Hall Caine.
1853–1931. | Biography and Characterization |
| Aspects of Shakespeare’s Art |
Thomas Campbell.
1777–1844. | Biography and Characterization |
| Chatterton’s Life Tragedy |
William Carleton.
1794–1869. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Glimpse of Irish Life |
Thomas Carlyle.
1795–1881. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Death of Goethe |
| Characteristics |
| “Gedenke zu Leben” |
| Captains of Industry |
| The Character of Robert Burns |
| Dante and Shakespeare |
| Napoleon and Cromwell |
| Teufelsdröckh on “The Omnivorous Biped in Breeches” |
| “Anarchy Plus the Street-Constable” in America |
| The Gospel of Work |
| The Supreme Law of Justice |
| On Samuel Johnson |
| An Ethical Pig’s Catechism |
Edward Carpenter.
1844–1929. | Biography and Characterization |
| Civilization—Its Cure |
William Benjamin Carpenter.
1813–1885. | Biography and Characterization |
| Human Automatism |
Elizabeth Carter.
1717–1806. | Biography and Characterization |
| A “Rambler” Essay |
Emilio Castelar.
1832–1899. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Heroic in Modern Journalism |
| The Genius and Passion of Byron |
George Catlin.
1796–1872. | Biography and Characterization |
| Character of the North American Indians |
Cavendish.
1831–1899. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Duffer’s Whist Maxims |
| On Whist and Chess |
William Caxton.
c. 1415–1491. | Biography and Characterization |
| Concerning Nobility and True Chivalry |
Richard Cecil.
1748–1810. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Influence of the Parental Character |
Thomas Chalmers.
1780–1847. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Mystery of Good and Evil |
| Science as an Evolution |
| The Miracle of Human Cruelty |
Robert Chambers.
1802–1871. | Biography and Characterization |
| Unlucky Days |
| Some Jokes of Douglas Jerrold |
William Ellery Channing.
1780–1842. | Biography and Characterization |
| Milton’s Love of Liberty |
| The Present Age |
| The Uselessness of Rank |
| The Sense of Beauty |
| “Peace of All God’s Gifts the Best” |
Hester Chapone.
1727–1801. | Biography and Characterization |
| Sir Charles and Lady Worthy |
François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand.
1768–1848. | Biography and Characterization |
| “General Recapitulation” of “The Genius of Christianity” |
| Christianity and Music |
| Pictures |
| Sculpture |
| The Literature of Queen Anne’s Reign |
| Swift and Steele |
Geoffrey Chaucer.
c. 1340–1400. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Getting and Using Riches |
Sir John Cheke.
1514–1557. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Blessings of Peace |
Victor Cherbuliez.
1829–1899. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Modern Sphinx |
Philip Stanhope,
Earl of Chesterfield.
1694–1773. | Biography and Characterization |
| Vulgarism |
| On Good Breeding |
| On Bad Breeding |
| Attentions to Ladies |
| Learning and Politeness |
| Women, Vanity, and Love |
| Too Ready Friends |
| On Character |
| Good Sense in Literature |
Lydia Maria Child.
1802–1880. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Banquet at Aspasia’s |
Marcus Tullius Cicero.
106–43 B.C. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Contempt of Death |
| Whether Virtue Alone Be Sufficient |
| From De Officiis |
| Concerning Friendship |
| Old Age and Immortality |
| From On the Commonwealth |
Edward Hyde,
Lord Clarendon.
1609–1674. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Character of John Hampden |
| The Character of Cromwell |
Jules Claretie.
1840–1913. | Biography and Characterization |
| Shakespeare and Molière |
Willis Gaylord Clark.
1808–1841. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Lying as a Fine Art |
Matthias Claudius.
1740–1815. | Biography and Characterization |
| New Year Greetings |
| How to Talk to Heaven |
Arthur Hugh Clough.
1819–1861. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Conclusion by Parepidemus |
| Some Recent Social Theories |
| Wordsworth, Byron, and Scott |
Frances Power Cobbe.
1822–1904. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Scientific Spirit of the Age |
| The Contagion of Love |
William Cobbett.
1763–1835. | Biography and Characterization |
| Americans of the Golden Age |
Hartley Coleridge.
1796–1849. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Black Cats |
| Atrabilious Reflections upon Melancholy |
| Love Poetry |
| An Essay on Pins |
| A Nursery Lecture Delivered by an Old Bachelor |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
1772–1834. | Biography and Characterization |
| Does Fortune Favor Fools? |
| On Men, Educated and Uneducated |
| The Character of Othello |
| Materialism and Ghosts |
| The Destiny of the United States |
Mortimer Collins.
1827–1876. | Biography and Characterization |
| An Essay on Epigrams |
| Along the Avon |
Robert Collyer.
1823–1912. | Biography and Characterization |
| Newspapers and Modern Life |
George Colman the Elder.
1732–1794.
Bonnell Thornton.
1724–1768. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Ocean of Ink |
Charles Caleb Colton.
c. 1780–1832. | Biography and Characterization |
| From “Lacon” |
George Combe.
1788–1858. | Biography and Characterization |
| How Peoples Are Punished for National Sins |
Johann Amos Comenius.
1592–1670. | Biography and Characterization |
| Man the Highest, the Most Absolute, and the Most Excellent of Things Created |
| The Ultimate End of Man beyond This Life |
| Thoroughness in Teaching and Learning |
Auguste Comte.
