Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS ## ESSAYS, FIRST SERIES ## ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES ## REPRESENTATIVE MEN THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CARLYLE AND EMERSON, V1 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CARLYLE AND EMERSON, V2 MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES ## ESSAYS ## NATURE ## THE CONDUCT OF LIFE ## ENGLISH TRAITS TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES ESSAYS, FIRST SERIES By Ralph Waldo Emerson CONTENTS I HISTORY II SELF-RELIANCE III COMPENSATION IV SPIRITUAL LAWS V LOVE VI FRIENDSHIP VII PRUDENCE VIII HEROISM IX THE OVER-SOUL X CIRCLES XI INTELLECT XII ART ESSAYS, SECOND SERIES By Ralph Waldo Emerson CONTENTS I THE POET II EXPERIENCE III CHARACTER IV MANNERS V GIFTS VI NATURE VII POLITICS VIII NONIMALIST AND REALIST NEW ENGLAND REFORMERS REPRESENTATIVE MEN SEVEN LECTURES By Ralph Waldo Emerson CONTENTS I USES OF GREAT MEN II PLATO; OR, THE PHILOSOPHER III SWEDENBORG; OR, THE MYSTIC IV MONTAIGNE; OR, THE SKEPTIC V SHAKSPEARE; OR, THE POET VI NAPOLEON; OR, THE MAN OF THE WORLD VII GOETHE; OR, THE WRITER ESSAYS By Ralph Waldo Emerson CONTENTS Introduction Page Life of Emerson 5 Critical Opinions 11 Chronological List of Principal Works 17 The American Scholar 19 Compensation 49 Self Reliance 79 Friendship 117 Heroism 139 Manners 156 Gifts 187 Nature 193 Shakespeare; or, the Poet 217 Prudence 243 Circles 260 Notes 279 NOTES THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR [1] Games of strength. The public games of Greece were athletic and intellectual contests of various kinds. There were four of importance: the Olympic, held every four years; the Pythian, held every third Olympic year; and the Nemean and Isthmian, held alternate years between the Olympic periods. These great national festivals exercised a strong influence in Greece. They were a secure bond of union between the numerous independent states and did much to help the nation to repel its foreign invaders. In Greece the accomplished athlete was reverenced almost as a god, and cases have been recorded where altars were erected and sacrifices made in his honor. The extreme care and cultivation of the body induced by this national spirit is one of the most significant features of Greek culture, and one which might wisely be imitated in the modern world.