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- -r^^^j-cxo^CL-i:!- HARVARD CLASSICS -THEFiVE-roOT SHELFOFBCOKS LECTURES -O.-.d^O. \ fi:^ J >i:":i':v-^?^Oi''"^i/^.*''~^- iiisg BQQB EBiSD THE HARVARD CLASSICS The Five-Foot Shelf of Books o o 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 George Pierce Baker, A.B. ClifFord Herschel Moore, Ph.D. Ernest Bernbaum, Ph.D. William Bennett Munro, LL.B., Ph.D., Charles J. Bullock, Ph.D. LL.D. Thomas Nixon Carver, Ph.D., LL.D. A. O. Norton, A.M. WilHam Morris Davis, M.E., Ph.D., Sc.D. Carleton Noyes, A.M. George H. Chase, Ph.D. Charles Pomeroy Parker, B.A. (Oxon.) Roland Burrage Dixon, A.M., Ph.D. George Howard Parker, S.D. William Scott Ferguson, Ph.D. Bliss Perry, L.H.D., Litt.D., LL.D. J. D. M. Ford, Ph.D. Ralph Barton Perry, Ph.D. Kuno Francke, Ph.D., LL.D. Chandler Rathfon Post, Ph.D. Charles Hall Grandgent, A.B. Murray Anthony Potter, Ph.D. Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph.D. Roscoe Pound, Ph.D., LL.M. Charles Burton Gulick, Ph.D. Fred Norris Robinson, Ph.D. Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M.D. Alfred Dwight Sheffield, A.M. Frank W. C. Hersey, A.M. Henry Wyman Holmes, A.M. Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague, William Guild Howard, A.M. A.M., Ph.D. Robert Matteson Johnston, M.A. William Roscoe Thayer, A.M. (Cantab.) Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph.D., Charles Rockwell Lanman, Ph.D., LL.D. LL.D., Litt.D. Gustavus Howard Maynadier, Ph.D. Charles Henry Conrad Wright, M.A. P, F. Collier & Son Corporation NEW YORK Copyright, 1914 By p. F. Collier & Son manufactured in u. s. a. CONTENTS PAGE History 7 I. General Introduction. By Robert Matteson Johnston, M. A. (Cantab.), Assistant Professor of Modern History in Harvard University. ... 7 II. Ancient History. By William Scott Ferguson, Ph. D., Professor of History in Harvard University 23 III. The Renaissance. By Murray Anthony Potter, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Romance Languages in Harvard University 30 IV. The French Revolution. By Robert Matteson Johnston, M. A. (Cantab.) 36 V. The Territorial Development of the United States. By Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph. D., LL. D., Litt. D., Professor of History in Harvard University 41 Poetry 48 I. General Introduction. By Carleton Noyes, A. M., formerly Instructor in English in Harvard University 48 II. Homer and the Epic. By Charles Burton Gulick, Ph. D., Professor of Greek in Harvard University, and (191 1—191 2) in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 66 III. Dante. By Charles Hall Grandgent, A. B., Professor of Romance Languages in Harvard University 71 IV. The Poems of John Milton. By Ernest Bernbaum, Ph. D., Instructor in English in Harvard University 76 V. The English Anthology. By Carleton Noyes, A. M 81 Natural Science 87 I. General Introduction. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D., Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry in Harvard University 87 II. Astronomy. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D. .... 105 HI. Physics and Chemistry. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D. no IV. The Biological Sciences. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D. 115 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 120 Philosophy 125 I. General Introduction. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University 125 II. Socrates, Plato, and the Roman Stoics. By Charles Pomeroy Parker, B. A. (Oxon.), Professor of Greek and Latin, Harvard University. 143 I 2 CONTENTS Philosophy—Continued page III. The Rise of Modern Philosophy. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D. 148 IV. Introduction to Kant. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D 153 V. Emerson. By Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English, Harvard University 158 Biography 163 I. General Introduction. By William Roscoe Thayer, A. M., Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy, editor of Harvard Graduates' Magazine 163 II. Plutarch. By William Scott Ferguson, Ph. D., Professor of Modern History, Harvard University 181 III. Benvenuto Cellini. By Chandler Rathfon Post, Ph. D., Assistant Pro- fessor of Greek, Harvard University 186 IV. Franklin and Woolman. By Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English, Harvard University 191 V. John Stuart Mill. By O. M. W. Sprague, A. M., Ph. D., Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Banking and Finance, Harvard University 196 Prose Fiction 201 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." 