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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
GeorgePierce Baker,A.B. ClifFord Herschel Moore, Ph.D.
Ernest Bernbaum,Ph.D. William Bennett Munro,LL.B.,Ph.D.,
CharlesJ. 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.
GeorgeH. 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. ChandlerRathfon Post, Ph.D.
Charles Hall Grandgent,A.B. Murray AnthonyPotter, Ph.D.
Chester Noyes Greenough, Ph.D. Roscoe Pound, Ph.D., LL.M.
Charles Burton Gulick,Ph.D.
Fred Norris Robinson, Ph.D.
LawrenceJoseph Henderson, M.D.
FrankW. C. Hersey,A.M. Alfred Dwight Sheffield,A.M.
HenryWymanHolmes,A.M. Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague,
William GuildHoward, A.M. A.M.,Ph.D.
Robert Matteson Johnston, M.A. William RoscoeThayer, A.M.
(Cantab.) FrederickJackson Turner,Ph.D.,
Charles Rockwell Lanman, Ph.D., LL.D. LL.D.,Litt.D.
GustavusHoward Maynadier, Ph.D. CharlesHenryConradWright, M.A.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
History 7
I. General Introduction. By Robert Matteson Johnston, M.A. (Ca.nt.ab..),
Assistant Professorof 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
JacksonTurner,Ph.D.,LL.D., Litt.D.,ProfessorofHistoryinHarvard
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 (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 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. GeneralIntroduction. ByLawrence JosephHenderson,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
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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
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III. The Rise of Modern Philosophy. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph.D. . . 148
IV. Introduction to Kant. By RalphBarton 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 andWoolman. By ChesterNoyes 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
editorof "TheTudor Shakespeare," "TheTypes ofEnglish 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 ofthe 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 aCriticism. ByErnestBernbaum,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