Note
Five of the twelve essays in this volume, "To Counsel the Doubtful," "The Happiness of Writing an Autobiography," "The Divineness of Discontent," "Strayed Sympathies," and "The Battle-field of Education," are reprinted through the courtesy of The Atlantic Monthly; four of them, "The Masterful Puritan," "Are Americans a Timid People?" "Allies," and "The American Laughs," through the courtesy of The Yale Review; "The Preacher at Large," through the courtesy of The Century Magazine; "They Had Their Day," through the courtesy of Harper's Magazine; "The Idolatrous Dog," through the courtesy of The Forum.
