Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11

Literature -- Collections

From 'History of the Plague in London': Superstitious Fears of the
  People; How Quacks and Impositors Preyed on the Fears of the
  People; The People Are Quarantined in Their Houses; Moral Effects
  of the Plague; Terrible Scenes in the Streets; The Plague Due to
  Natural Causes; Spread of the Plague through Necessities of the
  Poor

  From 'Colonel Jack': Colonel Jack and Captain Jack Escape Arrest;
  Colonel Jack Finds Captain Jack Hard to Manage; Colonel Jack's
  First Wife Is Not Disposed to be Economical

  The Devil Does Not Concern Himself with Petty Matters ('The Modern
  History of the Devil')

  Defoe Addresses His Public ('An Appeal to Honor and Justice')

  Engaging a Maid-Servant ('Everybody's Business is Nobody's
  Business')

  The Devil ('The True-Born Englishman')

  There Is a God ('The Storm')


EDUARD DOUWES DEKKER                     1820-1887             4513

  Multatuli's Last Words to the Reader ('Max Havelaar')
  Idyll of Saidjah and Adinda (same)


THOMAS DEKKER                            1570?-1637?           4521

  From 'The Gul's Horne Booke': How a Gallant Should
    Behave Himself in Powles Walk; Sleep
  Praise of Fortune ('Old Fortunatus')
  Content ('Patient Grissil')
  Rustic Song ('The Sun's Darling')
  Lullaby ('Patient Grissil')


JEAN FRANCOIS CASIMIR DELAVIGNE          1793-1843             4528

                     BY FREDERIC LOLIEE

  Confession of Louis XI.

DEMOSTHENES                              384-322 B.C.          4535

                     BY ROBERT SHARP

  The Third Philippic
  Invective Against License of Speech
  Justification of His Patriotic Policy

THOMAS DE QUINCEY                        1785-1859             4555

                     BY GEORGE R. CARPENTER

  Charles Lamb ('Biographical Essays')
  Despair ('Confessions of an English Opium-Eater')
  The Dead Sister (same)
  Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow (same)
  Savannah-La-Mar (same)
  The Bishop of Beauvais and Joan of Arc ('Miscellaneous Essays')


PAUL DEROULEDE                           1848-                 4580

  The Harvest ('Chants du Paysan')
  In Good Quarters ('Poemes Militaires')
  "Good Fighting" (same)
  Last Wishes (same)

RENE DESCARTES                           1596-1650             4585

  Of Certain Principles of Elementary Logical Thought
    ('Discourse on Method')
  An Elementary Method of Inquiry (same)
  The Idea of God ('Meditations')

PAUL DESJARDINS                                                4596

                     BY GRACE KING

  The Present Duty
  Conversion of the Church
  Two Impressions ('Notes Contemporaines')

SIR AUBREY DE VERE                       1788-1846             4609

  The Crusaders
  The Children Band ('The Crusaders')
  The Rock of Cashel
  The Right Use of Prayer
  The Church
  Sonnet

BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO                 1498-1593             4613

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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11

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