Essays Catalog

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Agni 44; Number Forty-Four
Humboldt: 58/1975
Humboldt: 58/1975
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 8. Whole No. 462; February 25, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 8. Whole No. 462; February 25, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 3. Whole No. 557; January 21, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 3. Whole No. 557; January 21, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 24. Whole No. 478; June 17, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 24. Whole No. 478; June 17, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 9. Whole No. 463; March 4, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 9. Whole No. 463; March 4, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XIX., No. 2. Whole No. 481; July 8, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XIX., No. 2. Whole No. 481; July 8, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 21. Whole No. 475; May 27, 1899
The Literary Digest: A weekly compendium of the contemporaneous thought of the world; Vol.XVIII., No. 21. Whole No. 475; May 27, 1899
Partisan Review 4; 1983 Volume L, Number 4
Partisan Review 4; 1983 Volume L, Number 4
Poetry; vol. 83 no. 3; December, 1953
Poetry; vol. 83 no. 3; December, 1953
Poetry of This Age: 1908-1958.
Cohen, J. M. ,
Poetry of This Age: 1908-1958.
Pacifici, Sergio,
The Modern Italian Novel: From Manzoni to Svevo
Pearsall, Derek,
John Lydgate
Essays in Retrospect: Collected Articles and Addresses.
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster,
Essays in Retrospect: Collected Articles and Addresses.
Warner, William W.,
Into the Porcupine Cave and Other Odysseys: Adventures of an Occasional Naturalist
Yourcenar, Marguerite; trans. By Walter Kaiser in Collaboration with the Author,
That Mighty Sculptor Time

Other Essays books that may be of interest:

Alcott, Amos Bronson, Essays on education, 1830-1862, Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, Gainesville, Fla., 1960
by Amos Bronson Alcott, together with the town reports for 1859-1861 and the school reports for 1861-1862 of Concord, Massachusetts; facsimile reproductions with an introduction by Walter Harding "The two Alcott pamphlets [Observations on the principles and methods of infant instruction, and the doctrine and discipline of human culture] are reproduced from copies in the Library of Congress." The Concord town and school reports are reproduced from the personal copies of Ruth Wheeler and Gladys Hosmer of Concord xvi, 269 p. facsims. 23 cm Dewey:

Allston, Washington, Lectures on art, and poems, Baker and Scribner, New York, 1850
by Washington Allston. Ed. by Richard Henry Dana, Jr Lectures on art.--Aphorisms.--The hypochondriac.--Poems. Posthumous collection of the painter's papers and poetry, with an introductory sketch by Dana, five essays or "lectures" with a preliminary note by Allston, a series of aphorisms written by Allston on the walls of his studio, a burlesque sketch, "The Hypochrondriac," and fifty poems. xi, 380 p. 20 cm Dewey:

Austin, Mary Hunter, Beyond borders : the selected essays of Mary Austin / Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale : 1996 [c1996]
edited & with an introduction by Reuben J. Ellis "A selected bibliography of the essays of Mary Austin": p. 145-147Includes bibliographical references 147 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Dewey:814/.52

Ben�t, William Rose; Canby, Henry Seidel; Morley, Christopher The pocket university. Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. Garden City, N.Y. 1934
"This set formerly published under the title Master classics."; I. Science.--II. Travel.--III. Bibliography.--IV. History.--V. Letters.--VI-VII. Fiction.--VIII. Essays.--IX-X. Poems.--XI. Drama.--XII. Autobiography.--XIII. Guide to daily reading, ed. by W. R. Ben�t in consultation with H. S. Canby and C. Morley. 19 cm. 13 v. 19 cm. Dewey:808.8 Literature

Berryman, John; Barnard, Mary; Jarrell, Randall; Moses, W. R.; O'Donnell, George Marion Five young American poets New directions, Norfolk, Conn. : 1940 - 1944
Includes brief biographies and essays on poetry written by the contributorsSecond set: 1940. "The first appearance in book form of John Berryman, who contributes twenty poems, preceded by a Note on Poetry. Randall Jarrell contributes The Rage of the Lost Penny, twenty poems, preceded by a Note on Poetry. W.R. Moses also contributes. There is a black and white photograph of each poet and a reproduction of a holograph manuscript by each of them. Each poet precedes his poems by a Note on Poetry." " Issued in a single edition of only 800 copies, this volume constitutes Berryman and Jarrell's first book." 3 v. : ports. ; 23 cm Dewey:811.5082

Bishop, John Peale, The collected essays of John Peale Bishop; C. Scribner's Sons, New York, 1948
ed. with an introd. by Edmund Wilson Introduction by Edmund Wilson. Sections of Essays (on Hemingway, E. E. Cummings, Vardis Fisher, Thomas Wolfe, and so on), Painters (Picasso, Leger, Monet), Moving Pictures, Novelists of the Twenties (Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, and others), Novelists of the South, Poetry Reviews, Miscellaneous Articles (Georges Simenon and so on), Aphorisms and Notes, Portraits of Places (Princeton, Vienna, etc.), plus a few stories. A tour of modern American culture in the first half of the twentieth century. xviii, 508 p. port. 22 cm Dewey:814.

