TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| 1. | THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES (B. C. 306) | 13 |
| 2. | BELISARIUS (565) | 23 |
| 3. | THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY (640) | 31 |
| 4. | POPE JOAN (855) | 40 |
| 5. | ABELARD AND ELOISA (1140) | 49 |
| 6. | WILLIAM TELL (1307) | 67 |
| 7. | PETRARCH AND LAURA (1320) | 93 |
| 8. | JEANNE D’ARC (1430) | 105 |
| 9. | FRANCIS I. AND COUNTESS OF CHATEAUBRIAND (1525) | 116 |
| 10. | CHARLES V. OF SPAIN (1557) | 128 |
| 11. | THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAM-ENGINE (1625) | 139 |
| 12. | GALILEO GALILEI (1620) | 148 |
| APPENDIX TO THE NOTICE ON WILLIAM TELL | 161 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX | 167 |