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Henry Cabot Lodge. The Best of the World's Classics (All 10 Volumes)
The Best of the World's Classics (All 10 Volumes)
Table of Contents
Volume I
Table of Contents
HERODOTUS
I. SOLON'S WORDS OF WISDOM TO CRŒSUS[2]
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II. BABYLON AND ITS CAPTURE BY CYRUS[5]
(538 b.c.)
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III. THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPS[14]
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IV. THE STORY OF PERIANDER'S SON[15]
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THUCYDIDES
I. THE ATHENIANS AND SPARTANS CONTRASTED[19]
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II. THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS[26]
(430—425 b.c.)
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III. THE SAILING OF THE ATHENIAN FLEET FOR SICILY[28]
(413 b.c.)
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IV. COMPLETION OF THE ATHENIAN DEFEAT AT SYRACUSE[36]
(413 b.c.)
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XENOPHON
I. THE CHARACTER OF CYRUS THE YOUNGER[45]
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II. THE GREEK ARMY IN THE SNOWS OF ARMENIA[49]
(400 b.c.)
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III. THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA[52]
(371 b.c.)
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IV. OF THE ARMY OF THE SPARTANS[53]
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V. HOW TO CHOOSE AND MANAGE SADDLE-HORSES[54]
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PLATO
I. THE IMAGE OF THE CAVE[57]
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II. GOOD AND EVIL[59]
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III. SOCRATES IN PRAISE OF LOVE[60]
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IV. THE PRAISE OF SOCRATES BY ALCIBIADES[66]
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V. THE REFUSAL OF SOCRATES TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON[71]
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VI. THE DEATH OF SOCRATES[72]
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ARISTOTLE
I. WHAT THINGS ARE PLEASANT[75]
II. THE LIFE MOST DESIRABLE[76]
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III. IDEAL HUSBANDS AND WIVES[77]
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IV. HAPPINESS AS AN END OF HUMAN ACTION[78]
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POLYBIUS
I. THE BATTLE OF CANNÆ[80]
(216 b.c.)
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II. HANNIBAL'S ADVANCE ON ROME[86]
(211 b.c.)
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III. THE DEFENSE OF SYRACUSE BY ARCHIMEDES[89]
(214–212 b.c.)
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PLUTARCH
I. DEMOSTHENES AND CICERO COMPARED[93]
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II. THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR[96]
(44 b.c.)
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III. CLEOPATRA'S BARGE[103]
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IV. THE DEATH OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA[105]
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EPICTETUS
I. OF FREEDOM[110]
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II. OF FRIENDSHIP[111]
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III. THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE CROWD[113]
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LUCIAN
I. A DESCENT TO THE UNKNOWN[115]
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II. AMONG THE PHILOSOPHERS[121]
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III. OF LIARS AND LYING[125]
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Volume II
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CATO, THE CENSOR
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CICERO
I. THE BLESSINGS OF OLD AGE[4]
II. ON THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER TULLIA[22]
III. OF BRAVE AND ELEVATED SPIRITS[23]
IV. OF SCIPIO'S DEATH AND OF FRIENDSHIP[28]
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JULIUS CÆSAR
I. THE BUILDING OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE[34]
II. THE INVASION OF BRITAIN[36]
III. OVERCOMING THE NERVII[44]
IV. THE BATTLE OF PHARSALIA AND THE DEATH OF POMPEY[46]
(48 b.c.)
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SALLUST
I. THE GENESIS OF CATILINE[59]
II. THE FATE OF THE CONSPIRATORS[62]
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LIVY
I. HORATIUS COCLES AT THE BRIDGE[68]
(About 510 b.c.)
II. HANNIBAL'S CROSSING OF THE ALPS[70]
(218 b.c.)
III. HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO AT ZAMA[72]
(202 b.c.)
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SENECA
I. OF THE WISE MAN[76]
II. OF CONSOLATION FOR THE LOSS OF FRIENDS[78]
III. TO NERO ON CLEMENCY[82]
IV. THE PILOT[84]
V. OF A HAPPY LIFE[85]
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PLINY THE ELDER
I. THE QUALITIES OF THE DOG[86]
II. THREE GREAT ARTISTS OF GREECE[93]
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QUINTILIAN
THE ORATOR MUST BE A GOOD MAN[100]
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TACITUS
I. FROM REPUBLICAN TO IMPERIAL ROME[102]
II. THE FUNERAL OF GERMANICUS[106]
(19 a.d.)
