BJÖRNSON, BJÖRNSTJERNE
Arne
In God's Way

BLACK, WILLIAM
Daughter of Heth

BLACKMORE, R.D.
Lorna Doone

BOCCACCIO
Decameron

A Complete Index of THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS will be found at the end
of Volume XX.





INTRODUCTION

An enterprise such as THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS is to be judged from
two different standpoints. It may be judged with respect to its specific
achievement--the material of which it consists; or it may be judged with
regard to its general utility in the scheme of literature to which it
belongs.

In an age which is sometimes ironically called "remarkable" for its