Brown Harvard Classics, Five-Foot Shelf Of Books Set, S/8
An 8 volume collection from The Harvard Classics in the early reddish brown color published in 1909/1910.
New York: Collier & Son, 1909/10.
The set measures 10.75" across and is 8" tall.
Some age-related wear cover, spines, and corners of 1910 antique books as can be seen in the pictures. The photo props are not included.
Included are:
Volume 3) Bacon, Milton's Prose, Thomas Browne
Volume 8) Nine Greek Dramas
Volume 19) Faust, Egmont Etc. Doctor Faustus, Goethe, Marlowe
Volume 32) Literary and Philosophical Essays: Montaigne, Sainte Beuve, Renan
Volume 43) American Historical Documents
Volume 44) Sacred Writings 1
Volume 45) Sacred Writings 2
Volume 49) Epic and Saga .
In 1909, the President of Harvard University, Dr. Eliot made claims that one could get a quality education by reading from three-feet-shelf of classics for 15 minutes a day, later changing it to five feet. Collier & Son challenged Dr. Eliot to create such a collection, the first collection of which was published in 1909.
