The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index
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- Vol. X—America—IISample
- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
- MUSINGS IN PÈRE LACHAISE[1]
- EDGAR ALLAN POE
- I THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO[2]
- II OF HAWTHORNE AND THE SHORT STORY[3]
- III OF WILLIS, BRYANT, HALLECK, AND MACAULAY[7]
- FOOTNOTES:
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
- I OF DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND MINISTERS[9]
- II OF THE GENIUS OF EMERSON[10]
- III THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE PROFESSOR LIVED[13]
- IV OF WOMEN WHO PUT ON AIRS[14]
- FOOTNOTES:
- MARGARET FULLER
- I HER VISIT TO GEORGE SAND[15]
- II TWO GLIMPSES OF CARLYLE[16]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HORACE GREELEY
- I THE FATALITY OF SELF-SEEKING IN EDITORS AND AUTHORS[19]
- JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY
- (1555)
- (1588)
- (1576)
- FOOTNOTES:
- RICHARD HENRY DANA THE YOUNGER
- A FIERCE GALE UNDER A CLEAR SKY[29]
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- I THE BUILDING OF HIS HOUSE AT WALDEN POND[30]
- II HOW TO MAKE TWO SMALL ENDS MEET[31]
- III ON READING THE ANCIENT CLASSICS[32]
- IV OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE[33]
- FOOTNOTES:
- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
- I THE POET AS PROPHET[35]
- II THE FIRST OF THE MODERNS[36]
- III OF FAULTS FOUND IN SHAKESPEARE[37]
- IV AMERICANS AS SUCCESSORS OF THE DUTCH[38]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHARLES A. DANA
- GREELEY AS A MAN OF GENIUS[43]
- JAMES PARTON
- AARON BURR AND MADAME JUMEL[45]
- FOOTNOTES:
- FRANCIS PARKMAN
- (1609)
- (1687)
- (1672)
- (1646)
- V WHY NEW FRANCE FAILED[53]
- VI THE RETURN OF THE COUREURS-DE-BOIS[54]
- FOOTNOTES:
- GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
- OUR COUSIN THE CURATE[55]
- ARTEMUS WARD
- FORREST AS OTHELLO[56]
- THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
- I A SUNRISE IN STILLWATER[57]
- II THE FIGHT AT SLATTER'S HILL[58]
- III ON RETURNING FROM EUROPE[59]
- FOOTNOTES:
- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
- TO ALBANY BY THE NIGHT BOAT[60]
- JOHN HAY
- LINCOLN'S EARLY FAME[61]
- HENRY ADAMS
- JEFFERSON'S RETIREMENT[62]
- BRET HARTE
- I PEGGY MOFFAT'S INHERITANCE[63]
- II JOHN CHINAMAN[64]
- III M'LISS GOES TO SCHOOL[65]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HENRY JAMES
- I AMONG THE MALVERN HILLS[66]
- II TURGENEFF'S WORLD[67]
- INDEX TO THE TEN VOLUMES