Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16
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LIBRARY OF THE
WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE
ANCIENT AND MODERN CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE LUCIA GILBERT RUNKLE GEORGE HENRY WARNER
Connoisseur Edition Vol. XVI.
NEW YORK THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
Connoisseur Edition
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. XVI
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XVI
VIGNETTE PORTRAITS
AULUS GELLIUS
(Second Century A. D.)
FROM 'ATTIC NIGHTS'
Origin and Plan of the Book
The Vestal Virgins
The Secrets of the Senate
Plutarch and His Slave
Discussion on One of Solon's Laws
The Nature of Sight
Earliest Libraries
Realistic Acting
The Athlete's End
GESTA ROMANORUM
THEODOSIUS THE EMPEROURE[A]
Moralite
ANCELMUS THE EMPEROUR[B]
Moralite
HOW AN ANCHORESS WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL
EDWARD GIBBON
(1737-1794)
ZENOBIA
FOUNDATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE
CHARACTER OF CONSTANTINE
DEATH OF JULIAN
THE FALL OF ROME
SILK
MAHOMET'S DEATH AND CHARACTER
THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY
THE FINAL RUIN OF ROME
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT
(1836-)
CAPTAIN REECE
THE YARN OF THE NANCY BELL
THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO
GENTLE ALICE BROWN
THE CAPTAIN AND THE MERMAIDS
RICHARD WATSON GILDER
(1844-)
TWO SONGS FROM 'THE NEW DAY'
I
II
"ROSE-DARK THE SOLEMN SUNSET"
NON SINE DOLORE
"HOW PADEREWSKI PLAYS"
I
II
THE SONNET
AMERICA
From 'The Great Remembrance'
ON THE LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
"CALL ME NOT DEAD"
AFTER-SONG
From 'The New Day'
GIUSEPPE GIUSTI
(1809-1850)
LULLABY
From 'Gingillino'
THE STEAM-GUILLOTINE
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
(1809-)
MACAULAY
From 'Gleanings of Past Years'
EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN
(1831-)
THE DUTY OF CRITICISM IN A DEMOCRACY
From 'Problems of Modern Democracy.' Copyright 1896, by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
GOETHE
(1749-1832)
FROM 'FAUST'
Chorus of the Archangels; from the Prologue in Heaven
Shelley's Translation
SCENES FROM 'FAUST'
Translated by Bayard Taylor
Faust and Wagner
Faust and Mephistopheles
Forest and Cavern
Margaret
Martha's Garden
In the Dungeon
In a niche of the wall a shrine, with an image of the Mater Dolorosa. Pots of flowers before it
The Death of Foust
The Salvation of Faust
MIGNON'S LOVE AND LONGING
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.' Carlyle's Translation
WILHELM MEISTER'S INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.' Carlyle's Translation
WILHELM MEISTER'S ANALYSIS OF HAMLET
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'
THE INDENTURE
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'
THE HARPER'S SONGS
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'
MIGNON'S SONG
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'
PHILINA'S SONG
From 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'
PROMETHEUS
WANDERER'S NIGHT SONGS
THE ELFIN-KING
FROM 'THE WANDERER'S STORM SONG'
THE GODLIKE
SOLITUDE
ERGO BIBAMUS!
ALEXIS AND DORA
MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS
From 'Maxims and Reflections of Goethe.' Translation of Bailey Saunders. Copyright 1892, by Macmillan & Co.
NATURE
NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH GOGOL
(1809-1852)
FROM 'THE INSPECTOR'
OLD-FASHIONED GENTRY
From 'Mirgorod'
CARLO GOLDONI
(1707-1793)
FIRST LOVE AND PARTING
From the 'Memoirs of Carlo Goldoni'
THE ORIGIN OF "MASKS" IN THE ITALIAN COMEDY
From the 'Memoirs of Carlo Goldoni'
PURISTS AND PEDANTRY
From the 'Memoirs of Carlo Goldoni'
A POET'S OLD AGE
From the 'Memoirs of Carlo Goldoni'
THE CAFÉ
MEÏR AARON GOLDSCHMIDT
(1819-1887)
ASSAR AND MIRJAM
From 'Love Stories from Many Countries'
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
(1728-1774)
THE VICAR'S FAMILY BECOME AMBITIOUS
From 'The Vicar of Wakefield'
NEW MISFORTUNES: BUT OFFENSES ARE EASILY PARDONED WHERE THERE IS LOVE AT BOTTOM
From 'The Vicar of Wakefield'
PICTURES FROM 'THE DESERTED VILLAGE'
CONTRASTED NATIONAL TYPES
From 'The Traveller'
IVÁN ALEKSANDROVITCH GONCHARÓF
(1812-)
OBLÓMOF
THE BROTHERS DE GONCOURT
Edmond (1822-1896) Jules (1830-1870)
TWO FAMOUS MEN
From the Journal of the De Goncourts
THE SUICIDE
From 'Sister Philomène'
THE AWAKENING
From 'Renée Mauperin'
EDMUND GOSSE
(1849-)
FEBRUARY IN ROME
DESIDERIUM
LYING IN THE GRASS
RUDOLF VON GOTTSCHALL
(1823-)
HEINRICH HEINE
From 'Portraits and Studies'
JOHN GOWER
(1325?-1408)
PETRONELLA
From the 'Confessio Amantis'
ULYSSES S. GRANT
(1822-1885)
EARLY LIFE
From 'Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.' Copyright by Ulysses S. Grant, and reprinted by permission of the family of General Grant
GRANT'S COURTSHIP
From 'Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.' Copyright by Ulysses S. Grant, and reprinted by permission of the family of General Grant.
