HENRY CABOT LODGE Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY Associate Editor
The Best of the World's Classics VOL. VIII CONTINENTAL EUROPE II
CONTENTS Vol. VIII Continental Europe II
FRANCE (Continued) 1805-1909
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
THE TYRANNY OF THE AMERICAN MAJORITY [1]
ALFRED DE MUSSET
TITIAN'S SON AFTER A NIGHT AT PLAY [2]
THEOPHILE GAUTIER
PHARAOH'S ENTRY INTO THEBES [3]
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
YONGEVILLE AND ITS PEOPLE [4]
JOSEPH ERNEST RENAN
AN EMPIRE IN ROBUST YOUTH [5]
HIPPOLITE ADOLPHE TAINE
I THACKERAY AS A SATIRIST [7]
II WHEN THE KING GOT UP FOR THE DAY [8]
EMILE ZOLA
GLIMPSES OF NAPOLEON III IN TIME OF WAR [9]
ALPHONSE DAUDET
I A GREAT MAN'S WIDOW [10]
II MY FIRST DRESS COAT [11]
GUY DE MAUPASSANT
MADAME JEANNE'S LAST DAYS [12]
GERMANY 1483-1859
MARTIN LUTHER
SOME OF HIS TABLE TALK AND SAYINGS [13]
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING
I POETRY AND PAINTING COMPARED [14]
II OF SUFFERING HELD IN RESTRAINT [15]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
I ON FIRST READING SHAKESPEARE [16]
II THE CORONATION OF JOSEPH II [17]
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
I THE BATTLE OF LUTZEN [18] -1632
II PHILIP II AND THE NETHERLANDS [20]
AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGEL
SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH [21]
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
AN ESSAY ON MAN [22]
HEINRICH HEINE
REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON [23]
ITALY 1254-1803
MARCO POLO
A DESCRIPTION OF JAPAN [24]
DANTE ALIGHIERI
I THAT LONG DESCENT MAKES NO MAN NOBLE [26]
II OF BEATRICE AND HER DEATH [27]
FRANCIS PETRARCH
OF GOOD AND EVIL FORTUNE [28]
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
THE PATIENT GRISELDA [29]
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
OUGHT PRINCES TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES [30]
BENVENUTO CELLINI
THE CASTING OF HIS "PERSEUS AND MEDUSA" [31]
GIORGIO VASARI
OF RAPHAEL AND HIS EARLY DEATH [33]
JACQUES CASANOVA CHEVALIER DE SEINGALT
HIS INTERVIEW WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT [38]
OTHER COUNTRIES 1465-1909
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
SPECIMENS OF HIS WIT AND WISDOM [39]
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
I THE BEGINNINGS OF DON QUIXOTE'S CAREER [46]
II OF HOW DON QUIXOTE DIED [47]
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES [49]
IVAN TURGENEFF
BAZAROV'S DEATH [50]
HENRIK IBSEN
THE THOUGHT CHILD [51]
COUNT LEO TOLSTOY
SHAKESPEARE NOT A GREAT GENIUS [52]
