Lectures on the Classics from the Five Foot Shelf

Name: Lectures on the Classics from the Five Foot Shelf
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ISBN: 9781616401788

ISBN-10: 1616401788

ISBN-13: 9781616401788

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charles W. Eliot, William Allan Neilson

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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume LI, the final volume, features 60 fascinating lectures on the wide range of knowledge the series covers-history, poetry, natural science, philosophy, biography, prose…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Publisher: Cosimo, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English