Chapter 1 Selected Essays of Francis Bacon 培根随笔:知识就是力量
1.1 Of Studies 论读书
1.2 Of Beauty 论美
1.3 Of Truth 论真理
1.4 Of Friendship 论友谊
1.5 Of Regiment of Health 论养生
1.6 Of Ambition 论野心
1.7 Of Adversity 论厄运
1.8 Of Death 论死亡
Chapter 2 Selected Essays of Ralph Emerson 爱默生随笔:肺腑之言最能打动人心
2.1 Self-Reliance 论自立
2.2 Heroism 论英雄主义
2.3 Circles 论圆
2.4 Nature 论自然
2.5 Compensation 论补偿
2.6 The Over-Soul 论超灵
2.7 The American Scholar 美国学者
2.8 The Poet 论诗人
Chapter 3 Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne 蒙田随笔:真正的学者就像田野上的麦穗
3.1 Of Friendship: The Real Friendship 论友谊:真正的友谊
3.2 Of Friendship: Friendship Possesses the Soul 论友谊:友谊在心中
3.3 Of Books: Read for Yourself 论书籍:追随本性去阅读
3.4 Of Books: Reap Commodity out of history 论书籍:读史明鉴
3.5 Of the Institution and Education of Children: How to Bring up Children
论儿童的教育:如何培养孩子
3.6 Of the Institution and Education of Children: The Character of a Good Tutor
论儿童的教育:优秀老师的品质
Chapter 4 Selected Essays of Marcus Aurelius 马克奥勒留随笔:没有人能阻止你按本性生活
4.1 Open Your Eyes to Good Qualities Around 汲取身边的美德
4.2 Dance with Your Spirit 做与灵魂共舞的人
4.3 Having an Object for Every Action 每次行动都有目的
4.4 The Daemon Within 内心的神
Chapter 5 Selected Essays of Marcus Cicero 马库斯西塞罗随笔:没有诚实何来尊严
5.1 Old Age: Of those Old Age Has Deliberation in a Greater Degree
论老年:岁月让思想更加深邃
5.2 Old Age: Take Delight in the Pleasures of the Old Age
论老年:快乐地活到老
5.3 On Friendship 论友谊
Chapter 6 Selected Essays of Freidrich Schiller 弗里德里希席勒随笔:从美的事物中找到美
6.1 Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man: Attain the Harmony of Humanity
审美教育书简:追寻人性的完整
6.2 Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man: Dare to Be Wise
审美教育书简:勇气即智慧
6.3 Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man: The Ideal of Beauty
审美教育书简:对美的追求
Chapter 7 Selected Essays of John Ruskin 约翰罗斯金随笔:文明就是要造就有修养的人
7.1 Lilies: Heroines in Shakespeare’s Work 百合:莎翁笔下的女性
7.2 Lilies: The true Changefulness of Woman 百合:女性的灵性之美
7.3 Sesame: Advancement in life 芝麻:人生的提升
7.4 Sesame: Treasures Hidden in Books 芝麻:寻找书籍的宝藏
Chapter 8 Selected Essays of Charles Sainte Beuve 查尔斯圣伯夫随笔:真正的经典知名作家丰富了人类心灵
8.1 The Style of a Great Writer 蒙田的独特文风
8.2 What Is a Classic: Classic Author Enriches the Mind
何谓经典:知名作家丰富人类思想
8.3 What Is a Classic: Relouild the Temple of Taste 何谓经典:重建品位的神殿
Chapter 9 Selected Essays of Charles Lamb 查尔斯兰姆随笔:娓娓道来间透出动人的力量
9.1 Old China 古瓷器
9.2 New Year’s Eve 除夕
9.3 Dream-Children; A Reverie 梦幻中的孩子
9.4 Distant Correspondents 遥远的信使
Chapter 10 Selected Essays of Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克随笔:生命在闪耀中现出绚烂
10.1 On Taste 论品位
10.2 Joy and Grief 论快乐与悲伤
10.3 Of Beauty 论美
10.4 Sympathy, Imitation, and Ambition 同情、模仿与雄心
Chapter 11 Selected Essays of Abraham Cowley 亚伯拉罕考利随笔:好奇心的动力堪比朝圣者的奉献
11.1 Of Avarice 论贪婪
11.2 Of Agriculture 论务农
11.3 The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches 人生苦短 富贵无常
Chapter 12 Selected Essays of Henry Thoreau 亨利梭罗随笔:灵魂的必需品并不需要用金钱来购买
12.1 Walking 散步的艺术
12.2 The Wildest Dream of Wild 野性之美
12.3 The Wild of Spirit 心灵的原野
Chapter 13 Selected Essays of Jonathan Swift 乔纳森斯威夫特随笔:书是思想的产儿
13.1 Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation 说话的技巧
13.2 A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet 给青年诗人的建议信
13.3 On the Death of Esther Johnson 祭斯特拉
Chapter 14 Selected Essays of Giuseppe Mazzini 朱塞佩马志尼随笔:理想是上帝的语言
14.1 Byron and Goethe 拜伦与歌德
14.2 Byron—The Brave Singer 拜伦——勇敢的歌者
14.3 Goethe—The Tranquil Poet 歌德——安宁的诗人
Chapter 15 Selected Essays of William Penn 威廉佩恩随笔:知识是圣贤的财富
15.1 Ignorance 未知
15.2 Education 教育
15.3 Right Marriage 正确的婚姻观
15.4 Temporal Happiness 短暂的幸福
Chapter 16 Selected Essays of Robert Stevenson 罗伯特史蒂文森随笔:人生唯一值得寻找的财富就是生活的目标
16.1 Truth of Inter Course 肢体语言的微妙
16.2 Get Our Hearts Understood 一切尽在理解中