Book Description

Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the most well-read and respected thinkers of his day, and he remains one of the most influential American thinkers of the last several centuries. This collection provides the modern reader with the opportunity to read, unedited and unrevised, some of Emerson's work. It is a collection that shines a light on his Transcendentalist beliefs and his passion for individualism. Lectures and Biographical Sketches: Volume Ten contains a total of eighteen works, five of which are biographical sketches and the other thirteen are essays on a range of topics. Stand out essays include Demonology, Character, Education, and The Scholar. The included biographical sketches are all quality, and focus on Ezra Ripley, Mary Emerson, Samuel Hoar, Henry David Thoreau, and Thomas Carlyle. Included in this collection are also several works that had never been published before, including The Man of Letters, Historic Notes of Life and Letters in New England, and several more. Lectures and Biographical Sketches is an excellent collection of works by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book provides the reader with the opportunity to read some of the author's lesser-known essays, including some that were unpublished before this collection. If you are a fan or critic of Emerson, this book can be a valuable addition to your personal library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.