HENRY CABOT LODGE Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY Associate Editor
The Best of the World's Classics VOL. IX AMERICA I 1579-1891
CONTENTS VOL. IX AMERICA I Page John Smith (Born in 1579,
AMERICA I 1579-1891
JOHN SMITH
HIS STORY OF POCAHONTAS [1]
WILLIAM BRADFORD
THE PILGRIMS LAND AND MEET THE INDIANS [7] -1620
SAMUEL SEWALL
HOW HE COURTED MADAM WINTHROP [10] -1720
COTTON MATHER
IN PRAISE OF JOHN ELIOT [13]
WILLIAM BYRD
AT THE HOME OF COLONEL SPOTSWOOD [14]
JONATHAN EDWARDS
OF LIBERTY AND MORAL AGENCIES [15]
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
I HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA [16] -1729
II WARNINGS BRADDOCK DID NOT HEED [18]
III HOW TO DRAW LIGHTNING FROM THE CLOUDS [22]
IV THE WAY TO WEALTH [23]
V A DIALOG WITH THE GOUT
VI A PROPOSAL TO MADAME HELVETIUS [25]
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I TO HIS WIFE ON TAKING COMMAND OF THE ARMY [26]
II OF HIS ARMY IN CAMBRIDGE [27]
III TO THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ON HIS MARRIAGE [28]
JOHN ADAMS
I ON HIS NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF [29]
II AN ESTIMATE OF FRANKLIN [30]
THOMAS PAINE
IN FAVOR OF SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN [31]
THOMAS JEFFERSON
I WHEN THE BASTILE FELL [32]
II THE FUTILITY OF DISPUTES [34]
III OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE SOUTH [35]
IV HIS ACCOUNT OF LOGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECH [36]
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
I THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH STATES-GENERAL [39]
II OF THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI [41]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
I OF THE FAILURE OF CONFEDERATION [42]
II HIS REASONS FOR NOT DECLINING BURR'S CHALLENGE [43]
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
I OF HIS MOTHER [45]
II THE MORAL TAINT INHERENT IN SLAVERY [46]
WILLIAM E. CHANNING
OF GREATNESS IN NAPOLEON [47]
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
WHERE THE MOCKING-BIRD DWELLS [48]
WASHINGTON IRVING
I THE LAST OF THE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK [49]
II THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE [52]
III AT ABBOTSFORD WITH SCOTT [53]
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
I HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL AT OTSEGO LAKE [59]
II RUNNING THE GANTLET [64]
III LEATHER-STOCKING'S FAREWELL [65]
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
AN OCTOBER DAY IN FLORENCE [66]
WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
I THE FATE OF EGMONT AND HOORNE [67]
II THE GENESIS OF "DON QUIXOTE" [69]
GEORGE BANCROFT
THE FATE OF EVANGELINE'S COUNTRYMEN [70] -1755
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I THOREAU'S BROKEN TASK [71]
II THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY OF MONTAIGNE [72]
III HIS VISIT TO CARLYLE AT CRAIGEN-PUTTOCK [73] -1833
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
I OCCUPANTS OF AN OLD MANSE [74]
II ARTHUR DIMMESDALE ON THE SCAFFOLD [77]
III OF LIFE AT BROOK FARM [78]
IV THE DEATH OF JUDGE PYNCHEON [79]
