Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2

Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Charles Dudley Warner

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LIBRARY OF THE

WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE

ANCIENT AND MODERN

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER

EDITOR

HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE LUCIA GILBERT RUNKLE

GEORGE HENRY WARNER

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Connoisseur Edition

VOL. II.

1896

THE ADVISORY COUNCIL

CRAWFORD H. TOY, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Hebrew, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass.

THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL.D., L.H.D., Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn.

WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH.D., L.H.D., Professor of History and Political Science, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, N.J.

BRANDER MATTHEWS, A.M., LL.B., Professor of Literature, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL.D., President of the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Mich.

WILLARD FISKE, A.M., PH.D., Late Professor of the Germanic and Scandinavian Languages and Literatures, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, N.Y.

EDWARD S. HOLDEN, A.M., LL.D., Director of the Lick Observatory, and Astronomer

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, Cal.

ALCÉE FORTIER, LIT.D., Professor of the Romance Languages, TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, La.

WILLIAM P. TRENT, M.A., Dean of the Department of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of English and History, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tenn.

PAUL SHOREY, PH.D., Professor of Greek and Latin Literature, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL.D., United States Commissioner of Education, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D.C.

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A.M., LL.D., Professor of Literature in the CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D.C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. II.

HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL--Continued-- 1821-1881 Self-interest Wagner's Music Secret of Remaining Young Results of Equality View-Points of History Introspection and Schopenhauer Music and the Imagination Love and the Sexes Fundamentals of Religion Dangers from Decay of Earnestness Woman's ideal the Community's Fate French Self-Consciousness Frivolous Art Critical Ideals The Best Art

TheBestArt The True Critic Spring--Universal Religion Introspective Meditations Destiny (just before death)

ANACREON-- B.C. 562?-477 Drinking Age The Epicure Gold The Grasshopper The Swallow The Poet's Choice Drinking A Lover's Sigh

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENBenjamin W. Wells) -- (by 1805-1875 The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Teapot The Ugly Duckling What the Moon Saw The Lovers The Snow Queen The Nightingale The Market Place ('The Story of My Life') Andersen Jubilee at Odense ('The Story of My Life') 'Miserere' in the Sixtine Chapel ('The Improvisatore')

ANEURIN-- Sixth Century The Slaying of Owain The Fate of Hoel, Son of the Great Cian The Giant Gwrveling Falls at Last

ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE(by Robert Sharp) From 'Beowulf' Deor's Lament From 'The Wanderer' The Seafarer The Fortunes of Men From 'Judith' The Fight at Maldon Cædmon's Inspiration From the 'Chronicle'

GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO-- 1864- The Drowned Boy('The Triumph of Death') To an Impromptu of Chopin(same) India

ANTAR(by Edward S. Holden) -- About 550-615 The Valor of Antar

LUCIUS APULEIUS-- Second Century The Tale of Aristomenes, the Commercial Traveler ('The Metamorphoses') The Awakening of Cupid(same)

THOMAS AQUINAS(by Edwin A. Pace) -- 1226-1274 On the Value of Our Concepts of the Deity ('Summa Theologica') How Can the Absolute Be a Cause? ('Quæstiones Disputatæ') On the Production of Living Things(same)

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS(by Richard Gottheil) From 'The Story of the City of Brass'(Lane's Translation) From 'The History of King Omar Ben Ennuman, and His Sons Sherkan and Zoulmekan' (Payne's Translation) From 'Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman' (Burton's Translation) Conclusion of 'The Thousand Nights and a Night'(Burton's Translation)

ARABIC LITERATURE(by Richard Gottheil) Imr-al-Kais:Description of a Mountain Storm Zuhéir: Lament for the Destruction of his Former Home Tarafah ibn al-'Abd: Rebuke to a Mischief-Maker Labîd: Lament for the Afflictions of his Tribe Antar: A Fair Lady Duraid, son of as-Simmah: The Death of 'Abdallâh Ash-Shanfarà of Azd: A Picture of Womanhood 'Umar ibn Rabí'a: Zeynab at the Ka'bah 'Umar ibn Rabí'a: The Unveiled Maid Al-Nâbighah: Eulogy of the Men of Ghassân Nusaib: The Slave-Mother Sold Al-Find: Vengeance Ibrahim, Son of Kunaif: Patience Abu Sakhr: A Lost Love Abu l'Ata of Sind: An Address to the Beloved Ja'far ibn 'Ulbah: A Foray Katari ibn al-Fujâ'ah: Fatality Al-Fadi ibn al-Abbas: Implacability Hittân ibn al-Mu'allà: Parental Affection Sa'd, son of Malik: A Tribesman's Valor From Sale's Koran:--Chapter xxxv.: "The Creator"; Chapter lv.: "The Merciful"; Chapter lxxxiv.: "The Rending in Sunder" Al-Hariri: His Prayer Al-Hariri: The Words of Hareth ibn Hammam The Caliph Omar Bin Abd Al-Aziz and the Poets (From 'Supplemental Nights': Burton's Translation)

