The Oxford Book of American Essays
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THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN ESSAYS
INTRODUCTION
THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE TO MADAME BRILLON, OF PASSY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
THE WHISTLE TO MADAME BRILLON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
DIALOGUE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND THE GOUT
CONSOLATION FOR THE OLD BACHELOR FRANCIS HOPKINSON
JOHN BULL WASHINGTON IRVING
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY WASHINGTON IRVING
KEAN’S ACTING RICHARD HENRY DANA
GIFTS RALPH WALDO EMERSON
USES OF GREAT MEN RALPH WALDO EMERSON
BUDS AND BIRD-VOICES NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION EDGAR ALLAN POE
BREAD AND THE NEWSPAPER OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
WALKING HENRY DAVID THOREAU
ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS[5] JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
PREFACE TO "LEAVES OF GRASS" 1855 WALT WHITMAN
AMERICANISM IN LITERATURE THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON
THACKERAY IN AMERICA GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
OUR MARCH TO WASHINGTON THEODORE WINTHROP THROUGH THE CITY
PHILADELPHIA
THE "BOSTON"
ANNAPOLIS
WHAT THE MASSACHUSETTS EIGHTH HAD BEEN DOING
OUR MORNING MARCH
ON GUARD WITH HOWITZER NO. TWO
THE BRIDGE
THE NIGHT-MARCH
MORNING
WASHINGTON
CALVIN A STUDY OF CHARACTER CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
FIVE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
I TALK OF DREAMS W. D. Howells
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
AN IDYL OF THE HONEY-BEE JOHN BURROUGHS
CUT-OFF COPPLES’S CLARENCE KING
THE THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS HENRY JAMES
THEOCRITUS ON CAPE COD HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
COLONIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES[9] HENRY CABOT LODGE
NEW YORK AFTER PARIS W. C. Brownell
THE TYRANNY OF THINGS EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN
FREE TRADE VS. PROTECTION IN LITERATURE SAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
DANTE AND THE BOWERY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THE REVOLT OF THE UNFIT NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
ON TRANSLATING THE ODES OF HORACE W. P. TRENT
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