The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I
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1. Front matter2. THE BEST3. World's Classics4. HENRY CABOT LODGE5. FRANCIS W. HALSEY6. AMERICA—I7. AMERICA—I8. AMERICA—I9. JOHN SMITH10. HIS STORY OF POCAHONTAS[1]11. WILLIAM BRADFORD12. THE PILGRIMS LAND AND MEET THE INDIANS[7]13. SAMUEL SEWALL14. HOW HE COURTED MADAM WINTHROP[10]15. COTTON MATHER16. IN PRAISE OF JOHN ELIOT[13]17. WILLIAM BYRD18. AT THE HOME OF COLONEL SPOTSWOOD[14]19. JONATHAN EDWARDS20. OF LIBERTY AND MORAL AGENCIES[15]21. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN22. I HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA[16]23. II WARNINGS BRADDOCK DID NOT HEED[18]24. III HOW TO DRAW LIGHTNING FROM THE CLOUDS[22]25. IV THE WAY TO WEALTH[23]26. V A DIALOG WITH THE GOUT27. VI A PROPOSAL TO MADAME HELVETIUS[25]28. GEORGE WASHINGTON29. I TO HIS WIFE ON TAKING COMMAND OF THE ARMY[26]30. II OF HIS ARMY IN CAMBRIDGE[27]31. III TO THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ON HIS MARRIAGE[28]32. JOHN ADAMS33. I ON HIS NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF[29]34. II AN ESTIMATE OF FRANKLIN[30]35. THOMAS PAINE36. IN FAVOR OF SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN[31]37. THOMAS JEFFERSON38. I WHEN THE BASTILE FELL[32]39. II THE FUTILITY OF DISPUTES[34]40. III OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE SOUTH[35]41. IV HIS ACCOUNT OF LOGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECH[36]42. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS43. I THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH STATES-GENERAL[39]44. II OF THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI[41]45. ALEXANDER HAMILTON46. I OF THE FAILURE OF CONFEDERATION[42]47. II HIS REASONS FOR NOT DECLINING BURR'S CHALLENGE[43]48. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS49. I OF HIS MOTHER[45]50. II THE MORAL TAINT INHERENT IN SLAVERY[46]51. WILLIAM E. CHANNING52. OF GREATNESS IN NAPOLEON[47]53. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON54. WHERE THE MOCKING-BIRD DWELLS[48]55. WASHINGTON IRVING56. I THE LAST OF THE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK[49]57. II THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE[52]58. III AT ABBOTSFORD WITH SCOTT[53]59. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER60. I HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL AT OTSEGO LAKE[59]61. II RUNNING THE GANTLET[64]62. III LEATHER-STOCKING'S FAREWELL[65]63. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT64. AN OCTOBER DAY IN FLORENCE[66]65. WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT66. I THE FATE OF EGMONT AND HOORNE[67]67. II THE GENESIS OF "DON QUIXOTE"[69]68. GEORGE BANCROFT69. THE FATE OF EVANGELINE'S COUNTRYMEN[70]70. RALPH WALDO EMERSON71. I THOREAU'S BROKEN TASK[71]72. II THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY OF MONTAIGNE[72]73. III HIS VISIT TO CARLYLE AT CRAIGEN-PUTTOCK[73]74. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE75. I OCCUPANTS OF AN OLD MANSE[74]76. II ARTHUR DIMMESDALE ON THE SCAFFOLD[77]77. III OF LIFE AT BROOK FARM[78]78. IV THE DEATH OF JUDGE PYNCHEON[79]