Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 volumes) by Ralph Waldo EmersonCharles W. Eliot (Editor) Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 volumes)
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles W. Eliot (Editor)


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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume V features two collections from American poet and philosopher RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882): Essays-on such topics as "The American Scholar," "Self-Reliance," "Friendship," "Heroism," and more-and English Traits, in which he examines the British character as gathered from his travels in England.

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  • Publisher: Cosimo Classics
  • ISBN-10: 1-61640-062-5
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-61640-062-0
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  • Published on: February 01, 2010
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 500 pages

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