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CONTENTS:
The Harvard Classics
Introduction to ‘The Harvard Classics’
Vol. 1: FRANKLIN, WOOLMAN, PENN
‘His Autobiography’ by Benjamin Franklin
‘The Journal of John Woolman’ by John Woolman
‘Fruits of Solitude’ by William Penn
Vol. 2. PLATO, EPICTETUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
Three Works by Plato
‘The Golden Sayings’ by Epictetus
‘The Meditations’ by Marcus Aurelius
Vol. 3. BACON, MILTON’S PROSE, THOS. BROWNE
‘Essays, Civil and Moral’ and ‘New Atlantis’ by Francis Bacon
‘Areopagitica’ and ‘Tractate of Education’ by John Milton
‘Religio Medici’ by Sir Thomas Browne
Vol. 4. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON
‘Complete Poems Written in English’ by John Milton
Vol. 5. ESSAYS AND ENGLISH TRAITS, EMERSON
‘Essays’ and ‘English Traits’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Vol. 6. POEMS AND SONGS, BURNS
‘Poems and Songs’ by Robert Burns
Vol. 7. CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE, IMITATION OF CHRIST
‘The Confessions’ by Saint Augustine
‘The Imitation of Christ’ by Thomas á Kempis
Vol. 8. NINE GREEK DRAMAS
Four Plays by Aeschylus
‘Oedipus the King’ and ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles
‘Hippolytus’ and ‘The Bacchae’ by Euripides
‘The Frogs’ by Aristophanes
Vol. 9. LETTERS AND TREATISES OF CICERO AND PLINY
Three Works by Cicero
‘Letters’ by Pliny the Younger
Vol. 10. WEALTH OF NATIONS, ADAM SMITH
‘The Wealth of Nations’ by Adam Smith
Vol. 11. ORIGIN OF SPECIES, DARWIN
‘The Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin
Vol. 12. PLUTARCH’S LIVES
‘Lives’ by Plutarch
Vol. 13. AENEID, VIRGIL
‘Aeneid’ by Virgil
Vol. 14. DON QUIXOTE, PART 1, CERVANTES
‘Don Quixote, Part 1’ by Cervantes
Vol. 15. PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, DONNE & HERBERT, BUNYAN, WALTON
‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by John Bunyan
‘The Lives of Donne and Herbert’ by Izaak Walton
Vol. 16. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
‘Stories from the Thousand and One Nights’
Vol. 17. FOLKLORE AND FABLE, AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSON
‘Fables’ by Aesop
‘Children’s and Household Tales’ by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
‘Tales’ by Hans Christian Andersen
Vol. 18. MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA
‘All for Love’ by John Dryden
‘The School for Scandal’ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
‘She Stoops to Conquer’ by Oliver Goldsmith
‘The Cenci’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley
‘A Blot in the ‘Scutcheon’ by Robert Browning
‘Manfred’ by Lord Byron
Vol. 19. FAUST, EGMONT, ETC. DOCTOR FAUSTUS, GOETHE, MARLOWE
‘Faust, part 1’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
‘Egmont’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
‘Hermann and Dorothea’ by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
‘Dr. Faustus’ by Christopher Marlowe
Vol. 20. THE DIVINE COMEDY, DANTE
‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante Alighieri
Vol. 21. I PROMESSI SPOSI, MANZONI
‘I Promessi Sposi’ by Alessandro Manzoni
Vol. 22. THE ODYSSEY, HOMER
‘The Odyssey’ by Homer
Vol. 23. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, DANA
‘Two Years before the Mast’ by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Vol. 24. ON THE SUBLIME, FRENCH REVOLUTION, ETC., BURKE
‘On Taste’ by Edmund Burke
‘On the Sublime and Beautiful’ by Edmund Burke
‘Reflections on the French Revolution’ by Edmund Burke
‘A Letter to a Noble Lord’ by Edmund Burke
Vol. 25. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ETC., ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES, J.S. MILL, T. CARLYLE
‘Autobiography’ and ‘On Liberty’ by John Stuart Mill
Three Works by Thomas Carlyle
Vol. 26. CONTINENTAL DRAMA
‘Life is a Dream’ by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
‘Polyeucte’ by Pierre Corneille
‘Phèdre’ by Jean Racine
‘Tartuffe’ by Molière
‘Minna von Barnhelm’ by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
‘William Tell’ by Friedrich von Schiller
Vol. 27. ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY
English Essays: Sidney to Macaulay
Vol. 28. ESSAYS: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
Essays: English and American
Vol. 29. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, DARWIN
‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ by Charles Darwin
Vol. 30. FARADAY, HELMHOLTZ, KELVIN, NEWCOMB, ETC
‘The Forces of Matter’ by Michael Faraday
‘The Chemical History of a Candle’ by Michael Faraday
‘On the Conservation of Force’ by Hermann von Helmholtz
‘Ice and Glaciers’ by Hermann von Helmholtz
Two Works by Lord Kelvin
‘The Extent of the Universe’ by Simon Newcomb
‘Geographical Evolution’ by Sir Archibald Geikie
Vol. 31. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BENVENUTO CELLINI
‘The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Vol. 32. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS
Literary and Philosophical Essays
