The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
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1. Front matter2. THE BEST3. World's Classics4. HENRY CABOT LODGE5. FRANCIS W. HALSEY6. CONTINENTAL EUROPE—I7. Vol. VII—Continental Europe—I8. ST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINE9. IMPERIAL POWER FOR GOOD AND BAD MEN[1]10. ANICIUS BOETHIUS11. THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS[2]12. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS13. A DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS[3]14. THOMAS À KEMPIS15. OF ETERNAL LIFE AND OF STRIVING FOR IT[4]16. GEOFFREY DE VILLE-HARDOUIN17. THE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE[5]18. (1204)19. JEAN DE JOINVILLE20. GREEK FIRE IN BATTLE[7]21. AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE22. JEAN FROISSART23. THE BATTLE OF CRÉCY[8]24. (1346)25. PHILIPPE DE COMINES26. OF THE CHARACTER OF LOUIS XI[9]27. MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊME28. OF HUSBANDS WHO ARE UNFAITHFUL[10]29. FRANÇOIS RABELAIS30. I GARGANTUA IN HIS CHILDHOOD[12]31. II GARGANTUA'S EDUCATION[14]32. III OF THE FOUNDING OF AN IDEAL ABBEY[15]33. JOHN CALVIN34. OF FREEDOM FOR THE WILL[16]35. JOACHIM DU BELLAY36. WHY OLD FRENCH WAS NOT AS RICH AS GREEK AND LATIN[17]37. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE38. I A WORD TO HIS READERS[19]39. II OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE[20]40. III OF HIS OWN LIBRARY[21]41. IV THAT THE SOUL DISCHARGES HER PASSIONS UPON FALSE OBJECTS WHERE TRUE ONES ARE WANTING.[22]42. V THAT MEN ARE NOT TO JUDGE OF OUR HAPPINESS TILL AFTER DEATH[23]43. RENÉ DESCARTES44. OF MATERIAL THINGS AND OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD[25]45. DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD46. A SELECTION FROM THE "MAXIMS"[26]47. BLAISE PASCAL48. OF THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-LOVE[29]49. MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ50. I GREAT NEWS FROM PARIS[30]51. II AN IMPOSING FUNERAL DESCRIBED[31]52. ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE53. I IN THE SERVICE OF DR. SANGRADO[32]54. II AS AN ARCHBISHOP'S FAVORITE[33]55. DUC DE SAINT-SIMON56. I THE DEATH OF THE DAUPHIN[34]57. II THE PUBLIC WATCHING THE KING AND MADAME[35]58. BARON DE MONTESQUIEU59. I OF THE CAUSES WHICH DESTROYED ROME[38]60. II OF THE RELATION OF LAWS TO DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS[39]61. FRANÇOIS AROUET VOLTAIRE62. I OF BACON'S GREATNESS[40]63. II ENGLAND'S REGARD FOR MEN OF LETTERS[41]64. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU65. I OF CHRIST AND SOCRATES66. II OF THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN[46]67. MADAME DE STAËL68. OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE[47]69. VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND70. IN AN AMERICAN FOREST[48]71. FRANÇOIS GUIZOT72. SHAKESPEARE AS AN EXAMPLE OF CIVILIZATION[49]73. ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE74. OF MIRABEAU'S ORIGIN AND PLACE IN HISTORY[51]75. LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS76. THE BURNING OF MOSCOW[52]77. HONORÉ DE BALZAC78. I THE DEATH OF PÉRE GORIOT[54]79. II BIROTTEAU'S EARLY MARRIED LIFE[55]80. ALFRED DE VIGNY81. RICHELIEU'S WAY WITH HIS MASTER[56]82. VICTOR HUGO83. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO[57]84. II THE BEGINNINGS AND EXPANSIONS OF PARIS[58]85. ALEXANDRE DUMAS86. THE SHOULDER, THE BELT, AND THE HANDKERCHIEF[59]87. GEORGE SAND88. LÉLIA AND THE POET[60]