| Editor |
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 |
| Contributor |
Ayres, Harry Morgan, 1881-1948 |
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Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 |
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Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 |
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Bone, David W. (David William), 1874-1959 |
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Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915 |
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Broun, Heywood, 1888-1939 |
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Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945 |
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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 |
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 |
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Dounce, Harry Esty, 1889- |
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Firkins, Oscar W., 1864-1932 |
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Guedalla, Philip, 1889-1944 |
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Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920 |
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Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick), 1890-1971 |
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Holliday, Robert Cortes, 1880-1947 |
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Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918 |
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Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 |
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Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932 |
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Marquis, Don, 1878-1937 |
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McFee, William, 1881-1966 |
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Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 |
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Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 |
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Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 |
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Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933 |
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Santayana, George, 1863-1952 |
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Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926 |
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Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946 |
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Storm, Marian, 1892?-1975 |
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Strunsky, Simeon, 1879-1948 |
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Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major), 1873-1958 |
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Utter, Robert Palfrey, 1875-1936 |
| Contributor |
White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946 |
| Contributor |
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 |
| Title |
Modern Essays
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| Contents |
American literature / John Macy -- Mary White / William Allen White -- Niagara Falls / Rupert Brooke -- The almost perfect state / Don Marquis -- "The man o' war's 'er 'usband" / David W. Bone -- The market / William McFee -- Holy Ireland / Joyce Kilmer -- A familiar preface / Joseph Conrad -- On drawing / A.P. Herbert -- O. Henry / O.W. Firkins -- The mowing of a field / Hilaire Belloc -- The student life / William Osler -- The decline of drama / Stephen Leacock -- America and the English tradition / Harry Morgan Ayres -- The Russian quarter / Thomas Burke -- A word for autumn / A.A. Milne -- "A clergyman" / Max Beerbohm -- Samuel Butler / Stuart P. Sherman -- Bed-books and night-lights / H.M. Tomlinson -- The precept of peace / Louise Imogen Guiney -- On lying awake at night / Stewart Edward White -- A woodland Valentine / Marian Storm -- The elements of poetry / George Santayana -- Nocturne / Simeon Strunsky -- Beer and cider / George Saintsbury -- A free man's worship / Bertrand Russell -- Some historians / Philip Guedalla -- Winter mist / Robert Palfrey Utter -- Trivia / Logan Pearsall Smith -- Beyond life / James Branch Cabell -- The fish reporter / Robert Costes Holliday -- Some nonsense about a dog / Harry Esty Dounce -- The fifty-first dragon / Heywood Broun.
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| Credits |
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
English essays
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| Subject |
American essays
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
38280 |
| Release Date |
Dec 11, 2011 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jan 23, 2022 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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