Bishop, John Peale, The collected essays of John Peale Bishop Octagon Books, New York : 1975 [c1948]
edited with an introd. by Edmund Wilson Reprint of the ed. published by Scribner, New York xviii, 508 p. : port. ; 23 cm Dewey:814/.5/

Burroughs, John Indoor studies Houghton, Mifflin and Company Boston New York 1889
by John Burroughs ... Advertisements on p. [4] at beginning and p. [3] - [6] at end.; Henry D. Thoreau -- Science and literature -- Science and the poets -- Matthew Arnold's criticism -- Arnold's view of Emerson and Carlyle -- Gilbert White's book -- A malformed giant -- Brief essays -- An egotistical chapter.; BAL 18 cm. [6], 256, [8] p. 18 cm. Literature, Modern.; Literature and science.

Curtis, George William Other essays from the easy chair Harper, New York, 1893
229 p. port. 16 cm Dewey:

Curtis, George William, Literary and social essays Harper & brothers, New York, 1895
1894 2 p. l., 293 p. 21 cm Dewey:

Curtis, George William, Ars recte vivendi; being essays contributed to "The easy chair. Books for Libraries Press Freeport, N.Y., 1972
"First published 1897. Extravagance at college.--Brains and brawn.--Hazing.--The soul of the gentleman.--Theatre manners.--Woman's dress.--Secret societies.--Tobacco and health.--Tobacco and manners.--Duelling.--Newspaper ethics 136 p. 22 cm Dewey:814/.

Downing, A. J.; Curtis, George William Rural essays. Leavitt & Allen, New York, 1854
By A. J. Downing. Ed. with a memoir of the author, by George William Curtis and a letter to his friends, by Frederika Bremer Added t.-p. (with vignette) has imprint: New York, Leavitt and Allen, 1855 Horticulture.--Landscape gardening.--Rural architecture.--Trees.--Agriculture.--Fruit.--Letters from England lxxi, 557 p. front., illus., plates, plans. 23 cm Dewey:

Downing, Andrew Jackson; Curtis, George William Rural essays. Putnam, New York, 1853
lxxi, 557 p. illus., plans, plates, port. 24 cm Dewey:

Eastman, Max Art and the life of action, with other essays. Books for Libraries Press Freeport, N.Y. 0836918029 1970; 1970, c1934
Includes bibliographical references.; Art and the life of action.--Bull in the afternoon.--Religion and the Bolsheviks.--Higher criticism of the Marxian Bible: two book reviews.--Floyd Dell's double life.--On learning foreign languages.--Volga at the flood.--The Russian soul and the Russian language.--In a Spanish dungeon. 23 cm. 226, iii p. 23 cm. Dewey:814/.5/2

Eastman, Max The literary mind its place in an age of science. Octagon Books New York 1969; 1969 [c1931
Essays.; Includes bibliographical references. 21 cm. ix, 343 p. 21 cm. Dewey:801/.9 Literature, Modern; Literature and science.

Eastman, Max Understanding Germany, The only way to end war, and other essays M. Kennerley New York 1916
by Max Eastman. "Some of these essays have been published in magazines." 20 cm. xi, 169 p. 20 cm. World War, 1914-1918.; War.

Eliot, T. S. The sacred wood and major early essays Dover Publications Mineola, N.Y. 0486299368 1998
T.S. Eliot. Includes bibliographical references. 22 cm. viii, 130 p. 22 cm. Dewey:809 Criticism.; Literature. Dover books on literature and drama

Eliot, T. S. The waste land and other writings Modern Library New York 0679641017 (alk. paper) 2001
T.S. Eliot ; introduction by Mary Karr. Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxviii).; The sacred wood : essays on poetry and criticism (p. [57]-234) 2001 Modern library ed. xxviii, 234 p. 20 cm. Dewey:821/.912

Eliot, T. S. Elizabethan essays. Gordon Press New York 0879680431 1973
Reprint of the 1934 ed. published by Faber & Faber, London, which was issued as no. 24 of The Faber library.; Four Elizabethan dramatists.--Christopher Marlowe.--Shakespeare and the stoicism of Seneca.--Hamlet.--Ben Jonson.--Thomas Middleton.--Thomas Heywood.--Cyril Tourneur.--John Ford.--Philip Massinger.--John Marston. 24 cm. 195 p. 24 cm. Dewey:822/.3/09 English drama

