A Book of English Prose, Part 2 de Percy Lubbock

A Book of English Prose, Part 2: Arranged for Secondary and High Schools

Percy Lubbock

Originally published in 1913, this book of English prose for school children forms part of a two-volume series: the first volume contains selections for preparatory and elementary schools; the second volume contains selections for secondary and high schools. Both texts cover a broad variety of literary styles, moving chronologically from the late-medieval period through to the nineteenth century, explanatory notes being provided where necessary. The selections were arranged by Percy Lubbock (1879–1965), a renowned essayist, critic and biographer, who became Henry James's editor after his death.

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Prefatory note; Death of Sir Gawaine Sir Thomas Malory; The Queen's speech to her last parliament Elizabeth, Queen of England; Death of Cleopatra Sir Thomas North; The vanity of greatness Sir Walter Ralegh; The law of nations Richard Hooker; Of studies Francis Bacon; Meditation and death William Drummond; Primitive life Thomas Hobbes; Character of a plodding student John Earle; Charity Sir Thomas Browne; The danger of interfering with the liberty of the press John Milton; Death of Falkland Earl of Clarendon; The end of the pilgrimage John Bunyan; Poetry and music Sir William Temple; A day in the country Samuel Pepys; Captain Singleton in China Daniel Defoe; The art of conversation Jonathan Swift; The Royal Exchange Joseph Addison; Sir Roger de Coverley's ancestors Richard Steele; Partridge at the play Henry Fielding; A journey in a stage-coach Samuel Johnson; Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim Laurence Sterne; The funeral of George II Horace Walpole; The credulity of the English Oliver Goldsmith; Decay of the principles of liberty Edmund Burke; The candidate for parliament William Cowper; Youth Edward Gibbon; First sight of Dr Johnson James Boswell; Arrival at Osbaldistone Hall Sir Walter Scott; A visit to Coleridge Charles Lamb; Diogenes and Plato W. S. Landor; An invitation Jane Austen; Coleridge as preacher William Hazlitt; A dream Thomas de Quincey; The use of poetry John Keats; The flight to Varennes Thomas Carlyle; The trial of the seven bishops Lord Macauley; The university of Athens J. H. Newman; The house of the seven gables Nathaniel Hawthorne; Denis Duval's first journey to London W. M. Thackeray; Storm Charles Dickens; Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester Charlotte Brontë; A hut in the woods H. D. Thoreau; A miser George Eliot; Ships John Ruskin; The child in the house Walter Pater; Driving R. L. Stevenson; Notes.