Essays on Things
by William Lyon Phelps
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About this eBook
- Author
- Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
- Title
- Essays on things
- Original Publication
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930.
- Credits
- Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- American essays -- 20th century
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72395
- Release Date
- December 13, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ESSAYS ON THINGS
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.ESSAYS ON THINGS
- 4.I SUNRISE
- 5.II MOLASSES
- 6.III RESOLUTIONS WHEN I COME TO BE OLD
- 7.IV ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HUMOUR
- 8.V A PAIR OF SOCKS
- 9.VI AN INSPIRING CEMETERY
- 10.VII ANCIENT FOOTBALL
- 11.VIII RIVERS
- 12.IX ONE DAY AT A TIME
- 13.X CITY AND COUNTRY
- 14.XI AGE BEFORE BEAUTY
- 15.XII CHURCH UNITY
- 16.XIII POLITICAL HISTORY
- 17.XIV A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
- 18.XV TEA
- 19.XVI THE WEATHER
- 20.XVII WAR
- 21.XVIII MAN AND BOY
- 22.XIX AMBITION
- 23.XX BIRDS AND STATESMEN
- 24.XXI RUSSIA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
- 25.XXII THE DEVIL
- 26.XXIII THE FORSYTE SAGA
- 27.XXIV PROFESSION AND PRACTICE
- 28.XXV LONDON AS A SUMMER RESORT
- 29.XXVI WHAT THE MAN WILL WEAR
- 30.XXVII DREAMS
- 31.XXVIII EATING BREAKFAST
- 32.XXIX THE MOTHER TONGUE
- 33.XXX OUR SOUTH AS CURE FOR FLU
- 34.XXXI GOING TO CHURCH IN PARIS
- 35.XXXII OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM
- 36.XXXIII TRANSLATIONS
- 37.XXXIV MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
- 38.XXXV DOG BOOKS
- 39.XXXVI GOING TO HONOLULU
- 40.XXXVII HYMNS
- 41.XXXVIII OLD-FASHIONED SNOBS
- 42.XXXIX A FAIR CITY
- 43.XL TRADITIONS
- 44.XLI SPOOKS
- 45.XLII TRIAL BY JURY
- 46.XLIII ATHLETICS
- 47.XLIV A PRIVATE LIBRARY ALL YOUR OWN
- 48.XLV THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR
- 49.XLVI THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME
- 50.XLVII TEN SIXTY-SIX
- 51.XLVIII GOING ABROAD THE FIRST TIME
- 52.XLIX SPIRITUAL HEALING
- 53.L SUPERSTITION
- 54.LI THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARTH
- 55.LII WHAT SHALL I THINK ABOUT? — Transcriber’s Notes
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