Eliot, T. S. Elizabethan essays. Haskell House New York 1964
First published in 1934.; Four Elizabethan dramatists.--Christopher Marlowe.--Shakespeare and the stoicism of Seneca.--Hamlet.--Ben Johnson.--Thomas Middleton.--Thomas Heywood.--Cyril Tourneur.--John Ford.--Philip Massinger.--John Marston. 24 cm. 195 p. 24 cm. English drama

Eliot, T. S. Elizabethan essays Faber & Faber London 1934
by T.S. Eliot. "First published in October 1934"--Verso of t.p.; Page [196] is blank.; Gallup, D.C. Eliot (rev. ed.); Four Elizabethan dramatists -- Christopher Marlowe -- Shakespeare and the stoicism of Seneca -- Hamlet -- Ben Jonson -- Thomas Middleton -- Thomas Heywood -- Cyril Tourneur -- John Ford -- Philip Massinger -- John Marston. 18 cm. 195 p. 18 cm. no. 24 English drama

Eliot, T. S. Homage to John Dryden three essays on poetry of the seventeenth century. Gordon Press New York 0879680423 1973
Reprinted from the 1928 ed. of The Hogarth essays which were published by Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, N.Y.; John Dryden.--The metaphysical poets.--Andrew Marvell. 22 cm. 197-239 p. 22 cm. Dewey:821/.4/09 English poetry

Eliot, T. S. Homage to John Dryden three essays on poetry of the seventeenth century Arden Library Darby, Pa. 0849513006 1976
by T. S. Eliot. Reprint of the 1924 ed. published by L. and V. Woolf, London, which was issued as no. 4 of the Hogarth essays.; Preface.--John Dryden.--The metaphysical poets.--Andrew Marvell. 24 cm. 41 p. 24 cm. Dewey:821/.4/09 English poetry

Eliot, T. S. Los poetas metaf�sicos y otros ensayos sobre teatro y religi�n Emec� Buenos Aires 1944
T.S. Eliot. Translation of: Selected essays, 1917-1932.; "Versi�n directa de Sara Rubinstein"--Verso of t.p. 19 cm. 2 v. 19 cm. 7

Eliot, T. S. Selected essays. Harcourt, Brace New York 1950
First ed. (1932) published under title: Selected essays, 1917-1932. New ed. 22 cm. xiv, 460 p. 22 cm. Dewey:814.5 Literature; Criticism.

Eliot, T. S. Selected essays, 1917-1932. Harcourt, Brace and Company New York 1932; c1932
At head of title: T.S. Eliot.; "First edition." 23 cm. x, 415 p. 23 cm. Dewey:804 Literature.

Eliot, T. S. Selected essays Faber London 0571047920 1972
by T. S. Eliot. First ed. (1932) published under title: Selected essays, 1917-1932.; Includes bibliographical references and index. 3rd enlarged ed. 23 cm. 536 p. 23 cm. Dewey:820/.9 Literature; Criticism.

Eliot, T. S. Essays, ancient & modern Faber and Faber London 1936
by T.S. Eliot. Published in part, in 1928, under title: For Lancelot Andrewes.; "First published in March 1936"--Verso of t.p.; Gallup, D.C. Eliot (rev. ed.); Lancelot Andrewes -- John Bramhall -- Francis Herbert Bradley -- Baudelaire in our time -- The humanism of Irving Babbitt -- Religion and literature -- Catholicism and international order -- The Pens�es of Pascal -- Modern education and the classics -- In memoriam. 20 cm. 190 p. 20 cm. Criticism.

Eliot, T. S. Essays, ancient and modern Harcourt, Brace and Co. New York 1936; c1936
by T.S. Eliot. Published in part, in 1928, under title: For Lancelot Andrewes.; Lancelot Andrewes -- John Bramball -- Francis Herbert Bradley -- Baudelaire in our time -- The humanism of Irving Babbitt -- Religion and literature -- Catholicism and international order -- The "Pens�es" of Pascal -- Modern education and the classics -- In memoriam.; Gallup, D.C. Eliot (rev. ed.) 1st American ed. 20 cm. vii, 203 p. 20 cm.

Fletcher, John Gould; Carpenter, Lucas Selected essays of John Gould Fletcher University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 1557280789 (alk. paper) 1989
selected and introduced by Lucas Carpenter. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-256) and index. 24 cm. xxvii, 261 p. port. 24 cm. Dewey:814/.52 v. 4 The John Gould Fletcher series

Freneau, Philip Morin, The miscellaneous works of Mr. Philip Freneau : containing his essays, and additional poems Printed by Francis Bailey ..., Philadelphia : 1788
Signatures: pi� A4 �A-3E4 3F� chi�; final fold has horizontal chain lines Subscribers names: p. [vii]-xii xii, 429, [3] p. (final leaf blank) ; 17 cm. (8vo Dewey:

