# Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles

Author: Erasmus, Desiderius, 1469-1536; Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford), 1869-1933 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: Latina

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8400

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## Summary

The selections in this volume are taken mainly from the Letters of Erasmus. Latin was to him a living language; and the easy straightforwardness with which he addresses himself to what he has to say, whether in narrating the events of every-day life or in developing more serious themes, makes his works suitable reading for beginners. To the rapidity with which he invariably wrote is due a certain laxity, principally in the use of moods and tenses; and his spelling is that of the Renaissance. These matters I have brought to some extent into conformity with classical usage; and in a few other ways also I have taken necessary liberties with the text.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/selections-from-erasmus-principally-from-his-epistles-8400/chapters/12/index.md)