Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12
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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. XII.
NEW YORK THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
Connoisseur Edition
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. XII
FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XII
VIGNETTE PORTRAITS
DENIS DIDEROT
(1713-1784)
FROM 'RAMEAU'S NEPHEW'
FRANZ VON DINGELSTEDT
(1814-1881)
A MAN OF BUSINESS
From 'The Amazon': copyrighted by G.P. Putnam's Sons
THE WATCHMAN
DIOGENES LAERTIUS
(200-250 A. D.?)
LIFE OF SOCRATES
From the 'Lives and Sayings of the Philosophers'
EXAMPLES OF GREEK WIT AND WISDOM
Bias
Plato
Aristippus
Aristotle
Theophrastus
Demetrius
Antisthenes
Diogenes
Cleanthes
Pythagoras Precepts
ISAAC D'ISRAELI
(1766-1848)
POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS MADE BY ACCIDENT
From 'Curiosities of Literature'
THE MARTYRDOM OF CHARLES THE FIRST
From the 'Commentaries on the Reign of Charles the First'
SYDNEY DOBELL
(1824-1874)
EPIGRAM ON THE DEATH OF EDWARD FORBES
HOW'S MY BOY?
THE SAILOR'S RETURN
AFLOAT AND ASHORE
THE SOUL
From 'Balder'
ENGLAND
From 'Balder'
AMERICA
AMY'S SONG OF THE WILLOW
From 'Balder'
AUSTIN DOBSON
(1840-)
ON A NANKIN PLATE
Villanelle
THE OLD SEDAN-CHAIR
THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME
Envoy
THE CURÉ'S PROGRESS
"GOOD-NIGHT, BABETTE"
"Si vieillesse pouvait!"
THE LADIES OF ST. JAMES'S
A Proper New Ballad of the Country and the Town
"Phyllida amo ante alias."—Virgil.
DORA VERSUS ROSE
"The Case is Proceeding"
(After-thought)
UNE MARQUISE
A Rhymed Monologue in the Louvre
I
II
III
IV
V
A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH
Of the Spanish Armada
Envoy
THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE
From 'Four Frenchwomen'
MARY MAPES DODGE
(1840?-)
THE RACE
From 'Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates,' Copyright 1896, by Charles Scribner's Sons
JOHN DONNE
(1573-1631)
THE UNDERTAKING
A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING
SONG
LOVE'S GROWTH
SONG
FEODOR MIKHAILOVITCH DOSTOÉVSKY
(1821-1881)
FROM 'POOR PEOPLE'
Letter from Varvara Dobrosyeloff to Makar Dyevushkin
Letter from Makar Dyevushkin to Varvara Alexievna Dobrosyeloff
THE BIBLE READING
From 'Crime and Punishment'
EDWARD DOWDEN
(1843-)
THE HUMOR OF SHAKESPEARE
From 'Shakespeare: a Critical Study of His Mind and Art'
SHAKESPEARE'S PORTRAITURE OF WOMEN
From 'Transcripts and Studies'
THE INTERPRETATION OF LITERATURE
From 'Transcripts and Studies'
A. CONAN DOYLE
(1859-)
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
From 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.' Copyright 1892, by Harper & Brothers
THE BOWMEN'S SONG
From 'The White Company'
HOLGER DRACHMANN
(1846-)
THE SKIPPER AND HIS SHIP
From 'Paul and Virginia of a Northern Zone': copyright 1895, by Way and Williams, Chicago
THE PRINCE'S SONG
From 'Once Upon a Time'
JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE
(1795-1820)
A WINTER'S TALE
From 'The Croakers'
THE CULPRIT FAY
THE AMERICAN FLAG
JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER
(1811-1882)
THE VEDAS AND THEIR THEOLOGY
From 'History of the Intellectual Development of Europe.' Copyright 1876, by Harper & Brothers
PRIMITIVE BELIEFS DISMISSED BY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