A TEXAN EXPERIENCE
From 'Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.' Copyright by Ulysses S. Grant, and reprinted by permission of the family of General Grant
THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE
From 'Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.' Copyright by Ulysses S. Grant, and reprinted by permission of the family of General Grant
HENRY GRATTAN
(1746-1820)
ON THE CHARACTER OF CHATHAM
OF THE INJUSTICE OF DISQUALIFICATION OF CATHOLICS
From the Speech of May 31st, 1811
ON THE DOWNFALL OF BONAPARTE
From the Speech of May 25th, 1815
THOMAS GRAY
(1716-1771)
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD
ODE ON THE SPRING
ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE
THE BARD
A Pindaric Ode
THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY
ON THE ATHENIAN DEAD AT PLATÆA
Simonides (556-467 B.C.)
ON THE LACEDÆMONIAN DEAD AT PLATÆA
Simonides
ON A SLEEPING SATYR
Plato (429-347 B. C.)
A POET'S EPITAPH
Simmias of Thebes (405 B.C.)
WORSHIP IN SPRING
Theætetus (Fourth Century B. C.)
SPRING ON THE COAST
Leonidas of Tarentum (Third Century B. C.)
A YOUNG HERO'S EPITAPH.
Dioscorides (Third Century B. C.)
LOVE
Posidippus (Third Century B. C.)
SORROW'S BARREN GRAVE
Heracleitus (Third Century B. C.)
TO A COY MAIDEN
Asclepiades (286 B.C.)
THE EMPTIED QUIVER
Mnesalcus (Second Century B.C.)
THE TALE OF TROY
Alpheus (First Century B.C.)
HEAVEN HATH ITS STARS
Marcus Argentarius (First Century B.C.)
PAN OF THE SEA-CLIFF
Archias (First Century B.C.)
ANACREON'S GRAVE
Antipater of Sidon (First Century B.C.)
REST AT NOON
Meleager (First Century B.C.)
"IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY"
Meleager
MELEAGER'S OWN EPITAPH
Meleager
EPILOGUE
Philodemus (60 B.C.)
DOCTOR AND DIVINITY
Nicarchus
LOVE'S IMMORTALITY
Strato (First Century A.D.)
AS THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD
Strato
SUMMER SAILING
Antiphilus (First Century A.D.)
THE GREAT MYSTERIES
Crinagoras (First Century A.D.)
TO PRIAPUS OF THE SHORE
Mæcius (Roman period)
THE COMMON LOT
Ammianus (Second Century A.D.)
"TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW"
Macedonius (Third Century A.D.)
THE PALACE GARDEN
Arabius (527-567 A.D.)
THE YOUNG WIFE
Julianus Ægyptius (532 A.D.)
A NAMELESS GRAVE
Paulus Silentiarius
RESIGNATION
Joannes Barbucallus (Sixth Century A.D.)
THE HOUSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Macedonius (Sixth Century A.D.)
LOVE'S FERRIAGE
Agathias (527-565 A.D.)
ON A FOWLER
Isidorus
YOUTH AND RICHES
Anonymous
THE SINGING REED
Anonymous
FIRST LOVE AGAIN REMEMBERED
Anonymous
SLAVE AND PHILOSOPHER
Anonymous
GOOD-BY TO CHILDHOOD
Anonymous
WISHING
Anonymous
HOPE AND EXPERIENCE
Anonymous
THE SERVICE OF GOD
Anonymous
THE PURE IN HEART
Anonymous
THE WATER OF PURITY
Anonymous
ROSE AND THORN
Anonymous
A LIFE'S WANDERING
Anonymous
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