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Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books by Various
Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Bacon, Calvin, Caxton, Condell, Copernicus, Dryden, Fielding, Goethe, Heminge, Hugo, Johnson, Knox, Newton, Raleigh, Spenser, Taine, Whitman and Wordsworth. Eliot wrote in his preface to these prefaces, "No part of a book is so intimate as the Preface. Here, after the long labor of the work is over, the author descends from his platform, and speaks with his reader as man to man, disclosing his hopes and fears, seeking sympathy for his difficulties, offering de...
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00 - Introductory Notes 02.01.2026 7:48
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01 - Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 1 01.01.2026 40:22
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02 - Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 2 31.12.2025 35:19
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03 - Dedication of The Institutes of the Christian Religion 30.12.2025 51:42
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04 - General Syllabus 29.12.2025 10:20
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05 - Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies 28.12.2025 15:50
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06 - Preface to the History of the Reformation in Scotland 27.12.2025 6:04
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07 - Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh on The Faerie Queene 26.12.2025 15:24
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08 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 1 25.12.2025 42:52
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09 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 2 24.12.2025 45:55
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10 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 3 23.12.2025 29:23
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11 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 4 22.12.2025 24:53
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12 - Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 1 21.12.2025 36:16
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13 - Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 2 20.12.2025 33:28
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14 - Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 3 19.12.2025 14:26
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15 - Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Plays 18.12.2025 6:03
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16 - Preface to The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica 17.12.2025 8:38
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17 - Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 1 16.12.2025 43:18
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18 - Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 2 15.12.2025 42:16
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19 - Preface to Joseph Andrews 14.12.2025 20:19
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20 - Preface to the English Dictionary, Part 1 13.12.2025 36:10
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21 - Preface to the English Dictionary, Part 2 and To the Earl of Chesterfield 12.12.2025 49:52
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22 - Preface to Shakespeare, Part 1 11.12.2025 50:30
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23 - Preface to Shakespeare, Part 2 10.12.2025 51:56
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24 - Preface to Shakespeare, Part 3 09.12.2025 30:58
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