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人、朋友、同行的信函。这些大家手笔，凝练、优美、亲切，给人许多

感悟和启迪。汉语译文亦充分兼顾原文的书信体风格，严谨、流

畅。本书是英语学习者不可多得的课外辅助读物。

CONTENTS

目 录

Chesterfield toHis Son

切斯特菲尔德致儿家书

Benj amin Fra nklin to Thomas Wal pole

本杰明·富兰克林致托马斯·沃尔浦尔

Fran ces Burney toSam uel Crisp

弗朗西斯·伯尼致塞缪尔·克里斯普

P.B.ShelleytoJohn Keats

P.B.雪莱致约翰·济慈

P.B.ShelleytoLordByron

P.B.雪莱致拜伦

John Keatsto－Fanuy Keats

约翰·济慈致范妮·济慈

John Keats toFanny Brawne

约翰·济慈致芬尼·勃劳恩

Alfred Tennyson toQueen VIctoria

阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生致维多利亚女王

Karl Marx to Frede rick Engels

卡尔·马克思致弗雷德里克·恩格斯

Karl MarxtoJenny Marx

卡尔·马克思致燕妮·马克思

Walter Whi tman toHis Bro ther Walt （1）

沃尔特·惠特曼致弟弟瓦特（1）

Wal ter Whi tman toHis Broth erWal t（2）

沃尔特·惠特曼致弟弟瓦特（2）

ThomasJeffersontoJohnAdams

托马斯·杰斐逊致约翰·亚当斯

JohnAdams toThomas Jeffe rson

约翰·亚当斯致托马斯·杰斐逊

Mark TwaintoPamelaA.Moffett

马克·吐温致帕梅拉·A·莫菲特

Mark Twaintothe MuscatieJournal

马克·吐温致《默斯卡丁》杂志

Eug ene Black ford toHis Father

尤金·布莱克福特（在美国南北战争期间

从前线）致父亲

WilliamHamblintoHis Wife

威廉·汉姆伯林（在美国南北战争期间

从前线）致妻子

Thomas Hardy toMary Hardy

托马斯·哈代致玛丽·哈代

Thomas Hardy toEliza Lynn Linton

托马斯·哈代致伊利莎·林恩·林顿

Thomas Hardy toEzra Pound

托马斯·哈代致埃兹拉·庞德

s.KierkegaardtoEmilBoesen

s.克尔恺郭尔致埃米尔·博森

BernardShaw toMa bel Shaw

萧伯纳致梅布尔·萧

BernardShaw toSt.JohnErvine

萧伯纳致圣·约翰·欧文

Berna rdShaw toLionl Ames

萧伯纳致（邻居）莱昂内尔·艾米斯

Joseph Con rad toJohn Gals worthy

约瑟夫·康拉德致约翰·高尔斯华绥

JosephConradtoJ.B.pinker

约瑟夫康·拉德致J.B.平克

W.Yeats toLily Yeats

W.B.时芝致莉莉·叶芝

W.B. Yeats toGeorge Russell

W.B.叶芝致乔治·拉塞尔

W.BYeats toJames Joyce

W.B.叶芝致詹姆斯·乔伊斯

Aroold Benrett toGre gory Hill

阿诺德·本涅特致格雷戈里·希尔

Virginia Woolf tolady Robert Cecil

弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫致罗伯特·塞西尔女士

Virg inia Wolf toQuentin bell

弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫致昆廷·贝尔

James Joyce toHenrik Ihsen

詹姆斯·乔伊斯致亨利·易卜生

James Joyce toHis Wife Nora

詹姆斯·乔伊斯致妻子娜拉

D.H.LawrencetoRachel AnnandTaylor

D.H.劳伦斯致雷切尔·安南德·泰勒

D.H.LawrencetoJohnMiddleteonMurry

D.H.劳伦斯致J.M.默里

D.H.I awrence toLadyOttoline Mo rrel l

D.H.劳伦斯致奥托莱恩·莫雷尔夫人

D.H.Lawrence toCecilGray

D.H.劳伦斯致塞西尔·格雷

Eug ene O’Neill toBea trice Ashe

尤金·奥尼尔致比阿特丽斯·阿茜

EugeneO’NeilltoJohnV.A.Weaver

尤金·奥尼尔致约翰·V·A·威伍尔

Eug ene O’Neill toHis Son Eug ene

O’NeillJr.

