Download or read book Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books written by ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Charles W. Eliot is an anthology of literary gems by famous writers. It contains prefatory prose and criticism by Dryden, Wordsworth, Hugo, and others. Dr. Johnson's Preface to his great Dictionary, Walt Whitman's Preface to Leaves of Grass and other great introductory pieces by Spenser, Raleigh, Bacon, Newton, Dryden, and Fielding are included.