Frost, Robert Collected poems, prose & plays Library of America New York 188301106X 1995; c1995
Robert Frost. Includes index.; Complete poems 1949 -- In the clearing -- Uncollected poems -- Plays -- Lectures, essays, stories, and letters. 21 cm. 1036 p. 21 cm. Dewey:811/.52 81 The Library of America

Garland, Hamlin, Prairie song and western story, Allyn and Bacon Boston, 1928
by Hamlin Garland; illustrated by Constance Garland "Selections ... drawn from ... novels, short stories, and essays, in which [the author] has portrayed the march of settlement in the middle West."--Pref. signed S. S. C. [i.e. Stella S. Center "Reading list": p. 365-368 xii p., 1 l., 368 p. front., illus., plates, port. 17 cm Dewey:

Gass, William H. Fiction and the figures of life Knopf New York 1970
Includes essays on contemporary U.S. novelists, Originally published 1958 xiii, 288p; 21cm.-- 0394469666 Dewey:

Gass, William H. Habitations of the Word: Essays Simon and Schuster New York 1984
Includes bibliographical references; Contents: Contents: Emerson and the essay -- The neglect of Ford Madox Ford's Fifth queen -- Representation and the war for reality -- The soul inside the sentence -- Tropes of the text -- 'And' -- Culture, self, and style -- On talking to oneself -- On reading to oneself -- The origin of extermination in the imagination -- The habitations of the word -- The death of the author 288 p : ill ; 25 cm. Dewey: 0671527266

Graves, Robert The crowning privilege collected essays on poetry. Books for Libraries Press Freeport, N.Y. 0836917510 1970; 1970, c1955
The Clark lectures, 1954-1955.--Various essays on poetry.--The common asphodel. 23 cm. 311 p. 23 cm. Dewey:821/.009 English poetry

Guiney, Louise Imogen; Rogers, Bruce Patrins to which is added An inquirendo into the wit & other good parts of His late Majesty King Charles the Second Copeland and Day Boston 1897
written by Louise Imogen Guiney. The essays were reprinted from the Atlantic monthly and other periodicals. Cf. note at end. 22 cm. 334 p. 22 cm. Charles

Keats, John, Poetry and prose by John Keats;a book of fresh verses and new readings--essays and letters lately found--and passages formerly suppressed Reeves & Turner, London, 1890
edited by H. Buxton Forman, and forming a supplement to the Library edition of Keats's works. viii, 291 p. front. (port.) 24 cm Dewey:

Kilmer, Joyce The circus, and other essays L. J. Gomme New York 1916
by Joyce Kilmer. Reprinted from various periodicals.; The circus.- The abolition of poets.- Noon-hour adventuring.- Signs and symbols.- The great nickel adventure.- The urban chanticleer.- Daily traveling.- Incongruous New York.- In memoriam: John Bunny.- The day after Christmas. 18 cm. 79 p. 18 cm.

Kilmer, Joyce; Holliday, Robert Cortes The circus, and other essays and fugitive pieces. Kennikat Press Port Washington, N.Y. 1968; 1968, c1921
Edited with introd. by Robert Cortes Holliday. 18 cm. 311 p. 18 cm. Dewey:818/.5/208

Kilmer, Joyce; Holliday, Robert Cortes Joyce Kilmer George H. Doran Company New York 1918; c1918
ed., with a memoir, by Robert Cortes Holliday ... Half-title: Joyce Kilmer; poems, essays and letters.; Reprinted in part from various sources.; v. 1. Memoir and poems.--v. 2. Prose works. 22 cm. 2 v. fronts., pl., ports., fold. facsim. 22 cm. Dewey:818/.5/209

Kilmer, Joyce; Holliday, Robert Cortes Joyce Kilmer Doubleday, Doran & Co., inc. Garden City, N.Y. 1935
edited with a memoir by Robert Cortes Holliday. Joyce Kilmer ; poems, essays and letters.; v. 1. Memoir and poems. -- v. 2 Prose works. 21 cm. 2 v. fronts., pl., ports., double facsim. 21 cm.

Kilmer, Joyce; Holliday, Robert Cortes Joyce Kilmer Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. Garden City, N.Y. 1929
edited with a memoir by Robert Cortes Holliday. Half-title: Joyce Kilmer; poems, essays and letters.; Imprint varies: v. 2, New York, George H. Doran company [n.d.]; Imprint: frontispiece of v. 2 wanting.; v. 1. Memoir and poems.--v. 2. Prose works. 21 cm. 2 v. fronts., pl., ports., double facsim. 21 cm.

Lanier, Sidney Music and poetry: essays upon some aspects and inter-relations of the two arts. Haskell House New York 0838303064 1969
"First published 1898." 23 cm. viii, 248 p. music. 23 cm. Dewey:780.15 Music.; English poetry; Music and literature.