From 'History of the Intellectual Development of Europe.' Copyright 1876, by Harper & Brothers
THE KORAN
From 'History of the Intellectual Development of Europe.' Copyright 1876, by Harper & Brothers
MICHAEL DRAYTON
(1563-1631)
SONNET
THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT
QUEEN MAB'S EXCURSION
From 'Nymphidia, the Court of Faery'
GUSTAVE DROZ
(1832-1895)
HOW THE BABY WAS SAVED
From 'The Seamstress's Story'
A FAMILY NEW-YEAR'S
From 'Monsieur, Madame, and Baby'
THEIR LAST EXCURSION
From 'Making an Omelette': from Lippincott's Magazine, 1871, copyrighted
HENRY DRUMMOND
(1851-)
THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE
From 'Tropical Africa'
THE EAST-AFRICAN LAKE COUNTRY
From 'Tropical Africa'
WHITE ANTS
From 'Tropical Africa'
WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN
(1585-1649)
SEXTAIN
MADRIGAL
REASON AND FEELING
DEGENERACY OF THE WORLD
THE BRIEFNESS OF LIFE
THE UNIVERSE
ON DEATH
From 'Cypress Grove'
JOHN DRYDEN
(1631-1700)
FROM 'THE HIND AND THE PANTHER'
TO MY DEAR FRIEND MR. CONGREVE
On His Comedy Called 'The Double Dealer'
ODE
TO THE PIOUS MEMORY OF THE ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG LADY
MRS. ANNE KILLIGREW,
EXCELLENT IN THE TWO SISTER ARTS OF POESY AND PAINTING.
A SONG
LINES PRINTED UNDER MILTON'S PORTRAIT
In Tonson's Folio Edition of the 'Paradise Lost,' 1688
ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC
A SONG IN HONOR OF ST. CECILIA'S DAY: 1697
I
CHORUS
II
CHORUS
III
CHORUS
IV
CHORUS
V
CHORUS
VI
CHORUS
VII
GRAND CHORUS
ACHITOPHEL[A]
From 'Absalom and Achitophel'
MAXIME DU CAMP
(1822-1894)
A STREET SCENE DURING THE COMMUNE
From 'The Convulsions of Paris'
ALEXANDRE DUMAS, SENIOR
(1803?-1870)
THE CURE FOR DORMICE THAT EAT PEACHES
From 'The Count of Monte Cristo'
THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BELT OF PORTHOS, AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
From 'The Three Musketeers'
THE DEFENSE OF THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
From 'The Three Musketeers'
THE CONSULTATION OF THE MUSKETEERS
From 'The Three Musketeers'
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
From 'The Viscount of Bragelonne'
A TRICK IS PLAYED ON HENRY III. BY AID OF CHICOT
From 'The Lady of Monsoreau'
ALEXANDRE DUMAS, JUNIOR
(1824-1895)
THE PLAYWRIGHT IS BORN—AND MADE
From the Preface to 'A Prodigal Father'
AN ARMED TRUCE
From 'A Friend of the Sex'
TWO VIEWS OF MONEY
From 'The Money Question'
M. DE RÉMONIN'S PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE
From 'L'Étrangère'
REFORMING A FATHER
From 'A Prodigal Father'
MR. AND MRS. CLARKSON
From 'L'Étrangère'
GEORGE DU MAURIER
(1834-1896)
AT THE HEART OF BOHEMIA
From 'Trilby' Copyright 1894, by Harper & Brothers
CHRISTMAS IN THE LATIN QUARTER
From 'Trilby.' Copyright, 1894, by Harper & Brothers
"DREAMING TRUE"
From 'Peter Ibbetson.' Copyright 1891, by Harper & Brothers
BARTY JOSSELIN AT SCHOOL
From 'The Martian'
From Harper's Magazine. Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers
WILLIAM DUNBAR
(1465?-1530?)
THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE
FROM 'THE GOLDEN TARGE'
NO TREASURE AVAILS WITHOUT GLADNESS
JEAN VICTOR DURUY
(1811-1894)
THE NATIONAL POLICY
From the 'History of Rome'
RESULTS OF THE ROMAN DOMINION
From the 'History of Rome'
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