1798–1857. | Biography and Characterization |
| Industrial Development in the Nineteenth Century |
Marquis de Condorcet.
1743–1794. | Biography and Characterization |
| Peace and Progress |
Confucius.
551–479 B.C. | Biography and Characterization |
| The “Great Learning” |
| “Wei Ching”—The Superior Man |
Moncure Daniel Conway.
1832–1907. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Natural History of the Devil |
James Fenimore Cooper.
1789–1851. | Biography and Characterization |
| At the Castle of Blonay |
| American and Swiss Democracy Compared |
John Boyle,
Earl of Cork and Orrery.
1707–1762. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Ladies Who Laugh |
Myles Coverdale.
c. 1488–1569. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Translating the Bible |
Abraham Cowley.
1618–1667. | Biography and Characterization |
| On a Man’s Writing of Himself |
| The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches |
| A Small Thing, but Mine Own |
William Cowper.
1731–1800. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Bachelor’s Complaint |
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
1826–1887. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Oddities of Odd People |
Thomas Cranmer.
1489–1556. | Biography and Characterization |
| This Troublesome World |
Edward Shepherd Creasy.
1812–1878. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Old Guard at Waterloo |
John Wilson Croker.
1780–1857. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Guillotine in France |
Richard Cumberland.
1732–1811. | Biography and Characterization |
| Falstaff and His Friends |
| On Certain Venerable Jokes |
Allan Cunningham.
1784–1842. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Habits of Hogarth |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds and His Friends |
George William Curtis.
1824–1892. | Biography and Characterization |
| Our Best Society |
Robert Needham Cust.
1821–1909. | Biography and Characterization |
| Buddha and His Creed |
| Brahman Ethics |
Charles Anderson Dana.
1819–1897. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Death of Roscoe Conkling |
Dante Alighieri.
1265–1321. | Biography and Characterization |
| Of Riches and Their Dangerous Increase |
| That Desires Are Celestial or Infernal |
| That Long Descent Maketh No Man Noble |
| Concerning Certain Horrible Infirmities |
James Darmesteter.
1849–1894. | Biography and Characterization |
| Love Songs of the Afghans |
Charles Darwin.
1809–1882. | Biography and Characterization |
| Darwin’s Summary of His Theory of Natural Selection |
| The Survival of the Fittest |
| Darwin’s Conclusion on His Theory and Religion |
Sir Humphry Davy.
1778–1829. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Vision of Progress |
Thomas Dekker.
c. 1570–1632. | Biography and Characterization |
| Apishness |
Edmondo De Amicis.
1846–1908. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Shams, Shamelessness, and Delights of Paris |
Daniel Defoe.
1661?–1731. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Projects and Projectors |
| Higher Education for Women |
Jean-Louis Delolme.
1740–1806. | Biography and Characterization |
| Power of Public Opinion |
Joseph Dennie.
1768–1812. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Jefferson and French Philosophy |
Thomas De Quincey.
1785–1859. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Knocking at the Gate in “Macbeth” |
| The Pains of Opium |
| Anecdotage |
| On Madness |
| On English Physiology |
| On Superficial Knowledge |
| The Loveliest Sight for Woman’s Eyes |
| Great Forgers: Chatterton, Walpole, and “Junius” |
René Descartes.
1596–1650. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Fifth “Meditation”—“Of the Essence of Material Things; and, Again, of God,—That He Exists” |
Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
1776–1847. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Bibliomania |
Charles Dickens.
1812–1870. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Child’s Dream of a Star |
| The Noble Savage |
Denis Diderot.
1713–1784. | Biography and Characterization |
| Compassion a Law of the Survival of Species |
| The Prophetic Quality of Genius |
Sir Kenelm Digby.
1603–1665. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Browne’s Religio Medici |
Isaac Disraeli.
1766–1848. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Man of One Book |
| On the Poverty of the Learned |
| The Six Follies of Science |
| Early Printing |
| How Merit Has Been Rewarded |
| Female Beauty and Ornament |
| The Chinese Language |
| Metempsychosis |
| On Good Luck in Sneezing |
Henry Austin Dobson.
1840–1921. | Biography and Characterization |
| Swift and His Stella |
Philip Doddridge.
1702–1751. | Biography and Characterization |
| On the Power and Beauty of the New Testament |
John Donne.
1572–1631. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Arithmetic of Sin |
| Death |
John Doran.
1807–1878. | Biography and Characterization |
| Some Realities of Chivalry |
René Doumic.
1860–1937. | Biography and Characterization |
| Women During the Renaissance |
Edward Dowden.
1843–1913. | Biography and Characterization |
| England in Shakespeare’s Youth |
| Shakespeare’s Deer-Stealing |
| Romeo and Juliet |
| “Hamlet” |
John William Draper.
1811–1882. | Biography and Characterization |
| The Development of Civilization in Europe |
Henry Drummond.
1851–1897. | Biography and Characterization |
| Natural Law in the Spiritual World |
William Drummond of Hawthornden.
1585–1649. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Reverie on Death |
John Dryden.
1631–1700. | Biography and Characterization |
| On Epic Poetry |
| Shakespeare and His Contemporaries |
| “Nitor in Adversum” |
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.
1816–1903. | Biography and Characterization |
| A Dispute with Carlyle |
John Duncombe.
1729–1786. | Biography and Characterization |
| Concerning Rouge, Whist, and Female Beauty |
