Lectures On The Harvard Classics

Lectures on the Harvard Classics

by William Allan Neilson

This book is a series of lectures on the contents of The Harvard Classics, a collection of literary materials compiled by Charles William Eliot. The lectures are designed to help readers understand and appreciate the works in the collection, and to encourage them to cultivate a taste for serious reading. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about literature and the humanities.

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1: History: General Introduction, by Robert Matteson Johnston
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2: Ancient History by William Scott Ferguson
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3: The Renaissance, by Murray Anthony Potter
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4: The French Revolution, by Robert Matteson Johnston
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5: The Territorial Development of the United States, by Frederick Jackson Turner
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6: Poetry: General Introduction, by Carleton Noyes
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7: Homer and the Epic, by Charles Burton Gulick
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8: Dante, by Charles Hall Grandgent
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9: The Poems of John Milton, by Ernest Bernbaum
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10: The English Anthology, by Carleton Noyes
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11: Natural Science: General Introduction, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson
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12: Astronomy, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson
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13: Physics and Chemistry, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson
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14: The Biological Sciences, by Lawrence Joseph Henderson
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15: Kelvin on "Light" and "The Tides", by William Morris Davis
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16: Philosophy: General Introduction, by Ralph Barton Perry
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17: Socrates, Plato and the Roman Stoics, by Charles Pomeroy Parker
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18: The Rise of Modern Philosophy, by Ralph Barton Perry
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19: Introduction to Kant, by Ralph Barton Perry
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20: Emerson, by Chester Noyes Greenough
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21: Biography: General Introduction, by William Roscoe Thayer
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22: Plutarch, by William Scott Ferguson
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23: Benvenuto Cellini, by Chandler Rathfon Post
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24: Franklin and Woolman, by Chester Noyes Greenough
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25: John Stuart Mill, by Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague
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26: Prose Fiction: General Introduction, by William Allan Neilson
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27: Popular Prose Fiction, by Fred Norris Robinson
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28: Malory, by Gustavus Howard Maynadier
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29: Cervantes, by J. D. M. Ford
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30: Manzoni, by J. D. M. Ford
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31: Criticism and the Essay: General Introduction, by Bliss Perry
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32: What the Middle Ages Read, by William Allan Neilson
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33: Theories of Poetry, by Bliss Perry
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34: Æsthetic Criticism in Germany, by William Guild Howard
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35: The Composition of a Criticism, by Ernest Bernbaum
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36: Education: General Introduction, by Henry Wyman Holmes
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37: Francis Bacon, by Ernest Bernbaum
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38: Locke and Milton, by Henry Wyman Holmes
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39: Carlyle and Newman, by Frank W. C. Hersey
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40: Huxley on Science and Culture, by A. O. Norton
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41: Political Science: General Introduction, by Thomas Nixon Carver
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42: Theories of Government in the Renaissance, by Oliver Mitchell Wentworth Sprague
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43: Adam Smith and the "Wealth of Nations", by Charles Jesse Bullock
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44: The Growth of the American Constitution, by William Bennett Munro
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45: Law and Liberty, by Roscoe Pound
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46: Drama: General Introduction, by George Pierce Baker
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47: Greek Tragedy, by Charles Burton Gulick
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48: The Elizabethan Drama, by William Allan Neilson
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49: The Faust Legend, by Kuno Francke
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50: The Modern English Drama, by Ernest Bernbaum
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51: Voyages and Travel: General Introduction, by Roland Burrage Dixon
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52: Herodotus on Egypt, by George H. Chase
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53: The Elizabethan Adventurers, by William Allan Neilson
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54: The Era of Discovery, by William Bennett Munro
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55: Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, by George Howard Parker
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56: Religion: General Introduction, by Ralph Barton Perry
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57: Buddhism, by Charles Rockwell Lanman
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58: Confucianism, by Alfred Dwight Sheffield
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59: Greek Religion, by Clifford Herschel Moore
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60: Pascal, by Charles Henry Conrad Wright
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