THE HAWTHORNE CLASSICS

ENGLISH ESSAYS

EDITED BY

EDWARD EVERETT HALE, Jr., PH.D.
Professor of English in Union College

YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
WORLD BOOK COMPANY

THE HAWTHORNE CLASSICS

FOR GRAMMAR GRADES

Edited by Edward Everett Hale, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of English in
Union College. In eight volumes. Uniformly bound in cloth.
List price per volume for class use, 40 cents; mailing
price for single volume, each 48 cents.

These classics are adapted to higher grammar grades and
satisfy the universal demand for complete literary wholes.

AMERICAN ESSAYS. For grades 7 and 8. xii +257 pages.

Examples from our four greatest essayists, that can also be used
in the lower classes of high schools.

AMERICAN STORIES. For grades 6 and 7.

xvi + 270 pages.

-Eight great American short stories from Washington Irving to
Edward Everett Hale. Each is a model of the kind, and is dis-
tinct in subject and treatment.

BALLADS AND BALLAD POETRY.

254 pages.

For grades 7 and 8.

xvi +

Genuine ballads of the olden time with the true ballad flavor, a
group of the best modern ballads, and three stirring poems of
greater length which have the ballad character.

ENGLISH ESSAYS. For grades 7 and 8. xiv + 240 pages.

Some are also

By Lamb, Addison, Goldsmith, and Thackeray.
well adapted to high school and normal classes.
ENGLISH STORIES. For grades 6 and 7. xiv + 240 pages.

Five great English Stories of varied type. This volume with
"American Stories" will help to develop the literary sense, while
gratifying the love for a good story.

GREEK MYTHS IN ENGLISH DRESS. For grades 5 and 6. xii +
244 pages.

Six immortal Greek myths retold by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Charles Kingsley, and Thomas Bulfinch.

LONGER NARRATIVE POEMS. For grades 6 to 8. xiv + 257 pages.
Ten of the best narrative poems of the nineteenth century, varied
in style and meter, and of thrilling interest to pupils of the hero-
loving age. These poems might be used in the high school for

more critical study.

SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES. For grades 7 and 8. xxii +298 pages.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, and The Tempest.
One, at least, of these comedies should be read in the grammar
grades.

For English Classics for high schools, note the "Star Series" which
is listed in the back of this book.

WORLD BOOK COMPANY
Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York

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Copyright, 1902. by World Book Company. All rights reserved.

12-17-43

PREFATORY NOTE

As will be noticed in the Introduction, this volume professes to give nothing more than a selection from the most famous masters of the essay in its most characteristic form. Many noteworthy essayists are therefore omitted, Bacon on the one hand, Macaulay on the other. It seemed better that such a book as this should confine itself to some distinct kind or (to speak in imitation of science) species. Even in the field of the essay proper some masters are left out; Cowley, Steele, Johnson, Hazlitt certainly come not far behind those whose work is in this book. But here again it seemed best to confine our representation, that we might have enough of each one to be representative.

E. E. H. JR.