WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE

CRAWFORD H. TOY, A.M., LL.D.,

Professor of Hebrew,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass.

THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL.D., L.H.D.,

Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of

YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn.

WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH.D., L.H.D.,

Professor of History and Political Science,

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, N.J.

BRANDER MATTHEWS, A.M., LL.B.,

Professor of Literature,

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL.D.,

President of the

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Mich.

WILLARD FISKE, A.M., PH.D.,

Late Professor of the Germanic and Scandinavian Languages and Literatures,

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, N.Y.

EDWARD S. HOLDEN, A.M., LL.D.,

Director of the Lick Observatory, and Astronomer

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, Cal.

ALCÉE FORTIER, LIT.D.,

Professor of the Romance Languages,

TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, La.

WILLIAM P. TRENT, M.A.,

Dean of the Department of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of English and History,

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tenn.

PAUL SHOREY, PH.D.,

Professor of Greek and Latin Literature,

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL.D.,

United States Commissioner of Education,

BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D.C.

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A.M., LL.D.,

Professor of Literature in the

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D.C.

BERTHOLD AUERBACH--Continued: -- 1812-1882

The First False Step ('On the Heights')

The New Home and the Old One (same)

The Court Physician's Philosophy (same)

In Countess Irma's Diary (same)

ÉMILE AUGIER -- 1820-1889

A Conversation with a Purpose ('Giboyer's Boy')

A Severe Young Judge ('The Adventuress')

A Contented Idler ('M. Poirier's Son-in-Law')

Feelings of an Artist (same)

A Contest of Wills ('The Fourchambaults')

ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (by Samuel Hart) -- 354-430

The Godly Sorrow that Worketh Repentance ('The Confessions')

Consolation (same)

The Foes of the City ('The City of God')

The Praise of God (same)

A Prayer ('The Trinity')

MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS -- A.D. 121-180

Reflections

JANE AUSTEN -- 1775-1817

An Offer of Marriage ('Pride and Prejudice')

Mother and Daughter (same)

A Letter of Condolence (same)

A Well-Matched Sister and Brother ('Northanger Abbey')