I. From william kinglake: _eothen_ ............................ 1
Ii. ” james anthony froude: _a history of england_ ...............
Iii. ” robert louis stevenson: _markheim_ ......................... 10
Iv. ” washington irving: _the sketch book_ ........................ 14
V. ” w. Somerset maugham: _on a chinese screen_ ................... 27
Vi. ” w. H. Hudson: _birds in a village_ .......................... 31
Vii. ” george macaulay trevelyan: _history of england_ ........... 36
Viii. ” john ruskin: _modern painters_ ............................ 41
Ix. ” thomas babington macaulay: _essay on bacon_ ................ 46
X. ” robert louis stevenson: _virginibus puerisque_ .............. 51
Xi. ” george gissing: _the private papers of henry ryecroft_ ..... 57
Xii. ” joseph addison: in _the spectator_ ......................... 62
Xiii. ” john bright: _speeches_ ................................... 68
Xiv. ” stanley baldwin: _on england_ .............................. 74
Xv. ” jonathan swift: _the conduct of the allies_ ................ 78
Xvi. ” thucydides (translated by richard crawley) ................ 85
Xvii. ” walter scott: _autobiography_ ............................. 93

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