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: Æsop’s Fables
Æsop’s Fables, by Æsop
Introductory Note: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Act III), by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: William Morris
The Defence of Guenevere, by William Morris
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights
Introductory Note: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust I (Scene 1), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Introductory Note: Virgil
The Æneid (Book VIII), by Virgil
Introductory Note: Voltaire
Letters on the English (Letters 15 & 16), by Voltaire
Introductory Note: Herodotus
An Account of Egypt (Sec. 9 & 10), by Herodotus
Introductory Note: Philip Massinger
A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Act I), by Philip Massinger
Introductory Note: Ernest Renan
The Poetry of the Celtic Races, by Ernest Renan
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