Historical documents, now priceless, were often used as wrapping paper. Rescued by chance was a letter of Columbus telling of his voyages - of the amazing bargains made with timid natives -- of Amazon women who fought like men and made marriage treaties with cannibals. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
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Introductory Note: Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
Introductory Note: Benvenuto Cellini
Autobiography (Vol. I, Ch. CVII-CXI), by Benvenuto Cellini
Introductory Note: William Penn
Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims, by William Penn
Introductory Note: The Life of Mr. George Herbert by Izaak Walton
The Life of Mr. George Herbert, by Izaak Walton
Introductory Note: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Two Years before the Mast (Ch. XVI), by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Introductory Note: Sir Richard Steele
The Spectator Club, by Sir Richard Steele
Introductory Note: Michel de Montaigne
Of the Institution and Education of Children, by Michel de Montaigne
Introductory Note: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poems, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Introductory Note: Victor Hugo
Preface to Cromwell, by Victor Hugo
Introductory Note: Daniel Defoe
The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters, by Daniel Defoe
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