III. THE DEATH OF SENECA[113]
(65 a.d.)
IV. THE BURNING OF ROME BY ORDER OF NERO[116]
(64 a.d.)
V. THE BURNING OF THE CAPITOL AT ROME[125]
(69 a.d.)
VI. THE SIEGE OF CREMONA[128]
(69 a.d.)
VII. AGRICOLA[132]
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PLINY THE YOUNGER
I. OF THE CHRISTIANS IN HIS PROVINCE[137]
II. TO TACITUS ON THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS[139]
(79 a.d.)
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SUETONIUS
I. THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUSTUS[146]
(14 a.d.)
II. THE GOOD DEEDS OF NERO[150]
III. THE DEATH OF NERO[155]
(68 a.d.)
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MARCUS AURELIUS
HIS DEBT TO OTHERS[158]
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Volume III
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RICHARD DE BURY
IN PRAISE OF BOOKS[1]
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SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE
I. THE ROUTE FROM ENGLAND TO CONSTANTINOPLE[5]
II. AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT CHAN[13]
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JOHN WYCLIF
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST[15]
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
OF ACQUIRING AND USING RICHES[16]
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WILLIAM CAXTON
OF TRUE NOBILITY AND CHIVALRY[19]
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SIR THOMAS MALORY
OF THE FINDING OF A SWORD FOR ARTHUR[20]
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SIR THOMAS MORE
LIFE IN UTOPIA[21]
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JOHN KNOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS[22]
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ROGER ASCHAM
OF GENTLE METHODS IN TEACHING[23]
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JOHN FOXE
THE DEATH OF ANNE BOLEYN[24]
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SIR WALTER RALEIGH
THE MUTABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS[26]
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FRANCIS BACON
I. OF TRAVEL[27]
II. OF RICHES
III. OF YOUTH AND AGE
IV. OF REVENGE
V. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE
VI. OF ENVY
VII. OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE
VIII. OF STUDIES
IX. OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH
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SHAKESPEARE
I. BRUTUS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN[54]
II. SHYLOCK IN DEFENSE OF HIS RACE[55]
III. HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS[56]
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BEN JONSON
OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER WITS[57]
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IZAAK WALTON
I. THE ANTIQUITY OF ANGLING[58]
II. OF THE TROUT[61]
III. THE DEATH OF GEORGE HERBERT[63]
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JAMES HOWELL
I. THE BUCENTAUR CEREMONY IN VENICE[64]
II. THE CITY OF ROME IN 1621[66]
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SIR THOMAS BROWNE
I. OF CHARITY IN JUDGMENTS[70]
II. NOTHING STRICTLY IMMORTAL[71]
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JOHN MILTON
I. ON HIS OWN LITERARY AMBITION[75]
II. A COMPLETE EDUCATION DEFINED[79]
III. ON READING IN HIS YOUTH[80]
IV. IN DEFENSE OF BOOKS[81]
V. A NOBLE AND PUISSANT NATION[82]
VI. OF FUGITIVE AND CLOISTERED VIRTUE[83]
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LORD CLARENDON
OF CHARLES I[85]
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THOMAS FULLER
QUALITIES OF THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER[87]
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JEREMY TAYLOR
THE BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY[89]
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ABRAHAM COWLEY
I. OF OBSCURITY[90]
II. OF PROCRASTINATION[94]
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GEORGE FOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER CROMWELL[95]
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JOHN BUNYAN
I. A DREAM OF THE CELESTIAL CITY[97]
II. THE DEATH OF VALIANT-FOR-TRUTH. AND OF STAND-FAST[98]
III. ANCIENT VANITY FAIR[99]
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JOHN DRYDEN
OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS[100]
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SAMUEL PEPYS
I. OF VARIOUS DOINGS OF MR. AND MRS. PEPYS[102]