Lanier, Sidney; Anderson, Charles Roberts; Baum, Paull F.; Malone, Kemp; Gohdes, Clarence Louis Frank; Greever, Garland; Graham, Philip; Starke, Aubrey Harrison; Thies, Frieda Charlotte The centennial edition of the works of Sidney Lanier. The Johns Hopkins Press [Baltimore 1945
Half-title.; Each volume has special t.-p.; Frontispiece of v. 10 accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.; "General editor: Charles R. Anderson."; "Bibliography, compiled by Philip Graham and Frieda C. Thies": v. 6, p. [377]-412.; I. Poems and Poem outlines, edited by C. R. Anderson.--II. The science of English verse and Essays on music, edited by P. F. Baum.--III. Shakspere and his forerunners, edited by Kemp Malone.--IV. The English novel and Essays on literature, edited by Clarence Gohdes and Kemp Malone.--V. Tiger lilies and Southern prose, edited by Garland Greever, assisted by Cecil Abernethy.--VI. Florida and miscellaneous prose, edited by Philip Graham.--VII. Letters, 1857-1868, edited by C. R. Anderson and A. H. Starke.--VIII. Letters, 1869-1873, edited by C. R. Anderson and A. H. Starke.--IX. Letters, 1874-1877, edited by C. R. Anderson and A. H. Starke.--X. Letters, 1878-1881. Appendices, calendar of letters (p. [379-409) and index edited by C. R. Anderson and A. H. Starke. 24 cm. 10 v. fronts. (1 fold.) illus. (incl. music) plates, ports., facsims. (incl. music) 24 cm. Dewey:810.81 [811.47] Lanier, Sidney

Lowell, James Russell, The President's policy, Printed by Crissy & Markley, Philadelphia, 1864
by James Russell Lowell. From the North American review, January, 1864 Cover titleListed in table of contents as no. 71, but cover-title has "No. 16", referring presumably to an earlier numbering of the seriesA review of Lincolns message to Congress dated December 9, 1863. Cf. "A rare Lowell item", in the Bibliographer, New York, 1902, v. 1, p. 233-235, and "Lowell's pamphlet, 'The President's policy', 1864", by T.W. Koch in the Bibliographewr, v. 2, p. 107-112 Reprinted in revised form under the title "Abraham Lincoln" in Lowell's "My study windows", Boston, 1871, in his "Political essays", Boston, etc., 1890, and together with Lincoln's Gettysburg speech forms no. 32 of the Riverside literature series, Boston, etc., 1888 22 p. 23 cm Dewey:

Lowell, James Russell, Among my books Fields, Osgood, Boston : 1870
by James Russell Lowell First collected edition. The essays had all appeared earlier in North American revie Includes bibliographical references Dryden -- Witchcraft -- Shakespeare once more -- New England two centuries ago -- Lessing -- Rousseau and the sentimentalists 380 p. ; 19 cm Dewey:

Lowell, James Russell, Political essays, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1888
by James Russell Lowell Prefatory note.--The American Tract Society.--The election in November [1860]--E pluribus unum.--The Pickens-and-stealin's rebellion.--General McClellan's report.--The rebellion: its causes and consequences.--McClellan or Lincoln?--Reconstruction.--Scotch the snake, or kill it?--The President [Andrew Johnson] on the stump.--The Seward-Johnson reaction.--The place of the independent in politics 3 p. l., 326 p. 20 cm Dewey:

Lowell, James Russell, The writings of James Russell Lowell .. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1890 - 92
Each volume has special t.-p "Three hundred copies printed for America.Originally in 10 vols., revised by author; v. [11-12] not numbered, added later by C.E. Norton v. 1-4. Literary essays.--v. 5. Political essays.--v. 6. Literary and political addresses.--v. 7-10. Poems.--[v. 11] Latest literary essays and addresses. 1891.--[v. 12] The old English dramatists. 1892 12 v. fronts. (v. 1, 7, 9, 12, ports.) 23 cm Dewey:

Lowell, James Russell, Latest literary essays and addresses of James Russell Lowell Printed at the Riverside press, Cambridge, 1891
First edition"Three hundred copies printed for America.Edited by C. E. Norton 4 p. l., 184 p. front. (port.) 23 cm Dewey:

Lowell, James Russell, Latest literary essays and addresses of James Russell Lowell Houghton, Mifflin and company ; Boston ; New York : 1892
James Russell Lowell Gray -- Some letters of Walter Savage Landor -- Walton -- Milton's "Areopagitica" -- Shakespeare's "Richard III" -- The study of modern languages -- The progress of the world 184 p. : port. ; 18 cm Dewey:

