The greatness of the Romans -- The greatness of England -- The great duel of the seventeenth century -- The lamps of fiction; a speech on the centenary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott -- An address to the Oxford school of science and art -- The ascent of man -- The proposed substitutes for religion -- The labour movement -- What is culpable luxury? -- A true captain of industry [Mr. Brassey] -- A wirepuller of kings [Baron Stockmar] -- The early years of the conqueror of Quebec -- Falkland and the Puritans -- The early years of Abraham Lincoln -- Alfredus Rex Fundator -- The last republicans of Rome -- Austen-Leigh's memoir of Jane Austen -- Pattison's Milton -- Coleridge's life of Keble.

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