II. ENGLAND WITHOUT CROMWELL[103]
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GILBERT BURNET
CHARLES II[105]
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DANIEL DEFOE
I. THE SHIPWRECK OF CRUSOE[107]
II. THE RESCUE OF MAN FRIDAY[108]
III. IN THE TIME OF THE GREAT PLAGUE[109]
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JONATHAN SWIFT
I. ON PRETENSE IN PHILOSOPHERS[110]
II. ON THE HOSPITALITY OF THE VULGAR[111]
III. THE ART OF LYING IN POLITICS[112]
IV. A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK[113]
V. GULLIVER AMONG THE GIANTS[114]
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JOSEPH ADDISON
I. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY[115]
II. WILL HONEYCOMB AND HIS MARRIAGE[116]
III. PRIDE OF BIRTH[117]
IV. SIR ROGER AND HIS HOME[118]
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Volume IV
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SIR RICHARD STEELE
I. OF COMPANIONS AND FLATTERERS
II. THE STORY-TELLER AND HIS ART[1]
III. SIR ROGER AND THE WIDOW[2]
IV. THE COVERLEY FAMILY PORTRAITS[3]
V. ON CERTAIN SYMPTOMS OF GREATNESS[4]
VI. HOW TO BE HAPPY THO MARRIED[5]
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LORD BOLINGBROKE
I. OF THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
II. RULES FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORY[7]
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ALEXANDER POPE
I. AN ANCIENT ENGLISH COUNTRY SEAT[8]
II. HIS COMPLIMENTS TO LADY MARY[9]
III. HOW TO MAKE AN EPIC POEM[11]
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LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
I. ON HAPPINESS IN THE MATRIMONIAL STATE[14]
II. INOCULATION FOR THE SMALLPOX[15]
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LORD CHESTERFIELD
I. OF GOOD MANNERS, DRESS AND THE WORLD[16]
II. OF ATTENTIONS TO LADIES[17]
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HENRY FIELDING
I. TOM THE HERO ENTERS THE STAGE[18]
II. PARTRIDGE SEES GARRICK AT THE PLAY[19]
III. MR. ADAMS IN A POLITICAL LIGHT[21]
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SAMUEL JOHNSON
I. ON PUBLISHING HIS "DICTIONARY"[22]
II. POPE AND DRYDEN COMPARED[24]
III. LETTER TO CHESTERFIELD ON THE COMPLETION OF THE "DICTIONARY"[26]
IV. ON THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A GARRET[27]
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DAVID HUME
I. THE CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH[29]
II. THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA[30]
III. THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
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LAURENCE STERNE
I. THE STARLING IN CAPTIVITY[33]
II. TO MOULINES WITH MARIA[34]
III. THE DEATH OF LE FEVRE[35]
IV. PASSAGES FROM THE ROMANCE OF MY UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW[36]
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THOMAS GRAY
I. WARWICK CASTLE[37]
II. TO HIS FRIEND MASON ON THE DEATH OF MASON'S MOTHER[38]
III. ON HIS OWN WRITINGS[39]
IV. HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR BONSTETTEN[41]
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HORACE WALPOLE
I. HOGARTH[42]
II. THE WAR IN AMERICA[43]
III. THE DEATH OF GEORGE II[44]
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GILBERT WHITE
THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW[45]
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ADAM SMITH
I. OF AMBITION MISDIRECTED[46]
II. THE ADVANTAGES OF A DIVISION OF LABOR[47]
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SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS IN FREE COUNTRIES[48]
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OLIVER GOLDSMITH
I. THE AMBITIONS OF THE VICAR'S FAMILY[51]
II. SAGACITY IN INSECTS[52]
III. A CHINAMAN'S VIEW OF LONDON[53]
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EDMUND BURKE
I. THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE[54]
II. THE LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD[55]
III. ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON[56]
IV. MARIE ANTOINETTE[57]
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WILLIAM COWPER
I. OF KEEPING ONE'S SELF EMPLOYED[58]
II. ON JOHNSON'S TREATMENT OF MILTON[59]
III. ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOKS[60]
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EDWARD GIBBON
I. THE ROMANCE OF HIS YOUTH[64]
II. THE INCEPTION AND COMPLETION OF HIS "DECLINE AND FALL"[66]
III. THE FALL OF ZENOBIA[67]
(271 a.d.)
