Library of the Worlds Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 6

Library Of The World's Best
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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. VI.

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. VI
LIVED PAGE
THE ABBÉ DE BRANTÔME (Pierre de Bourdeille) 1527-1614 2319
The Dancing of Royalty ('Lives of Notable Women') The Shadow of a
Tomb ('Lives of Courtly Women') M. le Constable Anne de
Montmorency ('Lives of Distinguished Men and Great Captains') Two
Famous Entertainments ('Lives of Courtly Women')
FREDRIKA BREMER 1801-1865 2328 A Home-Coming ('The

Neighbors') The Landed Proprietor ('The Home') A Family Picture
(same)
CLEMENS BRENTANO 1778-1842 2343 The Nurse's Watch The
Castle in Austria
ELISABETH BRENTANO (Bettina von Arnim) 1785-1859 2348
Dedication: To Goethe ('Goethe's Correspondence with a Child') Letter
to Goethe Bettina's Last Meeting with Goethe (Letter to Her Niece) In
Goethe's Garden
JOHN BRIGHT 1811-1889 2354 From Speech on the Corn Laws
(1843) From Speech on Incendiarism in Ireland (1844) From Speech on
Non-Recognition of the Southern Confederacy (1861) From Speech on
the State of Ireland (1866) From Speech on the Irish Established
Church (1868)
BRILLAT-SAVARIN 1755-1826 2365
From 'Physiology of Taste': The Privations; On the Love of Good
Living; On People Fond of Good Living
CHARLOTTE BRONTÉ AND HER SISTERS 1816-1855 2381 Jane
Eyre's Wedding-Day ('Jane Eyre') Madame Beck ('Villette') A
Yorkshire Landscape ('Shirley') The End of Heathcliff (Emily Bronté's
'Wuthering Heights')
PHILLIPS BROOKS 1835-1893 2417 O Little Town of Bethlehem
Personal Character ('Essays and Addresses') The Courage of Opinions
(same) Literature and Life (same)
CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN 1771-1810 2425 Wieland's
Statement ('Wieland')
JOHN BROWN 1810-1882 2437 Marjorie Fleming ('Spare Hours')
Death of Thackeray (same)
CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE (Artemus Ward) 1834-1867 2461 BY

CHARLES F. JOHNSON Edwin Forrest as Othello High-Handed
Outrage at Utica Affairs Round the Village Green Mr. Pepper
('Artemus Ward: His Travels') Horace Greeley's Ride to Placerville
(same)
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 1605-1682 2473 BY FRANCIS BACON
From the 'Religio Medici' From 'Christian Morals' From 'Hydriotaphia,
or Urn-Burial' From 'A Fragment on Mummies' From 'A Letter to a
Friend' Some Relations Whose Truth We Fear ('Pseudoxia Epidemica')
WILLIAM BROWNE 1591-1643 2511 Circe's Charm ('Inner Temple
Masque') The Hunted Squirrel ('Britannia's Pastorals') As Careful
Merchants Do Expecting Stand (same) Song of the Sirens ('Inner
Temple Masque') An Epistle on Parting Sonnets to Cælia
HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL 1820-1872 2519 Annus
Memorabilis Words for the 'Hallelujah Chorus' Coming Psychaura
Suspiria Noctis
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 1809-1861 2523 A Musical
Instrument My Heart and I From 'Catarina to Camoens' The Sleep The
Cry of the Children Mother and Poet A Court Lady The Prospect De
Profundis The Cry of the Human Romance of the Swan's Nest The Best
Thing in the World Sonnets from the Portuguese A False Step A
Child's Thought of God Cheerfulness Taught by Reason
ROBERT BROWNING 1812-1889 2557 BY E. L. BURLINGAME
Andrea del Sarto A Toccata of Galuppi's Confessions Love among the
Ruins A Grammarian's Funeral