By-Ways in Book-Land

About this eBook

Author

Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891

Title

By-ways in Book-land: Short Essays on Literary Subjects

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English literature -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

31034

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31034

Release Date

January 21, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BY-WAYS IN BOOK-LAND.
2. 2.CONTENTS. — BY-WAYS IN BOOK-LAND
3. 3.PAPER-KNIFE PLEASURES.
4. 4.RUSKIN AS POET.
5. 5.ELECTIONS IN LITERATURE.
6. 6.FAMILIAR VERSE.
7. 7.SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND.
8. 8.HEREDITY IN SONG.
9. 9.STINGS FOR THE STINGY.
10. 10.DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD.
11. 11.SERMONS IN FLOWERS.
12. 12.‘DON QUIXOTE’ IN ENGLAND.
13. 13.BEDSIDE BOOKS.
14. 14.THEIR MUCH SPEAKING.
15. 15.PEERS AND POETRY.
16. 16.THE PRAISE OF THAMES.
17. 17.ENGLISH EPIGRAPHS.
18. 18.THE ‘SEASON’ IN SONG.
19. 19.THE ‘RECESS’ IN RHYME.
20. 20.JAQUES IN LOVE.
21. 21.MOCKING AT MATRIMONY.
22. 22.PARSON POETS.
23. 23.THE OUTSIDES OF BOOKS.
24. 24.THE NOT IMPOSSIBLE SHE.
25. 25.NONSENSE VERSES.
26. 26.SINGLE-SPEECH HAMILTONS.
27. 27.DRAMATIC NOMENCLATURE.
28. 28.PUNS AND PATRONYMICS.
29. 29.‘YOURS TRULY.’
30. 30.POSTSCRIPTS. — THE END.

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