PN6012 THE FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF BOOKS "THE HARVARD CLASSICS" EDITED BY CHARLES W ELIOT LL D LECTURES ON THE HARVARD CLASSICS BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON PHD GENERAL EDITOR AND GEORGE PIERCE BAKER, A. B. WILLIAM MORRIS DAVIS, M. E., Ph. D., ROLAND BURRAGE DIXON, A. M., Ph. D. KUNO FRANCKE, Ph. D., LL. D. (Cantab.) CHARLES ROCKWELL LANMAN, Ph. D., GEORGE HOWARD PARKER, S. D. WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER, A. M. CHARLES HENRY CONRAD WRIGHT, M. A. ASSOCIATE EDITORS PF COLLIER & SON 14677 PN 6013 I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Robert Matteson Johnston, M. A. II. ANCIENT HISTORY. By William Scott Ferguson, Ph. D., Pro- fessor of History in Harvard University. III. THE RENAISSANCE. By Murray Anthony Potter, Ph. D., Assist- ant Professor of Romance Languages in Harvard University. V. THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Carleton Noyes, A. M., formerly Instructor in English in Harvard University. II. HOMER AND THE EPIC. By Charles Burton Gulick, Ph. D., Professor of Greek in Harvard University, and (1911-1912) in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. III. DANTE. By Charles Hall Grandgent, A. B., Professor of Ro- mance Languages in Harvard University. I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, II. ASTRONOMY. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, M. D. III. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. M. D. By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, By Lawrence Joseph Henderson, 113 118 IV. THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. V. KELVIN ON "LIGHT" AND "THE TIDES." By William Morris Davis, M. E., Ph. D., Sc. D., Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Emeritus, in Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Exchange Pro- |