Encyclopaedia of References: Human Life and Wisdom (2 Volume s)
by Henry Southgate

The present voluminous compilation seeks to make available the treasure of all the possible references on the vast and mysterious dimensions of human life and wisdom. It is a systematic record of the reflections of great seers, philosophers, scientists statesmen, thinkers, poets, writers, observers, theologians and the like on various aspects of life. The various authors whose sentiments are embodied herein include Dante, Cervantes, La Bruyere, Rochefoucauld, Rousseau, Lavater, Franklins, Shakespeare, Pope, Swift, Carlyle, Dickens, Longfellow, Macaulay, Sigourney, Tennyson and Thackeray. These are arranged so as to correspond to the alphabetically categorized abstractions of the dynamics of life embracing Feelings, Emotions, Experiences and Revelations, under different heads and subheads.