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THE BEST
of the
World's Classics
RESTRICTED TO PROSE
HENRY CABOT LODGE
Editor-in-Chief
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
Associate Editor
With an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc.
IN TEN VOLUMES
Vol. III
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—I
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
The Best of the World's Classics
VOL. III
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—I
1281-1745
CONTENTS
Vol. III—Great Britain and Ireland—I
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—I
1281-1745
RICHARD DE BURY
IN PRAISE OF BOOKS[1]
FOOTNOTES:
SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE
I.
THE ROUTE FROM ENGLAND TO CONSTANTINOPLE[5]
II
AT THE COURT OF THE GREAT CHAN[13]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN WYCLIF
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST[15]
FOOTNOTES:
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
OF ACQUIRING AND USING RICHES[16]
FOOTNOTES:
WILLIAM CAXTON
OF TRUE NOBILITY AND CHIVALRY[19]
FOOTNOTES:
SIR THOMAS MALORY
OF THE FINDING OF A SWORD FOR ARTHUR[20]
FOOTNOTES:
SIR THOMAS MORE
LIFE IN UTOPIA[21]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN KNOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS[22]
FOOTNOTES:
ROGER ASCHAM
OF GENTLE METHODS IN TEACHING[23]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN FOXE
THE DEATH OF ANNE BOLEYN[24]
FOOTNOTES:
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
THE MUTABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS[26]
FOOTNOTES:
FRANCIS BACON
I
OF TRAVEL[27]
II
OF RICHES
III
OF YOUTH AND AGE
IV
OF REVENGE
V
OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE
VI
OF ENVY
VII
OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE
VIII
OF STUDIES
IX
OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH
FOOTNOTES:
SHAKESPEARE
I
BRUTUS TO HIS COUNTRYMEN[54]
II
SHYLOCK IN DEFENSE OF HIS RACE[55]
III
HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS[56]
FOOTNOTES:
BEN JONSON
OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER WITS[57]
FOOTNOTES:
IZAAK WALTON
I
THE ANTIQUITY OF ANGLING[58]
II
OF THE TROUT[61]
III
THE DEATH OF GEORGE HERBERT[63]
FOOTNOTES:
JAMES HOWELL
I
THE BUCENTAUR CEREMONY IN VENICE[64]
II
THE CITY OF ROME IN 1621[66]
FOOTNOTES:
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
I
OF CHARITY IN JUDGMENTS[70]
II
NOTHING STRICTLY IMMORTAL[71]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN MILTON
I
ON HIS OWN LITERARY AMBITION[75]
II
A COMPLETE EDUCATION DEFINED[79]
III
ON READING IN HIS YOUTH[80]
IV
IN DEFENSE OF BOOKS[81]
V
A NOBLE AND PUISSANT NATION[82]
VI
OF FUGITIVE AND CLOISTERED VIRTUE[83]
FOOTNOTES:
LORD CLARENDON
OF CHARLES I[85]
FOOTNOTES:
THOMAS FULLER
QUALITIES OF THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER[87]
FOOTNOTES:
JEREMY TAYLOR
THE BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY[89]
FOOTNOTES:
ABRAHAM COWLEY
I
OF OBSCURITY[90]
II
OF PROCRASTINATION[94]
FOOTNOTES:
GEORGE FOX
AN INTERVIEW WITH OLIVER CROMWELL[95]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN BUNYAN
I
A DREAM OF THE CELESTIAL CITY[97]
II
THE DEATH OF VALIANT-FOR-TRUTH AND OF STAND-FAST[98]
III
ANCIENT VANITY FAIR[99]
FOOTNOTES:
JOHN DRYDEN
OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMATISTS[100]
FOOTNOTES:
SAMUEL PEPYS
I
OF VARIOUS DOINGS OF MR. AND MRS. PEPYS[102]
II
ENGLAND WITHOUT CROMWELL[103]
FOOTNOTES:
GILBERT BURNET
CHARLES II[105]
FOOTNOTES:
DANIEL DEFOE
I
THE SHIPWRECK OF CRUSOE[107]
II
THE RESCUE OF MAN FRIDAY[108]
III
IN THE TIME OF THE GREAT PLAGUE[109]
FOOTNOTES:
JONATHAN SWIFT
I
ON PRETENSE IN PHILOSOPHERS[110]
II
ON THE HOSPITALITY OF THE VULGAR[111]
III
THE ART OF LYING IN POLITICS[112]
IV
A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK[113]
V
GULLIVER AMONG THE GIANTS[114]
FOOTNOTES:
JOSEPH ADDISON
I
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY[115]
II
WILL HONEYCOMB AND HIS MARRIAGE[116]
III
PRIDE OF BIRTH[117]
IV
SIR ROGER AND HIS HOME[118]
FOOTNOTES:
END OF VOLUME III
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