The University Library: Vol. XVII
edited by John Huston Finley
Copyright 1926, this edition 1931
Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.: Garden City, New York
Publisher's Note:
The genesis of the University Library lies in a compilation of "Little Masterpieces," the first of which were published more than twenty-five years ago. The material included in these volumes was selected by able editors and writers whose experience was great and whose taste was excellent. Out of the "Little Masterpieces" grew a course in liberal education which was known as the Pocket University, and out of the Pocket University grew, finally, the University Library.
Some of the most important material contained in the Pocket University is, of course, included in the University Library but the sequence has been entirely changed and the scope of the work greatly broadened. Fully two thirds of the material is new and the literature of the world has been ransacked to find appropriate text to fit the basic educational needs of the modern public.
Each book is hardbound without dust jacket, as issued, and measures 7-1/4" x 4-5/8". The original set contained 25 volumes.
This volume specifically includes excerpts from the writing of 24 different authors, including William Morris, Lord Kelvin, Bayard Taylor, and Washington Irving. This volume is 337 pages plus 4 pages of "Questions and Extensions" based on the text.
Condition: Hardcover. Not ex-library. Rubbing on edges of spine and corners. Binding seems tight and pages are clean with no notes. See photos for more regarding condition.
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