An apology for poetry, by Sir P. Sidney.
Three essays, by Sir F. Bacon.
Death's duel, by J. Donne.
From The life of Dr. John Donne, by I. Walton.
Areopagitica, by J. Milton.
A modest proposal, by J. Swift.
The retreat and death of Julian, by E. Gibbon.
Where I lived, and what I lived for, by H. D. Thoreau.
A crisis in my mental history, by J. S. Mill.
Why the novel matters, by D. H. Lawrence.
The crack-up, by F. S. Fitzgerald.
What I believe, by E. M. Forster.
The noble rider and the sound of words, by W. Stevens.
Butterflies, by V. Nabokov.
The sealed treasure, by S. Bellow.
Notes of a native son, by J. Baldwin.
