| Editor | Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943 |
| Title | The World's Greatest Books — Volume 20 — Miscellaneous Literature and Index |
| Contents | Joseph Addison: Spectator -- Æsop: Fables -- Matthew Arnold: Essays in criticism -- George Brandes: Main currents of nineteenth century literature -- Robert Burton: Anatomy of melancholy -- Thomas Carlyle: On heroes and hero worship. Sartor resartus -- Marcus Tullius Cicero: Concerning friendship -- William Cobbett: Advice to young men -- Daniel Defoe: Journal of the plague year -- Demosthenes: Philippics -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traits. Representative men -- Erasmus: Familiar colloquies. In praise of folly -- Gesta Romanorum -- Oliver Goldsmith: Citizen of the world -- Henry Hallam: Introduction to the literature of Europe -- William Hazlitt: Lectures on the English poets -- Oliver Wendell Holmes: Autocrat of the breakfast-table -- La Bruyère: Characters -- Walter Savage Landor: Imaginary conversations -- La Rochefoucauld: Reflections and moral maxims -- Leonardo Da Vinci: Treaties on painting -- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Laocoon -- John Stuart Mill: Essay on liberty -- John Milton: Areopagitica -- Plutarch: Parallel lives -- Mme. de Staël: On Germany -- Tacitus: Germania -- Taine: History of English literature -- Henry David Thoreau: Walden -- De Tocqueville: Democracy in America -- Izaak Walton: Complete angler -- Index. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections |
| Subject | Literature -- Collections |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 44704 |
| Release Date | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 272 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Price | $0.00 |
