Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 724 pages of information about Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 724 pages of information about Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1.

VOL.  I

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Abelard and Heloise (by Thomas Davidson) 1079-1142
   Letter of Heloise to Abelard
   Abelard’s Answer to Heloise
   Vesper Hymn of Abelard

Edmond about 1828-1885
   The Capture (’The King of the Mountains’)
   Hadgi-Stavros (same)
   The Victim (’The Man with the Broken Ear’)
   The Man without a Country (same)

Accadian-Babylonian and Assyrian literature (by Crawford H. Toy)
   Theogony Adapa and the Southwind
   Revolt of Tiamat Penitential Psalms
   Descent to the Underworld Inscription of Sennacherib
   The Flood Invocation to the Goddess Beltis
   The Eagle and the Snake Oracles of Ishtar of Arbela
   The Flight of Etana An Erechite’s Lament
   The God Zu

Abigail Adams (by Lucia Gilbert Runkle) 1744-1818
   Letters—­To her Husband:  May 24, 1775; June 15, 1775;
               June 18, 1775; Nov. 27, 1775; April 20, 1777;
               June 8, 1779
            To her Sister:  Sept. 5, 1784; May 10, 1785;
               July 24, 1784; June 24, 1785
            To her Niece

Henry Adams 1838-
   Auspices of the War of 1812
   What the War of 1812 Demonstrated
   Battle between the Constitution and the Guerriere

John Adams 1735-1826
   At the French Court (’Diary’)
   Character of Franklin (Letter to the Boston Patriot)

John Quincy Adams 1767-1848
   Letter to his Father, at the Age of Ten
   From the Memoirs, at the Age of Eighteen
   From the Memoirs, Jan. 14, 1831; June 7, 1833; Sept. 9, 1833
   The Mission of America (Fourth of July Oration, 1821)
   The Right of Petition (Speech in Congress)
   Nullification (Fourth of July Oration, 1831)

Sarah flower Adams 1805-1848
   He Sendeth Sun, He Sendeth Shower
   Nearer, My God, to Thee

Joseph Addison (by Hamilton Wright Mabie) 1672-1720
   Sir Roger de Coverley at Vanity of Human Life
      the Play Essay on Fans
   Visit to Sir Roger de Coverley Hymn, ‘The Spacious Firmament’

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