Read these books for fifteen minutes a day, so you get a liberal education.

First published in 1909, the Harvard Classics are a series of books recommended by Dr. Charles W. Eliot. Eliot was the president of Harvard University, and said a liberal education could be had by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that fit on a five-foot length of bookshelf.

These are those books.

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
Volume 7
Volume 8
Volume 9
Volume 10
Volume 11
Volume 12
Volume 13
Volume 14
Volume 15
Volume 16
Volume 17
Volume 18
Volume 19
Volume 20
Volume 21
Volume 22
Volume 23
Volume 24
Volume 25
Volume 26
Volume 27
Volume 28
Volume 29
Volume 30
Volume 31
Volume 32
Volume 33
Volume 34
Volume 35
Volume 36
Volume 37
Volume 38
Volume 39
Volume 40
Volume 41
Volume 42
Volume 43
Volume 44
Volume 45
Volume 46
Volume 47
Volume 48
Volume 49
Volume 50
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Volume 51
  • The last volume contains sixty lectures introducing and summarizing the covered fields: