternal Pain, "Morality," "Hypocrisy," "Holy Willie's Prayer"óOn the BibleóA Statement of his ReligionóContrasted with TennysonóFrom Cradle to CoffinóHis Last wordsóLines on the Birth-place of Burns. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.