IV. ALARIC'S ENTRY INTO ROME[71]
(410 a.d.)
V. THE DEATH OF HOSEIN[72]
VI. THE CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF ROME[77]
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Volume V
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JAMES BOSWELL
I. BOSWELL'S INTRODUCTION TO DR. JOHNSON[1]
II. JOHNSON'S AUDIENCE WITH GEORGE III[3]
III. THE MEETING OF DR. JOHNSON AND JOHN WILKES[4]
IV. JOHNSON'S WEDDING-DAY[5]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
A POET DEFINED[6]
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SIR WALTER SCOTT
I. THE ARRIVAL OF THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD[7]
II. THE DEATH OF MEG MERRILES[8]
III. A VISION OF ROB ROY[9]
IV. QUEEN ELIZABETH AND AMY ROBSART AT KENILWORTH[10]
V. THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF LADY SCOTT[12]
(1826)
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SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
I. DOES FORTUNE FAVOR FOOLS?[15]
II. THE DESTINY OF THE UNITED STATES[16]
FOOTNOTES:
ROBERT SOUTHEY
NELSON'S DEATH AT TRAFALGAR[18]
(1805)
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WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
I. THE DEATH OF HOFER[20]
(1810)
II. NAPOLEON AND PERICLES
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CHARLES LAMB
I. DREAM-CHILDREN—A REVERIE[21]
II. POOR RELATIONS[22]
III. THE ORIGIN OF ROAST PIG[23]
IV. THAT WE SHOULD RISE WITH THE LARK[24]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM HAZLITT
HAMLET[25]
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THOMAS DE QUINCEY
I. DREAMS OF AN OPIUM-EATER[26]
II. JOAN OF ARC[27]
III. CHARLES LAMB[28]
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LORD BYRON
I. OF HIS MOTHER'S TREATMENT OF HIM[29]
II. TO HIS WIFE AFTER THE SEPARATION[31]
III. TO SIR WALTER SCOTT[32]
IV. OF ART AND NATURE AS POETICAL SUBJECTS[34]
FOOTNOTES:
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
I. IN DEFENSE OF POETRY[37]
II. THE BATHS OF CARACALLA[38]
III. THE RUINS OF POMPEII[39]
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GEORGE GROTE
I. THE MUTILATION OF THE HERMÆ[40]
II. IF ALEXANDER HAD LIVED[43]
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THOMAS CARLYLE
I. CHARLOTTE CORDAY[46]
II. THE BLESSEDNESS OF WORK[48]
III. CROMWELL[49]
IV. IN PRAISE OF THOSE WHO TOIL[50]
V. THE CERTAINTY OF JUSTICE[51]
VI. THE GREATNESS OF SCOTT[52]
VII. BOSWELL AND HIS BOOK[54]
VIII. MIGHT BURNS HAVE BEEN SAVED[55]
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LORD MACAULAY
I. PURITANS AND ROYALISTS[56]
II. CROMWELL'S ARMY[57]
III. THE OPENING OF THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS[58]
IV. THE GIFT OF ATHENS TO MAN[59]
V. THE PATHOS OF BYRON'S LIFE[61]
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Volume VI
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JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
I. THE BEGINNINGS OF TRACTARIANISM[1]
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II. ON HIS SUBMISSION TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH[5]
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III. OF ATHENS AS A TRUE UNIVERSITY[7]
FOOTNOTES:
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
THE DESCENT OF VESUVIUS ON POMPEII[10]
FOOTNOTES:
LORD BEACONSFIELD
JERUSALEM BY MOONLIGHT[12]
FOOTNOTES:
CHARLES MERIVALE
THE PERSONALITY OF AUGUSTUS CÆSAR[13]
FOOTNOTES:
ALEXANDER W. KINGLAKE
I. ON MOCKING AT THE SPHINX[15]
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II. THE BEGINNING OF THE CRIMEAN WAR[16]
FOOTNOTES:
CHARLES DARWIN
I. ON VARIATIONS IN MAMMALS, BIRDS AND FISHES[17]
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II. THE GENESIS OF A GREAT BOOK[18]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN BROWN
RAB AND THE GAME CHICKEN[19]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM M. THACKERAY
I. THE IMPERTURBABLE MARLBOROUGH[20]
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II. AT THE BALL BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO[21]
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III. THE DEATH OF COLONEL NEWCOME[23]
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IV. LONDON IN THE TIME OF THE FIRST GEORGE[24]
FOOTNOTES:
