UNIVERSITY EDITION

Crowned Masterpieces

OF

Literature

THAT HAVE ADVANCED CIVILIZATION

As Preserved and Presented by
The World's Best Essays

From the Earliest Period

to the Present Time

DAVID J. BREWER
Editor

EDWARD A. ALLEN

WILLIAM SCHUYLER

Associate Editors

TEN VOLUMES

VOL. VII

ST. LOUIS

FERD. P. KAISER
1902

R.B.P.