A Collection of Classic Essays by William Lyon Phelps - Including 'Happiness', 'Superstition', 'The Great American Game', and Many More
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A Collection of Classic Essays by William Lyon Phelps - Including 'Happiness', 'Superstition', 'The Great American Game', and Many More

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A Collection of Classic Essays by William Lyon Phelps - Including 'Happiness', 'Superstition', 'The Great American Game', and Many More

About this book

These early works by William Lyon Phelps were originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Collection of Classic Essays by William Lyon Phelps' is a selection of classic essays, including 'The Weather', 'Man and Boy', 'The Devil', and many more. William Lyon Phelps was born on 2nd January 1865, in New Haven, Conneticut, United States. Phelps earned a B.A. in 1887, writing his thesis on the Idealism of George Berkeley. He then gained an M.A. in 1891 from Yale and his PhD from Harvard in the same year. During his time a Yale, he offered a course in modern novels which brought the university considerable attention both nationally and internationally. Phelps published many essays on modern and European literature, including titles such as 'Essays on Modern Novelists' (1910), 'Some Makers of American Literature' (1923), and 'As I Like it' (1923).

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Information

Publisher
White Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781473329386
eBook ISBN
9781473362185

Table of contents

  1. William Lyon Phelps
  2. AMBITION
  3. ANCIENT FOOTBALL
  4. AN INSPIRING CEMETERY
  5. A PAIR OF SOCKS
  6. APPRECIATION
  7. A PRIVATE LIBRARY ALL YOUR OWN
  8. A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
  9. ATHLETICS
  10. A VISIBLE CHURCH IN AN INVISIBLE TOWN
  11. BIRDS AND STATESMEN
  12. CHRIST OR CAESAR
  13. CIRCUS
  14. CITY AND COUNTRY
  15. DREAMS
  16. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HUMOUR
  17. GOING ABROAD THE FIRST TIME
  18. HAPPINESS
  19. HUMAN NATURE
  20. LONDON AS A SUMMER RESORT
  21. LOVE
  22. MAN AND BOY
  23. MARRIAGE
  24. MOLASSES
  25. WILLIAM LYON PHELPS SPEAKS ON BOOKS
  26. ONE DAY AT A TIME
  27. PROFESSION AND PRACTICE
  28. SPIRITUAL HEALING
  29. SUNRISE
  30. SUPERSTITION
  31. TEA
  32. TEN SIXTY-SIX
  33. THE DEVIL
  34. THE FORSYTE SAGA
  35. THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME
  36. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR
  37. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARTH
  38. THE INCOME TAX
  39. THE POETRY OF WALT WHITMAN
  40. THE WEATHER
  41. WAR
  42. WHAT THE MAN WILL WEAR
  43. WOMEN