John Abercrombie.
1780–1844. | Biography and Characterization |
| The General Nature and Objects of Science |
Juliette Adam.
1836–1936. | Biography and Characterization |
| Woman in the Nineteenth Century |
Joseph Addison.
1672–1719. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Spectator Introduces Himself |
| The Message of the Stars |
| The Extension of the Female Neck |
| The Philosophy of Puns |
| Wit and Wisdom in Literature |
| Women’s Men and Their Ways |
| The Poetry of the Common People |
| Chevy Chase |
| The Vision of Mirza |
| The Unaccountable Humor in Womankind |
| “Dominus Regit Me” |
| Homer and Milton |
| The Mountain of Miseries |
| Steele Introduces Sir Roger de Coverley |
| Addison Meets Sir Roger |
| Sir Roger at Home |
| Will Wimble Is Introduced |
| The Coverley Ghosts |
| Sunday with Sir Roger |
| The Spectator Returns to London |
| Sir Roger Again in London |
| Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey |
| Sir Roger’s Views on Beards |
| Sir Roger at the Play |
| Death of Sir Roger |
Louis Agassiz.
1807–1873. | Biography and Characterization |
| Relations between Animals and Plants and the Surrounding World |
| Relations of Individuals to One Another |
| Mutual Dependence of the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms |
Amos Bronson Alcott.
1799–1888. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Age of Iron and Bronze |
| Hawthorne |
| Sleep and Dreams |
William Rounseville Alger.
1822–1905. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Lyric Poetry of Persia |
Sir Archibald Alison.
1792–1867. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Future of America |
| Homer, Dante, and Michael Angelo |
Grant Allen.
1848–1899. | Biography and Characterization |
| Scientific Aspects of Falling in Love |
Washington Allston.
1779–1843. | Biography and Characterization |
| Human Art and Infinite Truth |
| Praise as a Duty |
| Life as a Test of Fitness |
| Art and Religion |
Henri Frédéric Amiel.
1821–1881. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Soap Bubble Hanging from a Reed |
| “John Halifax, Gentleman” |
| Mozart and Beethoven |
Ammianus Marcellinus.
c. 325/330–c. 391. | Biography and Characterization |
| Luxury of Roman Decadence |
Thomas Aquinas.
1225–1274. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Effects of Love |
| Of Hatred |
| What Is Happiness? |
François Arago.
1786–1853. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Central Fires of the Earth |
George Douglas Campbell,
Duke of Argyll.
1823–1900. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Unity of Nature |
Aristotle.
384–322 B.C. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Poetics of Aristotle |
| The Dispositions Consequent on Wealth |
| The Dispositions of Men in Power, and of the Fortunate |
Matthew Arnold.
1822–1888. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Final Word on America |
| The Real Burns |
| Sweetness and Light |
Arrian.
c. 96–c. 180. | Biography and Characterization |
| The “Enchiridion” |
Roger Ascham.
1515–1568. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Education of a Gentleman |
| The Literature of Chivalry |
Athenæus.
Second Century?. | Biography and Characterization |
| What Men Fight about Most |
Francis Atterbury.
1662–1732. | Biography and Characterization |
| Harmony and the Passions |
John James Audubon.
1785–1851. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Humming Bird and the Poetry of Spring |
| Life in the Woods |
| The Mocking Bird |
| The Wood Thrush |
Saint Augustine.
354–430. | Biography and Characterization |
| Concerning Imperial Power and the Kingdom of God |
| Kingdoms without Justice Like unto Thievish Purchases |
| Domestic Manifestations of the Roman Spirit of Conquest |
Alfred Austin.
1835–1913. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Apostle of Culture |
Francis Bacon.
1561–1626. | Biography and Characterization |
| Of Truth |
| Of Death |
| Of Revenge |
| Of Adversity |
| Of Simulation and Dissimulation |
| Of Parents and Children |
| Of Marriage and Single Life |
| Of Envy |
| Of Love |
| Of Great Place |
| Of Boldness |
| Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature |
| Of Atheism |
| Of Superstition |
| Of Negotiating |
| Of Studies |
| Of Praise |
| Of Vainglory |
| Of Honor and Reputation |
| Of Anger |
| Of Riches |
| Of Nature in Men |
| Of Custom and Education |
| Of Fortune |
| Of Usury |
| Of Youth and Age |
| Of Beauty |
| Of Delays |
| Of Cunning |
| Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self |
| Of Innovations |
| From “The Advancement of Learning” |
| The Central Thought of the “Novum Organum” |
Walter Bagehot.
1826–1877. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Natural Mind in Man |
Alexander Bain.
1818–1903. | Biography and Characterization |
| What It Costs to Feel and Think |
Sir Robert Stawell Ball.
1840–1913. | Biography and Characterization |
| Life in Other Worlds |
Honoré de Balzac.