CHARLES DICKENS
I. SIDNEY CARTON'S DEATH[27]
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II. BOB SAWYER'S PARTY[28]
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III. DICK SWIVELLER AND THE MARCHIONESS[29]
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IV. A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY[30]
FOOTNOTES:
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
OF THE AUTHOR OF "VANITY FAIR"[31]
FOOTNOTES:
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
I. OF HISTORY AS A SCIENCE[32]
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II. THE CHARACTER OF HENRY VIII[35]
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III. CÆSAR'S MISSION[36]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN RUSKIN
I. OF THE HISTORY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF VENICE[37]
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II. ST. MARK'S AT VENICE[39]
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III. OF WATER[41]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE ELIOT
AT THE HALL FARM[43]
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HERBERT SPENCER
I. THE ORIGIN OF PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS[44]
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II. SELF-DEPENDENCE AND PATERNALISM[46]
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III. THE ORNAMENTAL AND THE USEFUL IN EDUCATION[48]
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IV. REMINISCENCES OF HIS BOYHOOD[50]
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V. A TRIBUTE TO E. L. YOUMANS[51]
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VI. WHY HE NEVER MARRIED[53]
FOOTNOTES:
HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE
I. THE ISOLATION OF SPAIN[54]
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II. GEORGE III AND THE ELDER PITT[56]
FOOTNOTES:
MATTHEW ARNOLD
THE MOTIVE FOR CULTURE[57]
FOOTNOTES:
EDWARD A. FREEMAN
THE DEATH OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR[58]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
ON A PIECE OF CHALK[60]
FOOTNOTES:
FREDERIC HARRISON
THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE WORLD[61]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
GEORGE WASHINGTON[62]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN MORLEY
VOLTAIRE AS AN AUTHOR AND AS A MAN OF ACTION[63]
FOOTNOTES:
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
I. FRANCIS VILLON'S TERRORS[64]
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II. THE LANTERN BEARERS[65]
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END OF VOL. VI
Volume VII
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ST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINE
IMPERIAL POWER FOR GOOD AND BAD MEN[1]
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ANICIUS BOETHIUS
THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS[2]
FOOTNOTES:
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
A DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS[3]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS À KEMPIS
OF ETERNAL LIFE AND OF STRIVING FOR IT[4]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANCE. TWELFTH CENTURY—1885
GEOFFREY DE VILLE-HARDOUIN
THE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE[5]
(1204)
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JEAN DE JOINVILLE
GREEK FIRE IN BATTLE[7]
FOOTNOTES:
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
JEAN FROISSART
THE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8]
(1346)
FOOTNOTES:
PHILIPPE DE COMINES
OF THE CHARACTER OF LOUIS XI[9]
FOOTNOTES:
MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊME
OF HUSBANDS WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL[10]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANÇOIS RABELAIS
I. GARGANTUA IN HIS CHILDHOOD[12]
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II. GARGANTUA'S EDUCATION[14]
FOOTNOTES:
III. OF THE FOUNDING OF AN IDEAL ABBEY[15]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN CALVIN
OF FREEDOM FOR THE WILL[16]
FOOTNOTES:
JOACHIM DU BELLAY
WHY OLD FRENCH WAS NOT AS RICH AS GREEK AND LATIN[17]
FOOTNOTES:
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
I. A WORD TO HIS READERS[19]
