ESSAYS AND ENGLISH TRAITS

by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard Classics, Vol. 5
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14

Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Conduct of Life, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Letters and Social Aims, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Napoleon; or, the Man of the World from Representative Men, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, by Houston Stewart Chamberlain
Ars Vivendi (Art of Living), by Arthur Lovell
Gods & Beasts -- The Nazis & the Occult, by Dusty Sklar
The Confessions of St. Augustine, by St. Augustine of Hippo, translated and edited by Albert C. Outler, Ph.D., D.D.

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Note
• Essays
  • 1. The American Scholar
  • 2. An Address
  • 3. Man the Reformer
  • 4. Self-Reliance
  • 5. Compensation
  • 6. Friendship
  • 7. Heroism
  • 8. The Over-Soul
  • 9. Circles
  • 10. The Poet
  • 11. Character
  • 12. Manners
  • 13. Gifts
  • 14. Nature
  • 15. Politics
  • 16. New England Reformers
  • 17. Worship
  • 18. Beauty
• English Traits
  • 1. First Visit to England
  • 2. Voyage to England
  • 3. Land
  • 4. Race
  • 5. Ability
  • 6. Manners
  • 7. Truth
  • 8. Character
  • 9. Cockayne
  • 10. Wealth
  • 11. Aristocracy
  • 12. Universities
  • 13. Religion
  • 14. Literature
  • 15. The “Times”
  • 16. Stonehenge
  • 17. Personal
  • 18. Result
  • 19. Speech at Manchester