| Description |
x, 328 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Essay index reprint series
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Essay index reprint series.
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| Note |
"First published 1928." |
| Contents |
A German view of Napoleon.--Two English poets [Thomas Hardy and John Masefield]--Life in the stars.--Lord Acton.--Old Niagara.--Author and statesman [Lord Morley].--On the making of poetry.--The great dictionary.--Manners and etiquette.--A president's adviser [E. M. House].--A new art movement.--Lord Birkenhead.--The philosophy of tears.--John Milton.--The Gettysburg speech.--The sense of smell.--D'Arcy McGee.--Lord Beaverbrook.--Speech and speech-making.--A Canadian poet [Duncan Campbell Scott].--Hansard.--On "chain" letters.--Ralph Waldo Emerson.--The mystery of pain.--Concerning gold.--Christmas reveries. |
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