HENRY CABOT LODGE Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY Associate Editor
The Best of the World's Classics VOL. V GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND III 1740 1881
CONTENTS Vol. V Great Britain and Ireland III
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND III 1740 1881
JAMES BOSWELL
I BOSWELL'S INTRODUCTION TO DR. JOHNSON [1]
II JOHNSON'S AUDIENCE WITH GEORGE III [3]
III THE MEETING OF DR. JOHNSON AND JOHN WILKES [4]
IV JOHNSON'S WEDDING-DAY [5]
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
A POET DEFINED [6]
SIR WALTER SCOTT
I THE ARRIVAL OF THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD [7]
II THE DEATH OF MEG MERRILES [8]
III A VISION OF ROB ROY [9]
IV QUEEN ELIZABETH AND AMY ROBSART AT KENILWORTH [10]
V THE ILLNESS AND DEATH OF LADY SCOTT [12] -1826
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
I DOES FORTUNE FAVOR FOOLS? [15]
II THE DESTINY OF THE UNITED STATES [16]
ROBERT SOUTHEY
NELSON'S DEATH AT TRAFALGAR [18] -1805
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
I THE DEATH OF HOFER [20] -1810
II NAPOLEON AND PERICLES
CHARLES LAMB
I DREAM-CHILDREN A REVERIE [21]
II POOR RELATIONS [22]
III THE ORIGIN OF ROAST PIG [23]
IV THAT WE SHOULD RISE WITH THE LARK [24]
WILLIAM HAZLITT
HAMLET [25]
THOMAS DE QUINCEY
I DREAMS OF AN OPIUM-EATER [26]
II JOAN OF ARC [27]
III CHARLES LAMB [28]
LORD BYRON
I OF HIS MOTHER'S TREATMENT OF HIM [29]
II TO HIS WIFE AFTER THE SEPARATION [31]
III TO SIR WALTER SCOTT [32]
IV OF ART AND NATURE AS POETICAL SUBJECTS [34]
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
I IN DEFENSE OF POETRY [37]
II THE BATHS OF CARACALLA [38]
III THE RUINS OF POMPEII [39]
GEORGE GROTE
I THE MUTILATION OF THE HERMAE [40]
II IF ALEXANDER HAD LIVED [43]
THOMAS CARLYLE
I CHARLOTTE CORDAY [46]
II THE BLESSEDNESS OF WORK [48]
III CROMWELL [49]
IV IN PRAISE OF THOSE WHO TOIL [50]
V THE CERTAINTY OF JUSTICE [51]
VI THE GREATNESS OF SCOTT [52]
VII BOSWELL AND HIS BOOK [54]
VIII MIGHT BURNS HAVE BEEN SAVED [55]
LORD MACAULAY
I PURITANS AND ROYALISTS [56]
II CROMWELL'S ARMY [57]
III THE OPENING OF THE TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS [58]
IV THE GIFT OF ATHENS TO MAN [59]
V THE PATHOS OF BYRON'S LIFE [61]
