1．Of Studies 1
2．Robinson Crusoe 4
3．Letter to His Son about Letter Writing 33
4．To the Countess of Bute 37
5．Letter to Lord Chesterfield 44
6．The Wealth of Nations 47
7．An Essay on the Principle of Population 60
8．Pride and Prejudice 65
9．Rip Van Winkle 92
10．Nature 113
11．Walden(or Life in the Woods) 123
12．On the Origin of Species 134
13．The Idea of a University 141
14．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 151
15．Love of Life 187
16．Pygmalion 214
17．Inaugural Address 242
18．Silent Spring 248
19．The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 256
20．A Brief History of Time:From the Big Bang to Black Holes 264
References 274
Afterword 276
About the Compiler 278