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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 6
Volume 6: April 1, 1755 through September 24, 1756
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 7
Volume 7: October 1, 1756 through March 31, 1758
The seventh volume concludes the first period of Franklin's public service in Pennsylvania, and takes him to England to begin his "second career," that of colonial agent. Problems of defense during the war with France,...
Volpone, or The Fox
Volpone, or “The Fox,” is one of Jonson’s most popular plays and through the years has been a favorite of both theater-goers and readers. Professor Kernan offers his own interpretation, in a critical introduction...
Two Early Tudor Lives
The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish; The Life of Sir Thomas More by William Roper
"The serious student of the era and the even larger number of enthusiastic admirers of the historical literature for that complex and challenging age will be profoundly grateful for this compact, modern version of two...
The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870
“It is now forty years,” Walter Houghton writes, “since Lytton Strachey decided that we knew too much about the Victorian era to view its culture as a whole.” Recently the tide has turned and the Victorians have been...
The Yale Edition of The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
Volume 2, The History of King Richard III
Although it is generally accepted that More's Richard III initiates modern historical writing, there has been no scholarly edition of either the Latin of the English versions. The Yale St. Thomas More Project has now...
Beginning Japanese
Part 2
Beginning Japanese (Parts I and II) contains thirty-five lessons, all of which have the same basic pattern and involve the same procedures. Each lesson requires many hours of class work supplemented by outside study...
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 2
"The Idler" and "The Adventurer"
Direct Use of the Sun’s Energy
While the development of atomic power holds great promise for the future as a replacement for fossil fuels that are rapidly being depleted, the underdeveloped countries have a particularly vital and immediate interest in...
Intermediate Chinese
This text is the second in a series of three closely integrated volumes of spoken Chinese for use at the high-school and college levels. Intermediate Chinese presents dialogues on everyday topics together with...