The World's Greatest Books

About this eBook

Editor

Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949

Title

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters

Credits

Produced by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

CT: History: Biography

Subject

Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12059

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12059

Release Date

April 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WORLD'S — GREATEST — BOOKS
2. 2.JOINT EDITORS — ARTHUR MEE — Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge — J.A. HAMMERTON — Editor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia — VOL. IX — LIVES AND LETTERS — MCMX
3. 3.Table of Contents
4. 4.ABÉLARD AND HÉLOÏSE — Love-Letters — I.--Héloïse to Abélard — II. Abélard to Héloïse — III.--Héloïse to Abélard — IV.--Héloïse to Abelard — V.--Abélard to Héloïse
5. 5.HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL — Fragments of an Intimate Diary — Thoughts on Life and Conduct — Heroism and Duty — The Era of Mediocrity — Lessons from the Greeks — The Glory of Motherhood — The Secret of Perpetual Youth — The Fascination of Love — Man's Useless Yearning — Memories of the Golden Age — Goethe Under the Lash — Nothing New Under the Sun — The Only Art of Peace and Rest
6. 6.ST. AUGUSTINE — Confessions — I.--Regrets of a Mis-spent Youth — II.--Monica's Prayers and Augustine's Paganism — III.--The Influence of St. Ambrose on Augustine's Life — IV.--The Birth of a New Life — V.--God's Command to Augustine and the Death of Monica
7. 7.JAMES BOSWELL — The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. — I.--Parentage and Education — II--Marriage and Settlement in London — III.--Poverty Stricken in London — IV.--Preparation of the "Dictionary" — V.--"The Rambler" and New Acquaintance — VI.--Lord Chesterfield and the "Dictionary" — VII.--Boswell's First Meeting with Johnson — VIII.--Tours in the Hebrides and in Wales — IX.--Johnson's Physical Courage and Fear of Death — X.--Johnson's "Seraglio" — XI.--Johnson's Humanity to Children, Servants, and the Poor — XII.--The Last Year
8. 8.SIR DAVID BREWSTER — Life of Sir Isaac Newton — I.--The Young Scientist — II.--The Colours of Natural Bodies — III--The Discovery of the Law of Gravitation — IV.--Later Years of Newton's Life
9. 9.JOHN BUNYAN — Grace Abounding — I.--To the Chief of Sinners — II.--Bunyan Becomes a Preacher — III.--In a Prison Cell — IV.--Bunyan's Story Supplemented
10. 10.ALEXANDER CARLYLE — Autobiography — I.--In the Days of Prince Charlie — II.--Literary Lions of Edinburgh — III.--Scottish Social Life
11. 11.THOMAS CARLYLE — Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell — I.--Puritan Oliver — II.--Regicide — III.--Crowning Mercies — IV.--Protector Oliver — The Life of Friedrich Schiller — Schiller's Youth — (1759-1784) — From His Settlement at Manheim to His Settlement at Jena — (1783-1790) — From His Settlement at Jena to His Death — (1790-1805) — Schiller's Character
12. 12.BENVENUTO CELLINI — Autobiography — I.--The Making of a Craftsman — II.--A Soldier and Goldsmith — III.--Intrigues at the Papal Court — IV.--At the French Court — V.--His Later Life in Florence
13. 13.CHATEAUBRIAND — Memoirs From Beyond the Grave — I.--Youth and Its Follies — II.--In the Years of Revolution — III.--Paris in the Reign of Terror — IV.--The Army of Princes — V.--Letters from the Dead
14. 14.THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD — Letters to His Son — I.--On Manners and Address — II.--On the Art of Pleasing — III.--The Secret of Good Breeding — IV.--The Fruits of Observation — V.--On the Arts
