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 THE MODERN STUDENT'S LIBRARY

THE ESSAYS OF ADDISON AND STEELE

Selected and edited by WILL D. HOWE

Professor of English at Indiana University

With the writings of these two remarkable essayists modern prose began. It is not merely that their style even to-day, after two cen- turies, commands attention, it is equally noteworthy that these men were among the first to show the possibilities of our language in developing a reading public.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND JONATHAN EDWARDS

With an Introduction by CARL VAN DOREN

Franklin and Edwards often sharply contrasted in thought are, however, in the main, complimentary to each other. In religion, Franklin was the utilitarian, Edwards the mystic. Franklin was more interested in practical morality than in revelation; Edwards sought a spiritual exaltation in religious ecstasy. In science Frank- lin was the practical experimenter, Edwards the detached observer. the theoretical investigator of causes.

THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN

By Sir WattTER Scott

With an Introduction by WILLIAM P. TRENT Professor of English at Columbia University

Universally admitted one of the world’s greatest story-tellers, Scott himself considered “The Heart of Midlothian” his master- piece, and it has been accepted as such by most of his admirers.