THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR
SELF-RELIANCE
COMPENSATION

BY
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

EDITED WITH NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY BY

ORREN HENRY SMITH

GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL, BOSTON

NEW YORK . . . CINCINNATI . . . CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

Copyright, 1893 and 1911, by
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

EM. AMER. ScH.
J. F. T. 3.

The three essays of Emerson included in this volume are printed
by permission of, and by special arrangement with, Messrs. Houghton,
Mifflin & Company, the authorized publishers of Mr. Emerson's works.