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II. OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE[20]
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III. OF HIS OWN LIBRARY[21]
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IV. THAT THE SOUL DISCHARGES HER PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS WHERE TRUE ONES ARE WANTING.[22]
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V. THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH[23]
FOOTNOTES:
RENÉ DESCARTES
OF MATERIAL THINGS AND OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD[25]
FOOTNOTES:
DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
A SELECTION FROM THE "MAXIMS"[26]
FOOTNOTES:
BLAISE PASCAL
OF THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-LOVE[29]
FOOTNOTES:
MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ
I. GREAT NEWS FROM PARIS[30]
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II. AN IMPOSING FUNERAL DESCRIBED[31]
FOOTNOTES:
ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE
I. IN THE SERVICE OF DR. SANGRADO[32]
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II. AS AN ARCHBISHOP'S FAVORITE[33]
FOOTNOTES:
DUC DE SAINT-SIMON
I. THE DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN[34]
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II. THE PUBLIC WATCHING THE KING AND MADAME[35]
FOOTNOTES:
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
I. OF THE CAUSES WHICH DESTROYED ROME[38]
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II. OF THE RELATION OF LAWS TO DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS[39]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANÇOIS AROUET VOLTAIRE
I. OF BACON'S GREATNESS[40]
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II. ENGLAND'S REGARD FOR MEN OF LETTERS[41]
FOOTNOTES:
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
I. OF CHRIST AND SOCRATES
II. OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN[46]
FOOTNOTES:
MADAME DE STAËL
OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[47]
FOOTNOTES:
VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND
IN AN AMERICAN FOREST[48]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANÇOIS GUIZOT
SHAKESPEARE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CIVILIZATION[49]
FOOTNOTES:
ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE
OF MIRABEAU'S ORIGIN AND PLACE IN HISTORY[51]
FOOTNOTES:
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
THE BURNING OF MOSCOW[52]
FOOTNOTES:
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
I. THE DEATH OF PÉRE GORIOT[54]
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II. BIROTTEAU'S EARLY MARRIED LIFE[55]
FOOTNOTES:
ALFRED DE VIGNY
RICHELIEU'S WAY WITH HIS MASTER[56]
FOOTNOTES:
VICTOR HUGO
I. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO[57]
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II. THE BEGINNINGS AND EXPANSIONS OF PARIS[58]
FOOTNOTES:
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
THE SHOULDER, THE BELT, AND THE HANDKERCHIEF[59]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE SAND
LÉLIA AND THE POET[60]
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Volume VIII
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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
THE TYRANNY OF THE AMERICAN MAJORITY[1]
FOOTNOTES:
ALFRED DE MUSSET
TITIAN'S SON AFTER A NIGHT AT PLAY[2]
FOOTNOTES:
THEOPHILE GAUTIER
PHARAOH'S ENTRY INTO THEBES[3]
FOOTNOTES:
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
YONGEVILLE AND ITS PEOPLE[4]
FOOTNOTES:
JOSEPH ERNEST RENAN
AN EMPIRE IN ROBUST YOUTH[5]
FOOTNOTES:
HIPPOLITE ADOLPHE TAINE
I. THACKERAY AS A SATIRIST[7]
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II. WHEN THE KING GOT UP FOR THE DAY[8]
FOOTNOTES:
EMILE ZOLA
GLIMPSES OF NAPOLEON III IN TIME OF WAR[9]
FOOTNOTES:
ALPHONSE DAUDET
I. A GREAT MAN'S WIDOW[10]
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II. MY FIRST DRESS COAT[11]
FOOTNOTES:
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
MADAME JEANNE'S LAST DAYS[12]
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GERMANY
1483–1859. MARTIN LUTHER
SOME OF HIS TABLE TALK AND SAYINGS[13]
FOOTNOTES:
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM. LESSING
