Editor's Introduction, Reader's Guide, Index to the First Lines of Poems Songs and Choruses, Hymns and Psalms, General and Chronological Index to the Harvard Classics Series

The book titled ""Editor's Introduction, Reader's Guide, Index to the First Lines of Poems Songs and Choruses, Hymns and Psalms, General and Chronological Index to the Harvard Classics Series: V50"" is a comprehensive guide to the Harvard Classics Series. It includes an editor's introduction, which provides an overview of the series and its contents. The reader's guide offers tips and suggestions for how to approach and navigate the series.The index to the first lines of poems, songs, and choruses, as well as hymns and psalms, is a helpful resource for readers looking to find specific pieces within the series. The general and chronological index provides a comprehensive listing of all the works included in the series, organized by author and date of publication.The book is edited by Charles W. Eliot, a prominent American academic and former president of Harvard University. It is the 50th volume in the Harvard Classics Series, which was first published in 1909 and is considered a landmark in the history of Western literature. Overall, this book serves as a valuable reference for anyone interested in exploring the Harvard Classics Series and its vast literary treasures.The purpose in selecting The Harvard Classics was to provide the literary materials from which a careful and persistent reader might gain a fair view of the progress of man observing, recording, inventing, and imagining from the earliest historical times to the close of the nineteenth century. Contents: Editor's Introduction; Reader's Guide to the Harvard Classics: History of Civilization; Religion and Philosophy; Education; Science; Politics; Voyages and Travels; Criticism of Literature and the Fine Arts; Drama; Biography and Letters; Essays; Narrative Poetry and Prose Fiction. An Index to the First Lines of Poems, Songs and Choruses, Hymns and Psalms. General Index. Chronological Index. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.