Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics Vol. V (in 51 Volumes) (The Five Foot Shelf of Classics - Cosimo Classics)

Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name Harvard Classics this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature philosophy history and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926) Harvard Universitys longest-serving president. Also known as Dr. Eliots Five Foot Shelf it represented Eliots belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume V features two collections from American poet and philosopher RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882): Essays-on such topics as The American Scholar Self-Reliance Friendship Heroism and more-and English Traits in which he examines the British character as gathered from his travels in England.