We are indebted to Thomas Dekker for one of the most humorous characters in all Elizabethan literature; namely, Simon Eyre, an old shoemaker whose affairs became hilariously involved with those of the gentry. (Volume 47, Harvard Classics)
Introductory Note: Sir Walter Raleigh
The Discovery of Guiana, by Sir Walter Raleigh
Introductory Note: Robert Browning
A Blot in the ’Scutcheon (Act I), by Robert Browning
Introductory Note: Jean Racine
Phædra (Act I), by Jean Racine
Introductory Note: Mohammed
The Koran (The Chapter of Mary)
Introductory Note: William Harrison
Holinshed’s Chronicles (Chapter VI: Of the Food and Diet of the English)
Introductory Note: Edmund Burke (#2)
Reflections on the French Revolution (Section 13), by Edmund Burke
Introductory Note: Plutarch
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans (Pericles), by Plutarch
Introductory Note: Henry David Thoreau
Walking, by Henry David Thoreau
Introductory Note: Simon Newcomb
The Extent of the Universe, by Simon Newcomb
Introductory Note: Leif Ericsson
The Voyages to Vinland, by Leif Ericsson
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