
Ralph Waldo Emerson · English
This selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's prose was edited by Edna H.
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This selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's prose was edited by Edna H. L. Turpin for Merrill's English Texts, a series intended for schools and colleges, and published in New York in 1907. An introduction offers a life of Emerson, critical opinions of his work and a chronological list of his writings. The eleven pieces are The American Scholar, Compensation, Self-Reliance, Friendship, Heroism, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Shakespeare; or, the Poet, Prudence and Circles, drawn from his addresses, both series of Essays and Representative Men. Explanatory notes follow the texts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · English
This selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's prose was edited by Edna H.
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SELECTED AND EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY EDNA H.L. TURPIN, AUTHOR OF "STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY," "CLASSIC FABLES," "FAMOUS PAINTERS," ETC.
Pagera Editor's Note
This selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's prose was edited by Edna H. L. Turpin for Merrill's English Texts, a series intended for schools and colleges, and published in New York in 1907. An introduction offers a life of Emerson, critical opinions of his work and a chronological list of his writings. The eleven pieces are The American Scholar, Compensation, Self-Reliance, Friendship, Heroism, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Shakespeare; or, the Poet, Prudence and Circles, drawn from his addresses, both series of Essays and Representative Men. Explanatory notes follow the texts.

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