201 II. Popular Prose Fiction. By Fred Norris Robinson, Ph. D., Professor of English, Harvard University 219 III. Malory. By Gustavus Howard Maynadier, Ph. D., Instructor in English, Harvard University 224 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. 230 V. Manzoni. By J. D. M. Ford, Ph. D 235 Criticism and the Essay 239 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 239 II. What the Middle Ages Read. By William Allan Neilson, Ph. D. 254 III. Theories of Poetry. By Bliss Perry, L. H. D., Litt. D., LL. D. 259 IV. ^Esthetic Criticism in Germany. By William Guild Howard, A. M., Assistant Professor of German, Harvard University 266 V. The Composition of a Criticism. By Ernest Bernbaum, Ph. D., Instructor in English, Harvard University 271 Education 276 I. General Introduction. By Henry Wyman Holmes, A. M., Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University 276 CONTENTS 3 Education—Continued p^^je II. Francis Bacon. By Ernest Bernbaum, Ph. D., Instructor in English, Harvard University 292 III. Locke and Milton. By Henry Wyman Holmes, A. M., Assistant Pro- fessor o£ Education, Harvard University 297 IV. Carlyle and Newman. By Frank W. C. Hersey, A. M., Instructor in English, Harvard University 304 V. Huxley on Science and Culture. By A. O. Norton, A. M., Professor of Education in Wellesley College 309 Political Science 314 I. General Introduction. By Thomas Nixon Carver, Ph. D., LL. D., David G. Wells Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University. 314 II. Theories of Government in the Renaissance. By O. M. W. Sprague, A. M., Ph. D., Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Banking and Finance, Harvard University 332 III. Adam Smith and the "Wealth of Nations." By Charles J. Bullock, Ph. D., Professor of Economics, Harvard University 337 IV. The Growth of the American Constitution. By William Bennett Munro, LL. B., Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of Municipal Government, Harvard University 342 V. Law and Liberty. By Roscoe Pound, Ph. D., LL. M., Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard University 347 Drama 352 I. General Introduction. By George Pierce Baker, A. B., Professor of Dramatic Literature, Harvard University 352 II. Greek Tragedy. By Charles Burton Gulick, Ph. D., Professor of Greek, Harvard University, and (1911-1912) in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 369 III. The Elizabethan Drama. By William Allan Neilson, Ph. D. 374 IV. The Faust Legend. By Kuno Francke, Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of the History of German Culture, and Curator Germanic Museum, Harvard University 379 V. Modern English Drama. By Ernest Bernbaum, Ph. D., Instructor in English, Harvard University 384 Voyages and Travel 389 I. General Introduction. By Roland Burrage Dixon, A. M., Ph. D., Assist- ant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University 389 II. Herodotus on Egypt. By George H. Chase, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Classical Archeology, Harvard University 407 III. The Elizabethan Adventurers. By William Allan Neilson, Ph.D. 412 IV. The Era of Discovery. By William Bennett Munro, LL. B., Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of Municipal Government, Harvard University. 417 V. Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle. By George Howard Parker, S. D., Professor of Zoology, Harvard University 422 Religion 427 I. General Introduction. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University 427 4 CONTENTS Religion—Continued page II. Buddhism. By Charles Rockwell Lanman, Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of Sanskrit in Harvard University 446 III. Confucianism. By Alfred Dwight Sheffield, A. M., Instructor in Wellesley College 451 IV. Greek Religion. By Clifford Herschel Moore, Ph. D., Professor of Latin in Harvard University, Professor in American School of Classical Studies in Rome, 1905-6 457 V. Pascai,. By Charles Henry Conrad Wright, M. A., Professor of French in Harvard University 462 The Lecture Series on the contents of The Harvard Classics ought to do much to open that collection of literary materials to many ambitious young men and women whose education was cut short by the necessity of contributing in early life to the family earnings, or of sup porting themselves, "and who must therefore reach the standing of a cultivated man or woman through the pleasurable devotion of a few minutes a day through many years to the reading of good literature." (Introduction to The Harvard Classics.) The Series will also assist many readers to cultivate "a taste for serious reading of the highest quality outside of The Harvard Classics as well as within them." (Ibid.) It will certainly promote the accomplishment of the educational object I had in mind when I made the collection.