Martel, Michael; Paulding, James Kirk Martel's elements .. Printed by C.C. Van Alen & Co. for Michael Martel New-York : 1796-1797
Title and imprint of v. 2 varies: Martel's elements, containing a choice of the most interesting traits in ancient & modern history ... Newyork : Printed for the author, 1797Vol. 1: xvii, [2], 20-480, 112 p.; v. 2: [4], 139-680"Fin du second et dernier volume": v. 1, p. 660LC copy imperfect: v. 1 wanting, transcription of v. 1 t.p. and collation from American Antiquarian Society on RLIN.LC copy has inscriptions: J.K. Paulding, H.A. Ovington. (from t.p.) containing, I. new essays on education, relative especially to history, moral philosophy, and composition -- II. An introduction to the French language, by means of a literal translation of the first hundred pages of this book, the conjugation of the verbs, and some familiar phrases -- III. A selection of delicate bon-mots, anecdotes, sentences, sentiments, thoughts, play on words, anagrams, witticisms, devices, puns, jokes, apologues, happy applications of passages in famous writers, stories, ingenious repartees : but having nothing of what might alarm modesty or excite condemnable laughter upon the objects of our duties and of our respect, which, certainly, is not the case in the books now in the hands of youth, to learn French by 2 v. : ill. ; 18 cm. (12mo Dewey:

Moore, Marianne Predilections. Viking Press New York 1955
Essays. 22 cm. 171 p. 22 cm. Dewey:814.5 Literature, Modern.

Pope, Alexander, The works of Alexander Pope, esq. .. G. Faulkner [etc.] Dublin, 1769
Imperfect? general t.-p. wanting?; t.-p. mutilated. --v. 3. Essay on satire. Essay on man. Moral essays v. 17 cm Dewey:

Pope, Alexander, Moral essays :in four epistles to several persons, Printed for the booksellers, Edinburgh, 1781
by Alexander Pope .. I. Of the knowledge and characters of men.--II. Of the characters of women.--III-IV. Of the use of riches 42 p. 19 cm Dewey:

Pope, Alexander, The works of Alexander Pope, esq. ...With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death; J. and P. Knapton [etc.] London, 1751
together with the commentaries and notes of Mr. Warburton Vol. 2 pub. by H. Lintot [etc.Does not include his translation of Home r"A catalogue of the surreptitious and incorrect editions of Mr. Pope's letters": v. 7, p. [ix]-xi I. Juvenile poems.--II. Translations and imitations.--III. Moral essays.--IV. Satires, &c.--V. The Dunciad.--VI. Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose.--VII-IX. Letters 9 v. fronts., plates. 22 cm Dewey:

Pope, Alexander, The works of Alexander Pope , esq.In six volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton C. Bathurst [etc.] London, 1776
General t.-p. in v. 1 only; each volume has special t.-p Pope's translations of Homer are not included I. Juvenile poems and translations.--II. Imitations, moral essays, satires, etc.--III. The Dunciad, in four books.--IV. Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose.--V-VI. Letters 6 v. front., plates. 18 cm Dewey:828.50

Pope, Alexander, The poetical works of Alexander Pope ,with his last corrections, additions, and improvements. Printed under the direction of J. Bell, London, 1787 - 88
From the text of Dr. Warburton. With the life of the author Added t.p., engraved, with vignettes from designs by Mortimer, dated 1777-78. Each volume has also special t.-pThe Latin text accompanies the translations and imitations and the original text accompanies the versification of the satires of Dr. John Donne (v. 3, p. [168]-195 v. 1. The life [of] Mr. Alexander Pope [from Cibber's "Lives of the poets"] Pastorals. Messiah, a sacred eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio. Windsor forest. Rape of the lock. Sappho to Phaon. Eloisa to Abelard. Temple of fame. January and May, from Chaucer, &c.--v. 2. An essay on satire, occasioned by the death of Mr. Pope; Inscribed to Mr. Warburton. By J. Brown. Essay on man. Essay on criticism. Moral essays. Wife of Bath. Statius' Thebias, book first [translation]--v. 3. The fable of Dryope: From the ninth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Vertumnus and Pomona: From the fourteenth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Imitations of English poets. Horace's Satires, epistles, and odes. Imitated. Satires of Dr. John Donne versified. Epistles. Miscellanies. Epitaphs.--v. 4. Advertisements. Prefaces. Letters. Parallels. The Duncaid. Index of persons and matters 4 v. front. (port.) 13 cm Dewey:

Pope, Alexander, The poetical works of Alexander Pope W. Pickering, London, 1843 - 44
v. 1. Memoir of Pope, by the Rev. Alexander Dyce. The plan of an epic poem, &c. The will of Pope. Preface. Variations in the author's manuscript preface. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. The rape of the lock. Eloisa to Abelard. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Sappho to Phaon. The fable of Dryope. Vertumnus and Pomona. The first book of Statius's Thebais.--v. 2. An essay on criticism. An essay on man. Universal prayer. Moral essays. [Miscellaneous poems] Imitations of English poets.--v. 3. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad, in four books 3 v. front. (port.) 17 cm Dewey:

