Two Hundred Good Books by C.F. Braun, List Two

In my previous post, I detailed the books recommended by famous industrialist and inspiration of Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett, C.F. Braun in his publication, Two Hundred Good Books. I did this as a bit of a public service, as the contents of Braun’s book is not available in print or online despite the availability in the public domain of most of the books he recommends.

Braun’s book itself has a second list at the back, List Two, in alphabetical order, of more difficult to acquire publications. I’ve reproduced it here.

I’d like to point out, paraphrasing Braun, that since many of these works are not originally in English, each translation is in essence its own interpretation and thus finding the specific edition recommended is key.

As with the previous list, I’ve placed an asterisk by the titles of books that sound interesting and have included links when available.

A

Abraham Lincoln, Complete Works. Edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. 1894.

Aeneid of Virgil. Translated by E. Fairfax Taylor. 1907.

Agricola Dialogus, Germania. Tacitus. Translated by M. Hutton and W. Peterson.

America’s Capacity to Consume. Level, Moulton, and Warburton. 1934.

America’s Capacity to Produce. Nourse and Associates. 1934.

On Architecture. Vitruvius. Translated by Frank Granger.

Aeropagitica. John Milton.

Ariadne Florentina. Bound with Proserpina and Opening of Crystal Palace. John Ruskin.

Arrows of the Chace. John Ruskin.

Art of Living Long. Louis Cornaro. 1903.* (Archive.org PDF)

Aucassin and Nicolette. Translated by Andrew Lang.

B

Basic English. C. K. Ogden. 1940.

Bible and English Prose Style. Albert S. Cook. 1892.

Biography of a Grizzly. Ernest Thompson Seton. 1900.* (Gutenberg)

Boethius. Translated by H. F. Stewart and E. K. Rand.

C

Chita. Lafcadio Hearn. 1889.

Conspiracy of Pontiac. Francis Parkman.

Correspondence of Prince Talleyrand and Louis XVIII. 1881.

Critical and Historical Essays. Thomas Babington Macaulay. 1907.

Crown of Wild Olives. Bound with Pre-Raphaelitism, Munera Pulveris, and Aratra Pentelici. John Ruskin.

Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Translated by Walter Miller.

D

De Profundis. Bound with The Picture of Dorian Gray.* Oscar Wilde. (Gutenberg, separate links)

Dialogue Between Two Dogs. Bound with Other Exemplary Novels. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 1855.* (Gutenberg, only second book available)

E

Eagle’s Nest. Bound with Dame Wiggins of Lee, King of Golden River, and Deucalion. John Ruskin.

Elements of Drawing. Bound with Ethics of the Dust and Fiction Fair and Foul. John Ruskin.

Epictetus. Translated by W. A. Oldfather.* (Wikisource)

Epistulae Morales. Seneca. Translated by R. M. Gummere.

Essentials of Composition as Applied to Art. John V. Van Pelt.

Ethics, Twelve Essays. Arthur Morgan. 1933.

Euripedes. Translated by A. S. Way.

Euthyphro. Plato. Translated by Harold N. Fowler.

F

Fate of Iciodorum. David Starr Jordan. 1909.

Formation of Capital. Harold G. Moulton. 1935.

Fors Clavigera. John Ruskin.

G

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan. Lafcadio Hearn. 1894.

H

Hippocrates. Translated by Jones and Withington.

I

Isocrates. Translated by George Norlin.

J

Joy Forever. Bound with Our Fathers Have Told Us, and Laws of Fesole. John Ruskin.

K

Kokoro. Lafcadio Hearn. 1896.* (Gutenberg)

L

Lady of the Chinese Courtyard. Elizabeth Cooper. 1914.* (Gutenberg)

L’Allegro, and Il Peseroso. John Milton.

Lays of Ancient Rome. Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Lectures on Art. Bound with Elements of Perspective, and Saint Mark’s Rest. John Ruskin.

Limerick Book. Illustrated by Herb Roth.

Lives of the Hunted. Ernest Thompson Seton. 1904.* (E. T. Seton Institute PDF)

M

Mechanism of English Style. Lewis Worthington Smith. 1916.

Mind and Society. Vilfredo Pareto. 1935. Originally Published 1916.

Modern Painters. John Ruskin.

N

Nature and Significance of Economic Science. Second Edition. Lionel Robbins.

Naval Leadership. U.S. Naval Institute. 1939.

O

Oldest Code of Laws. Hammurabi. Translated by C. H. W. Johns. 1903.

Outlines of Economics. Richard T. Ely. 1925.

P

Parallel Lives. Plutarch. Translated by B. Perrin.

Pareto’s General Sociology. L. J. Henderson. 1937.

Piece of Chalk. Included in Discourses Biological and Geological. T. H. Huxley. 1897.

Poetics, by Aristotle, and On The Sublime, by Longinus. Translated by W. Hamilton Fyfe.

Principles of Argumentation. Baker and Huntington. 1925.

Principles of Public Finance. Hugh Dalton.

Psychology and Psychic Culture. R. P. Halleck. 1895.

Q

Quintilian. Translated by H. E. Butler.

R

Readings in Business Cycle Theory. Compiled by American Economic Association. 1944.

Religion: A Criticism and A Forecast. G. Lowes Dickinson. 1905.

Roast Pig and Other Essays. Charles Lamb.* (Gutenberg, only first essay)

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald.

S

Scripta Minora. Xenophon. Translated by E. C. Marchant.

Seven Lamps of Architecture. Bound with Lectures on Architecture, and Study of Architecture. John Ruskin.

Shakespeare – Comedies, Tragedies, Histories and Poems.

Sohrab and Rustum. Included in The Poems of Matthew Arnold. 1909.

Sophocles. Translated by F. Storr.

Stevenson’s Works. Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Stones of Venice. John Ruskin.

Stories from Greek Tragediennes. Alfred J. Church. 1879.

Stories from Homer. Alfred J. Church. 1877.

Stories from Virgil. Alfred J. Church. 1878.

Story of the Iliad. Alfred J. Church.

Story of the Odyssey. Alfred J. Church.

T

Talks to Teachers on Psychology. William James.* (Gutenberg)

Theories of Style. Lane Cooper. 1930.

Theory of Moral Sentiment. Adam Smith. 1887.* (Gutenberg)

Time and Tide, and The Art of England. Bound with Mornings in Florence, and Sheepfold. John Ruskin.

Tragedies. Aeschylus. Translated by Herbert Weir Smith, PhD.

Trail of the Sandhill Stag. Ernest Thompson Seton. 1899.* (Gutenberg)

Two Paths, and Val D’Arno. Bound with Love’s Meine, Pleasures of England, and Michael Angelo and Tintoret. John Ruskin.

Two Views of Education. Lane Cooper.

U

Uncollected Letters of Abraham Lincoln. Compiled by Gilbert A. Tracy. 1917.

Unto This Last. Bound with Sesame and Lilies, Queen of the Air, and Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century. John Ruskin.

W

Wandering Host. David Starr Jordan. 1904.

Way of Contentment. Kaibara Ekken. Translated by Ken Hoshino. 1913.

Wild Animals I Have Known. Ernest Thompson Seton. 1942.

Wisdom of the Chinese. Brian Brown. 1920.

Woman of Andros. Thornton Wilder. 1930.