Best American essays.
| Author/creator | Howard, John R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press, [1969] |
| Description | viii, 343 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Essay index reprint series Essay index reprint series. ^A237646 |
| Contents | The way to wealth, by B. Franklin.--The whistle, by B. Franklin.-- Defects of the original Confederation, by A. Hamilton.--Objects and powers of a Federal Union, by A. Hamilton.--On a national literature, by W. E. Channing.-- The mutability of literature, by W. Irving.--The philosophy of composition, by E. A. Poe.--Compensation, by R. W. Emerson.--Growth: in man; in woman, by S. M. F. Ossoli.--Solitude, by H. D. Thoreau.--Fire-worship, by N. Hawthorne.-- Defense of poetry, by H. W. Longfellow.--Table talk, by O. W. Holmes.--Romance, by H. B. Stowe.--Dream-culture, by H. W. Beecher.--At sea, by J. R. Lowell.--My chateaux, by G. W. Curtis.--Beside a city grate: anthracite, by D. G. Mitchell.--Christmas: juventus mundi; giving as a luxury, by C. D. Warner.--A theory of poetry, by H. Timrod.--From Bacon to Beethoven, by S. Lanier. |
| General note | Reprint of the 1910 ed. |
| LCCN | 73086761 |
| ISBN | 0836911407 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PS682 .H6 1969 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |