TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. EMERSON'S DIVINITY SCHOOL ADDRESS -- 2. ALCOTT ON HUMAN CULTURE -- 3. SPECIMENS OF FOREIGN LITERATURE -- 4. DEMOCRACY OF CHRISTIANITY -- 5. ABOLITION PROCEEDINGS -- 6. MR. EMERSON'S ADDRESS -- 7. AMERICAN LITERATURE -- 8. THE ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHY -- 9. NORTON ON THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY -- 10. LIEBER'S POLITICAL ETHICS -- 11. PROSPECTS OF THE DEMOCRACY -- 12. WORDSWORTH'S POEMS -- 13. FOREIGN STANDARD LITERATURE -- 14. PRETENSIONS OF PHRENOLOGY -- 15. OUR INDIAN POLICY -- 16. BULWER'S NOVELS -- 17. THE KINGDOM OF GOD -- 18. UNITARIANISM AND TRINITARIANISM -- 19. EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE -- 20. DEMOCRACY AND REFORM -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Names and Subjects.