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The Best of the World's Classics - Volume IX of 10 - America—I

The Best of the World's Classics - Volume IX of 10 - America—I

by Henry Cabot Lodge

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Editor
Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919
Title
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I
Credits
Produced by Joseph R. Hauser, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Literature -- Collections
Category
Text
eBook-No.
28653
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28653
Release Date
May 1, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE BEST — of the — World's Classics — RESTRICTED TO PROSE
  2. 2.FRANCIS W. HALSEY — Associate Editor — With an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc. — IN TEN VOLUMES — Vol. IX — AMERICA—I — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY — NEW YORK AND LONDON — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
  3. 3.AMERICA—I — 1579-1891
  4. 4.CONTENTS — VOL. IX—AMERICA—I
  5. 5.AMERICA—I — 1579-1891
  6. 6.JOHN SMITH
  7. 7.HIS STORY OF POCAHONTAS [1] — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.WILLIAM BRADFORD
  9. 9.THE PILGRIMS LAND AND MEET THE INDIANS [7] — (1620) — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.SAMUEL SEWALL
  11. 11.HOW HE COURTED MADAM WINTHROP [10] — (1720) — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.COTTON MATHER
  13. 13.IN PRAISE OF JOHN ELIOT [13] — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.WILLIAM BYRD
  15. 15.AT THE HOME OF COLONEL SPOTSWOOD [14] — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.JONATHAN EDWARDS
  17. 17.OF LIBERTY AND MORAL AGENCIES [15] — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
  19. 19.HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA [16] — (1729) — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.WARNINGS BRADDOCK DID NOT HEED [18] — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.HOW TO DRAW LIGHTNING FROM THE CLOUDS [22] — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.THE WAY TO WEALTH [23] — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.A DIALOG WITH THE GOUT — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.A PROPOSAL TO MADAME HELVETIUS [25] — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.GEORGE WASHINGTON
  26. 26.TO HIS WIFE ON TAKING COMMAND OF THE ARMY [26] — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.OF HIS ARMY IN CAMBRIDGE [27] — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.TO THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ON HIS MARRIAGE [28] — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.JOHN ADAMS
  30. 30.ON HIS NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF [29] — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.AN ESTIMATE OF FRANKLIN [30] — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.THOMAS PAINE
  33. 33.IN FAVOR OF SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN [31] — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.THOMAS JEFFERSON
  35. 35.WHEN THE BASTILE FELL [32] — FOOTNOTES:
  36. 36.THE FUTILITY OF DISPUTES [34] — FOOTNOTES:
  37. 37.OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE SOUTH [35] — FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.HIS ACCOUNT OF LOGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECH [36] — FOOTNOTES:
  39. 39.GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
  40. 40.THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH STATES-GENERAL [39] — FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.OF THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI [41] — FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42.ALEXANDER HAMILTON
  43. 43.OF THE FAILURE OF CONFEDERATION [42] — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.HIS REASONS FOR NOT DECLINING BURR'S CHALLENGE [43] — FOOTNOTES:
  45. 45.JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
  46. 46.OF HIS MOTHER [45] — FOOTNOTES:
  47. 47.THE MORAL TAINT INHERENT IN SLAVERY [46] — FOOTNOTES:
  48. 48.WILLIAM E. CHANNING
  49. 49.OF GREATNESS IN NAPOLEON [47] — FOOTNOTES:
  50. 50.JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
  51. 51.WHERE THE MOCKING-BIRD DWELLS [48] — FOOTNOTES:
  52. 52.WASHINGTON IRVING
  53. 53.THE LAST OF THE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK [49] — FOOTNOTES:
  54. 54.THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE [52] — FOOTNOTES:
  55. 55.AT ABBOTSFORD WITH SCOTT [53] — FOOTNOTES:
  56. 56.JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
  57. 57.HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL AT OTSEGO LAKE [59] — FOOTNOTES:
  58. 58.RUNNING THE GANTLET [64] — FOOTNOTES:
  59. 59.LEATHER-STOCKING'S FAREWELL [65] — FOOTNOTES:
  60. 60.WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
  61. 61.AN OCTOBER DAY IN FLORENCE [66] — FOOTNOTES:
  62. 62.WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
  63. 63.THE FATE OF EGMONT AND HOORNE [67] — FOOTNOTES:
  64. 64.THE GENESIS OF "DON QUIXOTE" [69] — FOOTNOTES:
  65. 65.GEORGE BANCROFT
  66. 66.THE FATE OF EVANGELINE'S COUNTRYMEN [70] — (1755) — FOOTNOTES:
  67. 67.RALPH WALDO EMERSON
  68. 68.THOREAU'S BROKEN TASK [71] — FOOTNOTES:
  69. 69.THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY OF MONTAIGNE [72] — FOOTNOTES:
  70. 70.HIS VISIT TO CARLYLE AT CRAIGEN-PUTTOCK [73] — (1833) — FOOTNOTES:
  71. 71.NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
  72. 72.OCCUPANTS OF AN OLD MANSE [74] — FOOTNOTES:
  73. 73.ARTHUR DIMMESDALE ON THE SCAFFOLD [77] — FOOTNOTES:
  74. 74.OF LIFE AT BROOK FARM [78] — FOOTNOTES:
  75. 75.THE DEATH OF JUDGE PYNCHEON [79] — FOOTNOTES: — END OF VOLUME IX

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