THE HARVARD CLASSICS

EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D.

Lectures on The Harvard Classics

By William Allan Neilson, Ph.D.

GENERAL EDITOR

AND THE FOLLOWING ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Copyright, 1914

BY P. F. COLLIER & SON

MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A.

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CONTENTS

HISTORY.

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Robert Matteson Johnston, M. A. (Cantab.),
Assistant Professor of Modern History in Harvard University.

II. ANCIENT HISTORY. By William Scott Ferguson, Ph. D., Professor of
History in Harvard University.

III. THE RENAISSANCE. By Murray Anthony Potter, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
of Romance Languages in Harvard University.

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IV. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By Robert Matteson Johnston, M. A.
(Cantab.)

V. THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. By Frederick
Jackson Turner, Ph. D., LL. D., Litt. D., Professor of History in Harvard
University.

POETRY.

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Carleton Noyes, A. M., formerly Instructor
in English in Harvard University.

II. HOMER AND THE EPIC. By Charles Burton Gulick, Ph. D., Professor of
Greek in Harvard University, and (1911-1912) in the American School
of Classical Studies at Athens.

III. DANTE. By Charles Hall Grandgent, A. B., Professor of Romance
Languages in Harvard University.

IV. THE POEMS OF JOHN MILTON. By Ernest Bernbaum, Ph. D., Instructor
in English in Harvard University.

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V. THE ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY. By Carleton Noyes, A. M.

NATURAL SCIENCE

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D., Assistant
Professor of Biological Chemistry in Harvard University.

II. ASTRONOMY. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D. .

III. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D.
IV. THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D.
V. KELVIN ON "LIGHT" AND "THE TIDES." By William Morris Davis, M. E.,
Ph. D., Sc. D., Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Emeritus, in
Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, Exchange Professor to the University of Berlin and to the
Sorbonne.

PHILOSOPHY

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I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D., Professor of
Philosophy, Harvard University.

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II. SOCRATES, PLATO, AND THE ROMAN STOICs. By Charles Pomeroy Parker,
B. A. (Oxon.), Professor of Greek and Latin, Harvard University.

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PHILOSOPHY-Continued

III. THE RISE OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D.
IV. INTRODUCTION TO KANT. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D.
V. EMERSON. By Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of
English, Harvard University.

BIOGRAPHY

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By William Roscoe Thayer, A. M., Knight of
the Order of the Crown of Italy, editor of Harvard Graduates'
Magazine.

II. PLUTARCH. By William Scott Ferguson, Ph. D., Professor of Modern
History, Harvard University.

III. BENVENUTO CELLINI. By Chandler Rathfon Post, Ph. D., Assistant Pro-
fessor of Greek, Harvard University.

IV. FRANKLIN AND WOOLMAN. By Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph. D., Assistant
Professor of English, Harvard University.

V. JOHN STUART MILL. By O. M. W. Sprague, A. M., Ph. D., Edmund
Cogswell Converse Professor of Banking and Finance, Harvard
University.

PROSE FICTION

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By William Allan Neilson, Ph. D., Author of
"The Origins and Sources of The Court of Love," "Essentials of
Poetry," editor of "The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists," etc., general
editor of "The Tudor Shakespeare," "The Types of English Literature."
II. POPULAR PROSE FICTION. By Fred Norris Robinson, Ph. D., Professor of
English, Harvard University.

III. MALORY. By Gustavus Howard Maynadier, Ph. D., Instructor in English,
Harvard University.

IV. CERVANTES. By J. D. M. Ford, Ph. D., Smith Professor of the French and
Spanish Languages, Harvard University, corresponding member Royal
Spanish Academy (Madrid) and Hispanic Society of America.

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V. MANZONI. By J. D. M. Ford, Ph. D.

CRITICISM AND THE ESSAY.

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Bliss Perry, L. H. D., Litt. D., LL. D., Pro-
fessor of English Literature, Harvard University, formerly editor Atlan-
tic Monthly, Harvard Lecturer at the University of Paris.

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II. WHAT THE MIDDLE AGES READ. By William Allan Neilson, Ph. D.
III. THEORIES OF POETRY. By Bliss Perry, L. H. D., Litt. D., LL. D.

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IV. ESTHETIC CRITICISM IN GERMANY. By William Guild Howard, A. M.,
Assistant Professor of German, Harvard University.

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V. THE COMPOSITION OF A CRITICISM. By Ernest Bernbaum, Ph. D., Instructor
in English, Harvard University.

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EDUCATION

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Henry Wyman Holmes, A. M., Assistant
Professor of Education, Harvard University.

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