Library of the Worlds Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volume 4

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LIBRARY OF THE
WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE
ANCIENT AND MODERN
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
EDITOR
HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE LUCIA GILBERT RUNKLE
GEORGE HENRY WARNER
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Connoisseur Edition
VOL. IV.

THE ADVISORY COUNCIL
* * * * *
CRAWFORD H. TOY, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Hebrew,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass.
THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL.D., L.H.D., Professor of English in
the Sheffield Scientific School of YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven,
Conn.
WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH.D., L.H.D., Professor of History and
Political Science, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, N.J.
BRANDER MATTHEWS, A.M., LL.B., Professor of Literature,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL.D., President of the UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Mich.
WILLARD FISKE, A.M., PH.D., Late Professor of the Germanic and
Scandinavian Languages and Literatures, CORNELL UNIVERSITY,
Ithaca, N.Y.
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, A.M., LL.D., Director of the Lick
Observatory, and Astronomer, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Berkeley, Cal.
ALCÉE FORTIER, LIT.D., Professor of the Romance Languages,
TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, La.
WILLIAM P. TRENT, M.A., Dean of the Department of Arts and
Sciences, and Professor of English and History, UNIVERSITY OF
THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tenn.
PAUL SHOREY, PH.D., Professor of Greek and Latin Literature,
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill.
WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL.D., United States Commissioner of
Education, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D.C.
MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Literature in
the CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D.C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. IV
LIVED GEORGE BANCROFT--Continued: 1800-1891 Wolfe on the
Plains of Abraham ('History of the United States') Lexington (same)
Washington (same)
JOHN AND MICHAEL BANIM 1798-1874 The Publican's Dream
('The Bit of Writin'') Ailleen Soggarth Aroon Irish Maiden's Song

THÉODORE DE BANVILLE 1823--1891 Le Café ('The Soul of Paris')
The Mysterious Hosts of the Forests ('The Caryatids': Lang's
Translation) Aux Enfants Perdus: Lang's Translation Ballade des
Pendus: Lang's Translation
ANNA LÆITIA BARBAULD 1743-1825 Against Inconsistency in
Our Expectations A Dialogue of the Dead Life Praise to God
ALEXANDER BARCLAY 1475-1552 The Courtier's Life (Second
Eclogue)
RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM 1788-1845 As I Laye A-Thynkynge
The Lay of St. Cuthbert A Lay of St. Nicholas
SABINE BARING-GOULD 1834- St. Patrick's Purgatory ('Curious
Myths of the Middle Ages') The Cornish Wreckers ('The Vicar of
Morwenstow')
JANE BARLOW 18-- Widow Joyce's Cloak ('Strangers at Lisconnel')
Walled Out ('Bogland Studies')
JOEL BARLOW 1754-1812 A Feast ('Hasty Pudding')
WILLIAM BARNES 1800-1886 Blackmwore Maidens May Milken
Time Jessie Lee The Turnstile To the Water-Crowfoot Zummer an'
Winter
JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE 1860- The Courtin' of T'nowhead's Bell
('Auld Licht Idylls') Jess Left Alone ('A Window in Thrums') After the
Sermon ('The Little Minister') The Mutual Discovery (same) Lost
Illusions ('Sentimental Tommy') Sins of Circumstance (same)
FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT 1801-1850 Petition of Manufacturers of
Artificial Light Stulta and Puera Inapplicable Terms ('Economic
Sophisms')
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (by Grace King) 1821-1867 Meditation
Death of the Poor Music The Broken Bell The Enemy Beauty Death

The Painter of Modern Life ('L'Art Romantique') Modernness From
'Little Poems in Prose': Every One His Own Chimera; Humanity;
Windows; Drink From a Journal
LORD BEACONSFIELD (by Isa Carrington Cabell) 1804-1881 A Day
at Ems ('Vivian Grey') The Festa in the Alhambra ('The Young Duke')
Squibs from 'The Young Duke': Charles Annesley; The Fussy Hostess;
Public Speaking; Female Beauty Lothair in Palestine ('Lothair')
BEAUMARCHAIS 1732-1799 Outwitting a Guardian ('The Barber of
Seville') Outwitting a Husband ('The Marriage of Figaro')
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER 1584-1625 The
Faithful Shepherdess Song Song Aspatia's Song Leandro's Song True
Beauty Ode to Melancholy To Ben Jonson, on His 'Fox' On the Tombs
in Westminster Arethusa's Declaration ('Philaster') The Story of
Bellario (same) Evadne's Confession ('The Maid's Tragedy') Death of
the Boy Hengo ('Bonduca') From 'The Two Noble Kinsmen'
WILLIAM BECKFORD 1759-1844 The Incantation and the Sacrifice
('Vathek') Vathek and Nouronihar in the Halls of Eblis (same)
HENRY WARD BEECHER 1813-1887 Book-Stores and Books ('Star
Papers') Selected Paragraphs Sermon: Poverty and the Gospel A New
England Sunday ('Norwood')
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (by Irenæus Stevenson) 1770-1827
Letters: To Dr. Wegeler; To the Same; To Bettina Brentano; To
Countess Giulietta Guicciardi; To the Same; To His Brothers; To the
Royal and Imperial High