The HARVARD CLASSICS Complete 71 Volume set 1st Edition
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Antique Books Online The Harvard Classics First Edition Complete in 71 Volumes Published by p.f. Collier & Son 1909 – 1910, 1917 Instant Library ’s a set of books that are beautiful and a collector’s item. These books are from the best authors of the world and include the world’s best literature ever written. The Harvard Classics in 51 Volumes, Complete And Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction in 20 Volumes, Complete The Harvard Classics , originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, was a fifty-volume anthology of works selected by Charles W. Eliot. It was originally published in 1909. Dr. Eliot, then President of Harvard University, had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending fifteen minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. What naturally followed was a debate, discussion, and decision as to what books would make up this collection. The publisher P. F. Collier and Son saw an opportunity, and challenged him make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works; the Harvard Classics was the result. The collection was widely advertised by Collier and Son, in Collier's Magazine and elsew, with great success. As Adam Kirsch, writing in 2001 Harvard Magazine, notes, "It is surprisingly easy, even today,
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