Author |
Shores, Robert J. (Robert James), 1881-1934 |
Title |
New Brooms
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Contents |
A philosophical cook -- A bachelor on women -- On pensioning writers -- A puritan in Bohemia -- An arraignment of originality -- A flattering tribute -- The riddle of a dream -- Beds for the bad -- Is Chesterton a man alive? -- From a hunchback -- From a hotel sponge -- From Sarah Shelfworn -- From Anna Pest -- From Seth Shirtless -- Sartor-psychology -- Mr. Body protests -- On a certain condescension in fashion writers -- Of looking backward -- The literary life -- The poetic license -- The necessity for beggars -- The abuses of adversity -- The science of making enemies -- The fate of Falstaff -- The reward of merit -- The blessings of the blind -- A tale of a mad poet's wife -- The lock-step -- The fruit of fame.
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Credits |
E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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Subject |
American essays -- 20th century
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
65583 |
Release Date |
Jun 10, 2021 |
Most Recently Updated |
Oct 12, 2022 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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