1
Essays
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Essays
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Editor: Edna H. L. Turpin
Release Date: September 4, 2005 [EBook #16643]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ESSAYS ***
Produced by Curtis A. Weyant , Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
ESSAYS
BY
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Merrill's English Texts
SELECTED AND EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY EDNA H.L. TURPIN, AUTHOR OF "STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY," "CLASSIC FABLES," "FAMOUS PAINTERS," ETC.
NEW YORK
CHARLES E. MERRILL CO.
1907
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION LIFE OF EMERSON CRITICAL OPINIONS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS
THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR
COMPENSATION
SELF RELIANCE
FRIENDSHIP
HEROISM
MANNERS
GIFTS
NATURE
SHAKESPEARE; OR, THE POET
PRUDENCE
CIRCLES
NOTES
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
Merrill's English Texts
This series of books will include in complete editions those masterpieces of English Literature that are best adapted for the use of schools and colleges. The editors of the several volumes will be chosen for their special qualifications in conne
