Viewpoints in Essays, an Arrangement of Books According to Their Essential Interest (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Viewpoints in Essays, an Arrangement of Books According to Their Essential Interest "An essayist is not a mighty traveler. He does not run to grapple with a roaring lion. He desires neither typhoon nor tempest. He is content in his harbor to listen to the storm upon the rocks if now and then by lucky chance, he can shelter someone from the wreck. His hands are not red with revolt against the world. He has glanced upon the thoughts of many men; and as opposite philosophies point upon the truth, he is modest with his own and tolerant of the opinion of others. He looks at the stars and, knowing in what a dim immensity we travel, he writes of little things beyond dispute. There are enough to weep upon the shadows; he, like the dial, marks the light. The small clatter of the city beneath his window, the cry of peddlers, children chalking their games upon the pavement, laundry dancing on the roofs and smoke in the winter´s wind - these are the things he weaves into the fabric of his thoughts. Or sheep upon the hillside - if his window is so lucky - or a sunny meadow, is a profitable speculation. An essay, therefore, cannot be writ hurriedly upon the knee." So writes Mr. Brooks in his delectable Hints to pilgrims and if an essayist keeps a note-book, as he avers, still more does the bibliographer of essayists. One notes the wise, quaint fancies, and shares them with gentle readers of like temper. Regretfully, certain choice volumes are omitted, out of print, and tantalizing to the eager buyer. The essays listed here have been collected from the shelves of libraries and from the familiar sources: A. L. A. Catalog, and Supplement the Booklist, Book Review Digest, Best Books, Open Shelf, the Pittsburgh Catalog and Monthly Bulletin. The notes have been written from the books themselves unless citation is given to some authority. Part of the preliminary collection of titles was done by the Class of 1920 in the Los Angeles Library School, to whom grateful thanks is given, as well as to Helen E. Haines who read the manuscript critically, and to Elizabeth Owen Williams who checked all the titles so that only those books in print would be included, and who helped in the compilation in many other ways. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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