Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 4 is an impressive collection of works by various authors across different time periods and genres. The anthology showcases a wide range of literary masterpieces, from classic Greek and Roman texts to modern poetry and prose.

The volume features well-known authors like Homer, Virgil, and Dante, as well as lesser-known writers whose works deserve recognition. Each piece is carefully selected to represent the best of world literature and provide readers with a diverse and enriching reading experience.

One of the highlights of this book is the comprehensive nature of the collection, which allows readers to explore different cultures and perspectives through the eyes of talented writers. From epic poems to philosophical essays, there is something for everyone in this volume.

Overall, Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 4 is a valuable addition to any bookshelf. Whether you are a literature enthusiast or simply enjoy a good story, this anthology is sure to captivate and inspire you.

Book Description:
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question. In many cases, chapters contemplate not one author, but certain groups of works, organized by nationality, subject or period; there is, thus, a chapter on Accadian-Babylonian literature, one on the Holy Grail, and one on Chansons, for example.

The result is a collection that holds the interest, for the variety of subjects and forms, but also as a means of first contact with such famous and important authors that many people have heard of, but never read, such as Abelard, Dante or Lord Byron. According to the editor Charles Dudley Warner, this collection "is not a library of reference only, but a library to be read."

This fourth volume contains chapters from "Banim" to "Birrell".