The World's Greatest Books, Volume X

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Editor

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

Title

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — 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.

12572

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12572

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WORLD'S — GREATEST — BOOKS
2. 2.VOL. X — LIVES AND LETTERS — Table of Contents
3. 3.Acknowledgement — VICTOR HUGO
4. 4.Deeds and Words — I.--Right and Law — II.--Days of Childhood — III.--Before the Exile — IV.--Republican Principles — V.--In Exile — VI.--After the Exile — MARTIN HUME
5. 5.The Courtships of Elizabeth — I.--Foreign Philandering — II.--The Nine Years' Comedy — III.--Catholics and Heretics — IV.--The Lovelorn Alençon — V.--The Battle of Wits
6. 6.The Love Affairs of Mary Queen of Scots — I.--Betrothed in her Cradle — II.--Intrigue, Plot, and Intrigue — III.--Prudence Overcome by Passion — IV.--Dire Infatuation — V.--Langside and After — WASHINGTON IRVING
7. 7.Life of Christopher Columbus — The Years of Waiting — The First Voyage — (August, 1492--March, 1493) — The Second Voyage — (September, 1493--June, 1496) — The Third Voyage — (May, 1498--October, 1500) — The Fourth Voyage — (May, 1502--November, 1504)
8. 8.Life of George Washington — Conflicts with the French — The Dawn of Independence — Declaration of Independence — The Winning of Independence — The Years of Peace — JOSEPHUS
9. 9.Autobiography — I.--Priest of the Blood-Royal — II.--The Prelude to the Great Crisis — III.--Governor of Galilee — IV.--The Failure of His Foes — JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART
10. 10.Life of Sir Walter Scott — Early Years — The Poet's Education — Marriage — Early Poems — Scott's Chief Poems — The Waverley Novels — Abbotsford — The End of All
11. 11.The Life of Robert Burns — I.--The Poet in the Making — II.--The Loves of a Peasant Poet — III.--Burns at His Zenith — IV.--The Clarinda Romance — V.--Closing Years of the Poet's Life — MARTIN LUTHER
12. 12.Table Talk — God's Word and Book — God's Dealing with Us — Points from "Popedom" — Patristic Literature — Hints for Preachers — Time's Forelock — Modern Luxury — Ministers and Matrimony — Miscellaneous Topics — Strong Opinions Outworn by Time — Characteristic Sayings — MIRABEAU
13. 13.Memoirs — I.--"The Hurricane" — II.--Into Political Life — III.--For King and People — IV.--President of the National Assembly — THOMAS MOORE
14. 14.Life of Byron — I.--Ancestors and Early Days — II.--The Poet Finds Himself — III.--Byron's Unfortunate Marriage — IV.--Wanderings and Work — V.--A Bewildering Personality — JAMES COTTER MORISON
15. 15.Life and Times of St. Bernard — I.--The Early Days of a Useful Life — II.--A Great Preacher and Essayist — III.--St. Bernard and the Second Crusade — JOHN MORLEY
16. 16.Life of Richard Cobden — I.--On the Road — II.--The Corn Laws — III.--Cobden and Bright — IV.--In the Cause of Peace — V.--Cobden as Treaty-Maker — VI.--The Last Days of Cobden — SAMUEL PEPYS
17. 17.Diary — I.--"God Bless King Charles" — II.--The Plague — III.--The Great Fire — IV.--Of the Badness of the Government — V.--The End of the Diary — PLINY THE YOUNGER
18. 18.Letters — To Cornelius Tacitus — To Minucius Fundanus — To Septicius Clarus — To Avitus — To Baebius Macer — To Cornelius Tacitus — To Calpurnia, His Wife — To Germinius — To the Emperor Trajan — CARDINAL RICHELIEU
19. 19.Political Testament — Retrospect — Of Education — Of the Nobility — Of the Disorders of Justice — To the Officers of Finance — Of the People — Reason and Government — Public Interests First — The Power of Kingship — The Whole Duty of Princes — JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
20. 20.Confessions — Madame de Warens — Three Years in Turin — Seeking a Career — Our Little Circle — Les Charmettes — The Gathering Gloom — LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
21. 21.Memoirs — Court Intrigues — Richelieu's Death — Under Mazarin's Rule — Wars of the Fronde — MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ
22. 22.Letters — Love for her Daughter — The Brinvilliers Affair — Devotion — Love of Life — The Order of God — The Prince of Orange and England — Old Age — ROBERT SOUTHEY
23. 23.The Life of Nelson — I.--A Captain at Twenty — II.--In the Mediterranean — III.--St. Vincent and the Nile — IV.--Lady Hamilton — V.--Trafalgar — MADAME DE STAAL
24. 24.Memoirs — A Convent Child — Thrown on the World — Political Intrigues — In the Bastille — EARL STANHOPE
25. 25.Life of William Pitt — I.--The Boy Statesman — II.--The Regency Problem — III.--The Struggle with France — IV.--Resignation — V.--The Last Ministry — ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY
26. 26.The Life of Thomas Arnold, D.D. — I.--Youth and Early Manhood — II.--Headmaster of Rugby — III.--As Teacher and Preacher — IV.--Influence of the Great Teacher — AGNES STRICKLAND
27. 27.Life of Queen Elizabeth — I.--The Lady Elizabeth — II.--Mary Stuart and Saint Bartholomew — III.--The Hour of Mary's Doom — IV.--Elizabeth's Closing Years — JONATHAN SWIFT
28. 28.Journal to Stella — LONDON, Sept. 9, 1710. — LONDON, NOV. 11, 1710. — CHELSEA, June, 1711. — LONDON, July, 1711. — LONDON, Dec. 1, 1711. — LONDON, Dec. 20, 1711. — LONDON, Feb. 26, 1712. — LONDON, April 6, 1713 — LYOF N. TOLSTOY
29. 29.Childhood, Boyhood, Youth — I.--Childhood — II.--Boyhood — III.--Youth
30. 30.My Confession — I.--Evil Early Years — II.--Groping in Darkness — III.--The Spirit of Despair — IV.--Mistakes Apprehended — V.--Feeling Versus Reason — PASQUALE VILLARI
31. 31.The Life of Girolamo Savonarola — I.--1452-1494 — II.--1475-1481 — III.--1481-1490 — IV.--1491 — V.--1492-1494 — VI.--1495-1497 — VII.--1497-1498 — JOHN WESLEY
32. 32.Journal — The Holy Club — A Missioner to Georgia — Warrant for Wesley's Arrest — In London Again — Beau Nash Argues with Wesley — "All the World My Parish" — The Colliers of Kingswood — In Ireland — Clothing French Prisoners — Gwennap's Famous Amphitheatre — The American War — City Road Chapel Begun — Attended by Felons — Enters His 80th Year — His 86th Christmas — JOHN WOOLMAN
33. 33.Journal — I.--The Curse of Slavery — II--Among the Indians — III.--Across the Atlantic — IV.--Prices, Wages, and Religion

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