GEORGE BELL AND SONS LONDON: PORTUGAL ST., LINCOLN'S INN CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY : A. H. WHEELER & CO. RALPH WALDO EMERSON EDITED BY GEORGE SAMPSON VOL. II ENGLISH TRAITS THE CONDUCT OF LIFE NATURE LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 11-8-29 19 Sith 10-31-19 20040 V. 2. EDITOR'S PREFACE. as THIS Volume contains two works by Emerson familiar, almost, as the "Essays "-namely, "English Traits" and "The Conduct of Life." The former was published in 1856, and is equal in interest to his best work, though less lofty in scope. The "Conduct of Life" (1860) follows the thought of the "Essays," to which, however, it is much nferior in style and matter. "Nature" (1836) is placed here where an early work can best be judged—that is, after the author's most characteristic pieces. G. S. |