Publisher's Synopsis
Essays English and American: V28 Harvard Classics is a book edited by Charles W. Eliot. It is a collection of essays by various English and American authors, including Francis Bacon, Samuel Johnson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Thomas Carlyle, among others. The book covers a wide range of topics, including politics, philosophy, literature, and history. The essays are written in a variety of styles and offer unique perspectives on various subjects. The book is part of the Harvard Classics series, which is a collection of 51 volumes of classic literature and essays curated by Eliot. This particular volume is the 28th in the series and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in English and American literature and thought.1909. Jonathan Swift by William Thackeray. The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman. The Study of Poetry by Matthew Arnold; Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin. John Milton by Walter Bagehot. Science and Culture by Thomas Henry Huxley. Race and Language by Edward Freeman. Truth of Intercourse; Samuel Pepys by Robert Louis Stevenson. On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes by William Ellery Channing. The Poetic Principle by Edgar Allan Poe. Walking by Henry David Thoreau. Abraham Lincoln; Democracy by James Russell Lowell.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
