Essays: First Series, is a series of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1844, concerning transcendentalism. Some of the most notable essays in the collection are Self-Reliance, Compensation, The Over-Soul, and Circles.
"Concord Hymn" (1836) · "Uriel" (1846) · "The Rhodora" (1847) · "Brahma" (1856)
Nature (1836) · The American Scholar (1837) · Self-Reliance (1841) · Compensation (1841) · Over-soul (1841) · Circles (1841) · The Poet (1844) · Experience (1844) · Politics (1844) · New England Reformers (1844)
Essays: First Series (1841) · Essays: Second Series (1844) · Representative Men (1850) · The Conduct of Life (1860)