DOMINIQUE FRANÇOIS ARAGO (by Edward S. Holden) -- 1786-1853 Laplace

JOHN ARBUTHNOT-- 1667-1735 The True Characters of John Bull, Nic. Frog, and Hocus ('The History of John Bull') Reconciliation of John and his Sister Peg(same) Of the Rudiments of Martin's Learning ('Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus')

THE ARGONAUTIC LEGEND The Victory of Orpheus('The Life and Death of Jason')

LUDOVICO ARIOSTO(by L. Oscar Kuhns) -- 1474-1533 The Friendship of Medoro and Cloridane ('Orlando Furioso') The Saving of Medoro(same) The Madness of Orlando(same)

ARISTOPHANES(by Paul Shorey) -- B.C. 448-390? Origin of the Peloponnesian War('The Acharnians') The Poet's Apology(same) Appeal of the Chorus('The Knights') Cloud Chorus('The Clouds') A Rainy Day on the Farm('The Peace') The Harvest(same) Grand Chorus of Birds('The Birds') Call to the Nightingale(same) The Building of Cloud-Cuckoo-Town(same) Chorus of Women('Thesmophoriazusæ') Chorus of Mystæ in Hades('The Frogs') A Parody of Euripides' Lyric Verse('The Frogs') The Prologues of Euripides(same)

ARISTOTLE(by Thomas Davidson) -- B.C. 384-322 Nature of the Soul('On the Soul') On the Difference between History and Poetry('Poetics') On Philosophy(Cicero's 'Nature of the Gods') On Essences('Metaphysics') On Community of Studies('Politics') Hymn to Virtue

JÓN ARNASON-- 1819-1888 From 'Icelandic Legends': The Merman The Fisherman of Götur The Magic Scythe The Man-Servant and the Water-Elves The Crossways

ERNST MORITZ ARNDT-- 1769-1860

What is the German's Fatherland? The Song of the Field-Marshal Patriotic Song

EDWIN ARNOLD-- 1832- Youth of Buddha('The Light of Asia') The Pure Sacrifice of Buddha(same) Faithfulness of Yudhisthira('The Great Journey') He and She After Death('Pearls of the Faith') Solomon and the Ant(same) The Afternoon(same) The Trumpet(same) Envoi to 'The Light of Asia' Grishma; or the Season of Heat(Translated from Kalidasa)

MATTHEW ARNOLD(by George Edward Woodberry) -- 1822- 1888 Intelligence and Genius('Essays in Criticism') Sweetness and Light('Culture and Anarchy') Oxford('Essays in Criticism') To A Friend Youth and Calm Isolation--To Marguerite Stanzas in Memory of the Author of 'Obermann' (1849) Memorial Verses (1850) The Sick King in Bokhara Dover Beach Self-Dependence Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse A Summer Night The Better Part The Last Word

THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS(by Richard Jones) From Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Britonum' The Holy Grail (Malory's 'Morte d'Arthur')

PETER CHRISTEN ASBJÖRNSEN-- 1812-1885 Gudbrand of the Mountain-Side The Widow's Son

ROGER ASCHAM-- 1515-1568 On Gentleness in Education ('The Schoolmaster') On Study and Exercise ('Toxophilus')

ATHENÆUS-- Third Century B.C. Why the Nile Overflows ('Deipnosophistæ') How to Preserve the Health(same) An Account of Some Great Eaters(same) The Love of Animals for Man(same)

PER DANIEL AMADEUS ATTERBOM-- 1790-1855 The Genius of the North The Lily of the Valley Svanhvit's Colloquy ('The Islands of the Blest') The Mermaid

AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE(by Frederick Morris Warren) -- Twelfth Century 'Tis of Aucassin and Nicolette

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON-- 1780-1851 A Dangerous AdventureAmerican Ornithological ('The Biography')

BERTHOLD AUERBACH-- 1812-1882 The First Mass('Ivo the Gentleman') The Peasant-Nurse and the Prince('On the Heights')

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME II.

The Gutenberg Bible (Colored Plate) Frontispiece Lyly's "Euphues" (Fac-simile)485 Hans Christian Andersen (Portrait)500 "Haroun al Raschid" (Photogravure)622 Dominique François Arago (Portrait)704 Ludovico Ariosto (Portrait)742 Aristotle (Portrait)788 Matthew Arnold (Portrait)844 "Lancelot Bids Adieu to Elaine" (Photogravure)890 John James Audubon (Portrait)956

VIGNETTE PORTRAITS

Anacreon Lucius Apuleius Thomas Aquinas John Arbuthnot Aristophanes Ernst Moritz Arndt Roger Ascham

RogerAscham Berthold Auerbach

HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL--(Continued from Volume I)

to the storms of air and sea; and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm- beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

MAY 27TH, 1857.--Wagner's is a powerful mind endowed with strong poetical sensitiveness. His work is even more poetical than musical. The suppression of the lyrical element, and therefore of melody, is with him a systematicparti pris. No more duos or trios; monologue and the aria are alike done awaywith. There

remains only declamation, the recitative, and the choruses. In order to avoid the conventional in singing, Wagner falls into another convention,--that of not singing at all. He subordinates the voice to articulate speech, and for fear lest the muse should take flight he clips her wings; so that his works are rather symphonic dramas than operas. The voice is brought down to the rank of an instrument, put on a level with the violins, the hautboys, and the drums, and treated instrumentally. Man is deposed from his sup erior position, and the centre of gravity of the work passes into the baton of the conductor. It is music depersonalized,--neo-Hegelian music,--music multiple instead of individual. If this is so, it is indeed the music of the future,--the music of the socialist democracy replacing the art which is aristocratic, heroic, or subjective.