Rice, Allen Thorndike, Essays from the North American review. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1879
Edited by Allen Thorndike Rice Prescott, W.H. Sir Walter Scott.--Cushing, C. The social condition of woman.--Emerson, R.W. John Milton.--Bancroft, G. The last moments of eminent men.--Motley, J.L. Peter the Great.--Irving, W. The Northmen.--Adams, C.F. The Earl of Chesterfield.--Longfellow, H.W. Defense of poetry.--Curtis, G.W. Nathaniel Hawthorne.--Parkman, F. James Fenimore Cooper.--Lowell, J.R. Shakespeare once more.--Holmes, O.W. The mechanism of vital actions vi, [3]-482 p. 21 cm Dewey:

Rice, Allen Thorndike; Lowell, James Russell; Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Irving, Washington; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth; Holmes, Oliver Wendell Essays from the North American review. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1879
Edited by Allen Thorndike Rice Prescott, W.H. Sir Walter Scott.--Cushing, C. The social condition of woman.--Emerson, R.W. John Milton.--Bancroft, G. The last moments of eminent men.--Motley, J.L. Peter the Great.--Irving, W. The Northmen.--Adams, C.F. The Earl of Chesterfield.--Longfellow, H.W. Defense of poetry.--Curtis, G.W. Nathaniel Hawthorne.--Parkman, F. James Fenimore Cooper.--Lowell, J.R. Shakespeare once more.--Holmes, O.W. The mechanism of vital actions vi, [3]-482 p. 21 cm Dewey:

Rice, Allen Thorndike;Prescott, W. H.; Scott, Sir Walter; Cushing, C.; Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Milton, John; Irving, Washington; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth; Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Cooper, James Fenimore; Lowell, James Russell; Holmes, Oliver Wendell Essays from the North American review. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1879
Edited by Allen Thorndike Rice Prescott, W.H. Sir Walter Scott.--Cushing, C. The social condition of woman.--Emerson, R.W. John Milton.--Bancroft, G. The last moments of eminent men.--Motley, J.L. Peter the Great.--Irving, W. The Northmen.--Adams, C.F. The Earl of Chesterfield.--Longfellow, H.W. Defense of poetry.--Curtis, G.W. Nathaniel Hawthorne.--Parkman, F. James Fenimore Cooper.--Lowell, J.R. Shakespeare once more.--Holmes, O.W. The mechanism of vital actions vi, [3]-482 p. 21 cm Dewey:

Riding, Laura Rational meaning University Press of Virginia Charlottesville 0813916828 1997
Rational meaning : a new foundation for the definition of words, and supplementary essays / Laura (Riding) Jackson and Schuyler B. Jackson ; edited by William Harmon ; introduction by Charles Bernstein. xxiii, 598 p. ; 25 cm. Dewey:

Santayana, George The birth of reason & other essays. Columbia University Press New York 1968
Edited by Daniel Cory. 20 cm. xii, 184 p. 20 cm. Dewey:191 Philosophy

Santayana, George Essays in literary criticism. Scribner New York 1956
Selected and edited with an introd. by Irving Singer. 25 cm. xxviii, 414 p. 25 cm. Dewey:804 Literature

Santayana, George; Cory, Daniel The birth of reason & other essays Columbia University Press New York 0231031696; 0231102771 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1995
by George Santayana ; edited by Daniel Cory. Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-186). 21 cm. xxxii, 186 p. 21 cm. Dewey:191 Philosophy.

Taylor, Bayard, Critical essays and literary notes / G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York : 1880
by Bayard Taylor Edited by Marie Hansen Taylor Tennyson -- Victor Hugo -- The German Burns -- Friedrich R�ckert -- The author of "Saul" -- William Makepeace Thackeray -- Autumn days in Weimar -- Weimar in June viii, 382 p. ; 20 cm Dewey:

The Critic, an illustrated monthly review...; Burroughs, John; Stedman, Edmund Clarence Essays from "The Critic" J. R. Osgood and company Boston 1882
by John Burroughs, Edmund C. Stedman ... and others. Thoreau's wildness [by] John Burroughs.--William Blake, poet and painter [by] E. C. Stedman.--Death of Carlyle [by] Walt Whitman.--Death of Longfellow [by] Walt Whitman.--George Eliot and the novel [by] Edward Eggleston.--Frances Hodgson Burnett [by] R. H. Stodard.--Thoreau's unpublished poetry [by] F. B. Sanborn.--Emerson and the superlative [by] John Burroughs.--A. company of spring poets [by] Edith M. Thomas.--Nature in literature [by] John Burroughs.--Austin Dobson [by] E. W. Gosse.--Alphonse Daudet [by] P. M. Potter.--The Boston culture [by] J. H. Morse.--The late Sidney Lanier [by] E. C. Stedman.--English society and Endymion [by] Julia W. Howe.--Historical criticism of Christ [by] H. W. Bellows.--Whitman's Leaves of grass. 19cm. 185p. 19cm. American essays.; Literature

