HARVARD CLASSICS Collection The Five Foot Shelf of Books 1909-1910 Set of 43

  
Missing volumes are: 2, 3, 29, 30, 31, and 36. This set does not include Volume 51. Books are showing signs of wear and discoloring. The binding of Volume 8 in the worst condition of the set. (See Pictures) All other volumes have their own wear. Discoloring, scuff and scratches here and there. A few of the bindings are loose. All seem to have their pages intact, without any marks or writing. There might be a name inside some of them. It is hard to describe 43 books that are 112 years old, especially with a limit of 12 pictures. If you have any specific questions feel free to contact me and I will do my best to answer, or if you would like further pictures. The collection weighs 52.5 pounds. Below is a description of the Harvard Classics from Wikipedia, and a partial list of contents. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf. Harvard Universal Classics , originally known as. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf , is a 51-volume. Of classic works from world literature compiled and edited by. And first published in 1909.

Eliot had stated in speeches that the elements of a. Could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf.

Originally he had said a three-foot shelf. Saw an opportunity and challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the. Eliot worked for one year with. A professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes. Each volume had 400450 pages, and the included texts are so far as possible, entire works or complete segments of the world's written legacies.

The collection was widely advertised by Collier and Son, in. And elsewhere, with great success. BACON, MILTON'S PROSE, THOS. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON. ESSAYS AND ENGLISH TRAITS, EMERSON. LETTERS AND TREATISES OF CICERO AND PLINY. WEALTH OF NATIONS, ADAM SMITH.

DON QUIXOTE, PART 1, CERVANTES. PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, DONNE & HERBERT, BUNYAN, WALTON. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. FOLKLORE AND FABLE, AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSEN. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, DANA.

ON THE SUBLIME, FRENCH REVOLUTION, ETC. ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, DARWIN.

FARADAY, HELMHOLTZ, KELVIN, NEWCOMB, ETC. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS, DESCARTES, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU, HOBBES. CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE, FROISSART, MALORY, HOLINSHEAD. PREFACES AND PROLOGUES TO FAMOUS BOOKS. ENGLISH POETRY 1: CHAUCER TO GRAY.

ENGLISH POETRY 2: COLLINS TO FITZGERALD. ENGLISH POETRY 3: TENNYSON TO WHITMAN. THOUGHTS AND MINOR WORKS, PASCAL.

INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES. 50: Charles Eliot's Selections from the Five-Foot Shelf of Books: For Boys and Girls from Twelve to Eighteen Years of Age.

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• Binding: Hardcover
• Place of Publication: New York
• Publisher: P. Collier and Son
• Subject: Literature & Fiction
• Modified Item: No
• Year Printed: 1909
• Language: English
• Illustrator: N/A
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Author: Various, Multple
• Region: World
• Topic: Classics
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Character Family: Multiple Characters, Multiple Stories