DECEMBER 4TH, 1863.--The whole secret of remaining young in spite of years, and even of gray hairs, is to cherish enthusiasm in one's self, by poetry, by contemplation, by charity,--that is, in fewer words, by the maintenance of harmony in the soul.

APRIL 12TH, 1858.--The era of equality means the triumph of mediocrity. It is disappointing, but inevitable; for it is one of time's revenges.... Art no doubt will lose, but justice will gain. Is not universal level ing down the law of nature?... The world is striving with all its force for the de struction of what it has itself brought forth!

MARCH 1ST, 1869.--From the point of view of the ideal, humanity istristeand ugly. But if we compare it with its probable origins, we see that the human race has not altogether wasted its time. Hence there are three possible views of history: the view of the pessimist, who starts from the ideal; the view of the optimist, who compares the past with the present; and the view of the hero- worshiper, who sees that all progress whatever has cost oceans of blood and tears.

AUGUST 31ST, 1869.--I have finished Schopenhauer. My mind has been a tumult of opposing systems,--Stoicism, Quietism, Buddhism, Christianity. Shall I never be at peace with myself? If impersonality is a good, why am I not consistent in the pursuit of it? and if it is a temptation, why return to it, after having judged and conquered it?

Is happiness anything more than a conventional fiction? The deepest reason for my state of doubt is that the supreme end and aim of life seems to me a mere lure and deception. The individual is an eternal dupe, who never obtains what he seeks, and who is forever deceived by hope. My instinct is in harmony with the pessimism of Buddha and of Schopenhauer. It is a doubt which never leaves me, even in my moments of religious fervor. Nature is indeed for me a Maïa; and I look at her, as it were, with the eyes of an artist. My intelligence remains skeptical. What, then, do I believe in? I do not know. And what is it I hope for? It would be difficult to say. Folly! I believe in goodness, and I hope that good will prevail. Deep within this ironical and disappointed being of mine there is a child hidden--a frank, sad, simple creature, who believes in the ideal, in love, in holiness, and all heavenly superstitions. A whole millennium of idyls sleeps in my heart; I am a pseudo-skeptic, a pseudo-scoffer.

"Borne dans sa nature, infini dans ses voeux, L'homme est un dieu tombé qui se souvient des cieux."

MARCH 17TH, 1870.--This morning the music of a bras s band which had stopped under my windows moved me almost to tears. It exercised an indefinable, nostalgic power over me; it set me dreaming of another world, of infinite passion and supreme happiness. Such impressions are the echoes of Paradise in the soul; memories of ideal spheres who se sad sweetness ravishes and intoxicates the heart. O Plato! O Pythagoras! ages ago you heard these harmonies, surprised these moments of inward ecstasy,--knew these divine transports! If music thus carries us to heaven, it is because music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

APRIL 1ST, 1870.--I am inclined to believe that for a woman love is the supreme authority,--that which judges the rest and decides what is good or evil. For a man, love is subordinate to right. It is a great passion, but it is not the source of order, the synonym of reason, the criteri on of excellence. It would seem, then, that a woman places her ideal in the perfection of love, and a man in the perfection of justice.

JUNE 5TH, 1870.--The efficacy of religion lies precisely in that which is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy li es in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion in proportion as it demands more faith,--that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind. The philosopher aspires to explain aw ay all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. It is mystery, on the other hand, which the religious instinct demands and pursues: it is mystery which constitutes the essence of worship, the power of proselytism. When the cross became the "foolishness" of the cross, it took possession of the masses. And in our own day, those who wish to get rid of the supernatural, to enlighten religion, to economize faith, find themselves deserted, like poets who should declaim against poetry, or women who should decry love. Faith consists in the accept ance of the incomprehensible, and even in the pursuit of the im possible, and is self- intoxicated with its own sacrifices, its own repeated extravagances.

It is the forgetfulness of this psychological law w hich stultifies the so-called liberal Christianity. It is the realization of it w hich constitutes the strength of Catholicism.

Apparently, no positive religion can survive the supernatural element which is the reason for its existence. Natural religion seems to be the tomb of all historic cults. All concrete religions die eventually in the pure air of philosophy. So long then as the life of nations is in need of religion as a motive and sanction of morality, as food for faith, hope, and charity, so long will the masses turn away from pure reason and naked truth, so long will they adore mystery, so long--and rightly so--will they rest in faith, the only region where the ideal presents itself to them in an attractive form.

OCTOBER 26TH, 1870.--If ignorance andpassion are the foes ofpopular