Vol. 33. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS
Voyages and Travels
Vol. 34. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS, DESCARTES, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU, HOBBES
‘Discourse on Method’ by René Descartes
‘Letters on the English’ by Voltaire
Two Works by Jean Jacques Rousseau
‘Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan’ by Thomas Hobbes
Vol. 35. CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE, FROISSART, MALORY, HOLINSHEAD
Chronicles and Romances
Vol. 36. MACHIAVELLI, MORE, LUTHER
‘The Prince’ by Niccolò Machiavelli
‘The Life of Sir Thomas More’ by William Roper
‘Utopia’ by Sir Thomas More
Three Works by Martin Luther
Vol. 37. LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME
‘Some Thoughts Concerning Education’ by John Locke
‘Three Dialogues’ by George Berkeley
‘An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding’ by David Hume
Vol. 38. HARVEY, JENNER, LISTER, PASTEUR
Scientific Papers
Vol. 39. PREFACES AND PROLOGUES
Famous Prefaces and Prologues
Vol. 40. ENGLISH POETRY 1: CHAUCER TO GRAY
English Poetry I: Chaucer to Gray
Vol. 41. ENGLISH POETRY 2: COLLINS TO FITZGERALD
English Poetry II: Collins to Fitzgerald
Vol. 42. ENGLISH POETRY 3: TENNYSON TO WHITMAN
English Poetry III: Tennyson to Whitman
Vol. 43. AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
American Historical Documents
Vol. 44. SACRED WRITINGS 1
Confucian: The Sayings of Confucius
Hebrew: ‘Job’, ‘Psalms’ and ‘Ecclesiastes’
Christian I: ‘Luke’ and ‘Acts’
Vol. 45. SACRED WRITINGS 2
Christian II: ‘Corinthians I and II’ and ‘Hymns’
Buddhist Writings
The Bhagavad-Gita
Chapters from the ‘Koran’
Vol. 46. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 1
‘Edward the Second’ by Christopher Marlowe
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare
‘King Lear’ by William Shakespeare
‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare
‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare
Vol. 47. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 2
‘The Shoemaker’s Holiday’ by Thomas Dekker
‘The Alchemist’ by Ben Jonson
‘Philaster’ by Beaumont and Fletcher
‘The Duchess of Malfi’ by John Webster
‘A New Way to Pay Old Debts’ by Philip Massinger
Vol. 48. THOUGHTS AND MINOR WORKS, PASCAL
‘Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works’ by Blaise Pascal
Vol. 49. EPIC AND SAGA
Beowulf
The Song of Roland
The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
Vol. 50. INTRODUCTION AND READER’S GUIDE
Introduction and Reader’s Guide
Vol. 51. LECTURES
Lectures on the Harvard Classics
The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction
General Introduction to the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction by Charles W. Eliot
Vol. 1&2. HENRY FIELDING
‘The History of Tom Jones’ by Henry Fielding
Vol. 3. LAURENCE STERN, JANE AUSTEN
‘A Sentimental Journey’ by Laurence Sterne
‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen
Vol. 4. SIR WALTER SCOTT
‘Guy Mannering’ by Sir Walter Scott
Vol. 5&6. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
‘Vanity Fair’ by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vol. 7&8. CHARLES DICKENS
‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens
Vol. 9. GEORGE ELIOT
‘The Mill on the Floss’ by George Eliot
Vol. 10. HAWTHORNE, IRVING, POE, BRET HARTE, MARK TWAIN, HALE
‘The Scarlet Letter’ and ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ by Washington Irving
Three Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Three Short Stories by Bret Harte
‘Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog’ by Mark Twain
‘The Man without a Country’ by Edward Everett Hale
Vol. 11. HENRY JAMES, JR.
‘The Portrait of a Lady’ by Henry James
Vol. 12. VICTOR HUGO
‘Notre Dame de Paris’ by Victor Marie Hugo
Vol. 13. BALZAC, SAND, DE MUSSET, DAUDET, DE MAUPASSANT
‘Old Goriot’ by Honoré Balzac
‘The Devil’s Pool’ by George Sand
‘The Story of a White Blackbird’ by Alfred de Musset
Five Short Stories by Alphonse Daudet
Two Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
Vol. 14. JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE
‘Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship’ by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Vol. 15. GOETHE, KELLER, STORM, FONTANE
‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
‘The Banner of the Upright Seven’ by Gottfried Keller
‘The Rider on the White Horse’ by Theodor Storm
‘Trials and Tribulations’ by Theodor Fontane
Vol. 16&17. LEO NIKOLAEVITCH TOLSTOY
‘Anna Karenina’ by Leo Tolstoy
‘Ivan the Fool’ by Leo Tolstoy
Vol. 18. FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
‘Crime and Punishment’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vol. 19. IVAN TURGENEV
‘A House of Gentlefolk’ by Ivan Turgenev
‘Fathers and Children’ by Ivan Turgenev
Vol. 20. VALERA, BJØRNSON, KIELLAND
‘Pepita Jimenez’ by Juan Valera
‘A Happy Boy’ by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
‘Skipper Worse’ by Alexander L. Kielland
