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Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books

Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Bacon, Calvin, Caxton, Condell, Copernicus, Dryden, Fielding, Goethe, Heminge, Hugo, Johnson, Knox, Newton, Raleigh, Spenser, Taine, Whitman and Wordsworth. Eliot wrote in his preface to these prefaces, "No part of a book is so intimate as the Preface. Here, after the long labor of the work is over, the author descends from his platform, and speaks with his reader as man to man, disclosing his hopes and fears, seeking sympathy for his difficulties, offering defence or defiance, according to his temper, against the criticisms which he anticipates." (Summary by DSayers)

Year of Publication: 1909Genres: Literary Collections

Running Time: 21 hours 28 minutes 50 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introductory Notes Martin Geeson	7:48
2	Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings by William Caxton, Part 1 Martin Geeson	40:22
3	Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 2 Martin Geeson	35:19
4	Dedication of The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin MaryAnn	51:42
5	General Syllabus by John Calvin MaryAnn	10:20
6	Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies by Nicolaus Copernicus Availle	15:50
7	Preface to the History of the Reformation in Scotland by John Knox doublemirrors	6:04
8	Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh on The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser Martin Geeson	15:24
9	Preface to The History of the World by Sir Walter Raleigh, Part 1 Bob Neufeld	42:52
10	Preface to The History of the World, Part 2 Bob Neufeld	45:55
11	Preface to The History of the World, Part 3 Bob Neufeld	29:23
12	Preface to The History of the World, Part 4 Bob Neufeld	24:53
13	Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna by Sir Francis Bacon, Part 1 Bob Neufeld	36:16
14	Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 2 Bob Neufeld	33:28
15	Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 3 Martin Gradwell	14:26
16	Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Plays by John Heminge Martin Geeson	6:03
17	Preface to The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton Availle	8:38
18	Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern by John Dryden, Part 1 Martin Geeson	43:18
19	Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 2 Martin Geeson	42:16
20	Preface to Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	20:19
21	Preface to the English Dictionary by Samuel Johnson Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	36:10
22	To the Earl of Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	49:52
23	Preface to Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson, Part 1 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	50:30
24	Preface to Shakespeare, Part 2 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	51:56
25	Preface to Shakespeare, Part 3 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	30:58
26	Introduction to The Propylaen by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ernst Pattynama	46:54
27	Prefaces to Poems by William Wordsworth, Part 1 TriciaG	38:03
28	Prefaces to Poems, Part 2 TriciaG	40:43
29	Prefaces to Poems, Part 3 TriciaG	35:04
30	Prefaces to Poems, Part 4 TriciaG	35:42
31	Prefaces to Poems, Part 5 TriciaG	33:01
32	Preface to Cromwell by Victor Hugo, Part 1 Leni	46:57
33	Preface to Cromwell, Part 2 Leni	45:20
34	Preface to Cromwell, Part 3 Leni	38:00
35	Preface to Cromwell, Part 4 Leni	36:55
36	Preface to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Part 1 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	42:04
37	Preface to Leaves of Grass, Part 2 Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	34:53
38	Introduction to The History of English Literature by H. A. Taine, Part 1 Kalynda	29:12
39	Introduction to The History of English Literature, Part 2 Kalynda	36:00