尤金·奥尼尔致儿子小尤金·奥尼尔

F.ScottFitzgerald toMaryaMannes

F.司各特·菲茨杰拉德致玛丽娅·曼尼斯

FScott Fitzge rald toErnest Hemi ngway

F.司各特·菲茨杰拉德致欧内斯特·海明威

F.Scott Fitzge rald toF rances Scott

Fitzgeerald（1）

F.司各特菲茨杰拉德致弗朗西丝·司各

特·菲茨杰拉德（1）

FScott Fitzge rald toFra nces Scott

Fitzgera ld（2）

F.司各特·菲茨杰拉德致弗朗西丝·司各

特·菲茨杰拉德（2）

John Mu rry toKatheri neMansfi eld

约翰·默里致卡瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德

Willi am Fau lkner toHis Father Mr .M.C

Faulkner

威廉·福克纳致父亲

William Fau lkner toHis Mo therMrs .M.C

Fau lkne r

威廉·福克纳致母亲

E.B.WhitetoMiss B

E.B.怀特致B小姐

E.B.WhitetoCarol mian Baker

E.B.怀特致卡罗伊利安·贝克

E.B.WhitetoMiss R

E.B.怀特致R小姐

Ernest Hemingway toHis Mo ther

欧内斯特·海明威致母亲

ErnestHemingwaytoBillHorne

欧内斯特·海明威致比尔·霍恩

P.G.Grov etoCatherineGrove

P.G.格罗夫致妻子凯瑟琳格罗夫

Winston S.ChurchilltoFra nklinD

Roosevelt

邱吉尔致罗斯福

FranklinD.RoosevelttoWinston s

Churchill

罗斯福致邱吉尔

FranklinD.Roosevelt toStalin

罗斯福致斯大林

ChurchilltoEisenhower

邱吉尔致艾森豪威尔

Eisenho wertoEverettE.Hazlett

艾森豪威尔致埃弗雷特·E·黑兹里特

Bibli0graphy

Chesterfield to His Son

London.October 16,o.s.1747

Dear Boy,

THe art of pleasing is a very necessary one to pos-

sess; but a very difficult one to acquire. It can hardly be

reduced to mles ; and your own good sense and observa-

tion will teaeh y ou more of it than 1 can."Do as you would

be done by," is the surest method that 1 know of pleas-

ang. Observe carefully what pleases you in others, and

probably the same things in you will please others. If you

are pleased with the complaisance and attention of others

to your humoure, your tastes, or your weaknesses, depend

upon it, the same complaisance and attention on your

part, to theirs, will equally please them. Take the tone of

the comJpany that you are in, and do not pretend to give

it;be serious, gay, or even trifling, as you find the pre-

sent humour of the company: this is an attention due from

every individual to the majority. Do not tell stories in

company; there is nothing more tedious and disagreeable:

if by chance you know a very short story, and exceedingly

applicable to the present subject of conversation, tell it in

as few words as possible; and even then, throw out that

you do not love to tell stories; but that the shortness of it

tempted you.

Qf all things, banish tfae egotism out of your conver-

sation, and never think of entertaining people with your

own personal concems or private afi.iirs; though they are

interesting to you, they are tedious and impertinent to ev-

erybody else: besides that, one cannot keep one' s own

private affairs too secret. Whatever you think your own

excellencieB may be, do not affectedly display them in

company; nor labour, as many people do , to give that tum

to the conversation, which may supply yo 'u with an oppor-

tunity of exhibiting them. If they are real, they will infal-

libly be discovered, without your pointing them out your-

self, and with much more advantage. Neve 'r maintain an

argument with heat and clamour, though you think oi- know

yoursdf to be in the right; but give your opin ions modest-

ly and coolly, which is the only way to convimce;and, if

that does not do, try to change the conversation, by say-

ing, with good-humour, "We shall hardly conv'ince one

another; nor is it necessary that we should, so let us talk

of something else. "

Remember that there is a local propriety to be ob-

served in all companies; and that what is extremely proper

in one company, may be , and often is, highly improper

in another.

The jokes, the bon-mots, the little adventures,

which may do very well in one company, will seem flat

and tedious when related in another.