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.
Ernest Bernbaum, Ph.D.
Charles J. Bullock, Ph.D.
Thomas Nixon Carver, Ph.D., LL.D.
William Morris Davis, M.E., Ph.D., Sc.D.
George H. Chase, Ph.D.
Roland Burrage Dixon, A.M., Ph.D.
William Scott Ferguson, Ph.D.
J. D. M. Ford, Ph.D.
Kuno Francke, Ph.D., LL.D.
Charles Hall Grandgent, A.B.
Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph.D.
Charles Burton Gulick, Ph.D.
Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M.D.
Frank W. C. Hersey, A.M.
Henry Wyman Holmes, A.M.
William Guild Howard, A.M.
Robert Matteson Johnston, M.A. (Cantab.)
Charles Rockwell Lanman, Ph.D., LL.D.
Gustavus Howard Maynadier, Ph.D.
Clifford Herschel Moore, Ph.D.
William Bennett Munro, LL.B., Ph.D.,
LL.D.
A. O. Norton, A.M.
Carleton Noyes, A.M.
Charles Pomeroy Parker, B.A. (Oxon.)
George Howard Parker, S.D.
Bliss Perry, L.H.D., Litt.D., LL.D.
Ralph Barton Perry, Ph.D.
Chandler Rathfon Post, Ph.D.
Murray Anthony Potter, Ph.D.
Roscoe Pound, Ph.D., LL.M.
Fred Norris Robinson, Ph.D.
Alfred Dwight Sheffield, A.M.
Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague,
A.M., Ph.D.
William Roscoe Thayer, A.M.
Frederick Jackson Turner, Ph.D.,
LL.D., Litt.D.
Charles Henry Conrad Wright, M.A.
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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.
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 (1911–1912) 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.
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.
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 Professor 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.
General Introduction. By Bliss Perry, L. H. D., Litt D., LL. D., Professor of English Literature, Harvard University, formerly editor Atlantic Monthly, Harvard Lecturer at the University of Paris.
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.
General Introduction. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University.
427
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.
Pascal. By Charles Henry Conrad Wright, M. A., Professor of French in Harvard University.
462
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