Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Volume V of the Five-Foot Shelf Classics Collection (Paperback)

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by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Charles W. Eliot (Editor)

Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name “Harvard Classics,” this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University’s longest-serving president. Also known as “Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf,” it represented Eliot’s belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume V features two collections from American poet and philosopher RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882): Essays-on such topics as “The American Scholar,” “Self-Reliance,” “Friendship,” “Heroism,” and more-and English Traits, in which he examines the British character as gathered from his travels in England.

Number of Pages: 500 Dimensions: 1.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: February 04, 2010

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