THE WORLD'S GREAT

MASTERPIECES

History Biography Science Philosophy
Poetry The Drama Travel

Adventure Fiction Etc.

A Record of the Great Things that have been Said and Thought
and Done from the Beginning of History

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, HARRY THURSTON PECK, A.M., PH.D., L.H.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS, FRANK R. STOCKTON, NATHAN HASKELL DOLE,
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, CAROLINE TICK NOR.
INTRODUCTION BY JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG, LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.

Edition de Luxe. Volume XIII.

Published by AMERICAN
LITERARY SOCIETY New York