The Harvard classics / edited by Charles W Eliot

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : P.F. Collier and Son Corporation, 1937.Edition: 1st edDescription: 51 v. 21 cm. Reading guide Print 95 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.887 19
Subject: General Collection
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The Harvard Universal Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. Eliot worked for one year with William A. Neilson, a professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes.

General Collection

1994-03-31

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