I. POETRY AND PAINTING COMPARED[14]
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II. OF SUFFERING HELD IN RESTRAINT[15]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
I. ON FIRST READING SHAKESPEARE[16]
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II. THE CORONATION OF JOSEPH II[17]
FOOTNOTES:
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
I. THE BATTLE OF LUTZEN[18]
(1632)
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II. PHILIP II AND THE NETHERLANDS[20]
FOOTNOTES:
AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL
SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH[21]
FOOTNOTES:
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
AN ESSAY ON MAN[22]
FOOTNOTES:
HEINRICH HEINE
REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON[23]
FOOTNOTES:
ITALY
1254–1803. MARCO POLO
A DESCRIPTION OF JAPAN[24]
FOOTNOTES:
DANTE ALIGHIERI
I. THAT LONG DESCENT MAKES NO MAN NOBLE[26]
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II. OF BEATRICE AND HER DEATH[27]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANCIS PETRARCH
OF GOOD AND EVIL FORTUNE[28]
FOOTNOTES:
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
THE PATIENT GRISELDA[29]
FOOTNOTES:
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
OUGHT PRINCES TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES[30]
FOOTNOTES:
BENVENUTO CELLINI
THE CASTING OF HIS "PERSEUS AND MEDUSA"[31]
FOOTNOTES:
GIORGIO VASARI
OF RAPHAEL AND HIS EARLY DEATH[33]
FOOTNOTES:
JACQUES CASANOVA CHEVALIER DE SEINGALT
HIS INTERVIEW WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT[38]
FOOTNOTES:
OTHER COUNTRIES
1465–1909. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
SPECIMENS OF HIS WIT AND WISDOM[39]
FOOTNOTES:
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
I. THE BEGINNINGS OF DON QUIXOTE'S CAREER[46]
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II. OF HOW DON QUIXOTE DIED[47]
FOOTNOTES:
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES[49]
FOOTNOTES:
IVAN TURGENEFF
BAZAROV'S DEATH[50]
FOOTNOTES:
HENRIK IBSEN
THE THOUGHT CHILD[51]
FOOTNOTES:
COUNT LEO TOLSTOY
SHAKESPEARE NOT A GREAT GENIUS[52]
FOOTNOTES:
Volume IX
Table of Contents
JOHN SMITH
HIS STORY OF POCAHONTAS[1]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM BRADFORD
THE PILGRIMS LAND AND MEET THE INDIANS[7]
(1620)
FOOTNOTES:
SAMUEL SEWALL
HOW HE COURTED MADAM WINTHROP[10]
(1720)
FOOTNOTES:
COTTON MATHER
IN PRAISE OF JOHN ELIOT[13]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM BYRD
AT THE HOME OF COLONEL SPOTSWOOD[14]
FOOTNOTES:
JONATHAN EDWARDS
OF LIBERTY AND MORAL AGENCIES[15]
FOOTNOTES:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
I. HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA[16]
(1729)
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II. WARNINGS BRADDOCK DID NOT HEED[18]
FOOTNOTES:
III. HOW TO DRAW LIGHTNING FROM THE CLOUDS[22]
FOOTNOTES:
IV. THE WAY TO WEALTH[23]
FOOTNOTES:
V. A DIALOG WITH THE GOUT
FOOTNOTES:
VI. A PROPOSAL TO MADAME HELVETIUS[25]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I. TO HIS WIFE ON TAKING COMMAND OF THE ARMY[26]
FOOTNOTES:
II. OF HIS ARMY IN CAMBRIDGE[27]
FOOTNOTES:
III. TO THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ON HIS MARRIAGE[28]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN ADAMS
I. ON HIS NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF[29]
FOOTNOTES:
II. AN ESTIMATE OF FRANKLIN[30]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS PAINE
IN FAVOR OF SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN[31]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I. WHEN THE BASTILE FELL[32]
FOOTNOTES:
II. THE FUTILITY OF DISPUTES[34]
FOOTNOTES:
III. OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE SOUTH[35]
FOOTNOTES:
IV. HIS ACCOUNT OF LOGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECH[36]
FOOTNOTES:
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
I. THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH STATES-GENERAL[39]
FOOTNOTES:
II. OF THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI[41]
FOOTNOTES:
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
I. OF THE FAILURE OF CONFEDERATION[42]
FOOTNOTES:
II. HIS REASONS FOR NOT DECLINING BURR'S CHALLENGE[43]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
