89. The Folly of Intoxication William Shakespeare. 322
90. Starved Rock Francis Parkman. 325
91. Prince Henry and Falstaff. William Shakespeare. 327
92. Studies. Sir Francis Bacon. 332
93. Surrender of Granada. Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. 334
94. Hamlet's Soliloquy. William Shakespeare. 339
95. Ginevra Samuel Rogers. 340
96. Inventions and Discoveries John Caldwell Calhoun. 344
97. Enoch Arden at the Window Alfred Tennyson. 347
98. Lochinvar Sir Walter Scott. 350
99. Speech on the Trial of a Murderer Daniel Webster. 352
100. The Closing Year George Denison Prentice. 355
101. A New City in Colorado Helen Hunt Jackson. 358
102. Importance of the Union Daniel Webster. 362
103. The Influences of the Sun John Tyndall. 364
104. Colloquial Powers of Franklin William Wirt. 366
105. The Dream of Clarence William Shakespeare. 368
106. Homeward Bound Richard H. Dana, Jr. 371
107. Impeachment of Warren Hastings T. B. Macaulay. 375
108. Destruction of the Carnatic Edmund Burke. 379
109. The Raven Edgar Allan Poe. 382
110. A View of the Colosseum Orville Dewey. 389
111. The Bridge Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.392
112. Objects and Limits of Science Robert Charles Winthrop. 394
113. The Downfall of Poland. Thomas Campbell. 396
114. Labor Horace Greeley. 398
115. The Last Days of Herculaneum Edwin Atherstone. 401
116. How Men Reason Oliver Wendell Holmes. 405
117. Thunderstorm on the Alps Lord Byron. 408
118. Origin of Property Sir William Blackstone. 410