I. THE PERSONAL LIFE.
1. Self-Reliance……………RALPH WALDO EMERSON
2. Early Education
at Herne Hill………….JOHN RUSKIN
3. A Crisis in My
Mental History…………JOHN STUART MILL
4. Old China……………….CHARLES LAMB
II. EDUCATION.
5. What is Education?……….THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
6. Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning …..JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
7. Literature and Science……MATTHEW ARNOLD
8. How to Read……………..FREDERIC HARRISON
III. RECREATION AND TRAVELS.
9. On Going a Journey……….WILLIAM HAZLITT
10. Regrets of a Mountaineer….LESLIE STEPHEN
IV. SOCIAL LIFE AND MANNERS.
11. Behavior………………..RALPH WALDO EMERSON
12. Manners and Fashion………HERBERT SPENCER
13. Talk and Talkers…………ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
V. PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
14. The Social Value
of the College-bred…….WILLIAM JAMES
15. The Law of
Human Progress…………HENRY GEORGE
16. The Morals of Trade………HERBERT SPENCER
VI. SCIENCE.
17. The Physical Basis
of Life……………….THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
18. Mental Powers of
Men and Animals………..CHARLES DARWIN
19. The Importance of Dust……ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
VII. NATURE.
20. The Battle of the Ants……HENRY DAVID THOREAU
21. A Windstorm in the Forests…………JOHN MUIR
22. Walden Pond……………..HENRY DAVID THOREAU
23. Extracts from Modern Painters………..JOHN RUSKIN
VIII. CONDUCT AND INNER LIFE.
24. The Stoics.. ………….WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY
25. Enthusiasm of Humanity……JOHN ROBERT SEELEY
26. Loyalty and Insight………JOSIAH ROYCE
IX. LITERATURE AND ART.
27. Poetry for Poetry's Sake…. A.C. BRADLEY
28. Greek Tragedy…………….G. LOWES DICKINSON
29. Shakespeare………………THOMAS CARLYLE
30. Charles Lamb……………..WALTER PATER
31. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment…NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
32. Markheim…………………ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON