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HARVARD CLASSICS FIVE FOOT SHELF OF BOOKS, 50 VOLS.
HARVARD CLASSICS FIVE FOOT SHELF OF BOOKS, 50 VOLS.
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Published by P.F. Collier, 1909. Burgundy cloth HC, impressed shield on the cover with gold print ad gold printed spines, 8vo. Includes volumes 1 to 50: Vol. 1: FRANKLIN, WOOLMAN, PENN: 'His Autobiography' by Benjamin Franklin, 'The Journal of John Woolman' by John Woolman (1774 and subsequent editions), 'Fruits of Solitude' by William Penn. Vol. 2. PLATO, EPICTETUS, MARCUS AURELIUS: 'The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito,' 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 ‡ Kempis. Vol. 8. NINE GREEK DRAMAS: 'Agamemnon,' The Libation Bearers,' The Furies,' and 'Prometheus Bound,' 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: 'On Friendship,' On Old Age,' and 'Letters,' 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,' Egmont,' and '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, On the Sublime and Beautiful, Reflections on the French Revolution,' and '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, 'Characteristics,' Inaugural Address at Edinburgh,' and 'Sir Walter Scott,' by Thomas Carlyle. Vol. 26. CONTINENTAL DRAMA: 'Life is a Dream,' by Pedro Calder—n de la Barca, 'Polyeucte,' by Pierre Corneille, 'Phdre,' by Jean Racine, 'Tartuffe,' by Molire, 'Minna von Barnhelm,' by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 'William Tell,' by Friedrich von Schiller. Vol. 27. ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY Vol. 28. 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' and 'The Chemical History of a Candle,' by Michael Faraday, 'On the Conservation of Force' and 'Ice and Glaciers,' by Hermann von Helmholtz, 'The Wave Theory of Light' and 'The Tides,' 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: 'Essays,' by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 'Montaigne and What is a Classic?,' by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, 'The Poetry of the Celtic Races, by Ernest Renan, 'The Education of the Human Race,' by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 'Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man,' by Friedrich von Schiller, 'Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals,' by Immanuel Kant, 'Byron and Goethe,' by Giuseppe Mazzini. Vol. 33. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS: 'An account of Egypt from The Histories,' by Herodotus, 'Germany,' by Tacitus, 'Sir Francis Drake Revived,' by Philip Nichols, 'Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World,' by Francis Pretty, 'Drake's Great Armada,' by Captain Walter Bigges, 'Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland,' by Edward Haies, 'The Discovery of Guiana,' by Sir Walter Raleigh. Vol. 34. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS, DESCARTES, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU, HOBBES: 'Discourse on Method,' by RenŽ Descartes, 'Letters on the English,' by Voltaire, 'On the Inequality among Mankind' and 'Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar,' by Jean Jacques Rousseau, 'Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan,' by Thomas Hobbes. Vol. 35. CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE, FROISSART, MALORY, HOLINSHEAD: 'Chronicles,' by Jean Froissart, 'The Holy Grail,' by Sir Thomas Malory, 'A Description of Elizabethan England,' by William Harrison. Vol. 36. MACHIAVELLI, MORE, LUTHER: 'The Prince,' by Niccol˜ Machiavelli, 'The Life of Sir Thomas More,' by William Roper, 'Utopia,' by Sir Thomas More, 'The Ninety-Five Theses, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation,' and 'On the Freedom of a Christian,' by Martin Luther. Vol. 37. LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME: 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education,' by John Locke, 'Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists,' by George Berkeley, 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,' by David Hume. Vol. 38. HARVEY, JENNER, LISTER, PASTEUR: 'The Oath of Hippocrates,' Journeys in Diverse Places,' by Ambroise ParŽ, 'On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals,' by William Harvey, 'The Three Original Publications on Vaccination Against Smallpox,' by Edward Jenner,' The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever,' by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 'On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery,' by Joseph Lister, 'Scientific papers,' by Louis Pasteur, 'Scientific papers,' by Charles Lyell. Vol. 39. PREFACES AND PROLOGUES Vol. 40. ENGLISH POETRY 1: CHAUCER TO GRAY Vol. 41. ENGLISH POETRY 2: COLLINS TO FITZGERALD Vol. 42. ENGLISH POETRY 3: TENNYSON TO WHITMAN Vol. 43. 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,' Hindu: The Bhagavad-Gita,' Mohammedan: Chapters from the Koran.' Vol. 46. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 1: 'Edward the Second,' by Christopher Marlowe, 'Hamlet, King Lear,' Macbeth,' and '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 D‡ Derga's Hostel, 'The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs.' Vol. 50. INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES
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Very good condition, minor toning to pages, slight rubbing of boards and corners.
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