The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe IIFRANCIS W. HALSEYReading editionChapter navigation74 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE BESTWorld's ClassicsHENRY CABOT LODGEFRANCIS W. HALSEYCONTINENTAL EUROPE—IIVol. VIII—Continental Europe—IIALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLETHE TYRANNY OF THE AMERICAN MAJORITY[1]ALFRED DE MUSSETTITIAN'S SON AFTER A NIGHT AT PLAY[2]THEOPHILE GAUTIERPHARAOH'S ENTRY INTO THEBES[3]GUSTAVE FLAUBERTYONGEVILLE AND ITS PEOPLE[4]JOSEPH ERNEST RENANAN EMPIRE IN ROBUST YOUTH[5]HIPPOLITE ADOLPHE TAINEI THACKERAY AS A SATIRIST[7]II WHEN THE KING GOT UP FOR THE DAY[8]EMILE ZOLAGLIMPSES OF NAPOLEON III IN TIME OF WAR[9]ALPHONSE DAUDETI A GREAT MAN'S WIDOW[10]II MY FIRST DRESS COAT[11]GUY DE MAUPASSANTMADAME JEANNE'S LAST DAYS[12]MARTIN LUTHERSOME OF HIS TABLE TALK AND SAYINGS[13]GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSINGI POETRY AND PAINTING COMPARED[14]II OF SUFFERING HELD IN RESTRAINT[15]JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEI ON FIRST READING SHAKESPEARE[16]II THE CORONATION OF JOSEPH II[17]FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLERI THE BATTLE OF LUTZEN[18] (1632)II PHILIP II AND THE NETHERLANDS[20]AUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGELSHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH[21]ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDTAN ESSAY ON MAN[22]HEINRICH HEINEREMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON[23]MARCO POLOA DESCRIPTION OF JAPAN[24]DANTE ALIGHIERII THAT LONG DESCENT MAKES NO MAN NOBLE[26]II OF BEATRICE AND HER DEATH[27]FRANCIS PETRARCHOF GOOD AND EVIL FORTUNE[28]GIOVANNI BOCCACCIOTHE PATIENT GRISELDA[29]NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOUGHT PRINCES TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES[30]BENVENUTO CELLINITHE CASTING OF HIS "PERSEUS AND MEDUSA"[31]GIORGIO VASARIOF RAPHAEL AND HIS EARLY DEATH[33]JACQUES CASANOVA CHEVALIER DE SEINGALTHIS INTERVIEW WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT[38]DESIDERIUS ERASMUSSPECIMENS OF HIS WIT AND WISDOM[39]MIGUEL DE CERVANTESI THE BEGINNINGS OF DON QUIXOTE'S CAREER[46]II OF HOW DON QUIXOTE DIED[47]HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES[49]IVAN TURGENEFFBAZAROV'S DEATH[50]HENRIK IBSENTHE THOUGHT CHILD[51]COUNT LEO TOLSTOYSHAKESPEARE NOT A GREAT GENIUS[52]Previous chapter ←HENRY CABOT LODGENext chapter →CONTINENTAL EUROPE—IIAll chapters and sections (74)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE BESTWorld's ClassicsHENRY CABOT LODGEFRANCIS W. HALSEYCONTINENTAL EUROPE—IIVolume 8 · Other sectionsVol. VIII—Continental Europe—IIALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLETHE TYRANNY OF THE AMERICAN MAJORITY[1]ALFRED DE MUSSETTITIAN'S SON AFTER A NIGHT AT PLAY[2]THEOPHILE GAUTIERPHARAOH'S ENTRY INTO THEBES[3]GUSTAVE FLAUBERTYONGEVILLE AND ITS PEOPLE[4]JOSEPH ERNEST RENANAN EMPIRE IN ROBUST YOUTH[5]HIPPOLITE ADOLPHE TAINEVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsEMILE ZOLAGLIMPSES OF NAPOLEON III IN TIME OF WAR[9]ALPHONSE DAUDETVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsGUY DE MAUPASSANTMADAME JEANNE'S LAST DAYS[12]MARTIN LUTHERSOME OF HIS TABLE TALK AND SAYINGS[13]GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSINGVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsJOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsFRIEDRICH VON SCHILLERVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsAUGUST WILHELM VON SCHLEGELSHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH[21]ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDTAN ESSAY ON MAN[22]HEINRICH HEINEREMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON[23]MARCO POLOA DESCRIPTION OF JAPAN[24]DANTE ALIGHIERIVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsFRANCIS PETRARCHOF GOOD AND EVIL FORTUNE[28]GIOVANNI BOCCACCIOTHE PATIENT GRISELDA[29]NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOUGHT PRINCES TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES[30]BENVENUTO CELLINITHE CASTING OF HIS "PERSEUS AND MEDUSA"[31]GIORGIO VASARIOF RAPHAEL AND HIS EARLY DEATH[33]JACQUES CASANOVA CHEVALIER DE SEINGALTHIS INTERVIEW WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT[38]DESIDERIUS ERASMUSSPECIMENS OF HIS WIT AND WISDOM[39]MIGUEL DE CERVANTESVolume 8 · Chapters12Volume 8 · Other sectionsHANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENTHE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES[49]IVAN TURGENEFFBAZAROV'S DEATH[50]HENRIK IBSENTHE THOUGHT CHILD[51]COUNT LEO TOLSTOYSHAKESPEARE NOT A GREAT GENIUS[52]Associate EditorWith an Introduction, Biographical and Explanatory Notes, etc.IN TEN VOLUMESVol. VIII← HENRY CABOT LODGECONTINENTAL EUROPE—II →