The World S Greatest Books Vol 1 18

The World's Greatest Books is a collection of finest world's literature collected by British educators Arthur Mee and John Alexander Hammerton, known for collaborations on various anthologies and encyclopedias. The selections have been collected and arranged in ten different divisions, from belles-letters, through works in natural sciences, to social science literature. An important bonus quality of the work is the shot critical, biographical and bibliographical commentary which goes along with every author and every section. Table of Contents: Volumes 1-8: Fiction Volumes 9-10: Lives and Letters Volume 11: Ancient History; Mediaeval History Volume 12: Modern History Volume 13: Religion; Philosophy Volume 14: Philosophy (continued) Economics Volume 15: Science Volume 16: Poetry and Drama Volume 17: Travel and Adventure Volume 18: Miscellaneous Literature

In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.

An enterprise such as THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS is to be judged from two different standpoints. It may be judged with respect to its specific achievement-the material of which it consists; or it may be judged with regard to its general utility in the scheme of literature to which it belongs. In an age which is sometimes ironically called remarkable for its commercialism, nothing has been more truly remarkable than the advancement in learning as well as in material progress; and of all the instruments that have contributed to this end, none has been more effective, perhaps, than the practical popularisation of literature.

The World's Greatest Books Volume 01 (Fiction)Various AuthorsARTHUR MEEEditor and Founder of the Book of KnowledgeJ.A. HAMMERTONEditor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]Table of ContentsABOUT, EDMOND King of the MountainsAINSWORTH, HARRISON Tower of LondonANDERSEN, HANS ImprovisatoreAPULEIUS The Golden AssARABIAN NIGHTSAUCASSIN AND NICOLETTEAUERBACH, BERTHOLD On the HeightAUSTEN, JANE Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park Emma PersuasionBALZAC, HONORÃ DE Eugénie Grandet Old Goriot Magic Skin Quest of the AbsoluteBECKFORD, WILLIAM History of the Caliph VathekBEHN, APHRA OroonokoBERGERAC, CYRANO DE Voyage to the MoonBJÃ--RNSON, BJÃ--RNSTJERNE Arne In God's WayBLACK, WILLIAM Daughter of HethBLACKMORE, R.D. Lorna DooneBOCCACCIO Decameron

The World's Greatest Books Volume 07(Fiction)Various AuthorsARTHUR MEEEditor and Founder of the Book of KnowledgeJ.A. HAMMERTONEditor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia [ZHINGOORA BOOKS]Table of ContentsPEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE Headlong Hall Nightmare AbbeyPORTER, JANE Scottish ChiefsPUSHKIN The Captain's DaughterRABELAIS Gargantua and PantagruelREADE, CHARLES Hard Cash Never Too Late to Mend The Cloister and the HearthRICHARDSON, SAMUEL Pamela Clarissa Harlowe Sir Charles GrandisonRICHTER, JEAN PAUL Hesperus TitanROSEGGER, PETER Papers of the Forest SchoolmasterROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES New HeloiseSAINT PIERRE, BERNARDIN DE Paul and VirginiaSAND, GEORGE Consuelo MaupratSCOTT, MICHAEL Tom Cringle's LogSCOTT, SIR WALTER Antiquary Guy Mannering Heart of Midlothian Ivanhoe Kenilworth Old Mortality Peveril of the Peak (SCOTT: Continued in Vol. VIII.)