This volume, edited by Carl Bode in collaboration with Malcolm Cowley, presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express the philosophy of a worldly idealist. The Portable Emerson comprises essays, including тАЬHistory,тАЭ тАЬSelf-Reliance,тАЭ тАЬThe Over-Soul,тАЭ тАЬCircles,тАЭ and тАЬThe PoetтАЭ; EmersonтАЩs first book, Nature, in its entirety; twenty-two poems, including тАЬUriel,тАЭ тАЬThe Humble-Bee,тАЭ and тАЬGive All to LoveтАЭ; orations, including тАЬThe American Scholar,тАЭ тАЬThe Fugitive Slave Law,тАЭ and тАЬJohn BrownтАЭ; English Traits, complete; and biographical essays on Plato, Napoleon, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Carlyle, and others.