The Harvard Classics, Youth Compilation

Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf."

Subsequent editions of the series include a brief note from Dr. Eliot regarding what selections would be best for youth (specifically, "boys and girls of from twelve to eighteen years of age") accompanied by a special "Child's Index."

This compilation contains the poems, books and writings included in that index. These are:
Æsop's Fables
Grimm's Tales
Andersen's Tales
HOMER— The Odyssey
VIRGIL— The Æneid
The Arabian Nights
The Song Of Roland
Robin Hood (A Gest of Robyn Hode)
TRADITIONAL BALLADs— Selections at pleasure
MALORY, SIR THOMAS— The Holy Grail
HERODOTUS— An account of Egypt from The Histories
TACITUS— Germany
PHILLIP NICHOLS— Sir Francis Drake Revived
FRANCIS PRETTY— Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World
WALTER BIGGES— Drake's Great Armada
EDWARD HAIES— Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland
SIR WALTER RALEIGH— The Discovery of Guiana
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN— Autobiography
JOHN BUNYAN— The Pilgrim's Progress
SHAKESPEARE— Macbeth and The Tempest
THOMAS DEKKER— The Shoemaker's Holiday
PLUTARCH— Lives
FROISSART— Chronicles
AMBROISE PARÉ— Journeys
MANZONI— The Betrothed
R. H. DANA— Two Years before the Mast
CHARLES DARWIN— The Voyage of the Beagle
JOSEPH ADDISON— The Vision of Mirza
GOLDSMITH— She Stoops to Conquer, The Deserted Village 
SCHILLER— William Tell
GOETHE— Hermann and Dorothea
MICHAEL DRAYTON— Agincourt and To the Virginian Voyage
COWPER— John Gilpin
WORDSWORTH— Michael
SIR WALTER SCOTT— Poems
MACAULAY— Poems
COLERIDGE— The Ancient Mariner
JAMES HOGG— Kilmeny
THOMAS CAMPBELL— Poems
LORD BYRON— The Prisoner of Chillon, The Destruction of Sennacherib, The Isles of Greece
THOMAS MOORE— Poems
LEIGH HUNT— Abou Ben Adhem
KEATS— The Eve of St. Agnes
TENNYSON— Morte d' Arthur, Sir Galahad, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Revenge 
RUSKIN— Sesame and Lilies
THACKERAY— The End of the Play
ROBERT BROWNING— How They Brought the Good News
SYDNEY DOBELL— The Ballad of Keith of Ravelston
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI— The King's Tragedy
WILLIAM E. HENLEY— England, My England.
BRYANT— Robert of Lincoln, To a Waterfowl 
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW— Poems
JOHN G. WHITTIER— Randolph of Roanoke, Barclay of Ury, The Barefoot Boy, The Pipes at Lucknow, Barbara Frietchie 
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES— The Chambered Nautilus, Old Ironsides 
SIDNEY LANIER— The Revenge of Hamish
FRANK A. HASKELL— The Battle of Gettysburg
ABRAHAM LINCOLN— Speech at Gettysburg
SELECTIONS— From Sacred Writings
Confucius Sayings 
Books of Job, Psalms, Ecclesiates 
Gospel of Luke, Acts of the Apostles 
Letters to the Corinthians 
Christian Hymns 
Buddhist Writings 
Hindu: The Bhagavad-Gita 
Chapters of the Koran