Synopsis Preface 1. Of Studies 2. Robinson Crusoe 3. Letter to His Son about Letter Writing 4. To the Countess of Bute 5. Letter to Lord Chesterfield 6. The Wealth of Nations 7. An Essay on the Principle of Population 8. Pride and Prejudice 9. Rip Van Winkle 10. Nature 11. Walden (or Life in the Woods) 12. On the Origin of Species 13. The Idea of a University 14. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 15. Love of Life 16. Pygmalion 17. Inaugural Address 18. Silent Spring 19. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 20. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes References Afterword About the Compiler