HENRY CABOT LODGE Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY Associate Editor
The Best of the World's Classics VOL. X AMERICA II 1807-1909
CONTENTS Vol. X America II Page Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
VOL. X AMERICA II 1807-1909
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
MUSINGS IN PERE 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]
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]
MARGARET FULLER
I HER VISIT TO GEORGE SAND [15]
II TWO GLIMPSES OF CARLYLE [16]
HORACE GREELEY
I THE FATALITY OF SELF-SEEKING IN EDITORS AND AUTHORS [19]
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY
I CHARLES V AND PHILIP II IN BRUSSELS [21] -1555
II THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH ARMADA [23] -1588
III "THE SPANISH FURY" [28] -1576
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]
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]
CHARLES A. DANA
GREELEY AS A MAN OF GENIUS [43]
JAMES PARTON
AARON BURR AND MADAME JUMEL [45]
FRANCIS PARKMAN
I CHAMPLAIN'S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS [47] -1609
II THE DEATH OF LA SALLE [49] -1687
III THE COMING OF FRONTENAC TO CANADA [50] -1672
IV THE DEATH OF ISAAC JOGUES [51] -1646
V WHY NEW FRANCE FAILED [53]
VI THE RETURN OF THE COUREURS-DE-BOIS [54]
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]
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]
HENRY JAMES
I AMONG THE MALVERN HILLS [66]
II TURGENEFF'S WORLD [67]
INDEX TO THE TEN VOLUMES
