Originally published in 1913, this book of English prose for school children forms part of a two-volume series: the first volume contains selections for preparatory and elementary schools; the second volume contains selections for secondary and high schools. Both texts cover a broad variety of literary styles, moving chronologically from the late-medieval period through to the nineteenth century, explanatory notes being provided where necessary. The selections were arranged by Percy Lubbock (1879-1965), a renowned essayist, critic and biographer, who became Henry James's editor after his death.…mehr
Originally published in 1913, this book of English prose for school children forms part of a two-volume series: the first volume contains selections for preparatory and elementary schools; the second volume contains selections for secondary and high schools. Both texts cover a broad variety of literary styles, moving chronologically from the late-medieval period through to the nineteenth century, explanatory notes being provided where necessary. The selections were arranged by Percy Lubbock (1879-1965), a renowned essayist, critic and biographer, who became Henry James's editor after his death.
Prefatory note Death of Sir Gawaine Sir Thomas Malory The Queen's speech to her last parliament Elizabeth, Queen of England Death of Cleopatra Sir Thomas North The vanity of greatness Sir Walter Ralegh The law of nations Richard Hooker Of studies Francis Bacon Meditation and death William Drummond Primitive life Thomas Hobbes Character of a plodding student John Earle Charity Sir Thomas Browne The danger of interfering with the liberty of the press John Milton Death of Falkland Earl of Clarendon The end of the pilgrimage John Bunyan Poetry and music Sir William Temple A day in the country Samuel Pepys Captain Singleton in China Daniel Defoe The art of conversation Jonathan Swift The Royal Exchange Joseph Addison Sir Roger de Coverley's ancestors Richard Steele Partridge at the play Henry Fielding A journey in a stage-coach Samuel Johnson Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim Laurence Sterne The funeral of George II Horace Walpole The credulity of the English Oliver Goldsmith Decay of the principles of liberty Edmund Burke The candidate for parliament William Cowper Youth Edward Gibbon First sight of Dr Johnson James Boswell Arrival at Osbaldistone Hall Sir Walter Scott A visit to Coleridge Charles Lamb Diogenes and Plato W. S. Landor An invitation Jane Austen Coleridge as preacher William Hazlitt A dream Thomas de Quincey The use of poetry John Keats The flight to Varennes Thomas Carlyle The trial of the seven bishops Lord Macauley The university of Athens J. H. Newman The house of the seven gables Nathaniel Hawthorne Denis Duval's first journey to London W. M. Thackeray Storm Charles Dickens Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester Charlotte Brontë A hut in the woods H. D. Thoreau A miser George Eliot Ships John Ruskin The child in the house Walter Pater Driving R. L. Stevenson Notes.
Prefatory note Death of Sir Gawaine Sir Thomas Malory The Queen's speech to her last parliament Elizabeth, Queen of England Death of Cleopatra Sir Thomas North The vanity of greatness Sir Walter Ralegh The law of nations Richard Hooker Of studies Francis Bacon Meditation and death William Drummond Primitive life Thomas Hobbes Character of a plodding student John Earle Charity Sir Thomas Browne The danger of interfering with the liberty of the press John Milton Death of Falkland Earl of Clarendon The end of the pilgrimage John Bunyan Poetry and music Sir William Temple A day in the country Samuel Pepys Captain Singleton in China Daniel Defoe The art of conversation Jonathan Swift The Royal Exchange Joseph Addison Sir Roger de Coverley's ancestors Richard Steele Partridge at the play Henry Fielding A journey in a stage-coach Samuel Johnson Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim Laurence Sterne The funeral of George II Horace Walpole The credulity of the English Oliver Goldsmith Decay of the principles of liberty Edmund Burke The candidate for parliament William Cowper Youth Edward Gibbon First sight of Dr Johnson James Boswell Arrival at Osbaldistone Hall Sir Walter Scott A visit to Coleridge Charles Lamb Diogenes and Plato W. S. Landor An invitation Jane Austen Coleridge as preacher William Hazlitt A dream Thomas de Quincey The use of poetry John Keats The flight to Varennes Thomas Carlyle The trial of the seven bishops Lord Macauley The university of Athens J. H. Newman The house of the seven gables Nathaniel Hawthorne Denis Duval's first journey to London W. M. Thackeray Storm Charles Dickens Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester Charlotte Brontë A hut in the woods H. D. Thoreau A miser George Eliot Ships John Ruskin The child in the house Walter Pater Driving R. L. Stevenson Notes.
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