Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13 is a comprehensive collection of works by various authors from different time periods and cultures. The anthology covers a wide range of genres, including poetry, fiction, essays, and more.

One of the standout features of this volume is its diversity, showcasing the richness and depth of literature from around the world. Readers will be exposed to classic texts from renowned authors like Oscar Wilde, Leo Tolstoy, and Mark Twain, as well as lesser-known works that offer a unique perspective on the human experience.

The editor has done an excellent job curating this collection, ensuring that each piece is engaging and thought-provoking. The introduction provides helpful context for each selection, making it easier for readers to appreciate the significance of the works included.

Overall, Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13 is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the literary heritage of different cultures. It is a valuable resource for students, academics, and casual readers alike, offering a glimpse into the vast and varied world of literature.

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 . 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 thirteenth volume contains chapters from "Dutt" to "Emerson".