This Norton Critical Edition provides a wide selection of Erasmus's writings, translated from the Latin into fresh, modern English. Editor's Preface vii Selections from the Writings 1(264) The Praise of Folly 3(85) Author's Preface 3(3) The Praise of Folly 6(82) The Complaint of Peace 88(29) Two Forewords to the Latin Translation of the New Testament 117(25) Paraclesis: or, An Exhortation (1516) 118(9) Foreword to the Third Edition (1522) 127(15) Julius Excluded from Heaven 142(32) From The Colloquies 174(54) The Alchemy Scam 175(6) The Religious Feast 181(31) An Inquisition into Faith 212(10) The Abbot and the Learned Lady 222(6) Letters 228(37) To Martin Dorp (May 1515) [A Defense of Folly] 228(23) To Beatus Rhenanus (ca. 15 October 1518) [The Hardships of Travel] 251(8) To Peter Tomiczi, Bishop of Cracow (31 August 1535) [A Tempered Perspective] 259(6) Critical Commentary 265(74) H.R. Trevor-Roper Desiderius Erasmus R.S. Allen The Transalpine Renaissance J. Huizinga Erasmus's Mind Mikhail Bakhtin [Medieval and Renaissance Folk Humor] Paul Oskar Kristeller Erasmus from an Italian Perspective Robert M. Adams Draining and Filling: A Few Benchmarks in the History of Humanism 326(13) Erasmus: A Chronology 339(2) Selected Bibliography 341