Self-Reliance and Nature: The Complete First and Second Series of Emerson's Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

He is today seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.

Collected here in one convenient volume is Ralph Waldo Emerson's First Series and Second Series of essays.

The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature.

Essays - First Series
1. History
2. Self-Reliance
3. Compensation
4. Spiritual Laws
5. Love
6. Friendship
7. Prudence
8. Heroism
9. The Over-Soul
10. Circles
11. Intellect
12. Art

Essays - Second Series
1. The Poet
2. Experience
3. Character
4. Manners
5. Gifts
6. Nature
7. Politics
8. Nominalist and Realist
9. New England Reformers