Thirty-three epitomal English and American personal essays chosen by a novelist who conceived the reader of his anthology as "a friend spending the evening in happy gossip along the shelves." Selected by Christopher Morley "American Literature" by John Macy "Mary White" by William Allen White "Niagara Falls" by Rupert Brooke "The Almost Perfect State" by Don Marquis "The Man-o'-War's 'Er 'Usband" by David W. Bone "The Market" by William McFee "Holy Ireland" by Joyce Kilmer "A Familiar Preface" by Joseph Conrad "On Drawing" by A. P. Herbert "O. Henry" by O. W. Firkins "The Mowing of a Field"...
Thirty-three epitomal English and American personal essays chosen by a novelist who conceived the reader of his anthology as "a friend spending the ev...