Thoreau, Henry David Early essays and miscellanies Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. : 1975
Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer and Edwin Moser, with Alexander C. Kern Includes index 430 p. ; 21 cm Dewey:818/.3/0 Thoreau, Henry David,

Thoreau, Henry David Essays, journals, and poems Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, Conn. : 1975
Henry David Thoreau ; edited by Dean Flower Bibliography: p. 635-637 637 p. ; 18 cm Dewey:818/.3/0

Thoreau, Henry David, Little essays from the works of Henry David Thoreau, selected by Charles R. Murphy Houghton Mifflin company, Boston, 1931
xi, [1] p., 1 l., 184, [1] p. 21 cm Dewey:818.8

Thoreau, Henry David, Walden, and selected essays; Packard Chicago, 1947
introd. by George F. Whicher Walden.--A winter walk.--Walking.--Wild apples.--Civil disobedience.--Life without principle.--A plan for Captain John Brown.--Bibliography (p. [471]-483 xxii, 483 p. 20 cm Dewey:818.3 University classics. Chicago

Thoreau, Henry David, The succession of forest trees, and other essays, by Henry D. Thoreau. The Phonographic institute company, Cincinnati, 1916
In the amanucnsis style of phonography by Jerome B. Howard 54 p. 17 cm Dewey:

Thoreau, Henry David, Thoreau's vision: the major essays. Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1973
Edited by Charles R. Anderson Companion vol. to the editor's Thoreau's world; miniatures from his Journal, published in 1971 A winter walk.--Autumnal tints.--Wild apples.--The beach.--Climbing Mount Ktaadn.--Ascent of Saddleback.--The wild.--Where I lived and what I lived for.--Life without principle.--Civil disobedience vi, 218 p. 21 cm Dewey:814/.

Thoreau, Henry David, Life without principle :three essays Folcroft Library Editions, Folcroft, Pa. : 1977
by Henry David Thoreau ; with a pref. by Henry Miller Reprint of the 1946 ed. published by J. L. Delkin, Stanford University, Calif Civil disobedience--Life without principle.--John Brown's body viii, 64 p. ; 20 cm Dewey:814/.

Thoreau, Henry David, Life without principle: three essays Norwood Editions, Norwood, Pa. : 1978
by Henry David Thoreau; with a pref. by Henry Miller Reprint of the 1946 ed. published by J. L. Delkin, Stanford University, Calif Civil disobedience.--Life without principle.--John Brown's body viii, 64 p. ; 23 cm Dewey:814/.

Thoreau, Henry David, The natural history essays Peregrine Smith, Salt Lake City : 1980
Henry David Thoreau The succession of forest trees.--Natural history of Massachusetts.--A walk to Wachusett.--A winter walk.--Walking.--Autumnal tints.--Wild apples.--Huckleberries xxxviii, 262 p. ; 18 cm Dewey:917.44/02

Traubel, Horace Collects A. and C. Boni New York 1914
Horace Traubel. Essays. 20 cm. 128 p. 20 cm. v. 2, no. 1 The Glebe

Very, Jones Poems and Essays Charles C. Little and James Brown Boston 1839
vii, 175 p. ; 18 cm. Dewey:

Warner, Charles Dudley, A - hunting of the deer, and other essays, Houghton Mifflin company Boston, 1906
by Charles Dudley Warner A - hunting of the deer.--How I killed a bear.--Lost in the woods.--Camping out.--A wilderness romance.--What some people call pleasure vi, [3]-85 p. front. (port.) 18 cm Dewey: The Riverside literature series

Woodberry, George Edward Literary essays. Kennikat Press Port Washington, N.Y. 1967; 1967, c1920
Crabbe.--Landor.--On the promise of Keats.--Byron's centenary.--On Browning's death.--Matthew Arnold.--Coleridge.--Shelley's work.--Cervantes.--Scott.--Milton.--Virgil.--Montaigne.--Shakespeare.--Swinburne. 22 cm. 338 p. 22 cm. Dewey:820.9 English literature.; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de; Virgil.; Montaigne, Michel de

Woodberry, George Edward Literary essays Harcourt, Brace and Howe New York 1920
by George Edward Woodberry. Crabbe.--Landor.--On the promise of Keats.--Byron's centenary.--On Browning's death.--Matthew Arnold.--Coleridge.--Shelley's work.--Cervantes.--Scott.--Milton.--Virgil.--Montaigne.--Shakespeare.--Swinburne. 22 cm. 3 p. l., 3-338 p. 22 cm. English literature.; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de; Virgil.; Montaigne, Michel de

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