15. 15.MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO — The Letters of Cicero — To Atticus — To Lucius Lucceius, the Historian — B.C. 56 — To Marcus Marius — B.C. 55 — To Atticus, in Rome — Laodicea, B.C. 51 — To Atticus, a Few Days Later — Cilicia — To Marcus Caelius Rufus — Asia, B.C. 50 — To Atticus, in Rome — Athens, B.C. 50 — To L. Papirius — Rome, B.C. 46 — To L. Minucius Basilus — Rome, March, B.C. 44 — To Atticus — May, B.C. 44
16. 16.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE — Biographia Literaria — I.--The Nature of Poetic Diction — II.--In Praise of Southey — III.--Wordsworth's Early Poems — IV.--The Philosophical Critic — V.--What is a Poem? — VI.--A Criticism of Wordsworth
17. 17.WILLIAM COWPER — Letters Written in the Years 1782-1790 — To the Rev. John Newton — To the Rev. William Unwin — To the Same — To the Same — To Mrs. Newton — To the Rev. John Newton — To the Same — To His Cousin, Lady Hesketh — To the Same — To the Same — To John Johnson, Esq. — Obiter Dicta
18. 18.THOMAS DE QUINCEY — Confessions of an English Opium-Eater — I.--The Descending Pathway — II.--Effects of the Seductive Drug — III.--A Fearful Nemesis — IV.--The Horrors of Dreamland — V.--The Monster-Haunted Dreamer — VI.--The Agonies of Sleep
19. 19.ALEXANDRE DUMAS — Memoirs — I.--Memories of Boyhood — II.--Launched in Paris — III.--Under Shakespeare's Spell — IV.--Dumas Arrives
20. 20.JOHN EVELYN — Diary — I.--Early Years — II.--Travels Abroad — III.--Evelyn in England — IV.--Plague and Fire — V.--Fall of the Stuarts
21. 21.JOHN FORSTER — Life of Goldsmith — I.--Misery and Ill-luck — II.--Through Europe with a Flute — III.--Physic, Teaching, and Authorship — IV.--Social and Literary Success — V.--Poet, Dramatist, and Spendthrift
22. 22.GEORGE FOX — Journal — I.--His Youth and Divine Calling — II.--Preaching and Persecution — III.--In Perils Oft — IV.--A Willing Sufferer — V.--Encounters with Cromwell
23. 23.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN — Autobiography — I.--Early Education — II.--Making His Way — III.--The Scheme of Virtues — IV.--Public Life
24. 24.MRS. GASKELL — The Life of Charlotte Bronte — I.--The Children Who Never Played — II.--Girlhood of Charlotte Bronte — III.--Her Life as a Governess — IV.--The Sisters' Book of Poems — V.--The Coming of Success — VI.--Charlotte Brontë's Closing Years
25. 25.EDWARD GIBBON — Memoirs — I.--Birth and Education — II.--A Happy Exile — III.--To England and Authorship — IV.--Soldiering and Travel — V.--History and Politics — VI.--A Quiet Consummation
26. 26.GOETHE — Letters to Zelter — I.--Art Greater than the Beauty of Art — II.--Music and Musicians — III.--"Poetry and Truth" — IV.--The Birth of "Iphigenia" — Poetry and Truth from My Own Life — I.--Birth and Childhood — II.--A Romantic Episode — III.--University Life — IV.--Fascinating Friendship — V.--Among the Jurists — Conversations with Eckermann — I.--On Poets and Poetry — II.--Philosophical Discussions — III.--Literary Dicta — IV.--"Faust" and Victor Hugo — V.--On the Bible
27. 27.THOMAS GRAY — Letters — I.--The Student's Freedom — II.--Travels with Horace Walpole — III.--The Birth of the "Elegy"
28. 28.ANTONY HAMILTON — Memoirs of the Count de Grammont — I.--Soldier and Gamester — II.--A Complete Education — III.--The Restoration Court — IV.--The Chevalier's Marriage
29. 29.NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE — Our Old Home — I.--Consular Experiences — II.--A Sentimental Experience — III.--The English Vanity Fair

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