The Lecture Series on the contents of The Harvard Classics ought to do much to open that collection of literary materials to many ambitious young men and women whose education was cut short by the necessity of contributing in early life to the family earnigns,or of supporting themselves,"and who must therefore reach the standing of a cultivated man or woman throught the poeasurable devotion of a few minutes a day through many years to the reading of good literature."The Series will also assist m

HISTORY
I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
II ANCIENT HISTORY
III THE RENAISSANCE
IV THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
V THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
POETRY
I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
II HOMER AND THE EPIC
III DANTE
IV THE POEMS OF JOHN MILTON
V THE ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY
NATRUAL SCIENCE
I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
II ASTRONOMY
III PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
IV THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
V KELVIN ON "LIGHT"AND "THE TIDES"
PHILOSOPHY
I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
II SOCRATES,PLATO,AND THE ROMANSTOICS
III THE RISE OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
IV INTRODUCTION TO KANT
V EMERSON
BILGRAPHY
I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
II PLUTARCH
III BENVENUTO CELLINI
IV FRANKLIN AND WOOLMAN
V JOHN STUART MILL
PROSE FICTION
I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
II POPULAR PROSE FICTION
III MALORY
IV CERVANTES
V MANZONI
CRITICISM AND THE ESSAY
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EDUCATION
POLITICAL SCIENCE
DRAMA
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