The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume I: Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson)

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Book Overview

In 1849 Ralph Waldo Emerson collected in one volume all of his published work he thought worthy of preservation that had not been contained in the two series of Essays (1841, 1844) and the Poems... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000CSOQ8M
• Release Date: January 1950
• Publisher: Walter J. Black Inc
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

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Pre-Inflation

These days, celebrity authors earn thousands of dollars for a speech, but back in the 1880s, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the first American author known to receive payment for delivering a talk, was paid $5 and oats for his horse.