Modern Essays and Stories

About this eBook

Editor

Law, Frederick Houk, 1871-1957

Title

Modern Essays and Stories A book to awaken appreciation of modern prose, and to develop ability and originality in writing

Credits

Andrés V. Galia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American essays

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66831

Release Date

November 27, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.MODERN ESSAYS AND STORIES
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.PREFACE
7. 7.INTRODUCTION — I THE WRITING OF ESSAYS — II THE NATURE OF THE ESSAY — III TYPES OF THE ESSAY — IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ESSAY — V ESSAYS WELL WORTH READING — VI THE WRITING OF SHORT STORIES — VII NATURE OF THE SHORT STORY — VIII TYPES OF THE SHORT STORY — IX THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHORT STORY — X AUTHORS OF SHORT STORIES WELL WORTH READING
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
10. 10.Untitled
11. 11.THE PUP-DOG — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
12. 12.Untitled
13. 13.CHEWING GUM [2] — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
14. 14.Untitled
15. 15.THE MYSTERY OF AH SING — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
16. 16.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
17. 17.OLD DOC — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
18. 18.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
19. 19.CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
20. 20.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
21. 21.SUNDAY BELLS — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
22. 22.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
23. 23.DISCOVERY
24. 24.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
25. 25.Untitled
26. 26.THE FURROWS [5] — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
27. 27.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
28. 28.Untitled
29. 29.MEDITATION AND IMAGINATION [6] — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
30. 30.Untitled
31. 31.WHO OWNS THE MOUNTAINS? [22] — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
32. 32.Untitled
33. 33.RUNNING WOLF
34. 34.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
35. 35.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
36. 36.Untitled
37. 37.HOW I FOUND AMERICA — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
38. 38.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
39. 39.Untitled
40. 40.MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD — My First School
41. 41.My Great-Grandmother — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
42. 42.Untitled
43. 43.A VISIT TO JOHN BURROUGHS — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
44. 44.Untitled
45. 45.WASHINGTON ON HORSEBACK
46. 46.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
47. 47.Untitled
48. 48.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
49. 49.Untitled
50. 50.HAVELOK THE DANE — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
51. 51.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
52. 52.POLITICS UP TO DATE — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
53. 53.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
54. 54.FREE! — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
55. 55.Untitled
56. 56.PRUNIER TELLS A STORY — PART I — PART II
57. 57.Untitled
58. 58.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
59. 59.THE AMERICAN BOY — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
60. 60.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
61. 61.THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
62. 62.Untitled
63. 63.VANISHING NEW YORK
64. 64.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
65. 65.Untitled
66. 66.THE SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR [87]
67. 67.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
68. 68.Untitled
69. 69.LOCOMOTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY [96] — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
70. 70.Untitled
71. 71.THE WRITING OF ESSAYS — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
72. 72.Untitled
73. 73.THE RHYTHM OF PROSE — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
74. 74.Untitled
75. 75.THE CHINAMAN'S HEAD
76. 76.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
77. 77.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
78. 78.GETTING UP TO DATE
79. 79.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
80. 80.THE LION AND THE MOUSE
81. 81.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
82. 82.CODDLING IN EDUCATION — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
83. 83.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
84. 84.A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
85. 85.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
86. 86.Untitled
87. 87.THE DROLLERIES OF CLOTHES
88. 88.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
89. 89.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
90. 90.Untitled
91. 91.CHILDREN — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
92. 92.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
93. 93.SHIPS THAT LIFT TALL SPIRES OF CANVAS [159]
94. 94.SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION
95. 95.Untitled
96. 96.DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
97. 97.Untitled
98. 98.The Statue of General Sherman — The Roosevelt-Saint-Gaudens Correspondence Concerning Coinage — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS — SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING
99. 99.HI-BRASIL — SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
100. 100.SUBJECTS FOR WRITTEN IMITATION — DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING

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