This Edition Includes Over 700 Highly Detailed Endnotes To Aid Both Student and Teacher. These Essays Were Selected And Edited, With Introduction And Notes, By Edna H. L. Turpin, To Include The LIFE OF EMERSON, CRITICAL OPINIONS, and a CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS. The Address 'THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR,' Is Printed In Its Entirety, Along With The Following Selected Essays: COMPENSATION - SELF-RELIANCE - FRIENDSHIP - HEROISM - MANNERS - GIFTS - NATURE - SHAKESPEARE; OR, THE POET - PRUDENCE - CIRCLES