EMERSON'S WORKS.

VOLUME II.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

COMPLETE WORKS

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

COMPRISING

HIS ESSAYS, LECTURES, POEMS, AND
ORATIONS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME II.

LONDON:

BELL & DALDY, 6, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

AND 186, FLEET STREET.

1866.

CONTENTS.

ENGLISH TRAITS:— «<»»

I. FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND 1

D. VOYAGE TO ENGLAND 11

III. LAND 15

IV. BACE 19

V. ABILITY 33

VI. MANNERS 45

VII. TRUTH . 51

VI1L. CHARACTER 56

IX.—COCKAYNE 64

X. WEALTH 68

XI. ARISTOCRACY 76

XII. UNIVERSITIES 88

XIII. RELIGION . . . ... . . .95

XIV.—LITERATURE 103

XV. THE "TIMES," 116

XVI.—STONEHENGE 121

XVI. PERSONAL 129

XVIII. RESULT 133

XIX.—SPEECH AT MANCHESTER 137