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== Similar compendia == * The concept of education through systematic reading of seminal works themselves (rather than textbooks) was carried on by [[John Erskine (educator)|John Erskine]] at [[Columbia University]], and in the 1930s [[Mortimer Adler]] and [[Robert Maynard Hutchins|Robert Hutchins]] at the University of Chicago carried this idea further with the concepts of education through study of the "[[Great Books|great books]]" and "great ideas" of Western civilization. This led to the publication in 1952 of ''[[Great Books of the Western World]]'', which is still in print and actively marketed. In 1937, under [[Stringfellow Barr]], [[St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|St. John's College]] introduced a curriculum based on the direct study of "great books". These sets are popular today with those interested in [[homeschooling]]. * ''[[Gateway to the Great Books]]''<ref name=HTRAB>{{cite book |last1=Adler |first1=Mortimer J. |last2=Doren |first2=Charles Van |year=1972 |orig-year=1940 |chapter=Appendix A. A Recommended Reading List |title=How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading |url=http://mathscinotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Adler-Mortimer-How-To-Read-A-Book.pdf |edition=Revised |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |pages=349–350 |access-date= 21 February 2018}}</ref> was designed as an introduction to the ''Great Books of the Western World'', published by the same organization and editors in 1952. * ''Palgrave's [[The Golden Treasury]]''<ref name=HTRAB/> is a popular anthology of English poetry, originally selected for publication by Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861. * ''[[The Oxford Book of English Verse]]''<ref name=HTRAB/> is an anthology of English poetry that had a very substantial influence on popular taste and perception of poetry for at least a generation. * The ''[[Loeb Classical Library]]'' is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience. * ''[[Sacred Books of the East]]'' is a 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious writings published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. * The [[Delphian Society]] created the 10 Volume ''Delphian Course of Reading''—with the Harvard Classics editor Eliot in mind—for young and developing minds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/delphiancourse01delp |title=The Delphian Course. Vol. 1: The Delphian Course of Reading Introduction |author=The Delphian Society |website=Internet Archive |publisher=Chicago: The Society |pages=viii-xi |access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> *The [[Everyman's Library]] is a series of reprints of classic literature, primarily from the [[Western canon]]. * The [[Thinker's Library]] is a selection of essays, literature, and extracts from greater works by various classical and contemporary humanists and rationalists, continuing in the tradition of the Renaissance that were published between 1929 and 1951 for the Rationalist Press Association by Watts & Co., London, a company founded by Charles Albert Watts.
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