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          [Illustration: LAMB, MACAULAY, SCOTT, and CARLYLE]

                               THE BEST

                               _of the_

                           WORLD'S CLASSICS

                         RESTRICTED TO PROSE

                          HENRY CABOT LODGE

                          _Editor-in-Chief_

                          FRANCIS W. HALSEY

                          _Associate Editor_

                  With an Introduction, Biographical
                     and Explanatory Notes, etc.

                            IN TEN VOLUMES

                                Vol. V

                    GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III

                       FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

                         NEW YORK AND LONDON

                         COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY

                       FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

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The Best of the World's Classics

VOL. V

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III

1740--1881

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CONTENTS

VOL. V--GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III

JAMES BOSWELL--(Born in 1740, died in 1795.)

I    Boswell's Introduction to Johnson.
       (From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

II   Johnson's Audience with George III.
       (From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

III  The Meeting of Johnson and John Wilkes.
       (From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

IV   Johnson's Wedding-Day.
       (From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH--(Born in 1770, died in 1850.)

     A Poet Defined.
       (From the Preface to the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads")

SIR WALTER SCOTT--(Born in 1771, died in 1832.)

I    The Arrival of the Master of Ravenswood.
       (From Chapter XXXIII of "The Bride of Lammermoor")

II   The Death of Meg Merriles.
       (From Chapter LV of "Guy Mannering")

III  A Vision of Rob Roy.
       (From Chapter XXIII of "Rob Roy")

IV   Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth.
       (From "Kenilworth")

V    The Illness and Death of Lady Scott.
       (From Scott's "Journal")

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE--(Born in 1772, died in 1834.)

I    Does Fortune Favor Fools?
       (From "A Sailor's Fortune")

II   The Destiny of the United States.
       (From the "Table Talk")

ROBERT SOUTHEY--(Born in 1774, died in 1843.)

     Nelson's Death at Trafalgar.
       (From the "Life of Nelson")

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR--(Born in 1775, died in 1864.)

I    The Death of Hofer

II   Napoleon and Pericles

CHARLES LAMB--(Born in 1775, died in 1834.)

I    Dream Children--A Reverie.
       (From the "Essays of Elia")

II   Poor Relations.
       (From the "Essays of Elia")

III  The Origin of Roast Pig.
       (From the "Essays of Elia")

IV   That We Should Rise with the Lark.
       (From the "Essays of Elia")

WILLIAM HAZLITT--(Born in 1778, died in 1830.)

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