1799–1850. | Biography and Characterization |
| Saint Paul as a Prophet of Progress |
| Walter Scott and Fenimore Cooper |
George Bancroft.
1800–1891. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Ruling Passion in Death |
Richard Bathurst.
d. 1762. | Biography and Characterization |
| The History of a Half-Penny |
Charles Baudelaire.
1821–1867. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Gallant Marksman |
| At Twilight |
| The Clock |
Pierre Bayle.
1647–1706. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Greatest of Philosophers |
James Beattie.
1735–1803. | Biography and Characterization |
| An Essay on Laughter |
Cesare, Marchese
di Beccaria.
1738–1794. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Prevention of Crimes |
| Laws and Human Happiness |
| Against Capital Punishment |
Henry Ward Beecher.
1813–1887. | Biography and Characterization |
| Dream-Culture |
Jeremy Bentham.
1748–1832. | Biography and Characterization |
| Publicity the Sole Remedy for Misrule |
| Property and Poverty |
George Berkeley.
1685–1753. | Biography and Characterization |
| Pleasures Natural and Fantastical |
Sir Walter Besant.
1836–1901. | Biography and Characterization |
| With the Wits of the ’Thirties |
| Montaigne’s Method as an Essayist |
Augustine Birrell.
1850–1933. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Doctor Brown’s Dog-Story |
| Book-Buying |
John Stuart Blackie.
1809–1895. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Love Songs of Scotland |
William Blackstone.
1723–1780. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Professional Soldier in Free Countries |
Hugh Blair.
1718–1800. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Poetry of the Hebrews |
| Taste and Genius |
Pietro Blaserna.
1836–1918. | Biography and Characterization |
| Music, Ancient and Modern |
Karl Blind.
1826–1907. | Biography and Characterization |
| Wodan and the Wandering Jew |
Boethius.
d. 524. | Biography and Characterization |
| What Is the Highest Happiness? |
Jakob Böhme.
1575–1624. | Biography and Characterization |
| Paradise |
| The Supersensual Life |
Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke.
1678–1751. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Study of History |
Bernard Bosanquet.
1848–1923. | Biography and Characterization |
| The True Conception of Another World |
Paul Bourget.
1852–1935. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Death of Victor Hugo |
Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd.
1825–1899. | Biography and Characterization |
| Getting on in the World |
Robert Boyle.
1627–1691. | Biography and Characterization |
| On a Glow Worm in a Phial |
| The Possibility of the Resurrection |
| The Knowledge of Nature |
Brillat-Savarin.
1755–1826. | Biography and Characterization |
| Gastronomy and the Other Sciences |
| On Death |
Henry Brooke.
1703?–1783. | Biography and Characterization |
| What Is a Gentleman? |
Lord Brougham.
1778–1868. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Character of Danton |
Dr. John Brown.
1810–1882. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Death of Thackeray |
| Mary Duff’s Last Half-Crown |
| Rab and the Game Chicken |
Sir Thomas Browne.
1605–1682. | Biography and Characterization |
| Religio Medici |
Robert Browning.
1812–1889. | Biography and Characterization |
| Shelley’s Spiritual Life |
Ferdinand Brunetière.
1849–1906. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Essential Characteristic of French Literature |
William Cullen Bryant.
1794–1878. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Day in Florence |
| Europe under the Bayonet |
| The Life of Women in Cuba |
James Bryce.
1838–1922. | Biography and Characterization |
| Democracy and Civic Duty |
Ludwig Büchner.
1824–1899. | Biography and Characterization |
| Woman’s Brain and Rights |
Henry Thomas Buckle.
1821–1862. | Biography and Characterization |
| Liberty a Supreme Good |
Eustace Budgell.
1686–1737. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Love Affairs of Will Honeycomb |
| Love after Marriage |
| Mr. Rigadoon’s Dancing School |
| Modesty and Assurance |
Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
1803–1873. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Sanguine Temperament |
| Some Observations on Shy People |
| Readers and Writers |
Christian Charles Josias, Baron von Bunsen.
1791–1860. | Biography and Characterization |
| Luther at Worms |
William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
1520–1598. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Well Ordering of a Man’s Life |
Edmund Burke.
1729–1797. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Principles of Good Taste |
| The Efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful |
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui.
1694–1748. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Principles of Natural Right |
Elihu Burritt.
1810–1879. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Point of Space |
| The Circulation of Matter |
| The Force of Gravity in the Moral World |
John Burroughs.
1837–1921. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Art of Seeing Things |
Sir Richard Francis Burton.
1821–1890. | Biography and Characterization |
| Romantic Love and Arab Poetry |
Robert Burton.
1577–1640. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils |
| Of Discontents |
Richard de Bury.
1287–1345. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Mind in Books |
Joseph Butler.
1692–1752. | Biography and Characterization |
| Does God Put Men to the Test? |
Lord Byron.
1788–1824. | Biography and Characterization |
| Art and Nature |