I. OF HIS MOTHER[45]
FOOTNOTES:
II. THE MORAL TAINT INHERENT IN SLAVERY[46]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM E. CHANNING
OF GREATNESS IN NAPOLEON[47]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
WHERE THE MOCKING-BIRD DWELLS[48]
FOOTNOTES:
WASHINGTON IRVING
I. THE LAST OF THE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK[49]
FOOTNOTES:
II. THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE[52]
FOOTNOTES:
III. AT ABBOTSFORD WITH SCOTT[53]
FOOTNOTES:
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
I. HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL AT OTSEGO LAKE[59]
FOOTNOTES:
II. RUNNING THE GANTLET[64]
FOOTNOTES:
III. LEATHER-STOCKING'S FAREWELL[65]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
AN OCTOBER DAY IN FLORENCE[66]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
I. THE FATE OF EGMONT AND HOORNE[67]
FOOTNOTES:
II. THE GENESIS OF "DON QUIXOTE"[69]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE BANCROFT
THE FATE OF EVANGELINE'S COUNTRYMEN[70]
(1755)
FOOTNOTES:
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I. THOREAU'S BROKEN TASK[71]
FOOTNOTES:
II. THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY OF MONTAIGNE[72]
FOOTNOTES:
III. HIS VISIT TO CARLYLE AT CRAIGEN-PUTTOCK[73]
(1833)
FOOTNOTES:
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
I. OCCUPANTS OF AN OLD MANSE[74]
FOOTNOTES:
II. ARTHUR DIMMESDALE ON THE SCAFFOLD[77]
FOOTNOTES:
III. OF LIFE AT BROOK FARM[78]
FOOTNOTES:
IV. THE DEATH OF JUDGE PYNCHEON[79]
FOOTNOTES:
Volume X
Table of Contents
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
MUSINGS IN PÈRE LACHAISE[1]
FOOTNOTES:
EDGAR ALLAN POE
I. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO[2]
II. OF HAWTHORNE AND THE SHORT STORY[3]
III. OF WILLIS, BRYANT, HALLECK, AND MACAULAY[7]
FOOTNOTES:
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
I. OF DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND MINISTERS[9]
II. OF THE GENIUS OF EMERSON[10]
III. THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR LIVED[13]
IV. OF WOMEN WHO PUT ON AIRS[14]
FOOTNOTES:
MARGARET FULLER
I. HER VISIT TO GEORGE SAND[15]
II. TWO GLIMPSES OF CARLYLE[16]
FOOTNOTES:
HORACE GREELEY
I. THE FATALITY OF SELF-SEEKING IN EDITORS AND AUTHORS[19]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY
I. CHARLES V AND PHILIP II IN BRUSSELS[21]
(1555)
II. THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH ARMADA[23]
(1588)
III "THE SPANISH FURY"[28]
(1576)
FOOTNOTES:
RICHARD HENRY DANA THE YOUNGER
A FIERCE GALE UNDER A CLEAR SKY[29]
FOOTNOTES:
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
I. THE BUILDING OF HIS HOUSE AT WALDEN POND[30]
II. HOW TO MAKE TWO SMALL ENDS MEET[31]
III. ON READING THE ANCIENT CLASSICS[32]
IV. OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE[33]
FOOTNOTES:
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
I. THE POET AS PROPHET[35]
II. THE FIRST OF THE MODERNS[36]
III. OF FAULTS FOUND IN SHAKESPEARE[37]
IV. AMERICANS AS SUCCESSORS OF THE DUTCH[38]
FOOTNOTES:
CHARLES A. DANA
GREELEY AS A MAN OF GENIUS[43]
FOOTNOTES:
JAMES PARTON
AARON BURR AND MADAME JUMEL[45]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANCIS PARKMAN
I. CHAMPLAIN'S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS[47]
(1609)
II. THE DEATH OF LA SALLE[49]
(1687)
III. THE COMING OF FRONTENAC TO CANADA[50]
(1672)
IV. THE DEATH OF ISAAC JOGUES[51]
(1646)
V. WHY NEW FRANCE FAILED[53]
VI. THE RETURN OF THE COUREURS-DE-BOIS[54]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
OUR COUSIN THE CURATE[55]
FOOTNOTES:
ARTEMUS WARD
FORREST AS OTHELLO[56]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
I. A SUNRISE IN STILLWATER[57]
II. THE FIGHT AT SLATTER'S HILL[58]
III. ON RETURNING FROM EUROPE[59]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
TO ALBANY BY THE NIGHT BOAT[60]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN HAY
LINCOLN'S EARLY FAME[61]
FOOTNOTES:
HENRY ADAMS
JEFFERSON'S RETIREMENT[62]
FOOTNOTES:
BRET HARTE
I. PEGGY MOFFAT'S INHERITANCE[63]
II. JOHN CHINAMAN[64]
III. M'LISS GOES TO SCHOOL[65]
FOOTNOTES:
HENRY JAMES
I. AMONG THE MALVERN HILLS[66]
II. TURGENEFF'S WORLD[67]
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